The many faces of God

 The many faces of God

       Jimmy Henderson FRC

‘And the angel said unto me, ‘be gentle with my children’ (do not cause them to stumble in their beliefs)’

J. Henderson

The rise and fall of religions and spiritual practices in different cultures and societies through the ages could also be mirroring the changes and shifts taking place within the God-Mind.

If we look carefully, we will see that we form different concepts of God at various times in history. This could be due to the fact that different universal archetypes exist in the Mind of God which all represent Godhead in some way or another. For example, the earliest religions consisted of the worship of spirits which were said to animate mountains, trees and rivers, and natural phenomena were believed to be the result of their activities.

Later, a series of polytheistic religions emerged, such as that of the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, Romans and Aryans. This was a shift away from an almost infinite amount of elemental godlike sub-personalities to a definite number of gods or deities. In terms of our study of the mind, it is quite possible that these were all archetypal sub-personalities of the God-Mind which presented themselves during trance-like states induced by religious rituals.

It may also be true that polytheism emerged at a time in history when our minds were still unable to imagine a single divine being having so many different powers, aspects and attributes, and the idea of a single God became acceptable later with the further development of language and more complex understandings of God became possible.

In other words, our ideas of God are, once again, linked to the development of our minds and language, which allow us to understand deeper truths, and no concept of God can ever be said to be ‘wrong’ in the true sense of the word.

‘Conscience is the highest religion’

J . Henderson

 Jimmy Henderson is a mystic with an extensive academic background. He is able to combine psychology and philosophy with metaphysics in order to present credible information on man's relation to Spirit. His books are available through local bookshops as well as Amazon.com (key in 'Jimmy Henderson' under 'books')