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Christian Mysticism The Seven Primordial Spirits of God: |
The Seven Primordial Spirits or the "Seven Main Ideas" within God.
This fundamental concept which forms
the basis for many philosophies is the
subject of a very large body of speculative writings. These types of
works are often written in the absence of an understanding for their
primordial foundation. Without this philosophical base, logical and meaningful
conclusions are hard to come by. The Holy Father through Jakob Lorber
has re-established this philosophical premise which is the essence of
His Being.
Although scholarliness is very
useful in determining historical contexts in matters of Christianity
it is a primarily physical tool relying on strictly physical evidence.
It is not the basis upon which a believing person makes the scriptural words come to life
within their heart. The necessary belief and
humility required to do this is not part of scholarliness and science.
Through love, belief and humility God will instruct into the meaning of all things.
The following is an excerpt out of the Great Gospel of John from
the New Revelation of Jakob Lorber. It is rather lengthy so you may want to print
it out to better read it.
This excerpt follows a conversation
between the familiar Biblical Lazarus and the Arch Angel Raphael, who
is present in the flesh as a servant of Jesus. Raphael is answering
Lazarus' questions in regard to the "Wars of Jehovah" which were a
part of ancient texts of that day. In the process Raphael also is
laying down an allegorical analogy that represent another aspect of
two very important and sacredly held concepts; the Kabbalistic
Sephirothic Tree of Life and the so called Seven Days of Creation as
depicted in Genesis by Moses.
To compare the Seven Spirits within God
and the Sephirothic Tree of Life
click here. The Seven Days of
Creation and their relation to the Seven Primordial Spirits are elaborated upon in incredibly great detail and in the
proper context in other parts of the New Revelation writings by Jakob
Lorber.
In short the so called Seven Days of
Creation in Genesis is a writing depicting a spiritual event but has
traditionally been interpreted as a physical happening. It is not at
all a description of the creation of all things physical. This
allegory is written to describe the spiritual awakening of a human
being. It is the gradual and sequential awakening and maturing
of the consciousness of a human being towards its complete awareness
an enlightenment in relation to the Seven Primordial Spirits of God
that also have their representation within human beings should a human
being choose to awaken them to become fully human.
These analogies become apparent even as
Raphael describes the Seven main spiritual concepts of God. Having
said this, God remains the Creator, all that exists is logically His
creation and although His being is infinite, these seven aspects of
God provide a structure within which existence finds its foundation,
preservation and sustainability towards an ultimate perfection.
The links below lead to topics contained
within this excerpt.
Excerpt
VII/17 [1] When all the guests had left, our friend Lazarus
asked Raphael: "Listen, you human spirit full of God's
grace, you said that there are countless free-floating and unbound
primal elements and substances in the atmosphere which by the wisdom
and will of a perfected spirit can be recognized as such and assembled
and combined to a more solid body. Thanks to the demonstrations given,
this matter has become quite clear to me, but another, most important
question has come to my mind, namely: Look, these primal elements and
substances may well be contained in the atmosphere of this earth just
the way you have shown me; but how do they originally come into
existence? How do they get into the atmosphere of our earth in such a
great multiplicity and, most likely, in an even greater multiplicity
into the atmospheres of the countless other earths and worlds about
which the Lord Himself has graciously taught me and the many other
disciples? Do explain also that to me."
[2] Said Raphael: "I am surprised that you cannot see this
for yourself. Does, then, anything exist outside of God that has not
gone forth from Him? Is not everything that has been filling infinite
space from eternity His thought, His idea, His wisdom, His will?
[3] Look, His thoughts in their inexhaustible abundance are from
eternity to eternity the actual primal substances and stuff from which
everything that has been made on the earths and in the heavens exists
thanks to the undivided eternal might of the divine will. Without
God's will, no thought and no idea can arise and exist even in God.
Due to the fact that every thought and every idea going forth from
God's supreme intelligence through His will carries within it a
respective part of God's will as a special intelligence, no such
single thought of God, carrying the divine will, nor any of the Lord's
greater ideas of the same nature could ever come to an end, just as
little as God Himself. Since with God it is an absolute impossibility
ever to forget it, once He has had a thought or an idea, an ever so
slight thought or an ever so insignificant appearing idea of God is
forever indestructible in its primal spiritual nature.
[4] Furthermore, since - as already mentioned - every thought and
every idea of God must, as a divine intelligence-spark, necessarily
carry within it also some of the divine will, because without that it
would never have been thought, every such individual thought and
individual idea of God can, either separately or through several
wisely combined thoughts which then represents an idea -, develop in
its kind and sphere as something of independent existence. It can
perfect itself within and by itself as that which it is, can endlessly
multiply and also become more refined and perfected through wise union
with other primal stuff and substances.
*[5] Thus, a future sun is
initially but a brightly shimmering light-ether or a congregating of
countless thoughts and ideas of God as a result of the respective
share of God's will within them. Through the divine will underlying
their structure they keep drawing from the endless ether what is
related to them and thereby the initially shimmering ether becomes
already denser and gradually gains the density of the atmosphere of
this earth. This, too, becomes gradually denser and there appears
water; but also this keeps gradually becoming denser turning into mud,
clay, stones and, thus, already firmer ground.
[6] The originally spiritual primal substances and stuff, which are
now joined together more firmly, begin to feel more and more
uncomfortable in this unfree state, grow very active in order to gain
more freedom and it begins to become very heated within such a globe,
especially in its solid and heavy parts. Through this fiery zeal of
the oppressed, originally free primal substances and stuffs the more
solid parts of such a new heavenly body are torn apart. Often they are
turned inside out and vice versa, and only after many upheavals is
such a new globe calmed down to a certain order, whereupon the primal
thoughts and ideas of God, imprisoned within it, find another way to
free themselves from the great pressure.
[7] And behold, soon all kinds of plants and animals come into
existence, and this continues right to man within whom a very great
number of such primal thoughts and ideas of God gain their complete
liberation from their ancient judgment. Only then do they recognize
God as the primal cause of all existence and life and return to Him as
independent, free beings, provided they have lived according to His
recognized will.
*[8] However, in this free and
independent spiritual return on the countless, most varied globes
there is quite as great a difference as in the globes themselves. The
most complete return from a globe to God is - and remains - possible
only from this earth, because here every human being can become
perfectly similar to God in soul and spirit if he so desires; for the
one who here strives for God will also get to Him. - Do you understand
these things?"
[9] Said Lazarus: "This I do understand because I have already
received a great deal of information from the Lord regarding the
entire structure of the universe; but there are still many
incomprehensible things about which I will have to ask questions."
[10] Said Raphael: "Oh, my dear friend, this is the case
also with me! There is still so much hidden in God of which even we,
the highest and purest spirits after God, have no knowledge. For God
has eternally so much in store for the good and pure spirits that He
can forever surprise them indescribably with never imagined new
creations out of His love and wisdom, thereby constantly increasing
and enhancing their bliss. And look, it could easily happen that you
put one or the other question to me about which I could not give you
any information."
[11] Said Lazarus: "Concerning those things about which my still
very limited human intellect would be able to ask you, you can no
doubt give me explanations.
*[12] Look, thus I once read an old
book with the title "Wars of Jehovah", and in it mention was made in a
certainly mystical way of the fall of the originally created angels.
[13] In the beginning, of
course, eons prior to any creation of worlds, God is said to have
created seven great spirits, corresponding to the seven spirits in
God, giving them great power and equally great wisdom, thereby
enabling them to create like God lesser spirits in their own likeness
in immense numbers and, thus, infinite space was filled with vast
multitudes of spirits.
[14] According to ancient scripture, the greatest and most powerful
of all the seven primordial spirits was Lucifer; but he became
overbearing in his power and greatness. He wanted to be not only like
God but even above God and dominate over Him. Then God became angry,
seized the traitor and cast him forever from Him into damnation. The
six great spirits, together with their countless sub-spirits, however,
remained with God and have been serving only Him from eternity to
eternity, whereas the sub-spirits of Lucifer, as wicked devils
and beings forever rejected by God, are burning together with Lucifer
in the eternal fire of God's wrath, suffering the greatest torment
without any relief. Well, what do you, as surely one of the first
angels of God, say to this?"
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