Hortus conclusus

Hortus Conclusus
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hortus conclusus
- 1
  THE BOOK OF THE ROYAL ART
  The light of Himavat and the words of the masters
  The luminary speaks to the seeker
  The harvest
  The Infinite one
  Know yourself
  Of the spiritual masters
  The danger of vanity
  From the lands of the luminaries
  The threshold
  The king’s question
  The journey
  Easter night
  Oneness
  The will to joy
  For all who strive for the light
  The teaching
  Epilogue
  
  2
  THE BOOK ON THE LIVING GOD
  ‘The tabernacle of God with men’
  The ‘White Lodge’
  Supernatural experience
  The Path
  En Sôph
  On searching for God
  On deeds and works
  On holiness and sin
  The ‘occult’ world
  The hidden temple
  Karma
  War and peace
  The unity of religions
  The will to find the light
  The high powers of recognition
  On death
  On the spirit
  The path to perfection
  On eternal life
  The light dwells in the east
  Faith, talisman and divine image
  The magic of the word
  A call from Himavat
  Eucharist
  3
  THE BOOK ON THE BEYOND
  Introduction
  The art of dying
  On the ‘Temple of Eternity’ and the World of the Spirit
  The one reality
  What is to be done?
  
  4
  THE BOOK ON MAN
  Introduction
  The Mystery: ‘Man and Woman’
  The Path of the Woman
  The Path of the Man
  Marriage
  The child
  New mankind
  Epilogue
  Final teaching!
  
  5
  THE BOOK ON HAPPINESS
  The duty to be happy
  ‘I’ and ‘You’
  Love
  Wealth and Poverty
  Money
  Optimism
  
  6
  THE PATH TO GOD
  Delusion and Belief
  Certain Knowledge
  The Dream of Souls
  Truth and Reality
  Yes and No.
  The Great Struggle
  Perfection
  
  7
  THE BOOK OF LOVE
  The great man of love
  On love’s original fire
  The redeeming light
  The creative power of love
  
  8
  THE BOOK OF COMFORT
  On suffering and comfort
  On the teachings of suffering
  On every manner of folly
  On the comforting power of work
  On comfort for those who mourn
  
  9
  THE BOOK OF DIALOGUES
  Confession
  Knowledge and Occurrence
  Light and Shade
  The Power of the Spirit
  The Jewel of the Heart
  Crossing Over
  Conversation on the Innermost East
  Conversation on the Departure of the Perfected One
  The Flower Garden
  The Bad Pupils
  The Night of the Trial
  Individuality and Personality
  The Realm of the Soul
  Finding Oneself
  On the Older Brothers of Mankind
  Magic
  
  10
  THE SECRET
  The Beginning
  Conversation on the beach
  Santo Spirito
  Southern night
  The rocky island
  The sea journey
  
  11
  THE WISDOM OF JOHN
  Portrait of the Master
  The Luminary’s Earthly Path
  The Aftermath
  The Missive
  The Pure Teaching
  The Paraclete
  
  12
  SHOWING THE WAY
  Promise
  Phenomena and experience
  Knowledge and teaching
  Learning to read
  Letters
  Cult of personality
  Critical activity
  Who was Jakob Böhme?
  The power of healing
  Dangers of mysticism
  Twentytwo teachings in verse
  
  13
  SPECTRE OF FREEDOM
  Mirage
  Necessity
  Communality
  Authority
  The urge to associate
  The failed economy
  Competition
  The craze for catchwords
  Self-realisation
  Religion
  Science
  Consiousness of reality
  
  14
  PATH OF MY PUPILS
  Whom I accept as my pupil
  A necessary distinction
  Unnecessary self-torment
  Unavoidable difficulties
  Dynamic belief
  The greatest obstacle
  The pupil and his companions
  Inner life and outer world
  How my books are to be used
  
  15
  THE MYSTERY OF GOLGOTHA
  The Mystery Of Golgotha
  The most dreadful of our enemies
  Love and hatred
  The growth of the soul
  Spiritual guidance
  Occult practices
  Spiritualist mediums and artistic creation
  At the source of life
  “Admission to the White Lodge”
  Foolish inventions
  
  16
  CULT -MAGIC AND MYTH
  The work of man
  Myth and reality
  Myth and cult
  Cult as magic
  Magic and recognition
  The inner light

HORTUS CONCLUSUS

FINAL INDEX OF MY COMPLETE TEACHINGS

The Book of The Royal art	The Book on The Living God
The book on the Beyond	The Book On Man
The Book On Happiness	The Path To God
The Book Of Love	The Book Of Comfort
The Book of Dialogues	The Secret
The Wisdom of John	Showing The Way
Spectre of Freedom	Path of my Pupils
The Mystery of Golgotha	Cult-Magic and Myth
The Meaning Of Life	More Light
The High Goal	Resurrection
Worlds	Psalms
Marriage	On Prayer
Spirit and form	Scintillae Mantra Practice
Words of Life	Above the Everyday
Eternal Reality	Life in the Light
Letters to one and many	Hortus conclusus

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- 17
  THE MEANING OF LIFE
  The appeal
  The sin of the fathers
  The supreme good
  The ‘evil’ man
  The revelation of the light world
  The meaning of silence
  Truth and truths
  
  18
  MORE LIGHT
  To those tired of sleeping
  The architects of the cathedral of humanity
  Theosophy and pseudo-theosophy
  On the three steps
  What needs to be comprehended!
  The mystery of artistic expression
  Western-Eastern Magic
  The light of the spirit in Christianity
  The secret of the ancient cathedral building works
  On the true service of God
  
  19
  THE HIGH GOAL
  The call of the spirit
  The two paths
  On seeking and finding
  On the eternal light
  On colours of the light
  On the The High Goal
  On the paths of the ancients
  On the blessing of work
  On the power of love
  The Master of Nazareth
  
  20
  RESURRECTION
  Resurrection
  The knowledge of the wise
  Law and coincidence
  Fruitless effort
  The carnival of the occult
  Inner voices
  The magic of fear
  The limits to omnipotence
  The new life
  Festive joy
  The value of laughter
  Mastering oneself
  Perfection
  
  21
  WORLDS
  Foreword
  The guidance
  The return
  The visions
  To conclude
  SEQUENCE OF THE PICTURES
  Emanation
  “In principio erat Verbum”
  “Lux in tenebris”
  “Te Deum laudamus”
  Space and Time
  Original propagation
  Seeds of worlds
  Becoming worlds
  Birth of the cosmos
  Labyrinth
  Need for manifestation
  Astral light
  Sodom
  Inferno
  “De profundis”
  Revelation
  Illumination
  Fulfilment
  Victory
  Himavat
  
  22
  PSALMS
  Inferno
  Redemption
  Recognition
  Promise
  Liberation
  Fulfilment
  
  23
  MARRIAGE
  On the sublime of holiness marriage
  On love
  On togetherness
  On suffering and joy
  On temptation and danger
  On the pressures of the everyday
  On the will to unanimity
  On the transmission of happiness
  On eternal attachment
  
  24
  ON PRAYER
  The mystery of praying
  Seek, and you shall find
  Ask, and you shall receive
  Knock, and it shall be opened unto you
  Spiritual renewal
  The way you ought to pray
  
  25
  SPIRIT AND FORM
  The question
  Outside and inside
  Home and work
  The form of joy
  The form of suffering
  The art of living
  
  26
  SCINTILLAE
  MANTRA PRACTICE
  
  27
  WORDS OF LIFE
  Appeal
  I
  Retreat
  Love
  Deed
  Struggle
  Peace
  Power
  Life
  Light
  Trust
  Enlightenment
  Vow
  
  28
  ABOVE THE EVERYDAY
  Thirty-four poems, maxims and teachings in verse.
  Part one.
  
  29
  ETERNAL REALITY
  Twenty-seven teachings in verse in rhythmic style.
  Part two..
  
  30
  LIFE IN THE LIGHT
  Thirty-two teachings in verse
  Part three.
  
  31
  LETTERS TO ONE AND MANY
  Thirty chapters in the form of letters
  and eighteen poems
  
  32
  HORTUS CONCLUSUS
  Conversation at the gate
  On the simplicity in everything eternal
  On the changing position and on the ‘rungs’
  On states of consciousness and help in suffering
  On the consciousness of the departed
  On the sublime commitment of the helpers
  On the caricature of the eternal ‘I’
  Once more on truth and reality
  On temporal and eternal space
  On the tradition of Asiatic religion
  On the mystery of the east
  On the forms of religion
  On assent and faith
  On false images of God
  On the meaning of all teaching
  Where I am merely a messenger
  Those to whom I have nothing to say
  On the eternal salvation of the soul
  On the delaying desire to ask questions
  On the temporal and the eternal soul
  What remains after death
  On a name and a makeshift
  The conclusions one should reach oneself
  On gross underestimation
  On the plight of pastoral workers
  How the eternal is ‘natural’ to itself
  To conclude and goodbye
  
  Massagno, summer 1936
  BÔ YIN RÂ
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