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Everything can be ... Surely the Rosicrucians paid much attention to the study of eternal

life, to the cults of the
afterlife; above all, their

branch, the secret society

Angelica, took care of the

figures of the Archons and

the Angels. The Bible and

other ancient texts,

narrating the expulsion of

Lucifer on earth, speak of a

Legion of Archangels his
servants, the so-called

Guardians, those who still

desired the daughters of

men and from whose union

the race of the Giants or the

Titans was born. Mythology

reminds us of the figure of
Lilith, while the biblical

accounts refer to a

mysterious people

descended from heaven, the

Nephilim, whose name

means precisely Fallen

Angels. A Jewish legend tells

that the head of these fallen

angels, Semyaza, ended up
in the clutches of a beautiful

girl seductress of

the earth, Ishtar, who in

exchange for sexual

pleasures, had persuaded

him to reveal the name of

God. The Archangel was
punished for eternity and

was suspended upside down between earth and sky, in the constellation of Orion. This

image, very dear to the initiates, reminds me of the card of the Hanged in the tarot (XII card

of the Major Arcana), of course the legend is an allusion to something more real and the

reference still to Orion, as in the case of Jacob who knew of the secrets about its stars, I

think it's not a coincidence. But what did the Patriarch Jacob and the Hermetic masters T.

and C. Rosenkreutz really have seen? Their experiences speak to us of sleep or dream, what

exactly did we mean? In the Ebers Papyrus, dating back to more than three thousand years

ago, mention is made of the Egyptian priests, their divining arts propitiated by induced
phenomena (techniques almost like today's hypnosis). It was not for nothing that there were

real temples or sleep sanctuaries, linked to immortal divinities. Sleep, dreams and ecstasy,

relates the great Pythagoras - are the three open doors to the afterlife, whence comes the

science of souls and the art of divination. But for the moment we turn our gaze to the gable,

where the statue of Mary Magdalene stands. In my opinion, the image of the Saint does not