
THE
ATLANTEAN HEALING TEMPLE
The
Atlantean Temple of Healing was a circular building. The
only light which penetrated the Temple came through a vast
dome on the roof. This dome was adjustable so that sunlight,
either pure or filtered, could pour in through the roof
whenever required. The dome could also be closed so that
no sunlight could enter the Temple at all.
The entrance to the Temple was rectangular. It was built
of white, glistening stone; stone which looked as if it
were filled with mica and colour, and the heavy crossbeam
of stone which spanned the doorway had sculptured upon it
a white swan with its noble head raised upwards, moving
gracefully outward.
There were groups of pillars composed of the precious white
stone (maphite(sp)), which was bendable but could not be
broken, and which were moulded to form a perfect circular
upright, and the steps were rectangular, in the same white
glistening stone as the building itself.
There were no gates, or walls to guard its gardens. The
gardens were filled with blossoms; great beds of marigolds
in their season, tulips, sunflowers, and many of the small,
sweetly-perfumed roses. All gave of their glory for the
healing of the people.
Just inside the entrance to the Temple was a large Timekeeper
Crystal. This powerful crystal protected the Temple from
any harmful vibrations and negativity. It would not allow
any person to pass inside the Temple unless that person
had a genuine - and pure - reason for doing so. The crystal
knew everything; nothing could be hidden!
Within the entrance there was a large hallway both to the
right and left. Round the central circle were to be found
two wide passages leading to the three special temples,
which were to be found at the far end of the central building.
These temples were also circular. They were not entered,
nor was there any entrance, from the main temple, but the
entrances were through doorways heavily curtained, opening
upon these passages, which stretched to the right and the
left of the main temple.
The central circular temple was a small special temple,
where the healers studied and were trained, and on the right
of that temple was the Temple of Teaching; on the left was
the Temple of Research - not research in the sense that
we use it today in connection with material things, but
research into all which concerned the healing of the body
and soul.
All the teaching was undertaken in the Temple of Teaching.
All the training of the healers, where they were used as
instruments and were not required to make use of their mind
or brain, was undertaken in the third Temple.
Students who came to the Temple of Healing were obliged
to become proficient in one of these arts, and were allocated
and placed, either in the Temple of Teaching, in the Temple
of Healing or in the Temple of Research. They were not allowed
to follow the three courses at once; they had to prove their
proficiency in their first choice before they were permitted
to take a second course, in one of the other temples.
The central Temple of Healing was built over a Lake, and
you will find its counterpart very often today in the swimming
pools which can be covered by a wooden floor, but in this
case the floor was of amethyst, warm to the touch of naked
feet, and radiant with light and power.
At the entrance to the central temple were the robing rooms
for the priest healers, the students and the novices; all
built of glistening white stone, and, although austere,
very beautiful in harmony of colour and design.
Between the robing rooms, which were very similar to cubicles
one would find in Swimming Baths, was a passageway where
there were further cubicles which were used for the cleansing
and purification of the clients' bodies.
Healing, in the time of Atlantis, did not take place in
a matter of a few minutes as is the case today; a client
would be required to visit the Temple many times for the
purification of their physical body. Their hair was cut
to the nape of their neck during their period of healing
and, following baths in plain spring water, they passed
through baths of perfumed warm water, before being given
the white linen robe, in which they had to appear before
their healer.
In the first of the smaller chambers of healing, the client
had to pass through the purification of the etheric body,
and there, the healers, with their powers of clairvoyance
and intuition, strengthened by their service in the Temple,
would look for any dark places, or lack of light in the
chakra and in the etheric body as a whole. The client would
only be permitted to go forward into the next healing chamber
when the priest-healer in charge of this particular room
could report that the client's etheric body was completely
cleansed and full of light.
In the next cubicle most of the clients would spend very
much longer than in the first one, for here the weariness
of the mind must be released, and as the mind relaxed and
the body, in harmony, relaxed, the client would talk tohis
teacher, telling him of the anxieties that troubled him
and the weariness of the soul which oppressed him.
This is akin to what today we call psycho-analysis and it
can be a very long process indeed. The work, therefore,undertaken
in this mental room was of a truly specialized nature.
Only the greater - and more experienced - priests handled
these clients, and many hours of the day were given up to
complete relaxation and pleasant conversation, and the eating
of fruits for the cleansing of the physical body. In particular
the clients would drink citrus fruit juices and spring water,
which played an important role in the overall healing process.
When the client had passed all the necessary tests, he would
move out of this second temple and into the
temple for the healing of the physical body, but not until
the negative side of his personality - hatred, jealousy,
envy and selfishness - had been completely overcome; for
as long as any envy, hatred, or jealousy agitates within
the mind, the body cannot be considered whole and cleansed.
In the great central temple there were three daily healing
sessions. In a gallery which ran round the temple below
the level of the windows, were men and women students, who
were taught wonderful music and singing, and in this gallery
they would sing rhythmic chants and spiritual songs whilst
the healing sessions were taking place in the temple below.
Twelve healers under one tutor-priest worked upon twelve
clients at any one time. The beds, upon which the clients
lay, were erected on white marble, built like rectangular
boxes; the top was also made out of the same precious stone
which could not be broken or cut, and each bed was composed
of the stone of one colour, representing one ray.
When the client left the last healing room, he was given
a six-pointed star in the colour of the bed which he must
occupy. This star he would give to the priest in charge
of the clients of the temple, and it was strapped upon his
forehead by the priest so that the moment he entered the
great healing chamber, the healer-priest who belonged to
that particular healing table would welcome his client.
As soon as the client lay upon the healing table, the radiations
of his aura would project, as an emanation
round his head and body, thus lighting up the whole of the
corner of the room where he was lying, and opening for himself
the power to absorb the ethers from the soil and the surrounding
light ethers.
If, however, the client was not able to radiate these ethers,
then the healers standing beside that particular bed would
stand motionless in meditation, until all the other eleven
clients had been treated by their healers,and the client
would then have to return to the preparation on the mental
plane, to learn a further period of relaxation. This rarely
occurred though because normally all the clients were prepared
and completely relaxed by the time that they reached the
great healing chamber.
There were four healers to each bed; the Priest Initiate
on the right, the second priest on the left, the third and
fourth priests at the feet. The Priest Initiate directed
the healing and the two priests at the feet poured power
through the client's feet from the palm of their hands.
Each healer wore a robe of the colour of his own ray, and
a cloak over his shoulders, also of the same colour.During
the healing session this cloak, taken by the corners, would
be turned back fastening at the hem by a jewelled clasp.
When the healing session was completed, the clients were
allowed to enjoy a period of relaxation for
approximately thirty minutes. At the end of this period
the healers would leave their clients and the
priest-in-charge of the Temple would lead the clients back
to the robing room, where they would be given a meal of
honey in the comb, crushed corn and milk, and sent away
to their own homes.
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