The luminous ascent of the Third Serpent of Light towards the interior and upper regions by the shining medullary canal of the sidereal body gave me open access to the superior Venusian octave of the corresponding Initiation of Fire…
It is not possible to write in the narrow frame of this treatise everything that I learned years ago in each and all of the thirty-three holy chambers…
The extraordinary revolution of the radiant Third Snake was processed very slowly according to the merits of the quiet heart…
When the Shining Viper crossed the threshold of the third secret chamber of the Heart Temple, I obviously felt transfigured…
Is this, perhaps, something very rare? Didn’t the same thing happen to Moses in Mount Nebo? Unquestionably I am not the first to whom this happens, and neither I am the last…
At this moment of happiness I was transported before the presence of that illustrious man of celebrated intelligence and noble face that I knew in days gone by when I was only a tender adolescent…
I wish to refer to the professor of aspirants to the Rosicrucian order referred to in chapter 5 of this same treatise.
Unfortunately, this notable man could not see me even in full Transfiguration…
Those who consider themselves Christians have never meditated enough on the moving and sublime scene of the Transfiguration of Jesus, nor on his Ascension, as it is described by Luke (9:18-37) in the following terms:
Now it happened that as he was praying alone the disciples were with him; and he asked them, “Who do the people say that I am?” And they answered, “John the Baptist (Ioannes, Ra or the Lamb of God); but others say, Eli’jah; and others, that one of the old prophets has risen.” And he said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” And Peter answered, “The Christ of God.” But he charged and commanded them to tell this to no one saying, “The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised.”
And he said to all, “If any man would come after me, let him deny himself (dissolve the Ego) and take up his cross daily (practice Sexual Magic) and follow me (sacrifice for Humanity). For whoever would save his life (the selfish person who never sacrifices himself for his fellow men) will lose it; and whoever loses his life (the altruist that mounts the altar of the supreme sacrifice for Humanity) for my sake, he will save it. For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses or forfeits himself? For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of man be ashamed when he comes in his glory and the glory of the Father and of the holy angels. But I tell you truly, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God.”
And after this passage, that taken literally refers only to Jesus, but when taken symbolically or “in the spirit” refers in fact to every man, as we shall see further on, the text continues with the scene from the Transfiguration, saying:
Now about eight days after these sayings (and as if the fact to be described were, we add, a practical and tangible corroboration of them) he took with him Peter and John and James, and went up on the mountain to pray. And as he was praying, the appearance of his countenance was altered, and his raiment became dazzling white. And behold, two men talked with him, Moses and Eli’jah, who appeared in glory and spoke of his departure, which he was to accomplish at Jerusalem. Now Peter and those who were with him were heavy with sleep but kept awake, and they saw his glory and the two men who stood with him. And as the men were parting from him, Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is well that we are here; let us make three booths, one for you and one for Moses and one for Eli’jah” –not knowing what he said. As he said this, a cloud came and overshadowed them; and they were afraid as they entered the cloud. And a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is my Son, my Chosen; listen to him!” And when the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. And they kept silence and told no one in those days anything of what they had seen…
Samael Aun Weor
