Order of St. Michael Study Guide - Magdalene Circle

Union with the Cross: Mystery of the CrucifixionAccording to the Acts of John when Master Yeshua was on the cross at acertain point John was overcome be grief at the sight of the Master’ssuffering and fled to the Mount of Olives, entering into a cave. There, whilethe crucifixion was underway, Christ appeared to him and revealed theMystery of the Cross, imparting the inmost level of Gnostic and LightTransmission to his beloved disciple. As the mystery is spoken in the Acts ofJohn, so also is it spoken among us, for it is a divine vision that hastranspired in the experience of many adepts and masters of the traditionwho have sought the knowledge, understanding and wisdom of the HolyCross.This is a mystery the runs deep, for the purpose of the crucifixion is the revelation of the Pleroma ofLight in the Risen Christ, and yet the holy sacrifice of the Christ-bearer on the cross is as a ransoming ofsouls from realms of the archons and a purchasing of others from their bondage to the dominion of thedemiurgos; hence, a great magical act dispelling the negative karma (“sin”) of those who cleave to theRisen Savior. Although Gnostics do not believe in a collective and vicarious salvation, as taught in theatonement theology of orthodoxy, nevertheless we know and understand the liberative power of thecrucifixion, for by it we behold the illusory nature of the reality that appears; specifically, the illusorynature of our bondage, sin and death. When this Divine Gnosis is acquired – when the DivineIllumination of the Risen Christ dawns, we are, indeed, “saved by the power of the cross,” the “powerof the blood of Christ.” As it is taught in the Gnostic Gospel, “Do not despise the lamb, for by it you seethe door.”Indeed, Gnostics do not believe in a collective and vicarious salvation through “blind belief,” but ratherwe believe in the enlightenment and liberation of the soul through Divine Gnosis. This salvation,however, is universal, for the whole of Nature (Sophia Zoe) labors towards it and eventually all holysparks will be gathered into the Mystical Body of the Risen Christ, all living spirits and soulsreintegrated to the Light Realm. The Christ-bearer on the cross has become the vehicle of this greatliberation within the Entirety, for through the appearance of death and resurrection the DivineRevelation of Christ is made complete – the power of the demiurge (cosmic ignorance) is dispelled andthe True Light is made manifest; the Spirit of Truth made known to all who desire to listen and hear,and look and see.As it has transpired in this world, so it is transpiring in all realms, worlds and universes of the Entirety,and so it continues to transpire among us – the Light-bearers enter, taking up their cross of incarnationto illuminate, heal and bring peace, laboring in the fields of sentient existence for the sake of theharvest of souls. Of this ongoing labor of the Great Liberation we shall say: It is the Continuum of LightTransmission imparted by the Gnostic Revealer that illuminates, heals and gives peace; receiving the46