Raiders of the Lost Ark, Davinci Codes, Templars: Marc Gafni

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The templars. The masons. Raiders of the Lost Ark. The Ark of the Covenant in the Temple. Jerusalem the place of the temple. The eye of the storm and the hope for peace. Davinci Codes, a popularization of the esoteric temple tradition.

The temple.

The Temple in biblical myth is called the Garden of God. The mystics reveal that the Garden of Eden and the temple are in mythical terms the same plane of consciousness.

Remember the archetypal Garden of Eden story. Eve, overcome by desire, eats from the forbidden tree and gives Adam a taste of the fruit as well. Adam when confronted by God blames Eve. Eve blames the serpent. According to mystic Isaac Luria, had they but waited three more hours the Tree of Life would have been theirs. Full erotic fulfillment in all the senses of spirit, soul and body would have been realized. But they could not wait. Unable to stay in the emptiness, they required an immediate hit of pseudo-eros. For their failure to take personal responsibility and for their inability to resist the blandishments of pseudo-desire they are exiled from the Garden.

The goal of personal and cosmic history is to return to the Garden. The cherubs however stand at the entrance to the Garden with swirling swords of flame. Anyone who attempts to return to paradise thought the drugs of pseudo-desire is burned by the cherubic sword. The same cherubs stand above the ark in the Holy of Holies. They give instruction in the path of Hebrew Tantra. If we are willing to do the work, the temple cherubs will ultimately lead us back to the Garden. Pseudo-eros will give way to true eros. For to be in the Garden which is the Temple is to live in full eros in every facet of our lives.

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