In the Northern hemisphere, Archangel Michael presides over the autumn equinox, which occurs on September 22. The feast day of St Michael is on September 29. We wish our readers every blessing during these important days known as Michaelmas. The Journey with Omraam Team "Michaelmas is fabulously rich in meaning for those who understand that [...]
The other day, I watched a debate on television about the notion of celebration. The panel included writers, film producers, sociologists and journalists, and they all agreed that holidays and feast days like Christmas and Easter were good for people because they broke the monotony of daily life and provided a healthy occasion to relax [...]
And now, from all that I have been saying, bear in mind at least this: in order to attain true fulfilment, you must learn to work with the Moon, the imagination (making sure that you safeguard its purity for, in its true spiritual sense, the Moon is related to the purity of the imagination), with [...]
Only love can bestow life and there is nothing more important than life; it is the source and origin of all that exists. God has given us these forces of love so that we may learn to sublimate them and transform them into life, the most intense form of life and, thereby, obtain magic powers, [...]
The glyph of Mercury is, in itself, convincing evidence of the profound knowledge of the initiates who composed it. One of its numerous variants is the Caduceus of Hermes which is still used today as a symbol by doctors and pharmacists. In modern science, the same symbol appears in the form of the laser. Finding [...]
Alchemists have always taken great pains to obtain this magic agent, the Philosophers’ Stone, but they often failed in their quest because they did not understand that their work with the Sun and the Moon should not be restricted to the physical plane but should be carried on, also, on the spiritual plane, that it [...]
Alchemical treatises explain that, in order to obtain the Philosophers’ Stone symbolized by Mercury, the adept has to begin their work exactly as the Sun enters Aries and the Moon enters Taurus, for the Sun is exalted in Aries and the Moon in Taurus. Gemini, the next sign in the zodiacal circle, is the home [...]
'There are several different ways in which we can study the Sephirotic Tree of Life, and one of them involves dividing it into three pillars or columns. Kether, Tiphareth, Yesod and Malkuth form the central pillar, the Pillar of Equilibrium. On one side of this central pillar is the Pillar of Mercy, formed by Chokmah, [...]
I have often spoken to you about the Sephirotic Tree of Life, and in particular about Yesod, the Sephirah which is nearest to the earth and which is the region of the moon. Yesod is a mysterious region which contains great riches and also many dangers, for its lower layers are formed by the vapours, [...]
Try to become more and more conscious of the fact that when you are present at the sunrise in the morning, you have the best possible conditions for making progress in your spiritual work. You must stop worrying about all the clouds, all your apprehensions and grudges, all your desires and ambitions, and make yourself [...]
