The Esoteric Connection

Holy Night 9 for September

21 Aug 2020

January 1-2 – Virgo Now come the three nights of the crown. Release from the only intellectual, or release of the intellect from its earthly bonds and purposefulness. This is the thrice-holy night, in which the lower ego falls away and only the desire to serve, to devote oneself, remains.... Read More

The Revelation – background

20 Aug 2020

I was introduced to The Book of Revelation, and for that matter the Bible, in 1983 by my spiritual mentor Rev Mario Schoenmaker whom I first met in October 1982. His love for the Bible and his experience of the living Christ flowed from his heart to mine for fourteen... Read More

Understanding Spiritual Truth

17 Aug 2020

There are many who believe that it is only necessary to have passed through the gate of death in order to experience everything that can be attained only by dint of great effort on the earth, through Spiritual Science. Such people also believe that after death a man will be... Read More

Christian Initiation – we are going through it right now.

05 Aug 2020

This book about initiation is available free on Amazon for 5 days from today. I thought it might be good company during this mysterious time. (check the price is $0 before downloading) This is the second series of weekly reflections. This series focuses on the seven stages of Christian Initiation.... Read More

St John’s Day – 24th June

24 Jul 2020

As we contemplate John the Baptist’s birthday on June 24 each year, it is helpful to read what is recorded in the Bible about him. This is what I wrote in my series Secrets of the Christian Festivals now available on Amazon. “In those days came John the Baptist, preaching... Read More

Christ in us

23 Jul 2020

Christ is a sun-spirit, a fire-spirit. [He created the sun through aeons of imaginative thinking.] It’s his spirit that reveals itself to us in sunlight. It’s his breath of life in the air that sweeps around the earth and presses into us with every breath. His body is the earth... Read More

Holy Night 8 for August

22 Jul 2020

December 31 – January 1 – Leo The cross on the sword pommel: the sacrifice. Girded with the sword of the power of Christ, the tongue speaks the truth, without being able to wound. It is the night of re-setting. Mystery: The knight, the fighter with the lance of the... Read More

Body Soul and Spirit in Focus

19 Jul 2020

“Just as in the body, eye and ear develop as organs of perception, as senses for bodily processes, so does a man develop in himself soul and spiritual organs of perception through which the soul and spiritual worlds are opened to him. For those who do not have such higher... Read More