Aïvanhov Omraam Mikhaël - Sexual Force or the Winged Dragon

Omraam Mikhal Avanhov

Sexual Force or the Winged Dragon

Collection Izvor, n 205AN

2009, ISBN 978-2-85566-299-2

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Table of Contents

Chapter One: The Winged Dragon We find the figure of the snake or dragon in all folk stories of popular traditions, in fairy tales and mythology, and its symbolism is similar in all cultures. Countless fairy tales tell of a dragon which captures a beautiful princess and then keeps his pure and innocent prisoner captive in a castle.

The poor princess, languishing in her gaol, weeps as she begs Heaven to send someone to save her. Knights gallop up to rescue her, but one after another they are devoured by the dragon, who seizes all their wealth and then hoards it in the castle cellars. However, one fine day, a knight rides up; he is a prince, more noble, handsome and pure than all the others. A witch has told him the secret by which he can conquer the dragon: she has revealed the dragons weakness and told him how and when he will be able to bind or wound the dragon... So the lucky prince, well provided with weapons and information, wins the victory. He frees the princess, and then what gentle kisses they give each other! All the treasures stored in the castle for centuries are now given to the handsome prince who has triumphed because of his knowledge and his purity. Prince and princess climb onto the dragons back and fly all over the universe.

People often think that these fairy stories are for children only. In fact, they are Initiatic tales; in order to understand them, you need to know the science of symbols. The dragon is the sexual force. The castle is the human body. The unhappy princess who has been held prisoner by uncontrolled sexual energy is the soul. The knight is the ego or the spirit of man. The arms he uses to conquer the dragon are the weapons of the spirit

willpower and knowledge, used to control this energy. So then, once the dragon has been mastered, it becomes mans servant, his mount for journeys through space, because this dragon has wings. Pictures always give the dragon a serpents tail, the symbol of subterranean forces, but he also has wings. The eternal language of symbols is so clear and simple!

There is a variant of this story to be found in the myth of Theseus.

Ariane gave Theseus a golden thread and, thanks to this, he was able to guide himself through the labyrinth, kill the Minotaur, and then find his way out of the labyrinth once more. The Minotaur is another representation of the sexual force, of the lower nature, which, like the powerful and prolific bull, has to be yoked and harnessed to till the soil.1 The labyrinth (the castle) represents the physical body and Ariane represents the Higher Self which shows man the way to victory.

In Jewish and Christian traditions, the dragon is likened to the Devil and the Devil, they say, smells of sulphur.2 All inflammable products such as petrol, oil, gunpowder, mixtures of gas which produce flames and explosions, all these are the fire-breathing Dragon in Nature. The Dragon also exists in man; once again he can be seen in all mans combustible qualities. If, through ignorance, carelessness or weakness, man does not know how to make use of these combustible forces, he will find that, instead of being propelled towards Heaven, he will be hurled into the abyss or reduced to ashes.

Notes

1. See Love and Sexuality, Complete Works, vol. 14, chap. 2: Taking the Bull by the Horns.

2. See The Book of Revelations: A Commentary, Izvor Coll. n 230, chap. 10 : The Woman and the Dragon, chap. 11: The Archangel Mikhal Casts Out the Dragon, chap. 12: The Dragon Spews Water at the Woman, chap. 15: The Dragon is Bound for a Thousand Years.

Chapter Two: Love and SexualityI

Master, will you tell us what difference you see between love andsexuality and show us how sexuality can be used in the spiritual life?

You are asking a very interesting question which touches on the most important thing in life and affects everybody, both young and old.

I would not say that I am qualified to answer all the questions that arise from this problem. However, I do have something slightly special which is that I always like to see things from a particular point of view and I have dedicated all my life to acquiring this point of view. I would just like to say a few words to you about this so that you do not start criticizing me and saying, Oh my goodness, I have read books on love and sexuality which say much more. What an ignorant teacher! I am not afraid of admitting my ignorance. However, those who write the books you mention do not have my point of view and do not understand the question as I do. You can, if you so wish, get all the information available on sexuality as written by psychoanalysts and doctors, but I wish to lead you towards another point of view which has been unknown up to now.

What is this point of view? I give you the following image to explain what I mean. Picture a professor, a graduate of three or four universities. He is working in his laboratory doing all sorts of research experiments.... His twelve-year-old son out in the garden climbs a tree and from the top calls out, Daddy, I can see my uncle and aunt coming along the road! His

father, who can see nothing, asks, How far away are they? What are they carrying? and the child gives him all the information. Despite all his knowledge, the father can see nothing, whereas the ignorant young boy can see far away simply because his point of view is different. He has climbed very high, whereas his father has stayed at ground level.

This is only an analogy, but it will help you understand that, though it is useful to have intellectual faculties and knowledge, the point of view is even more important. You get completely different results if you observe the universe from the earths point of view or from the suns point of view.

Everybody says, The sun rises... the sun sets, and this is true, but it is also false. It is true from the earths point of view, but it is false from the solar, heliocentric point of view. Everybody looks at life from the earthly point of view and clearly from this angle, they are right. They say, To live you must eat, earn money and enjoy yourself... However, if you take the solar angle, looking at things from the spiritual, divine point of view, things look quite different.1 This is my point of view and so I am able to show you the nature of love and sexuality in a quite different way.

At first glance, it is quite difficult to separate sexuality from love.

Everything comes from God and all the energy which flows through man has divine origins. However, this energy has different effects according to what it is passing through. Think of electricity. Electricity is an energy which we cannot define, but when it passes through a light bulb it becomes light, although it is not light itself. It becomes warmth in a heater, magnetism when it passes through a magnet and movement when it goes through a fan. In just the same way, there is a cosmic force which alters its character according to the human organs it passes through. When it goes through the brain, it becomes intelligence and reasoning powers; through the solar plexus (or the Hara centre), it becomes sensations and feelings; through the muscular system, it becomes movement, and when it passes through the genital organs, it becomes attraction for the opposite sex. It is the same energy wherever it goes.

Sexual energy comes from very high up, but on passing through the genital organs it arouses sensations, excitement and the desire to get closer to each other. It is quite possible that with all these manifestations there may be absolutely no love. This is what happens with animals. At set