The Astral Library

Welcome to the Library of Light

This is website is a living archive and codex, an ongoing notebook and grimoire, and a map of initiation on the path of Hermeticism and the esoteric Christ .

Here you will find the collected writings, notes, and reflections of a Grail Knight, a Wizard, and a Disciple of the Christ Light.

This Library is:

• The journal of the Grail Knight on the journey of the mythic quest of the Hero to find the grail and heal the King and Kingdom.
• The notebook of the Wizard, the Alchemist and Magician undertaking the Great Work to create/discover the Stone of the Wise.
• The diary of the Disciple, walking the path of the Gnostic Christ to undergo Atonement with one’s Creator.

The Symbol of the Royal Art: Ars Regia

The central emblem of this site is a visual key to the Threefold Core of the Work:

• The Grail — The Quest: The knight’s journey, mythic transformation, the mission of the Hero. Adventure and Evolution on the Path of the Heart.
• The Stone — The Philosopher’s Stone, the fruit of the Great Work. Astrology, Magic, & Alchemy.
• The Crown — The Gnostic Christ Path: Return to divine sonship, to Kingship, to God.
• Culminating in The Halo of Light — Divine Sovereignty: The synthesis of the Three Arts/Paths into One. The The completion of the Magnum Opus.

"All arts lie in man, though not all are apparent. Awakening brings them out. To be taught is nothing; everything is in man, waiting to be awakened." — Paracelsus

The Structure: The Tree of Life

This Library is organized according to the Tree of Life, with each sphere (Sephira) representing a core Royal Art, an Initiatory Path. These are the great disciplines and archetypal domains of the soul’s journey.

Each one is a gateway into a realm of knowledge, mastery, and symbolic reality.

The main Arts & Paths are:

⚚ Cosmogony & Cosmology: Origin, Nature & Structure of Reality♔ The Royal Art☽ ☉ The Ancient Tradition♱ The Way of Christ ♖ Arthurian Mysteries & The Holy Grail Quest♃  The Mythic Arts⛫ The Mystery School✦ Astrology ☿ Alchemy⛤ Magic♄  The Saturnian Arts♅ ♆ The Bardic Arts♀ The Venusian Arts♂ The Martial Arts⨁ The Story of the New Earth

"According to the Egyptians, the human being is born with seven souls which are in a way the potential powers of the seven planets in man. The souls are manifested through the seven senses, the seven vital organs, and the seven bodily systems. Each of the seven souls has its planetary name. Saturn is the contemplative or rational soul; Jupiter is the reasonable soul; Mars is the impulsive soul; the Sun is the vitative soul; Venus is the amative soul; Mercury is the intellectual soul; and the Moon is the vegetative or generative soul."

― Manly P. Hall