Lynda
The Bride With Her Veil Snatched Away
As we know, Elsie Wheeler was born September 3 - the Sabian Symbol for her Sun being Virgo 12: The Bride With Her Veil Snatched Away... she never married, being confined to a wheelchair her entire life... but she was a 'bride' nonethless, it seems she was a bride to spirit...
"If anyone becomes a child of the bridal chamber, he will receive the Light. If anyone does not receive it while he is here, he will not be able to receive it in the other place. He who will receive that Light will not be seen, nor can he be detained. And none shall be able to torment a person like this, even while he dwells in the world. And again when he leaves the world, he has already received the truth in the images. The world has become the Aeon (eternal realm), for the Aeon is fullness for him. This is the way it is: it is revealed to him alone, not hidden in the darkness and the night, but hidden in a perfect day and a holy Light."
(The Gospel According to Philip, James M. Robinson, ed., The Nag Hammadi Library In English, revised edition. Harper Collins, San Francisco, 1990)
When I read this passage, I was so struck by how Elsie fulfilled this criteria... she "received the truth in the images" that became the Sabian Symbols... she lived in the world but not of it, and she is hard to find... God knows I've searched for her... she still has her veil firmly in place, but I've seen where she was for so many years... I've recently driven through southern Illinois to where she was born (Norris City) and to McLeansboro, where her family lived for many years. I also visited the site of the old Bethesda Hospital and Home For the Incurables, where she lived for more than 20 years (this before she gave birth to the Sabian Symbols in 1925).
It was an amazing journey for me in 2005 - it must have been a very amazing journey for Elsie in the 1920's!
Greetings from Sydney, Australia
Lynda
As we know, Elsie Wheeler was born September 3 - the Sabian Symbol for her Sun being Virgo 12: The Bride With Her Veil Snatched Away... she never married, being confined to a wheelchair her entire life... but she was a 'bride' nonethless, it seems she was a bride to spirit...
"If anyone becomes a child of the bridal chamber, he will receive the Light. If anyone does not receive it while he is here, he will not be able to receive it in the other place. He who will receive that Light will not be seen, nor can he be detained. And none shall be able to torment a person like this, even while he dwells in the world. And again when he leaves the world, he has already received the truth in the images. The world has become the Aeon (eternal realm), for the Aeon is fullness for him. This is the way it is: it is revealed to him alone, not hidden in the darkness and the night, but hidden in a perfect day and a holy Light."
(The Gospel According to Philip, James M. Robinson, ed., The Nag Hammadi Library In English, revised edition. Harper Collins, San Francisco, 1990)
When I read this passage, I was so struck by how Elsie fulfilled this criteria... she "received the truth in the images" that became the Sabian Symbols... she lived in the world but not of it, and she is hard to find... God knows I've searched for her... she still has her veil firmly in place, but I've seen where she was for so many years... I've recently driven through southern Illinois to where she was born (Norris City) and to McLeansboro, where her family lived for many years. I also visited the site of the old Bethesda Hospital and Home For the Incurables, where she lived for more than 20 years (this before she gave birth to the Sabian Symbols in 1925).
It was an amazing journey for me in 2005 - it must have been a very amazing journey for Elsie in the 1920's!
Greetings from Sydney, Australia
Lynda