The power of the word

The ancient magic of the verb 

We live in a world made of words. Words are not only mere ways of communicating, they express a whole idea and give or take away meaning from emotions. Words are almost everything in this world. life socially, politically and culturally. The use of words, more than any other factor, determines the way we think and feel. To such an extent that the way stories or events are told has a decisive effect on the way we perceive reality and the way we read it. Our individual opinion is formed by words.

"Words can be like X-rays if they are used properly: they pass through everything". Aldous Huxley

The use of words in ancient cultures

For ancient civilisations, the use of words was not only limited to the communication of ideas or feelings. They were also the expression of a force, capable of being translated into a real and concrete fact. 

The Egyptians, for example, thought that the word possessed an intense power magical, thanks to which the priests, who were well versed in nature The Pharaoh himself, when he wished something, commanded it through his words; these commands were immediately obeyed by men, so that the word of the Pharaoh, the god on earth, was creating the creation of the gods. Pharaoh himself, when he wished something, commanded it through his words; these commands were immediately obeyed by men, so that the word of Pharaoh, god on earth, was creating reality, day after day.

"I am the Great Word". The Pharaoh.Pyramid Texts.

It is written in the holy books The word, included in the bereshit of the Hebrew Torah, as well as in the genesis of the Old Testament of the Christian bible, is intimately related, the word, to the almighty power of the creator:

"1_ In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

2 _ This was in the beginning with God.

3_ All things were made through him; and without him was not anything made that was made." John 1:1-3

For the ancient native peoples of the Americas, words and above all song (the word "song") were the most important means of communication. musical or sung), possessed a magical and healing power, since their worldview allowed them to have an intimate relationship with naturethrough respect and care for their own habitat. Therefore lifeIn their manifold manifestations, they also had their expression through words and song; as materialisation of a spiritual plane. It is for this reason that there are words in the native language that intertwine the material plane with the spiritual plane in a poetic way that prevents them from being translated literally into other languages.

"Apapachar is the most beautiful word that the Nahuatl language has given to the Spanish language, as it means embrace or caress with the soul".

The  wisdom  of Celtic culture, deserves a special section, as the echoes of its magical alphabet, and all the beauty of the origin of fairy tales and supernatural beings, the fruit of the oral transmission of its ancient history, still reach us today. This alphabet, known as runes, was sacred. The Norse or Viking culture says that it was given by the God Odin, the great creator who can do anything. And it was a way for him to communicate with his people to send them his blessings, or to warn them of their enemies. It had a divine character, but fell into disuse when Christianity considered it pagan and persecuted those who used it.

 "This unique primitive Genesic language, the father of all human languages, is the RUNES, which the first men engraved on stones with holy hands". Krumm Heller. Runic Course.

 Words arise from the union of different sounds or phonemes, which give a name to every existing thing, but there are words which, being inaudible to the human ear, we cannot pronounce either.

Words and their effect

"The result of spoken words must be nobly calculated. For many times one hurts others with words, unconsciously" Samael aum Weor. Logos Mantram Theurgy.

Words are a mirror of thought. There is a directly proportional relationship between order and clarity of thought on the one hand, and manifestations through language on the other. 

We have more forms of social and media communication, but interpersonal communication has suffered.

Due to the impoverishment of culture, we are also subjected to an impoverishment of language, preventing in-depth communication, often falling into superficiality and not being able to communicate an idea, a feeling, etc.

What we say, the word, has a constructive or destructive effect depending on its content. Even the intonation and non-verbal language applied.

Undoubtedly, the effect of the words are explained by the type of energy with which they are impregnated and the intention with which they were emitted. 

In esotericism, this quality of words is called: "Geometry of the word".

"Lhe words produce objective geometrical figures. Such figures are filled with cosmic matter, and crystallise materially". Samael Aum Weor. Logos Mantram Theurgy.

The creative larynx

The larynx and the uterus are not only physically similar - they have a hollow, empty, moist canal - but these organs have similar reactions, closing or distending according to the stimulus, and both are coordinated by the parasympathetic system.

"The throat is a womb, where the word is gestated".Samael Aum Weor. Igneous Rose.

Thus, as in the uterus, it is possible to gestate an lifeIn the larynx, words can be created whose effect helps to improve our environment and ourselves.

Action at the level of the  conscience harnessing the vibrant energy that our own organism generates, to create our own self-regeneration, is possible through the practices that are delivered in our self-knowledge courses.

 To be aware of the magnitude and scope of the words one utters, in order to create, is the challenge of every student of the self-knowledge .

If you are interested in learning to use the marvellous power of words in a conscious way, we invite you to enrol in the free and open access self-knowledge courses that our institution offers; and there you will get the tools and practices to achieve it.