This degree speaks of the necessary cleansing of spiritual institutions when they have become corrupted by worldly interests.
"Cleaning house in the temple"
The purging of the priesthood represents the periodic necessity of cleansing spiritual institutions that have become corrupt. When those responsible for the sacred have lost their integrity, renewal requires the painful removal of the unworthy to restore the institution's original purpose.
Left unexamined, the avoidance of depth by clinging to the surface expression of institutional renewal, mistaking the symbol for the substance.
When something you trust goes bad, it is right to clean it out.
The emotional resilience to move through darkness without losing the inner flame. Experiencing the full turbulence of profound feeling, its wisdom knows that crisis is an initiation, and the hidden light always returns.
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