SAMAEL AUN WEOR 1 2 THE THREE MOUNTAINS SAMAEL AUN WEOR 3 The Three Mountains Samael Aun Weor 4 THE THREE MOUNTAINS Original book title: “Las Tres Montañas” by Samael Aun Weor. © The Gnostic Movement Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means without the prior permission of the publisher. Publisher’s Note The terms ‘death’, ‘revolution’, etc., all refer to an inner psychological action on oneself only. The spreading of Gnosis is a purely humanitarian task. No individual, school or business may use this book to generate profit. Translator’s Note The masculine form used in this book refers to either sex. Should a clarification on a possible contradiction or misinterpretation be needed, please have someone refer to the original text in Spanish. Printed in Australia by The Gnostic Movement Inc. For information on courses, lectures and practice sessions contact: The Gnostic Movement Inc. P.O. Box 1581, Bondi Junction, NSW. 2022. Phone: (02) 93891283. SAMAEL AUN WEOR 5 6 THE THREE MOUNTAINS CONTENTS A few words to the reader................................9 1. My Childhood................................................11 2. Religion..........................................................15 3. Spiritualism....................................................27 4. Theosophy......................................................35 5. The Rosicrucian Fraternity ............................39 6. The Corsair.....................................................45 7. Meditation......................................................53 8. States of Jinas.................................................57 9. The Dionysian Wave .....................................63 10. The Sexual Fire..............................................69 11. The Sacred Cow.............................................77 FIRST MOUNTAIN 12. The Gnostic Church.....................................101 13. The First Initiation of Fire ...........................109 14. The Second Initiation of Fire.......................121 15. The Third Initiation of Fire..........................131 16. The Fourth Initiation of Fire........................143 17. The Fifth Initiation of Fire...........................151 18. A Super-sensory Adventure.........................161 19. Persecutions .................................................169 20. The Secret of the Abyss...............................177 21. The Baptism of John....................................183 22. The Transfiguration of Jesus .......................187 23. Jerusalem......................................................191 24. The Mount of Olives....................................197 25. The Beautiful Helen.....................................201 26. The Event of Golgotha.................................209 27. The Holy Sepulchre .....................................215 SAMAEL AUN WEOR 7 SECOND MOUNTAIN 28 Serenity and Patience...................................221 29. The Nine Grades of Mastery........................223 30. The Patriarch Enoch.....................................227 31. The Lunar Heaven .......................................231 32. Guinevere.....................................................235 33. The Dragon of Darkness..............................239 34. The Conclusion of the Lunar Labours.........243 35. The Heaven of Mercury...............................247 36. The Heaven of Venus ..................................251 37. The Heaven of the Sun ................................259 38. The Heaven of Mars ....................................263 39. The Heaven of Jupiter..................................271 40. The Heaven of Saturn ..................................275 41. The Heaven of Uranus.................................283 42. The Heaven of Neptune...............................287 43. The Resurrection..........................................293 THIRD MOUNTAIN 44. Conversation in Mexico...............................305 45. The Tenth Labour of Hercules.....................315 46. The Eleventh Labour of Hercules................323 47. The Twelfth Labour of Hercules .................329 8 THE THREE MOUNTAINS SAMAEL AUN WEOR 9 A few words to the reader We do not wish to hurt any delicate feelings, but we must emphasise that venerable institutions co-exist in the cultural-spiritual environment of contemporary humanity which sincerely believe that they know the Secret Path, while actually they do not know it. Let's make it clear that we do not wish to make destructive criticisms; we emphasise, nothing more; and this obviously is not a crime. Obviously, because of a simple, deep respect for our fellow men, we would never say anything against any mystical institution. Human beings cannot be criticised for not knowing something that has never been taught to them. The Secret Path has never been revealed publicly. In rigorously Socratic terms, we would say that many scholars who pretend to know the Path of the Razor's Edge thoroughly, not only do not know it, but do not know that they do not know it. We do not wish to point at any spiritual organisation and hurt anybody, we shall simply say that the learned ignoramus not only does not know, but also that he does not know that he does not know. References to the Secret Path appear in all the ancient sacred texts; it is cited and named in many verses; however, people do not really know it. The purpose of the Work that you have in your hands, dear reader, is to reveal, show, teach the esoteric path leading to the final Liberation. It is yet another book of the Fifth Gospel. Goethe, the great German Initiate, said, "Theories are grey; only the tree with golden fruit is green; and this is life." 10 THE THREE MOUNTAINS In this new book we only give transcendental, real-life experiences: that which we know for certain, that which we have experienced directly. Now we must draw the Maps of the Path, indicate each route with precision, point out the dangers, etc. Some time ago the guardians of the Holy Sepulchre told me, "We know that you are going away, but before you leave, you must leave behind the Maps of the Path and your own comments for humanity." I answered, "This is exactly what I will do." From that instant I solemnly committed myself to write this book. SAMAEL AUN WEOR 11 Chapter 1 My Childhood There is no harm in asserting that I was born with an enormous spiritual restlessness; it would be absurd to deny this... To many it would appear somewhat unusual and unbelievable that there are some people in this world who can remember the totality of their existence, including their birth. I want to assert that I am one of them. Very clean and beautifully dressed, I was delicately placed in the maternal bed next to my mother after all the usual natal procedures. A very gentle giant approached the sacred bed, and softly smiling, looked at me. He was my father. Needless to say, in the dawn of any existence we walk originally on four legs, then on two and finally on three. Of course the last one is the walking stick used by the elderly. I was not in any sense an exception to this general rule. When I was eleven months old I felt the desire to walk; and I obviously achieved this by supporting myself firmly on my two feet. I still fully remember that marvellous instant in which, crossing my hands on my head, I solemnly made the Masonic sign for help, "ELAI B NE AL'MANAH." And since I have not yet lost the capability to be astonished, I must say that what happened then appeared to me to be marvellous. To walk for the first time with the body given to us by Mother Nature is without doubt an extraordinary prodigy. 12 THE THREE MOUNTAINS Very serenely I went to the old window from which one could clearly see the colourful mass of people who, here, there and everywhere, appeared and disappeared in the picturesque street of my village. My first adventure consisted of holding firmly to the iron grill in that old window. Luckily my father, a very prudent man, anticipating the danger, had put a wire grill in the balustrade so that I would not fall into the street. How well I remember that old window in that old house! The old house where I took my first steps... Of course at that delightful age I enjoyed the charming toys that children like to play with, but this in no way interfered with my meditation practices. During those first years of life, in which one learns to walk, I used to sit meditating in the oriental style... Then I used to study in a retrospective fashion my past reincarnations, and I was obviously visited by many persons from the past. When the ineffable ecstasy was finished, and I returned to the normal everyday state, I contemplated with pain the old walls of that paternal house where, in spite of my age, I appeared to be a strange monk. How small I felt in front of those rough walls! I cried... Yes, like children cry..! I used to complain, repeating: "Again, in another physical body! Life is so painful! Ow! Ow! Ow!" It was precisely at those moments that my mother always ran to help me, saying: "The child is hungry, or thirsty," etc., etc., etc. SAMAEL AUN WEOR 13 I have never been able to forget those moments in which I used to run happily along the corridors of my ancestral home. The most unusual cases of Transcendental Metaphysics used to happen to me at that time: my father called me standing at the door of his bedroom; I saw him in his night clothes, and when I tried to approach him he disappeared into smoke... However, I must sincerely confess that this type of psychic phenomenon