Masterfully weaves together Christian mysticism, Hermetic philosophy, and esoteric Wisdom traditions to illuminate the path of spiritual development.
“This unity of opposites, this reconciling force, is a third thing, a Third Force, connecting both opposites and yet different from either.” Maurice Nicoll The Cross as Unity of Opposites “The Cross is the union of two pairs of opposites, and the practice of the Cross...
“Spiritual sacrifice means to make holy. Make holy means to make whole.” Cynthia Bourgeault Three Sacred Vows “It is a matter of sacrificing the three powers of the soul to heaven. This sacrifice is nothing other than the three traditional and universal...
“Spiritual humility is the capacity for the exchange with your environment. … it’s the capacity for creative exchange with the now.” Cynthia Bourgeault The Heart’s Humility “Organic humility … is not found in the head, but rather in the heart. Because it is...
“The rule of every serious esotericist should be to be silent—often for a length of years—concerning every new spiritual illumination.” Will-to-Serve “The will-to-serve underlies the fundamental Hermetic attitude. Instead of putting forward the hand to take, the human...
“It's the chance to play beyond your death in the Communion of Saints and still be a conscious participant. The demand for compassion remains unbroken throughout the realms.” Cynthia Bourgeault The Nature of Sainthood "Saints live the light, warmth and life of heaven....
An advent benediction based on the teachings of Valentin Tomberg. From Athens to Jerusalem: An Advent Benediction It is December in the soul,this deepening season of long shadows.We had accounted for everything in Athens.The music of the spheres was written down,the...
“Every breath you take is the breath of God.” Cynthia Bourgeault quoting Father Theophane, The Wisdom Jesus, p 162. Cosmic Dialysis Through Breathing “The willingness to breathe in the pain of all creation either specifically or generally and breathe out blessing, yes...
Purification, illumination and union represent the universal pathway of spiritual development found across all wisdom traditions. This eternal way creates the rainbow of hope. The Three Fundamental Stages “The three ‘ways’ or stages of traditional...
“Real miracles are brought about by attracting the laws of a higher world to act in a lower world." Maurice Nicoll Miracles as Divine-Human Collaboration "Miracles are fruits of the union of the whole, concentrated human being with cosmic truth, beauty and...
“The fruit of your own inner work is non-transferable. You can’t make your eyes radiate kindness by trying to copy it from the outside. The kindness will come as an alchemical product of the way you live your life.” Cynthia Bourgeault [This Impression took a while for...
“The faith that moves mountains can neither be an intellectual opinion nor a personal feeling, no matter how intense.” Meditations on the Tarot Faith as an Operative Agent "Faith is not just an attitude of belief. It has agency. It acts. If we believe, then everything...
"You really see this in the 'blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness'. Because as so many of those great parables say, the yearning that you have for the divine is already the yearning that the divine has for you." Cynthia Bourgeault "To exalt...