Mind &c

That which experiences ... is known by many names:  the "kingdom of heaven", or "the kingdom of God," the "light," "Sophia" or "Wisdom," the "Word" or "Logos," and nous (a Greek word usually translated as "mind" but actually meaning something like "consciousness"). All these terms reveal different aspects of this primordial Self, or experiencer ...


Inner Christianity, Richard Smoley, p 51

Veni Creator Spiritus

Veni, creator Spiritus

mentes tuorum visita,

imple superna gratia,

quae tu creasti pectora.

Qui diceris Paraclitus,

altissimi donum Dei,

fons vivus, ignis, caritas

et spiritalis unctio.

Tu septiformis munere,

digitus paternae dexterae

tu rite promissum Patris

sermone ditans guttura.

Accende lumen sensibus,

infunde amorem cordibus,

infirma nostri corporis,

virtute firmans perpeti.

Hostem repellas longius

pacemque dones protinus;

ductore sic te praevio

vitemus omne noxium.

Per te sciamus da Patrem

noscamus atque Filium,

te utriusque Spiritum

credamus omni tempore.

Deo Patri sit gloria,

et Filio qui a mortuis

Surrexit, ac Paraclito,

in saeculorum saecula.

Amen.

Pange lingua

Pange lingua gloriosi

Corporis mysterium,

Sanguinisque pretiosi,

Quem in mundi pretium

Fructus ventris generosi,

Rex effudit gentium.

Nobis datus, nobis natus

Ex intacta Virgine

Et in mundo conversatus,

Sparso verbi semine,

Sui moras incolatus

Miro clausit ordine.

In supremae nocte cenae

Recum bens cum fratribus,

Observata lege plene

Cibis in legalibus,

Cibum turbae duodenae

Se dat suis manibus

Verbum caro, panem verum

Verbo carnem efficit:

Fitque sanguis Christi merum,

Et si sensus deficit,

Ad firmandum cor sincerum

Sola fides sufficit.

Tantum ergo Sacramentum

veneremur cernui:

et antiquum documentum

novo cedat ritui:

praestet fides supplementum

sensuum defectui.

Genitori, Genitoque

laus et jubilatio,

salus, honor, virtus quoque

sit et benedictio:

Procedenti ab utroque

compar sit laudatio.

Alma Redemptoris Mater

Alma Redemptoris Mater, quae pervia caeli

Porta manes, et stella maris, succurre cadenti,

Surgere qui curat, populo: tu quae genuisti,

Natura mirante, tuum sanctum Genitorem

Virgo prius ac posterius, Gabrielis ab ore

Sumens illud Ave, peccatorum miserere.

O Salutaris

O salutaris Hostia,

Quae caeli pandis ostium:

Bella premunt hostilia,

Da robur, fer auxilium.

Uni trinoque Domino

Sit sempiterna gloria,

Qui vitam sine termino

Nobis donet in patria.

Amen.

Asperges me

Asperges me, Domine, hyssopo et mundabor,
Lavabis me, et super nivem dealbabor.

Inner Christianity

... Viewed from this perspective, the story of the Fall is not an antiquated folk tale but a vivid and accurate account of the human predicament, and the story of Christ is not only an account of an historical man but also a figurative representation of the path that each of us must follow to attain liberation. As Christopher Walton, a 19th century English esotericist, put it "all that is said and declared, and recorded in the gospel, is only a plain record of that which is said and done, and doing in yourself [my emphasis].


Inner Christianity, Richard Smoley, pp 4-5

Gnosticism

We get into trouble ... When we confuse this broader meaning of the word 'gnosis' ['an integral, participational knowledge'] with a late and specifically Greek heresy that began to affect Christianity during the second and third centuries and became the subject of considerable fulminations from the early church fathers. In this more restricted usage, Gnosticism is dualistic, top-heavy with nouns ... And metaphysically complex, and it tends to confuse integral knowing with esoteric information, often conveyed through secret initiatic rituals. In this sense, sophiology is definitely not Gnostic.

The Wisdom Jesus/Cynthia Bourgeault, p 22Sent with Writer.