The House of Life

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Welcome to The House of Life 

This School is dedicated to the Root traditions of Western spirituality. Originating in Egypt and transmuted by Pythagoras and Plato into a Greek Praxis, the Wisdom of Egypt became invisibly fused into a new Khemetic-Hermetic marriage as the high god of Egyptian learning travelled under a new guise as Thrice Great Hermes, Hermes Trismegistus.

The figure of Hermes Trismegistus stands behind the tradition of Hermetic  philosophy, the Egyptian god of wisdom Djheuty more often known by his Greek name Thoth, stands behind the mystical temple traditions of ancient Egypt.  These twin guardian figures preside over an initiatory transmission of personal revelation; flanking the doorway of a hidden journey into mystical communion: this is the road less travelled.

Plato and Pythagoras show the first face of mystical wisdom, Neo-Platonic descendents, philosophers: lovers of wisdom keep the tradition alive. Platonic philosophy, Pythagorean vision, Neoplatonism, Hermeticism and the remembered wisdom of Khem like seeds carried in time, have the power of life; Plato is almost lost in favour of Aristotle, Hermetic wisdom is reduced to a handful of texts, Pythagoras is forgotten, Khem is beyond memory but all are rediscovered each in their own way, and Western spiritual and cultural flares into new life.

This is the spiritual landscape into which we will travel not as distant history but as present and continuous revelation guided by The Tree of Life, infused by mystical conceptions, this model of multidimensional reality has given unique service in the mysteries of being and becoming. Jews and Christians, magicians and mystics, scholars and priests, ritualists and occultists, all have travelled upon its thirty-two paths of wisdom.

The School uses the Tree of Life to provide an initiatory journey based on three stages of engagement:

The Lesser Mysteries  
The Greater Mysteries
The Supreme Mysteries

Although the Tree of Life is clearly not Egyptian, its method namely the revelatory use of symbols is clearly in harmony with Egyptian consciousness. The Tree of Life serves to inculcate esoteric method: realisation through meditation, the incubation of symbolism, dynamic self-initiation and the rebirth of a new consciousness. Its threefold structure provides the template for a personal journey of reconstruction.

Beginning with the Lesser Mysteries, represented in our School by the hieroglyph for house,   the student undertakes the personal process of connecting the intellect (Hod), the creative  imagination (Netzach), the personal subconscious (Yesod) and the physical body (Malkuth). This journey commences the work of personal psychotherapy which is directed towards healing the soul and establishes the foundation for engagement in the Greater Mysteries. The emptiness of the  hieroglyphic sign for 'house' which represents this phase of the journey signifies the process of personal reconstruction which is required to build the House of the Mysteries.

During this period of dynamic gestation, the student undertakes a personal Rite of Rebirth and through the unfolding of self seeks to find the Deity of the Heart. The essential work of the Lesser Mysteries begins the process of regenerating the personality as a vehicle for transpersonal energies. This can only be fully accomplished through the generation of sincere motivation and the aspiration to seek a personal path of service.

The Greater Mysteries are represented by the same hieroglyph Per with the addtion of a hieroglyph to represent the presence of the chosen heart deity. This indicates that the student has formed a living relationship with one among the neteru. Through this bond the student becomes closely identified with a god or goddess and takes on the role of priest or priestess to the deity of their heart. This phase is characterised by spiritual flowering in service and creativity.

The Supreme Mysteries are represented by the hieroglyph for the Per Ankh, the student is now identified with a transpersonal consciousness. It is here within the Per Ankh that mystical consciousness arises and at this level the School takes on a deeper engagement with Ancient Egyptian spirituality.



It is not our aim to produce armchair occultists who can recite lists of correspondences and wish to follow in the footsteps of a favoured magical personage. Nor is it our aim to fill the student with ‘magical’ practices which initiate only into a specific system and ultimately serve to produce a sense of separation from the wider community. Our aim at all times is to engender a sense of connection and integration with the inner self that links us with the wider context of the world today. The Hermetic tradition with which we have aligned ourselves has always served as a positive catalyst within society; gnosis gives rise to practical results, the keyword is service not self-aggrandisement or esoteric self-indulgence.
The instructional material given by the School serves to engage and connect the intellect, the intuition and the imagination. These are the three vital aspects of gnosis. Together meditation, ceremony and study stimulate the intellect, feed the imagination and awaken the intuition thereby opening the heart, the place of soul service. The House of Life seeks to awaken and enhance Life, Consciousness and Creativity in all its Companions.

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