Dictionary of all Scriptures & Myths

HOLY GHOST, OR SPIRIT

This symbol signifies properly the feminine aspect of the Divine Trinity, and has the same meaning as the great Goddesses of other religions than the Christian. It represents the activities and functioning of the plane of being above the higher mental planes, i.e. the buddhic plane. The Holy Spirit proceeds from the Godhead-the infinite source of all. It is the Breath of the Atman,-the infinite power of God. It is not separate from, but operative through the Christ-the Higher Self. Without Christ there would be no Holy Spirit. With Christ there must be a Holy Spirit, which, however, is possible to be seen and known only as the personal is lost sight of, or transcended, and the Truth and the Life are realised. But the lower mind cannot distinguish between the Christ and the Spirit.

"Now in Hebrew the word 'spirit' (mach) is of feminine gender. As a consequence of this the Holy Ghost was looked upon by the Naassenes and the earliest Christians as the 'mother' of Jesus." - A. DREWS, The Christ Myth, p. 118.

See Also

ATMAN
BAPTISM (Fire)
BLASPHEMY
BREATH
BUDDHIC PLANE
CHRIST (pri.)
GODHEAD
HAIR
INSPIRATION
JERUSALEM
MALKHUTH
OCEAN (fem.)
PARACLETE
Sapandar
SELF
STIFFNECKED
TRINITY
WIND