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In this edition, J. van Rijckenborgh examines—through the lyrical and profound text of Blavatsky —what it truly means to be a disciple of an initiation school. In his treatises on the heights of Akasha, the true thinking faculty of the soul, and the kundalini of the heart, he discusses, among other things, “the seven voices of the inner God,” the essence of love, and the truth of Alaya, the lost Fatherland. 

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The extraordinary work that is The Voice of the Silence contains 316 verses. Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, who wrote them down from memory, tells us in her introduction that they were part of a larger whole, called the Book of the Golden Precepts. Others tell us that they derive from a sixth-century Buddhist school.
The gem The Voice of the Silence, which is characterised by short concentrated texts, comes from a school of initiation; it is also intended for people who follow a Spiritual School. It is a spiritual guide for ‘students of mysticism in the East’, says the author in her Preface. ‘The knowledge of it is obligatory in that School whose teachings are accepted by many Theosophists.’ The book is more than that, it contains a universal wisdom and offers essential insights to every person who strives for truth; it has therefore been part of the core literature of many seekers all over the world for more than one hundred years.
It is a special privilege that we can take note of these teachings. Anyone who feels attracted to them can read and study them without belonging to a Spiritual School. Yet it is impossible to fully taste the depth, the humanity and the love of the teachings of this truly compassionate wisdom without at the same time putting them into practice in a group of kindred spirits.
The reader who takes in the reflections of Jan van Rijckenborgh in the present publication will understand why this is said. He wrote these in the years 1962-1963 and also as addresses for pupils of the Lectorium Rosicrucianum - the School of the Golden Rosycross - which is an initiation school.
A remark is called for here. H.P. Blavatsky wrote The Voice of the Silence in 1889. She always advised Theosophists who sometimes turned to her with concerns about the future: ‘Read the Voice – Read the Voice of the Silence – it contains all the answers to your questions.’ She saw this text as a final gift to those who were able to perceive something of the Light, and the world of the Light that stands behind it.

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Introduction

FRAGMENT I THE VOICE OF SILENCE

1 DHARANA

The true thinking faculty

What is the soul?

The two worlds of the soul

2 THE HALL OF SORROWS

The great heresy

The aim of the soul is love

The resurrection of the soul from the personality

3 WHERE DOES THE PATH LEAD?

The wise do not hesitate

The fires of life’s fulfilment

The construction of soul quality

4 THE HALL OF WISDOM

The central mystery of the Rosycross

The kundalini of the heart

The seven activities of the Spiritual School

5 THE ORIGIN OF MAN

The seven voices of the inner God

The lunar body and the task of the earth period

The Jupiter Human Being

6 LOVE

The essence of love

The miracle of compassion

The grace of mercy

7 ETERNAL LIFE

The guardian at the threshold

The astral body

The fear of death

8 THE TWO FLOWERING PERIODS OF THE ROSE

The essence of suffering and sorrow

Let go of the past

Rebirth

9 AKASHA

Akasha’s heights

The ether quality in the seven brain cavities

The activity of the fire ether

Fragment II THE TWO PATHS

10 ALAYA

The wonderful world of Alaya

The diamond soul

The truth of the lost fatherland

11 THE ARCHEUS

The wheel of life

The activity of the Archeus

The Good Law

12 THE MONAD

Action and non-action

Sow friendly deeds

The father star

13 THE THREE GARMENTS

The starry path of the children of God

The treefold Brotherhood of the Liberated Ones

The hidden path

14 THE ESSENCE OF SELF-SURRENDER

True renunciation

The karmic cycle

Let go of fear

15 THE SOLAR POWERS OF THE LOGOS

The two human types

The extension of the sensory faculty

A constant of conciousness

FRAGMENT III THE SEVEN PORTALS

16 THE POWER OF THE ROSE

The track of the Path

The seven golden keys

17 SEVEN TONES IN ONE

Epilogue 

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