The Great Mixing Vessel

 

[QUOTING]

God imparted reason to all men, but not the Spirit. It was His will that the link with the Spirit should be obtained by all souls, however, as a prize for the race.

He sent down a great Mixing Vessel, filled with the powers of the Spirit and He appointed a herald and bade him proclaim to the hearts of men:

"Immerse yourselves in this Mixing vessel, you souls who can; you who believe and trust that you will ascend to Him who sent down this Vessel; you who know for what purpose you were created".

Those who gave heed to this proclamation and were purified by immersion in the powers of the Spirit, became partakers in the Gnosis, the living knowledge of God, and, as they had received the Spirit, became Perfect Men.

However, those who have sinned against the proclamation by not listening to it, remain within the limits of reason, as they have not received the powers of the Spirit and do not know for what purpose they have been created, nor by Whom.

The sensorial perceptions of such human beings are almost equal to that of irrational animals; and as their nature is a mixture of passions, they have no admiration for what is worthy of reflection and contemplation; they devote themselves to their bodily pleasures and desires and believe that man has come into being for such things.

However, those who have partaken of God's gift are no longer mortals, as proved by all their deeds, but Divine Men who understand with their Spirit-Soul all that is on earth, in heaven and, perhaps, above heaven.

Having beheld the Good, those who have raised themselves in this way have learned to consider their sojourn here on Earth as a disaster. They repudiate all things corporeal and incorporeal and hasten to reach the One and Only.

These, the manifestation of the Spirit-Soul, the emergence of divine things and the beholding of God are the gifts of the divine Mixing Vessel.

It is impossible, my son, to adhere to both material and divine things. As there are two states of existence, the embodied and the bodiless, the mortal and the Divine, you will have to choose consciously between these two, for one cannot adhere to them both.

Therefore, the gifts emanating from God have always been, and will always be, at our disposal. It is for us to see to it that what emanates from us is in harmony with it and does not fall short. For it is not God who is the cause of our wickedness, it is we ourselves who choose it in preference to The Good.

Corpus Hermeticum - Book VII

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The Great Mixing Vessel is the Living Body of the Gnosis, the Ark spoken of in the holy language. It is a Divine refuge composed of pure ethers which are not-of-this-world that showers its benevolent radiations unceasingly over humanity. In order to link up with this divine energy, one does not have to visit a specific location in physical space. One has but to open the Rose of the Heart and begin to walk the Path. The pure ethers - the four holy foods - will assist the candidate in their purification for as long as he or she remains dedicated to achieving the One Goal of Humanity.

The Great Mixing Vessel stands ready to receive all who approach with an open heart. Peace be with those who choose Life ... and may you ultimately attain The Good End.

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