THE WAY OF HERMES — Part 13 The Soul’s Return Through the Seven Spheres

📌 BLOG POST #13

THE WAY OF HERMES — Part 13

The Soul’s Return Through the Seven Spheres

Tractate II — Illuminated Commentary (Conclusion)

When the soul awakens,
it begins its return journey to the Source.

Hermes is shown a sacred truth:

The way down is the way up.

The soul ascends through the same Seven Spheres
it once descended.

But this time,
instead of receiving influences from them,
the soul releases them.

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🧠 KEY INSIGHT

Ascension is not gaining anything —
but letting go of everything that is not Light.

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🌌 The Seven Spheres of Release

Below is a simple Hermetic ascension map:

        ✨ 8th Sphere ✨
      (Divine Mind Reborn)
             ▲
             │ Release Ego of the Flesh
      ☉ Sun — “I AM ULTIMATE”
             ▲
             │ Release Conflict & Control
      ♂ Mars — “I AM FORCE”
             ▲
             │ Release Excess Desire
      ♀ Venus — “I AM WANT”
             ▲
             │ Release Overthinking
      ☿ Mercury — “I AM THE MIND”
             ▲
             │ Release Emotional Fear
      ☾ Moon — “I AM FEELING”
             ▲
             │ Release Judgment
      ♃ Jupiter — “I AM RIGHT”
             ▲
             │ Release Fear of Survival
      ♄ Saturn — “I AM SAFE”
             ▲
          🌍 Earth

Each sphere gives back
the illusion it once imposed.

When the soul has released all
it rises fully awakened
into the 8th Sphere — Immortal Light.

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🌟 Hermetic Ascension = Soul Sovereignty

You don’t escape the Archons by fighting them.

You transcend them by remembering who you are.

And when the soul reaches the top:

• It is pure will

• It is creative power

• It is eternal Light

This is the Great Return.

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🔥 Modern Spiritual Application

Whenever you overcome:

• Fear

• Conflict

• Ego

• Old emotional patterns

you are literally ascending the spheres.

You are not waiting for death
to reach the heavens…

The heavens are opening inside you
one release at a time.

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✨ Activation Practice

Place hand on heart:

“I rise in Light by letting go of what I am not.”

A breath becomes a step upward.

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❓ Reflective Question

Which “sphere influence”
(driven by fear, desire, ego, emotion, etc.)
are you currently outgrowing?

That awareness alone
weakens its grip.

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✍️ About the Author

Reverend Michael Cook, D.Div, is the Architect of Light and founder of the Cook Universal Ministry — a spiritually independent Hermetic-Gnostic tradition dedicated to awakening the Divine Human within all who seek the inner Light.

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🔖 Tags

Ascension, Seven Spheres, Archons, Hermeticism, Spiritual Sovereignty, Enlightenment