Now let’s study the sixteenth Arcanum of the Tarot. This is the Arcanum of the FULMINATED TOWER. This is the Tower of Babel. Two personages are precipitated to the bottom of the Abyss, one of these personages when falling with his head downwards and his legs and arms outstretched represent the inverted PENTAGRAM.
Many are the Initiates that allow themselves to fall. Many are the fulminated towers. Any initiate that spills the CUP OF HERMES inevitably falls. The legend of the Fallen Angels has been repeated and will be repeated eternally. Presently many FALLEN GODS live in the world. They are now dressed in the bodies of human beings.
THE HUMAN SPECTER
Man is actually a soulless creature. When death arrives, only the Human Specter continues! From this Specter escapes the Embryo of the Soul. The POSTMORTEM states mentioned by occultists correspond to the EMBRYO OF THE SOUL. This Embryo returns to its true Being that normally lives in the Causal World. An in-depth analysis takes us to the conclusion that the HUMAN SPECTER is a den of filthy demons.
The conclusion is that the Human being becomes a Legion of demons that continue on. Indeed, the physical human person dies.
The Human Being is not immortal and powerful yet. The Human Being believes themselves to be so, but the breaking point of arrogance is that THE RAY OF DEATH FULMINATES THEM, and from the TOWER OF BABEL they roll into the abyss. This is the FATALITY.
THE ASTRAL CHRIST AND THE MENTAL CHRIST
The Human Being has two centers that he does not yet use: THE SUPERIOR MIND AND THE SUPERIOR EMOTIONAL Centers. These are the two divine centers, the true instruments of the eternal and imperishable MAN WITH SOUL. We can profoundly study the great mysteries of life and death with these two superior centers. We may be able to penetrate within the GREAT REALITY which is found far beyond ETERNITY AND TIME.
Those who believe that they are using these two centers without having ENGENDERED THE VEHICLE OF THE CHRIST MIND, and the vehicle of the ASTRAL CHRIST are completely mistaken. It is necessary to engender these two vehicles in order to dress ourselves with the Superior Mind and the Superior Emotion. Only with the Arcanum A.Z.F. is it possible to engender these two superior vehicles.
In the third initiation of Major Mysteries the ASTRAL CHRIST is born. In the Fourth Initiation of Major Mysteries the MENTAL CHRIST is born. The Astral and Mental bodies studied by occultists and which Theosophy refers to a lot are just miserable Specters of death that eventually will be fulminated by the terrible ray of Cosmic Justice. Thus, this is how the TOWER OF BABEL, and Satan will roll into the abyss.
IMMORTALITY
Whosoever possesses the MENTAL AND ASTRAL BODIES becomes absolutely immortal. When we study these Christic vehicles and compare them with the Astral and Mental vehicles that are used by the defunct, then we find the following differences:
The Astral-Christ shines marvelously. The Astral of Death does not shine because it is just a fatal shadow.
The Mental Christ shines gloriously. The Mind of Death does not shine. The Astral-Christ is clean from passions. The Astral of Death is a vehicle for animal passions.
The Mental Christ has an angelical divine figure. The Mind of Death has an animal figure.
The Astral Christ has the Kundalini and the Chakras awakened. Whereas the Astral of Death does not have the Kundalini awakened and if by chance it has the charkas awakened, by means of any kind of Esoteric Discipline, they shine like fatuous fires within the darkness of the abyss.
SUMMARY:
The Christic man is immortal whereas the earthly man is not. THE CHRISTIC MAN SHINES LIKE THE SUN. Whereas the earthly man is just a shadow. THE CHRISTIC MAN IS AN ACHIEVED BEING!
WHAT IS FUNDAMENTAL
Those students of occultism that practice esoteric exercises without working with the ARCANUM A.Z.F. are similar to the man that builds his house upon the sands: his building will roll into the abyss; we must build upon the Living Rock. This Rock is Sex.
Whosoever develops their Charkas within the Specter of Death will roll into the abyss, their temple will be a Fulminated Tower. Whosoever Engenders their Christic bodies with the Arcanum A.Z.F., and works with the development of their Chakras, becomes a LIVING CHRIST.
THE AWAKENING OF THE CONSCIOUSNESS
It is necessary to awaken the Consciousness in order not to fall into the abyss of perdition; actually, there exist many esoteric leaders who have their Consciousness profoundly asleep. “BLIND LEADING THE BLIND WILL ROLL INTO THE ABYSS”. This is the law. Human beings live absolutely asleep. If, for instance, A group of football players all of a sudden awakened the consciousness during a game, you can be absolutely sure that the game would unexpectedly end because all the players (ashamed of themselves) would immediately flee from the football field.
The fundamental cause of the profound sleep, in which Humanity lives, is that which is called FASCINATION. The football players are profoundly fascinated by the game, and so they play dreaming. Apparently, they are playing while awake, but in reality, they are dreaming.
ORDINARY SLEEP
During the hours of rest, while the body sleeps in bed, the ego travels out of the physical body many times to very remote places, however, out of the physical body, the ego lives dreaming. Really the Ego takes its dreams into the Supersensible worlds.
In the internal worlds carpenters are in their carpentry shops dreaming about all of the things they do in the physical world. The blacksmiths are in their forges; the policemen are patrolling the streets; the tailors are in their tailoring shops; the drunkards are in the bars, etc. All of them dream. All of them carry their dreams into the SUPERSENSIBLE WORLDS. And after death they continue repeating the same thing. Their Ego continues with the same dreams.
Really, the Ego carries out their dreams during ordinary sleep and after death.
TECHNIQUE FOR AWAKENING THE CONSCIOUSNESS
The Technique for awakening the Consciousness is based on SELF-REMEMBERING. Every human being is found to be fascinated by many things as we have already stated in the preceding paragraphs. When some kind of representation fascinates us, we forget about ourselves. Then we dream.
We have seen the people while in a public manifestation launching themselves into violence. Gentlemen (that in their sane judgment) are not capable of uttering a bad word, in these cases, have insulted and thrown stones, co-mingled with the multitude.
Behold here the power of fascination, one forgets oneself, then one dreams and while dreaming one does many completely absurd things. After the dream is gone, come shame and problems arise.
It is necessary that the gnostic student does not become fascinated with anything. In the presence of any Interesting Representation, one must remember oneself and ask oneself the following questions:
WHERE AM I? WHAT AM I DOING HERE? COULD I BE OUT OF MY PHYSICAL BODY?
Then, carefully observe everything surrounding you. Observe well the sky with inquisitive eyes; any kind of detail from the Internal Worlds; be it a set of foreign colors, be it a strange animal, the beloved shadow of a deceased person, etc.; this will confirm that you are out of your physical body, then you will awaken the Consciousness.
It becomes very useful, in those instants of REFLECTION AND SELF REMEMBERING, to make a little jump with the intention of floating in that environment. It is logical that if we float it is because we are out of our physical body.
If all the sleeping people ask themselves, while they sleep, such reflective questions, it is logical that they would awaken consciousness, and if the ego, after death, asks itself such questions in the presence of any representation, then it would awaken instantly. Unfortunately, the ego never thinks about those questions because during its life it has never had the custom of questioning itself.
It is necessary to grasp this custom and to live it intensely. Only this way, can we conceive of the idea to ask ourselves such questions while sleeping and after death. The result of this practice is the awakening of the consciousness. Anyone who awakens their consciousness may become clairvoyant. Anyone who awakens the consciousness lives while the physical body sleeps, completely awake in the Superior worlds.
THE GREAT MASTERS DO NOT DREAM. The GREAT MASTERS are conscious citizens of the SUPRASENSIBLE WORLDS. The Great Masters work consciously and positively in the Superior world while the physical body sleeps. It is necessary to awaken the consciousness in order to not be blind. The blind can fall into the Abyss. The Arcanum 16 is very dangerous.
MEMORY
We have found that the entire memory is deposited within the Subconsciousness. Many Initiates work in the superior worlds during normal sleep in a conscious way. Unfortunately, in the physical world they ignore this because they do not have good memory. We must learn to manage the SUBCONSCIOUSNESS.
In the moments of awakening from sleep, we should address the subconsciousness as follows: “Subconsciousness, inform me of everything that I saw and heard while out of my physical body.” Afterwards practice a retrospective exercise in order to remember everything that you did while outside of your physical body.
Compel the SUBCONSCIOUSNESS to work. Give it mandatory orders to compel it to inform you of what happened, you should practice this exercise during the state of slumber in the moments of awakening.
Samael Aun Weor
