The first is called Saturn in which the first rudimentary beginnings of man’s physical body were laid down, the second is Sun in which the Etheric body comes into existence, the third is called moon, in which man’s astral body is formed and now, the fourth, the earthly globe whereupon man is works on the perfection of his ego. Some of us may know that there will be seven planetary conditions or Manvantaras.

Let us call to mind - in a brief way - the evolution of our cosmos.

Next week we will explore the rebirth of this stream that even now is seeking incarnation and looking to its mission in our epoch and the epochs to come. Tonight we will look at the foundation of this stream and its three offspring, the outer history and the inner understanding. This will take us to the two streams of humanity, one of which inspires the above three. We have to take ourselves back to a time when mankind was at its infancy, pre ‘history’ as we know it. It is logical then if we are to understand Manecheism, Catharism and Freemasonry that we have to go back a long way in the spiritual history of mankind. The Manichean stream belongs to one of these and Rudolf Steiner tells us that it is the older and even greater than its offshoot, the Rosicrucian stream. Macrocosmically this is illustrated in the dualist view of the cosmos of good and evil, and microcosmically in the dualist nature of our present root race - graced with two streams. So too in mankind’s development there has been a need for a polarity that in a sense works through all the various streams providing balance and allowing for the healthy and free interplay of creative forces.

In our blood we carry a duality: alkaline and acid, negative cat ions and positive ions. But in physiology there is one aspect that holds sway for all the organs. Each interpenetrates and influences the other in an organic way, much the same way that our physical organs work together so that all must be in existence at the one time balancing out the influences of external forces on our body, thus allowing the soul and spirit to work freely and in a healthy way. It is very difficult to disentangle the various streams that run through the course of human development. The unveiling of Isis and the Salvation of the human soul.Įxploring the dark annals of history and casting a light upon the future of this profoundly important and enigmatic mystery stream.

Temple of the Grail by Adriana Koulias