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04-12-2004, 08:31 AM

The Seal of God

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The Seal of God / Holy Matrimony

4 This symbol (above) coincides most with The Advent of the New Church, and was developed in 1987. Like I said, I was living with my mother at the time and my whole life had fallen apart: I needed to bring it back into perspective. As I tried to reconcile myself to God, I felt I needed something to reflect on, to corral some spiritual dimensioning into my life.

5 After it was developed I let it loose in my mind: I closed my eyes and pictured it there, and with only a slight effort it became fully animated, to structure my psyche and assume form within me. And for the next day I felt perfectly aligned. I wasn't expecting this! (I knew it wouldn't last though, for it felt too mechanical.) It was also the same day I told my mother exactly what our problem was, for the first time! (With everything being an emotional issue, she got upset at the slightest hint of this, which usually backfired and got me upset, causing something bad to happen, especially at this point.)

6 This was also about the time I envisioned the Star of David in my mind (as portrayed in the symbol). It was a "yellow-orange" color, and with nearly a mind of its own it ascended from a place above my chest, to within a foot above my forehead, where it remained a second or two. And I said, "Wait! That's not me!" And I kind of ducked out sheepishly from underneath. It seemed to suggest I was David, and I couldn't understand why?

7 Soon afterwards, within a month, I had the rebirth experience. And it was sometime later, a year? when working with the book of Revelation, that I realized this might be the Seal of God, as portrayed in Revelation 7 (vs 2-3). It seemed to meet all the criteria. And, as God's reconciliation with man is typically portrayed through marriage, it seemed only fitting that I ascribe to it Holy Matrimony.

8 As for the shaded area of the cross, I surmised it had something to do with the "womb of the mind." (I only shaded it later.) Sure enough this was affirmed during the rebirth experience. After closing my eyes in fear (doubt), a black cloud—of evil—arose from my left breast into the sky, in the form of the "left womb." While it occurred a second time from my right breast, in the form of the "right womb." This was just before I fell asleep and re-awoke with the baby screeching in my ears!

9 I also considered the above symbol without the bevels on the cross and its point at the bottom. (I equated this with man's sin.) I surmised this was Christ in His Perfection. This is shown below. And, while meditating over the prior month, there appeared to be "a door" in my mind, which opened into the sky. And I watched as all these spheres or orbs glided through—upwards and to the right. And though they were of different colors, most were the same color as the star (yellow-orange); while they all had an "oily" appearance. At the time I equated them with souls, ascending to heaven.

10 Which is significant for when I had the vision of the cross in the last chapter, it was configured like this second cross, and was comprised of all these orbs! They all lay prone (like a rectangle) and each was permeated with black (i.e., from the black clouds). And I immediately understood what it meant. These were souls who had laid down their lives, and in so doing, drew these evils to themselves. This is illustrated below.

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04-23-2004, 12:25 AM

This drawing of evils into themselves you mention as the black dots reminds me of the early Zoroastrian concept of God and Primal Man represented by Light (good) and the world and humankind by Darkness (evil). The twelve signs of the Zodiac, as the keepers of time (or representative of the time it takes to earn knowledge) were portrayed as buckets on a great wheel that dipped down into the world and carried any light they found back to God where it belonged. When all the light has been returned from the darkness it signals complete salvation from evil.

I've heard that modern Gnostics use a cross that is similar in design (without the dots) that has the bottom two rectangles missing, so the four arms are equal in length. They prefer this image because no one could be crucified on such a cross, and it gives equal emphasis on the feminine and the masculine.

Others prefer the pagan pentagram, the five-pointed star which represents phi, the Divine Proportion of 1.618. This was from a time when the feminine was more highly thought of, since women were the only ones capable of birthing new life. Did you know that the planet Venus (Divine Feminine) as it travels through the night sky, proscribes a perfect pentagram every four years? This is what the Greeks used to mark their Olympic games, and why they held them every four years.

05-08-2004, 11:25 AM

The fact of the rebirth experience is more important than its content. When I had mine, I wanted to write a book & start a new religion, just like Emmanuel Swedenborg, Mary Baker Eddy, and Joseph Smith (the Mormons). Now I realize that I don't need to, and no one else needs me too, either.

Praise God for all his signs of favor, and all his gifts. Amen.

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05-13-2004, 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Phi for All

I meant to get back to you about this earlier and say the drawing with the black dots really doesn't do the vision any justice. First of all there was no outline, neither was I exactly sure how many there were? (at least as many as shown). Plus to look at the orbs none of them were quite still, with just a hit of color emitting behind the black, while they all still had somewhat of and oily appearance to them. In fact there was no mistaking that these were the same orbs I had seen before. And yet to look at the vision it was perfect. Everything was symetrical, and yet it was nothing more these orbs lined up in the configuration shown.

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I've heard that modern Gnostics use a cross that is similar in design (without the dots) that has the bottom two rectangles missing, so the four arms are equal in length. They prefer this image because no one could be crucified on such a cross, and it gives equal emphasis on the feminine and the masculine.

I have a bit of a different take on this however, where the first four aspects come together as the fifth aspect (the crux or in the center), and thus siginifies the spiritual bridegroom, hence the marriage to heaven, while in accord with the fifth church. As for sixth aspect, the extension itself, it signifies the spiritual bride, hence the marriage to earth, while in accord with the sixth church. As for the seventh aspect, the joining of the fifth aspect to the sixth aspect, it signifies the spiritual marriage itself, hence the marriage of both heaven and earth, all of which is illustrated in the first three chapters of my book. It's also symbolized by the symbol below:

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So when the body dies, and consciousness departs, where do "we" go? ... Off to define another "reality" perhaps?