Samael Aun Weor 1093704 226118205 2008-07-16T22:07:03Z Drakusrazel 6968244 /* Life */ [[Image:Saw1.gif|thumb|right|Samael Aun Weor.]] '''Samael Aun Weor''' ([[March 6]], [[1917]] - [[December 24]], [[1977]]) was a spiritual teacher, [[occult]]ist, [[Esotericism|esotericist]] and author. He established himself in [[Mexico]] in the 1950s. Together with his wife [[Litelantes]] (Arnolda Garro de Gómez), he founded the International Gnostic Movement.<ref>[[G. R. S. Mead]], M. A. ''Fragments of a Faith Forgotten: the [[Gnostics]], a contribution to the origins of [[Christianity]]'', Cosimo Classics, 2007 ISBN-10: 1602062420; ist ed. 1890</ref> In his over sixty books and hundreds of held conferences, he describes his interpretation of [[Gnosis]].<ref>[[Hans Jonas]] ''The Gnostic Religion'', pp. 32-33, Beacon Press, 1958 ISBN 0-8070-5799-1</ref> == Life == "Samael Aun Weor" was born '''Víctor Manuel Gómez Rodríguez''' in [[Bogotá]], [[Cundinamarca]], [[Republic of Colombia]], son of Manuel Gomez Quijano and Francisca Rodriguez de Gomez. His childhood and family life are not well known, except that he had a brother, and his father remarried after a divorce. In his autobiographical work ''The Three Mountains'', Samael Aun Weor stated that because he was born with an awakened [[consciousness]], he was analyzing his previous lives before mastering how to walk.<ref name="ttm">{{cite book | author=Samael Aun Weor | title=The Three Mountains | publisher=Glorian Publishing |origyear=1972 | year=2003 | id=ISBN 0-9742755-5-7}}</ref><ref>[[Sylvan Muldoon]] & Hereward Carrington ''The Projection of the Astral Body'', Weiser Books, 1973 ISBN 0-87728-069-X</ref> At the age of 17, he was asked to lecture at the local [[Theosophy|Theosophical Chapter]], and a year later was admitted into the occult society [[Fraternitas Rosicruciana Antiqua]] (F.R.A.)<ref name="ttm"/>[http://user.cyberlink.ch/~koenig/fra.htm]<ref name="cesnur">PierLuigi Zoccatelli, ''Note a margine dell’influsso di G. I. Gurdjieff su Samael Aun Weor'' ([http://www.cesnur.org/2005/pa_zoccatelli.htm english translation available online]), Aries. Journal for the Study of Western Esotericism, Brill Academic Publishers, vol. 5, n. 2 (2005), pp. 255-275</ref>. While a student in the F.R.A., Samael methodically studied the entire [[Rosicrucian]] library and it was here that he allegedly learned the secret of the "'''Great Arcanum''',"<ref>Eliphas Levi ''The Grea Secret: or Occultism Unveiled'', Red Wheel/Weiser, 2000 ISBN 10: 0877289387</ref> or White [[Sexual Magic]]; the profoundly veiled sexual key which, according to Weor, underpins all of the world's great religions.<ref name="ttm"/><ref>Watts, Alan W. ''Nature, Man and Woman'', p. 165, Random House, 1958</ref> A period of historical obscurity ensues between the mid-1930s and 1950. Admittedly, recapitulating some of the bygone events of his former incarnations, Samael became a spiritual vagabond of sorts, traveling with neither home nor income. At one point he lived with a tribe of indigenous people in the [[Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta]] in Northern Colombia, learning the healing secrets which would later form the foundation of his medical treatise, ''Occult Medicine & Practical Magic''.<ref>{{cite book |author=Samael Aun Weor | title=Occult Medicine & Practical Magic | publisher=Glorian Publishing | origyear=1978 |year=2004 |id=ISBN 0-9745916-2-9}}</ref> It was also during these years that he claimed to have had his first experience of the [[Sunyata| Illuminating Void]]<ref>[[D. T. Suzuki]] ''Essays in [[Zen Buddhism]] Second Series'', p. 269, Samuel Weiser (1953–1971)/Luzac (1933), ASIN B000WQWMH6 </ref> meeting his "Inner Being" or [[Atman (Hinduism)|Atman]]<ref>[[Swami Nikhilananda]], translator, ''[[The Upanishads]]'', pp. 87-89, Bonanza Books/Crown Publishers Inc./Harper & Brothers, 1949 ISBN 10: B000RFSVCC</ref> whose name is "Aun Weor", meaning Word of God. Although he was briefly married once before, in the early 1940s he met "Litelantes" (born Arnolda Garro Mora), who, during their thirty five years of marriage, became his esoteric collaborator and mother to four children. By 1948, Samael began teaching to a small set of students. In 1950, under the name "Aun Weor", he managed to publish ''The Perfect Matrimony of Kinder, or The Door to Enter into Initiation'' with the aid of his close disciples. The book, later entitled ''[[The Perfect Matrimony]],'' claimed to unveil the secret of sexuality as the cornerstone of the world's great religions. In it he elucidated topics such as [[sexual transmutation]], [[tantra]], sexual magic, and esoteric initiation. Writing in such a candid manner regarding sex was met with disdain by the majority of the public at the time. Seen as immoral and pornographic, Aun Weor found himself fleeing angry mobs wishing to silence him by whatever means necessary. He was incarcerated numerous times, at least once for "committing the crime of healing the sick".<ref name="ttm"/><ref>''The Holy Bible, St. Mark 3:1-6'', Authorized King James Version, Holman Bible Publishers, 1988 ISBN 1-55819-035-X</ref><ref>{{cite book |author=Andrew Dawson | title=New Era - New Religions | pages=p. 55 | publisher=Ashgate Pub Co | year=2007 | ISBN-10: 0754654338 ISBN-13: 978-0754654339}}</ref> While in jail, however, he continued to write books. Around this time Aun Weor and his small but growing number of disciples built the ''Sumum Supremum Sanctuarium'', an "underground temple" in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Before 1960, he had published twenty more books with topics ranging from ''[[Endocrinology]] and [[Criminology]]'' to ''[[Kundalini Yoga]]''.<ref>[[Swami Sivananda]] ''[[Kundalini Yoga]]'', Divine Life Society, 2005 ISBN-10: 8170520525</ref> He founded numerous Gnostic Institutions and created Gnostic centers in [[Mexico]], [[Panama]], [[El Salvador]], [[Costa Rica]]. A "triangle" relationship formed between the World Gnostic Movement founded by Samael Aun Weor, the South American Liberation Action (ALAS) headed by Francisco Propato in Argentina, and the [[Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres|Sivananda Aryabarta Ashram]] directed by [[Swami Sivananda]] in [[India]].<ref>{{cite book | author=Samael Aun Weor | title=The Aquarian Message: Gnostic Kabbalah and Tarot in the Apocalypse of St. John | publisher=Glorian Publishing | origyear=1960 | year=2004 | id=ISBN 0-9745916-5-3 | pages=p. 24}}</ref> Nevertheless, the development of the Gnostic Movement was not without dramatic setbacks. At the time of the publishing of the revised edition of The Perfect Matrimony (1961), the movement had fallen apart. He wrote that "those who did not leave the Gnostic Movement can be counted on the fingers of one hand."<ref>{{cite book |last=Samael Aun Weor |title=The Perfect Matrimony |origyear=1961 |year=2001 |publisher=Glorian Publishing |id=ISBN 0-9742755-0-6 | pages=p. 1}}</ref> However by the time of his death, Samael Aun Weor had completely re-established the broad international reaches the movement previously held. In 1991, F. W. Haack (1935–1991) who was chief delegate of the [[Evangelical Church]] with responsibility for sects and ideologies attacked Weor's ideology in a German book published in Zurich but the Gnostic branches of the movement in Germany and Switzerland are still active and expanding.<ref>F. W. Haack ''Europas Neue Religion'', p. 42, Zurich 1991</ref> [[Image:Samael Aun Weor Meditation.jpg|thumb|right|Samael Aun Weor wrote his books from a state of meditation.]]Into the 1960s, he continued to write many books on topics, such as [[Hermeticism|Hermetic]] [[Astrology]], [[Flying Saucers]],<ref>Randall Fitzgerald ''The Complete Book of Extraterrestrial Encounters: the ideas of [[Carl Sagan]], Erich Von Daniken, [[Billy Graham]], [[Carl Jung]], John C. Lully, [[John G. Fuller]]'', Macmillan Publishing Co., 1979 ISBN-10: 0020955006</ref> and the [[Kabbalah]].<ref>[[S. L. MacGregor Mathers]] ''[[Kabbalah Denudata|The Kabbalah Unveiled]]'', [[Samuel Weiser]], 1974 ISBN 0-87728-103-3.</ref><ref>[[A. E. Waite]] ''The Holy Kabbalah'', University Books Inc., 1960 ISBN 0-8216-0025-7</ref> However, he also wrote sociopolitical works such as the Platform of POSCLA, a Latin-American Christian Socialist Party, which attacks the doctrines of [[Marxism-Leninism]] and any other aspect of "[[Materialism|Materialistic]] [[Atheism]]". Members should be well versed in the [[Protocols of the Elders of Zion]] <ref>[[Sergei Nilus]] ''[[The Protocols of the Elders of Zion]]'', Filiquarian Publishing LLC, 2006 ISBN 10: 1599869446 </ref> and have a profound knowledge of Buddhist egolessness <ref>[[D. T. Suzuki]] ''The [[Zen]] Doctrine of No Mind'', p. 120, Samuel Weiser Inc., Great Britain 1949, 1969 American edition ISBN 0-87728-182-3</ref> and Yoga [[Ahimsa]]<ref>[[Mahatma Gandhi]] ''[[The Story of My Experiments With Truth|An Autobiography: The Story Of My Experiments With Truth]]'', (available at [[Wikisource]]), 1929 ISBN 0-8070-5909-9</ref> to eliminate the Secret Enemy (the cause of war) from the macrocosmic social milieu: the personal life.<ref>[[Edwin Arnold]] ''[[The Light of Asia]]'', Useful Knowledge Pub Co., First Edition 1879, 1882 ASIN B00088H6RY</ref> In what was to be the last decade of his life, he penned works such as ''Parsifal Unveiled'', which details the esoteric symbolism of the [[Richard Wagner|Wagner]] opera, and ''Gnostic Anthropology'' in which he heavily criticizes the theories of [[Charles Darwin|Darwin]], [[Ernst Haeckel|Haeckel]], "and their henchmen". The books ''The Great Rebellion'', ''Treatise of Revolutionary Psychology'', and ''The Revolution of the Dialectic'' provide a ground work for the vast knowledge of esoteric [[psychology]] found rooted in every genuine religion.<ref>[[Alice A. Bailey]] ''Esoteric Psychology'', vol. I, Lucis Publishing Co., 1st ed. 1936, 1970 ISBN-10: 0853301182; vol. II, 1st ed. 1942, 1982 ISBN-10: 0853301190</ref> During this time, he was preparing the highest vehicle of his doctrine, [[The Pistis Sophia Unveiled]], in which he meditated, verse-by-verse, upon the extremely esoteric Gnostic text [[Pistis Sophia|The Pistis Sophia]].<ref>[[G. R. S. Mead]] ''Pistis Sophia: A Gnostic Gospel'', Spiritual Science Library, 1984 ISBN 0-89345-041-3</ref> He never actually received any income from his books. At the 1976 "Gnostic Congress", Samael Aun Weor publicly renounced all his [[copyrights]] in an effort to help the books he wrote become more widely available (although copyright was later given to his wife, Litelantes, to prevent poor translation). The desire of Samael Aun Weor was that his books would be sold cheap, so that even the poorest of person could purchase them. By August 1977 he had developed [[stomach cancer]] but he continued to speak to both his students and the general public, giving radio and television interviews throughout tours of Mexico. Eventually he was forced to stop, due to debilitating stomach pain, and his condition steadily worsened until his death on December 24, 1977. He was survived by his wife and children. === Master & Avatar === Throughout his books and lectures there are many instances in which Samael Aun Weor states that he is a Master and that his inner being, Samael, is the Avatar of Aquarius. For example, in ''The Aquarian Message'', he writes, "the Maitreya Buddha Samael is the Kalki Avatar of the New Age." The [[Kalki|Kalkian Avatar]] and [[Maitreya Buddha]], he claimed, are the same "White Horse Rider" of the book of [[Revelation]].<ref name="am">{{cite book | author=Samael Aun Weor | title=The Aquarian Message: Gnostic Kabbalah and Tarot in the Apocalypse of St. John | publisher=Glorian Publishing | origyear=1960 | year=2004 | id=ISBN 0-9745916-5-3 | pages=p. 224}}</ref> He also states that he completed the Great Work of [[Self-Realization]] in the previous [[Manvantara]] and had been living on Earth for millions of years, as a [[bodhisattva]] of compassion, before becoming a [[fallen angel]].<ref>Gustav Davidson ''A Dictionary of Angels including the fallen angels'', p. 255, The Free Press, 1967 ISBN 0-02-907052-X </ref> He stated that this is why [[Samael]] is synonymous with both a [[demon]]ic <ref>A. Waite ''The Holy Kabbalah'', ibid. pp. 280-286</ref>connotation, such as "blind God," as well as an angel, and it was only in his most recent incarnation that he paid his karmic debts, and became an upstanding bodhisattva once again.<ref>{{cite web | last = Samael Aun Weor | title = Who is Samael Aun Weor? | url = http://www.gnosticteachings.org/content/view/163/75/ | accessdate = 2008-04-13 }} </ref> Although he affirmed his spiritual mastery many times, he also regularly rejected the worship of his personality: "I do not follow anyone, nor do I want anyone to follow me. What I want is for each one of you to follow his own Self. I am only a lighthouse in the sea of existence, and I do not need a ''clientèle'' in order to subsist... Masters exist in abundance, and I am only one of many; therefore, those who want to find the Masters will find them within, in the depths of their own inner consciousness."<ref>{{cite web|last=Samael Aun Weor|title=Inside the Vestibule of Wisdom|url=http://www.gnosticteachings.org/content/view/536/43/|accessdate=2007-04-09}}</ref><ref>Insert footnote text here</ref> == Doctrine of Synthesis == Samael Aun Weor states that he is delivering the Doctrine of Synthesis because it provides a clear and precise doctrine that [[syncretism| syncretizes]] an extensive variety of teachings that study the human condition.<ref>{{cite book |last=Samael Aun Weor |title=The Perfect Matrimony |origyear=1961 |year=2001 |publisher=Glorian Publishing |id=ISBN 0-9742755-0-6| chapter=Introduction}}</ref> Although, he drew extensively from different sources, he always expressed the teaching in his own words and made sure to include the revelation of the Great Arcanum which those authors usually missed for it was forbidden to reveal it under penalty of death. Neither [[Eliphas Levi]] nor [[Madame Blavatsky|H. P. Blavatsky]], [[Gurdjieff]], [[P. D. Ouspensky]], [[Steiner]], [[H. Spencer Lewis]], [[R. Swinburne Clymer]], [[Manly Palmer Hall]], [[Max Heindel]] or any other personality of [[Esotericism|The Esoteric Orders and Their Work]]<ref>[[Dion Fortune]] ''Esoteric Orders And Their Work'', Red Wheel/Weiser, 2007 ISBN-10: 157863184X; Rider & Co., ist ed. 1928 </ref> ever revealed publicly the Secret of the Great Arcanum: only Samael Aun Weor has. <ref>Eliphas Levi ''Transcendental Magic'', p. 94, Weiser, 1995 ISBN 0-87728-079-7</ref> He seldom quoted an author verbatim and so gave very little credit directly to these different sources, specially Eliphas Levi, Blavatsky and Gurdjieff. In revealing the Great Arcanum, he quotes Dr. [[Arnold Krumm-Heller]] and gives him credit for that enigmatic sentence written in Latin, just what the doctor ordered; the doctor's prescription reads as follows: [[coitus reservatus|"Inmissio membri virilis in vaginam sine ejaculatio seminis"]].<ref>r. Krumm-Heller ''Rosa-Cruz'', p. 147, Editorial Kier, 1946 ISBN 10: 9501700720</ref> Religions are viewed as idiosyncratic expressions of immutable and eternal values. Religions are said to be born and die in time, yet their spiritual values always remain eternal. When a religious form has fulfilled its mission, it begins to degenerate and dies, then a new messenger appears and delivers a doctrine appropriate for that culture. Different cultures require different doctrines for their development and this results in a vast difference of religious doctrines. Nevertheless, if one understands their core values, all religions naturally support each other.<ref name="fe">{{cite book |last=Samael Aun Weor |title=Fundamental Education |year=1970 |chapter=What to Think, How to Think}}</ref><ref>[[Swami Nikhilananda]] ''The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna'', pp. 33-35, Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Center, 1942 ASIN B000EN81DG</ref> He stated many times that schools and religions can become cages of the mind which impede the reception of truth,<ref>ibid pp 111-112</ref><ref name="zc">{{cite book | author=Samael Aun Weor | title=The Zodiacal Course (part of the collection Astrotheurgy) | year=1951 | pages=p. 41}}</ref> yet he also delivered a massive doctrine and states that every religion and sect is necessary, that “all religions are pearls strung on the golden thread of divinity.”<ref name="lmt">{{cite book | author=Samael Aun Weor | title=Logos, Mantra, Theurgy | year=1959 |chapter=[http://www.gnosticteachings.org/13-akasa Akasa]}}</ref> A possible resolution is found when one understands that just as a cage can protect one who is bewildered by the unknown, so can it become an obstacle for the realization of truth.<ref name="psu">{{cite book | author=Samael Aun Weor | title=The Pistis Sophia Unveiled | origyear=1983 | year=2005 | id=ISBN 0-9745916-8-8 | publisher=Glorian Publishing}}</ref> Ultimately the teachings call for the student to acquire his own gnosis, or self-knowledge, and the teachings are only a means to that end.<ref name="sda">{{cite book | author=Samael Aun Weor | title=The Secret Doctrine of Anahuac | year=1974}}</ref> <ref>[[Alexandra David-Neel]] ''[[Magic]] and [[Mystery cult|Mystery]] in [[Tibet]]'', p. 11, Dover Publications Inc., Paris 1929, ISBN 0-486-22682-4 </ref> ===Anthropology=== Weor stated that the today so called "humans" have their origin from the time when the degenerated humans from the continent of "Lemuria" copulated with beasts which gave creation to the "intellectual animal".<ref name="ga">{{cite book |last=Samael Aun Weor |title=Gnostic Anthropology |origyear=1978 |year=2007 |publisher=Glorian Publishing |id=ISBN 1-934206-16-4}}</ref> ===Praxis=== Samael Aun Weor emphasizes that his doctrine is experiential, and must be put into practice for it to be of any value to the student.<ref name="lmt" /><ref name="teost">{{cite book |author=Samael Aun Weor |title= The Elimination of Satans Tail |year=1964 |chapter=[http://www.gnosticteachings.org/6-the-dissolution-of-the-i The Dissolution of the I]}}</ref> Likewise, throughout his works there are hundreds of techniques and exercises that supposedly are to help in the development of psychic powers e. g. leaving the dense physical body at will ([[astral projection]]) <ref>''The Projection of the Astral Body'', ibid. pp. 155-157</ref> in order to be taught in the schools of the "Higher Worlds."<ref>{{cite book |last=Samael Aun Weor |title=The Perfect Matrimony |origyear=1961 |year=2001 |publisher=Glorian Publishing |id=ISBN 0-9742755-0-6| chapter=Two Rituals}}</ref> <ref>[[P. D. Ouspensky]] ''A New Model of the Universe'', pp. 242-265, Alfred A. Knopf Inc., 1931 ISBN 0-394-71524-1 </ref>It should be noted that the techniques are always combined with meditation and [[sexual sublimation|sexual transmutation]], and the perfection of such powers may take more than one lifetime.<ref>ibid. pp. 421-439</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Samael Aun Weor |title=The Mystery of the Golden Blossom |origyear=1971 |year=2003 |publisher=Glorian Publishing |id=ISBN 0-9742755-2-2| chapter=The Seminal Pearl |quote=The price of enlightenment is paid with one's own life. In the sacred land of the [[Vedas]], there are [[Guru-shishya tradition|Chelas]] (disciples) that after thirty years of intensive work are only at the beginning, in the prologue of their work.}}</ref> It is stated that if a student is successful in awakening consciousness, he or she will eventually experience a continuous state of vigilance not only during the day but also while the physical body is sleeping, and most importantly after death. This is significant because Samael Aun Weor states that those who have a sleeping consciousness are not aware of their postmortem condition just as they are not aware when they are physically sleeping. The awakening of consciousness allows a student to continue to work regardless of their physical state.<ref>{{cite book |last=Samael Aun Weor |title=The Perfect Matrimony |origyear=1961 |year=2001 |publisher=Glorian Publishing |id=ISBN 0-9742755-0-6| chapter=Consciousness, Subconsciousness, Supraconsciousness, Clairvoyant Consciousness}}</ref> ===Psychology=== The basis of Samael Aun Weor's Practical Work is of a psychological nature. He states in many of his books that the purpose of his doctrine is to effect a psychological change. The terms Gnostic, Esoteric or Revolutionary Psychology are used to describe the psychological methods taught, and are said to be synonymous with the psychological teachings of religion.<ref name="rp">{{cite book |last=Samael Aun Weor |title=Revolutionary Psychology |origyear=1975 |year=2001 |publisher=Glorian Publishing |id=ISBN 0-9742755-7-3}}</ref><ref>[[Maurice Nicoll]] ''Psychological Commentaries on the Teaching of Gurdjieff & Ouspensky'', v. 1 to v. 5, Watkins, London, 1952 SBN 7224 00632; [[Shambhala]], 6 volumes, 1996 ISBN 0-87728-910-7</ref> A fundamental axiom presented is that an ordinary human being is not really human at all, but rather an intellectual animal (a rational animal) with [[consciousness]] asleep.<ref>{{cite book | author=Samael Aun Weor | title=Treatise of Revolutionary Psychology | publisher=Glorian Publishing | origyear=1974 | year=2005 | id=ISBN 0-9742755-7-3 | pages=p. 1}}</ref> According to Samael Aun Weor, a true human being is someone who has no psychological imperfection, an image of God, as in Jesus' saying, "Become perfect as your Father in Heaven is perfect."<ref name="tk">{{cite book |last=Samael Aun Weor |title=The Initiatic Path in the Arcana of Tarot and Kabbalah |origyear=1978 |year=2003 |publisher=Glorian Publishing |id=ISBN 0-9742755-1-4|chapter=Tiphereth}}</ref><ref name="gm">{{cite book | author=Samael Aun Weor | title=The Major Mysteries | year=1956}}</ref> Samael Aun Weor writes of the awakening of consciousness as being very similar to the traditional Buddhist understanding, and throughout his works he describes many analogous processes as they are spoken of in different religions. He taught that one’s ego is really not one but many, or a multitude of independent, contradictory desires. Likewise, each person's ego is said to actually contain many "I’s," many "egos," many "aggregates" and even [[demons]].<ref>Hans Jonas ''The Gnostic Religion'', ibid. pp. 281-283</ref> Each desire is an "I" and each "I" has its own specific causes and conditions that lead to its personification at a particular time. This is the mechanism behind what is commonly called "changing one’s mind," because when one "I" changes to another a literal exchange of personified psychological aggregates has taken place.<ref>{{cite book | author=Samael Aun Weor | title=Treatise of Revolutionary Psychology | publisher=Glorian Publishing | origyear=1974 | year=2005 | id=ISBN 0-9742755-7-3 | chapter=The Permanent Center of Gravity}}</ref> <ref>[[Paul Brunton]] ''The Hidden Teaching Beyond [[Yoga]]'', pp. 22-23, 138-140, E. P. Dutton & Co. Inc., 1941 ISBN 10: B000OMKJCS</ref>This "doctrine of the many" is the same as that taught by [[G.I. Gurdjieff]] and because of this Samael Aun Weor was often accused of plagiarism. To this he responded that Gurdjieff was not the author of this doctrine and that its origin is found in Egypt and Tibet.<ref>Samael Aun Weor. [http://www.gnosticteachings.org/content/view/120/10105/ Seriousness in the esoteric work].</ref><ref>[[E. A. Wallis Budge]] ''The Egyptian Book of the Dead'', Dover Publications Inc., 1895 ISBN 0-486-21866-X</ref><ref>[[W. Y. Evans-Wentz]] ''The Tibetan Book of the Dead'', Oxford University Press, 1936 ISBN 10: B000PXY65C</ref> Consciousness is described as a state of being, very closely related to [[God]]. The consciousness within the normal person is said to be 97% asleep. Consciousness asleep is consciousness that is [[subconscious]], [[Unconscious mind|unconscious]], or infraconscious, which are various levels of psychological sleep. Psychological sleep is a way to describe the lack of self-awareness, meaning that the common and ordinary person is not aware of 97% of what constitutes the ordinary state of being. A consciousness asleep is caused by what Samael Aun Weor calls identification, fascination, or the incorrect transformation of impressions (all three are essentially the same thing). It is said that to awaken consciousness one must understand consciousness asleep, which implies that one must begin to understand every impulse, action, thought and movement one makes, a feat that is said to be accomplished through [[meditation]] and [[self-observation]]. It is stated many times that the awakening of consciousness is the only way to acquiring gnosis and achieve a true and radical change by removing the spurious psychological aggregates that cause unnecessary [[Dukkha|suffering]].<ref>{{cite book | author=Samael Aun Weor | title=Treatise of Revolutionary Psychology | publisher=Glorian Publishing | origyear=1974 | year=2005 | id=ISBN 0-9742755-7-3 | chapter=Decapitation}}</ref><ref name="rd">{{cite book |last=Samael Aun Weor |title=The Revolution of the Dialectic |origyear=1983 |year=2003 |publisher=Glorian Publishing |id=ISBN 0-9745916-3-7}}</ref> The purpose of the psychological work is to dissolve all the psychological aggregates one has accumulated. The term "psychological or mystical death" is often used to describe the process one must undergo in order to reach [[Moksha|liberation]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Samael Aun Weor |title=The Revolution of the Dialectic |pages=p. 63 |origyear=1983 |year=2003 |publisher=Glorian Publishing |id=ISBN 0-9745916-3-7}}</ref> <ref>W. Y. Evan-Wentz ''Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation'', Oxford University Press, 1954 ISBN 10: B000Q03UDS</ref>"Psychological aggregates" are commonly known simply as [[Skandhas|aggregates]] in Buddhism, yet it is taught that other religions used a more veiled or less sophisticated method to describe them, such as: the ''[[wikt:Legion|Legion]]'' of [[Satan]] that Jesus is described as removing from a man in {{bibleverse||Mark|5}} in one of the alleged ''[[Miracles of Jesus]]'';<ref name="pm-legion">{{cite book |last=Samael Aun Weor |title=The Perfect Matrimony |origyear=1961 |year=2001 |pages=p. 79 |publisher=Glorian Publishing |id=ISBN 0-9742755-0-6}}</ref> the killing of the "unbelievers" in [[Islam]]; [[Moses]] escaping the tyranny of the [[Egyptians]];<ref name="pm-moses">{{cite book |last=Samael Aun Weor |title=The Perfect Matrimony |origyear=1961 |year=2001 |pages=p. 71 |publisher=Glorian Publishing |id=ISBN 0-9742755-0-6}}</ref> [[Arjuna]] fighting against his own blood (the ego);<ref name="ttm-arjuna">{{cite book | author=Samael Aun Weor | title=The Three Mountains | publisher=Glorian Publishing |origyear=1972 | year=2003 | id=ISBN 0-9742755-5-7 |pages=p. 21}}</ref> <ref>[[Swami Prabhavananda]] and [[Christopher Isherwood]] ''[[Bhagavad Gita]]: The Song of God'', Signet Classics, 2002 ISBN 10: 0451528441</ref>the demons of [[Seth]] that attack [[Osiris]];<ref name="psu-seth">{{cite book | author=Samael Aun Weor | title=The Pistis Sophia Unveiled | origyear=1983 | year=2005 | id=ISBN 0-9745916-8-8 | publisher=Glorian Publishing |pages=p. 79}}</ref> Jesus throwing the merchants out of the temple;<ref name="psu-merchants">{{cite book | author=Samael Aun Weor | title=The Pistis Sophia Unveiled | origyear=1983 | year=2005 | id=ISBN 0-9745916-8-8 | publisher=Glorian Publishing |pages=p. 19}}</ref> the archetypical death and resurrection of the "Solar Hero" exemplified in the stories of Jesus and [[Osiris]]; the descent into the [[Inferno]] (representing our unconsciousness) in order to accomplish a great task, such as those performed by [[Hercules]] or [[Orpheus]]; the archetypical [[Dragon]] (ego) that must be slayed by the [[Knight]], etc.<ref name="ttm" /> Samael Aun Weor states that this specific [[paradigm]] is called "The Doctrine of the Many" and has been taught in esoteric schools and religions since the beginning of time.<ref name"gr">{{cite book | author=Samael Aun Weor | title=The Great Rebellion | origyear=1976 | year=2003 | id=ISBN 0-9742755-3-0 | publisher=Glorian Publishing |pages=p. 86}}</ref><ref>Paul Brunton ''The Wisdom of the Overself'', pp. 127-151, E. P. Dutton & Co., 1943 ISBN 10: B000WQWMH6</ref> In order to achieve psychological transformation, extensive methods of meditation, self-observation, and sexual transmutation are taught and recommended to be practiced on a daily basis.<ref name="rd" /> The goal of psychological work is the awakening of consciousness and ultimately the state of [[Paramartha]]satya or [[Adi-Buddha]] [[Yoga]].<ref name="psu" /> ===Physiology & Sexology=== {{cquote|Indeed, sexual energy is without a doubt the most subtle and powerful energy normally produced and transported through the human organism. Everything that a Human Being is, including the three spheres of thought, feeling and will, is none other than the exact outcome of distinct modifications of sexual energy. <ref>{{Citation | last = Samael Aun Weor | year = 1950 | title = The Perfect Matrimony | publisher = Glorian Publishing | chapter = Normal Sexuality | url = http://www.gnosticteachings.org/content/view/196/43/ }} </ref> }} Basic [[physiology]] is studied, mostly [[endocrinology]]<ref>Onslow Wilson ''Glands - The Mirror of Self'', [[AMORC]], 1983 ISBN 10: 0912057351</ref> and the [[hormone|hormonal]] influence of primary and [[secondary sexual characteristics]].<ref name"gr">{{cite book | author=Samael Aun Weor | title=Fundamental Notions of Endocrinology and Criminology | origyear=1959}}</ref><ref name="pm-ssc">{{cite book |last=Samael Aun Weor |title=The Perfect Matrimony |origyear=1961 |year=2001 |pages=pp. 63,259 |publisher=Glorian Publishing |id=ISBN 0-9742755-0-6}}</ref> <ref>P. D. Ouspensky ''A New Model of the Universe'', ibid. pp. 451-476</ref>It is taught that there are three fundamental [[nervous systems]]: [[Central nervous system|cerebrospinal nervous system]], [[Sympathetic nervous system|grand sympathetic nervous system]], and the [[Parasympathetic nervous system]]. <ref>[[H. Spencer Lewis]], PhD., F.R.C. ''Rosicrucian Manual'', Charts 1-8, pp. 83-102, Supreme Grand Lodge of AMORC, 1st ed. 1918, 1982 ASIN: BOOOJF268A</ref>These nervous systems are referred to as the "Three Brains" or three centers of the intellectual animal, and are named Intellectual Center, the Emotional Center, and the Motor-Instinctual-Sexual Center. Each center is studied in relation to the types of energies or "occult hydrogens" that animate them, the frequency at which each center operates (sexual center being the fastest, then emotional, then intellectual), and how aggregates form and act within each center: aggregates that are expressed through the intellect one way and through the emotions in a different way, etc.<ref>{{cite book | author=Samael Aun Weor | title=Treatise of Revolutionary Psychology | publisher=Glorian Publishing | origyear=1974 | year=2005 | id=ISBN 0-9742755-7-3 |chapter=The Gnostic Esoteric Work}}</ref> The three centers are directly related to the [[Trinity]], [[Trimurti]], or threefold-ness of creation, the intellect being related to the Father ([[Keter (Kabbalah)|Kether]], Affirmation, Positive), the emotion related to the Son, ([[Chokmah]], Denial, Negation), and the sexual center related to the [[Holy Spirit]] ([[Binah]], Reconcile, Neutral). The primary energy of the intellectual brain (Father) is the air, which is then placed in the bloodstream which is related to the emotional brain (Son), and lastly the final condensation of blood is found in the semen or sexual hormones, which is directly related to the Holy Spirit: that which impregnates or manifests creation, [[Shakti]],<ref>Sir [[John Woodroffe]] ''[[Shakti]] and [[Shakta]]'', Ganesh & Co., 1975 ASIN: BOOOGXA4KC</ref> etc.<ref name="pm-brains">{{cite book |last=Samael Aun Weor |title=The Perfect Matrimony |origyear=1961 |year=2001 |pages=p. 63 |publisher=Glorian Publishing |id=ISBN 0-9742755-0-6}}</ref><ref name="tk-sept">{{cite book |last=Samael Aun Weor |title=The Initiatic Path in the Arcana of Tarot and Kabbalah |origyear=1978 |year=2003 |publisher=Glorian Publishing |id=ISBN 0-9742755-1-4|pages=pp. 8-9}}</ref> Samael Aun Weor teaches that psychological aggregates form in one of these three centers; therefore, it is said that there are three fundamental defects: the demon of the mind related to the intellectual center, the demon of desire related to the emotional center, and the demon of evil will related to the motor-instinctual-sexual center. They are collectively referred to as the "Three Traitors", and many references to religion are found that are held to symbolize them, for example: [[Judas]] (desire), [[Pilate]] (intellect), and [[Caiaphas]] (will) who crucify Jesus; Jubela, Jubelo, and Jubelum who murder [[Hiram Abiff]]; [[Apopi]], [[Hai]], and [[Nebt]] who murder Osiris; the three [[Erinyes|furies]] who attack [[Orestes]]; the three daughters of [[Mara]] who attack [[Gautama Buddha|Buddha]] and who are conquered through right Thinking (Intellectual Center), right Feeling (Emotional Center), and right Action (Motor-Instinctual-Sexual Center) (see [[Noble Eightfold Path]]).<ref name="tk-traitors">{{cite book |last=Samael Aun Weor |title=The Initiatic Path in the Arcana of Tarot and Kabbalah |origyear=1978 |year=2003 |publisher=Glorian Publishing |id=ISBN 0-9742755-1-4|pages=pp. 70-72}}</ref><ref>[[Bhikkhu Bodhi]]/[[Dalai Lama]], editor/preface, ''In the Buddha's Words: An Anthology of Discourses from the [[Pali Canon]]'', Wisdom Publications, 2005 ISBN 10: 0861714911</ref> Occult or esoteric physiology is also studied, which refers to the study of the [[Subtle body|supra-sensible bodies]] of minerals, plants, animals (rational and irrational), and human beings. It is said that everyone contains seven bodies, closely related to the [[Septenary (Theosophy)|Theosophical septenary]],<ref>[[H. P. Blavatsky]] ''[[The Secret Doctrine]]'', pp. 27-34, Theosophical University Press, 1st ed. 1888, 1977 ISBN 0-911500-00-6</ref> which Samael Aun Weor calls: physical, vital, emotional (astral), mental, causal, buddhic and atmic.<ref name="tk-brains">{{cite book |last=Samael Aun Weor |title=The Initiatic Path in the Arcana of Tarot and Kabbalah |origyear=1978 |year=2003 |publisher=Glorian Publishing |id=ISBN 0-9742755-1-4|pages=p. 27}}</ref> Samael differentiates between an intellectual animal and an authentic human being through the differences in the vehicles of emotion (astral body), mind (mental body) and will (causal body). Intellectual animals (ordinary man and woman) are said to contain the Lunar Astral Body, the Lunar Mental Body, and the Lunar Causal Body, each referred to by different names in different schools of Occultism.<ref>Lieut. Col. Arthur E. Powell ''[[Astral Body]] and other Astral Phenomena'', Kessinger Publishing LLC, 1942 ISBN 10: 076610253X; ''The Mental Body'', 2006 ISBN 10: 1428612521; ''Causal Body and the [[Ego]]'', 2003 ISBN 10: 0766159043 </ref> It is stated that these lunar bodies are the result of mechanical evolution through the mineral, plant and animal kingdoms and therefore, they are of an infrahuman or animal quality.<ref name="tk-lunarbodies">{{cite book |last=Samael Aun Weor |title=The Initiatic Path in the Arcana of Tarot and Kabbalah |origyear=1978 |year=2003 |publisher=Glorian Publishing |id=ISBN 0-9742755-1-4|pages=p. 24}}</ref> The only true difference between the rational animal and irrational animals is the intellect, which gives the former the ability to become human, or as Samael Aun Weor states, the intellectual animal has the "seed" or potential of a human latently existing within its sexual organs.<ref name="rp-seed">{{cite book |last=Samael Aun Weor |title=Revolutionary Psychology |origyear=1975 |year=2001 |publisher=Glorian Publishing |id=ISBN 0-9742755-7-3 |pages=p. xvii |chapter=Introduction}}</ref><ref>[[Swami Sri Yukteswar]] ''[[The Holy Science]]'', pp. 46-48, [[Self-Realization Fellowship]], 1949/1979 ISBN 0-87612-015-6</ref> What are called authentic human beings, although physically appearing identical, have crystallized the Solar Bodies: Solar Astral Body, Solar Mental Body, and Solar Causal Body. Lunar bodies are vehicles that receive the energy of creation (i.e. God) at the level of an animal, while the solar bodies permit the reception of a much greater voltage allowing greater levels of wisdom and superior emotion to be incarnated. Samael Aun Weor states that the solar bodies are collectively referred to as the "soul" in many religions, and states that according to Jesus in the New Testament, the ordinary person does not actually possess a soul ([[Gospel of Luke|Luke]] 21:19 "In patience you will possess your souls.").<ref name="pm-sb">{{cite book |last=Samael Aun Weor |title=The Perfect Matrimony |origyear=1961 |year=2001 |pages=p. 153 |publisher=Glorian Publishing |id=ISBN 0-9742755-0-6 |pages=p. 259}}</ref> Samael Aun Weor asseverates that the solar bodies are formed in the same manner that physical bodies are formed: through use of the sexual function. In order to form the solar bodies, sexual transmutation via [[sex magic#Samael Aun Weor|sexual magic]] is taught.<ref name="ecrm">{{cite book |last=Samael Aun Weor |title=Esoteric Course of Runic Magic |origyear=1969 |chapter=Rune GIBUR}}</ref> Sexual magic is the arousal of sexual energies through the act of coitus between husband and wife, but instead of expelling those energies through orgasm they are transmuted into higher [[octaves]] of energy.<ref>{{cite book |last=Samael Aun Weor |title=The Perfect Matrimony |origyear=1961 |year=2001 |publisher=Glorian Publishing |id=ISBN 0-9742755-0-6 |pages=p. 21 |chapter=The Son of Man}}</ref> Each successive Solar Body is the result of the saturation of transmuted sexual energy at its respective octave: first, the "Christ Astral" is formed by transmuting the sex energy into a second octave; second, the "Christ Mind" is formed by saturating, condensing or crystallizing the sexual energy into a third octave, and the causal body or "Christ Will" is formed by transmuting the sexual energy called "Hydrogen SI-12", into a fourth octave.<ref>{{cite book |last=Samael Aun Weor |title=The Doomed Aryan Race |origyear=1967}}</ref> The "birth" of the solar bodies is what Samael Aun Weor states is the true meaning of being "born again."<ref>[[Gene Savoy]] ''Project X: the Search for the Secrets of Immortality'', pp. 227-228, The Bobbs-Merrill Co. Inc., 1st ed. 1977, ISBN 0-672-52181-4</ref> It is taught that the solar bodies are referred to in the [[Bible]] as the three sons of Noah or the three Christians in the (alchemical) furnace of [[Nebuchadrezzar II|Nebuchadrezzar]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Samael Aun Weor |title=Treatise of Sexual Alchemy |origyear=1954}}</ref> The topic of sexuality is approached from a very stern point of view, and it is indeed the crux of Samael Aun Weor’s entire message. He states that there are three fundamental types of sexuality: suprasexuality, which is the sexual functioning of someone like Buddha or Jesus, who naturally transmutes all their energy perfectly; normal sexuality, which is defined as those who have no sexual conflict and who transmute their sexual energy; finally infrasexuality, a category which contains [[homosexuality]], [[adultery]], [[prostitution]], [[masturbation]], [[abortion]], [[bestiality]] and any other "abuse" of the sexual energy.<ref name="pm-sexuality">{{cite book |last=Samael Aun Weor |title=The Perfect Matrimony |origyear=1961 |year=2001 |pages=p. 63 |publisher=Glorian Publishing |id=ISBN 0-9742755-0-6 |pages=pp. 45-64}}</ref><ref>''A New Model of the Universe'', ibid. pp. 457-462</ref> According to Samael Aun Weor, as with everything that one is born with, such as one’s psychology, family, physical body, geographical location, etc., homosexuality is the outcome of [[karma]]. Homosexuality is said to be a modification of one’s nervous system due to karma related to the misuse of sexual energy in a previous life. Thus according to this notion, the fact that more people are being born as homosexuals is a sign of society’s furthering sexual degeneration. Samael Aun Weor does not deny that homosexuals have a modified nervous system and authentically desire the same sex, but states that because homosexuals cannot create, not even physically, that they also cannot create spiritually, and for this reason they have degenerated, or literally "lost the ability to generate." Likewise, Samael Aun Weor calls homosexuals "rotten seeds" in his work ''Yes there is Hell, a Devil, and Karma'' because unlike heterosexuals they do not have the ability to create the Solar Bodies. This does not damn the soul-essence of a homosexual, as it is implied that if a homosexual works on him or herself and deeply yearns to change, after death he or she may acquire a heterosexual body to use in the next reincarnation, but it is also stated that this is something very rare.<ref>{{cite book |last=Samael Aun Weor |title=Yes, There is a Hell, a Devil, and Karma |origyear=1973}}</ref> ===Soteriology=== [[Soteriology]] the study of [[salvation]] is presented in the light of every notable religion yet usually with special differences not held by orthodox interpretations. There are many degrees of salvation generally accomplished by paying one’s karma, removing the psychological imperfections and finally creating the solar bodies. The idea held by many religions that belief in God alone achieves salvation is categorically rejected.<ref name="psu" /> Many different levels of salvation are explained, each depending upon the willpower of the individual accomplishing it. For those who do not remove their psychological imperfection (ego) – which is the cause of karma and the suffering of humanity – after approximately 108 rebirths they will have their ego removed forcefully through mechanical devolution within the infradimensions ([[Hell]]). Here it is said that "Mother Nature" mechanically pays out one’s accumulated karma through a great deal of suffering over thousands of years until one is returned to the state of an innocent [[elemental]], or Essence. This is said to be a state of being that is total happiness, yet not cognizant happiness and therefore not complete happiness. It should be noted that Hell is not taught as a place of eternal [[damnation]], just a place to pay one’s karma, and in fact it is seen as a part of Gods grace because if the ego is not removed forcefully these souls would continue to suffer indefinitely. It is held that after Hell, the elemental is reinserted into the mechanics of evolution in order to once again attempt to gain conscious happiness: They are first inserted at the basic level of existence (minerals), and through millions of years, [[Transmigration of the soul|transmigrate]] through increasingly complex organisms until the state of intellectual animal is reached again.<ref name="psu-soter">{{cite book | author=Samael Aun Weor | title=The Pistis Sophia Unveiled | origyear=1983 | year=2005 | id=ISBN 0-9745916-8-8 | publisher=Glorian Publishing |pages=pp. 211-214}}</ref> For those who do work on themselves, depending on the degree of perfection, happiness and wisdom they wish to attain, two distinct paths emerge: the Straight Path<ref>''Magic and Mystery in Tibet'', ibid. p. 243: "As for the method which mystics call the 'Short Path', the 'Direct Path', it is considered as most hazardous."</ref> of [[the Razor's Edge]] (full of dangers inside and out)<ref>''The Upanishads'', ibid. v. 1: pp. 107-191</ref> and the Spiral Path (the easy way out). The Spiral Path involves reaching a state of relative enlightenment by choosing the enjoyment of the Higher Worlds, [[Heaven]] or [[Nirvana]]),<ref>[[Christmas Humphreys]] ''[[Buddhism]]'', pp.127-129, Penguin Books, 1951 ISBN 0-14-020228-5</ref> and occasionally returning to a physical body in order to pay out a little more karma and help humanity in the process.<ref name="psu-soter"/> Samael Aun Weor refers to these as the [[Pratyekabuddha|Pratyeka Buddhas]] and [[Sravaka]]s, and that the vast majority who reach this state choose the Spiral Path because it is very easy and enjoyable. The dangerous Straight Path of the Razor's Edge is the Path of the Bodhisattva who renounces the happiness of the Higher Worlds (Nirvana) in order to help humanity. In the doctrine of Samael Aun Weor, the Bodhisattva has a very specific definition, as it is not merely someone who has taken the [[Bodhisattva vows]]. It is the physical ([[Malkhuth (Kabbalah)|Malkuth]]), vital ([[Yesod]]), astral ([[Hod (Kabbalah)|Hod]]), mental ([[Netzach]]) and causal ([[Tiphereth]]) vehicles – in other words the human soul – of a self-realized spirit, ([[Gevurah|Geburah]]-[[Chesed]]) who has chosen the extremely dangerous Straight Path of the Razor's Edge in order to incarnate the Christ ([[Keter (Kabbalah)|Kether]]-[[Binah (Kabbalah)|Binah]]-[[Chokhmah (Kabbalah)|Chokmah]]). In other words, the Bodhisattva is the "Son" of a self-realized God who is trying to return to the [[Absolute]] or 13th Aeon. <ref name="psu-pratyeka">{{cite book | author=Samael Aun Weor | title=The Pistis Sophia Unveiled | origyear=1983 | year=2005 | id=ISBN 0-9745916-8-8 | publisher=Glorian Publishing |pages=pp. 283-285}}</ref> [[Christ]] is viewed as the savior but not as traditionally understood by contemporary Christianity. Instead, Christ is an impersonal force or intelligence that emanates from the Absolute and is also referred to as the [[Second Coming#Non-Orthodox Esoteric or Gnostic Tradition|Cosmic Christ]]. Christ is said to be before Jesus, and is represented in different traditions with names such as [[Thoth]],<ref>[[Aleister Crowley]] ''The Book of [[Thoth]]'', Samuel Weiser Inc., 1st ed. 1944, 1989 ISBN 0-87728-268-4</ref> [[Ormuz]], [[Ahura Mazda]], [[Krishna]], [[Osiris]], [[Zeus]], [[Jupiter (mythology)|Jupiter]], [[Quetzalcoatl]],<ref>[[Laurette Séjourné]] ''Burning Water: Thought and Religion in Ancient Mexico'', pp. 24-43, Shambhala, 1976 ISBN 0-87773-090-3</ref> [[Okidanokh]],<ref>G. Gurdjieff ''All and Everything: [[Beelzebub]]'s Tales to his Grandson'', pp. 149-176; pp. 1145-1160, E. P. Dutton & Co. Inc., 1950; Penguin edition, 1999 ISBN 10: 0140194738 </ref> [[Kulkulcan]],<ref>Allen J. Christenson ''[[Popol Vuh]]: Literal Poetic Version: Translation and Transcription'', University of Oklahoma Press, 2004 ISBN 978-0-8061-3841-1</ref> Chrestos, [[Baldur]], [[Mahavatar Babaji]]<ref>[[Paramahansa Yogananda]] ''Autobiography of a Yogi'', pp. 345-370, [[Self-Realization Fellowship]], 1999 ISBN 0-87612-079-6; 1st ed. 1946</ref> and [[Avalokitesvara]]. It is held that Christ enters into and exalts any individual who is properly prepared, which denotes the complete annihilation of the ego, the exhaustion of all karma and the birth of the solar vehicles, the latter is necessary to handle the super high voltage of Christ. Samael Aun Weor writes that only those who choose the previously mentioned Straight Path of the Razor's Edge can incarnate the Christ because the Spiral Path is not a path of total sacrifice. Likewise, any true Bodhisattva has incarnated the Christ or is in process of doing so. It is said that in history Christ incarnated in [[Jesus]], [[Buddha]], [[Mohammed]], [[Krishna]], [[Moses]], [[Padmasambhava]], [[John the Baptist]], [[Milarepa]], [[Joan of Arc]], [[Fu-Ji]], [[Ramakrishna]] as well as many others now forgotten by time.<ref>{{cite book |last=Samael Aun Weor |title=The Perfect Matrimony |origyear=1961 |year=2001 |publisher=Glorian Publishing |id=ISBN 0-9742755-0-6|pages=pp. 131-132}}</ref><ref name="tk-christ">{{cite book |last=Samael Aun Weor |title=The Initiatic Path in the Arcana of Tarot and Kabbalah |origyear=1978 |year=2003 |publisher=Glorian Publishing |id=ISBN 0-9742755-1-4|pages=pp. 147-148}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Samael Aun Weor |title=The Doomed Aryan Race |origyear=1967 |pages=p. 104 |year=2003 |id=ISBN 0-9742755-6-5| publisher=Glorian Publishing}}</ref> It is important to notice that some of these individuals represent Christ as an impersonal force e. g. Jesus, meaning that although he was an individual Christ, he taught the doctrine of the Cosmic Christ, intentionally molding his physical life after the psychological processes that one undergoes to incarnate the Christ. As with Buddha, Jesus is seen as a Bodhisattva who came to help humanity. Jesus is viewed as the Savior of the World because he is a [[Paramartha]]satya (an inhabitant of the Absolute) that physically incarnated (a very rare occurrence) specifically for the sake of poor suffering humanity. According to Samael Aun Weor, Jesus purposefully played out physically the internal or psychological struggle one must undergo in the path of Self-Realization;<ref>''A New Model of the Universe'', ibid. pp. 131-185</ref> thus, the Gospels are a mixture of reality and kabbalistic, initiatic symbolism. <ref name="kunda">{{cite book | author=Samael Aun Weor | title=The Mysteries of the Fire: Kundalini Yoga | origyear=1955 | year=2002 | id=ISBN 0-9742755-8-1 | publisher=Glorian Publishing |pages=pp. 28-31}}</ref><ref name"gr-ic">{{cite book | author=Samael Aun Weor | title=The Great Rebellion | origyear=1976 | year=2003 | id=ISBN 0-9742755-3-0 | publisher=Glorian Publishing |pages=pp. 149-152}}</ref> According to Samael Aun Weor, there is the historic Christ as depicted in so many Christian Churches; then, there is the Christ of Transubstantiation to be known exclusively through the Gnostic Church;<ref>[[Fulcanelli]] ''The Mystery of the Cathedrals'', p. 17, Neville Spearman Ltd., 1971 SBN 85435 350 X; 1984 ISBN-10: 0914732145; French 1st ed. 1929 </ref> and finally, there is the Apocalyptic Christ who is to come with the New Jerusalem, after the Great Fire Cataclysm that will consume the world. This is all explained in ''The Aquarian Message'', being a gnostic interpretation of the [[Book of Revelation]].<ref>Samael Aun Weor, ''The Aquarian Message'', Part III, Glorian Publishing, 2008 ISBN-10: 1934206318 ISBN-13: 978-1934206317</ref><ref>[[Charles William King]] ''The Gnostics and their Remains, ancient and medieval'', Wizards Bookshelf, 1973 ISBN-10: 0913510343; ist ed. 1864</ref> == Bibliography == He wrote over sixty books, covering a broad range of esoteric, philosophical, and anthropological subjects. The following is taken from the [http://www.gnosticteachings.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=138&Itemid=67 Glorian Publishing] website. <div style="-moz-column-count:2; column-count:2;"> *1950 - The Perfect Matrimony - Kindergarten (Revised and expanded in 1961. See below). *1950 - The Revolution of Bel *1951 - Zodiacal Course *1952 - Secret Notes of a Guru *1952 - Treatise of Occult Medicine and Practical Magic (Revised and expanded in 1978. See below). *1952 - Gnostic Catechism *1952 - Christ Consciousness *1952 - The Power is in the Cross *1952 - The Book of the Virgin of Carmen *1953 - The Seven Words *1953 - Igneous Rose *1954 - Manual of Practical Magic *1954 - Treatise of Sexual Alchemy *1955 - The Mysteries of the Fire: Kundalini Yoga *1955 - Cosmic Ships *1956 - The Major Mysteries *1958 - The Magnum Opus *1958 - Universal Charity *1958 - Esoteric Treatise of Theurgy *1959 - The Mountain of Juratena *1959 - Fundamental Notions of Endocrinology and Criminology *1959 - Christ Will *1959 - Logos, Mantram, Theurgy *1959 - The Yellow Book *1960 - The Aquarian Message *1961 - Introduction to Gnosis *1961 - The Perfect Matrimony (revised) *1962 - The Mysteries of Life and Death *1963 - Marriage, Divorce and Tantra *1963 - Gnosis in the Twentieth Century *1963 - Great Supreme Universal Manifesto of the Gnostic Movement *1964 - The Social Christ *1964 - Christmas Message 1964-1965 ("The Dissolution of the I") Title given by students. *1964 - Grand Gnostic Manifesto of the Third Year of Aquarius *1965 - The Social Transformation of Humanity *1965 - Supreme Christmas Message 1965-1966 (The Science of Music) Title given by students. *1966 - The Book of the Dead *1967 - Platform of POSCLA *1967 - Christmas Message 1966-1967 (The Buddha's Necklace) Title given by students. *1967 - Esoteric Treatise of Hermetic Astrology *1967 - Christmas Message 1967-1968 (The Doomed Aryan Race/The Solar Bodies) Title given by students. *1967 - Flying Saucers *1968 - Constitution and Liturgy of the Gnostic Movement (For Second and Third Chamber Students ONLY). *1968 - We'll Reach the One Thousand, But Not the Two Thousand (Title given by students). *1968 - Supreme Christmas Message 1967-1968 *1969 - Esoteric Course of Kabbalah *1969 - Christmas Message 1968-1969 (Esoteric Course of Runic Magic) *1969 - Christmas Message 1969-1970 (My Return to Tibet) Title given by students. *1970 - Fundamental Education *1970 - Beyond Death *1971 - Christmas Message 1971-1972 (Parsifal Unveiled) *1971 - Christmas Message 1971-1972 (The Mystery of the Golden Blossom) *1972 - Grand Gnostic Manifesto 1972 *1972 - Christmas Message 1972-1973 (The Three Mountains) *1972 - Gazing at the Mystery *1973 - Aztec Christic Magic *1973 - Christmas Message 1973-1974 (Yes, There is a Hell, a Devil, and Karma) *1974 - The Metallic Planets of Alchemy *1974 - The Secret Doctrine of Anahuac *1975 - The Great Rebellion *1975 - Liturgy of the Gnostic Movement (For Second and Third Chamber Students ONLY). *1975 - Revolutionary Psychology *1976 - Sacred Book of Gnostic Liturgy (For Second and Third Chamber Students ONLY). *1977 - The Mysteries of Christic Esoterism *1977 - The Kabbalah of the Mayan Mysteries *1977 - Esoteric Course of Theurgy *1978 - Gnostic Anthropology *1978 - Didactic Self-knowledge (Collected Lectures). *1978 - Christmas Message 1977-1978 (Treatise of Occult Medicine and Practical Magic, revised) *1978 - The Initiatic Path in the Arcana of Tarot and Kabbalah *1980 - For the Few *1983 - The Revolution of the Dialectic *1983 - The Pistis Sophia Unveiled </div> == See also == {{MultiCol|95%}} *[[Anthroposophy]] *[[Cult]] *[[Esoteric Christianity]] *[[Fourth Way]] *[[Gnosticism]] *[[Hermeticism]] *[[Mysticism]] {{ColBreak}} *[[Philosopher's Stone]] *[[Rosicrucianism]] *[[Samael]] *[[Scientology]] *[[Taoism]] *[[Western Mystery Tradition]] {{EndMultiCol}} ==Notes== {{Reflist|3}} ==External links== {{wikiquote|Samael Aun Weor}} *[http://www.americangnosticassociation.org/ American Gnostic Association] Downloadable books, articles and courses. *[http://www.gnosiscentral.com Gnosis Central] Audio books and downloadable books. *[http://www.gnosticteachings.org/ Gnostic Teachings] Books, courses, lectures, audio lectures, videos and discussion forum. *[http://www.samaelaunweor.info/ Samael Aun Weor] Information about Samael Aun Weor, his life, mission and photos. {{DEFAULTSORT:Aun Weor, Samael}} [[Category:Colombian writers]] [[Category:Esotericists]] [[Category:Western mystics]] [[Category:Occult writers]] [[Category:1917 births]] [[Category:1977 deaths]] [[de:Samael Aun Weor]] [[el:Σαμαέλ Αούν Βεόρ]] [[es:Samael Aun Weor]] [[eo:Samael Aun Weor]] [[it:Samael Aun Weor]] [[pt:Samael Aun Weor]]