Who is Samael Aun Weor?

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Created on Saturday, 01 January 2005 14:35

For as long as space endures and for as long as the world lasts, may I live dispelling the miseries of the world. - From The Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life by Santideva

Samael Aun Weor wrote over sixty books, gave thousands of lectures, and formed the worldwide Gnostic Movement, whose members number in the millions. Though these accomplishments are certainly impressive by any standard, they are merely the pale terrestrial reflection of the work he accomplished internally, spiritually. And yet, in spite of his wisdom and generosity towards mankind, he said:

Do not follow me. I am just a signpost. Reach your own Self-realization.

His lifelong mission was to deliver to humanity the complete path toward the Self-realization of the Being, or in other words, the total and exact science required by anyone of any religion, race, culture or creed who wishes to fully and completely develop the human soul. The path he taught is the Path of the Bodhisattva, that mysterious and ancient wisdom long hidden in the bosom of every great religion.

Bodhisattva: (Sanskrit) Literally, Bodhi means "enlightenment" or "wisdom." Sattva means "essence" or "goodness," therefore the term Bodhisattva literally means "essence of wisdom." The Bodhisattva is the "Terrestrial Man" mentioned by St. Paul, the human part of the inner Spirit, who is in turn the "Celestial Man." The Bodhisattva is the son of his inner Father. The inner Father is a Master, while the Bodhisattva is his servant.

In the esoteric or secret teachings of Tibet and Gnosticism, a Bodhisattva is a human being who, through tremendous work on himself, has reached the Fifth Initiation of Fire (Tiphereth) and has chosen to continue working by means of the Straight Path, renouncing the easier Spiral Path (in Nirvana), and returning instead to help suffering humanity. By means of this sacrifice, this individual incarnates the Christ (Avalokitesvara), thereby embodying the supreme source of wisdom and compassion. This is the entrance to the Direct Path to complete liberation from the ego, a route that only very few take, due to the fact that one must pay the entirety of one's karma in one life. Those who have taken this road have been the most remarkable figures in human history: Jesus, Buddha, Mohammed, Quetzalcoatl, Krishna, Moses, Padmasambhava, Milarepa, Joan of Arc, Fu-Ji, and many others whose names are not remembered or known.
The truly humble Bodhisattva never praises himself. The humble Bodhisattva says, "I am just a miserable slug from the mud of the earth, I am a nobody. My person has no value. The work is what is worthy."

The Bodhisattva is the human soul of a Master. The Master is the internal God. - Samael Aun Weor from The Aquarian Message

Samael Aun Weor, the bodhisattva of Samael, the Spirit of Fire, was born in Colombia, South America. At a very early age, he was able to remember his past incarnations. Thus, he knew who he was.

He never identified with his Christian name since he knew that it was just a passing accident of life that soon disappears in time. Even though many people who knew him still like to use his Christian name, we omit it, because just like him, we only want to talk about his Real Self or Real Being.

At the age of eighteen, he came in contact with his Innermost through a maha-samadhi and met his Guru in the Internal Worlds.

After passing terrible ordeals in the physical world he was initiated in a Gnostic Temple of the Superior Worlds. Through his initiation he remembered his reincarnations in Atlantis, Lemuria, Hyperborea, and the Polar Race. Reaching the state of prajnaparamita he gained access to the cosmic Akashic Records (the memory of Nature) and thereafter went beyond the Polar Race, remembering past mahamanvantaras (Cosmic Days). This is how he came to know about the origin of the human being on this planet, a knowledge that he wrote in one of his books entitled Gnostic Anthropology.

He achieved the complete annihilation within himself of the subconsciousness, unconsciousness, and infraconsciousness through the techniques of meditation and sexual dynamics; thus he developed Supraconsciousness, which gave him the ability to investigate cosmic phenomena within all of the sephiroth of the Tree of Life. He also became able to consciously communicate with all of the sentient beings who inhabit the different spheres or dimensions, parallel universes of the cosmos. This is how he was able to bring into his physical brain a great deal of wisdom in relation to esotericism, mantras, invocations, Kabbalah, esoteric psychology, etc, etc, etc...

There were many times when he explained to his disciples the great difficulty he had in crystallizing into contemporary language, the wisdom that he received within the Internal Worlds. He needed to learn Sanskrit, Latin, Greek, and Hebrew in order to explain what was impossible to express in everyday language. This is why when one reads his books we find that they are impregnated with a vocabulary appropriate to the knowledge he expresses. (That is why this website has begun compiling an online glossary). Any reader will improve his own language in a spiritual way when reading his books.

Samael Aun Weor achieved complete Self-realization at the age of sixty-one; thus at that age he passed through a terrible ordeal which allowed him to achieve the degree of a Resurrected Master and return into Shangri-La. Since then, he is operating anonymously in the physical world, while simultaneously continuing his mission from within the Internal Worlds.

This is how his Real Being, Samael, the Spirit of Fire, absorbed him completely within his bosom and became one with him.

A great deal of information about Samael, the Spirit of Fire, is written in many esoteric books. In some places Samael is described as a demon, and in others as a great Angel. This is because there is always movement in the heavens and hells; the demons can renounce evil and work to become Angels, and the Angels can make mistakes and fall into evil. This is the true meaning behind Jacob's Ladder.

And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending (to higher realms) and descending (to lower realms) on it. - Genesis 28:12

The ladder is the Tree of Life.

Samael Aun Weor said regarding this:

I ended up transforming myself into a fallen angel. Many egos resurged within my mind and I became transformed into a true devil. Now, in this present existence, I comprehend the necessity of eliminating my egos, the necessity of performing the Great Work of the Father. Therefore, this is why today I am here speaking to you all, with my hand placed on my heart. *

Any neophyte can invoke the Master Samael in the Internal Worlds the clues that he gave in many of his books, and investigate all of this directly.

The Doctrine of his Father, Samael, the Spirit of Fire, is given through three aspects, since the human being has three brains: the Intellectual Brain, the Emotional Brain, and the Motor/Instinctive/Sexual Brain. (Read this lecture for more information about this aspect of Gnostic Psychology).

To nourish the Intellectual Brain of his disciples with the wisdom of the Fire, he wrote more than sixty books. As a comprehensive whole, these works show the way and the dangers of the work. By intellectually learning the Doctrine of his Father, one can walk more easily on the Path of Self-realization.

Since the Doctrine is very profound and sometimes difficult for the intellect to comprehend, Samael brought from the Internal Worlds the ancient Isiatic ritualistic works, a magical channel through which Samael the Spirit of Fire works in order to assist with fiery atoms, the Consciousness and the Spirit of those who perform these esoteric works, awakening within them the superlative Intuition that allows them to comprehend his Doctrine. The superlative Intuition is related with the Atom Nous in the left ventricle of the heart and is related with what is called in Kabbalah "Natural Magic."

Samael helps any neophyte who invokes him in the fiery forge of Vulcan, the "Ninth Sphere," in order to walk on the Path of the Razor's Edge, to become a real Human Being through the transmutation of our vital energies.

The synthesis of his Doctrine is performed when one works in the three brains, in complete equilibrium.



* - The lecture in which Samael Aun Weor discussed his inner identity is published in its entirety as an appendix to the Thelema Press release of The Three Mountains.