Death and Resurrection

"Having beheld the resurrection of Christ, let us worship the holy

Lord Jesus, the only Sinless One. We venerate Your cross, O
Christ, and we praise and glorify Your holy resurrection. You are
our God. We know no other than You, and we call upon Your
name. Come, all faithful, let us venerate the holy resurrection of
Christ. For behold, through the cross joy has come to all the
world. Blessing the Lord always, let us praise His resurrection.
For enduring the cross for us, he destroyed death by death."
~ THE DIVINE LITURGY OF SAINT JOHN CHRYSOSTOM
Since this is Holy Week for the western church, I thought I would share a couple of
links that pertain to death and resurrection from an esoteric point of view. The
first is by Frithjof Schuon, and concerns the cross (and the necessity of dying
before we die) and the second pertains to St. Symeons vision of the resurrection
(and the possibility of beholding the risen Lord as we are raised with Him in
newness of life).
The Cross (Frithjof Schuon)
https://jwayneferguson.wordpress.com/2015/04/03/thecross-frithjof-schuon/
A Clear Vision of Christs Resurrection:

http://preachersinstitute.com/2010/04/06/a-clear-vision-of-christs-resurrection-stsymeon-the-new-theologian/
[Continued on Page Two]
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Death and Resurrection

These and related themes are represented symbolically in the Major Arcana of the
Tarot of Marseille:

The Hanged Man represents those who die before they die (taking up their
cross, they have a different center of gravity).

As such, in the image above, The Hanged Man is positioned before the
Death card (i.e. before the rather grim looking reaper who represents the
approach of our physical demise).

The children playing in the light of the Sun represent those who, dying
before they die, become like little children and enter the kingdom (having
seen the risen Lord and being raised with Him in newness of life).

But for the separate self-- aka "the carnal mind" --this entry into life is
experienced as judgement.

Finally, eternal life in the kingdom of heaven is symbolized by the World

which-- relative to our falleness (or sense of separation) --is often
portrayed as the world to come, but which, from another point of view is
said to be within us; among us; at hand -- spread out upon the earth, though,
by and large, men see it not (cf. Gospel of Thomas 113; Luke 17:21).

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