Odilia Carmen Chirica

by  St Bonaventure INTRODUCTION St Bonaventure was a Franciscan Monk born in central Italy in 1217. He joined the Order in 1243, and wrote a number of masterpieces including a biography of St Francis, and many other treatises. The most widely-known of his works is that dealt with here, "The Soul's Journey into God", a dense  summa  of medieval Christian spirituality. It is based on a vision of the Seraph, the six-winged angelic creature which had provided St Francis his critical mystical experience, and it was whilst meditating on this vision that St Bonaventure realised that "...this vision represented our father's rapture in contemplation and the road by which that rapture is reached." The actual Latin title of this work is  Itinerarium mentis in Deum , and it is of interest to this present work that Itinerarium can be translated as "plan for a journey (itinerary), which is part of the function served by any initiatory sys

"The following is a pictorial key to the spiritual journey. It is archetypical, that is, these images/energies are present in each one of us, and the journey is also the same for each one us. Look carefully, feel, and see if it resonates with you. The images are drawings from Johfra Bosschart, a Dutch modern artist (1919-1998). Johfra is a rather unknown painter. Nevertheless his works are magnificent. The drawings on this page appeared as illustrations in The Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz, published by Lectorium Rosicrucianum, a Rosicrucian order founded by Jan van Rijckenborgh in Belgium (now an international order). The images give a quick overview of the spiritual journey. If you desire to know more, read the The Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz. This anonymous text appeared in 1616 in Strasbourg, Germany as the third pamphlet of an order called Fraternity of the Rose Cross. Nothing is known about the author or about the order itself. Thus the text stands

"By playing the role of your galactic signature, your allow yourself - your mind, body and spirit - to vibrate to that particular frequency and you broadcast it out to everyone around you. This is your gift to the world." Decode your  Galactic Signature  to find which of the following you are. If it makes sense to you, you may further explore your  Relationships Signature , your  Personal Theme Year  or the  Moon Phase  you were born under. Enjoy! Red Dragons: Magnetic   Lunar   Electric   SelfExistng   Overtone   Rhythmic   Resonant   Galactic   Solar   Planetary   Spectral   Crystal   Cosmic White Winds:  Magnetic   Lunar   Electric   SelfExisting   Overtone   Rhythmic   Resonant   Galactic   Solar   Planetary   Spectral   Crystal   Cosmic Blue Nights: Magnetic   Lunar   Electric   SelfExisting   Overtone   Rhythmic   Resonant   Galactic   Solar   Planetary   Spectral   Crystal   Cosmic Yellow Seeds:  Magnetic   Lunar   Electric   SelfExisting   Overtone   Rhythmic   Resona