| 1 | The quest for Wisdom is historically considered to be one of the noblest pursuits in Western-Roman ideology. |
| 2 | To the East, the word Enlightenment is often used to translate words of different languages equivalent to the concept of Wisdom. |
| 3 | Wisdom has been variously described as an essence, a gift, an ability, a state of mind, a personification as a deity and even as an object, usually as a sacred text. |
| 4 | The ancient Greeks possessed three separate words to describe three separate qualities of Wisdom being Pronoia, Metanoia and Epinoia. |
| 5 | Similar to the ancient Greeks, many cultures used multiple words to describe different aspects of Wisdom such as the ancient Egyptians. |
| 6 | In Confucianism, Wisdom was distinguished by the Three Methods. Similarly, in Taoism, Wisdom was defined as Three Treasures. |
| 7 | So significant was Wisdom to ancient cultures, that the qualities of Wisdom were frequently embodied in a personified deity. |
| 8 | To the ancient people of the first civilizations of Europe and Asia, it was the Cuilliaéan (Holly) priests that were considered living gods and the personification of Wisdom. |
| 9 | To the ancient Egyptians at the time of the Holly Hyksos, the personification of Wisdom was Set. After the fall of the Hyksos, the god was called Saytan. |
| 10 | To the ancient Holly Celts, the personification of Wisdom was Luki, later defined as Lucifer under the Romans. |
| 11 | To the people of Mesopotamia, the god of Wisdom was called Ea. To the ancient Greeks, the goddess of Wisdom was Sophia. To Hindus, the personification of Wisdom was the god Ganesha. |
| 12 | To the Yoruba people of West Africa, the personification of Wisdom was the god Orunmila and to the Aztecs of South America it was the personification of the ancient Cuilliaéan (Holly) priests as the Quetzalcoatl. |
| 13 | Under Christianity, before the age of Protestantism began, Wisdom was seen traditionally in the personification of Jesus Christ. In Judaism, the personification of Wisdom was historically the figure Solomon. |
| 14 | In Islam, before the rise of fanatics and zealots worshiping ignorance and superstition alone, Wisdom was seen in the traditional aspect of being an independent quality. |
| 15 | However, over the past two hundred years Wisdom in Islam has now become the personification of the sacred text known as the Qur’an. |
| 16 | A similar change occurred within Christianity and the deliberate rise of fanaticism and the ignorant worship of superstition in Wisdom becoming solely personified as the King James Bible. |
| 17 | Judaism has also gone through a similar path with the Talmud now seen by many as a magical icon personifying Wisdom. |
| 18 | While much has been written and debated concerning Wisdom, it remains a subject of some confusion. |
| 19 | Similar to many of the foundations of philosophy, of religion, of belief and faith, the concept of Wisdom has become a battle ground. |
| 20 | Thus it is easier to begin first with what Wisdom is not than to argue what it might be. |
| 21 | First, Wisdom is not equivalent to ignorance, stupidity or fanaticism. Nor can it ever be reasonably, logically or sensibly considered similar. |
| 22 | Wisdom is the enemy of stupidity and ignorance, not its ally. |
| 23 | Any belief and faith system that worships ignorance and stupidity can never be considered Wisdom. |
| 24 | Therefore, any teacher, or preacher or person that promotes ignorance or stupidity or fanaticism is an enemy of Wisdom of the Divine and of all mankind. |
| 25 | Beware of such false teachers and root them out. They are the source of much of the misery of the world and must be considered like an illness in need of cure. |
| 26 | Wisdom is not Divine Revelation or Prophecy alone. As such a message may be discerned by the character and qualities of genuine revelation and prophecy without regard to the intellectual abilities of the messenger. |
| 27 | Thus, as we shall discuss later, genuine revelation and prophecy may be distinguished from misguided or deliberately false and fabricated claims according to clear and measurable signs and qualities. |
| 28 | Wisdom is not Inspiration alone. As a man or woman may be inspired to act without knowledge and thus be without Wisdom. |
| 29 | Wisdom is not Illumination or Conversion alone. As a man or woman may be in a state of ecstasy and joy at an act or event or thought and yet be no wiser as to the truth or accuracy of such acts or events or thoughts. |
| 30 | A frequent example of false Wisdom through the misinterpretation of Illumination is in the consumption of hallucinogenic drugs. |
| 31 | Occult Literature and even sacred texts are littered with the evidence of mistaken and absurd beliefs that cannot possibly be considered Wisdom that were obtained whilst being under the influence of powerful drugs. |
| 32 | There is a long tradition of drug taking as a mistaken belief of “expanding the mind” and achieving Wisdom. |
| 33 | In truth, true Wisdom is more likely to be achieved with a mind in clarity and focus than one obscured or deluded by the effects of powerful hallucinogenic substances. |
| 34 | This does not mean that such substances are in themselves bad. It merely demonstrates any argument based on the presumption that powerful drugs must be taken in order to “see the truth” or "find wisdom" is not necessarily Wisdom. |
| 35 | Wisdom is not having all the data of the world in your control. Wisdom has always been respected as something more than knowledge and therefore more than data. |
| 36 | Data by definition has purpose and function but without the relations of knowledge. Thus, wisdom can never be achieved by brute force or super computers alone. |
| 37 | Wisdom is not knowledge alone. If knowledge defines the relations between data and its purpose and function then Wisdom may be simply defined as the right use of knowledge in the right context. |
| 38 | Thus, if Knowledge is power, then Wisdom is the ultimate. Maybe then this is why so many people have searched for Wisdom since the beginning of Civilization. |
| 39 | It has been legend and prophecy for thousands of years that the irrefutable sign of the coming of Divine Wisdom would be the answer to the meaning of ALL. |
| 40 | That by knowing the meaning of ALL, a Homo Sapien might become one with the Divine and be able to search all knowledge and all history and all science. |
| 41 | Whether this be true or not, if men and women do not respect, if they do not think, if they cannot reason, then there is no possible way that they may comprehend such Wisdom even if it is given to them. |
| 42 | For example, the name Summa Elementis Theologica means the Unique Summary of Elements of Theology. |
| 43 | The name Summa Elementis Theologica can also be defined as Unique Collective Awareness as Summa means Unique, Elementis means Collective and Theology means Divine Awareness. |
| 44 | The name Summa Elementis Theologica describes the perspective of the Universe from where you are. |
| 45 | Summa is the first, the origin and the Unique Point of Life; and |
| 46 | Elementis is the relations from that Unique Point of Life expressed in the multiple forms of Love to describe relations; and |
| 47 | Theologica is the goal, the quest to know the mind of the Divine and Divine Wisdom, expressed generically as Unique Collective Awareness or simply Awareness. |
| 48 | Thus, Summa Elementis Theologica can also be defined as Life Love(s) Awareness as a perception of the universe and the Divine. |
| 49 | But to know the meaning of ALL, you the reader needs to make a choice whether to trust the journey of reading each section of Summa Elementis Theologica in the order described. |
| 50 | If you do, then you will be on the journey of Life Love(s) Awareness. |
| 51 | Therefore, when you have finished this book and the journey, then it might be possible to truly know Wisdom and the meaning of ALL by looking backwards on your journey. |
| 52 | To see the world as the Divine sees it. Not just as Life Love(s) Awareness, but from a different perspective. |
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