Motifs
- The Tree / Wood (Tree of Life, beam of the Temple, the Cross, Round Table).
- The Grail (Last Supper Cup, Chalice of Atonement, Holy Grail).
- The Word / Logos (Tetragammatron,)
Main Symbols:
- The Garden of Eden - Paradise - Heaven
- The Tree of Life
- The Tree of Knowledge
- Sefer Raziel: The Book of Mysteries
- Manna From Heaven
- The Staff of Moses, Rod of Aaron
- The Covenant - The Tablets of the Law
- The Ark of the Covenant
- The Tabernacle in the Wilderness
- The Altar & The Holy of Holies
- The Menorah - : Seven-branched candelabrum, the seven planets/spirits;
- The Temple of Solomon
- The Dove - the H.S.
- The Caduceus
- The Holy Grail
- The Rose-Cross - The Cross, Crucifix,
- The Ankh
- Camelot, King Arthur’s Court & The Round Table
- Excalibur
- The Fisher King
- The Philosophers’ Stone
- The Ouroboros
- Pentagram, Hexagram
- The Book of Scripture and Book of Nature
- The Merkaba: Heavenly Chariot
- The Phoenix
- The Crown
In the Beginning, Creation Creation of Eden Creation of Man Tree of Life & Tree of Knowledge Eternity in Paradise. In the Garden
Fall after eating from the Tree of Knowledge Shattering of the Vessels Fall of Sophia Lucifer’s Rebellion Plato’s Cave - The World The making of the Demiurge
Kabbalah as the original knowledge Adam received from God. The Book of Raziel is given to Adam and is then passed down to Seth, Enoch, Noah, Solomon, ….
Adam nearing death sends Seth to seek the Oil of Mercy at Paradise Archangel Michael denies the oil, gives Seth three seeds from the Tree of Life Adam is buried at Golgotha; Seth places the seeds under Adam’s tongue. Three saplings spring from the grave: cedar, cypress, and pine
Early History of Man - Previous civilizations, the Deluge, Tower of Babel, etc. Destruction of Atlantis and the re-start of human civilization. The remnant of a remnant survive
Egyptian mysteries - Thoth, Isis, Osiris, Horus Sumerian religion, Babylonians, Chaldeans - the Magi Hermes Trismegistus Zoroaster
The Old Testament patriarchs and prophets Kabbalah, Merkavah, Enoch, Wandering in the Desert, Manna from Heaven, seeking a homeland, exile in Babylon,…
Abraham, Moses,…. The Melchizedek Order & the Priests of Zadok
The trees survive the Flood and are preserved for replanting. Moses discovers the saplings at Hebron and fashions a single staff
The Covenant, The Ark The Tablets of the Law
Moses works wonders with the staff and later plants it at Mount Tabor before his death.
David retrieves and transplants the sacred trees near Jerusalem; healings occur, Psalms composed
Solomon and the building of the temple Solomon selects wood for the Temple; the beam will not fit and is set aside as a bridge The Queen of Sheba recognizes the wood’s destiny and prophesies the Messiah Solomon buries the wood in the Pool of Bethesda where an angel stirs the waters
Pythagoras - Socrates and Plato - Plotinus, Proclus, Iamblichus
The Essene as mystical mystery community dedicated to preserving ancient wisdom and fostering the birth of the messiah Yeshua born Early life, study, travels culminating in his baptism in the River of Jordan Yeshua’s Ministry - The Teacher of Righteousness Christ Mythos On the eve of the Passion the wood rises from Bethesda A piece becomes the Last Supper table board; the greater part is taken for the Cross The Cross is made (upright from the Eden wood; crossbar from cypress; footrest from palm; titulus on olive, in this telling) The Passion Begins The Last Supper - the Eucharist & The Grail Cup first used by Christ Prayer in Gethsemane: “Let this cup pass…” Arrest and Trial Crucifixion The Holy Lance pierces Christ’s side - Blood and water flow from the wound - Joseph of Arimathea gathers the blood in the Grail Death and Burial of Jesus Resurrection of Jesus Ascension/Translation into Heaven Pentecost – Descent of the Holy Spirit on the Disciples
Joseph of Arimathea receives the Grail as a sacred trust and carries the Cross and the Grail to Gaul and Avalon At Glastonbury a portion of the wood is used to found a first Gnostic sanctuary The Gnostic Church The Grail Lineage is established by Joseph of Arimathea and the Grail Kings line continues Persecution of the Romans & early Church against Gnostic-Essene-Druids The Grail is hidden/protected through centuries The merging of Celtic-Druidic traditions with the Essene-Christic Grail mythos
Alexandria Egypt and the Hermetic Tradition Hermeticism: Alchemy, Astrology, Magic
The Rise of the Knights Templar and Chivalric Martial-Spiritual Orders as protectors of the Grail, The Ark of the Covenant - found by Templars? Lost?
Medieval Grail Romances encode the mystery in myth and allegory The Grail appears in the Arthurian cycle as the ultimate spiritual quest & the holy object that can heal the King & the Land Esoteric Christianity preserves the Grail as a path to divine union Medieval Troubadours & the Mysteries of Courtly Love The Hidden Line continues—Grail Bloodline and Grail Consciousness continue in esoteric, occult and mystical societies, orders, etc.
The Arthurian Mythos
Arthur & Merlin The Holy Grail Quest (also the journey of the disciple-initiate and the apprentice wizard)
A fragment is kept by the Fisher King; the land awaits the pure knight
Templars excavate beneath the Temple and recover lost relics such as the Ark
A Templar vision reveals a red rose from the Cross; a cutting is planted at Glastonbury
The Divine Feminine Thread: From the "Fall of Sophia", Isis & Egyptian mysteries), Mother Mary & Mary Magdalene (Grail bearers)…
monastic preservation of Hermetic texts and the translation movement in Islamic Spain and Sicily.- ancient gnosis flows into Latin Europe.
The “Dark Ages” Occult knowledge of astrology, alchemy, etc. is preserved in Islamic world Sufism
The ancient mysteries, the Book of Thoth appears as the Tarot deck.
Agrippa and the Three Books of Occult Philosophy Solomonic Magic
Frater CRC and the opening of his tomb The Rosicrucian Enlightenment In the cathedral age alchemists and Frater CRC contemplate the wood, the Grail, and the Rose-Cross
The heyday of the medieval and renaissance Alchemists - The Royal Art
Alchemy as the ancient art and science of transformation and ascension clothed in symbolic language and reflected in laboratory processes.
John Dee & Enochian magic
Freemasonry The legend of Hiram Abiff & the building of the Temple
Golden Dawn and occult revival of late 19th and early 20th centuries - Crowley, AE Waite, Eliphas Levi…. Gareth Knight, John Matthews, Dion Fortune, A.E. Waite and others revive interest in the mystical Grail Myth The Grail in pop culture and modern media - Holy Blood, Holy Grail - The Di Vinci Code, Indiana Jones
Modern World: The Waste Land Materialism and Forgetting Drowning in information, “science”, media, distractions…. The Great Work of creation and discovery. Of rebuilding the Temple, finding The Grail, the rose blooming from the Cross, Crowning the King Re-synthesizing the Ancient Eternal Tradition
Yeshua transmits A Course in Miracles through his scribe
The quickening of humanity, the Internet, the year 2012, …..
Solomon’s Ship is fashioned from the same sacred wood with bed and three spindles Galahad lies upon the bed, completes the enigma, and sails to Sarras In Sarras Galahad attains the Grail and plants a Tree of Life sapling before his ascent
The Book of Revelation & The Apocalypse Last Judgement The Second Coming of Christ The Real World: New Jerusalem- A New Heaven and New Earth Rapture - The Final Step Translation
The Meta-Mythos
0. Creation - kabbalistic and tarot creation and structure of reality/universe
1. Fall - Adam and eve, the fall of man, the early mythic events of humanity leading to our current age.
2. Ancient Hebrew Mythos - events of the Old Testament, story of Hebrew/jewish people and religion, up to Essenes preparing for Teacher of Righteousness
3. Birth and life of Christ - ending in his resurrection and ascension
4. Christ teachings go underground into gnosticism, and arise centuries later as arthurian legends and Holy Grail Mythos. Knights Templar and Chivalric Orders
5. Hermeticism, Magic, Alchemy, Astrology, etc.
6. Rosicrucianism, Freemasonry, and occult initiatic orders that synthesize and preserve the ancient mysteries.
7. The Story of the New Earth
8. The Story of the orphaned peasant prince and his journey to regaining Kingship
9. Apocalypse & Eschaton
0. The Creation
Emanation of Being from the Infinite. The Kabbalistic unfolding of the Tree of Life; the letters and numbers of creation; the Tarot as the pattern of cosmic order. The universe as divine architecture, the first Temple.
The Kabbalistic creation mythos Sefer Yetzirah: Book of Formation The Cube of Space Hebrew Alphabet Tarot as map and key Tetragammatron The Tree of Life, 4 levels of reality, etc.
1. The Fall
Lucifer’s rebellion, the fragmentation of unity, Adam and Eve’s exile from Eden. Humanity awakens in separation and begins the long pilgrimage through ignorance and time. The seed of the Tree of Life is buried in matter to await redemption.
The Garden of Eden, The Fall of Man, Fall of Sophia The Shattering of the Vessels 2 Trees in Paradise: The Tree of Life & The Tree of Knowledge Plato’s Cave - The World
2. The Covenant and the People of God
Abraham, Moses, the Exodus, the giving of the Law. The Ark and the Tabernacle as portable symbols of divine presence. Solomon builds the Temple as a reflection of the heavenly order; its destruction and exile become the archetype of spiritual loss. The Essenes form an inner school awaiting renewal.
Early History of Man - Previous civilizations, the Deluge, Tower of Babel, etc. The Old Testament patriarchs and prophets The Covenant, The Ark The Tablets of the Law Solomon and the building of the temple - The destruction of the temple. Rebuilt but falls shortly after Jesus’s time Rebuilding The Temple Masonic Mythos
3. Yeshua: The Teacher of Righteousness
Yeshua’s birth, teaching, crucifixion, and resurrection. The Christ event fulfills the Law by transmuting it into love. The Cross becomes the new Tree; the human body the new Temple; the Grail the new Ark. The resurrection inaugurates the path of inner transformation.
The Essene as mystical mystery community dedicated to fostering the birth of the messiah The Teacher of Righteousness. The Incarnation of the Word Christ Mythos Christ Passion Mysteries of Christ & Sophia: Bride and Bridegroom Christ-magdalene mysteries The Rose-Cross Mysteries
4. The Gnostic Lineage and the Grail Age
After the outer fall of the early Church, the inner stream survives underground. The Grail romances of Arthur and his knights veil the esoteric Gospel in mythic form. The Templars preserve the secret of the Temple and the Cup; the chivalric orders enact initiation through valor, purity, and service.
The Gnostic Church The Arthurian Mythos The Grail Lineage The Holy Grail Quest (also the journey of the disciple-initiate and the apprentice wizard) The Knights Templar - Chivalric Martial-Spiritual Orders
5. The Hermetic and Alchemical Revelation
The wisdom of Egypt, Greece, and Israel is recombined in the Hermetic corpus. Alchemy externalizes inner regeneration: nigredo, albedo, citrinitas, rubedo mirror crucifixion, purification, illumination, and resurrection. Magic and astrology become languages of correspondence between heaven and earth. The adept becomes a co-creator with the Divine Mind.
Apprentice Wizard Magic Castle & Mystery School The Crafting and Discovery of the Philosophers’ Stone Alchemical Study and Work The Chemical Wedding Becoming a magician
6. The Rosicrucian and Masonic Age
Renaissance humanism and early modern initiatory orders systematize the hidden tradition. The Rose-Cross joins the Cross and the Grail; Freemasonry builds a spiritual temple in the heart. The Invisible College preserves the science of light for the coming awakening. The Wizard and the Builder are united in one archetype: the initiate-architect of reality.
7. The Story of the New Earth
The modern and postmodern world mark the dissolution of old forms and the rediscovery of the perennial truth. Science, psychology, and mysticism begin to converge. The soul of humanity awakens from mechanistic sleep to recognize itself as divine. The fragments of the Mystery are gathered again into a single synthesis—the Royal Art renewed.
8. The Journey of the Lost Prince
The archetypal individual—humanity personified—awakens in exile, undertakes trials, learns the arts of wisdom, and gradually reclaims crown and kingdom. This is the inner myth of every seeker: the reclaiming of divine sovereignty, the enthronement of the Christ within.
The Fool’s Journey of Major Arcana The steps and stages of the Hero’s Quest The Universal Initiatic Journey Egyptian mysteries mythos
9. Apocalypse and Eschaton
The veil is lifted. The harvest of all ages arrives. The Grail, Stone, and Crown unite; the Temple is rebuilt in consciousness; the New Jerusalem descends. The Christ returns as collective realization. The Great Work is completed; creation is redeemed; time folds into eternity.
The Book of Revelation & The Apacolypse Last Judgement The Second Coming of Christ The Real World: New Jerusalem- A New Heaven and New Earth Rapture - The Final Step Translation