Esoteric Science

Esoteric science is centered in the heart, not the mind, though the mind is the instrument used to comprehend it. Mind and heart work together like a chariot and its charioteer, two poles contributing to a common goal while performing distinct functions. The archetypal Eternal Father abides in the head, in that place called Heaven, the point between the brows, the eye of wisdom. The Divine Mother dwells within the heart as divine love. These twin attributes, wisdom and love, are the two supernal ideals that manifest the higher, middle, and lower realms and the beings that inhabit each.

The Divine Father of wisdom leads us through reason and that subtle higher faculty in man which perceives truth. The Divine Mother allows us to feel holy love for humanity and for the soul of the universe. That love is a flame in the heart; it is microscopic and intimate, and yet it must be comprehended by divine wisdom or it will not be contained. The fires of the heart purify; they rise as the Holy Spirit, the magnetic fire that travels along the dorsal spine into the brain as a burnt offering.

Scripture, especially the Old Testament, is not merely a collection of moral stories; it is a catalog of divine truths that echo anatomically in the human body. The body itself is a map of the spiritual world. Most men live in complete oblivion to the fact that they belong to a higher, intricate system of divine craft and order. They do not know where they stand in the cosmic plan. Some declare that there is no plan at all, that the universe is a random accumulation of atoms without source or purpose. That view is the antithesis of esoteric science.

The esoteric scientist knows by self knowledge that the universe is founded on order, beauty, love, and wisdom. All things are wheels within wheels, cycles within cycles. Men live day to day, unaware of their participation in a vast system of divine order, beauty, and stability. To the esotericist the physical world is not a prison but a womb or a laboratory where the soul is being fashioned and refined for a higher purpose.

There must be a reason for the soul’s descent. Some say the soul came down to indulge in earthly pleasure because the spiritual world is not fanciful. Others say the soul came to struggle in the fields of duality in order to gain a broader appreciation for unity. Still others claim the soul is here by way of punishment for ancestral transgression. All these interpretations may serve for a time, but none help if they do not bring the seeker closer to truth. Truth alone heals conjecture.

The universal plan of love and wisdom is eternal. The soul’s nature is immortal progression. We see this mirrored in the physical realms by the repeated cycles of birth, death, and sacrifice. Life moves on; consciousness continues beyond the tomb. The physical womb is steadily producing vessels for different phases of the divine plan. Each cycle, measured by the great clock of eternity, is an instrument in the ongoing work of the soul’s upward progression.