Divine Wisdom and the Holy Spirit: The Forgotten Feminine Face of God
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Author: Anne Baring
Illustrators: Various
This book is a celebration of Divine Wisdom and the Holy Spirit, the forgotten feminine face of God. In this interlude between the Age of Pisces and the Age of Aquarius, the long-lost image of the Divine Feminine is returning. She, the Corner Stone that the builders rejected during the Age of Pisces, is initiating a crucial new phase in our evolution, urging us to discover a new ethic of responsibility towards the planet, bringing us a new vision of the sacredness and unity of life. Wisdom, justice, beauty, harmony, love and compassion and the impulse to help and to heal are the qualities that have traditionally been identified with the Divine Feminine, yet she is also the irresistible power that destroys old forms and brings new ones into being, the inspiration of the love-in-action that is needed to transform a culture that is radically out of touch with its soul.
Contents:
Contents ix
Preface xvii
Introduction xxxv
Chapter One Primordial Trauma: Two Great Cataclysms
The Younger Dryas Period 2
The Disappearance of Lemuria or Mu 3
When the Earth nearly Died 4
A Second Cataclysm 5
Atlantis Destroyed 5
Göbekli Tepe 8
The Evidence of Advanced Civilizations 9
Message from the Mother 12
Chapter Two The Separation of Nature from Spirit
Three Phases in the Evolution of Consciousness 18
The Palaeolithic Era 19
The Neolithic Great Mother 20
The Great Goddesses of the Bronze Age 22
The Solar Era – The Separation from Nature 24
The Dualism of Spirit and Nature 26
Severing the Umbilical Cord joining Nature with Spirit 27
Territorial Conquest 28
Chapter Three The Final Loss of the Divine Feminine
The Creation of The Myth of the Fall 34
The Negative Legacy of this Myth — the Persecution of Women 35
A New Saviour Myth 36
The Arian Heresy and The Council of Nicaea 325 CE 37
Loss of the Feminine Image of the Holy Spirit in Christianity 38
Mythic Inflation 40
The Imbalance between the Masculine and the Feminine 40
The Edict of the Emperor Theodosius 1 and Heresy 42
The Destruction of the Legacy of the Pagan World and the Forcible Conversion of Conquered Peoples 42
Nuclear Weapons and the Rape of Nature 44
The Effects of the Loss of the Feminine Value 45
Chapter Four The Shekinah of Kabbalah: Divine Wisdom and the Holy Spirit
The Origins of Kabbalah 50
The Tree of Life 52
The Doctrine of Emanation 54
Worlds within Worlds 55
The Sacred Marriage and the Transmission of Light 55
The Shekinah or Feminine Face of the God-head 57
The Shekinah: Divinity Active and Present in the World 58
Chapter Five The Wisdom Texts: Holy Spirit, Divine Wisdom, Sophia
The Wisdom Texts 64
The Jewish Community in Alexandria 67
The Removal and Destruction of many Gospels 68
The Reformation and the Final Phase of the Loss of the Divine Feminine 70
The Wisdom Texts 73
The Aurora Consurgens 78
The Sacred Marriage of the Mother-Father of the Cosmos 79
Chapter Six The Gnostics: Part One
The Importance of the City of Alexandria 84
The Origins of Gnosticism: The Mysteries 85
The Discoveries at Nag Hammadi 88
The Primary Message of the Gnostics 89
The Gnostic View of the World 92
The Visionary Experience of the Gnostics: The Mysteries 92
The Eight-petalled Rosette at the Temple of Eleusis 92
The Encounter with the Divine Light 94
The Use of White Barley to Induce a Visionary State 94
The Organization of the Christian Gnostic Communities 95
The Resurrection 97 The Gnostic Imagery of the Divine Mother 97
Women as Disciples and Teachers of Gnosis 99
Hypatia 99
The Confrontation with Christianity 101
Jung’s Encounter with the Gnostics 103
The Christian Confrontation with the Gnostics 106
The Closing of the Western Mind 106
The Christian Refuters of Gnosticism 106
The Gnostics’ Rejection of the Salvationist Ideology of the Christian Myth 107
The Gnostics as Knowers of the Way 109
The Transmission of the Wisdom Tradition 110
Chapter Six The Gnostics: Part Two
The Wisdom Texts and the Banished Goddess 115
Reincarnation 116
The Pistis Sophia 117
The Voice of the Feminine in Gnosticism 118
The Divine Source: The Ineffable One 119
The Third Element of the Great Emanation: The Son and Daughter 120
An Overview of the Pistis Sophia 120
Echoes of the Greek Myth of Demeter and Persephone 122
The Meaning of the Word ‘Metanoia’ 122
The Inner Meaning of Pistis Sophia 123
The Transfiguration of Jesus 125
Mary Magdalene 129
The Antagonism of Peter 129
The Archons and the Demiurge 130
The Sacred Marriage of Soul and Spirit 135
The Hymn of the Pearl or The Hymn of the Robe of Glory 137
Chapter Seven The Essenes
The Essenes 146
The Essene Communities 148
The Libraries and the Precious Scrolls Stored in Them 149
The Soul of the Child 150
The Cultivation of Skills 151
Healing Illness 151
Harmony of the Heart 152
Daniel’s Definition of God 153
Reverence for the Angels 154
Preparations for the Coming of a Great Teacher 154
The Presence and Teaching of Jesus 156
His Central Theme 157
The Misunderstanding of His Teaching 161
Ascension 161
The River of Consciousness Uniting All Essenes Through Time 163
Chapter Eight Mary Magdalene or Miryam of Bethany
The First Temple in Jerusalem 170
Mary Magdalene as the Penitent Whore 171
The Essene Communities 172
The Nag Hammadi Library 172
The Power of the Magdalene 173
The Balance of Female and Male Disciples 175
The Role of the Female Disciples 176
The Mother of Jeshua 177
Mary Magdalene 178
The Rift Between Peter and Mary Magdalene 179
The Gospel of the Beloved Companion 181
Mary Magdalene Unveiled 182
The Wedding at Cana 183
The Meeting in the Sepulchre Garden 185
The Joint Mission of Yeshua and Mary Magdalene 189
The Church’s Efforts to Efface the Evidence of Mary Magdalene 191
The Christian Church and the Denigration of Mary Magdalene 192
The Importance of the Partnership of Jeshua and Mary Magdalene 193
The Sea-Journey to Gaul 194
Interlude The Continuity of the Wisdom Tradition
The Black Madonna 201
The Extraordinary Twelfth Century 202
The Significance of the Grail 203
The Quest for the Grail as a Spiritual Journey 203
Chartres Cathedral 206
The Troubadours 211
The Knights Templar 212
Chapter Nine Esclarmonde de Foix and the Cathar Church of the Holy Spirit
The History of the Region 217
The Courts of Love 220
Esclarmonde 223
The Training of a Cathar Ancient 224
The Cathar Church of the Holy Spirit 225
Persecution 228
The Papal Crusade 228
The Siege of Monségur 230
Chapter Ten Cinderella: an Interpretation
Chapter Eleven The Sacred Way of the Rose
The Association of the Rose with Venus 248
The Rose as the Primary Symbol of the Divine Feminine 248
The Sacred Way of the Rose 252
The Rose in the Christian Era 253
Angels and the Scent of the Rose 253
The Rose Arbour of the Heart 254
Chapter Twelve Healing the Heart
The Myth of the Fall 263
The Loss of Soul 265
Healing this Pathology 267
The Child 269
Healing the Heart 271
Transgender Issues in Sport 276
Chapter Thirteen The Abuse of Power: Part One Covid and the Crime Against Humanity
A Personal Story 278
Finding a Cure 279
A Window of Opportunity 281
The Influence of Scientific Materialism 282
The Deaths and Injuries Caused by the “Vaccines” 283
NATO as Puppet Master 285
‘The Psychology of Totalitarianism’ 286
Further Examples of Totalitarian Control 288
Mis-placed Trust 289 Conspiracy Theories and Anti-Vaxxers 291
The Paralyzing Power of Fear 292
Shocking Revelation of the Vaccine Injuries 293
The Power of Survival Instincts 294
The Confrontation with Evil and the Fight with the Dragon 294
The Plan 295
The mRNA Vaccination Injuries 299
Addendum Presentation to the Irish Parliament
Dr Mike Yeadon 305
Address to the Irish Parliament 306
The Bio-Weapons 308
Chapter Thirteen The Abuse of Power: Part Two Transhumanism
Transhumanism as a New Version of Naziism 314
Transhumanism 316
The Covid Dossier and the Control by the Military 320
Do We Still Have a Choice? 322
Transhumanism, Klaus Schwab and the Great Reset 324
The Alliance of the United Nations and the World Economic Forum 325
The Launching of the WEF’s Great Reset 326
The Warning of Gregg Braden 331
Replacing Our Biology with Technocracy 333
Climate Change 334
Attack on Agriculture 339
Chapter Fourteen The Sacred Marriage: an Evolutionary Imperative
Scientific Materialism and its Denial of the Soul 347
The Return of the Divine Feminine 349
An Annunciation 350
Birthing a New Story 352
The Great Awakening 354
The Old Image of God is undergoing an Alchemical Transformation 354
New Wine in New Bottles: The New Spirituality 355
Cosmic Consciousness 357
The Near-Death Experience 358
Four Questions 359
The New Visionaries 363
The Discoveries of Nassim Haramein 365
Conclusion 366
The Sacred Marriage 369
Messages from a Transcendent Dimension 373
Credits 379
Bibliography 382
Index 387
Pages: 450 printed pages
Illustrations: 70 (mainly in colour)
Dimensions: 245mm x 172mm x 28mm