CHAPTER IX.

THE MOTHER OP GOD
The Mother of God conception has been held among diverse peoples from the remotest ages. It is not originally a Christian conception, but in common with every thing sacred comes out of the Mysteries. Just what is meant by this Mother of God conception! In the first place we must guard against the mistake of assuming that she is the Mother of a Supreme God as the Cath- olic Church has falsely taught. She is in one sense the Motherhood of the Divine Principle, and in another sense she is the Mother of the Gods or Divine Manifestations. We have to consider that the Divine Essence is double sexed, and hence has its feminine aspect, which in this sense is the Divine Mother. Also there is the sense of the Mother of the gods. In this sense she is Xmucane. Xmucane is the Formative Process in the Akasa of Chaos. She is the Circle of be- ginning, the Place of Birth for all that comes forth in the material world. This Formative Process is that which specializes all things for- matively and also specializes all the Modes of Energy. We may say that the Seven Gucumatz are her seven modes of formation as well as of energy, and that all material forms and modes of energy are the result of their gestative action. The Universe as the Sequence of Creative Evo- lution, Quetzalcoatl, is the result of the forma- tive and gestative activity viewed as a synthesis. At the same time all the diverse activities of the Mental and Astral Worlds are also separate prod-
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nets of that formative action, and as such are Her children, gods, demi-gods, genii, etc. All of these Powers are but the modes of action and formation that are engendered by Xmucane. At the same time it must be borne in mind that each one of these forms and modes has its own form- ative side, and hence its Mother Principle. This leads us to the conclusion that there is here a ma- ternal Hierarchy, each degree of which is the child of a higher degree and at the same time the moth- er of a lower degree. This maternal Hierarchy, is therefore, the continued sequence of the Mother of the God or the Hierarchical Mother Principle. This sequential maternal Hierarchy is in the true sense the Mother of God, not the Mother of a Personal God, but rather the Ma- ternal Principle in Divinity which is perpetually engendering Forms and Modes of God out of itself. This is not, however, confined to the Mental and Astral Worlds. It is true also of the Physical World, extending also into the World of Gross Matter. We have all heard the expression Mother Earth. However, the Earth is not a Mother except in the sense of the Maternal synthesis of millions of these Mother Principles or activities. Every grain of sand in fact has its Mother Spirit or Mama in it. Thus we can see that the Substance Side of all Nature is but a Sequence of these Mother Essences, and that one degree is bom from another, and in turn gives birth to another. Hence when we speak of the Mother of God we must always bear in mind that She is not a Person, but is rather this system of Principles of Evolution, this Law of Causation, that is Maternal to the Core. She is the Maternal Hierarchy, that is the Modus of all Evolution. In this sense, no Occultist or intelligent Evolutionist can have the slightest objection to the Oultus of the Mother of God. Viewed in any other sense
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the cultus is the most absurd nonsense conceiv- able.
In a certain sense this Maternal Hierarchy op- erates blindly, as a blind force obeying the Law of Causation. In another sense it is a self-con- scious process of evolution. Various forms of Kosmic Life are continually being engendered by this process. We might say in a sense that every human soul is bom of this process. This does not mean that Karma does not play its part, but the beginning of Karma is to be found in the Great Maternal Hierarchy, though of course it also op- erates through individual human life. In fact the two stages of life are but the two sides of one life. Samskara is in reality this very Hierarchy of the Mother of God. She is then not simply the Mother of God she is also the Mother of man and of all that comes into being. Through her opera- tions the process of Kosmical and Human Evolu- tion is made possible. All Life is bom of her, and at the same time, we reach a point where Individ- ual Life reacts upon her and in this way the In- dividual may become the Motiier of the Hierarchy in a sense.
When the Feminine has taken form it continues to be the Feminine, and to act formatively. That is to say, the Soul, the Mental Body and the As- tral Body as well as the Physical Body of a woman is just as Maternal and hence as formative as is the same Substaace in the Kosmical state. This being the case, woman is essentially a mother in sJl her actions. This does not apply only to the few occasions in her life when she gives birth to physi- cal children. Every instant of her life she is act- ing the part of a mother, that is she is bearing children. This could not be otherwise, seeing that at aU times, her Principles are acting formatively, and hence must be engendering forms. Her Men- tal Body through this formative action is giving birth to Thought Forms. Now these Thought
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Forms do not remain in her Aura, but pass out into the Mental World, and there begin their course of Evolution. They never cease this on- ward process of Evolution, and in time become Devas and gods on the Mental Plane. Likewise her Astral Body through this formative action is engendering Desire Forms, each of which passes into the Astral light and there begins a process of Evolution which never ceases until they become gods of the Astral World. Thus it is to be seen that every woman is in reality a mother of gods. We might go a step further and say that in as much as the Hierarchy is made up of the totality of all these gods, the woman, by reason of the ef- fect which the gods bom of her has upon the com- position of the Hierarchy, is in reality mothering the Hierarchy, hence is a mother of the Hier- archy, that is a mother of God. Not only, how- ever, is she acting as a universal mother on these Planes, but even on the Physical Plane her Body is performing the same function. Her sex ener- gy acts in this way, and she is perpetually giving birth to new physical Uves. In this way are bom the Elementals and Fairies. She is a mother of gods even in her body. Woman ^s body and soul are the Vase of Art in which is created and ges- tated, and from which is bora innumerable be- ings, each one designed in the course of time to become a god. Thus it is she who in reality evolves the Universe. In this way is human con- sciousness reflected in Nature, and hence Nature follows Art, is in fact the child of Art, a man's Art ; but above all, of Woman 's Art. In this way we see the tremendous value of man but above all of woman in the great Kosmical Scheme. 'Tis true, man has been produced by nature, but now the education and training of Nature is com- mitted to man but still more so to woman. Wom- an 's Ideals also becomes a Force of Evolution, and under its influence, a soul is at last evolved
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in the Hierarchy that in the course of time is through nature and art prepared for incarnation, and is thus incarnate in human form. Thus all her personal ideals are at last realized, and it is woman who is the mother of all such persons. Not the woman who gave physical birth to him, but rather the woman who first sent forth the Ideal Form into the Hierarchy, she is his mother, though she may be dead for centuries when this child of hers is incarnate in the flesh, yet hers he is in every sense of the word. In this way we can see the tremendous importance of woman in the great Kosmical process.
Not only, however, is it within the power of woman to create in this particular manner, but she can create in a universal manner. If she forms an Ideal for a particular type of humanity, or a world of a particular type, she has sent a Wave of force into the Hierarchy that will in time become an Archetype and create that which she desires. In a word, she will actually give birth to a true god. In this way the gods are in many instances the children of women. Her Principles and her Sex Force operating in a formative man- ner are already changing the form of the Creative Forces of Nature, and thus giving birth to New Gods.
All this is done unconsciously, but the time is coming when woman will become conscious of herself as woman, and will then set free her Will, and when she does, there will be a most wonder- ful thing occur. The Will of woman is creative in the absolute sense, and for that reason it is su- preme. Nothing can stand before it, for the rea- son that it wiU have the power to create that which it wills to be. It is the mission of woman to free her will and to attain consciousness so that she may use it consciously, and thus become the Alchemist of the Will, the Genatrix of all that she Wills. This tremendous power of the awakened
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woman is dimly sensed by man, and for that reason he does all in his power to keep her in bond- age to the family life, knowing full well that when she is awakened and knows how to use her Will, he is as clay in the Potter's hands before her. She is henceforth the Mistress of his destiny as well as her own. She desires to create, and therefore New Thought of accursed memory does everything in its power to make her satisfied to use her Creative Will in procuring material re- sults, instead of entering her own as the Mother of the Gods. However, she is awakening, and at last her Will will be set free, and then the Chang- ing Order cometh swiftly she must give the New Birth to the gods.
What will take place when woman awakens to consciousness and will! She, knowing her power, will deliberately bring her creative will force to bear upon the gods and the Hierarchy and will recreate them in accordance with her Ideas. She is able to send forth the force that will specialize those forces and give birth "to any form of God that she desires. She is able to so polarize her Aura with the Kosmos that she will not only Generate the Germ of a God but will actually Gestate it through the constant formation going on through her Aura that it will be bom not as an Embryo but as a true god. It has been said that ''a good God is the noblest work of man'' and this is true in a much deeper sense than we realize. The duty of man, but particularly of woman, is to Individualize the gods, to train them and give to them individuality. The Conscious woman is able to bear anew the gods and cause them to take on individuality. Not only is this true, but she can give birth to brand new gods! Just such Gods as she wants and needs. It is in this way that she can Spiritualize the Universe.
Not only this, but she can also cause Avatars to come at will. In fact. Avatars come in response
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to human longing, and it is well known that an Avatar is usually suited to the times, and this is because the i)eople have in reality specialized him to their needs. Now, if this comes to pass through the spontaneous mothering of the women, what will be the result when they are awakened and consciously and deliberately undertake to give Spiritual and Kosmical Birth to them ! Such wom- en may concentrate on the Ideal of the Avatar and this is particularly so in the case of a Dorado, because he is engendered by the Maternal Hier- archy, and in this way the universal forces will be specialized, the Circle will be formed, the Vortex will be prepared, and the Matrix will be created and the Avatara will be developed. Not only will it be Generated, but also the Auras of the women will act upon it so as to Gestate it within this Matrix until it is ready to Incarnate. As it begins to overshadow the one in whom it is to be incarnate, it will act upon his Aura so that it will also be gestated. The result will be that it will not only be a Kosmical Avatara, but they will also gestate it so as to exercise a Procreative influence upon the Avatara similar to that of the mother upon the Foetus in her womb. In this way the Dorado may become Personal in the sense that it will be the realization of the ideal of those women, and each woman will contribute her in- fluence to that end. The Eitual that is proclaimed at the birth of every Dorado, *'Unto us a Child is Bom, unto us a Son is given, '^ is absolutely true. Notice the Child is bom to the i)eople, that is he is bom of the women, he is indeed and in truth their Son. They are his synthetic mother, and he is the realization of their desire. When they have become conscious they will give birth in this Way to Dorados who will in every sense of the word be their sons. This is absolutely true of the Dorado that is coming at this time. He will be produced by the awakened women, and
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will be the Ideal Son of all the New Women, the Mothers of the Gods. Then we come to the final conclusion, there must be formed an Hierarchy of women who will act as the Body of the Celes- tial Hierarchy, and will therefore represent the Formal Hierarchy, the Form side of the Divine Hierarchy. They will be the Body of the Moth- er of God just as the Hierarchy is Her Soul. This body of men, the Personal or Human Mother of God, will render this Mystery Scientific and a matter of Art and not simply one of Nature. This is the final conquest, when it has been attained, all power in Heaven and in Earth will be the possession of Woman. Neither is it necessary for us to wait until all women have awakened to Consciousness. As soon as a few hundred such women are awake they can begin the work of giv- ing birth anew to this condition. They will each one of them be an individual manifestation of the Mother of God. This is the Mother of God made flesh. There are already those who are entering this life, and the number is constantly on the in- crease. A thousand of them can Eegenerate the earth and the human family by giving birth to it anew. Those who would become bodies for the Mother of God, that is Mothers of God must con- secrate their bodies and souls absolutely to the works of Generation and Gestation of the gods and of the Hierarchy, and especially at this time to the Generation and the Gestation of the New Dorado. It is for them to see that he is so bom as to fulfill their longing and their Ideal as to what shall be at this time. While the Avatara is being formed, the Conscious Feminine Will is stronger than the blind force of the Universe, and therefore, they may mold it as they will, for while it is undergoing the process of Gestation, it is subject to the Procreative influence of their Auras if they are awakened to Consciousness and their Wills are set free.