Patterns of Creation - Logos and the Tree of Life in the Gospel of John

By: Stephen Pope

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Paperback | 29 June 2012

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This book is a radical exploration of the mystical teachings in the Gospel of John.ÿIt helps the reader to experience these spiritual truths for themselves, and go beyond the everyday mind, which is dominated by the ego andÿrealize their eternal Being, which Johns Gospel calls Logos.ÿBy approaching the teachings in a meditative state, the symbolism contained within the Greek text opens out and comes alive in the present moment. The Gospel is not a historical document; it speaks directly to each person now and the states of consciousness represented in the stories are accessible now. The book contains guided meditations to help bring this to life for the reader. Thisÿawakening concerns our relationship with the whole of life. ÿSpiritual consciousness means that we are aware of the sacredness of our connections to each other as fellow human beings, and to the creatures of the natural world. Christ and the Logos contain both masculine and feminine in balance; at this critical time, our well-being and that of our fellow creatures is dependent on this realization.ÿ

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Patterns of Creation brings the reader into the creative power of the present. Written with great clarity and considerable scholarship, this book achieves its aim, that of awakening the reader to a greater awareness of the spiritual consciousness that exists in each of us, enfolding us within the greater circle of life of which so many people are largely unaware. (Natasha Hoffman, Author, with Hamilton Hill, of Let the Standing Stones Speak (O Books), and with Carolyn North, of Voices Out of Stone (Findhorn Press)) Steve Pope is a marvelous Teacher, Scholar and Mystic. This book provides a modern way of approaching ancient Biblical texts and a practical roadmap to spiritual awakening. Through clear and penetrating insights, Steve helps the reader discover the deeper meaning hidden in the western mystical teachings. (Rev. Dr. Megan Wagner, PhD, Author of The Sapphire Staff, Provost and Director of Spiritual Psychology at The Chaplaincy Institute in California, USA.)

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