House of Gold
'I remained in the
temple, enjoying the
ineffable pleasure
of contemplating
the goddess'
statue, because I was bound
to her by a debt
of gratitude so large
that I could never
fully repay her' - Apuleius
Mary is what we
are : a temple of the divine. In the title,
House of Gold, we have two symbols,
the house as a
container and gold as the supreme value
of the Self.
The house of gold
is the Self. A house grants
shelter so we again
encounter the
conserving and containing aspect of the female
archetype.
It is comprised of
the light of comforting safety and the dark of
numbing contentment.
There are always
graces to help us integrate those two.
The Loreto shrine,
the traditional house of Mary, is like the Ark of
the covenant,
the dwelling of
the feminine aspect of God. At sunset it is
bathed in gold and so it is often
referred to as the
golden house. A custom in our
past was to bronze the shoes in which a baby
first walked. Mary is the house
of ego that has been gilded because she
walked the path from ego to Self.
By the invocation,
House of Gold, we
commit ourselves
to enter the mansion of
spiritual
individuation.
What happened to
her, happens to us.
We make a series
of choices and
surrenders that
move us from cellar to attic
and then down to
earth and out into the world
with treasures to
share.
This passage will
have suffering in it
and joy too.
David Richo - extracts from Mary Within Us
In the fire of
creation, gold does not vanish:
the fire
brightens.
Each creature God
made must live in its own nature;
how could I resist
my nature,
that lives for
oneness with God -
Mechtild of Magdeburg.
Radiant Mary, shine radiantly upon me.
Bright Lady who illuminates my inner darkness
Yours is the incorruptible fire;
As it is clean, it cleanses; as it is pure, it purifies.
Hail Mary
Om jai mata Mary Ma
jai jai ma
blessings
Hettienne
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