Masterfully weaves together Christian mysticism, Hermetic philosophy, and esoteric Wisdom traditions to illuminate the path of spiritual development.
The more that you have a truly humble spirit in the old monastic sense, the more you become free. “It's the gentle laying down of self, the humble work, the not asking for visions, the not asking for illuminations, not even caring if anybody notices that you exist....
“Attention. That’s the most immediate form of what we call psychic energy. And will and love.” Cynthia Bourgeault “Will is one of the most powerful psychic forces in the world. And you can name a lot of them, almost all of what we're going to call the imaginal...
“One of the spiritual practices which spiritual teachers teach over and over and over again is attention. It's the ability to just say no to all interior self-preoccupation and commentary, which is pulling you out of the moment.” Cynthia Bourgeault The Sacred Nature...
Spiritual intuition results from the intimate and profound alliance of intelligence and spontaneous wisdom. “Time, all our times, are contained in something bigger—a space. The fullness of time becomes space, a vast, gentle wideness in which all possible outcomes, all...
The peacemakers scripture from the Beatitudes: Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. The Foundation: Purity of Heart as Precursor "When your heart becomes pure, and one of the ways that your heart becomes pure is by working to domesticate...
“Act as a true human being. And that's your legacy and gift, the practical sacrifice you make back into the planet.” Cynthia Bourgeault “What is required of us at this point? I believe the highest work that we can undertake with full confidence is to sow into the...
The kingdom of heaven is within and without; Seek it. “The drop is in the ocean and the ocean is in the drop” Cynthia Bourgeault, heard at many Wisdom Schools “Only in our deepest unity do we discover our deepest differentiation and freedom.” Cynthia Bourgeault,...
Maurice NicollAmwell HouseNOTE AT CHRISTMASTIME 1948 Throughout known history, various attempts have been made to awaken Man to the mystery of his existence. So strong, however, is the external man, the man formed by contact with external life via the senses—in short,...
"The Fruits of the Spirit are all alchemical byproducts of conscious labor and intentional suffering." Cynthia Bourgeault The Calling of Human Beings "My own take, simply in a nutshell, is that what we human beings are called to produce in this planet are what have...
Our level of Being attracts our life—and prayers of silence from our Being attract the response from above. The Original Purpose of Prayer "Prayer was originally to ask for help to lift one to a higher level of consciousness. The Lord's Prayer is designed to make a...
The Parables of Jesus contain an outer and an inner meaning. Behind the literal words lies another range of meaning, another form of knowledge. Maurice Nicoll “A PARABLE is a medium of connection between a lower and a higher meaning. But it is necessary to look more...
The parable of the prodigal son is not about a young man who squanders his fortune. The Parable of the Prodigal Son: "There was a man who had two sons. The younger of them said to his father," `Father, give me the share of the property that comes to me.' "So he...