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== The New Jerusalem ==
== The New Jerusalem ==


The Book of Revelation speaks of jasper in association with the the [[New Jerusalem]]. [[John the Beloved|John]] speaks of that city:
The [[Book of Revelation]] speaks of jasper in association with the the [[New Jerusalem]]. [[John the Beloved|John]] speaks of that city:


<blockquote>And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God.<ref>Rev. 21:10.</ref></blockquote>
<blockquote>And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God.<ref>Rev. 21:10.</ref></blockquote>
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Jasper is also described as one of the stones in the foundation of the New Jesusalem:
Jasper is also described as one of the stones in the foundation of the New Jesusalem:


<blockquote>And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.</blockquote>
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And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.


<blockquote>And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.</blockquote>
And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.


<blockquote>And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass.</blockquote>
And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass.


<blockquote>And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, [[sapphire]]; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an [[emerald]];</blockquote>
And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, [[sapphire]]; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an [[emerald]];


<blockquote>The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a [[topaz]]; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an [[amethyst]].</blockquote>
The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a [[topaz]]; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an [[amethyst]].


<blockquote>And the twelve gates were twelve [[pearl]]s: every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure [[gold]], as it were transparent glass.<ref>Rev. 16–21.</ref></blockquote>
And the twelve gates were twelve [[pearl]]s: every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure [[gold]], as it were transparent glass.<ref>Rev. 16–21.</ref>
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These are spheres of consciousness within the [[causal body]]—all of them symbolical, and yet all of them becoming concrete in the fullness of time and space.
These are spheres of consciousness within the [[causal body]]—all of them symbolical, and yet all of them becoming concrete in the fullness of time and space.
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Revelation chapter 4 also likens the light of the one sitting on the throne in heaven to jasper:
Revelation chapter 4 also likens the light of the one sitting on the throne in heaven to jasper:


<blockquote>And immediately I was in the spirit; and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.</blockquote>
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And immediately I was in the spirit; and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.


<blockquote>And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an [[emerald]].<ref>Rev. 4:2–3.</ref></blockquote>  
And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an [[emerald]].<ref>Rev. 4:2–3.</ref>
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Sanat Kumara explains the meaning of this vision:
[[Sanat Kumara]] explains the meaning of this vision:


<blockquote>The light of the jasper is the golden light of the crown of life unto the one who opens the door of the [[crown chakra]]. I AM opening that door within you, and I AM the open door which no man can shut. I AM opening the door of cycles emanating from the great solar rings of the blue causal body of the [[Great Divine Director]]....</blockquote>
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The light of the jasper is the golden light of the crown of life unto the one who opens the door of the [[crown chakra]]. I AM opening that door within you, and I AM the open door which no man can shut. I AM opening the door of cycles emanating from the great solar rings of the blue causal body of the [[Great Divine Director]]....
<blockquote>I AM the golden light of the mind of God, the jasper that is for the building of the wall of the City Foursquare and for the garnishing of the first foundation. Enlightenment is the foundation of the building of the temple in the [[Aquarian age]]. Even so is the jasper the stone of victory, the twelfth, set in gold in Aaron’s breastplate of judgment.<ref>{{OSS}}, chapter 3.</ref></blockquote>
I AM the golden light of the mind of God, the jasper that is for the building of the wall of the City Foursquare and for the garnishing of the first foundation. Enlightenment is the foundation of the building of the temple in the [[Aquarian age]]. Even so is the jasper the stone of victory, the twelfth, set in gold in Aaron’s breastplate of judgment.<ref>{{OSS}}, chapter 3.</ref>
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== Sources ==
== Sources ==
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