The Initiates
In ancient Egypt, initiates who wished to understand the divine had first to understand their own psyche. The ancient Greeks stated this with the dictum 'Know thyself'. The gods and goddesses of the Egyptians, and of the Greeks who inherited their religion, were basically human archetypes. This is why they have human failings: they are representations of aspects of humanity.
The neophyte, in order to understand their own psyche, would become an initiate of the order of a particular god or goddess. For example, Hathor represented the feminine aspect of humans (the Greeks identified her with Aphrodite) and her temples were built on energy currents and aligned in such a way that they transmitted the energy of Hathor. The initiate who needed to understand this aspect of their nature would spend a period of time – from a few months to some years – in her temple.
In the last thousand years or so the prevailing energy has gradually built up until now, at the beginning of the twenty-first century, the energy is reaching a searing intensity. Much of human conflict, internal strife and marital stress can be attributed to this intense energy. It manifests in wife bashing and what is often called 'road rage'. Everyday, people are subject to a gamut of emotions as they go about their lives.
Because of this high energy people in their everyday life are exposed to energies that in former times could only be experienced in the temples. As we interact with people we experience emotions at a high intensity. For example, men who don't have a good understanding of femininity may find that interacting with women produces a range of emotions: confusion in many cases, boredom, anger or sexual excitement. In ancient times the initiate would have gained an understanding of these energies from spending time in the temples. Nowadays we are immersed in them and live out the consequences – sometimes with drastic results.
