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JASON, OR JASIUS, THE HEALER OR ATONER
A symbol of the Higher Self as the Saviour of the
soul, or Son of God, seated in the causal-body (ship Argo), with his
twelve (or more) disciplined qualities (the heroes), in the soul's
expedition to attain Wisdom (the golden Fleece) on the buddhic
plane,— the "kingdom of heaven."
"Once when Peleas offered up a sacrifice to Poseidon, he invited
Jason, son of Aeson. Jason arrived with only one sandal, having lost
the other in crossing the river Anaurus, on the banks of which he
lived as a peasant" (Argonautic Expedition). - KEIGHTLEY, Mythology.
During an effort which the lower self (Peleas) makes to attain to
the Divine consciousness (Poseidon) in an act of self-abnegation, or
sacrifice, it requests that the Son of God (Jason) be born within it
as Son of Man on the mental plane. Jason, the son of Aeson (Second
Logos), is said to arrive at Iolcus (the mental plane), minus a
sandal, that is to say :-the Lord from Heaven arrives in the soul
without the power to stand in manifestation, i.e. without the means
for self-expression. In other terms, there is only one sandal,
because the perfect duality of the manifest on the upper planes,
cannot be expressed in actuality on the lower planes. The one sandal
stands for relativity. The "river Anaurus " is a symbol of the
mentality which separates and limits, and acquires truth from
outside. The Saviour, prior to his descent from the heights, is the
Tiller and Sower of the field of the lower nature (as a peasant).
"Cretheus, who had founded Iolcus, was succeeded by his son Aeson;
but the latter was deprived of the kingdom by his half-brother
Pelias, who attempted to take the life of the infant Jason. He was
saved by his friends, who pretended that he was dead, and entrusted
him to the care of the centaur Chiron." - Smith's Class. Dict.
The First Logos (unmanifest) who had established the cycle of life
from the mental plane (Iolcus) was actualised in the Second Logos,
or Higher Self. But the lower self or adverse principle (Pelias)
became dominant and attempted to destroy the Divine Life germ
(Jason) within the soul. The Christ-soul (Jason) was protected by
the higher qualities in seeming latency, and was fostered by the
spiritual mind (Chiron).
"The name Jesus in ancient times also belonged to the Health-bringer
and patron of the Physician- namely, Jasias or Jason, the pupil of
Chiron, skilled in healing,—who in general shows a remarkable
resemblance to the Christian Redeemer." - A. DREWS, The Christ Myth,
p. 58.
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See Also
AESON
ANAURUS
ARGO
ARGONAUTS
CADMUS
GOLDEN FLEECE
HEPHAISTOS
HEROES
IOLCUS
JESHURUN
MEDEA
PEASANT
SALVE
SANDAL
SOWER
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