Sexual Force or the Winged Dragon (Izvor Collection, Volume 205)

The master Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov, French philosopher and teacher of Bulgarian origin (1900-1986) went to France in 1937. One of the most striking aspects in the Master's books is the enormous variety of ways in which he presents the one central question of man and his growth in perfection. Whatever the question under discussion it is invariably dealt with in terms of how man can better understand himself and conduct his life. The dragon, that fabulous beast common to all mythologies as well as to early Christian iconography, is not a pure fiction; it is the symbol of man's instinctive, primitive forces. The great challenge of the spiritual life is to learn to conquer, tame and use those forces to reach the highest peaks of the spirit. The fact that this fire-breathing monster with the tail of a serpent also has wings is proof that the forces it embodies have a spiritual destination. Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov says, "Sexual energy is like petrol: if you are ignorant and use it carelessly you will burn yourself; your very quintessence will be destroyed by this all-consuming force. But Initiates, who know how to handle it, use it to move freely about the universe." This is the true meaning of the winged dragon.