Abstract
Enlightenment or God-realization is not purely a psychological event. Bodily changes also occur, most dramatically in the higher phases of enlightenment. In the final phase, according to esoteric teachings in various sacred traditions and hermetic schools, the body is alchemically changed from flesh into light, becoming immortal. This transubstantiated body is called different names, such as resurrection body, light body, solar body and diamond body. This presentation looks at the phenomenon from a cross-cultural and evolutionary perspective. It then focuses on Christianity as a sacred tradition whose purpose is to enable people to develop through the resurrection of the body to become Christed.
Recommended Citation
White, John
(2018)
"Death and Resurrection: Enlightenment and the Body of Light,"
Journal of Conscious Evolution: Iss. 1, Article 7.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.ciis.edu/cejournal/vol1/iss1/7
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