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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHear us Lord, holy Lord,
\n\nalmighty Father, eternal God,
\n\nand deign to send your holy Angel from heaven,
\nto guard<\/span>, cherish<\/span>, protect<\/span>, visit<\/span> and defend<\/span>\n
\nall who are gathered together in this place.\n
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By upbringing and intellectual training,
I belong to the \u201cchildren of heaven\u201d;
but by temperament, and by my professional studies,
I am a \u201cchild of the earth\u201d.
Situated thus by life at the heart of two worlds
with whose theory, idiom and feelings
intimate experience has made me familiar,
I have not erected any watertight bulkhead inside myself.
On the contrary, I have allowed<\/em>
two apparently conflicting influences full freedom to<\/em>
react upon one another deep within me.<\/em>
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhat is the message of the Angel with two wings, in the red and blue robe, holding two vases, one red and one blue, and making water gush in a mysterious way from one vase to the other? Does he not bear the good news that beyond the duality of \u201ceither-or\u201d there is still that of \u201cnot only-but also\u201d or \u201cboth-and\u201d? Does not the totality of the Card, the Angel of the Card, suggest the problem of cooperating polarity, or integrated duality?\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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In preceding Letters there have\u00a0 been\u00a0 diverse connections, of a twofold polarity\u2014that of \u201cpolemic\u201d (war) and that of cooperation or \u201cpeace\u201d. St. Bernard of Clairvaux, in his doctrine of the divine image and likeness of man, provides a thorough-going investigation of this twofold polarity.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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“Man was made in the image and likeness of God: in image he possesses freedom of will, and in likeness he possesses virtues. The<\/em> likeness has been destroyed; however, man conserves the image. The image can be burnt in hell, but not consumed. Wherever the soul is, there also will be the image. It is not so with the likeness. This remains in the soul which accomplishes the good; in the soul which sins it is wretchedly transformed. The soul which has sinned ranks with beasts devoid of intelligence.”
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The question arises is there something in human life which counterbalances man’s bad inclinations? The answer is the Guardian Angel who substitutes himself for functions destroyed through the Fall. As we said above God,
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The Guardian Angel is a “flaming star” who guards<\/em><\/span> memory,\u00a0 who takes care that there is a connection between the great \u201cyesterday, today and tomorrow\u201d of the human soul.\u00a0 The guardian Angel cherishes<\/em><\/span> the endeavour, quest and aspiration of the soul. He always leaves the soul free to choose, but he also protects<\/em><\/span> the human being.

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He visits<\/em><\/span> the human and, as the clairvoyant, helps the non-clairvoyant with respect to psychic and physical temptations and dangers. He warns, informs and helps to appreciate. Nevertheless he never suppresses occasions of temptation. For, as St. Anthony the Great<\/a> said, \u201cwithout temptation there is no spiritual progress\u201d.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Just as Moses said to the LORD, when the children of Israel had sinned by\u00a0preferring a god made of gold to the Living God, \u201c if thou wilt forgive their sin\u2014and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written\u201d (Exodus xxxii, 32<\/em>), so do guardian Angels \u201ccover\u201d their prot\u00e9g\u00e9s before the face of Divine Justice.\n

\nThe guardian Angel covers his prot\u00e9g\u00e9 from Divine justice with his wings, as a mother defends<\/em><\/span> her child.

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDear Unknown Friend, think of your guardian Angel,\u00a0 when you have problems, questions to resolve, tasks to accomplish, plans to formulate, cares and fears to appease! Think of him as a luminous cloud of maternal love above you, moved by the sole desire to serve you and to be useful to you.

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When a soul rises closer to God, his personal Guardian Angel is “freed” and an Archangel replaces him. Human beings whose guardian is an Archangel have not only new experiences of the Divine in their inner life, but also receive a new\u00a0 vocation. They become representatives of a human group \u2014 a nation or community. From this time onwards their actions will no longer be purely personal, but will at the same time have value for the human community that they represent.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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…we have sinned\u00a0 and rebelled, turning aside from thy commandments … Now, therefore, O our God, hearken to the prayer of thy servant and to his supplications, and for the love of the Lord, cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary, which is desolate. O my God, incline thy ear and hear! Open thy eyes and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name…(Daniel ix, 5, 17-18<\/em>)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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And it was the Archangel Gabriel who \u201ccame to him in swift flight at the time of the evening sacrifice…he came to give him wisdom and understanding\u201d (Daniel ix, 21-22<\/em>).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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This is why St. Francis represents more than mankind. He represents\u00a0 \u201cdivinised humanity\u201d.\u00a0 St. John of the Cross said this about St Francis’ stigmata.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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God sometimes permits an effect to extend to the bodily senses, as happened when the Seraphim wounded St. Francis.

When the soul is wounded with love by the five wounds, the effect extends to the body, just as the soul is wounded with love. God does not usually bestow a favour upon the body without bestowing it first and principally upon the soul. (St. John of the Cross, The Living flame of Love<\/em>)\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Just as one has arms because one has the will to touch, it is similar with wings. They are a will to extend not only horizontally but also vertically, not only to bear touch forward, but also to bear it above. Wings express the will for movement according to a cross, i.e. not only that of expansion<\/em> on a plane but also that of elevation<\/em> to another plane.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Just as the bird, whose body is solid and liquid, elevates itself by means of wings from the solid and liquid regions into that of the air, so does the Angel elevate itself by means of currents of vital and psychic energy\u2014which correspond to wings\u2014into the higher spiritual world.

Its \u201cflying\u201d is not a mechanical operation of \u201csculling in the air\u201d, as is the case with a bird, but it is a magical operation of the establishing of contact with \u201ccelestial gravitation\u201d, i.e. with divine attraction.

One could say the bird flies by beating<\/em> its wings against the air, by resting on the air; the Angel \u201cflies\u201d by immobilising<\/em> its wings after having touched God. The bird flies thanks to the air; the Angel \u201cflies\u201d thanks to God.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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From tradition we know that there are also human beings endowed with wings. Thus the right panel of a triptych forming the circle of a deesis, a Russian icon from the hand of Nicephorus Savine, shows St. John the Baptist as winged.\u00a0 Similarly\u00a0 the Hermit of the Bologna Tarot shows a winged patriarch, who walks laboriously, bent double on two crutches, having a pillar behind him.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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To become a pillar is the aim of the Hermit or Hermeticist; the means of raising oneself as a pillar are wings; and what becomes more and more difficult for one who becomes a pillar is horizontal movement.\u00a0 He has become a \u201cspiritual stylite\u201d at the expense of movement in the horizontal.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Wings are organs of the subtle bodies\u2014astral and vital. It is therefore a matter of the domain of the unconscious<\/em> when it is a question of wings. Our task here is to turn\u00a0 towards God in prayer and meditation.
The apostolic counsel \u201cPray constantly\u201d (I Thessalonians v, 17) is the key. The astral and vital bodies can pray unceasingly\u2014which is not possible for the conscious self. The Way of a Pilgrim<\/em> by an anonymous Russian author describes how the pilgrim in waking up during the night, hears his heart beating distinctly the words of the prayer: \u201cLord Jesus Christ\u2014Son of God\u2014have mercy on me\u2014a sinner\u201d .<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u00a0Wings are formed only when the two currents\u2014that of human endeavour and that of grace\u2014meet and unite.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Pure humanism can create only the wings of Icarus. And the lot of Icarus is known: his wings of \u201cwax\u201d melted in the warmth of the sun, and the unfortunate Icarus fell to the earth, as seen in this painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder.<\/span><\/p>

Regarding demonism, it can develop only the wings of a bat, i.e. those of darkness which are organs by means of which one can plunge into the depths of darkness.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u00a0A winged human being is\u00a0 disposed towards the heroic and towards the miraculous.
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The Angel of the Card holds two vases united by a current of water.\u00a0
The problem of fluids is that of the dynamic functioning of the whole human being, i.e. corporeal, psychic and spiritual.\u00a0 Just as there exists a system of physical circulation, so also there exists a system of vital and astral circulation, which in its turn is simply a reflection of the system of circulation comprising spirit, soul and body\u2014the threefold body\u2014as a living unity. The principle underlying this total system of circulation is the divine likeness. And as it is this which has undergone the disfiguring effect of original sin, it is the mission of the guardian Angel to see to it that the total system of circulation functions in as healthy a way as possible.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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This measure amounts to an always changing equilibrium between eternity and the moment, between the absolute and the relative, between contemplation and action, between the ideal and the phenomenal, between Mary and Martha. All of us live a healthy life only in as much as the two sisters in us are present and active as sisters. \u00a0\u201cPray and work\u201d cannot be replaced by any other formula.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Many criticise Saint Bernard for\u00a0 encouraging the Crusade, but battle had commenced in the seventh century, when the Arabs invaded the eastern Christian countries. Charles Martel repulsed them at Poitiers in France, and through this victory (in 732) saved Christian civilisation and the West from Mohammedan conquest.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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St. Bernard advanced not only active contemplation for the monks but also contemplative activity for the knights. This is what Krishna made Arjuna understand\u00a0 \u201cperforming all actions, always depending on me, man obtains eternity\u201d (Bhagavad-Gita<\/em>)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The Gift of Tears<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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The contact between image and likeness is experienced as inner weeping. The expression: \u201cI am moved to tears\u201d is only a reflection of what happens when image and likeness touch. They then mingle their tears\u2014and the inner current which results from this is the life of the human soul.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Tears, sweat and blood are the three substances of the threefold mystery of man.\u00a0<\/p>

To be touched from above is \u201ctears\u201d; the effort to conform to that which is above is \u201csweat\u201d; and the consummated marriage of grace from above and effort from below is \u201cblood\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Here we have the inner reasons for the three principal heresies (for every serious heresy is a truth over-accentuated at the expense of the whole truth. Ronald Knox spent thirty years writing on this theme for his masterpiece Enthusiasm<\/em><\/a>.).

For those who seek only tears are inclined to Quietism<\/a> ; those who prefer sweat, i.e. effort of will, easily fall into the Pelagian heresy of denying grace; and those who seek the Mystery only in the blood often arrive at the Lutheran heresy where work, i.e. effort, counts for nothing.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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There are three principal modes of authentic spiritual experience: vision, inspiration<\/em> and intuition<\/em>. Vision shows us spiritual things, inspiration infuses us with understanding, and intuition reveals their essence. Thus St. Paul had the vision<\/em> of Christ on the way to Damascus, from whom he received inspiration<\/em> that he obeyed and the carrying out of which constituted his apostolic work, his intuition. <\/em>Through intuition one becomes another, through inspiration one apprehends new ways of thinking, feeling and acting, and through vision one\u2019s domain of experience is enlarged<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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The symbol of the Rose Cross renders the essence of inspiration. It expresses the mystery of tears, i.e. that of inspiration, with force and clarity. It portrays the joy of sorrow and the sorrow of joy, which together comprise inspiration.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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One cannot separate from one another the mortal sweat of the Crucifix, the inspirative tears of acceptance of the Cross (Rose Cross), and the blood transmuted through identification with the Cross. The mystery of sweat, tears and blood is one and indivisible.<\/p>

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It is the same with Christianity. It is one and indivisible. Esoteric Christianity is entirely within exoteric Christianity. Christian Hermeticism is only a special vocation within the universal Christian community \u2014 the vocation\u00a0 of depth. The unity of the whole of mankind\u2019s authentic spiritual life throughout its entire history always was, is, and always will be Christocentric. Hermeticism is the vocation to live the universal truth of the prologue to St. John\u2019s Gospel:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God…All things were made through him and nothing that has been made was made without him. In him was the life, and the life was the light of men…This was the true light that enlightens every man coming into the world<\/em>. (John i, 1-4, 9)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Children know how to ask and dare to ask. Are they presumptuous? No, because each question that they pose is at the same time an avowal of their ignorance. Are they humble, therefore? They are in so far as they sense their ignorance, and they are not in so far as they are driven by hunger and thirst to know and understand to the point of forgetting themselves. In this the Hermeticist imitates the child. He wants to know \u201cwho\u201d, \u201cwhat\u201d, \u201chow\u201d and \u201cwhy\u201d, concerning life and death, good and evil, creation and evolution, history and the human soul<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Our chance, our hope…is inspiration. And it is precisely because we ask in the way that children do that we have the hope \u2014 no, the certainty \u2014 that our Father who is in heaven will give us the answer, that he will not give us a stone instead of bread, or a serpent in place of a fish. Inspiration\u2014the two vases from whence flows the living water held by a winged Angel \u2014 is the hope and the chance for the survival of Hermeticism in the centuries to come!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Dear Unknown Friend, say to yourself that you know nothing, and at the same time say to yourself that you are able to know everything, and \u2014 armed with this healthy humility and this healthy presumption of children \u2014 immerse yourself in the pure and strengthening element of the \u201cthinking together\u201d of inspiration! May the winged Angel be present in this enterprise of yours, and may he hold the two vases from which inspiration will pour!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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