I need to jump forward a little bit here and explain that The Kolbrin depicts the hierarchy of existence as a three-sphere model. It’s a bit weird, but what you have is the originating sphere of The Source which sends energy outward to create the next sphere, which is the sphere of Spirit, beyond which is the third sphere, which is the sphere of matter, governed by the Law of Nature. But, and this is the weird bit, the sphere of matter is below that of spirit which is, in turn, below that of The Source. Obviously, outward radiating concentric circles don’t really work in this model, so you have to kind of add in extra dimensions to get your mind around what’s going on here – either that, or by the term ‘below’ the authors of The Kolbrin actually mean something like ‘density and quality of constituents’; that is, the lower down the hierarchy the sphere, the less refined and ‘sublime’ its material – or even purpose.
Anyway, very early man is depicted at this stage of The Kolbrin as existing on the level of an animal, in that all he was concerned with was eating, drinking, and fornicating. Along comes this ‘Spirit of God’ which, as I described in the last section, has a bit of a problem because although it provided the energy to create objects, once it had done so, it sort of ‘went to sleep’ and pretty much forgot where it came from. The next bit is very interesting indeed, because it uses the mechanism of myth as background to explain the energies of creation. The fable part tells of the mating of ‘Heavenman’, an incorporeal being with no physical senses, to the last remaining she-ape of a tribe destroyed by fire in a place called the Valley of Lod. That story is then used as a metaphor to describe God’s decision to make man a kind of go-between between the earthly and spiritual spheres. It’s described almost as if God ‘needed’ a go-between although the whole thing’s not very well explained and feels like grasping after straws at this stage in the narrative. Anyway, this Spirit of God thing decided to ‘mate’ with the Earth, which is called ‘The Beast’ – I expect the alchemists among you will be reading all sorts into this little episode – and in the massive rocking and rolling and upheaval of seas and mountains, Man came into being. The chaos and turbulence that heralded Man is intended, I think, to represent the discord and conflict that exists within us all before we take the journey to enlightenment. What is also important here, is that Man is depicted as very much a child of the Earth. It’s only when Earth presents Man to God in something a bit like a socialite’s ‘coming out’ that God breathes divinity, or, more exactly, the potential for divinity, into him, but, at the same time, admonishes Man that, although the Earth is Man’s to do with what he wants, ‘It is not for Me to come down to you, but for you to reach out to Me.’
So there you have it. Man is now a being with a dual nature; body and spirit, mundane and divine, call it what you like. But as The Kolbrin unfolds, and as with most religions, the promise of divinity, or life after death, is held out as a carrot to those who behave well and observe the moral code of ‘The Good Religion’. Now, let’s get one thing straight: If The Kolbrin were just another politico-religious attempt to keep a population under control and get badly behaved people to conform to societal ‘norms’, then I wouldn’t be bothering with it here on this website. Ancient Self-Help is all about sifting the dross to find the gems that will help people blank out the white-noise in their lives and feel better about themselves. My aim is to offer you the words of the ancients (and some moderns) as they apply to the chaos that is the 21st Century, so that you may find something to make your own life a little gentler and easier to navigate. I’ve read The Kolbrin from cover to cover – some parts of it more than once – and there are some really unusual and eminently practical tips on how to lead your life in there, many of them very topical and even some that are applicable to items I’ve seen on News shows this very week. Anyway, back to the narrative.
During his inaugural audience with God, Man was granted a vision of ALL AND EVERYTHING: the structure of the Multiverses and the awesome forces that drive them, perfect – or unconditional – Love, and ‘the secret of the Seven Spheres within Three Spheres’. Now this last is an obvious allusion to the Law of Sevens and The Law of Threes, which are well known in occult circles and which pop up all over esoteric literature. At this stage, The Kolbrin does not enlarge on them, but they also appear in other streams on this website. For now, all I’ll say is that to really, really get a handle on how this crazy fool life works, it pays to understand the natural forces that make apples fall and the planets spin, because they are all mirrored in human relationships to some degree or other – it’s just a matter of being able to spot what’s going on. I’ll gradually develop on all this stuff as we journey on together.
After Man was granted his Vision of what he could expect if he was a good boy (or girl, or whatever) God scooted off back ‘behind the veil’ and left Man to it. The Vision, of course, faded, but left a taste in Man’s mouth of what could be, and that aspect of him which passed for Spirit yearned to reunite itself with The Source. The Kolbrin then goes on to explain that life on Earth is no picnic; and that’s the way it’s meant to be. It is the destiny of Man to face hardship and reversal, pain and grief. They are lessons. The trick is to face the difficulties and overcome them; and if that sounds like the Stoic teaching of taking-it-on-the-chin, well of course it does. Finding the courage, resilience, mana (a cool Maori word meaning something like authority or having a respected presence), fortitude, whatever, to shrug your shoulders, pick up the pieces, and start again, is not the preserve of any one religion or school of thought. It is an extremely valuable survival trait and so it should come as no surprise that it forms a key element in a lot of teachings, wherever and whenever on this Earth they arose.
So, Earth schooled Man to harden up, and The Source broadcast a never-ending siren call to Man’s spirit; and the hope was that the discipline instilled into him by the Earth’s hard lessons would pave the road for Man’s immortal soul to find its divine destiny.
Unfortunately, that’s where we’ll have to leave The Kolbrin for now. The next installment will tell a tale of destruction and re-creation and introduce for the first – but not the last – time, the celestial phenomenon that appears to be a regular and predictable visitor to Earth’s skies, and which the authors of The Kolbrin knew of as ‘The Destroyer’. Please join me again then.
