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The Gnostic Handbook Page 35
The Solar Logos – Christ
The term Christ means “anointed” and it is the force of the Spiritual sun. It is represents the completed
individual in which Sophia and the Logos have transformed consciousness and the mediator
at the nexus of all systems. The Solar Logos, Christ or the Sacred Sun transmits the transforming
energies of the triune Principle throughout the planes. It is the door through which the
energies of the upper world communicate with those of the planes. It can be imaged as the dying
and reborn sun and hence related a wide range of God-man myths and legends.
I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and
out, and find pasture.
John 10:9
The Sun can be also however harsh, it dries out the land and kills the livestock as well as bringing
out the change of tides and the flourishing of life. This reminds us that creation and destruction
are the normal cycles of the universe and we must grow through them not being too attached
to the material experience.
Since the Triune principles do not directly manifest in the lower worlds the Solar sphere becomes
the intermediary, the manifestation and the gateway. In some sense this is where the legend
of the incarnation or Avatar originated. The belief that God came into the lower worlds is an
adaptation or analogy to the process whereby the Pleroma manifests via the solar sphere into the
lower planes. For the Gnostic, Jesus, for example, was Michael, a created being who incarnated
and became Christed, he was not God made flesh. There are many other entities who being Old
Souls achieve Christhood and become Son/Suns. In this sense these entities become manifestations
of the Sun and hence we can appreciate how the incarnation motif became accepted. However,
the anthropomorphic tradition of God actually entering matter as God is a corruption of the
Solar mythos and a misunderstanding of the essential Gnosis.
Gods and Spirits
The Great Chain of Being is brimming with life, there are spirits, Gods, Aeons, so many forms
with so many names. It is simply best to say that as the emanations proceeded from the higher
principles through the Seven Spirits (see below), myriad forms of life are created. In our Gnostic
tradition these are generally categorized as the Seven Spirits or Logoii (sometimes also known as
Aeons), the Immortals or Masters who work within each plane or ray and spirits. These spirits
are of many forms, from the higher to the lower. There are many, many ways of categorizing
them from the Kabbalistic to the Medieval, from Neo Platonic hierarchies to those of Christian
angelology. While we are offering one model it is up to the individual student to explore and expand
their understanding through considering the many descriptions of these forms.