Christopher Murphy elaborates on each verse of the Hekatombe of Guidance, a treatise composed by him consisting of 100 verses on spiritual cultivation and on living a philosophic way of life.

The Hekatombe of Guidance

Creating harmony with the Universe through Therapeia, one of the pillars of Theurgy.

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Therapeia and Creating Harmony With the Universe

Verse 12: The waking-self is a different person in a different world than the dream-self. The dream-self is a different person in a different world than the waking-self. Both feel that their world is valid, both have their own history and purpose, their own cares and concerns. All of the cares of the waking-self disappear when the dream-self arises, and all of the cares of the dream-self disappear when the waking-self arises. The parent who loves their children so much in the daytime cannot even remember the names of their children during the night while sleeping. The dream self may be in the midst of a grave battle to save their friends all night long but can't even remember the battle or their friends upon waking. The waking-self doesn't know the dream-self, nor the dream-self the waking-self; who is it that knows both and is therefore neither? Turn your contemplations towards that self who neither wakes nor dreams.

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Hekatombe Verse 12: The Waking Self And The Dream Self

Verse 1: Do not leave behind one virtue for the sake of another. Is it virtuous to destroy one virtue in pursuit of another? Always find the best course of action with your own investigation. If there is no good course of action then the action itself lacks goodness so abandon it completely and move on.

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Hekatombe Verse 1: Prioritizing Virtues

Verse 2: Tend to the cares of the body; there is virtue in strength and health. A body full of its natural virtues is better soil for the seeds of wisdom than a body that is weak and sick. By tending to what is lower you nourish what is higher, and by tending to what is higher you nourish what is lower. What is lower is the body, and the self-control and discipline required for a sound body will also support a sound mind and intellect. What is higher is the Intellect, and the philosopher who tends to it through reason and contemplation will likewise realize the importance of the body and take care to nourish it.

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Hekatombe Verse 2: Care Of Body And Intellect

Verse 3: The philosophic work must be continued at all times; waking or sleeping, sick or healthy, still or moving, laying down or standing up. Do you want a realization that comes and goes, or one that is always present? A practice that comes and goes will produce a realization that comes and goes, but a practice that is unceasing will give rise to an unceasing Gnosis.

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Hekatombe Verse 3: On Persistence

Verse 4: Otherness is the sickness of the soul, but sameness is its medicine. Balance your inner sameness with your inner otherness and enjoy a happy life. Gradually purify yourself of all otherness and the unity of Intellect will gradually unveil itself. Immediately drop all otherness and spontaneous enlightenment shines forth. Forget even the existence of otherness and all that remains is the One.

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Hekatombe Verse 4: Sameness And Otherness

Verse 5. If you hope for any progress in the spiritual life then treat others as yourself. This is a double-edged sword; on the one side it cuts your own ego, and on the other it severs the knots of difference and otherness. To treat others as others is to affirm your own ego and separation from the One.

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Hekatombe Verse 5: Treat Others As Yourself

Introduction to Plato's Phaedo by Christopher Murphy.

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01. The Soul: Plato's Phaedo pt.1

Part Four of Christopher Murphy's reading and comments on Plato's Phaedo

Plato's Phaedo pt.5

Christopher investigates the subjects of enlightenment and liberation, the problems surrounding them in the modern spiritual climate, and what these ideas might mean for us now.

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Modern Ideas and Problems surrounding Enlightenment and Liberation

Christopher teaches about how to develop a healthy relationship to our emotions and use them as supports on the Path.

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Transforming Emotions

Philosophy is the pathless path; our inborn search for Truth. It is the hope of Christopher Murphy that through his teaching endeavors he can remind others of this innate search for Truth and empower them to see the Eternal with their own eyes.

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Hekatombe Verse 12: The Waking Self And The Dream Self

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