Man's Prodigal Journey of Redemption
The following excerpt is an absolutely fantastic interpretation of the fall of man and his redemption as presented by Manly P. Hall. I think many people could benefit greatly by really understanding what is being said here.
In this ritualistic drama--possibly derived from the Egyptians--Adam, banished from the Garden of Eden, represents man philosophically exiled from the sphere of Truth. Through ignorance man falls; through wisdom he redeems himself. The Garden of Eden represents the House of the Mysteries (see The Vision of Enoch) in the midst of which grew both the Tree of Life and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.
Man, the banished Adam, seeks to pass from the outer court of the Sanctuary (the exterior universe) into the sanctum sanctorum, but before him rises a vast creature armed with a flashing sword that, moving slowly but continually, sweeps clear a wide circle, and through this "Ring Pass Not" the Adamic man cannot break.
The cherubim address the seeker thus: "Man, thou art dust and to dust thou shalt return. Thou wert fashioned by the Builder of Forms; thou belongest to the sphere of form, and the breath that was breathed into thy soul was the breath of form and like a flame it shall flicker out. More than thou art thou canst not be. Thou art a denizen of the outer world and it is forbidden thee to enter this inner place."
And the Adam replies: "Many times have I stood within this courtyard and begged admission to my Father's house and thou hast refused it me and sent me back to wander in darkness. True it is that I was fashioned out of the dirt and that my Maker could not confer upon me the boon of immortality. But no more shalt thou send me away; for, wandering in the darkness, I have discovered that the Almighty hath decreed my salvation because He hath sent out of the most hidden Mystery His Only Begotten who didst take upon Himself the world fashioned by the Demiurgus. Upon the elements of that world was He crucified and from Him hath poured forth the blood of my salvation. And God, entering into His creation, hath quickened it and established therein a road that leadeth to Himself. While my Maker could not give me immortality, immortality was inherent in the very dust of which I was composed, for before the world was fabricated and before the Demiurgus became the Regent of Nature the Eternal Life had impressed itself upon the face of Cosmos. This is its sign--the Cross. Do you now deny me entrance, I who have at last learned the mystery of myself?"
And the voice replies: "He who is aware, IS! Behold!"
Gazing about him, Adam finds himself in a radiant place, in the midst of which stands a tree with flashing jewels for fruit and entwined about its trunk a flaming, winged serpent crowned with a diadem of stars. It was the voice of the serpent that had spoken.
"Who art thou?" demands the Adam.
"I," the serpent answers, "am Satan who was stoned; I am the Adversary--the Lord who is against you, the one who pleads for your destruction before the Eternal Tribunal. I was your enemy upon the day that you were formed; I have led you into temptation; I have delivered you into the hands of evil; I have maligned you; I have striven ever to achieve your undoing. I am the guardian of the Tree of Knowledge and I have sworn that none whom I can lead astray shall partake of its fruits."
The Adam replies: "For uncounted ages have I been thy servant. In my ignorance I listened to thy words and they led me into paths of sorrow. Thou hast placed in my mind dreams of power, and when I struggled to realize those dreams they brought me naught but pain. Thou hast sowed in me the seeds of desire, and when I lusted after the things of the flesh agony was my only recompense. Thou hast sent me false prophets and false reasoning, and when I strove to grasp the magnitude of Truth I found thy laws were false and only dismay rewarded my strivings. I am done with thee forever, O artful Spirit! I have tired of thy world of illusions. No longer will I labor in thy vineyards of iniquity. Get thee behind me, rempter, and the host of thy temptations. There is no happiness, no peace, no good, no future in the doctrines of selfishness, hate, and passion preached by thee. All these things do I cast aside. Renounced is thy rule forever!"
And the serpent makes answer: "Behold, O Adam, the nature of thy Adversary!" The serpent disappears in a blinding sunburst of radiance and in its place stands an angel resplendent in shining, golden garments with great scarlet wings that spread from one corner of the heavens to the other. Dismayed and awestruck, the Adam falls before the divine creature.
"I am the Lord who is against thee and thus accomplishes thy salvation, " continues the voice. "Thou hast hated me, but through the ages yet to be thou shalt bless me, for I have led thee our of the sphere of the Demiurgus; I have turned thee against the illusion of worldliness; I have weaned thee of desire; I have awakened in thy soul the immortality of which I myself partake. Follow me, O Adam, for I am the Way, the Life, and the Truth!"
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I would love to initiate some insightful discussion about this particular article. I find it extremely powerful and a great teaching.
I think that if you ask the average person what the motivation for his religion is they will almost always state that it is, of course, for the salvation of their immortal soul. Now the real question is how many people seek God simply to improve their quality of life? I believe the vast majority of "religious" people follow doctrine out of Fear of Damnation.
"I am the Lord who is against thee and thus accomplishes thy salvation, "
Again I say, this simple concept is so powerful.
I would also inquire as to the origins of this particular piece, who is the original author?
I too think this is very well done, powerful message here, I too would like to know the original author, and it is obvious, that we relate to God for fear of Damnation, because if we were to walk with God for the sake of having a personal relationship, then we would not be at war with ourselves at any given time, there would be no more hunger for the poor, there would be no more poor. Im hopeful that we humans "Wake Up" soon.
"as presented by Manly P. Hall" is what it says in the title. he was a smart guy. to be horribly understated.
So is this mason saying satan and Jesus are one and the same?
I fail to see where Jesus is mentioned in here.
Lucifer is a part of God, the first creation in Gods image, the selfish part that desires gratification from wealth and power. That is Lucifer.
Adam is the Human soul, not just one, but in general, probably only the male, so eves are the females I guess.
The point is that righteousness, true enlightened, intelligent individuals will realize that only good can survive, because it is self sustaining, whereas destructive tendencies destroy the self eventually as the self is only part of the environment, never truly separate.
The Human mind is created with the level of complexity to render reality, like a 3D computer, and that gives us creative, critical thought, which is the source of free will, control over our futures, and why we can understand, and therefore destroy the entire universe.
That is why we needed to learn to temper/control our desires with reason, logic, rational and moral thought, before we learned about our ability to destroy things. But Lucifer messed it up, and our species is only starting to learn that now, as Human society is approaching a new age or right functioning. We must only reveal the corrupt methods of central bankers corrupting govt's to enough people, to make this reality happen now.
On the fixing-problems thread on this site I have all the rest of the answers, and ask me anything...
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