The Sacred Heart of Jesus

1 July in the Anglican and Catholic Christian traditions is the solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. This year 1 July is also New Moon (click here for our article)

The Sacred Heart is traditionally depicted as a flaming heart gleaming with divine light surrounded by a crown of thorns and bleeding. A typical illustration shows Jesus pointing with his left hand to the heart and with his right hand to the sky in the act of blessing. This is an exemplification of the function of the hands in many healing practices, such as AstroshamanicHealing Touch, which will be a primary focus in our seminars this month. 

With the right hand I establish the connection with God, to whom I direct what is drawn by the left hand, and I also bestow the blessing. The left hand touches the bleeding wound as well as the Heart (Cone), which is the neuralgic centre of Forgiveness.

The most ancient Christian mantra “Maranatha” (Our Lord, come!), as I experience it, is aimed at stimulating and opening the Heart centre, so as to allow it to promote its Function. 

“A” is the vowel associated with the Heart centre, which is here repeated four times (each related to a direction of the Heart) together with four most vibrating consonants. 

The term “Maran” means “Lord” or “Master” in Aramaic, and “Atha” means “has come” or “come”. 

Mara tempts the Buddha

It is interesting to note how in Sanskrit the two terms also make sense, though in a different order, which puts together, confronts and reconciles the two polarities. In Hinduism Mara is the goddess of death, while in Buddhism Mara, besides being also related to death, is the name of the demon who tempted Gautama Buddha and who is the source of all nuisances. In Sanskrit the term Natha means "Lord, Protector, Refuge". In Buddhism, the God Natha, which literally means ‘no form’ and ‘no shape’, is generally associated with the unknown Maitreya or Buddha to come.

In Catholicism the Sacred Heart of Jesus is traditionally associated with 12 blessings allegedly promised by the Christ to those who practice the devotion to his Sacred Heart. Please find details on such promises by clicking here. Each promise is obviously associated with a Sector, of which it reflects the power of its spirit medicine. The use of the intellect is a requirement in order to release possible resistances to Catholic terminology and tap into the authentic meaning. 

I leave you with the words of the chant Ego vos elegi, from the Liturgy of the Celtic Saint Columba, which is often sung by the monks of the nearby Abbey of Pluscarden.

“I have chosen you out of the world so that you might go out and bear fruits, fruits that will last. I am giving you these commandments so that you may love one another." (John 15:16-17)

This reminds me that God calls me, God lovingly calls each one of us by our own name, no matter how unsuitable or worthless we may think to be, God addresses each one of us. God calls you, for he is the One Who has chosen you. 

© Franco Santoro, Cluny Hill College, Forres IV36 2RD, Scotland, info@astroshamanism.org

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