Three Temples

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The Order has three temples. A temple is a place of Work, a place of Service in which one works very hard indeed.

The first temple is the temple of Faith: of insight and self-surrender.

The second temple is the temple of Hope: of sanctification and re-creation.

The third temple is the temple of Love: of fulfillment.

In the first temple the old person gives himself up to the Gnosis, to the sanctifying forces of Christ.

In the second temple he perishes through the enduristic life, while at the same time the New Man, the Other One, the Immortal One, arises.

In the third temple the work is completed and the Feast of Victory and the Feast of Entry are celebrated.

Every pupil has to pass through these three temples, these three places of Work.

From The Alchemical Wedding of Christian Rosycross, Vol. I - Jan van Rijckenborgh

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