Index

Abbott, Edwin
abler soul

and spiritual practice
defined
preconditions

absence of God
afterlife, Christian theology of
anamnesis
appearances after death, forms of, see also resurrection body
attention, spiritual
“baptism of fire,”
bare self
Barnhart, Bruno
Bennett, J. G.
bipolar soul, see also abler soul, polar beings
body of Christ

in Eucharist
“putting on,”

body of hope
Boehme, Jacob
“book of life,”
Boros, Ladislaus
Brothers Karamazov, The
Bruteau, Beatrice

Cassian, John
celibacy, see also monastic spiritual practice; sexual energy
Christian esoteric tradition, see also inner tradition
clinging
Cloud of Unknowing
codependency
“concern,”
communion of saints
“conscious circle of humanity,”
conscious love
conscious will
cosmic Christsee also body of Christ
cosmic servanthood
courtly love
creativity, divine
death

and true love
Christ’s
moment of

theology ofsee afterlife
desert fathers
developmental soul
Dinesen, Isak
Divine Comedy
Donne, John
Dunne, John S.
egoism
Eliot, T. S.
erotic love

and abler soul bond,
esoteric tradition see Christian esoteric tradition

essence
eternal marriage
eternal damnation
Eucharist

“Fifth Way,”
First Corinthians, 13:130
Four Quartets, see Eliot, T. S.
Fourth Way
ghosts

“Gift of the Magi,”
Gnosis, see Mouravieff, Boris
Gnosis magazine
Godwin, Joscelyn
grace
Greek Orthodox spirituality, see Orthodox spirituality
Griffiths, Bede
growth beyond death
Guénon, Rene
Gurdjieff, G. I. (A Note on Reincarnation), (“Books We Used,” n. 1) (“Reincarnation,” n. 1)

heart

and spiritual energy
as instrument of spiritual
perception
as mystical center of the
universe
divided by passions

heaven
hell
Helminski, Kabir
hermeticism
Hesse, Hermann
“holy element,”
Holy Spirit
hope
husband, defined
inner tradition

“intelligible universe,”
intercourse, see sexual energy
interiority
intimacy

judgment, final
“final decision,”
Jung. G.
Keating, Thomas

“last year’s language,”
Lawrence. D.H.
laying down one’s soul, as

spiritual practice

loneliness
Luke, Helen M.

majesty
marriage as a spiritual path
Mary Magdalene
Meditations on the Tarot, see Tomberg, Valentin
Merton, Thomas
mobility
monastic love mysticism
monastic spiritual practice
Mouravieff, Boris
mutuality
Mystery of Christ
Mystery of Death see Boros
mystical completion of souls, see also abler soul; union of souls
mystical marriage
necromancy

Needleman, Jacob
“new man,”
Nicoll, Maurice
Nouwen, Henri

obedience
Old Age, see Luke, Helen M.
Orpheus
Orthodox spirituality
Ouspensky, P.D.

passions
Paul, apostle, see First Corinthians
permanent individuality
Plato
polar beings, see also abler soul
prayer for the dead
psychic residues
“pure becoming,”
purgatory
purification

Real I,

(“Reincarnation,” n. 1)

reincarnation
renunciation
“resigned will,”
resurrection, of Jesus Christ
Ricoeur, Paul
Rilke, Rainer Maria
Rumi
second body
self-configuration
self-surrender
“sensible universe,”
sexual energy

and creativity
genital expression of
transformation of

shadow work
Shakespeare, William
Solovyov, Vladimir
Song of Songs
soul
soulmates see also abler soul
spiritual energy

in body of hope
in Eucharist

spiritual practice (conscious

work)
Rafe’s

spiritual warfare
subtle bodies
vital body
Sufism, see also Helminski, Kabir

Thomas, Dylan
time, see also growth beyond death
tincture
Tomberg, Valentin
transmission, spiritual
true love

and sacrifice, see also death

union of souls, see also abler soul
Upton, Charles

van der Post, Laurens
vow, mystical/nuptial

wager, hermeneutical
wedding garment
wholeness
“wonders,”
Work, thesee also Fourth Way

Yagan, Murat