Let us now study ARCANUM NINETEEN OF THE TAROT. The Hieroglyphic is a radiant Sun and two wholesome children holding hands.
In the EGYPTIAN TAROT, the Hieroglyphic is of a man and a woman, who hold in their hands the symbolic EGYPTIAN TAU CROSS. This type of Cross is Phallic.
Arcanum 19 is the Arcanum of the Alliance.
In lesson three of this course, we broadly spoke about THE SALT, THE SULFUR, AND THE MERCURY. Really, these are the passive instruments of the Great Work. The positive Principle is the Interior Magnes of Paracelsus.
We need to Transmute and thereafter Sublimate the Sexual energy to the Heart. It is impossible to progress in the Great Work without the force of Love.
The PSYCHOLOGICAL “I” does not know how to love. The “I” is desire. It is easy to confuse desire with that which is called Love. Desire is a substance that decomposes into thoughts, volitions, feelings, romances, poetries, tenderness, sweetness, anger, hatred, violence, etc., people are always tricked by the poison of desire.
Lovers always swear that they are in love, when in reality they are only desiring. The human being does not know that which is called Love; however, we have in the very depths of our Being a principle that loves. Unfortunately, we do not have this principle Incarnated. This principle is the Soul (THE INNER MAGNES OF PARACELSUS).
If people had INCARNATED that Soul-principle, then they could love; only from heart to heart, from Soul to Soul is it possible to Love. Unfortunately, people only have Satan Incarnated. Satan does not know what Love is. Satan only knows about desire. That is all.
Every day we see many lovers that swear eternal love to each other. Yet, after they satisfy their desire (THAT DESIRE THAT THEY BELIEVED TO BE LOVE) then disillusion comes along, disenchantment and then total disappointment arrives. Desire is the great trickster.
Whosoever wants to work in the GREAT WORK has to annihilate Desire. It is necessary to know how to Love. Love has its peculiar happiness and its infinite beauty. People do not know That which is called Love.
Love is similar to the feelings shown by a newborn baby. Love forgives everything, gives everything, it does not demand anything, it does not ask for anything, it only wants the best for the one that loves. That is All. The true feeling of LOVE IS PERFECT, Satan knows nothing about Perfection, because SATAN IS DESIRE.
If you want to love, be prudent; do not confuse Love with Desire. Do not let yourself be cheated by the Great Trickster. Within yourself is an Embryo of Soul that is able to love. Really your Love is Embryonary because it is an Embryo, but if you annihilate desire, you will feel that spark of Love.
When you learn how to feel that Spark, then that Spark will become a Flame and you will experience That which is called Love. Strengthen your Embryo of Soul with the blessed flame of Love, and then you will achieve the miracle of your Incarnation. It is necessary for you to be integral and that is only possible by LOVING.
In Arcanum 19, a Great Alliance is established between two Souls. Man and woman must kill desire in order to achieve the Great Alliance. If you want to Incarnate your Soul, you must then celebrate the Great Alliance of Arcanum 19.
Reflect a bit, up until now you are just a living specter, a sleeping specter. You wretched specter, you sleep during the slumber of your physical body and after your death. You escape from the Graveyard or cemetery dreaming… Miserable specter! …Wretched soulless creature! …Reflect and meditate.
You must celebrate the Great Alliance of Arcanum 19 so that you can INCARNATE YOUR SOUL and come to truly Be. You, Poor Creature! You are not yet a Being. You are in dreams; you die without knowing how and are born without knowing how.
Only the blessed flame of Love can make you Truly Exist because you do not yet have a REAL EXISTENCE. Only with the Arcanum A.Z.F. can you engender your Christic vehicles. With those vehicles you will be dressed first with your INNER BUDDHA and then with your INTERNAL CHRIST. This is how you will become integral. You need to Be Integral.
Remember good disciple that now you are nothing but a SLEEPING SPECTER and that your present internal vehicles are only mental forms that you must disintegrate and reduce to cosmic dust. Be patient in the Great Work. If you want to incarnate your Internal Christ, then you must be sour like the Lemon. Kill not only Desire, but even the very shadow of desire. Be perfect in your thoughts, words and works. Be Pure… Pure… Pure..!
THE PHILOSOPHICAL STONE
Sex is represented by the PHILOSOPHER’S STONE. This is the Heliogabalus Stone. The Elixir of Long Life cannot be acquired without this stone. The two columns of the Temple, Jachin and Boaz, are the Man and the Woman who are in alliance in order to work with the Philosophical Stone. Whosoever finds the Philosophical Stone is transformed into a GOD.
THE GREAT TEMPTER
The PSYCHOLOGICAL “I” is the GREAT TEMPTER. The “I” hates Sexual Magic. The “I” wants the complete satisfaction of Desire. The “I” is the one who thinks and searches. The Being does not need to think. The Being does not need to search. When we are working in the Great Work, the “I” does not feel secure; thus, it searches for that which is called Security.
The students of the luminous path always fall into the Abyss of perdition when searching for Security. Do not allow yourself to be seduced by the Great Tempter. While the mind is searching for something, while the mind is searching for security, while the mind is searching around for results, it is because we are not ready for the Great Work.
Satan always wants Security; Satan always wants results. Satan is always searching for something. Do not allow your mind to be poisoned by Satan. DO NOT WASTE YOUR MENTAL ENERGY TORPIDLY. With the battling of reasoning, we waste our Mental Energy.
Let’s remember that it is the “I” who reasons. Your Soul does not need to reason. It is painful to see the specters of death reasoning about problems that do not exist. Those sleeping specters are worthy of pity. Really, the “I” is the GREAT REASONER.
LOVE
When the mind does not search anymore, when it does not seek refuge, when it does not seek for security, when it does not covet more books or knowledge, when it ignores the memories of desire, then only Love will remain within us. That is what is called Love. How great it is to Love! ONLY THE GREAT SOULS CAN KNOW HOW TO LOVE.
Samael Aun Weor
