Bruce Michael
Well-Known Member
Hi There,
The double is an astral replica of the individual.
Many people have seen this, it was a theme of Gothic literature. I believe that Goethe was the first to term it the "Doppelganger". He had quite a few meetings with his "inhuman shadow". "The Picture of Dorian Grey" by Oscar Wilde is also on this theme.
As regards the Lesser Guardian of the Threshold - called the Dweller on the Threshold in Zanoni - here are some more references:
Knowledge of the Higher Worlds- last chapters.
Road to Self Knowledge- chapter five.
The Third Mystery Play.
- All by Dr. Steiner.
Also chapter 22 in the Spear of Destiny is interesting.
The Lesser Guardian appears as a large reptilian creature- a winged Dragon. Magicians used to use a concoction to make a smoke which would enable the creature to be physically perceptible. According to Dion Fortune blood (as in animal sacrifice) or flowers, could also be used for ectoplasmic appearances. These methods are now decadent.
The Lesser Guardian is the Angel of the Double- the deformed Angel. As said, this being does not at all resemble us, but bears the accretions of our past karma.
The initiate meets with this being, who then becomes perceptible. Thereafter the misdeeds of the initiate appear on the Guardian as more deformations. Thus the initiate is aware of his instant karma.
There is a wisdom to all of this, in that evil is kept at armslength from us. Bernard Leivegoed speaks of the Male-Female, anima-animus as a double. There is a chapter in his "Man on the Threshold".
-Br.Bruce
The double is an astral replica of the individual.
Many people have seen this, it was a theme of Gothic literature. I believe that Goethe was the first to term it the "Doppelganger". He had quite a few meetings with his "inhuman shadow". "The Picture of Dorian Grey" by Oscar Wilde is also on this theme.
As regards the Lesser Guardian of the Threshold - called the Dweller on the Threshold in Zanoni - here are some more references:
Knowledge of the Higher Worlds- last chapters.
Road to Self Knowledge- chapter five.
The Third Mystery Play.
- All by Dr. Steiner.
Also chapter 22 in the Spear of Destiny is interesting.
The Lesser Guardian appears as a large reptilian creature- a winged Dragon. Magicians used to use a concoction to make a smoke which would enable the creature to be physically perceptible. According to Dion Fortune blood (as in animal sacrifice) or flowers, could also be used for ectoplasmic appearances. These methods are now decadent.
The Lesser Guardian is the Angel of the Double- the deformed Angel. As said, this being does not at all resemble us, but bears the accretions of our past karma.
The initiate meets with this being, who then becomes perceptible. Thereafter the misdeeds of the initiate appear on the Guardian as more deformations. Thus the initiate is aware of his instant karma.
There is a wisdom to all of this, in that evil is kept at armslength from us. Bernard Leivegoed speaks of the Male-Female, anima-animus as a double. There is a chapter in his "Man on the Threshold".
-Br.Bruce