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ENEMIES OF GOD

A symbol of the desires and lower qualities of the soul which are in opposition to the higher nature of Truth, Wisdom and Love.

"But God shall smite through the head of his enemies, the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his guiltiness." — Ps. lxviii. 21.

The Divine Love shall slay in the soul the selfish desire‑mental qualities, the state of mind which is not contrite for the shortcomings of the lower nature, and which seeks its own aggrandisement.

"And Horbehûdti (Horus) spake: 'Advance, Râ, that thou mayest see thine enemies lying beneath thee in this land.' Now when the majesty of Râ had traversed the way, and with him the goddess Astarte, then saw he the foe lying upon the earth, each lay stretched out like a prisoner." — Legend of the Winged Sun‑disk.

And the Son of God — the evolving Self — aspired and cried to the Supreme: "Advance within the soul, O Father, that Thy perfection may find the enemies of righteousness prone upon the lower planes beneath the feet of Thy Servant; for the illusions of ignorance and evil have now been slain through a realization of Truth and Goodness." Then when the Logos had declared himself in his dual aspect of Love and Wisdom, he came forward and saw the foes of the Self which were lying dead beneath; each having been vanquished and devitalised through the evolution of the higher nature.

See Also

DURGA
HAIR SHAVEN
HEAD
HORBEHODTI
KILLING-OUT
OPPOSITES
RĂ
SERVANT OF GOD
SLAUGHTER
SWORD
THUNDERBOLT
TONGUES