This is the first part of the commentary of the Fifteenth Saying of Jamil. While the topic is somber and sobering, it is something that must be understood. The commentary becomes clearer with the following portions, which we will review next week.

The Fifteenth Saying (Part 2)

“Upon completing the reading The Man said, ‘The sun has a dual nature which affects the two spirits of Man; one of Light, the other of Darkness. The Dark nature of the sun is truly something to be feared. The old Aztecs and Mayas, the Hebrews, the Persians, among other cultures, sacrificed blood to this Dark power. The priests may have led their followers to believe it was to God they were making sacrifice, but it was not. This concept of blood sacrifice as atonement was an offering to the Dark nature of the sun. It was believed that blood sustained the sun, nurtured it. The sun was believed to feed on blood. Remember that the sun had “gone out” during certain epochs, and the people feared that it would go out again. The people were told the sun went out because of their sins. So the spilling of blood was given as a sin-offering, as an atonement, to keep the sun shining.

“‘Major religions of antiquity made burnt offerings to the sun. If you remember, the Hebrews made burnt offerings to Jehovah. Fire, which was related to the sun, was always utilized in the offerings. To some peoples the sun became a god, a sun god. In some cultures the sun became an anthropomorphic being and was given such names as Zeus, Apollo, Mithra, Inti, Huitzilopochtli, Ra, among others.

“‘The solar adept of the Light religion sees this Darker power for what it is; not a god, or being, but a negative aspect of the sun. It is an intelligence factor opposite to that of Light. This negative aspect of the sun can cause negation of the force centers of Man, warp his mind and instincts. It is fuel to distemper, arrogance, pride, vanity and other cardinal errors. It nurtures selfishness. It breeds violence and hate. It causes crime on the individual and national levels. To the solar adept it is the evil temptation that would give him power and position in the world instead of beatific peace of spirit. It is the same power that tempted Jesus in the wilderness when he rejected worldly dominion for spiritual dominion. Every adept is faced with this temptation.

“‘Thus the knowledge of the dual nature of the sun is important to the serious seeker of Truth, and reminds him or her that the spiritual disciplines of The Community were created for his or her own good and therefore should be applied with respect. Entities have been known to manifest from the Darker nature of the sun, just as Angels manifest in the Light nature of the sun. It is known from a thorough study of ancient records that these Dark entities appeared in the temples of ancient times. Blood sacrifices appear to have fed them. Their images were cast in gold or cut in stone or marble and displayed in the temples. It seems as though the blood sacrifices aided their manifestation. Magicians have known the power of blood sacrifice and used it in their ceremonies. Dark religion became a terrible power in the hands of powerful priests. The golden image of an ass or colt was found in the Temple of Jerusalem when it fell to the Romans. Images on cathedrals throughout Europe depict ancient gods as they appeared to people then. In the Americas we are reminded of blood sacrifice by the ugly statues found in the Aztec temples. The Incas called the physical aspect of the sun Inti, and sacrificed chicha, a drink made from fermented corn, to it. In some cases the Incas sacrificed llamas to the sun. We can also call to mind the sacrifices of the Mayas who tore the living heart out of the sacrificial victim and offered it to the sun. The Hebrews sacrificed bulls, rams and lambs. The Mithraic people sacrificed bulls. The Romans sacrificed doves. Whatever the sacrifice, it was blood that was offered to some entity or god. Symbolically, blood is offered to God every day on the altar of Christian churches. Though the offer is wine, it represents blood.

“‘Blood sacrifice has been eliminated from religious ritual by the teachings of Jesus. And this has, to a very large degree, kept down the appearances of Dark entities which dominated the mind and psyche of ancient Man to such an extent that whole religions were built upon them. The Essaei refusal to participate in the blood sacrifices at the temple in Jerusalem contributed much to the world’s view on needless sacrifice. Yet, we cannot forget that there is a Dark aspect of the sun which must be acknowledged for what it is. Once this is understood one can combat it.

“‘In the Egyptian religion, Amon Ra signified the spiritual sun behind the physical sun. This sun was known to the Incas not as Inti, which was the physical sun, but as Viracocha, the creator and intelligence behind the physical sun. El, or Al, in Hebrew, means sun. Elohim is the Hebrew name for their god. Originally, the Hebrew religion was a religion of the great sun behind the physical sun. Like the Aztecs, the Hebrews negated and worshiped the Dark sun and began to make sacrifices to it. Among the Egyptians, the Toltecs and Mayas of Mexico, and the Chavin and Chimu of Peru, priests built pyramids of great size. The high priest went into the interior of these pyramids, entered a room where the light of the sun, or the moon, or a star came down a special shaft cut into the stone. This light was allowed to fall upon the forehead of the high priest who used this light and energy to increase his intelligence. Eventually, the priests negated and began to utilize the Dark power of the sun. They became great powers, held sway over the masses, conquered their neighbors and turned their knowledge to warfare.

“‘Christ came into the world and, in a manner of speaking, made a final sacrifice in order to teach a Light way to God, the true God who does not wish or want blood sacrifices. God wishes to uplift mankind, free him from Darkness, illness, and death by transforming him into Light. So, if Man were to link himself with this Light, and trust in this Light, the world could change in the twinkling of an eye. The world would become Light. This New Teaching reveals the true state of affairs in the world and frees Man from the influence of the Dark. There is no way that Dark entities can empower a person of Light who is in this Community; alone, a person could be. I have a great fear and a great respect for the power of these entities. I let them be; I do not encourage them in any way, nor do anything that would empower them. By looking at the sun and exemplifying the Light that Jamil taught – that Light that was taught by Jesus and the Essenes – we seem to draw away from the influence of the Darker beings. I would say that the Dark nature of the sun is the home of the fourth-dimensional beings as we are taught in The System. These are the anti-Christs, the Lucifers, the light bearers and the satanic beings who oppose the angelic beings of the spiritual Light of the sun.’”

Under more normal circumstances, last Sunday would have concluded The Community’s annual Convocation. However, with Covid and the fires raging in California, it ended up being a wise decision not to have it this year. We have been inundated with high and unhealthy levels of smoke for the past few weeks and have had to cancel several of the past Sunday Sunrise Divine services.

On a more positive note, I am pleased to say that we continue to press on with important projects. We are currently finishing up some landscaping at the Sanctuary and making preparations to convert an appropriate space into guest quarters for those wishing to retreat to the Sanctuary. The healing waters at Steamboat have proved to be very beneficial to the general public in these stressful times, and our local presence is growing with increased numbers visiting the hot springs. While our Mexico project has temporarily been put on hold due to the pandemic, we continue with the necessary translation of our material into Spanish. This will turn out to be most valuable when we start offering our program to the Spanish-speaking world next year. Our Japan community continues to perform their regular weekend services and teaching programs; and our outreach efforts in Australia are ramping up.

I am also happy to report that we are working on adding new texts to the Solar Teachings – Cultures Series. As you know, this currently includes Israel, Egypt, Greece, Arabia, India, China, Oceania and the Americas. We will soon be adding Japan, Africa, and Britain and Ireland, among others. In addition to this, we are in the process of converting several of our texts into e-books, which we will be able to offer publicly on the Cosolargy website. We are beginning with the books on exploration (Antisuyo: The Search for the Lost Cities of the Amazon and On the Trail of the Feathered Serpent); the religious primer books (The Decoded New Testament, The Essaei Document: Secrets of an Eternal Race and The Lost Gospel of Jesus); and, of course, Project X: The Search for the Secrets of Immortality. These six books (including the Millennium Editions of the primer books) and Jamil: Child of Light will be the start of our offering a host of information online.

Finally, I do have news regarding our projects in Peru; however, I will save this report for another time. Let us now continue to the Fifteenth Saying of The Secret Sayings of Jamil.

The Fifteenth Saying (Part 1)

“And these are the words of the Fifteenth Saying:

‘The material light of the sun is not to be confused with the Light of God’s New Sun of Righteousness. Within the material sun are many powers that can quicken a person’s nature, and within its realms are many forms and entities that can entrap Man. But Man mustneeds penetrate these powers, which are of the Powers of Darkness, in order to gain the Light of God. Man mustneeds triumph over them; fly through them like an arrow directed toward the heart of heaven.

‘In ancient times many solar cultures utilized the powers of the material sun, and therein was their downfall. While the energies of the material sun supply Man with light and heat and are the driving factors of his environment controlling climate and life, these energies are related to the material body of Man. If Man is to be freed from the darker part of his nature, he must conquer, or overcome, the darker impulses or powers also manifesting through the light of the material sun.

‘Modern Man strives after the use of solar energy, as did ancient peoples. But if the same errors are committed and the creative powers of the universe are utilized for unjust ends, they will be entrapped and destroyed as were people in former ages of Earth. Know then, it is essential that there be a Community of learned persons who can instruct humankind in the proper use of energies from the sun without fear of breaking natural laws which the ancient, learned men and women of noble schools of religion and philosophy and science knew. And be quick to instruct those attending the school of Great Learning that the beginners in the sun absorb the darker side of the material sun’s energies into their being. From this proceeds arrogance, pride, vanity, love of self and unrighteousness. Herein dwells the power of the ruler of the world, the evil one, who commands the fallen angelic host. All such beings strive to gain knowledge and would equate themselves with God. Such are the thoughts of the fallen.

‘Instruct the beginners in the sun that many will fall away after a time, believing that the disciplines of The Community are non-essential, not necessary. These persons will return to the world, joyful in the thought that they have gained something of value for mind and body and spirit. Not realizing they are confused, they believe an untruth, and herein lies the beginning of their downfall for they join the legions of Dark beings who fell before them. Remember that the sons of Man are children of Darker beings who joined with the daughters of Earth eons ago. Thus it is their nature to strive for power.

‘And to such persons apparitions, bright forms, and demons appear, filling their minds and thoughts with mischievous ideas of spiritual anarchy, disunity, and opposition to the will of God. These are the beings responsible for death and sorrow and who cause illnesses of mind, body and spirit. It was such beings that Jesus expelled from many people in olden times, and which all members of The Community must cause to be expelled from among them by the power of Christ in the Messianic Sun.

‘God would not that Man perish. Death is the work of the wicked who lead men and women and the world astray.’”

And we will continue with the Fifteenth Saying next week. In the meantime, be well, keep healthy, and stay positive.