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"The human heart is the epicenter of our spiritual conflict. Within each of us there is a light, a potential for good, but there is also potential for darkness due to a trident of negative forces that seek to delay, divert, or destroy our inner spirit.

In the following illustration we see the personifications of these forces. At the top is Ayan who embodies the role of Christ, which represents the positive force propelling us from the inside toward our highest divine potential. The luminous hands reaching down to him belong to the Logos, which is the divine architect and father of the universe who created Christ as a means toward redeeming fallen, trapped, or struggling souls. His arms are welcoming the birth of Christ from within and through the heart.

On each side of Ayan's head are white Calla lillies whose color represents immortality of the spirit. They are arranged as a dividing line between what is above (purity) and what is below (corruption). The forces of corruption are represented by the next three characters, which unlike Christ are situated outside the heart:

On the left (red side) is Kiran as Lucifer, who diverts our awakening through delusion, mania, escapism, hubris, and false transcendence. Lucifer brings a false light, one that temptingly appears as the key toward transcending lack, ignorance, and limitation, but those who sooner or later succumb to him enter a psychological prison of lies and illusion.

To the right (blue side) is Iah as Ahriman, who delays our awakening through materialism, emotional coldness, cynicism, and mechanization. Like Medusa turning men into stone, Ahriman causes a freezing, atrophy, or ossification of our souls. Under his influence, the inner light grows dim as we sink deeper and deeper into identification with matter to the exclusion of everything spiritual.

And on the bottom is Sorath, the adversary of Christ. He seeks the complete destruction of our divine potential and eradication of our individuality and sentience. He is the dark god of brutality, dissolution, and decay.

Lucifer and Ahriman serve Sorath; through them he feeds and carries out his dark agenda to undo all that is good. Sorath is a "blind" god with an irrational urge to consume and destroy. By himself, he cannot see or manipulate the world above him (our world) hence his hands being shown as blocking his vision. Because of this, he needs agents to act as his surrogate eyes, ears, and figurative fists. These are demons and archons symbolized by the eyes in his arms. One of those arms merges into Ahriman's, because Ahriman is his most powerful servant. Ahriman is the Antichrist through whom Sorath will seek to incarnate into our world and obliterate all light.

Every moment, we choose which force to align with: the higher or the lower. The cumulative sum of our choices shapes who we are, where we stand and where we will go in this spiritual battle."
~
Original text in English, written by Tom, a spiritual warrior, coauthor of EPONYMIA
art copyright 2015 by Kithara

Description
"The human heart is the epicenter of our spiritual conflict. Within each of us there is a light, a potential for good, but there is also potential for darkness due to a trident of negative forces that seek to delay, divert, or destroy our inner spirit.

In the following illustration we see the personifications of these forces. At the top is Ayan who embodies the role of Christ, which represents the positive force propelling us from the inside toward our highest divine potential. The luminous hands reaching down to him belong to the Logos, which is the divine architect and father of the universe who created Christ as a means toward redeeming fallen, trapped, or struggling souls. His arms are welcoming the birth of Christ from within and through the heart.

On each side of Ayan's head are white Calla lillies whose color represents immortality of the spirit. They are arranged as a dividing line between what is above (purity) and what is below (corruption). The forces of corruption are represented by the next three characters, which unlike Christ are situated outside the heart:

On the left (red side) is Kiran as Lucifer, who diverts our awakening through delusion, mania, escapism, hubris, and false transcendence. Lucifer brings a false light, one that temptingly appears as the key toward transcending lack, ignorance, and limitation, but those who sooner or later succumb to him enter a psychological prison of lies and illusion.

To the right (blue side) is Iah as Ahriman, who delays our awakening through materialism, emotional coldness, cynicism, and mechanization. Like Medusa turning men into stone, Ahriman causes a freezing, atrophy, or ossification of our souls. Under his influence, the inner light grows dim as we sink deeper and deeper into identification with matter to the exclusion of everything spiritual.

And on the bottom is Sorath, the adversary of Christ. He seeks the complete destruction of our divine potential and eradication of our individuality and sentience. He is the dark god of brutality, dissolution, and decay.

Lucifer and Ahriman serve Sorath; through them he feeds and carries out his dark agenda to undo all that is good. Sorath is a "blind" god with an irrational urge to consume and destroy. By himself, he cannot see or manipulate the world above him (our world) hence his hands being shown as blocking his vision. Because of this, he needs agents to act as his surrogate eyes, ears, and figurative fists. These are demons and archons symbolized by the eyes in his arms. One of those arms merges into Ahriman's, because Ahriman is his most powerful servant. Ahriman is the Antichrist through whom Sorath will seek to incarnate into our world and obliterate all light.

Every moment, we choose which force to align with: the higher or the lower. The cumulative sum of our choices shapes who we are, where we stand and where we will go in this spiritual battle."
~
Original text in English, written by Tom, a spiritual warrior, coauthor of EPONYMIA
art copyright 2015 by Kithara