Table of Contents
Acknowledgments x
Introduction 1
Chapter 1 In the Beginning 3
The Tree of Life: Symbol of Living Torah 4
Reawakening to the Feminine 9
Text and Translation 10
Chapter 2 The Relationship of God to Existence 13
Meditation 28
Chapter 3 Awakening the Soul 31
$ Tipheret the Center of all Things 34
The Lower Human Nature 35
Meditation 40
Chapter 4 The Revelation of Divinity in Matter 44
Walking Meditation 53
Chapter 5 Stilling the mind: The Realization of Sacred Space 55
Chapter 6 Witnessing the Ego and Psyche 70
Chapter 7 The First Day of Transformation 89
Chapter 8 The Second Day of Transformation 105
The Awakening Soul 118
Preparation 119
Meditation: Crossing the Wilderness 120
Chapter 9 Day Three of Transformation 126
Chapter 10 The Conscious Realization of Divinity in Earth 139
The Wedding 140
Cana - the Place of Reeds 140
The Mother Goddess 142
The Goddess Bride 160
Meditation 163
Chapter 11 Clearing the Inner Temple 169
Sacred Space Within 169
Sacred Building 170
Meditation: The Inner Temple 186
Chapter 12 Union with God - Death and Resurrection 189
The Crucifixion as a Symbol 192
Beyond Suffering 194
The Triple Goddess at the Cross 197
The Day of Preparation 200
Mary Magdalene and the Resurrection of Life 205
The Darkness of Unknowing 207
Chapter 13 The Logos and the Patterns of Creation 216
Conclusion 221
Chapter 14 Historical Background to the Text 223
Pagan Philosophy and the Concept of Logos 225
Ancient Jewish Mysticism 226
Hellenized Jewish Teachings 228
The Holy Land During the Second Temple Period 229
Further Developments in Jewish Mysticism after the Second Temple 231
The Birth of Christianity: From the Founding of Christianity to the Founding of the Church 234
Divine Mother and Bride 235
The Figure of Jesus and the Pagan Sun Gods 237
Gnosis and Gnosticism 241
Chapter 15 Kabbalah 245
Attributes of the Absolute 246
The Birth of Existence 247
The Mirror of Existence 248
The Sephirot 252
The Names or Values of the Sephirot 254
Appendix: Full translation from the Greek of Chapters One and Two 260
Bibliography 271