Pymander - Conclusion

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The Bridegroom

When the new state has been reached by means of the Holy Spirit and the candidate has been connected with his Pymander, he will enter an entirely new state-of-life, because "a state of consciousness is a state of life".

When the seven rays of the Logos touch the seven cerebral cavities in this positive way and enter them on the basis of the purified soul; when Osiris meets Isis, that is, when the Spirit meets the soul, then out of this encounter the Son of eternal fullness will arise. This is the new state of consciousness, a state which, though in the world, is no longer of the world. The process of generation and manifestation of the Pymandric man takes place in the ordinary physical body of nature-born man. In view of his physical existence the person concerned is still in the world, but by virtue of his Pymandric state, no longer of the world.

If a dualistic person is loosely attached to his vehicle, so that the splitting of the personality can easily occur, such a person -- and very often at the most inconvenient moments -- is more in the reflection-sphere than in the physical sphere of duality. When he then looks into the life of the physical sphere, it often appears to be unreal to him. As you will know, this situation may also occur during the transition between waking to sleeping.

Those who possess such sensitivity (this splitting of the psyche often occurs in women) and hear of the gnostic Path for the first time, or launch themselves upon it with their natural I, often make the serious mistake of assuming that their state-of-being is already the Pymandric state. Their actions and behaviors give rise to all sorts of deplorable consequences. This is a dangerous and complicated state of I-centrality, but we use it as an example to explain the following:

The Pymandric state-of-being entails many difficulties and is far from perfect. This is because the candidate does not enter this phase with a transfigured personality, but with a transmuted personality, a nature-born personality that has been subjected to some change. Transmutation always precedes transfiguration. Therefore, at that moment, the pupil does not yet possess the New Personality which belongs to the world of the Living Soul-State, the Sixth Cosmic Domain. That Personality has yet to manifest itself.

There is a New Soul, a Golden Wedding Garment, that surrounds the old personality. And the entrance of the Spirit has come about, so that the bride meets the bridegroom and transfiguration, the Alchemical Wedding, can begin.

Just imagine yourself in this state. The Spirit has entered, Pymander and the Soul have united. The new-born Soul-man feels released. His consciousness comprises the seven rays and via these seven rays he is capable of merging with the All, and of descending to wherever his consciousness drives him. He understands with his Spirit-Soul everything that is on earth, in heaven and above heaven. He surveys the majestic Plan of the sublime Deity. A Released One can read this Plan in all things. He beholds the Good, the only autonomous Good. However, in this state he knows himself still to be connected to a nature-born personality. He is still in the nature of death, in the midst of a social confusion that is so vast, so stupid and so frightening that he feels as if he is in a snake pit. He considers his sojourn here in the nature of death as an adversity. Therefore, he rejects this drab reality in a decisive and fundamental way, in a manner never done before. He accepts all the consequences so as to rise to the One and Only.

You will understand that the rejection of "all things corporeal and incorporeal" concerns both the physical sphere and the reflection-sphere of duality. For the brother or sister who has been released the tinsel splendor of the nature of death becomes as nothing.

In this state of most majestic glory, coupled with the most dreadful experience of distress, which in most cases has to be undergone in a weak body, the brother or sister has received the Holy Grail.

The Grail is the out-pouring of the Seven-Spirit in the head sanctuary. The Grail grants an awakening in the New Morning, but at the same time a vision into an unfathomable black night. There is of course a reason for this. In this state of no longer being of the world, but nevertheless being in the world (and how!) the brother or sister can serve the Logos in two fields, in the world of the Living Soul-State, the Golden Head, but also in the nature of death. This he will do; he accepts it.

That is the Holy Grail, the Divine Cup. On the one hand Liberation, on the other, Service. It is being able to serve on account of being liberated, and being liberated on account of the service rendered. On the one hand, one experiences new grief, one enters a new state of grief, but on the other hand one experiences a magnificent glorification. On the one hand there is the prayer: "Father, if it is possible that this cup pass me by", and on the other hand: "Not my will, but Your will be done", and one empties the Cup to the last drop. That is to accept the Way of the Cross until the morning of the Resurrection, without complaint. That is the Holy Grail. Freedom, the reward of the Liberated Ones, is always born in and through sacrifice.

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Father + Mother = Son

Seven-Spirit + New Soul = Spirit-Soul human being

Osiris (Spirit) + Isis (Soul) = Horus (Spirit-Soul human being)

Christ (Spirit) + Jesus (Soul-man) = Christ-Jesus (Spirit-Soul human being)

Pymander (Seven-Spirit) + New Soul = Pymandric Man (Spirit-Soul human being)

We are walking the Path to Liberation, trying to replace everything physical about us with that which is Divine. First, we must attract the radiations of the Gnosis and thereby awaken our sleeping Divine Spark. Then, we must continue to attract this Divine energy so that it can circulate throughout our light-vesture (the astral and etheric bodies). Steadfast dedication to this task of transmutation will result in the construction of a new Soul vehicle, the Golden Wedding Garment. This New Soul (the bride) will unite with the Seven-Spirit (the bridegroom) in an alchemical wedding that will result in the rebirth of the Divine Man.

All this can be done, in fact, must be begun while we are still in the physical body. The New Soul and the old mortal soul will co-exist to an extent. However, this process of transmutation requires that the Divine part of the candidate increases, while the gross material part decreases. The candidate's job is to enable this to happen by adopting a new attitude of life - selflessness - and living in self-surrender. This means that we can no longer answer to the desires of our I-being or live for ourselves. We must instead act in total cooperation with the New Forces that are building the New Soul and live to serve others, not ourselves. As image-bearers of the Divine Man, this is our task, our duty.

"29 He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.

30 He must increase, but I must decrease." John 3 29-30

We are friends of the Bridegroom, and members of the Wedding.

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