The fertility of spring
In the spring the earth lays herself open to the rays of the sun
"The shepherdess of spring"
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'Spring is the sun’s nuptial union with the earth, the beginning of the Work. In spring, Nature brings a multitude of children into the world. Without the father (the sun), the mother could not produce any fruit. But all these cosmic phenomena also exist within human beings. There, it is the soul that is the bride and the spirit that is the bridegroom. On the first day of spring, if the soul abandons herself to the divine Spirit she will be impregnated, but if she refuses to surrender herself to him, nothing will happen and she will remain barren.
In the spring the earth lays herself open to the rays of the sun, but this same cosmic process of fecundation is enacted in all spheres. The Holy Spirit, too, invites you to lay yourselves open to him in order to receive his gifts of wisdom and love, for the Spirit of God can impregnate your souls just as the sun impregnates the earth. It is not easy, however, to attract the Holy Spirit. The spirit will come only into a soul which has prepared itself to make him welcome, with the greatest possible respect, love and devotion. When the Spirit enters that soul, then the Infant Christ is born: this is the Philosophers’ Stone with which the initiate works wonders. In order to be visited by the Spirit, the soul must be like a young virgin: only after long hours spent in loving meditation and contemplation of the tastes and preferences of her Prince Charming does she set out to attract his attention and to delight him with her winning smile and graceful mien.
In order to receive the Holy Spirit, all human beings, even men, must become women. But what does it mean to be a woman? It means to be an Aeolian harp, vibrating at the slightest breath of wind. Woman, the soul, is a harp, and man, the spirit, is the hand which caresses the strings of the harp.
The Apostles received the Holy Spirit because their souls, like women, had prepared themselves with loving respect of his coming.
For hundreds and even thousands of years, human beings considered a barren woman to be under a curse. In fact, this attitude towards sterility stems from a knowledge of far deeper realities.
If the earth is sterile it becomes a desert. If his soul is sterile, a human being can never receive the breath of inspiration. So if the woman, the feminine principle in each one of us, is sterile, if our soul is sterile, we shall never be blessed with any form of creativity.
The great thing in all this is to understand the lessons Nature has to offer. At the beginning of spring the earth lays itself open to receive the sun. In the same way, man has to learn to lay open his soul and when he does so he will experience a joy such as he has never known before.
If a man is insensible to that joy of Nature pulsating with life all around him, if he does not feel the rays of the spiritual sun penetrating his soul just as the physical sun penetrates the earth, it is because he has still not understood the meaning of spring.'
"The Aeolian harp"
Digital illustration generated and composed
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"The shepherdess of spring"
Digital illustration generated and composed © Editions Prosveta S.A.
(click to zoom)
'Spring is the sun’s nuptial union with the earth, the beginning of the Work. In spring, Nature brings a multitude of children into the world. Without the father (the sun), the mother could not produce any fruit. But all these cosmic phenomena also exist within human beings. There, it is the soul that is the bride and the spirit that is the bridegroom. On the first day of spring, if the soul abandons herself to the divine Spirit she will be impregnated, but if she refuses to surrender herself to him, nothing will happen and she will remain barren.
In the spring the earth lays herself open to the rays of the sun, but this same cosmic process of fecundation is enacted in all spheres. The Holy Spirit, too, invites you to lay yourselves open to him in order to receive his gifts of wisdom and love, for the Spirit of God can impregnate your souls just as the sun impregnates the earth. It is not easy, however, to attract the Holy Spirit.
The spirit will come only into a soul which has prepared itself to make him welcome, with the greatest possible respect, love and devotion. When the Spirit enters that soul, then the Infant Christ is born: this is the Philosophers’ Stone with which the initiate works wonders. In order to be visited by the Spirit, the soul must be like a young virgin: only after long hours spent in loving meditation and contemplation of the tastes and preferences of her Prince Charming does she set out to attract his attention and to delight him with her winning smile and graceful mien.
In order to receive the Holy Spirit, all human beings, even men, must become women. But what does it mean to be a woman? It means to be an Aeolian harp, vibrating at the slightest breath of wind. Woman, the soul, is a harp, and man, the spirit, is the hand which caresses the strings of the harp.
The Apostles received the Holy Spirit because their souls, like women, had prepared themselves with loving respect of his coming.
For hundreds and even thousands of years, human beings considered a barren woman to be under a curse. In fact, this attitude towards sterility stems from a knowledge of far deeper realities.
If the earth is sterile it becomes a desert. If his soul is sterile, a human being can never receive the breath of inspiration. So if the woman, the feminine principle in each one of us, is sterile, if our soul is sterile, we shall never be blessed with any form of creativity.
"The Aeolian harp"
Digital illustration generated and composed © Editions Prosveta S.A.
(click to zoom)
The great thing in all this is to understand the lessons Nature has to offer. At the beginning of spring the earth lays itself open to receive the sun. In the same way, man has to learn to lay open his soul and when he does so he will experience a joy such as he has never known before.
If a man is insensible to that joy of Nature pulsating with life all around him, if he does not feel the rays of the spiritual sun penetrating his soul just as the physical sun penetrates the earth, it is because he has still not understood the meaning of spring.'
Text taken from the book "The Living Book of Nature", chap. 9 "Red and White".
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