The Anima Mundi - The Soul of the World

God redeems humanity, but nature needs to be redeemed by human alchemists, who are able to induce the process of transformation, which alone is capable of liberating the light imprisoned in physical creation.

— STEPHAN HOELLER

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The world is a living spiritual being. This was understood by the ancient philosophers and the alchemists who referred to the spiritual essence of the world as the anima mundi, the “Soul of the World.” They regarded the World Soul as a pure ethereal spirit diffused throughout all nature, the divine essence that embraces and energizes all life in the universe.

Throughout history our understanding of the world as a living being with a spiritual essence has dramatically changed. Plato understood that “the cosmos is a single Living Creature which contains all living creatures within it. While this tradition was carried on by the Gnostics and later the alchemists, the Church fathers imaged a world that was neither divine nor sacred. A transcendent divinity was the source of all creation, and humanity lived in exile from heaven in a state of sin. This doctrine created a split between matter and spirit, causing the world to be seen as separate from its creator.

The understanding of the world as sacred resurfaced from time to time over the next centuries. In the Gothic revival of the twelfth century, and later in the Renaissance, the created world was briefly seen through the image of the World Soul. In their cathedrals the Gothic architects reflected their vision of a sacred order within creation that belongs to this feminine divine principle. The World Soul animated and formed nature according to divine proportions, which the architects, masons, sculptors, and stained glass artists imaged in their creations. We need the magical powers within nature in order to heal and transform our world. But awakening these powers would mean that our patriarchal institutions will lose their control, as once again the mysterious inner world will come into play, releasing forces once understood and used by the priestess and shaman, whose existence the patriarchal world has forgotten. The science of the future will work with these forces, exploring how the different worlds interrelate, including how the energies of the inner can be used in the outer. The shaman and the scientist will work together, the wisdom of the priestess and wisdom of the physician renew their ancient connection.

But the first step is to awaken these powers, not just individually but for the whole world. We are moving into a global era, and any real changes need to be made globally. If we try to grasp powers for our own individual use, we risk descending into black magic, which is the use of inner powers for the purposes of the ego. Our next step in evolution is to realize the primal truth of oneness and to reunite our individual light with the whole.

The work pioneered by Jung has given us access to the science of alchemy, revealing this hidden part of our Western esoteric tradition. Psychological techniques have been developed to help reveal an inner world of energy, power, and creative potential. We no longer need to stay locked in the surface world. But our tendency has been to take this access for our individual selves, our own inner journey, and not realize its larger implications. Real alchemical work was always for the sake of the whole. In our inner journey, our own alchemical process, to work for the sake of the whole means to acknowledge the dimension of the anima mundi. ״The light we discover in our own depths is a spark of the World Soul, and the world needs this light in order to evolve.״ When we make this connection in our consciousness and our imagination, we begin to change the fabric of life. The alchemists knew the potency of this spark, this philosophical mercury. The same substance that transforms our individual self is the primordial world-creating spirit, the “universal and scintillating fire in the light of nature, which carries the heavenly spirit with it.” When we liberate it within ourselves but do not claim it just for ourselves, solely for our own inner process, we create certain connections through which this energy can flow into the core of life. We participate in the alchemical work of liberating the anima mundi. This is the first step in the work. What does it really mean, to liberate the anima mundi? In our individual alchemical opus we experience the effects of freeing the light, energy, and creative potential that lie within us. We know how this liberation can radically change our vision and experience of life. We are taken into a different dimension of our self, and life begins to magically open doors that before were closed or hidden. Of course these changes are not always what we may want—they do not fulfill our surface desires, but they have a deeper meaning and purpose. Something within us awakens and the life of the spirit begins. The info in this article was partly taken from Anima Mundi: Awakening the Soul of the World by Llwewllyn Vaughan-Lee / Sufi Journal

Return of The Great Mother - The calling of The Rainbow Warriors

And so a woman's voice became a whine, a complaint, an inconsequential uttering. Banal, ordinary and irritating.

It no longer held the meaning of Woman, Fairy, Witch, Wizardess, Creatress, EarthSister.

Her roundness became her liability.

She forced herself to become waif like, too empty to house her own wisdom. Her girth became ugliness. Mirrors became her nemesis and she would go to any length to become one of the Perfect, relinquishing her Divine Perfection.

She lost herself. In the media The diets

The fashion The cosmetics The hair dye The high heels

She forgot her connection to the Earth, forgetting that she was the extension of the Earth Mother. How could she mother her children like this?

And so there appeared generations of Empty Children.

Children endlessly seeking a way to Fill Up, never knowing the fullness of being contained, enveloped by the Mother.

Feminine became weak. Mother became secondary. Earth became low. Ground became dirt.

And so these generations were born into deep lack, never knowing Themselves.

They worshiped Self, thinking that greed and hardship and Me Me Me was the path to Survival.

And their houses wreaked with the rot of the Things that would never fulfil them.

And the Mother put out a call to the Hearts of those who were unknowingly waiting for her to call upon them.

And suddenly they felt the bottomless pit of the Nothing that they had created and could no longer tolerate.

They longed for Mother and could Feel Her call.

They were tired of Thinking and wished to Feel once more.

And the Feeling came.

It was painful and deep and all encompassing.

And Mother came and embraced them and they allowed themselves to Rest.

And she took them to her healing Temples where her Healers of Love and Light awaited the People.

And they were all touched by Love.

And Love Taught them frailty and sensitivity.

She taught them their interconnectedness and they took response-ability.

And they were illuminated by Light. And Light Re-Minded them of their own Light Vessels and why they had come to the Planet. And they joined the ranks of those who cared deeply but had not had a voice to express. And their togetherness was a Balm and Solace and they knew that they could help Mother. And they became willing to make a Home within and with one another.

They were the Rainbow Warriors of Light and their Hearts were their tools.

They re-membered themselves, slowly, carefully.

They re-membered Care and Love and Mutuality and were healed.

And Mother Earth embraced them and Loved them beyond what they had ever known. And She flourished and rejoiced and the cycle of Life was restored.

And so it is that the Rainbow Warriors have Awakened, finally Knowing their Hearts and Mission. And their mission is Love.

Received by: Rhonda Joy Eagle, October 8, 2015

WATER ELEMENT- LIFE SOURCE, MY BIGGEST INSPIRATION

Undina was originally created in the name of my deep love and connection to the water element, of any kind.

Of course the oceans, better saying the sea’s, are my favorite of all. Half a lady half a fish i feel from time to time. This is the part of me that i call Undina - a water nymph, a mermaid.

I LOVE showers and bath tubs, indoors and even more outdoors.. I love to find a good spring on my ways providing clean mineral water directly from the source. I like even regular tap water, running through my arms and calves in hot summer times. (This actually calms down the nervous system and rejuvenates you to keep up freshly with your day). I love waterfalls and I mainly like to watch rivers and lakes, or maybe travel them by a Kanu or a boat..

Im addicted to drinking water Now already in recover :) :) :) I mean really, drinking water is a holy thing, imagine we are water, and if diving into the molecular consistency it is literally pure information flowing in, through and out of us. So I bless my water. I believe water molecules form within 40-45 min into a new order, and if you wisely choose to spell your intention into it - well there you get a cup of good holy water - designed especially for you. Down to earth, i let my water ‘sit’ in a nice glass bottle / jar / flask before I drink it - just like our grandmothers used to do (at least in my culture). Or if you have ever heard about one of Ho’oponopono’s cleansing techniques - The Blue Water Bottle; then you might just try: - Find a blue glass bottle and fill it with tap water.

- Place it in the sun.

- Put your intention. Drink it.

In case of sickness, illness, injury - drink the whole bottle and get back to basics.

So water. Yeah, it ,makes me feel belonged. It makes me feel alive, indulged with life. Especially swimming in the open seas, naked as a child. just me and a pair of swimming glasses so I can see good, and a heat keeping hat in case its getting cold. I love the world underneath the water, so clear, so clean.. the shades underneath the sunlight beam. I used to swim in a pool, back and forth back and forth. I developed a nice style over time. There is a special beauty to feeling the living waters in a totally free style mode. Half a whale half a dolphin, some twists and spins, much much breathing, redemption for longer times.. and the views, wow, the visuals under water, in motion - are taking me to a different dimension. Ive never met a better high.

If you are lucky to have lots of fishes around - and lets hope you do, as all this happiness is accessible in clean waters only. Fishes are such creatures, i call them dancers in the air, I also feel like this at times, waters give the possibility to fly….

Water supports us just as the ground, as long as we keep interacting with it and moving around. Water by definition brings flow into my life, makes me more flexible, fluid, soft and silky like.. PHOTOS by THE MAN