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[[File: | [[File:Portrait of a Man, Said to be Christopher Columbus.jpg|thumb|alt=caption|<translate>Posthumous portrait of Christopher Columbus by Sebastiano del Piombo (1519)</translate>]] | ||
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The Ascended Master [[Saint Germain]] was embodied as ''Christopher Columbus'', Cristóbal Colón (c. 1451–1506), the discoverer of America. We was aptly named after Saint Christopher, who by legend is pictured carrying the infant Jesus across the waters. | The Ascended Master [[Saint Germain]] was embodied as '''Christopher Columbus''', Cristóbal Colón (c. 1451–1506), the discoverer of America. We was aptly named after Saint Christopher, who by legend is pictured carrying the infant Jesus across the waters. | ||
Under the patronage of Spain, Columbus with three small ships braved the turbulent unfamiliar Atlantic Ocean to discover a new route to the East; but in a deeper sense, there is no doubt that his [[Holy Christ Self]] was drawing him to a new land—a virgin soil—where his long-cherished vision of an Utopia might be brought to fruition. No doubt the [[Temple of Purification|focus of Lord Zadkiel]] beckoned him onward to pursue the flame that was his first love—freedom. | |||
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This last position seems to be backed up by Columbus’s own words. In 1501 he wrote to Ferdinand and Isabella, “For the execution of the journey to the Indies I was not aided by intelligence, by mathematics or by maps. It was simply the fulfillment of what Isaiah had prophesied.” | This last position seems to be backed up by Columbus’s own words. In 1501 he wrote to Ferdinand and Isabella, “For the execution of the journey to the Indies I was not aided by intelligence, by mathematics or by maps. It was simply the fulfillment of what Isaiah had prophesied.” | ||
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[[File:Inspiración de Cristóbal Colón, por José María Obregón.jpg|thumb|<translate><!--T:63--> ''Inspiration of Christopher Columbus'', Jose Maria Obregon (1856)</translate>]] | |||
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Columbus is said to have initiated slavery in America. Yet, slavery was already being practiced by the natives when he arrived. The Indian tribes of America were as cruel and corrupt, and more so, than the nations of Europe. It is well known that ritual cannibalism and ritual scrifice were practised by the Caribs and Aztecs. While it is true that Columbus did send 550 Indians to Spain, these were the mores of that period, and, unfortunately, slavery was a customary practice, sanctioned by the ruling monarchs and the Catholic Church, especially as a result of the defeat of the Moors, who were sold or given into slavery. | Columbus is said to have initiated slavery in America. Yet, slavery was already being practiced by the natives when he arrived. The Indian tribes of America were as cruel and corrupt, and more so, than the nations of Europe. It is well known that ritual cannibalism and ritual scrifice were practised by the Caribs and Aztecs. While it is true that Columbus did send 550 Indians to Spain, these were the mores of that period, and, unfortunately, slavery was a customary practice, sanctioned by the ruling monarchs and the Catholic Church, especially as a result of the defeat of the Moors, who were sold or given into slavery. | ||
== His spiritual life == <!--T:64--> | == His spiritual life == <!--T:64--> | ||