In his Symposium, Plato terms the theory of the beautiful the “mysteries of Eros”. He defines love as the divine yearning immanent in all humanity, for a great, all-embracing force which can inspire and fill the heart with enthusiasm. This force is beauty revealing itself in the body “as the glowing trace of heaven”. It is the only force capable of giving the soul that mysterious clarity of vision which can lead to true beatitude. And the flame of love in its primal fire is at its highest when the most intimate bodily and spiritual union with the beloved is achieved. It must be understood that Plato stresses the importance of spiritual union – in which he sees the sacred duty of Eros to humanity. If, today, many men consider women solely as a means of enjoyment, they have a completely false conception of the true happiness Eros can provide.
Chastity – Demoniac Element in Sexual Urge
When the sexual urge can no longer be controlled and assumes exaggerated and incalculable dimensions, it enters the dark depths of the soul where the mind can exercise no influence, and where demons hold sway.
Such frantic sexual urges conquer only to succumb. They rule only to turn the individual into a slave; they breathe voluptuousness and cupidity only to bring death and destruction upon themselves and those affected by them. People so possessed by demons experience life as an enjoyment of death. They take their abysmal pleasures in destroying those they love no less than themselves.
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Chastity – Creative Power
People often wonder why occultists of all ages are told to renounce everything. This has been misunderstood. What they renounce is their personal will.
Many occultists are told to conserve their creative energy: to master their lower sex nature. Atoms always find their own level. It is the vapour that rises from the surface of our seminal fluid that gives us this determinative energy in Nature. The demand for personal power will not bring these higher forces into operation. But we can evoke a force that binds us to our lower animal nature, and this gives the black magician his power [and that is not what we teach or practice here].
Sahasrara
(Sanskrit: सहस्रार, “thousand-petaled”) The seventh chakra centered at the pineal gland and extends above the head, generating the halo of light depicted surrounding the head of saints.
Correspondences;
- Church: Laodicea
- Region: Pineal gland
- Vowel: I (ee)