Soulgazer's February 14

Being a Valentinian Gnostic, this day has a special place in my heart; It may be a different St Valentine then our Gnostic St Valentine, but the names are the same!

Each year at this time, those who have grown up in a christianized culture spend a little time thinking about love. Cards are bought for parents and grand-parents, favorite cousins and sons and daughters. Even perfect strangers are often greeted with a smile that is just a shade warmer than that same smile will appear to be on Feb 15th!

Young men and women will be exchanging gifts, or more likely, looking for that perfect somebody to exchange a gift with!

Every once in a while, I meet somebody who says that they are holding out for their soul-mate. Today that term is used so loosely, that everybody who falls in love swears that they have found their soul-mate!

Well, it is not required that you fall in love with your soul-mate, in fact, it might be easier on you if you didn't! What? Soulgazer, what do you mean by that?

Let's explore some of the mythology together. Today, there is a whole mythos built up around the modern idea of a soul-mate. Data is fed into computer programs, where it is given a numerical value, and if you were really really honest, and the match was really really honest, the numbers tally up and you have a mathematical match. In theory, if everybody in the world would do this, all those quantitive numbers would reveal the one person in the world that you would be happier with than anybody else!

A Mathematical Soul-mate!

There is a far far older mythology, several in fact, that illustrate the Spiritual Truth of soul-mates. In our Gnostic Mythos, we have Jesus as the physical manifestation of the Crestos, or Divine Love, and His earthly companion, Mary Magdelene. Mary, in ancient Gnostic mythology, was the physical manifestation of Sophia, or Divine Wisdom. So, in this mythology, we have the Logos, or Word of God, made up of Love and Wisdom in the heavenly plane, splitting as it comes to earth, and finally reuniting as one force.


This is carried forward in the hermetic mysteries, as applying to all men and women. In the Gnostic, the term Soul-mate was not used, but a synonym term, "twin-flame". All humanity, before it is born to earthly parents, starts as a single flame of spiritual essence. The Soul leaves the divine realm, and is split into it's male and female components, and given a proper fetus to indwell. Thus the male-female soul is born in two pieces, separated by whatever distance, and usually no more than a couple of years. Taking up residence on earth, the soul pair lives parallel existences, each learning what it needs to learn to become a single soul again.


Plato wrote about soul-mates in his "Symposium". Zeus, is credited with dividing the souls in half in that mythology, but the basic mythos stays the same.

Shouldn't everybody wait for their soul mate? No. Not one person in a hundred meets their true twin flame. God decides who will and who won't meet their soul mate. A person who hates their self, or finds their own self somehow inadequate will despise their twin flame, who is, after all, a part of the self that they despise. And besides, Life is about learning how to love, and Love sometimes is not appreciated unless it is worked for.

Now remember when I said that the male and female were split in half and live parallel existences? It always holds true! And no, you would not always be happy with your soul-mate! What if you were a gay man? Your soul-mate would be a lesbian, and vice versa!

What's the big deal about soul mates then? Because, when it works, it works like no other. Like having a jig-saw puzzle with all of the pieces leaping into place of their own accord!

There is often a metaphysical phenomena that occurs when soul-mates meet for the first time. When I met my soul-mate, there was a momentary suspension of reality, after which we simply seemed to take up from where we left off yesterday. I have met other soul-mate couples who have reported the same phenomena.


There is other mythology associated with soul-mates. Soul mates are supposed to call to each other through the ether, desperately trying to find each other, when they are finally ready to meet. I imagine that this has inspired a lot of love sonnets and songs to no body in particular, as often these days neither individual will have any idea what is happening to them!

So don't forget to send your sweetie a Valentine Card! And maybe some chocolate!

submitted with permission from Soulgazer
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