In this “cosmic theatre” we can see that the Theosophists are not only on the side of karmic retribution but also on the side that will “save us” from these “karmic consequences” by acting as masters of wisdom in the secret knowledge.

Markus tells in his biography that in the fifties he came in contact with the Order of the Holy Grail which was led by Elisabeth Ståhlgren in Stockholm. Markus was initiated in the highest degree of this order and he was later appointed her successor but he later chose to leave this order. This woman authored four books, one of which was “Agni yoga or fire yoga: an intrusion into cosmic knowledge”.

Agni Yoga came from the couple Helena Roerich and Nicholas Roerich who were also involved in the Theosophical Society. The term Agni Yoga means “Mergence with Divine Fire” or “Path to Mergence with Divine Fire”.

Other books written by Elisabeth Ståhlgren were Eternity – Infinity: The Doctrine of 10 Dimensions and The Grail, The Eucharist, Man. The fourth book was called “The Interpretation of the Book of Revelation” and in this book we can read a prophecy about a Messenger who will come from the Nordic countries.

In the interpretation of Johanne’s Book of Revelations, written by Elisabeth Ståhlgren, chapter 19, page 158, we can read the following:

”The man on the white horse, he who comes as a conqueror, is the man from the North, about whom the seers have been telling for a long time. He will come to introduce the new age for the people of the Earth. He is a being belonging to higher worlds, but with experience from the struggles and strife of the lower realm, in which he is an active participant himself. His mantle is soaked with the blood of the enemy, and the enemy is Lucifer (Satan) who took residence in the body of the beast. Thus he is one with humankind, its victorious part.”

Alexander writes in his book Satan is the man of the day:

“At the beginning of every age, when man has sunk deeper and deeper into matter and into despair, the creator of the world, Sat Purush, sends his messenger to help lower civilizations. This is so that man can attain a higher cosmic consciousness and thereby free himself from suffering and misery. This time he has chosen to send a special messenger, with a special message.”

“From the Nordic countries, it is said in the prophecies, the essence that will lead the people in the new will emerge. He is a being belonging to higher worlds, but with experience from the struggle and battle of the lower realms, in which he himself actively participates. His mantle is dipped in the blood of the enemy, and the enemy is Satan, Lucifer, who has taken up his abode in the body of the Beast. So he is also one with humanity, the victorious part. In the 19th chapter of the book of Revelation, John reads: And I saw the heavens open, and there I saw a white horse; and the man who sat on it is called “faithful and just,” and he judges and fights in righteousness.”

In the book of Revelation, there are two white horses, one at the beginning and one at the end, showing different things. Revelation 6 shows a white horse as one of the riders of the Apocalypse “And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer” chapter 19 shows “And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war” It looks as if, in Alexander Markus prophecy, it has become a mix of both horses. Markus acts here as the savior, who will help us away from the Beast (the mind), by us developing a higher cosmic consciousness. He will help us free ourselves from our destructive ego. Markus message about the Beast shows that it is not a spiritual being but is man’s own mind, an ego to which man has handed over his actions.

“The beast in the Book of Revelation is a unit with a trinity in itself, it represents three powers, in the same way that man is a trinity with soul, body and mind. The beast’s 3-part being includes the number 7, which corresponds to man’s 7 energy bodies, symbolized by the beast’s 7 heads. Man has left the right to decide over his actions to the Beast, the mind, the ego or Satan, ie, that he has crowned his horn, representing his power. These are ten in number. Ten in number are also the cosmic dimensions of the world of the mind that lead man to the absolute consciousness of his source of origin, the ur-energy and the form-manifested universe. She does not reach it until she has deprived the Beast of its crowns, that is, has freed itself from the influence of the sensory world, Lucife.”

“The first encounter with the Beast I tells us that it is the falsehood in disguise that is before us. It puts on the lamb’s robe. He lulls his surroundings into the notion of his spotlessness, innocence. He is a picture of the calculated fraud, stands as a representative of the late who lives on the human weakness and uses it to his own advantage.”

“Beast II are the preachers who have clothed themselves in the robes of the wolf and call everyone else false prophets.”

Alexander says that it is Satan (and the Beast) who is opposed to man’s higher consciousness and that it is Satan who tempts him to make himself a God.

“Satan and Arhiman are the two great opponents of the cosmic evolution of mankind. Satan tempts man to make himself cosmically independent of the Supreme Creator, Sat Purush, and tempts him to make himself a God.”

“I’m not talking about that well-known figure in red or black tights and with a fire fork in his hand that many of you imagine him to be. I am talking about a force, a mysterious force that is prevalent in the human mind. A force that has been personified as it operates through so many millions of human channels. Satan or Lucifer is the negative force personified, the fallen angel who is the morning star of Creation, of matter. He is the creator of matter, the form-manifested universe. He is the personification of the Ego. He is the Universal Mind that Dr. Jung called “the collective unconscious.” He is the opposite of the Supreme Creator, the Creator of the Soul. He is the Anti-Spirit, the Mind, the Anti-Man clothed in matter form. It is the mind, the ego that separates, distinguishes the spiritual, human consciousness from the consciousness of God.”

“Satan is not an evil being. He is the Supreme Creator of the manifest universe.”

Alexander talks about that it is through the mind itself that we can make ourselves a God.

“There is virtually no limit at all to what the mind can do when awakened properly. A yoga master who knows how to awaken and control the inherent forces of his own mind can stop a train anywhere he wants it to stop. He can cause a downpour of rain to fall from clear skies within minutes. He can do virtually anything with the forces of nature if he so wishes. Milarepa, Tibet’s greatest yoga master, has accomplished all this and much more. Remember that thought is a huge force. But these yoga skills have nothing to do with human cosmic development, they are just a play with the forces of nature. “

Markus continues in his book:

“But the genuine cosmic Masters can do all these things, and even their higher-developed disciples, but they seldom use such forces in their own interest because they are here on earth primarily to teach humanity and not to gain admirers.”

Markus writes here that man can become a God not only by being tempted by Satan’s influence but also by seeking the supreme Creator whom he calls Sat Purush. In Genesis we can read that the serpent tempted man to eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil and then the eyes would be opened and man would become like gods.

Genesis 2

15 And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: 17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

Genesis 3

1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? 2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: 3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. 4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: 5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

KJV

Markus claims that through the powers of the Mind we can become like a God and at the same time say that seeking Sat Purush has nothing to do with magic and rituals. Becoming a God for good and evil can also be seen as using white or black magic, but Alexander says that we become like a God even by simply searching for divinity or the power of God. Seeking God leads us on a path where we ourselves can become a God. In other words, a “higher cosmic consciousness” is equated with becoming a God.

“Man believes in his ignorance and naivety that those who engage in magic, healing and mediumship have something to do with divinity or with the power of God.”

“We do not prescribe any rituals or ceremonies for the cosmic development of mankind, because rituals and ceremonies belong to magic and capture and keep man in the world of ideas.”

Alexander says that he does not prescribe any rituals or ceremonies and that “seeking the power of God” or “God” has nothing to do with magic. He describes the power of God as Sat Purush. Who or what is Sat Purush? Consciousness is equated with the Soul and it is through the Soul that we get this “cosmic consciousness”. Sat Purush is described as the Supreme Creator.

If we go back in Indian history, we find a creation myth in the Vedic hymns written in Sanskrit.

1 A thousand heads hath Puruṣa, a thousand eyes, a thousand feet. On every side pervading earth he fills a space ten fingers wide. 2 This Puruṣa is all that yet hath been and all that is to be; The Lord of Immortality which waxes greater still by food. 3 So mighty is his greatness; yea, greater than this is Puruṣa. All creatures are one-fourth of him, three-fourths eternal life in heaven. 4 With three-fourths Puruṣa went up: one-fourth of him again was here. Hymn XC. Puruṣa,” Rig Veda

Here Purusa is described as a great immortal being called the “Lord of Immortality”. In Upanishad’s and later texts, Purusha changed from the Vedic definition to no longer being a “being” to becoming a more abstract and complex definition according to modern historians. Here Purusa was changed to have a more pantheistic worldview. Pantheism is a conception of God in which the whole of nature, the world or the universe is animated by a transcendent spiritual being, in which everything is one. Sat Purush is also described as a “Cosmic Being” and “Father of the Soul”.

Alexander Markus also describes this “transcendental spiritual being” and mentions Goethe’s “magical” worldview.

“In Goethe’s worldview, which is of a magical nature, both human spiritual and physical existence are connected with the whole universe, with the stars, the sun and the planets. Goethe rather saw the celestial bodies as the physical manifestations of cosmic beings, higher developed intelligences that radiate cosmic forces within the spheres of their orbit. Neither those initiated into the ancient mysteries nor the occultists of today thought of the macrocosm in such concepts as space-time and the dimension of eternity, but rather saw them as spheres of transcendental consciousness. Those who have been initiated into ritual magic, whether white or black, seek to expand their consciousness in what they call the “astral light” of the planetary spheres. The purpose of their magical rites is to channel the cosmic forces or “project” these forces from the depths of their own being. To help achieve this goal, they use a whole range of signs, symbols, colors and shapes as part of their rituals to bring the magician into special powers that he or she wants to serve.”

Ritual magic is described here as something used to “channel” the “cosmic forces” and bring the magician into connection with the forces he wants to serve. Who or what is Sat Purush? A “being” that is described as a “cosmic being” that can be reached with the help of a “cosmic” consciousness. Is Goethe’s “physical manifestations of cosmic beings” also something that can be called “Sat Purush”? Alexander also describes that only Sat Purush can free the soul from its captivity and that a Master sent by Sat Purush is the only one who can “free” this soul from its captivity in the forehead region.

“Man (the soul) is trapped in a trap until he has learned his lesson. Only the Supreme Creator, Sat Purush, can free the soul from its captivity.”

“There are no self-initiated, or persons initiated in black magic by so-called occult or mystery schools, who can reach higher cosmic dimensions. They must be initiated by a High Master from the 5th dimension.”

According to the Christian traditional view of sorcery, a pact is made between a person and Satan, or a small demon, where one offers one’s soul in exchange for something such as immortality, wealth, fame or power. You exchange your soul for some form of magic.

What happens if we give up our soul to Sat Purush?

Alexander describes the “faithful servants of the negative powers” as lust, anger, greed, vanity, and selfishness, and he talks about how it is their task to lead the soul astray and seize the world of the mind.

“The soul sits in the innermost chamber of man, in the forehead region, in the corpus pinealis like a captain on his ship. The captain sits in his cabin and oversees his ship.”

“If a mutiny were to break out due to the whiskey bag that the crew has brought on board, if the helmsman were to be captured by the crew and replaced with a mutineer and if the captain were to be locked in his cabin, then he is helpless. He’s a prisoner on his own ship. It is the same with the state of the soul when the five mutineers, the passions are given free rein and seize the ship, the world of the mind and the body. It is important to keep in mind that the soul is in enemy territory and that it is constantly surrounded by the faithful servants of the negative powers, the five adversaries. In addition, these five are very anxious to get drunk with intoxicants. They have been commissioned to lead the soul and the world of the mind astray and cause them difficulties and troubles. That’s their job.”

Seeking God and the power of God with the help of the soul and seeking to become one with God can be a dangerous path to take. The risk is that we get lost and our soul ends up where it does not belong. Who then steers our ship if the soul has been lost?

The Lord will protect you from all evil; He will keep your soul.

Psalm 121:7

“Bring my soul out of prison, So that I may give thanks to Your name; The righteous will surround me, For You will deal bountifully with me.”

Psalm 142:7