{"product_id":"lazarus-come-forth-meditations-of-a-christian-esotericist-on-the-mysteries-of-the-raising-of-lazarus-the-ten-commandments-the-three-kingdoms-the-breath-of-life-by-valentin-tomberg","title":"Lazarus, Come Forth!: Meditations of a Christian Esotericist by Valentin Tomberg","description":"\u003cp\u003eForgetting, sleep, and death are stages of basically the same process. Now, in contradistinction to them stand remembrance, awakening, and resurrection. Just as forgetting, sleep, and death are stages of an apparent disappearance into the darkness of a realm held to be unconscious by normal day consciousness, disappearing beyond waking experience, so do remembrance, awakening, and resurrection signify basically the one single process of reappearance, the return of what had been submerged in the darkness of the unconscious.\" \u003cspan class=\"BxUVEf ILfuVd\" lang=\"en\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"hgKElc\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eValentin Tomberg\u003c\/em\u003e (p. 50)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on the ancient and frequently forgotten sources of esoteric Christianity, Valentin Tomberg reflects on the mysteries of humanity's covenant with God in history. The power of these meditations is that they reflect the author's personal spiritual journey into the depths of God's kingdom within\u003cspan class=\"BxUVEf ILfuVd\" lang=\"en\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"hgKElc\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003ewithin the soul, within personal relationships, within nature and the cosmos.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart one of \u003cem\u003eLazarus, Come Forth!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"BxUVEf ILfuVd\" lang=\"en\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"hgKElc\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan class=\"BxUVEf ILfuVd\" lang=\"en\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"hgKElc\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"The Miracle of Raising Lazarus in World History\"\u003cspan class=\"BxUVEf ILfuVd\" lang=\"en\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"hgKElc\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003elooks at an encounter with the Father through the miracles of Creation and the Fall and through Moses and the Old Testament Covenant and the Ten Commandments.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart two, \"The Ten Commandments: The Revelation on Mt. Sinai,\" is a meditation on the seven miracles of Christ as described in the Gospel of St. John, culminating in the raising of Lazarus, the miracle of being raised from forgetfulness, sleep, and death to remembrance, wakefulness, and resurrection. Lazarus thus becomes a paradigm for understanding the spiritual and cultural history of humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn part three, \"Thy Kingdom Come: The Three Kingdoms of Nature, Humanity, and God,\" we consider the encounter with the Holy Spirit and living out the life of Christ through the Church. We are asked to reflect on the three kingdoms of God, humankind, and nature, which give natural order and meaning to the Christian life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe union of love and prayer in the Spirit is the focus of the first section of part four, \"The Breath of Life,\" in which we are invited to see our natural breathing as breathing the breath of God. And part four ends with \"Natural and Supernatural Images of the Holy Trinity,\" which discusses the message of the starry heaven at night, the message of the setting Sun, and the message of the birth of a new day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume should not be missed by anyone with a serious interest in esoteric Christianity or who merely wishes to go more deeply into the meaning of the Holy Scriptures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLazarus, Come Forth! \u003c\/i\u003eis a fully revised translation of \u003ci\u003eLazarus, komm heraus.\u003c\/i\u003e A previous edition of this work was titled \u003ci\u003eCovenant of the Heart.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eTranslator's Foreword by Robert Powell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART I. THE MIRACLE OF RAISING LAZARUS IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e1. The Seven Miracles of the Gospel of St. John\u003cbr\u003e2. The Miracle of Raising Lazarus\u003cbr\u003e3. The Lazarus Miracle in the Spiritual-Cultural History of Humanity\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePART II. THE TEN COMMANDMENTS: THE REVELATION ON MT. SINAI\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: The Cloud upon the Mountain\u003cbr\u003e1. \"I am the Lord your God\" \u003cbr\u003e2. \"You shall have no other gods before me\" \u003cbr\u003e3. \"You shall not make for yourself a graven image\" \u003cbr\u003e4. \"You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain\"\u003cbr\u003e5. The Use of God's Name in Meditation\u003cbr\u003e6. \"Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy\"\u003cbr\u003e7. \"Honor your father and your mother\"\u003cbr\u003e8. \"You shall not kill\" \u003cbr\u003e9. Who is Yahveh?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePART III: THY KINGDOM COME: THE KINGDOMS OF NATURE, HUMANKIND, AND GOD\u003cbr\u003e1. The Kingdom of Nature\u003cbr\u003e2. The Human Kingdom\u003cbr\u003e3. The Kingdom of God\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePART IV: THE BREATH OF LIFE\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e1. The Mystery of Breath\u003cbr\u003e2. Natural \u0026amp; Supernatural Images of the Holy Trinity\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0545\/8601\/5937\/files\/ValentinTomberg.jpg?v=1682117213\" alt=\"Valentin Tomberg (1900-1973)\" style=\"margin-bottom: 2.4px; float: none; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" width=\"200\" height=\"320\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eValentin Tomberg\u003c\/strong\u003e (1900-1973), was born into a Lutheran family in St. Petersburg, Russia. As an adolescent, he was drawn to the hermetic Martinism of G.O. Mebes, as well as to Theosophy and the mysticism of Eastern Orthodoxy. Tomberg's mother was killed by looters during the Russian Revolution, after which Valentin and his father fled to Tallinn, Estonia, where Tomberg studied languages and comparative religion at the University of Tartu. As a young man, he was strongly influenced by Vladimir Soloviev and had a personal experience of the Sophia at a cathedral in Holland. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1925, he joined the Anthroposophical Society, under whose auspices he lectured in Holland and England and wrote on his understanding of the Bible, Anthroposophy, and esoteric Christianity. During World War II, he left the Anthroposophical Society and its internal struggles and converted to Catholicism. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1948, he moved to England, where he became a translator for the BBC and monitored Soviet broadcasts during the Cold War, while continuing his devotion to meditation practice and further writing on his esoteric insights. In 1960, he retired to Reading near the River Thames. He died while vacationing in Majorca. The best-known work of his later life is Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey into Christian Hermeticism, written anonymously.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lindisfarne Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49191493468353,"sku":"","price":39.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0545\/8601\/5937\/files\/Lazarus_Come_Forth_-Meditations_of_a_Christian_Esotericist_on_the_Mysteries_of_the_Raising_of_Lazarus_the_Ten_Commandments_the_Three_Kingdoms_the_Breath_of_Life_by_Valentin_Tomberg.webp?v=1744504188","url":"https:\/\/self-initiated.com\/en-sg\/products\/lazarus-come-forth-meditations-of-a-christian-esotericist-on-the-mysteries-of-the-raising-of-lazarus-the-ten-commandments-the-three-kingdoms-the-breath-of-life-by-valentin-tomberg","provider":"Self-Initiated Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}