Dictionary of all Scriptures & Myths

DEATH OF THE SPIRIT, SOUL, OR HIGHER SELF

A symbol of the descent of Spirit into Matter, or involution of spirit in matter. Of the obscuration of Spirit in the lower consciousness- the apparent withdrawal of the Self through the fall of the lower mind to the plane of desire and sense. Of an apparent passage of the Soul from a lower to a higher state of consciousness, implying death out of one state and birth into another.

"It is Christ Jesus that died, yea rather, that was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us." - ROM. viii. 34.

It is the Higher-Self as Archetypal Man that died in the involution of the Soul, yea rather, that was in us raised from the dead in the evolution of our souls, who now is seated in our hearts to actively assist us in all well-doing and to bring our souls to perfection.

The death of the Divine Being is said to occur in the manifestation of a universe, for Spirit is unapparent in the realm of phenomena. God is always within and never without.

See Also

AFU-RĀ
ARCHETYPAL MAN
CHRIST
CROSS
CRUCIFIXION (Christ)
DEATH OF OSIRIS
DISMEMBERMENT
EVOLUTION
FALL
HAND (right)
INCARNATION (Souls)
INVOLUTION
PRAGAPATI RELAXED
PURUSHA
RESURRECTION (Dead)
SOUL
SPIRIT