FORTNIGHT OVERVIEW
The Anima, Monastic Europe
Summer - Fortnight 9 (Wind+Water)
Jung's Anima
Feast/Jul
24: Monastic institutions. Thomas Merton and
the Cistercians and his insights into ego submission in monastic
scenarios. Guidance from within. Teressa of Avila and her seven mansions
and its theme of the persona of righteousness vs the actual spirituality
of a person. Carmelite diet reforms.
First 5 Day Ko Day 1-5 of 9th Fortnight
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Feast/Fast | Ostara FestivalVetrnaetri | - | - | - | - |
Practice | Sethite Gnostic Water Purification Ritual
Historical Practice: Sethite Gnostics performed water rituals, blessing it with herbs, seeking divine wisdom, as in The Gospel of the Egyptians (Nag Hammadi). Self-Practice: Bless water with herbs, meditating on purification for 10 minutes. Visualize divine wisdom, reflecting on spiritual cleansing. |
Pagan-Christian Well Blessing
Historical Practice: Syncretic groups blessed wells with herbs like mint, praying for spiritual insight, blending pagan and Christian rites. Self-Practice: Bless a bowl of water with mint, praying for insight. Meditate for 10 minutes by it, visualizing cleansing flow, and note your thoughts. |
Pagan-Christian Baptismal Meditation
Historical Practice: Syncretic devotees meditated during baptisms, visualizing water’s cleansing flow, blending pagan and Christian rites. Self-Practice: Pour water over your hands, visualizing spiritual renewal. Meditate for 10 minutes, reflecting on cleansing wisdom, and note thoughts. |
Isis Cult’s Water Offering (Syncretic Echo)
Historical Practice: Medieval mystics, influenced by Isis traditions, offered herbal water at altars, praying for wisdom, blending pagan and Christian devotion. Self-Practice: Offer herbal water on an altar, praying for wisdom. Meditate for 10 minutes, visualizing divine flow, and note your thoughts. |
Hildegard’s River Chant Composition
Historical Practice: Hildegard composed chants inspired by rivers, like O Virga Ac Diadema, meditating on water’s flow in her convent. Self-Practice: Hum a melody inspired by water’s flow for 10 minutes. Visualize it deepening your wisdom, then reflect on the experience.. |
History | Benedictine | Benedictine | Benedictine | Benedictine | Benedictine |
Mythos of Yeshe Tzogyal | Archon's fashion and infuse Adam and Eve |
Second 5 Day Ko Day 6-10 of 9th Fortnight
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Practice | Rosicrucian Moonlight Reflection
Historical Practice: Proto-Rosicrucian mystics meditated under moonlight, reflecting on water’s surface to gain wisdom, symbolizing spiritual flow. Self-Practice: Under moonlight, gaze at water (or a mirror). Meditate for 10 minutes on reflected wisdom, journaling any introspective thoughts. |
Teresa’s Mystical Tears Meditation
Historical Practice: Teresa meditated on tears as a flow of divine grace, reflecting on emotional experiences, as in her autobiography. Self-Practice: Meditate on tears as divine grace for 15 minutes. Visualize emotional flow, reflecting on wisdom gained, and journal insights. |
Teresa of Ávila’s Contemplative Prayer
Historical Practice: Teresa practiced silent prayer, visualizing divine love as a flowing river, deepening her wisdom, as in Interior Castle. Self-Practice: In silence, visualize divine love as a river. Meditate for 15 minutes, seeking wisdom, and journal any introspective insights. |
Hildegard’s Water Vision Meditation
Historical Practice: Hildegard meditated on water’s flow, inspired by visions of divine rivers in Scivias. By the Rhine, she contemplated spiritual wisdom. Self-Practice: Sit by a stream or bowl of water, meditating on its flow for 15 minutes. Visualize divine wisdom flowing through you, journaling insights. |
Rosicrucian Mirror Gazing
Historical Practice: Proto-Rosicrucian mystics gazed into water-filled bowls, seeking introspective visions, symbolizing divine wisdom’s flow. Self-Practice: Gaze into a water-filled bowl, seeking visions for 10 minutes. Meditate on flowing wisdom, journaling any introspective insights. |
History | Teresa of Avila | Teresa of Avila | Teresa of Avila | Teresa of Avila | Teresa of Avila |
MytMythos of Yeshe Tzogyalhos | Redeemer gives gnosis to Adam | Redeemer gives gnosis to Adam | Redeemer gives gnosis to Adam | Redeemer gives gnosis to Adam | Redeemer gives gnosis to Adam |
Third 4/5 Day Ko Day 11-15 of 9th Fortnight
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Practice | Alchemical Dew Collection Ritual
Historical Practice: Alchemists collected morning dew, meditating on its purity as divine wisdom, per Mutus Liber. Self-Practice: Collect morning dew (or use water), meditating on its purity for 10 minutes. Visualize it cleansing your soul, journaling insights. |
Jung’s Anima Meditation (Medieval Lens)
Historical Practice: A medieval mystic, following Jung, meditated on the anima as a flowing river of wisdom, per Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious. Self-Practice: Visualize your inner feminine as a river, meditating for 15 minutes. Reflect on emotional wisdom, journaling introspective insights. |
John Dee’s Scrying Water Meditation
Historical Practice: Dee gazed into water-filled bowls during scrying, seeking angelic wisdom, blending alchemy and mysticism. Self-Practice: Gaze into a bowl of water, seeking insights for 10 minutes. Visualize it as a portal to wisdom, then journal your reflections. |
Thomas Merton’s Contemplative Silence (Medieval Lens)
Historical Practice: A medieval mystic in Merton’s style sat by a stream, practicing silent contemplation, deepening spiritual wisdom. Self-Practice: Sit by a stream, practicing silent contemplation for 15 minutes. Reflect on wisdom gained, journaling your introspective experience. |
Alchemical Aqua Vitae Contemplation
Historical Practice: Alchemists like John Dee meditated on aqua vitae, symbolizing divine flow, visualizing its fluidity, per Rosarium Philosophorum. Self-Practice: Pour water into a glass, visualizing it as divine essence. Meditate for 10 minutes on its fluidity, reflecting on spiritual wisdom gained. |
History | Thomas Merton | Thomas Merton | Thomas Merton | Thomas Merton | Thomas Merton |
Mythos of Yeshe Tzogyal | Sophia sends Zoe to guide humanity | Sophia sends Zoe to guide humanity | Sophia sends Zoe to guide humanity | Sophia sends Zoe to guide humanity | Sophia sends Zoe to guide humanity |
Phase 1: Hylic (Body and World – Practical Rules and Physical Actions)
Basis: Gospel of Philip sees water as purification
and rebirth.
1. Exercise: Washing the Soul
Basis: Ritual washing in Pistis
Sophia.
Pour water over your hands, saying,
“The water of truth washes the soul, cleansing it from the illusions of
this world, awakening my Anima to light.” Visualize your Anima emerging
radiant, and feast on melons.
Source: Gospel of Philip.
2. Exercise: Stirring the Divine Flow
Basis: Gospel of Truth.
Stir a bowl of water, saying, “The
soul flows to the light, carried by the river of gnosis to the Pleroma,
guiding my Anima home.” Visualize ripples as your Anima’s journey, and
feast on cucumbers.
Source: Gospel of Truth.
3. Exercise: Walking the River’s Path
Basis: Sethite rituals (Nag Hammadi).
Walk near water, saying, “I am the
river and the sea, the flow that carries my soul to eternity, awakening
my Anima to the divine.” Feel the water mirroring your Anima’s path, and
feast on watermelon.
Source: Thunder, Perfect Mind.
4. Exercise: Offering of Water’s Surrender
Basis: Pistis Sophia.
Pour water onto the ground, saying,
“The water of the soul returns to the source, as I offer my Anima to the
light of gnosis, merging with the divine.” Visualize it joining the divine
ocean, and feast on grapes.
Source: Pistis Sophia.
5. Exercise: Breathing the Mist of Light
Basis: Seven Sermons to the Dead.
Inhale in a misty place, saying,
“The mist of the divine fills the soul, awakening my Anima to the light
of eternity, flowing toward the Pleroma.” Visualize your Anima as a radiant
wave, and feast on pears.
Source: Seven Sermons to the Dead.
Phase 2: Psychic (Praise of Aeons and Divine Beings)
Basis: Apocryphon of John invokes divine beings
to awaken the Anima.
6. Exercise: Hymn to Sophia’s Flow
Basis: Sophia in Pistis Sophia.
Chant, “Sophia is the river of wisdom,
flowing through my soul to the light of the Pleroma, awakening my Anima
to truth.” Visualize her radiant stream, offering a bowl of water to the
earth, and feast on oranges.
Source: Pistis Sophia.
7. Exercise: Invocation of Barbelo’s Waters
Basis: Barbelo in Apocryphon of
John.
Say, “Barbelo is the source of all
waters, the mother who flows through my Anima to eternity, guiding my soul
to light.” Visualize her as a radiant stream, and feast on mangoes.
Source: Apocryphon of John.
8. Exercise: Praise of Christos’ Calm
Basis: Christos in Pistis Sophia.
Face water, saying, “Christos is
the anchor of the soul, calming the waters of my Anima with his light,
leading me to salvation.” Visualize him soothing your soul, and feast on
peaches.
Source: Pistis Sophia.
9. Exercise: Chanting the Divine Stream
Basis: Gospel of Truth.
Chant, “The divine flows through
the heart, carrying my Anima to the Pleroma’s light, uniting my soul with
eternity.” Visualize aeons as rivers merging into the divine, and feast
on plums.
Source: Gospel of Truth.
10. Exercise: Prayer to the Monad’s Ocean
Basis: The Monad in Seven
Sermons to the Dead.
Kneel by water, saying, “The
Monad is the sea of eternity, where my Anima flows to the light of gnosis,
becoming one with the divine.” Visualize the Monad as an infinite ocean,
and feast on cherries.
Source: Seven Sermons to the
Dead.
Phase 3: Pneumatic (Sublime Matters – Altar
Work and Mental Focus)
Basis: Nag Hammadi texts use altars to connect
the Anima to divine realms.
11. Exercise: Altar of the Divine Wave
Basis: Water in Pistis Sophia.
Create an altar with a bowl
of water and blue candle, saying, “The wave of truth lifts the soul, carrying
my Anima to the Pleroma’s light, flowing toward eternity.” Visualize an
ocean of light, and feast on kiwi.
Source: Pistis Sophia.
12. Exercise: Vision of the Eternal Sea
Basis: Gospel of Truth.
Place a seashell on an altar,
saying, “The sea of the soul is the Pleroma, where my Anima merges with
the light of eternity, becoming one with the divine.” Visualize a radiant
sea, and feast on blueberries.
Source: Gospel of Truth.
13. Exercise: Emblem of the Divine Drop
Basis: Thunder, Perfect Mind.
Place a drop of water on an
altar, saying, “I am the drop and the ocean, the Anima that returns to
the divine sea of light, flowing to eternity.” Visualize your soul merging
with the Pleroma, and feast on raspberries.
Source: Thunder, Perfect Mind.
14. Exercise: Contemplation of Sophia’s Yearning
(Day 14 – Fast Begins)
Basis: Sophia’s yearning in
Pistis Sophia.
Place a glass of water on
an altar, saying, “My soul cries out for the light, as Sophia cries, yearning
for the homeland of eternity amidst the waters of illusion.” Visualize
her longing, fasting to reflect on her 13 Repentances.
Source: Pistis Sophia.
15. Exercise: Sophia’s Reunion with Light (Day
15 – Fast Continues)
Basis: Sophia’s rescue in
Pistis Sophia.
Place a pearl on an altar,
saying, “In reunion, the soul finds its true home, as Sophia rises with
Christos to the land of light, guiding my Anima to eternity.” Visualize
her ascent, fasting to seek the eternal.
Source: Pistis Sophia.
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