1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 This episode is being recorded on the 1st Sunday of Advent.&amp;nbsp; Advent is a season of anticipation, hope and light.&amp;nbsp; It is one of my favorite seasons of the liturgical calendar as it comes into place just as the days are getting noticeably shorter and the nights are getting noticeably longer.&amp;nbsp; Just as the autumn warmth of “Indian Summer” in north America starts giving in to cooler and cooler temperatures and northern winds and cold and snow. I recently read the Nag Hammadi text titled “The Discourse on the Eighth and Ninth”.&amp;nbsp; A link to the gnosis.org website where the complete text can be found will be in the show summary.&amp;nbsp; I encourage you to discover it yourself.&amp;nbsp; I found it enriching to my prayer life.&amp;nbsp; I also was pleased to discover the ritual vowel phrases, like the intonements we exercise before each of our imaginal prayer exercises, fascinating.&amp;nbsp; According to scholars these ritual vowel phrases are “meditational vocalizations based on the sacred name: IAO.”&amp;nbsp; The gnosis.org website goes on to explain that the text probably dates to the 2nd and 3rd century and appears to be some form of an initiation rite into a visionary journey. This episodes imaginal prayer exercise will be different than the others.&amp;nbsp; This episode will focus on listening to the text in its entirety with little “commentary” from me on breathing in and visioning.&amp;nbsp; Then, depending on how this episode goes, I will record part two of this episode by taking the prayer portion of the text and reading it in verses and pausing for our breathing and envisioning/imagining exercises. I hope you enjoy this text and the rich meditation it offers. http://gnosis.org/naghamm/discourse-meyer.html Spei Lumina - Lights Of Hope http://angelsofthenativity.org/speilumina <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/12241796/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/item/12241796