Esoteric Lesson

If the planetary forces, coming from the father, are predominantly [effective] until the mystery of Golgotha, then from this time on, through Christ Jesus, the forces of the cosmos, the mother forces, are added. We know that this most important of all earthly events falls in the fourth cultural period of the post-Atlantean era. This was preceded by the Egyptian cultural epoch, in which the cult of Isis was cultivated in its highest perfection in the Egyptian mysteries. In the figure of Isis, the Egyptians worshipped the forces of nature that are expressed in all minerals, plants, and animals. But filled with sorrow and deep melancholy, the Egyptian soul looked upon human beings and said to itself that they were not aware of these forces of nature; therefore, it depicted Isis veiled, and it was said that no mortal should ever lift the veil to reach her! What does this mean? Nothing other than that the goddess does not dwell in the physical realm, but in the astral realm, and that only those who have passed through the gate of death can recognize her;[^2] no living person could lift her veil. This means that while they were alive, the effect of the Isis forces was denied them.