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A free audio lecture download about the eighth arcanum of the Tarot, "Justice," and the Hebrew letter chet. This article is from the free online course The Twenty-two Arcana of Tarot and Kabbalah. Course Description: This free online course is a thorough exploration of the universal principles contained in the twenty-two arcana of the Tarot, the Hebrew letters, and the Kabbalah. "The Tree of Life is the spinal medulla. This Tree of Wisdom is also the ten Sephiroth, the twenty-two creative Major Arcana, letters, sounds, and numbers, with which the Logos (God) created the universe." - Samael Aun Weor This course was originally given live and unscripted on Gnostic Radio. It is accompanied by a great deal of written material, including lecture transcriptions.

A free audio lecture download about the seventh arcanum of the Tarot, "Triumph," and the Hebrew letter zayin. Lecture quote: "The Arcanum Seven depicts a warrior standing in a chariot. This warrior holds in his two hands a staff or a rod and a sword. The chariot has four columns which he stands in the midst of and the chariot is drawn or led by two sphinxes, one black and one white. This Arcanum symbolizes the chariot of war, which is also represented in the famous epic story of ancient India called The Mahabharata. This is an ancient story describing a huge conflict amongst the members of a family. The most famous extract or portion of this epic story is called the Bhagavad Gita, which means “The Song of the Lord,” and is a dialogue between Krishna and Arjuna. They have this dialogue in a chariot on a battlefield at the very precipice of the greatest war the world has ever known. Of course typically, traditionally, the story is interpreted as merely a story and the symbolism is missed by the majority of the

A free audio lecture download about the sixth arcanum of the Tarot, "Indecision," and the Hebrew letter vav. Lecture quote: "Arcanum 6 – Indecision is related with the letter Vav, which means “and” in the Hebrew language and symbolizes connection - to hook, to unite one thing with another. It is also related with the word “yug” in Sanskrit, which means union. In order to have an union you have to hook - and of course it is related with the word religare (or religion). It is the way in which we receive knowledge. The letter Vav of this arcanum is related with the property of hearing, listening. Of course now we have to emphasize that it is not just related to the faculty of hearing on the physical plane but also with that chakra which we have mentioned several times in different lectures: the chakra Vishuddha, which is related with magical ear, the faculty of understanding, listening to or hearing the Word of God which is related with the world of Archetypes [Atziluth], symbols that we know through understandi

A free audio lecture download about the arcanum of the Tarot, "The Hierarch," and the Hebrew letter hei. Lecture quote: "The womb of the Divine Mother, space itself or unmanifested existence, is symbolized by the Egyptians as Nepthys. Of course, in Sanskrit we know this as Prakriti, the Divine Mother. When the Divine Mother gives birth and manifestation arises, the Egyptians called the manifested mother, "Isis". So, here we have two aspects of the Divine Mother, or two aspects of the character, "He". Between these two, there is an interface; there is Anubis. Plutarch, who was a Grecian priest at Delphi, observed in his writings that the esoteric doctrine related to Anubis described him as the balance, or the interface, between Nepthys and Isis, and he was the son of both, and in this way we can understand that Anubis here is simply a symbol, as are Nepthys and Isis, a symbol of karma, one of those three eternal factors. Within the womb of Nepthys is that seed of karmic events that must unfold, and when condit

A free audio lecture download about the fourth arcanum of the Tarot, "The Emperor," and the Hebrew letter daleth. Lecture quote: "Arcanum number four is called The Emperor. The king, the Emperor, is related with the fourth Sephirah of the Tree of Life, which is called Chesed. When you study the Tree of Life and the relation of the Tree of Life with the planets of our solar system, then we find that Chesed is governed by Jupiter, and also by Mars. Many kabbalists state that Chesed, the Innermost, our own particular Spirit, is ruled only by Jupiter. But when we discover that our own particular Spirit has to fight for his own Self-realization and has to do the work, the internal work in the human being; then we discover that he is also a warrior, a fighter. So that's why we state in Gnosticism that Chesed is ruled by Mars. This is the particular individual Spirit of each one of us. Chesed, which is related with the Emperor, the king. That's why, astrologically speaking, we said that the kings are ruled by Jupite

A free audio lecture download about the third arcanum of the Tarot, "The Empress," and the Hebrew letter gimel. Lecture quote: "The first Arcanum, related to the projective masculine force, unity, projects, but it is balanced and equilibrated by the second factor, or the second Arcanum, which is duality. So then we have these two forces in a dual relationship, but for creation to actually occur, for the world of Daath to actually blossom and manifest existence, manifest creation, there has to be a third factor. This Law of Three is that profound and deep equilibrium between forces. We have this symbolized in many of the structures of the Tree of Life. We have three columns upon which hang three triangles, and each triangle is made of three spheres. The Law of Three is the very structure of our Tree of Life, both within us and outside of us. The Law of Three becomes something very foundational for our understanding of the Kabbalah, as it does provide the very foundation of the Tree itself. More than that, the

A free audio lecture download about the second arcanum of the Tarot: "The Priestess," and the Hebrew letter beth. Lecture quote: "The letter Beth is the first letter that you find in the book of Genesis. Remember that Genesis comes from "generation, generate," and "Bereshith," which is the first word of the book of Genesis in Hebrew, begins with Beth. And the World of Creation, which is the world of Briah, starts with Beth. And Binah, which is the Holy Spirit or the third sephirah, begins with Beth. This really invites us to reflect, because really, Binah is in relation with creation, Briah, with Bereshith, because it is the beginning or the way in which the universe develops. When we explain the nature of God, we always arrive at the conclusion that God has no form, but we have to study that which people call God, because remember that in Hebrew, the first word that you find in the Bible for God is Elohim.Many times, we have explained that Elohim or Eloim is a feminine word, Eloah, with a masculine plural en

A free audio lecture download about the arcanum of the Tarot, "The Magician," and the Hebrew letter aleph. Lecture quote: "The term ‘magician' has been grossly degenerated in our modern time. It actually comes from a very ancient root. When I pointed out this term ‘Atman,' this has a relationship with the term ‘magician,' with its roots. You've probably heard the Sanskrit word Mahatma: this is a compound word from Maha-atman. Atman is our own Inner Father, our own Inner Spirit (Chesed). ‘Maha' means ‘great' in Sanskrit: Maha-atman—great spirit, great soul. In Sanskrit, an H can also be a G: so maha can also be read as maga, mage, magi. A magi is a priest. We know the three magi from the stories of the Bible, the New Testament, which were three kings, or three priests, who came from the east to worship the Christ. But the term magi, or mage, actually comes from ancient Sanskrit and an Assyrian, Babylonian, and Persian term, from ‘mag' or ‘maha,' and the magi were worshipers of the sun, priests. The sun, of cou

There are different types of spiritual vision (also called clairvoyance or visions), as symbolized in the Bible and the Hebrew letters. This lecture explains the difference between positive and negative awakening, of learning to perceive with the free consciousness (the way of the Prophets) rather than the consciousness trapped within ego (Soothsayers and Diviners). Lecture quote: "Soothsayers are intellectual Kabbalists, whereas Prophets are intuitive Kabbalists. In this lecture we are going to explain the root of both. The soothsayers are black magicians, sorcerers, diviners (mediums, channelers). Yet, the Prophets are the Avatars, the Apostles. Thus, we have to know the difference, and understand how to polarize ourselves with the positive aspect, or what we call clairvoyance." This is a lecture from the free online course Prophecies of the Days to Come. Course Description: Everyone has heard about the Mayan prophecies, the Apocalypse of Revelation, and perhaps about the Purification Day of the Hopi. All r

How superior beings are working to assist humanity to alter the Genotype (genome) to originate a new Phenotype (phenomena). Lecture quote: "Each one of us has a unique genome, because the genome is based on the inheritance that is taken from the protoplasmic bodies. As I told you, the genes and the chromosomes are made by molecules, those molecules are directly connected with the molecular bodies, the protoplasmic bodies, which are precisely the cause of our physical body. In the previous lecture, I told you that the origin of those protoplasmic bodies comes from very ancient times. The evolution of this planet Earth comes from the Saturnian epoch, a very ancient epoch. During the Lemurian epoch (which is explained in the Bible as the fall of “Adam and Eve” humanity) certain Cosmo-Creators or sacred individuals came to this planet Earth from other worlds in order to help the development of our genome, which means in order to alter the structure of the cell of the physical body of that time. All of this was pr

A reading from a lecture originally given by Samael Aun Weor about the end of times, the last moments of this current age. Includes descriptions of the end of Atlantis. "Because of our present actions, the Earth is being submitted to a tremendous agony, and this must come to an end." This is a lecture from the free online course Prophecies of the Days to Come. Course Description: Everyone has heard about the Mayan prophecies, the Apocalypse of Revelation, and perhaps about the Purification Day of the Hopi. All religions have prophesies of great changes coming for humanity, but few know what to do about it. Learn about the future of our planet Earth, and how to prepare yourself today. "And I saw a new οὐρανός [ouranos, heaven] and a new γῆ [gē, earth]: for the πρῶτος οὐρανός [prōtos ouranos, first heaven] and the πρῶτος γῆ [prōtos gē, first earth] were passed away; and there was no more θάλασσα [thalassa, ocean]. And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bri

The end of the current age and the Natural Selection or Evolution of the Psyche (soul) in relation to the kingdoms of nature, heaven, hell, extraterrestrials, and the Monad (Spirit). Lecture quote: "We are in this very moment experiencing great events not only in this physical world that we can sense through our five senses but also in the superior worlds. It is very important to understand that the selection of psyches-a work that we are performing and that we have to perform-is something always related with the consciousness. In many traditions they talk about the selection of souls that eventually will happen in order to initiate the Golden Age, or the new system of things that will come after catastrophes and many events that will happen in the physical world. So many theories, beliefs, dogmas exist around this topic related with the selection of individuals that will come to inhabit a new Earth, a new planet. We call that future time "the Golden Age" so we are going to be very specific in order to explai

All religions have prophesies of great changes for humanity, but few know what to do about it. Learn about the future of our planet Earth, and how to prepare yourself today. Every religion has stated that that transformation is necessary in order for a new Earth, a new heaven to be born. And this is why we read in the book of Peter, “But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. “[Seeing] then [that] all these things shall be dissolved, what manner [of persons] ought ye to be in [all] holy conversation and godliness, “Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness [צדק tzedek]." - - 2 Peter 3 This is a le

The Hebrew letter Tav and its relationship with truth, death, the Messiah (Meshiach), the Torah, Dharma, resurrection, the Apocalyse, and much more.

The Hebrew letter Shin and its relationship with fire, oil (shemen), Samson (Shemshon), the tefilin, Shiva, Neptune, the trident, the four worlds of Kabbalah, and much more.

The Hebrew letter resh and its relationship with the head, the oil (semen), the spirit or wind (ruach), resurrection, anointment, and the science of meditation.

The Hebrew letter Kuf (Qoph) and its relationship with the monkey, Thoth, the Hindu god Hanuman, the nephesh, and much more.

The Hebrew letter Tzadi (Tzade, Tsade) and its relationship with the covenant (the Brit milah or circumcision), the righteous ones (Tzadik or Tzadikim) and the elevation of the sacred fire (esh).

The Hebrew letter Peh (Pei) and its relationship with the word, the mouth, the power of tongues, the fire of Pentacost, the Gaio or rooster, Abraxas, Adam, Daath, and more.

The hebrew letter Ayin and its relationship with eyes, imagination, meditation, samadhi, the teachings of Jesus, the pillars of cloud and fire, Samson, and more.