SL02-01 Imaginally Praying the Nag Hamadi text "Prayer of the Apostle Paul"

Welcome to Season 2 of Spei Lumina.  Today is our first episode of season 2.  I am excited for the upcoming season.  Today I thought we'd explore imaginal prayer through praying the "Prayer of the Apostle Paul" in an imaginal prayer fashion. "The Prayer of the Apostle Paul" is one of the ancient Nag Hamidi codices discovered in 1945 in upper Egypt.  The text is written in Coptic and is clearly pseudonymous and not written by the historic Apostle Paul.  It is thought to be composed around 150 to 310 AD.  Regardless of it's real author, I find it to be a beautiful prayer that helps the pray-er transcend above the impacts of the day to day journey as an embodied soul to that spiritual journey to the imaginal reals, the angelic realms, wherein the soul seeks a closer, more dynamic relationship with God. As the 2020 election cycle here in the United States unfolds into full force and the impacts that that has on our psyche — the name calling, the accusations, the bantering about of who is racist and who is not — a prayer like the Gnostic influenced "Prayer of the Apostle Paul" truly helps us focus on the true meaning of who we are and our purpose — a soul living an embodied life here on earth and respond and reflect that Divine Light of God on the cosmos that has so many seeking to stoke up reactions and dissension.  May our imaginal praying of the "Prayer of the Apostle Paul" open all of us up to healing and closer reflection of the Divine and Divine Light in the cosmos.