SYMBOLISM CONTAINED IN BIBLICAL SCRIPTURE

SYMBOLISM CONTAINED IN BIBLICAL SCRIPTURE

We begin this article with a very short scripture quote from the Bible:

"Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants ..."

~Galatians 4:24 

Right here were are told in plain simple terms, that the story of Abraham, Sarah, and Hagar, is an allegory. It is metaphorical. Myth ... with a hidden deeper meaning, rather than being primarily a physical, historical, and literal event. Science and biology tell us 90 years old women cannot have babies. This is a story of symbolic value. It isn't commentary, it is saying to us directly that it is allegorical. There is symbolism in this myth that is intended for discovery by those who have eyes to see, and ears to hear. Keep in mind that the modern definition of myth does not suit the etymology of the word. A myth (Greek: mythos) is a surface story that is passed along and is usually intended to teach a deeper lesson, it is Truth, veiled by a story intended to deliver a stealth message to those white eyes to see and ears to hear. 

This goes hand-in-hand with us being told in scripture NOT to take the letter literally (scripture/hand written letter) by reminding us to NOT be a Minister of the letter. The Bible communicates to us in Parables, Proverbs, Allegories, and Dark Sayings. Modern day Archaeologists from the University of Tel Aviv have even told us the Bible stories are meant to be symbolic and allegorical. For example, the captivity in Egypt is a metaphor for our own dark ego animal based mind. "Aigyptos" in Greek meant "dark place." It was a symbol of darkness and base nature man. 

The Exodus, was also allegorically symbolic. Leaving the darkness (Egypt) and entering the Promised Land (Is-Ra-El) and Jerusalem (yeru-shalom) the place of peace. Again, a spiritual event that takes place within us as we transmute from base nature to Divine. Generations have searched for the literal places in the Bible but to no avail. Either they were built and named in honour of the symbolism, or they simply did not exist. The Ten Commandments (the negative commandments) were derived directly from King Hammurabi's Code. A list of negative commandments of things NOT to do that preceded the Hebrews by hundreds of years. These codes are on display in the British Museum. 

Joshua of the Old Testament, the one who conquered Israel, is the same story as Jesus of the New Testament. The very name itself is the same. Joshua from the Hebrew, and Jesus from the Greek, are "Yehoshua, Yeshu, Yeshua" literally a word composed of Hebrew aleph-bet (alphabet) symbols that mean "God is Saviour." There was wandering in the desert for 40 years in the OT, there was a flood of 40 days and 40 nights in the OT, Jesus wandered in the wilderness for 40 days in the NT ... this is symbolism to present deeper esoteric teachings. Forty weeks is the gestation period of a human being (9 months). From conception, to birth ... marking a new person with new beginnings. A "born again" time frame. Everything is symbolic. 

Even top officials from Universities in Israel today will tell us the Bible stories and the history of the Hebrews are not just literal historical events. Joshua could not have knocked down the walls of Jericho because Jericho didn't exist at that time. Jesus could not have been "of Nazareth" because there was no Nazareth at that time (it meant Nazarene). Camels were not domesticated at that time. So if so many of these stories were never intended to be taken literally and historically, then what happened? the what do they mean on a deeper level? There must be something beyond the surface story. These secret Truths were taught to initiates into the Mystery Schools of old. And by taking these stories to be only literal, it has wreaked havoc all over the world for centuries. War and violence, degradation of women, child abuse, lies and deceptions, and a total misunderstanding and mistranslation of the true nature of life, and ourselves as being the Light of the world. 

The Bible characters, locations, stories, miracles, crucifixion, resurrection, raising of the dead, ascension, transfiguration, crossing of the Red Sea, Mt. Sinai, all allegory. All meant as metaphor by the writers. All Myth ... "Mythos." Joseph Campbell put it wisely when he described "myth" as "something that never was, yet always is." We must go beyond the names, places, and events ... deep between the black and white letter, and find the pearl of great price. The Truth, that lies in waiting ... for Revelation - to be revealed, uncovered, unhidden. The letter killeth, but the Spirit giveth Life.

Just a thought ... 

~Justin Taylor, ORDM.

BEAST OF REVELATION 666

NUMBER OF THE BEAST 666 

Let's jump right into this topic. Here's something to consider when looking at the Book of Revelation in the New Testament Bible ... the last book:

"In this case wisdom is needed: Let the person who has understanding calculate the total number of the beast, because it is a human total number, and the sum of the number is 666."

~Revelation 13:18 - International Standard Version

Now, know this: all Living organisms Must contain Carbon to exist on Earth as Physical Life. In other words, carbon forms the backbone of biology for all life on this Earth. These are the building blocks of Life. According to your DNA, you are either a Carbon being, or you a Carbon-based being. Either way you are carbon, and carbon is 666.

6 electrons

6 Protons (atomic number)

6 Neutrons

Also keep in mind, 666 equates to the number of the sun. 6 am. sunrise. 6 hours later noon, 6 hours later at 6 pm its sunset. A complete cycle. 

The ancient Babylonians using the sexagesimal (base-60) number system from which comes 60 minutes in an hour, 60 seconds in a minute, 360 (60×6) degrees in a circle, and 60 degrees in each angle of an equilateral triangle, etc. 360 divided by 10 = 36 and 6 x 6 = 36. Babylon worshiped gods that were associated with the sun, moon, planets, and stars involved with the study and practice of astrology.

Babylonians were the principle developers of astrology as we know it today, and the pagan priests wore amulets called “Sigilla Solis” or “Sun Seal” which symbolized 36 constellations. In this system of worship, they had 36 supreme gods plus the god associated with the sun, which they believed to be the father of all the other gods and so, as such, was supreme over ALL. They believed that numbers had power over the gods they worshiped, so they assigned numbers to their gods so that they could have power over them.

They did this by counting their gods and assigning a consecutive number to each of the 36 lesser supreme gods, and then added up these numbers (from 1 to 36) and assigned the sum total to the sun god. If you have not guessed by now, the sum of the numbers from 1 to 36 totals 666. The calculation is below:

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 + 10 + 11 + 12 + 13 + 14 + 15 + 16 + 17 + 18 + 19 + 20 + 21 + 22 + 23 + 24 + 25 + 26 + 27 + 28 + 29 + 30 + 31 + 32 + 33 + 34 + 35 + 36 = 666

In numerology (gematria), the number of the physical world is six, the number of the spiritual world is eight. 600 is the number of "cosmos", while 800 is the number of the "lord of the cosmos." Similarly, the sacred number of Jesus, 888, symbolizing the Spiritual Sun, is contrasted with the number 666, symbolizing that of the physical sun.

In another view, the author of the Book of Revelation was using numbers to send his early Christian readers a coded message. Turns out, what we see in the The Book of Revelation where the writer refers to 666 in an apocalyptic vision isn't entirely what we think of today. Put simply, 666 in this case, is being used as a code. A sort of riddle. This text was originally written in ancient Greek, where numbers are written as letters, as they are in Hebrew - the other main language of the original Biblical texts.

In this scenario, a held belief is that if you translate the Hebrew spelling of 666, you actually spell out "Neron Kesar" - the Hebrew spelling of Nero Caesar. So, now we know a much deeper significance of this powerful number, and how it can be applied in many different ways. 

In the Textus Receptus manuscripts of the New Testament, the Book of Revelation (13:17–18) cryptically asserts 666 to be "man's number" or "the number of a man" (depending on how the text is translated) associated with the Beast, an antagonistic creature. 

"Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six."

~Revelation 13:18 - KJV

There is much more to the number 666 - and the veiled message - than just a satan, anti-Christ, or devil. In fact, we are told directly in Revelation, it is the "number of man." 

Just a thought ... 

~Justin Taylor, ORDM.

APOCALYPTIC TRUTH

APOCALYPTIC TRUTH 

Today, we visit the topic of unveiling that which is hidden. This is what Apocalypse means in Greek. It means "to reveal, disclose, to uncover that which has been concealed/hidden." The "Apocalypse" isn't the end of the world as is commonly believed, it is the beginning of the real world. The ascension of Truth, from underneath the cover of illusion. 

The "Apocalypse of John," or ... Book of Revelation, was what was revealed ... to John. It was credited as having been revealed to him from Jesus Christ. It has been said that the author was probably a Christian from Ephesus known as "John the Elder." According to the Book, this John was on the island of Patmos, not far from the coast of Asia Minor. In reality though, we do not clearly know historically who this "John" was for sure. But what we do know, is that this is a clear book of imagery, symbolism, and allegory. In it's latter English translation of apocalypse, it refers to "insight, vision, hallucination." 

The Bible itself tells us these stories are all mythical, with deeper meaning having never meant to be taken only as literal-historical events. They are symbolic stories that mean something else ... and the message is contained deep within the text. We have a tendency through misinterpretation to look at the box, instead of what's inside the box. The Bible, keeps the Truth away from those who will not enter within. This was specific in its design, to ensure the ancient Wisdom didn't fall into the wrong hands. 

In the Matrix movie Orpheus tells Neo "I'm trying to free your mind, Neo. But I can only show you the door, you're the one that has to walk through it." In the Bible NT Jesus is quoted as saying "Ask and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks, it will be opened." (Matthew 7:7-8)

We have to seek what is hidden. We have to search to find the treasure. We have suffer to find the cure. Do you understand ... if it was in plain sight, it would be as wallpaper. No one would notice it. People would pay no attention to it. And those with ill intentions would use it against those with good hearted intentions. When we lose our key, we keep looking until we find it. The Bible gives us the map, esoterically, the KEY to finding the place where the Truth is hidden. 

There's an old story of a conversation among those with the power and knowledge of God. The inner circle, if you will. It was asked "where do we hide the Divinity of mankind so that man cannot find it?" One replied ... "at the top of the highest mountain, he'll never think to look there." Another replied "at the bottom of the ocean, for man would surely never look there." And yet another one suggested "among the deep forests, for man would not think to look there." The wisest of the sages contemplated deeply on their suggestions, and said "I know what we will do, let us hide the Divinity of mankind within him. He will surely never look there to find it." 

The Apocalyptic Truth that the Bible and all other ancient documents from Pagan Mystics, to Egyptian Hierophants, to Native American Shamans, to the furthest points of the four corners of the world all have acknowledged and taught among their initiates that God/Source Energy, creation, Divinity ... lies within mankind. Not without. This has always been a common denominator, no matter the origins.

This is the Revelation, the Apocalypse, the lifting of the veil, the REVEAL. At the story of the crucifixion, at the moment of Jesus giving up his Spirit, the Temple Veil was ripped in two. This was the alignment of man and Divine. The walls of Jericho had come down once again. The logic left brain and the imagination/God right brain are separated and joined by what is called the "corpus callosum." The medical community refers to it as "the veil." It is the ethernet fibers that connect both sides of our brain. limited Logic, meets unlimited Divine. THIS, is the Revelation/Apocalypse. And it happens every single day, within the inner being of mankind. 

Just a thought ... 

~Justin Taylor, ORDM.

ANCIENT MYSTERIES REVEALED

ANCIENT MYSTERIES REVEALED

Religious and philosophical teachings are divided into two main categories - the esoteric (inner), and the exoteric (outer). Historically, the esoteric teachings have been held close and kept in secret, given only to those who were deemed ready by Teachers who held the “keys to the Kingdom of God.” This could take years in the Mystery Schools of old. Many years before the Truth was revealed to those deemed worthy enough to understand it, and to protect it. 

Whereas a spiritually mature person recognizes that these “keys” are symbolic of revealed Truths (unveiled), someone less spiritually mature would picture in his or her Mind, actual keys made to fit an actual lock, albeit ... one not of this world. This is the difference between esoteric and exoteric students of religion and philosophy.

The esoteric student understands that religious icons and symbols represent Principles and Laws of nature, including both the seen and unseen realms. The exoteric student takes the symbols literally, as in Moses actually parted the Red Sea; Jesus, the man, actually sits at the right hand of the Father, etc. 

While helpful to an undeveloped, uneducated, or non-inquisitive Mind, such literal interpretations are surface stories used to conceal the more sophisticated and abstract principles they were designed to portray in their parables, myth, allegory, and metaphors ... the deeper revelatory Truths. 

But as we fast-forward into this Internet Age, when all knowledge and information is freely available to nearly everyone, the time has come to speak more openly of the deeper Truths of this Ancient Wisdom, thus preventing the possibility ... through misunderstanding, that the ideas themselves become merely symbols, hiding the very Truths of which they have always stood for.

Add to this the need to integrate the astounding growth in scientific knowledge into the body of thought called “The Ancient Mysteries.” Scientists and intuitive thinkers of all disciplines have brought new meaning to the old maxim, “Man, know thyself.” 

Neuroscience and Cognitive Science, along with the science of Linguistics and also quantum physics, have revealed much about how the human organism works, especially the brain. And while this new knowledge (doubling itself nearly every few years) has enabled us to understand the concept of consciousness more than ever before, the sciences have yet to acknowledge the existence of the Universal Creative Mind of God/Source. And I stress ... yet. Eventually, it will be inevitable.

Mystics and sages throughout the millennia have understood more about the nature of Mind than present-day scientists, but they have not - for the most part - been able to articulate their knowledge using today’s language. 

Combined with science’s inbred prejudice against mysticism in general - which is the gap between science and religion that widens everyday - we are being brought us closer and closer to an evolutionary catastrophe. This materialist view that human beings are machines whose software developed on its own through random, selective processes and not downloaded from a superior intelligence ... is a issue to be dealt with. 

As long as scientists believe that consciousness is a product of the brain and not the other way around, they will continue to seek ways to enhance this flawed mechanism by external means. Mystics, on the other hand, want to develop what is already there. The universal unconsciousness is the Matrix (The Field) that is the glue of the Universe. Tying everything together as One.

The Ancient Mysteries have always taught that the human organism is a vehicle for consciousness, and that the notion of a separate self is nothing more than an illusion. They did not preach against individuality, as is commonly believed today, but rather understood that it is through individual choice that spiritual progress can be made. 

Every time we make one choice over another, whether based upon logic or intuition, we rewire our brain in a way that supports further choices along the same lines. Thus does humanity evolve. If through technology, that fundamental process is preempted and people begin to rely on artificial, implanted devices to enhance awareness, spiritual consciousness will devolve into greater and greater materialism, the belief that the physical world and its senses are all there is to the human experience.

The Ancient Mystery Teachings were given to the world as tools with which humanity can realize its own potential. These tools lie within the individual heart and Mind. But, while scientists tend towards the material understanding of life, spiritually minded people tend toward the opposite pole, regarding science with as much suspicion as scientists regard mysticism. 

Science, by the very nature of the word ... is proof knowledge. These bilateral grievous suspicions are a dangerous error. It is only by marrying these two paths ... in an enlightened awareness ... that humanity can make the next leap in evolution and involution, bringing the best of the rational Mind and the intuition together into a collaborative whole (holy).

The greatest of the mystics from the dawn of human history up to our present day have achieved this marriage of the inner and the outer WITHIN themselves. Hence, the ancient mantra “as above, so below.” Such enlightened people have brought humanity its greatest discoveries in science, philosophy, art, and social justice. 

It was the Egyptian principle of the One God (monotheism), brought forth and articulated by Moses (and Akhenaten), that enabled science to envision a world governed by Universal Immutable Law, and thus open the door to unprecedented technological advancement. 

It was Paracelsus who intuitively unlocked the secrets of pharmacology, extending the lifespan of human beings by decades. And it was Pythagoras who, through his Wisdom and depth of vision, gave us the profound understanding of numbers and geometry that enabled us to achieve countless advances. In fact, Math has proven to be the one constant Truth. 

These people were mystics who, along with countless others, acted as the mediators between Heaven and earth - the seen and the unseen - providing humanity with priceless knowledge of the cosmos and the meaning of human Life. The discoveries of the ancient teachings of Thoth, Hermes, Enoch, and a myriad of Avatars, Hierophants, and Sages, have brought us out of the Dark Ages ... and into the Age of Aquarius. New information, based on ancient knowledge. Question everything ... it is the time of reason my friends. 

Just a thought ... 

Justin Taylor, ORDM.

APOCALYPTIC TRUTH

APOCALYPTIC TRUTH

Today, we study a portion of the Book of Revelation ... unveiling that which is hidden. This is what “Apocalypse” means in Greek. The translation is “to reveal, disclose, to uncover that which has been concealed or hidden.” The “Apocalypse” isn't the end of the world as we have been taught, it is the beginning of the real world. The ascension of Truth, from the cover of illusion. 

The “Apocalypse of John,” or ... Book of Revelation, was what was “revealed.” It was credited as having been revealed to John from Jesus Christ. We do not know historically who this “John” was for sure. But we do know Revelation is a clear book of imagery, symbolism, and allegory. In it's latter English translation of apocalypse, it refers to “insight, vision, hallucination.”

The Bible itself tells us these stories are all mythical, with deeper meaning having never meant to be taken as literal-historical events. They are symbolic stories that mean something greater. We have a tendency through misinterpretation to look at the box, instead of what's inside the box. The Bible, keeps the Truth away from those who will not enter within ... WITHIN thyself. 

In the Matrix movie Orpheus tells Neo “I'm trying to free your mind, Neo. But I can only show you the door, you're the one that has to walk through it.”

In the Bible NT, Jesus is quoted as saying “Ask and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks, it will be opened.”

Matthew 7:7-8

We have to seek what is hidden. To knock for the door to open. We have to search to find the treasure. We have to suffer, to find a cure. Do you understand ... if it was in plain sight, it would be as wallpaper. No one would notice it. People would pay no attention to it. And those with ill intentions would use it against those with good intentions. When we lose our key, we keep looking until we find it. The Bible gives us the map, esoterically, the KEY to finding the place where the Truth is hidden. 

There's an old story of a conversation among those with the power and knowledge of God. The inner circle, if you will. It was asked “where do we hide the Divinity of mankind so that man cannot find it?” One replied ... “at the top of the highest mountain, he'll never think to look there.” Another replied “at the bottom of the ocean for man would surely never look there.” And yet another one suggested “among the deep forests for man would not think to look there.” The wisest of the sages analyzed their suggestions, and said “I know what we will do, let us hide the Divinity of mankind within him. He will surely never look there to find it.” 

The Apocalyptic Truth that the Bible and all other ancient documents from Pagan Mystics, to Egyptian Hierophants, to Native American Shamans, to the furthest points of the four corners of the world, all have acknowledged and taught among their initiates that God/Source Energy, creation, Divinity ... lies within mankind. Not without. As above, so below. 

This is the Revelation, the Apocalypse, the lifting of the veil. At the story of the crucifixion, the moment of Jesus giving up his Spirit, the Temple Veil was ripped in two. This was the alignment of man and Divine. The walls of Jericho had come down once again. The logic left brain and the imagination/God right brain are separated and joined by what is called the “corpus callosum.” The medical community refers to it as “the veil.” It is the ethernet fibers that connect both sides of our brain. limited Logic, meets unlimited Divine. Joined with the power of the Universe, and the Matrix of Consciousness (The Field) ... the possibilities are endless. We are co-Creators of one vast and Divine Mind and manifestation. 

Just a thought ... 

Justin Taylor, ORDM.

NUMBER OF THE BEAST 666

NUMBER OF THE BEAST 666

Let's begin this writing with a verse from the New Testament Bible.  In particular, Revelation 13:18:

“Here is Wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666.”

-New King James

All Living organisms Must contain Carbon to exist on Earth as Physical Life. In other words, carbon forms the backbone of biology for all life on this Earth. This is science. This is FACT.

These are the building blocks of Life. According to your DNA, you are either a Carbon being, or you a Carbon-based being. Either way you are carbon, and that carbon is calculated to be 666.

6 electrons

6 Protons (atomic number)

6 Neutrons

Also keep in mind, 666 equates to the sun. 6 am. sunrise. 6 hours later noon, 6 hours later at 6 pm, its sunset.

The ancient Babylonians using the sexagesimal (base-60) number system from which comes 60 minutes in an hour, 60 seconds in a minute, 360 (60×6) degrees in a circle and 60 degrees in each angle of an equilateral triangle etc. 360 divided by 10 = 36 and 6 x 6 = 36. Babylon worshiped gods that were associated with the sun, moon, planets, and stars; involving astrology ... or Astro-theology.

Babylonians were the principle developers of astrology as we know it today and the pagan priests wore amulets called “Sigilla Solis” or “Sun Seal” which symbolized 36 constellations. In this system of worship, they had 36 supreme gods plus the god associated with the sun, which they believed to be the father of all the other gods and as such, reigned supreme over all. They believed that numbers had power over the gods they worshiped, so they assigned numbers to their gods in an effort to have power over them.

They did this by counting their gods and assigning a consecutive number to each of the 36 lesser supreme gods, and then, added up these numbers (from 1 to 36) and assigned the sum to the sun god. If you have not guessed by now, the sum of the numbers from 1 to 36 totals 666, which they assigned to the god associated with the sun. The calculation is below.

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 + 10 + 11 + 12 + 13 + 14 + 15 + 16 + 17 + 18 + 19 + 20 + 21 + 22 + 23 + 24 + 25 + 26 + 27 + 28 + 29 + 30 + 31 + 32 + 33 + 34 + 35 + 36 = 666

At the time the Book of Revelation was written, there was much symbolism in use by the writers. In cross-referencing the Greek and the Hebrew of the original text in Revelation 13:18, the numbers were key to understanding a more esoteric and hidden message. Numbers correlated to letters in the alphabet (aleph-bet) and those letters had meaning. The number of 666 (and 616) were stealth symbolism for Nero Caesar. “Neron Kesar” - in the Hebrew spelling. 

Within the Hebrew alphabet (aleph-bet), there's a system called gematria, where individual letters have numbers assigned to them; and early writers would sometimes make reference to things and people by the calculated sum of the assigned numbers of the letters that comprise a word/name. For the name “Nero Caesar,” the sum here is 666.

Eventually, as time elapsed past the first century, the identification of the “beast” as Nero in particular fell out of favour. The “beast” became a sort of archetypal evil figure. Also, many of the vague “end times” luminaries referred to in the New Testament became fused. In any case, the beast became a sort of archetypal villain. 666 came to be identified throughout its long history with whatever enemy a given apocalypticist may have had in mind. 

One more point. The word “antichrist” appears in just three passages in the Bible (in the New Testament letters known as 1 John and 2 John) and it does NOT appear AT ALL in the Book of Revelation. Nevertheless, the idea of an Antichrist is central to the apocalyptic world view that sees human history as a struggle between good and evil for the fate of mankind.

So, now we have a much deeper significance, and broader meaning and understanding of this powerful number, literally, symbolically, and metaphysically. The historical involvement of mankind and it’s quest for understanding the Universe and all that surrounds him, inwardly, and outwardly, has brought forth much discovery from the ancient texts. “... Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man ...”

Just a thought ... 

Justin Taylor, ORDM.

THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYSE

FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE - THE DEEPER MEANING

In the final book of the New Testament Bible, the Book of Revelation; we find perhaps the least understood and the most confusing and fought over book in the entire Bible. It is also called the “Apocalypse of John,” which does not mean the end of the world as many believe. The Greek word Apocalypse means “an unveiling of that which is hidden” (A Revelation). It is a book credited to a writer named John, more than likely not the John of Patmos, or the other John in the Gospels of the Bible, and perhaps - this book may have even been written by a female author, or a collective of writers. 

Nonetheless, it is an esoteric book of high symbolism and deep allegory. It is NOT a prophecy of a future literal history as is believed by so many. It is not prophecy of a literal second coming of Jesus, a rapture, and/or 7 year tribulation. This is metaphor and imagery. Signs and symbols of transformation that happens WITHIN each of us. There is contained within, above, and behind the black and white text of scripture, deep spiritual ancient Wisdom being revealed. Today, we will talk about the Four Horses and Horsemen of The Apocalypse and the symbolism of each.

The WHITE HORSE (Spirit) represents your spiritual nature. Unfortunately, the Rider trying to break him is organized religion. For the most part, the White Horse has wandered off of the path that leads to light, and gallops along carrying you deeper and deeper into the structure of organized religion.

The RED HORSE (Emotion) is your emotional nature. The Red Horse should be following BEHIND ... so that the BLACK HORSE - representing your intellectual nature - can make decisions based on right or wrong, and NOT on emotions. But generally, what happens is that the Red Horse rears up and charges, and your emotions take over, and get in the way of your ability to reason.

The BLACK HORSE (Intellect) is your intellectual nature. The Black Horse is strong and can bring you much that is favourable, but generally it is overwhelmed by the strength of the Red Horse of emotions. The Black Horse also is easily misled, and we see this in the operations of government, politics, and organized religion. We try to base intelligence on what comes from politicians, and pastors, and our intellect crashes under the hoofs of the Red Horse, and ultimately ... we are the ones who lose.

The PALE HORSE (Physical) is our physical nature. The Pale Horse is the favorite of religion, because they look to control the physical. They take control of your Mind through placing a belief system within you from an early age, and later further control your finances and way of Life, by controlling your physical nature.

Modern day religions promise great prosperity. They take, you give, they take, you give, and eventually ... the Pale Horse is caused to become lame. So you are promised mansions in heaven, or to be saved from a lurking Devil seeking to devour you, or to be healed in some miracle service, or saved from the eternal fires of hell, etc. Fear and guilt based control tactics, plain and simple.

The Horses are symbolic. They are not real horses - they are the four aspects of human nature and we ride them every day. They are the four aspects of your nature which operate through your Mind. The control center and our personality. The human personality operating through a closed and wired system in each human being and actually in control of all our actions, including our desires, our loves, our hates, etc.

The Bible, as well as ALL Ancient Wisdom, scripture, hieroglyphs, scrolls, mouth to ear myths and fables, all hide within them much deeper teaching for those who have eyes to see, and those who have ears to hear. Among the ancients, there were two Mysteries that could be followed. The Outer Mysteries, were reserved for those who desired a simple go-to-church on Sunday morning kind of following, and then there were the Inner Mysteries ... The deeper Truths reserved for those initiates willing to commit years of study in the Ancient Mystery Schools. The Outer Mysteries were the “milk” that Paul spoke of. The Inner Mysteries were the “meat” that Paul spoke of. 

“For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.”

-Hebrews 5:12

When the Inner meets the Outer, the transmutation or metamorphosis is complete and there is no turning back to the old ways. Divine meets man ... and becomes the Christ. The Divine Spark of God/Source within all things of the universe. 

“When you make the two into one, and when you make the inner like the outer and the outer like the inner, and the upper like the lower, and when you make male and female into a single one, so that the male will not be male nor the female be female, when you make eyes in place of an eye, a hand in place of a hand, a foot in place of a foot, an image in place of an image, then you will enter the Father's domain.”

-Book of Thomas, Saying 22

Just a thought ... 

Justin Taylor, ORDM.