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[Nau7ik]

In the world of human thought, certain currents have been built up into forms of great potency by their reiterated use in successive ages. These established forms, or egregores, serve as channels of true power, and vary from region to region of the world.

In the West, a theme developed and perfected in the course of one cult after another is that of the Spirit's descent into Matter and it's subsequent return to the Divine Light. This theme, in its stark essence, is fundamental to the Mysteries and appears under many guises (not all of which contemplate Matter as pre-existing); but in beginning our study, our concern is with this theme as shown forth in the death and resurrection of hero or of god.

Does L/L Research has a current of power? I would think so. I have never been with them physically but the continued meetings and spiritual seeking/ workings create, what Q'uo has described, a brilliant bright light that can been seen up into the heavens and far and wide. Maybe those who've attended their meetings, or Homecoming, can attest to the strength of the energy of the group.

I have also heard egregores described as created thought form entities on which a group draws power. Or builds up power.

As I quoted above, I think the most common here in the west is the God-hero mythologies. The story of Jesus Christ is an example. Osiris and Set. (Thoth helps Isis restore Osiris to life. In later versions Thoth was replaced by Ra.) Tummaz. Dionysus.

The Mystery cults are centered upon such myths as these, and the aspirant who, though born in this late age, is aware of a stirring in the depths of his mind in response to those ancient tales should muse upon them and upon others of their kind. They have power, if the subconscious mind is accessible, to find their counterparts in its depth, and, with sufficient meditation, to call forth a personal conviction of the aspirant's own sublime and secret origin. It makes no difference, at this stage, whether he place that beginning at a mere thirty, or three million years before; it is not his physical parentage which is contemplated.