Spiritual Perspectives Blog

reflections on human and world affairs


Author: Sarah McKechnie

  • Some Thoughts on Capricorn – Creating a channel for the precipitation of divine light

    Through Sagittarius, one of the intuitive signs, we learn that only the “arrow of the intuition” will suffice to carry the seeker to the mount of initiation. This is […]


  • Creating a Space for a Whole New Approach

    As we look at the crises in the world today, some might wonder, have there ever been times worse than this, when selfishness, hatred and violence seem to have […]


  • Thoughts on Sagittarius – An eternally advancing horizon

    Following the arduous testing of Scorpio, Sagittarius is viewed esoterically as a sign of balance with no extremes. This is so because the Archer, symbolic of Sagittarius, has to […]


  • Thoughts on Scorpio – The struggle for release

    The equilibrium achieved in Libra prepares the seeker for points of crisis and “moments of reorientation” in Scorpio. Midway between Libra and Sagittarius, two signs of balance, Scorpio initiates […]


  • Forgiveness, A Conscious Choice

    From the personal to the group, we are all probably in need of forgiveness as well as the need to forgive. Personal injuries—some which are minor types of offense, […]


  • Thoughts on Libra – The unwavering vision of the single eye

    In the zodiacal flow of energies, Aries is the “birthplace of ideas”, for all manifestation begins with thought. Libra, which is Aries’ polar opposite, marks the midway point in […]


  • Thoughts on Virgo – The hidden light of God

    The realization of the Self in Leo prepares for the recognition in Virgo of the hidden divinity within each human being, the Christ principle or buddhi which is found […]


  • Thoughts on Leo – The awakening of the Self

    Cancer, the “birthplace of life in form”, is followed by Leo, the “birthplace of the individual” and the taking of form as a self-conscious individual, the writings of Alice […]


  • Preparing the Way for “the Good, the True and the Beautiful”

    We live in perplexing times. Perhaps every generation throughout history has reached the same conclusion, but the esoteric teaching given in the books of Alice Bailey clearly designates the […]


  • Thoughts on Cancer – The radiance of a lighted house

    Aries, Taurus and Gemini, the three conditioning signs behind manifestation, prepare the way for the form-taking experience in Cancer. As one of two “gates” in the zodiac, Cancer leads […]