From Esoteric Psychology II posted at: https://www.lucistrust.org/arcane_school/talks_and_articles/descent_and_sacrifice[Title Here]
"This urge to sacrifice, to relinquish this for that, to choose one way or line of conduct and thus sacrifice another way, to lose in order eventually to gain—such is the underlying story of evolution. This needs psychological understanding. It is a governing principle of life itself, and runs like a golden pattern of beauty through the dark materials of which human history is constructed. When this urge to sacrifice in order to win, gain or salvage that which is deemed desirable is understood, then the whole clue to man’s unfoldment will stand revealed. This tendency or urge is something different to desire, as desire is academically understood and studied today. What it really connotes is the emergence of that which is most divine in man. It is an aspect of desire, but it is the dynamic, active side and not the feeling, sensuous side. It is the predominant characteristic of Deity."
Astrodreamer ago
This is not referring to human sacrifice killing; it refers to giving up desirable things for a higher purpose. The stupidity to be found amongst pizzagaters is simply appalling. And for some reason a lot of people like to pretend to be even stupider than they are.
cakeoflightylight ago
Doesn't the Lucius Trust donate to NPR?
cakeoflightylight ago
Whoa... I didn't know about that website. Sick.
cantsleepawink ago
That's very interesting. I need to go read that page.
jstayz44 ago
No doubt! I've been really curious about this "Divine right" these M Fers seem to think they have over the rest of us. It turns out...they believe they are building their own divine right by making such tradeoffs...a human life to elevate themselves. The more sacrifices, the more divine. Ego is a tricky thing.
cantsleepawink ago
Even though I'm aware of a lot of this stuff I still find it hard to believe that people can be so warped. We know so little about our history as a species. And everything we've been taught was a lie.