Historical Messages

The Return of the Feminine and the World Soul

10/1/2013

Without the participation of the Divine Feminine, nothing new can be born. The feminine can give us an understanding of how all the diverse parts of life relate together, their patterns of relationship, the interconnections that nourish life. She can help us see consciously what She knows instinctively: that all is part of a living, organic whole, in which all parts of creation express the whole in a unique way. An understanding of the organic wholeness of life belongs to the instinctual knowing of the feminine, but combined with masculine consciousness this can be communicated in words, not just feelings. We can be given a blueprint of the planet that will enable us to live in creative harmony with all of life.

Llewellyn Vaugh-Lee, The Return of the Feminine and the World Soul, (The Golden Sufi Center, CA, 2009) 12

Sister of Wisdom

10/1/2013

She watches over all people and all things in heaven and on earth, being of such radiance and brightness that, for the measureless splendor that shines in Her, you cannot gaze on Her face or the garment she wears. For She is awesome in terror and the Thunderer's lightening, and gentle in goodness as the sunshine. Hence, in Her terror and Her gentleness, She is incomprehensible to mortals, because of the dread radiance of divinity in Her face and the brightness that dwells in Her as the robe of Her beauty. She is like the sun, which none can contemplate in its blazing face or in the glorious garment of its rays. For She is with all and in all, and of beauty so great in Her mystery that no one could know how sweetly She bears with people, and what unfathomable mercy She spares them.

Barbara Newman, Sister of Wisdom, (Univ. of Calif. Press, Berkeley, CA, 1987) 47

Rebirth of the Goddess

10/1/2013

The Goddess is Mother Earth, who sustains all growing things, who is the body, our bones and cells. She is air -- the winds that move in the trees and over the waves, breath. She is the fires of the hearth, the blazing bonfire and the fuming volcano, the power of transformation and change. And she is water -- the sea, original source of life, the river streams, lakes and wells; the blood that flows in the rivers of our veins. She is mare, cow, owl, crane, flower, tree, apple, seed, lion, sow, stone, woman. She is found in the world around us, in the cycles and seasons of nature, in mind, body, spirit, and emotions within each of us.

Carol B. Christ, Rebirth of the Goddess, (Routledge, NY, 1997) 2

The Mother

10/1/2013

She is the mighty and wise One who opens us to the supra mental infinities and the cosmic vastness, to the grandeur of the supreme Light, to a treasure-house of miraculous knowledge, to the measureless movement of the Mother's eternal forces. Tranquil is She and wonderful, great and calm forever, nothing can move her because all wisdom is in her; nothing is hidden from her that She chooses to know; She comprehends all things and all beings and their nature and what moves them and the law of the world and in it times and how all was and is and must be. A strength is in Her that masters everything and none can prevail against her vast intangible wisdom and high tranquil power.

Sri Aurobindo, The Mother, (Lotus Press, Twin Lake, WI, 1995) 40

The Return of the Mother

10/1/2013

There are four great aspects of the Mother. One is her personality of calm wideness, comprehending wisdom, inexhaustible compassion and all-ruling majesty. The second embodies her power of splendid strength, irresistible passion, warrior mood, her overwhelming will, her impetuous swiftness and world-shaking force. A third is vivid, sweet, beautiful, harmonious rhythm, her intricate subtle opulence, her compelling attraction and her captivating grace. The fourth is her profound capacity of intimate knowledge, her quiet flawless work and her exact perfection of all things.

Andrew Harvey, The Return of the Mother, (Frog Ltd, Berkeley, CA, 1995) 136

The Sophia Teachings

10/1/2013

Sophia is a divine being who can speak to us of the mystery of existence, of the wonder and glory of God's creation, and of all that radiates from every aspect of the creation. It is Sophia who opens up to us the mysteries of the seasons, of the relationships between earth and the cosmos, the healing properties of plants, and the mysteries of the animal kingdoms. It is Sophia who reveals to us the properties of the different precious stones and their healing powers. The temple of Solomon was a unique and majestic work, a manifestation of the divine and a testimony to divine inspiration. Solomon received wisdom and understanding from Sophia on how to build the temple when he turned to her in prayer. Sophia reveals herself to any human being who upholds the path of justice and righteousness. From age to age, Sophia enters into holy souls and all those who seek her.

Robert Powell, The Sophia Teachings, (Lindisfarne Books, MA, 2001) 14-15

The Goddess Re-Awakening

10/1/2013

All nations have recognized, honored and worshipped the maternal principle in nature. All their exoteric religions have personified it as a Goddess, an archangel mother of universes, races, nations and humans. Thus I have come to believe, even to know, that there is such a wondrous and glorious Being on our earth as the World Mother, that she is very near to human mothers during pregnancy and at the time of birth. I have also learned that she ever seeks human agents and human helpers who will serve in her name and endeavor to live in her presence. While women especially represent her, she also needs men of honor to be her knights, ever ready to fight for the weak and the exploited and to guard with knightly loyalty all women and children, as true knights should.

Shirley Nicholson, The Goddess Re-Awakening, (Theosophical Publishing House, Wheaton, IL. 1989) 111

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