Symbolism in Charles Fillmore's book Mysteries of Genesis ... excellent read
What is the whole Genesiac record is an allegory, that takes place in the mind of each individual in his unfoldment from an idea to manifest?
Genesis 3 parts
Creation period to Flood, Flood period to Abraham and period of call of Abraham to death of Joseph
Genesis -origin
God - mind
days of creation - periods of development of mind unfoldment
Heaven - mind
Earth- body
trinity - spirit, soul and body
god- ideates
man - thinks
man offspring of God-made in image of likeness of divine mind- only begotten Son, Christ, Lord God, the I AM
Light - wisdom/intelligence = day
dark - underdeveloped capacity - night
Day - state of mind which intelligence dominates
night- realm of thoughts that aren't illuminated by Spirit of Go
waters - unestablished elements of mind
evening- completion
morning- activity of ideas
seas - unformed state of mind, 'man is at sea' = in doubt
sun - I AM, spiritual
moon - intellect
firmament of heaven-consciousness of truth formulated and established
creatures - thoughts
birds - ideas approaching spiritual understanding
beasts - free energies of life that relate to sensation
seeds- fundamental ideas having reproductive capacity
Sodom - hidden wiles, concealed through habit
Gomorrah - state of mind adverse to law of spirit
Abraham - positive side of Faith /spiritual consciousness
Lot - negative side of Faith/natural consciousness
Men of Sodom- carnal thoughts
compass the house-when carnal thoughts become strong & master over the individual
angels - higher spiritual thoughts
12 divine faculties or ideas in divine mind
12 sons of jacob or 12 apostles of Jesus
all have threefold character know as spirit, soul and body
1- absolute divine mind
2- thoughts ideas in expression but not manifest
3- manifestation of thoughts which we call things
Sodom & Gomorrah - Charles fillmore
The time has now arrived in the development of spiritual consciousness when faith (Abraham) must be fully awakened to the truth that all belief in the expression of sensuality must be entirely put away. Sodom is to be destroyed. But the man of faith is not yet entirely out of his sense consciousness. Sodom ("hidden wiles") represents an obscure or concealed thought habit. Gomorrah ("material force") represents a state of mind adverse to the law of Spirit. These wicked cities of the plane are located within man, and before he can come into a realization of the promised "son"
that he desires so much he must consent to a thorough purification from the sins that go on in them. The purification is by fire and must be absolutely complete.
All these incidents, men, and places represent states of consciousness in the individual. The men represent the human desires that are still attached to the senses (Sodom and Gomorrah); the incidents denote the method of operation, and the places indicate their sphere of activity.
The remainder of the chapter concerns Jehovah's revelation to Abraham of His intention utterly to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah because of their great wickedness; also Jehovah's agreement to save Sodom if only ten righteous men could be found in it. The tendency to plead to be allowed to keep old habits of thought on the ground that there is some good in them is a characteristic of man's early stages of development. We try very hard to save some of our secret habits and sense thoughts. At first we reason that there must be quite a few good things in the old thoughts, ideas, and ways. Then we are a little less sure about there being "fifty" and we come down to "ten." But there are not even ten righteous, and the old consciousness must be destroyed. Error must be wholly wiped out of the consciousness, and the sooner we consent to accept the fullness of the regenerative law the sooner we shall enter the kingdom.
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Abraham and LOT with angels - charles fillmore
As Abraham represents the positive side of faith and Lot the negative side, it can also be said that Abraham represents the spiritual consciousness and that Lot is the natural consciousness, which however is turned toward the light. Jehovah appeared to Abraham as three. Spiritual consciousness understands the trinity of being that is spirit, soul, and body. Lot saw Jehovah as two angels, which shows that the natural mind leaves Spirit out of consideration.
When Abraham invited the three into his tent they accepted his hospitality without comment. But when Lot asked the two to spend the night under his roof, wash their feet, and partake of his food, they refused. It took persistent urging on the part of Lot to persuade them to abide with him.
When the unfolding nature (Lot) begins to entertain higher spiritual thoughts (angels), all the evil and degenerate thoughts (men of Sodom) come at once and "compass the house." They demand that the higher thoughts be put out, or that they be admitted (into mind) to throw them out. When the demand is refused they become violent. Man's way is to compromise with evil thoughts by giving to them
his love and emotion, even if he does not allow them free expression in his mind. Lot offered his daughters to the men of Sodom. When carnal thoughts become strong and numerous enough (compass the house) they assert complete mastery over the individual and tell him: "Stand back . . . This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge."
The angels (high spiritual thoughts) whom Lot induced to enter his house, came to his rescue. They struck the men of Sodom (carnal thoughts) with blindness so that they were thrown into confusion and their destructive efforts rendered futile, at least for the time being: blind passions that stop at nothing to gain their ends must be annihilated.
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