Stained Glass and the Supernormal Aspects of Color

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Stained Glass and theSupernormal Aspects of Color

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• Stained glass in England owes much of its
  brilliance to the recipes used by generations of
  craftsmen but it also owes a great deal to its
  climate with its greyer light, which shows
  stained glass to greater advantage than does
  brilliant sunshine. Colored glass was regarded as
  particularly precious from early monastic days.
• Theophilus, a German monk writing in the first
  half of the 12th century, in his treatise "On
  Divers Arts" goes into considerable detail about
  the making of windows, but carefully leaves out
  chapters which give precise instructions for the
  coloring of glass with copper, lead and salt.
  This would be one of the secret recipes so
  jealously guarded. In religious terms, light was
  a symbol of vital importance, used to describe
  the quality of spirit itself. And stained glass,
  while much more expensive than plain could be
  used to fill the congregation with a
  awe-inspiring sense of mystery and vision and
  also had the function of glorifying God for his
  own sake. "Like an intelligent inquirer," wrote
  Theophilus. "I have labored to inform myself, by
  all methods, what inventions of art and vitality
  of color may beautify a structure and not repel
  the light of day and the rays of the sun."
• Specimens of colored glass have been found in
  Saxon monastic buildings of the 7th or 8th
  centuries and there is a remarkable range of
  color, considering the limited range of materials
  available. Several shades of red, turquoise,
  viridian, four different shades of yellow, violet
  and a very pale violet, and white glass streaked
  with purple, are among the colors used.

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• Many of the great painters have also striven
  after this quality of luminosity, particularly
  for religious paintings, and again there have
  been many secret recipes, some of which have been
  lost and some rediscovered.
• Glass luster artifacts also reflect this quality
  and it is obviously something integral in the
  human being that requires this reminder of other
  realities than the ordinary, everyday appearance
  of things. Socrates in the "Phaedo", describing
  the "real earth" says of it that "the colors
  which we know are only limited samples, like the
  paints which artists use but there the whole
  earth is made up of such colors, and others far
  brighter and purer still...even these very
  hollows in the earth, full of water and air,
  assume a kind of color as they gleam amid the
  different hues around them, so that there appears
  to be one continuous surface of varied colors."
• Gems also have this peculiar quality of
  luminescence, a hidden hire in their depths,
  which again stirs a long-forgotten memory.
  Ancient literature is full of such remarks as
  "...has the appearance of a sapphire" or "...was
  the color of amber", or again "...a rainbow round
  the throne, in sight like unto an emerald."
  (Revelations).
• The description of the New Jerusalem includes
  walls of jasper, garnished with all manner of
  precious stones, and of course we all know of the
  pearly gates!

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• Josephus, the Jewish historian in the 1st century
  CE associated white with earth, red with fire,
  purple with water, and yellow with air.
• However 15-centuries later Leonardo da Vinci
  states his color preferences as "white for the
  representative of light, without which no color
  can be seen yellow for the earth green for
  water blue for air red for fire and black for
  total darkness." Some of these colors are still
  included in astrological tradition, as with
  yellow for Mercury and air, and things
  intellectual red for Mars, fire and energy (see
  below).
• So fashions and preferences do tend to change and
  evolve -- in one era nobles, warriors,
  middleclass and peasants tend to wear
  distinguishing colors, as in early Aryan
  cultures, or at other times certain colors are
  reserved for specific trades and professions, as
  today in law, religion and the armed forces
  faculties at universities and colleges have their
  special colors children at school have their
  team colors and in many sports colors are
  important, not only in order that contestants may
  identify one another, but that the audience may
  also identify them.
• All over the world colors of symbolic
  significance have all been woven into beadwork
  and tapestries, painted on icons, walls, pottery
  and stonework, incorporated into inlay work and
  stained glass, glass vessels and jewelry, not
  only for ornamentation and visual enjoyment, but
  for the practice of sympathetic and protective
  magic in all its aspects, and ultimately and
  simply for the glory of God.

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Supernormal Aspects of Color

• The prismatic spectrum is a vast storehouse of
  supernatural forces. We know little of this power
  at present. To lift, to ennoble, to spiritualize
  all life is the message of the color scale, and
  the high significance of the spectrum

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• Red, the first color-note of the spectrum, is the
  note of activity, challenge, adventure. Here the
  mass consciousness of humanity is centered. Red
  is the dominant decorative motif of most
  primitive peoples. Its emanation is physically
  stimulating. Red is used for melancholia, anemia,
  all forms of sluggishness, retardation of blood
  circulation. Surrounding oneself with red is a
  splendid antidote for fear and timidity. Excess
  of activity is a sign of danger. Hence, red
  lights are used as traffic stop signals.
  Mephistopheles and Satan are always symbolized by
  the color red because excessive activity in any
  direction leads to negative reactions which we
  term sins the work of the evil one. The
  transmutation of deep, dark crimson tones within
  the human aura into the clear, bright red of
  bravery, courage and daring is one of the most
  important steps in human evolution.
• Red, intoning base etheric notes, is the color of
  fire. It is through these notes that a human
  being has his first approach to Deity. In most of
  the world religions God is represented as
  appearing in flames of fire. From this came
  worship of the fire that is never extinguished
  with its votive offerings and its vestal
  priestesses. Red fire is only one phase of God in
  manifestation. His power is infinite its
  expression an ever ascending spiral of color and
  tone. This is evidenced in hymnal worship
  ascribed to the 7-vowels as power ciphers of the
  7-Angels of the Planets. This power is
  disseminated by means of the sevenfold scale in
  both color and tone. In its ascending rhythms,
  the red of terrestrial fire is transmuted into
  the golden yellow of pure spirit essence. By
  using its magical golden color, miracles of
  healing and transformation can be performed. A
  part of this magic has been condensed into the
  most perfect of metals, the sun's high gift to
  this planet, gold.

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• Orange, the next higher ray of the spectrum, is
  produced by blending two primary colors, red and
  yellow. Red, as noted, is the activity ray.
  Yellow is the mental or wisdom ray. Therefore
  orange is a color of tremendously dynamic power
  for healing. Visualizing the orange ray as
  encircling and permeating afflicted parts often
  brings instant relief. This is the color of
  discrimination, the capacity for making wise
  decisions.

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• Yellow, a primary, has been termed the mind
  color, and it proves itself to be a vibrant and
  refreshing mental stimulant. Its vibratory rate
  is high, its influence elevating and inspiring.
  The halo around the heads of saints is always
  depicted in golden yellow. It is generally
  recognized as the color-note of the Christ and
  the Illuminati, for it sings of infinity rather
  than concreteness. It lifts above the mundane. It
  soars up and away, reaching ever toward the
  supreme goal which is Light. To become one with
  yellow is to comprehend the unreality of matter
  and the eternity of Spirit. This is the true
  meaning of Wisdom.

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• Gold was held sacred by primitive peoples, who
  were wiser in esoteric truths than we moderns.
  Its use was never permitted to become common, but
  was reserved for temple worship. The misuse of
  gold has brought destruction instead of strength
  and elevation. Humanity has forfeited the rights
  of its blessings and is fast losing the use of
  the metal as well, for its prostitution has
  brought upon us a heavy karmic debt involving our
  entire planet.

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• Green is the color of earth. Each resurrection
  season nature adorns herself in robes of shining
  green. Forests radiate such powerful and magnetic
  life emanations that highly sensitized persons
  are not only renewed but can actually see them.
  We all know the sense of rest, well being and
  refreshment gained from a prolonged stay amidst
  the greens of nature. This color is most
  efficient for soothing tired or frayed nerves,
  for headache and other upsets caused by nerve
  tension. Green as stated, is the nature color. It
  belongs to summer and the Moon, and is known as
  the Mother of Nature. In the radiations of this
  magic light fairies per-form their enchantments
  over field and forest. In countries where many
  people possess "second sight" and hold communion
  with the "little people of nature," green is held
  in high esteem.

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• Blue, is the Spirit color. Deep, dark blue
  indicates power of immense intensity. Light or
  azure tones imply high and ethereal aspirations.
  This is the color in which creative artists
  should immerse themselves before starting work.
  Dr. Babbitt, father of color healing, states that
  he used blue in all forms of inflammation and
  various diseases of the skin. When one visualizes
  blue, the head instinctively lifts, the eyes
  raise, as blue is the color of the sky, of
  mountain crests at dawn and sunset, of smoke as
  it spirals upward from chimney tops. Blue lifts,
  exalts and inspires one toward ever greater
  heights of endeavor and attainment. Blue
  describes the sea and sky, symbols of infinity
  for humanity. Blue reaches into infinity, so that
  the soul may know that Love and Immortality and
  God are one.

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• Indigo receives and unifies the forces of all the
  prismatic colors into the one great force, just
  as night brings a recapitulation of the day, and
  as death serves to assemble all the events of the
  past life into conscious totality. Its key-note
  is Universality God in humanity and humanity in
  God. The human consciousness must be raised to
  this realization before higher, freer color rays
  can be released upon the planet or in other
  words, before a new spectrum can be brought into
  visibility. This is the color of introspection.
  It is, the most difficult of colors to visualize
  accurately but if, through persistent effort one
  becomes adept at this visualization, doors of the
  subconscious will be unbarred and long buried
  soul memories will be restored for indigo is
  the color-bridge between the finite and infinite.

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• Purple is the royal color and is associated with
  earthly power and splendor. In it is sounded the
  exalted soul song of God. It is the color most
  prominent in the coronation of kings and High
  Priests. Purple or violet is a secondary color,
  formed by a red fire of sense life (matter) that
  has been lifted into the pure blue (Spirit) of
  spiritual life. The process of transforming lower
  man into higher is always accompanied by much
  travail so the darker tone (purple) has become
  associated with pain and sorrow.
• Wagner immersed himself in purple when he was
  ready to transcribe the music of angels for his
  transcendent operas. Jupiter, to whom the purple
  ray is ascribed, is associated with the sacred
  rites of fire. Its key-note is transmutation. As
  transmutation is concerned with the most advanced
  phases of spiritual development, so purple or
  violet is the highest color vibration of the
  spectrum. It is the seventh color ray, and seven
  is the number denoting transmutation 4 (matter)
  plus 3 (Spirit). Their blending attains the
  supreme goal of human evolution hence, seven is
  the principal number of the earth planet.

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Black and White
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• Black is the feminine complement of white. White
  is active, containing the active manifestation of
  all life, black is passive. White is positive,
  black is negative. White is all revealing, the
  opposite pole of black, black is concealment.
  Black is a Saturnian color, and Saturn is the
  home of all beginnings. To symbolize the hidden,
  secretive phase of their work, many Temples of
  Initiation are draped in black. The highest
  truths are discoverable only by those who have
  the courage to pass beyond all sight and sound
  into the Great Darkness preceding the Light of
  Eternal Day. White is dynamic and stimulating
  black is mysterious and inspiring. White is
  revelation, the light and action, embracing all
  colors of the Cosmic Day. Black, enfolding all
  colors, is the Cosmic Night.
• When their forces blend, the perfect Cycle is
  complete. Black is another designation for Chaos,
  the seed-ground of Infinity the seed-ground of
  the unmanifest, the uncharted. Visualizing
  intense blackness stimulates latent and
  undeveloped soul faculties. When from the
  celestial core of this blackness a point of white
  light emerges, without solicitation or
  premeditation, finer and higher forces are
  awakening within. Into the utter blackness of
  Chaos, God sent His supreme mandate. Light was
  born. As the divinity in man comes into fuller
  expression, the white light flames forth. Man
  becomes divine when black and white merge. The
  human evolution is at an end.

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• In his "Theory of Color", Goethe, one of the
  world's most profound mystics, gave to humanity a
  textbook on this subject which will be a classic
  in the incoming New Age. To him color was the
  Voice of God speaking through nature. Blackness
  was not merely an absence of light it was the
  background of the cosmos, a field of intense
  activity for Beings of a vastly higher order than
  our humanity. Azure-white light is the highest
  concept of humanity and entirely transcends
  physical vision, so "seeing" it must be always a
  spiritual experience. The light has been used
  since time immemorial by Wise men, the
  Illuminati, as a means of both physical and
  mental protection for their disciples. There are
  thousands of recorded instances when miraculous
  protection was given by surrounding an individual
  with an aura of white light in times of great
  emergency. One occasion of special interest has
  to do with a hospital located several miles from
  Hiroshima. When the atomic bomb struck, no one
  was seriously injured, though many people were
  knocked down and suffered minor bruises and cuts.
  The amazing factor was that no one dressed all in
  white received any kind of injury despite the
  fact that many so clothed were working in close
  proximity to the injured.
• White light is weighted with the power to bless.
  It is God speaking through the manifold
  activities of creation. When humanity learns to
  tune in and freely utilize this transcendent
  force, many limitations and disabilities of this
  three-dimensional world will be conquered or
  eliminated. Then will humanity assume our
  rightful place as an "heir to God," a true son or
  daughter of God in full possession of God's
  divine heritage.

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The Stained Glass windowA Visualization

• The rest of this presentation is a visualization,
  we ask that you visualize not only the picture we
  will paint, but that you attempt to hear the
  sounds, see the colors, smell the fragrances.

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• To begin I ask that you get into a comfortable
  position, Sit with your back straight, your feet
  on the floor and your hands in a relaxed position
  on your lap. When you are comfortable become
  aware of your body notice how your body is
  feeling right now... if you notice any tense
  places in your body, gently breathe into those
  places. Imagine them relaxing and all unnecessary
  tension releasing and dissolving.
• Let your awareness scan through your entire body,
  from head to toe, from toe to head, and feel your
  entire body deeply relaxed ... Imagine that you
  can feel life energy flowing smoothly and freely
  through your entire body. If an area feels tight
  or tense, gently release it and feel that energy
  flowing through it. Take a deep breath and as you
  exhale, release any tension that might remain in
  your body. Feel your body totally relax.
• Take another deep breath and as you exhale, relax
  your mind. Imagine that your mind is just another
  muscle in your body that you can now relax. Do
  not hold on to any thoughts. You can let
  everything go for right now and let your mind
  become quiet and slow...Take another deep breath,
  and as you exhale, move your awareness into a
  very deep place inside of you...
• You find yourself comfortably seated in a
  beautiful chapel. The light is subdued, flowing
  only from a brilliantly colored stain glass
  window in front of you. Each of the colors
  sparkle like gems... Rest for a moment in the
  shower of iridescent light, and listen to each
  color as they speak to you...

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• I am red the color of blood, of birth and death.
  Throughout the ages I have been "sacred" to the
  deities. I am related to the planet Mars and the
  element of Fire, both being aggressive energies.
  I am protective and I work to strengthen the body
  and will power. I promote courage, to lend energy
  to the body, and to provide additional power to
  rituals by my presence. In ancient times, I was
  worn as an antidote to poison, to keep one's
  thoughts "pure", to banish anger and all violent
  emotions. For healing I am intimately linked with
  blood. I am used to relieve anemia, to halt
  bleeding and to heal wounds. I work on rashes and
  inflammation, and have been used to prevent
  miscarriage.

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• I am yellow. Ruled by Mercury, I am used in
  rituals involving communication. If you are
  having trouble expressing your self in an
  intelligible way, try wearing one of my stones.
  Writers receive help with their work by utilizing
  me, while public speakers use me for eloquence. I
  am also ruled by the Sun and am protective
  energy, and can also be used to strengthen the
  conscious mind and to enhance visualization
  abilities. I promote digestion, regulate the
  nervous system and cure skin problems. I am a
  color of movement, of exchange, of energy and
  mental awareness.

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• I am green, the color of nature, of fertility, of
  life. I am often linked with red in religion and
  magic. I am receptive and am used in healing. I
  can be carried or worn to guard the health.
  Specifically, I strengthen the eyes, control the
  kidneys, relieve stomach problems and prevent
  migraines. I am ruled by Venus and am used during
  gardening to promote luxuriant growth, or am
  placed in the earth for this purpose. If you have
  house plants, put some of my stones in the earth.
  I am also used to increase fertility and
  therefore I promote conception. My association
  with the element of Earth also leads to money,
  riches, prosperity and luck. I am grounding and
  balancing and can be used to attune with the
  Earth.

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• I am blue, the color of the ocean, of sleep, and
  of twilight. Ruled by the element of Water and
  the planet Neptune, I am receptive and promote
  peace. Gazing at me or holding something of mine
  calms the emotions. If you have difficulty
  sleeping, trying using me. I am excellent for
  halting nightmares. I am used to promote healing,
  in general, and specifically to reduce fevers,
  remove ulcers and their causes, and for
  eliminating inflammations. I am often held to
  reduce or remove pain from the body. If you need
  purification, wear me, to purify your inner being
  as well as your outer flesh.

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• I am purple and am receptive and spiritual. I am
  ruled by Jupiter and Neptune, and have long been
  associated with mysticism and purification. I am
  excellent for meditation, psychic work or during
  rituals designed to contact the subconscious
  mind. As with green and blue, I am the color of
  healing and peace. I am used to maintain health
  and am sometimes given to unruly children to
  promote obedience. Physically, I am utilized to
  relieve complaints in the head such as headaches,
  mental illness, concussion and hair problems. I
  soothe depression and project restful sleep when
  worn at night. I am associated with organized
  religion as well as the more spontaneous,
  Earth-oriented systems, and I am used to contact
  higher forces.

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• I am black and I am receptive. I represent the
  Earth and stability and am ruled by Saturn, the
  planet of restriction. I am symbolic of
  self-control, of resilience and quiet power. I am
  sometimes viewed as protective, but I am more
  often used to ground a person. If you are
  light-headed, dizzy, or so focused on the
  spiritual that your physical life suffers, wear
  me. Mystically I am the color of the outer
  spaces, of the absence of light.

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• I am white, receptive and ruled by the Moon. As
  such I am intimately linked with sleep and
  psychism. In the past, I was worn to promote
  lactation by mothers having trouble feeding their
  babies. In contemporary American, I am considered
  to be lucky, often carried or worn to promote
  good fortune. Because the Moon glows at night, I
  am used for protection after dark, often when
  walking alone in hazardous places. I am worn with
  red for protection at all hours. To be rid of a
  headache, carry me. Because I contain all colors,
  I can be charged to act as a substitute for any
  color.

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• It is now time to return, but before you do,
  allow the colors to totally engulf you. Rest for
  a while in the vibration of these colors that
  connects you with the totality of Life. After
  returning from this journey the wholeness, the
  strength, the light and love which you have
  experienced will remain with you and continue to
  live within you, enriching you and your world.
  Allow it to happen of its own accord.
• Now direct your attention completely to your
  body. Take deep breaths and exhale deeply.
  Stretch your limbs and your torso a few times
  until you feel that you are back in the present
  moment.

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