Order of St. Raphael Study Guide - Magdalene Circle

Practices of the Order of Saint RaphaelAwakening the Healing PowerHealing energy may be drawn from any of the elements,earth, water, fire, air or space, but the most essentialhealing principle is “light” – the Divine Light. According toGnostic Christianity our true nature is Divine Light,spacious radiant being – the Human One of Light, and sothe Master has said, “I am the light of the world,” andspeaking to his disciples he has said to us, “You are thelight of the world.”Master Yeshua revealed the truth of this Divine Light inthe transfiguration when it is said that his body shonewith brilliant light and “his clothes became dazzling white, such as no one on earth could bleach them.”Likewise, according to the Gnostic gospel, Pistis Sophia, in the resurrection the Master revealed aneven greater glory of Divine Light, assuming three light-vestures, the threefold light-body.In the Gospel of St. Thomas it is written, “Yeshua said, I am the light over all things. I am all. From meall has comes forth, and to me all has reached. Split a piece of wood. I am there. Lift up a stone and youwill find me there” (saying seventy-seven).This light is within us and all around us. It is within everything and everyone, within every cell of ourbody and within every particle of matter in the universe. As one modern physicist has said, matter, inessence, is “frozen light,” a truth that has long been taught in the Holy Kabbalah and authentic wisdomtraditions around the world. Early in our experience of Light Transmission, when our interior sensesopen and we begin to look and see the metadimensional nature of reality, we perceive this truthdirectly, becoming aware of the Divine Light within us and all around us – the entire reality-displaybecoming self-radiant, as though with heavenly glory. This Divine Light within us and within all things isthe “Healing Power”, and the release of the light from within the cells and matter of our body is theultimate healing, as we witness in the resurrection and ascension – it is the healing of all illness and disease,bringing “Life Eternal”.Thus, in any way that we can, we wish to become aware of this Divine Light within ourselves andothers, within all things; opening our mind, heart and body to the spiritual truth of Divine Light – theHealing Power of God, the source of our being.Hands of Light Practice:As an experiment with the healing power of the light that is in you, the next time you are experiencingpain, with conscious intention ask the Divine Light to help you. Envision that your hands become12