The Prince Story is the archetypal initiatory epic that compresses the full symbolic vocabulary of the Western Mystery Tradition into one narrative.
Main Phases of the Life/Quest/Path/Story
Neophyte → Nigredo → Albedo → Citrinitas → Rubedo.
Main Narrative Threads
• The Fall of Adam, Sophia, Lucifer and Exile of the World • The Promised Hero destined to bring salvation • The Lost Lineage of Kingship • The Mythic Quest • The Building & Re-building of the Inner Temple • The Grail Mystery and Atonement • The Encounter with the Dragon/Shadow • The Ancient Eternal Initiatory Mysteries • The Great Work of crafting/discovering the Philosophers’ Stone • The Courtship, Romance, and Sacred Marriage of the Prince & Princess, King & Queen - HGA and Soul… • …. • …. • …. • ….
Esoteric Mystical Systems & Paths to Weave:
• Alchemy (four stages; Great Work; Stone) • Kabbalah (Tree of Life; Sephirot; Hebrew Alphabet,) • Hermeticism (ascent through the spheres; emanation) • Tarot Major Arcana (keys; archetypal steps) • Arthurian Grail Legend (quest architecture; wasteland; Fisher King; Grail Castle) • Christian Mysteries (atonement; passion; life-ministry- death-resurrection-transfiguration arc) • Christ Teachings & Way: A Course in Miracles • Gnostic & Neo-Platonic • …. • Hero’s Quest • Masonic Temple Mythos (building; cornerstone; degrees) • Rosicrucian Mythos (Rose-Cross; inner illumination; invisible college) • High Fantasy (world structure; dark forces; epic quest; magic, imagination,narrative form, character, and world texture.) • Astrology & Astrotheurgy (planetary gates; zodiac initiations) • Gnostic Mystical Cosmology (Light/Darkness; fall and return)
• …. • …. • …. • ….
Main Paths/Arts
Paths weaving together
- Disciple of Light/Way of Christ -
- Holy Templar Knight’s Quest of the Grail: Arthuirian Holy Grail Mythos
- Way of the Wizard: Alchemy, Magic, Hermeticism
- The Royal Art: Ancient primordial astrotherugical initiatice and mythic tradition - Melchizidek, Solomon, Temple, Ark of the Covenent, Freemason, Rosicrucian,
Dimensions of the Protagonist
• Path of the Heart (Christ/Disciple) • Path of the Warrior (Knight/Templar) • Path of Knowledge (Wizard/Alchemist) • Path of Knowledge (Wizard/Alchemist)
Symbolic Ideas
• The Tree of Life • The Tree of Knowledge • The Four Hallows = core powers of the psyche • The Dragon = primal fear / unintegrated will • The Kingdom = the psyche/world • The Crown = realized sovereignty • The Stone = the fallen soul that is to be crafted • The Temple • The Cross • The Rose • The Holy Grail • …. • …. • …. • ….
Tree of Life
- The Sacred Wood (from Eden to the Cross to the Grail Castle)
The Temple of Solomon
- Altar, Holy of Holies
The Holy Grail
- Eucharist cup
- Chalice of Atonement
The Philosopher’s Stone
- Rough Ashlar, Cubic Stone
- Gem of Lucifer
- Prima Materia to The Stone
The Cross and the Rose
- cross, crucifix
- unfolded cube of space
- rose-croix
- The Rose
The Book (Scripture and Nature)
- scripture
- nature
- mythic Story
The Crown and the Throne
- King
- Crown
- Throne
Ark of the Covenant
- Tetragamatron
- Oroboros
- The Caduceus
- Hexagram - The Seal of Solomon
- The sword: excalibur
- The torch and flame of tradition
- Sun & Moon
- Tria Prima
- Pentagram of 4 elements
- The 4 tarot suits/elemental weapons
- The Holy of Holies and Altar
- Menorah
- Emerald Tablet
- The Dragon
- phoenix
- Lion
- The Holy Knight
- Zodiacal wheel
- The moving castle of the rosy-cross brotherhood
- The Alchemist's Flask
- Throne
- Holy Guardian Angel
- Solomon's Ring
- Wizard's wand/staff
- The Round Table
- Tarot as map and key of symbols and universe architecture
- Court cards of the minor arcana
- Elixir of Life
- The Rose
- Cathedral
- The Book
- The Lamp/Lantern
- The Key
- Square and Compass: Triangle, Square, circle glyph
- Alchemical/Philosophical Mountain
- The Cornerstone and Royal Arch
- Cubic Stone
- Jacob's Ladder of 7(or different?) rungs
- Vesica Pisces
• ⁃ Ship, Vessel
Characters
• four court figures: Page/Princess, Knight/Prince, Queen, King • The Prince = the Individual Soul • The Princess = the Higher Self / Sophia • The Dark Lord = the Shadow / Ego / Demiurge • The Fisher King = the wounded Divine Masculine Sovereign • Merlin, The Wizard = the Hermetic Wizard Guide • The Fellowship/Knights of the Round Table = soul qualities / virtues • …. • …. • …. • …. • …. • …. • ….
Places
• The Kingdom / Wasteland = the manifest world • The Grail Castle = the mystical, mysterious & elusive inner chamber of the heart • The Dark Tower = the egoic structure • The Forest = unconscious wild unknown • The Underworld = shadow / …. • The Heavenly Realm = spiritual archetypal domain • The Fae Realm = imaginal / astral • The Mountain = ascent of consciousness • The Temple = the soul’s architecture • …. • …. • …. • ….
Story/Path Architecture
• ten-step numerological sequence - Tarot minor Arcana • twenty-two Tarot paths / Hebrew letters • ten sephirot / mystery school grade system • three alchemical weddings • Map of the Soul: vertical map of realms from elements to Empyrean • • •
Cosmology
• Tetragamatron: 4 levels of reality, 4 elements, 4….. • 7 Days of Creation • Aeons, Emanations, Angelic Heirarchy… • • •
Mytheo-Historical Lineage
- Sumer, Egypt, Hebrews/Israell, Christ, Gnostics, Grail, Templars, Hermetists, Rosicrucians, Masons….
Temple - Nigredo - The work of establishing a foundation, Grail - Albedo - the heroic quest of the grail, culminating in obtaining it and drinking Stone - Citrinitas - the great work of crafting the Stone Rose Cross - Rubedo - the final initiation of the passion: crucifixion, death, resurrection Crown - Adamado - After culmination of rubedo - Christhood, Service/Reign, Ascension/Translation