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2025-11-21T18:25:33+00:00

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INNER CIRCLE: When Two Becomes One

Last updated on: November 21, 2025 at 6:25 pm By Keith Giles

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“The powers can’t see those who have put on the perfect light, and they can’t bind them. All will be clothed in light when they enter into the mystery of the sacred embrace. “If woman had not been separated from man, she would not

2025-11-15T21:00:35+00:00

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INNER CIRCLE: Intimate Architecture

Last updated on: November 15, 2025 at 9:00 pm By Keith Giles

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There were three holy places in Jerusalem: The one open to the west called “the Holy,” another opened to the south called the “Holy of the Holy,” and a third open to the east called the “Holy of Holies,” where only the priest alone could

2025-11-06T22:47:03+00:00

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INNER CIRCLE: Reflected by Water and Light

Last updated on: November 6, 2025 at 10:47 pm By Keith Giles

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“A bridal chamber isn’t for the animals, nor for the slaves, nor for the impure, but it’s for people who are free, simple, and silent. It is through the Breath [Pneuma] that we come into being, but we are reborn by the Christ two-by-two. In

2025-10-30T21:00:04+00:00

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INNER CIRCLE: When Eve Was In Adam

Last updated on: October 30, 2025 at 9:00 pm By Keith Giles

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“When Eve was [in] Adam, death didn’t exist. When she was separated from him, death came into being. If she becomes one with him again and he receives her within himself, there will be no death. “[My] God, my God, why, Lord, [have] you forsaken

2025-10-24T14:37:12+00:00

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INNER CIRCLE: All Things One

Last updated on: October 24, 2025 at 2:37 pm By Keith Giles

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The Teacher did everything in mystery and metaphor: immersing us in water (baptism), anointing us (chrisma), bestowing grace upon us (eucharist), setting us free and inviting us into the bridal chamber (numphon). He said, “I have come to make what is below like what is

2025-10-17T21:38:39+00:00

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INNER CIRCLE: Union of Opposites

Last updated on: October 17, 2025 at 9:38 pm By Keith Giles

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Truth didn’t come into the world naked, but it came veiled in images and types. It cannot be received any other way. There is rebirth through the image of rebirth. One must truly be reborn from this image. This is the resurrection. In passing through

2025-10-10T23:07:02+00:00

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The Metaphorical Miracles of Jesus

Last updated on: October 10, 2025 at 11:07 pm By Keith Giles

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There’s a fascinating story in the Gospels where Jesus meets a man possessed by demons. When Jesus asks their name, they reply, “Legion, for we are many.” That’s not just spiritual, it’s political. A Legion was a unit of Roman soldiers. To a first-century listener, this wasn’t just about a man with demons — it was about a man possessed by empire. For example, imagine if I told you a similar story today about an American patriot who was out... Read more

2025-10-10T16:58:20+00:00

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INNER CIRCLE: A House On Fire

Last updated on: October 10, 2025 at 4:58 pm By Keith Giles

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There are some people who neither want nor are able to do evil. Others want to, but do not. But it is what they want that makes them unrighteous and leads them astray, even if they do nothing at all. Righteousness is lacking in

2025-10-03T15:48:03+00:00

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INNER CIRCLE: Resurrection Now!

Last updated on: October 3, 2025 at 3:48 pm By Keith Giles

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Don’t fear the flesh, nor love it. If you fear it, it will master you; if you love it, it will swallow you. One is either of the world or one is resurrected [anastasis] or one is in the intermediate world. God forbid that

2025-09-25T16:19:58+00:00

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INNER CIRCLE: Overcoming The World

Last updated on: September 25, 2025 at 4:19 pm By Keith Giles

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Whoever is free of the world can never be made a slave there. They have risen above attraction and repulsion. They are masters of their own nature and free from envy (desire). If someone in the world sees such a free person, they try to

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