Wednesday, December 11, 2024

This past Saturday’s readings were from the apocryphal Book of Wisdom (The Wisdom of Solomon) and The First Prophecy to the Americas, Chapter 8: On the Judgement of the Ungodly (pp. 95 – 97).

Click here to read the first scriptural reading, and click the audio button below to hear the reading from our Second Advent scripture.

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In Light+,

Gene

“Now I make ready to go downstream to the Abode of Light, that Wisdom and Truth may be carried to the appointed place under the everlasting stars and there made secure to men in generations yet to grow up in the Light. They will be seen in generations to come.

“I shall go on the Wings of the Sun before the retinue of the Breaker of Heads. I am one acknowledged as pure of hands and shall be with those who serve under the head of the Great One.

“My name henceforth, shall be Hemnetar, and I shall not eat of fish or beans until I come to the place appointed to fit my station. I shall wear linen, and my sandals shall be made of grass, so that none shall perceive my greatness. I will hide great things within my heart, and a bridle will hold my tongue in check.

“I shall pray among the empty hearted, but my prayers will not be as theirs but as those offered in the days of our fathers, who sat in silence two hours beforehand. Now, the marks are changed by the hypocrisy of men.”

-The Kolbrin Bible (MAN:29:12-15)

Downstream to the Light

The author of this chapter of the Kolbrin Bible (the book has many authors) says he is making ready to go downstream to the Abode of Light. The Abode of Light is Heaven, so we can assume that this writer is elderly and preparing to leave the physical world of matter. It is a standard metaphor in spiritual writings to refer to the movement of Light as flowing like a river of water, so I believe the writer is saying that he will return to the Source of the Light, although that would be upstream, not down.

Generation Yet to Grow

The author seems confident that there will be future generations that “grow up in the Light”. It is possible that a few generations did grow up in the Light after this was written, but it wasn’t long before people turned more and more to the pleasures of the material realm and grew denser and denser material bodies. Fortunately for us, we have the Sun of Righteousness shining down on us now to help us all awaken to and grow up in the Light. Naturally, the forces and beings of Darkness are fighting against us, which is why we are seeing such polarization of people into those of Darkness who believe in anger, hate, greed, and bigotry as virtues, and those of Light who see Love, Wisdom, Truth, and Humility as the true virtues, as has been taught in all real religions and mystery schools throughout the ages.

On the Wings of the Sun

Even when this book was written thousands of years ago, spiritual people were careful about what they said in public or wrote in books to prevent the people of darkness from learning things they should not know. So when the author says he will travel to Heaven “on the wings of the sun,” we can interpret this as meaning that he will reach those higher levels of consciousness with the help of the Light of the Spiritual Sun.

My Name Shall be Hemnetar

It was a common practice in the past for people to choose a new name when they developed their spiritual Self. That is what I think the writer is talking about here. As for the name, “Hemnetar,” I can find no meaning for it, though It may have had one in the language of the author. Few people follow this practice today.

Wear Linen and Grass Sandals

The writer says he will wear linen and sandals made of grass so that “none will perceive my greatness”. It seems that wearing linen and grass sandals was something the poor people of that age would do. This seems to imply that the author wishes to hide his material wealth, but I think he is using this description symbolically. What he means is that he will act like the materialists around him to hide the fact that he has developed his spiritual faculties to a high degree.

Wednesday, December 4, 2024

This past Saturday’s readings were from TheTestament of Levi (Chapter V) and, again, from The Second Prophecy to the Americas, Chapter 35: On the Existence of Divine Reason (pp. 231 – 238). Click here to read the first scriptural reading, and click the audio button below to hear the reading from our Second Advent scripture.

Once again, please feel free to ask me any questions by calling 775-786-7432 or emailing me at messages@cosolargy.org. I am always at your service.

In Light+,

Gene