The Theosophical Seal - Canadian Theosophical Association

The Theosophical Seal by Arthur M. Coon
the cross, there is this timeless association of the cross with the Universal Christ who is the very
embodiment of the "Son" aspect of God upon our planet. When therefore the Christian Church, through
its rituals and symbols use the "Sign of the Cross", it is thereby both expressing and recollecting this
ancient and inner linkage with its true spiritual Head. For if it is granted that spiritual values have a place
in the world and throughout the universe, we must admit the rationality and the reality of this power of the
cross.
It may rightly be claimed therefore that the Cross is the Christ's own particular "Sign", and that as Lord of
Wisdom as well as of Love, His consciousness is ever aware of each occasion when it is made with true
sincerity and devotion. The "Sign" therefore becomes a key to unlock His own great reservoir of spiritual
power. Indeed it puts one in temporary rapport with Him and exerts a claim upon His blessing. It is silent
invocation which becomes both an instrument and a channel for the calling down and the distribution of
this Christ force. It may be said, in all reverence, that he who with true sincerity makes this "sign" over
another person or over an object does so in the momentary capacity as His representative. Again
students of the occult anatomy of man know that man's body is surrounded (and interpenetrated) by an
etheric counterpart or "double" which acts as the medium of contact and assimilation of the invisible and
spiritual forces. They know too that in this etheric double there exist certain chakras or force centers; one
at the top of the head, one at the brow, one at the throat, one at the heart, etc.. These chakras
differentiate this force to the particular function of the ductless glands as the physical recipient and agent
of its use in the body. When therefore an officiant or ordained priest makes the sign of the cross over the
head,the brow, the throat and the heart (as in baptism, confirmation, unction,etc.,) he is thereby
exercising a particular impetus to the specific type of force represented by that center [See
C.W.Leadbeater's The Chakras and The Science of the Sacraments]
How may one measure the power of the Cross or enter into the heart of its mystery Shall we say that if
its essential significance is sacrifice, its meaning is limitation, loss, death In this word is implied
something infinitely more. Surely when we unite these two Latin words "sacre-facio" (make sacred) we
are therein asserting that the very life of God comes down to man in order that it may thereby lift man up
to God.
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