Maya, Iachin, and the Creative Word: Esoteric Mantras for Transformation

GA 266II — 1 January 1911, Stuttgart

Esoteric Lesson

Record A

Maha Aya – the great non-being

I
existence
A

ch – forming itself
in – becoming conscious

The word has an educational and healing effect. Recite it morning and evening as a prayer for children and the sick.

To combat:

Ambition, vanity, arrogance: think of the teachings of theosophy;

Envy, resentment: think of a beautiful work of art; talkativeness, curiosity, anger, annoyance: a quarter of an hour of quiet every day.

Record B

A famous inscription, the Delphic E, stood above the portal of the temple at Delphi. It means: “You are” (second person of the present indicative of the verb “to be”). Plutarch says it was the greeting of the deity to those who entered the temple. The Delphic E means the number five, or half of the zodiac, that is, the five ascending signs. The Delphic E is also the anchor of the Seleucids (?). It was adopted by the Gnostics to refer to the “Savior” and is often found among the talismans and amulets of early Christians.

Maha Aja
A existence
IA inner animated existence
AIA Non-existence; cancels out
MAHA Great, powerful
MAHA AIA Great non-existence, illusion
CH Distribution
IN Inner reflection
IACHIN Creative word that calls spiritual beings into the world. Has a healing effect, warms the inner self, gives strength.

Record C

Maha Aya

A = existence
Ya inner animated existence
Aya = non-existence, cancels it out again
Maha = great (existence)
Maha Aya combined to: Maya = the great non-existence, illusion

Ch = distribution
In = inner reflection
Iachin = creative word that spiritual beings call into the worlds; has an inner warming effect.