In the advent season, many are making sacrifices such as giving up cupcakes or even añejo tequila. While there is a benefit to intentional suffering, it cannot happen in a mechanical way. Too often, it is thought of as the function of “will power”, that is the opposition of one desire (cupcakes) against another (sacrifice). What is really needed is to understand the relationship between personal effort and spiritual reality as we learn in the first Arcanum. This is essential because if one does not understand it (i.e. take hold of it in cognitive and actual practice), one would not know what to do with all the other Arcana
. Valentin Tomberg reveals the first and fundamental principle of esoterism:
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