SCL:8:5 Rise blue perfumed smoke; rise cleaning fragrance; rise sweet wholesome offerings; rise like fluttering birds on wings of purified air to the glorious regions of light which lie away beyond our poor perception. Accept our sweet fragrance, O Beautified One; inhale our sweet smoke, O Ever Delicate One; may you enjoy the due reward of your labours and privations, of your selfless sacrifices. Be ever contented and peaceful. O dutiful wife and loving mother, hear our words, as they rise to you in the softly smouldering incense, which comes shipborne to these shores.
SCL:8:6 Hear the voices of the waiting Welcomers greeting the Beauteous One who now joins them. They say, "Cast off the old, worn garment, and array yourself in garments of radiant light, in the clothes of splendour which have awaited you. Bedeck yourself in the well-earned jewels of spiritual reward."
SCL:8:7 "Henceforth, you shall dwell here, walking about freely, to be honoured and loved. Here, you will be renewed, be alert, vigorous and far reaching. The power of your spirit shall stretch out to every place. You take thought and fly on hawks wings. Your desire becomes a chariot with wings of light."
SCL:8:8 "Beyond the place of your first destination is the kingdom of the Lord of the Distant Sky. There, he will permit manifestations in glory. There, henceforth, you shall walk in strength and beauty, being ever filled with life and power, garmented in loveliness for all eternity."
SCL:8:9 "There, floodwaters of a glorious fluid light unknown here rise and fall in moderation, and therein you may bathe daily and taste the revitalising rests. Here, your thirst may be slaked at the well of Divine Essence and your appetite appeased by the strange bread of everlasting life."
SCL:8:10 This is your destiny, in the Land Beyond the Veil; therefore lift up your face in joy. Rise, lovely liveliness; you are one destined to be numbered among the Shining Ones and are warmly welcomed into the company of the Fragrant Ones. O happy one who enhanced earthly life with your presence, this is your reward. Many have done mighty things, but you have served with constancy and diligence, adding the small grains of goodness to the pile of merits until it exceeded in weight the great things done by others. We hail you, O victorious one!"
SCL:8:11 The Welcomers say among themselves, "How fair and bright the face of this Newcomer. How fine must have been her life in the Region of Heaviness. Behold; here she is, renewed and made young again but with a loveliness unknown in the life left behind'.
SCL:8:12 When she goes forward from here, she is within her Kohar; they are one. Her vision is through the Kohar; her smell is through the Kohar. All she senses is through the Kohar. All she does and knows is through the Kohar.
SCL:8:13 Behold, she is among the Chosen. Henceforth, she becomes an Opener of the Way for those of her blood. Glorious is she and blessed are they!
SCL:8:14 Those are the supplications made for Milven, daughter of Mailon, son of Market the Stranger, according to the rites of the Sons of Fire. Ardwith kept it, and it was done into this form at the place called Korinamba.
Chapter Nine - The Sacred Registers - Part 9
SCL:9:1 This concerns the mystery of the Twice Born. It relates to those born again, to those who have endured the awfulness of the false death, which many do not survive; who have drunk deeply from Koriladwen, the smooth, bitter brew, which releases the spirit; who have entered Ogofnaum through the thundering doors. This is their path.
SCL:9:2 The door of Heaven stands ajar; the doors of vision have been opened, and now the Cavern of Vision is revealed. The spirit-bearing waves from the abyss have been freed; the rays of the Great Light have been set free, and the Guides and Watchers have been placed in their positions by the Constant One.
SCL:9:3 The Welcomers stand back, for this is not their stage. The
Brilliant One is there, and another who is the Reciter, and he explains the visions: "O Brave, stouthearted one, Syoltash to be, the things you behold are the things seen by the Great Ones of Earth when they came this way in their hour and were returned back to life. They were truly men of wisdom, well versed in the mystic procedures, men who knew their position and parts."
SCL:9:4 "Behold the twin stars. These embody the midwifery powers drawing the Twice Born back to their places of origin. They who are with them are the champions of light and darkness. One, you must choose as your companion, but the choice must be made according to the law of affinity; otherwise, you are lost."
SCL:9:5 "The pool wherein you gaze is earthlife. The brilliant light above, far greater than the sun, is the manifestation of The One God, but it is not He. The rays dancing about are the gods, distorted reflections of what is, distorted reflections of Truth, shadows of reality. The sparkling motes are souls, they descend from the light to manifest in darkness.
SCL:9:6 "The clouds obscuring the lesser lights are the clouds of misconception, which darken the face of wisdom.
SCL:9:7 The dark twins standing by the pillar are Delusion and Illusion, the constant beguilers of men. The stream of clear water is Truth, and the waters of Truth constantly sheer away the clay pedestal of falsehood"
SCL:9:8 "The brightness you see before you and to the right is the naked spirit displaying itself in isolation. It is neither in a mortal body nor within the Kohar. Beyond it is a much greater brightness reflected from afar, which is the Kohar of Kohars, which men cannot yet understand."
SCL:9:9 "The repulsive shapes, which are behind the flame on your left, are doomed spirits, which once were the enlivening forces within men. Now, they grovel in slime and filth, denizens of the mire, but their fate is just, for they themselves were the judges. The darkness beyond the murk will not become greater. Darkness cannot change to light, for when light comes into darkness, there is no darkness; it ceases to exist."
SCL:9:10 "The gloominess and shadow scene you see, forward on your left hand side, is the Region of Heaviness, where mortals sojourn. The flickering lights which appear here and there are the joys of Earth, while the darker spots are where there are sorrows and suffering. The redness is anger and strife. The blue whiteness is love and compassion."
SCL:9:11 "The brightness above and ahead is the Region of Lightness, where the Risen Ones rejoice, for there they welcome their Earth companions and are happy in reunion. Behold, here is a Rising One newly arrived; see, she flies upward on the wide wings of spirit, and loving arms reach out to welcome her. The star-girt roadway you see rising before you is that trodden by the countless Risen Ones, who have gone before. Now, advance towards the left."
SCL:9:12 "The abyss now before you is the mouth of Earth, and see, it opens and speaks to you, bidding you farewell. Listen carefully, for it will retell your deeds, your accomplishments and your omissions. If they weigh against you, then cast yourself into the abyss, for you are unworthy to survive this trial; go no further, nor can you turn back, lest you become prey to the Foul Lurker in Darkness."
SCL:9:13 "If you have not been found wanting in the weighing, then step forward boldly and without fear, for the mouth will close to let you pass. If you are not numbered among the triumphant ones, then better by far that you be swallowed forthwith than that you survive to meet the Dread Lurker, the Devouring Horror, and be returned to Earth a witless, empty shell."
SCL:9:14 "Beyond the abyss lies a stretch of blue water, which contains the Pool of Wisdom and the Pool of Purification. Therein, you must bathe and refresh yourself. The trees growing to your right bear the fruits of spiritual nourishment; eat, and become strong. Know, as doing so, that the things done, thought and visualised on Earth become qualities, which are here transmuted into the things, and experiences of this nature."