THE COMING NEW MAN BY J. van Rijckenborgh 2 nd revised edition 2006 ROZEKRUIS PERS ^ HAARLEM ^ NETHERLANDS International School of the Golden Rosycross Lectorium Rosicrucianum nl 2011 js Bakenessergracht 11-15,Haarlem,Netherlands Translated from the Dutch Original title: De Komende Nieuwe Mens First Dutch edition 1953 fl 2005 isbn 90 6732 303 9 Rozekruis Pers ^ Haarlem ^ Netherlands Ta b l e o f c o n t e n t s Preface 11 Part I self-knowledge as a prerequisite for new anthropogenesis 14 i-1 The coming New Man 15 The Una Sancta ^ Meeting the Lord in the air i-2 Christ, the universal source of Light and Power 22 In the world but not of the world ^ The true spiritual Sun ^ The spirit-spark atom ^ Ultraviolet and infrared ^ Hora Est! i-3 The sevenfold effect of the divine Sun 29 I-dissolution by negation ^ The seven rays of the Divine Sun ^ The awakening of the spirit-spark atom ^ The phase of seeking ^ The wonderful jewel ^ The mental conception of the immortal man i-4 The nature of human imprisonment 37 Thought-forms and their effects ^ The basic drive of the blood ^ The liver-spleen system ^ Our desire-being, the blood-I ^ The men- tal conception of the immortal man ^ The expulsion of the blood-I i-5 Nobridge existsbetween natural and spiritual man 48 The three egos of nature ^ The semblance of culture ^ Disquiet ^ The Workof the Lord i-6 Gravity and liberation 55 The faith in your hearts ^ Craving as an electromagnetic faculty ^ The microcosm ^ The way to the Gate of Mysteries: stillness ^ The two electromagnetic fields ^ Transfiguration ^ The new field of life i-7 The folly of the Cross 62 The straitjacket of nature ^ Opposition to transfigurism ^ In good company ^ The Immovable Kingdom ^ The cosmic septenary ^ Our dialectical earth ^ The forces of nature and the archetypes i-8 God ^ Archetype ^ Man 71 The Kingdom of God is within you ^ The archetypes of men ^ The spirit-spark atom and the archetype ^ Our present reality of exis- tence ^ The restoration of the broken unity: God ^ Archetype ^ Man ^ The Universal Brotherhood of Christ as a mediator ^ The Comforter ^ The nature of the image of the immortal man i-9 Divine alchemy and ourselves 78 The fundamental, Divine alchemical formula of our planet ^ The Primordial matter, the universal materia magica ^ The great breath ^ The original soul ^ Hydrogen gas ^ Our material born soul-prin- ciple ^ The twice-born ^ The rebirth from water and spirit ^ The living hydrogen bomb ^ Hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, carbon ^ Our sevenfold mother-planet ^ The four holy foods i-10 Man, know thyself 85 Lucifer ^ The I-soul merely a natural phenomenon ^ The aimless- ness of the I-man and his world ^ Our fundamental unity with the Luciferic field ^ The delusion of occultism ^ Hell and infernal fire ^ The dialectical hierarchy ^ The delusion of natural religion and all striving on the horizontal plane of this world ^ The doom of the spiral course in Lucifer ^ The call of the Spiritual School to change ^ Redemption by evolution, an impossibility ^ Two serpent-fire principles ^ Christ and Lucifer ^ The pupil’s pentecostal commis- sion ^ The rising of the morning star ^ The spirit and the bride i-11 The Rose of the Sevenfold Manifestation of God 94 The Rosycross ^ The great goal is concrete and real ^ Our field of existence is a self-contained totality ^ The four dialectical foods ^ The four holy foods ^ The sea of living waters ^ The two atmo- spheric fields ^ Christ’s call to return ^ New temple-building ^ The laying of the foundation stone ^ The apprentice temple- builder at work ^ Merging into the original electromagnetic field i-12 The Inevitability of theWay of the Cross 101 The stylised rose ^ The way of the cross ^ The precious jewel in the lotus ^ The one purpose of the Spiritual School ^ The two fields of life ^ The call of the Universal Brotherhood ^ The necessity of the self-liberating deed ^ Hearing the call ^ False mysticism ^ The dan- ger of natural religion ^ Treading the path ^ The faithful, those called and those chosen i-13 The ascent to freedom 109 God knows all His children by name ^ The sinful state of the I- consciousness ^ The Luciferic atom and the Christ atom ^ The fundamental necessity of soul-rebirth ^ From across the Jordan ^ The baptism in the Jordan ^ Three phases of the evangelical ascent to freedom ^ The beginning attainable i-14 The living gospel of freedom 116 The line of demarcation ^ Perishing in Jesus the Lord ^ The pere- grinations of Jesus ^ The gospel written in our hearts ^ The evan- gelicalway of the cross is away of joy ^ The last page of the gospel ^ The true apostolic circle ^ The blessing from of the third temple ^ The omnipotent grace ^ The parody of the gospel of freedom i-15 Knowledge of the nature of death 124 The causes of the fallen human state ^ Find them in yourself ^ The preparation for following Christ ^ The microcosm an atomic pillar ^ The indispensability of the sub-human natural kingdoms ^ The horror of their creation and existence ^ The tragedy of the endea- vours for self-protection by dialectical mankind i-16 The delusion of dialectics 132 The general world tragedy ^ Liberating self-knowledge ^ The weariness of the seeking soul ^ Madness ^ The attempt at imitat- ing the kingdom in dialectics ^ The constant imprisonment of mankind ^ Judas and his fateful path ^ The threefold signature of betrayal ^ The fatal end ^ The great danger on the path i-17 Twofigures inthe microcosm 141 The threefold phantom ^ The end of Judas ^ The three great hin- drances to finding the path ^ The auric being, the higher self ^ The lower self ^ Lucifer, the god of fire ^ The firmament as lipika (bearer of karma) ^ The dependence of the auric being ^ The auric being as nature-god ^ The delusion of occultism ^ The latent spiri- tual Sun ^ The temptation in the desert i-18 He must grow,butI must decrease 151 The might of the higher self ^ The influence of the higher self on the process of earthly birth ^ Our present existence ^ a purely nat- ural process ^ The fiction of the notion concerning continued ex- istence and reincarnation ^ Our ungodly existence through self- chaining to the higher self ^ A new heaven and a new earth ^ The total liquidation of our natural status ^ Jesus Christ, the entirely different one ^ The way of perfect humility ^ The return of the light Part II The sevenfold path ofthegenesisoftheNewMan ii-1 Faith,virtue, knowledge 163 The dangers of endeavour on the horizontal plane ^ The key to the path: faith ^ The true possession of faith ^ Virtue ^ Insight ^ Lighting a new torch ii-2 Self-control (i) 171 The self-control of dialectics ^ The consequences of repressed nat- ural urges ^ The inferno of the borderlands in the hereafter ^ The formation of the so-called higher regions of the reflection sphere ^ Being an Ephesian ^ The common debt from man to man ^ The necessity of the path of healing ii-3 Self-control (ii) 179 The twelve powers ^ The three phases of growth of dialectical man ^ The star of Bethlehem ^ The sword in the soul ^ The battle of the two natures ^ True self-control ii-4 Steadfastness 186 Dialectical perseverance ^ The purity of the heart ^ Shock ^ The necessity of steadfastness ^ Sin ^ The lasting connection ii-5 Godliness (i) 193 Dialectical piety ^ The working of the supreme remedy ^ The bod- ily change of the pupil ^ The four holy foods ^ The second serpent- fire ^ Pingala and Ida; Ananias and Sapphira ^ The development of the new pile of consciousness ^ The thymus gland ^ A new nervous system ^ The city with the twelve gates of liberation ii-6 Godliness (ii) 201 The story of Acts 5 ^ The conscious community with the Christ- radiations ^ A new consciousness ^ The killing of the new mag- netic radiation ^ The youths ^ The absolute demand of I-dissolu- tion ii-7 Godliness (iii) 208 A new bodily form ^ The alleged suicide of the Cathars ^ Two nu- clei of consciousness ^ The empty grave ^ The apostolic circle ii-8 Brotherly affection 215 God revealed in the flesh ^ The love of dialectics ^ Humanism ^ Caught in the gnosis ^ In the world but no longer of the world ^ Fishers of men ^ The secret of the Spiritual School’s work ii-9 Love (i) 223 The three temples ^ The fishing of men ^ The three holylaws of the apostolate ii-10 Love (ii) 230 The coming new life ^ The coming new man ^ The liberating yearning for salvation ^ Entry to the new kingdom ^ The construc- tion of the new temple ^ The glorified new personality Part III the talents and faculties of the new man iii-1 Auric rebirth 239 Towhom we speak ^ The construction of the ark ^ The workshop of the builder ^ The misconception of the tongue movements ^ Love covering sin ^ The microcosmic revolution iii-2 The consequences of auric rebirth 246 The results of the microcosmic revolution ^ Forgive us our sins... ^ The first day of transformation: new talents and facuties ^ Heal- ing: what it is not iii-3 The gift of healing 253 Three offices, five tasks, nine faculties ^ The dangers of negative interest ^ What healing is ^ Unlimited help towards redemption ^ ‘Seek ye first the Kingdom of God...’ ^ Sanctification, a way of the cross towards healing iii-4 The tasks: five healing streams 258 The sevenfold world-brotherhood ^ The state of the two natures ^ The gift of healing ^ The revelation of the sons of God ^ The heal- ing assistance of the five tasks ^ The pool of Siloam ^ The awaken- ing of the rose ^ A new link in the golden chain iii-5 The faculties (i) 266 The restrictions of the gift of healing ^ The faculty of imparting faith ^ The faculty of wisdom and image projection