![]() With shouts of triumph Hercules rushed forth, running between the pillars of the Gate with over-weening confidence and surety of power. Perform thy Labour and return to me, reporting on the deed.” Pass through the Gate and enter on the Way. A voice came through that portal: “ Hercules, my son, go forth. Labour I: The Capture of the Man-eating Mares – ARIES Labour XI: Cleansing the Augean Stables ………. Labour X: The Slaying of Cerberus, Guardian of Hades ………. Labour IX: Killing the Stymphalian Birds ………. Labour VIII: Destroying the Lernaean Hydra ………. Labour VII: The Capture of the Erymanthian Boar ………. Labour VI: Seizing the Girdle of Hyppolyte ………. Labour V: The Slaying of the Nemean Lion ………. Labour IV: The Capture of the Doe or Hind ………. Labour III: Gathering the Golden Apples of the Hesperides ………. Labour II: The Capture of the Cretan Bull ………. Labour I: The Capture of the Man-eating Mares ………. Lucis Trust Publishing 1974 THE TWELVE LABOURS Although you can pay for the book on Amazon or Lucis Trust, it is also available for free as a pdf online.Īlice A Bailey, The Twelve Labours of Hercules. These tales are to be found widely on the internet as they are used as a teaching aid by many esoteric astrology teachers. The commentary at the end is a mix of my words and thoughts and those taken from AB’s book. Please note, these tales are an adaptation from The Twelve Labours of Hercules by Alice Bailey. For in the end, initiation is not about becoming a puffed-up human, but in becoming one with the Divine Mandate, to lift our world into a better more loving and more inclusive place. that is why there is such an emphasis in his stories on learning to help alleviate the suffering of others. Hercules is the representative of all disciples on the path. They mark the way forward in the spiritual life of any who has decided to commit to the journey of spreading love and light. These breakthrough moments are known as initiations. Like going through a Star Gate, we have stepped through a portal, and we are now, in some way, a new person in a new landscape. In Leaps, we suddenly find ourselves looking at life from a higher perspective than we previously did. But there is another way in which we grow and learn. I would describe that process as slow, evolutionary growth. At least eventually! In this way we become wiser and gain more clarity around ourselves, others, and the world in general. It is human nature that we learn from our mistakes. The birth into a new personality vehicle which represents a culmination of all that was learned before and offers the best opportunity for all that must still be learned.Ģ. EACH PORTAL REPRESENTS ONE OF THE TWELVE ZODIAC SIGNS AND TWO PROCESSESġ. ![]() EACH TASK, OR ADVENTURE, BEGINS WITH INSTRUCTIONS AND THEN A PORTAL OR GATE THROUGH WHICH HE MUST TRAVEL TO MEET HIS ADVENTURE.HE IS GIVEN 12 TASKS: EACH ONE REPRESENTS THE DEVELOPMENTAL TASK OF ONE OF THE 12 ZODIAC SIGNS.HERCULES IS GUIDED BY HIS TEACHER WHO APPEARS IN OUR STORIES AS A DISEMBODIED VOICE FROM ABOVE.This is the groundwork in which 12 Labours was developed. We knowingly and purposefully put ourselves through a struggle to come out on the other side a better version of ourselves. ![]() Virtuous struggle and suffering is the work we put into the grind at the gym daily. This term means “the experience of virtuous struggle and suffering which would lead to immortality”. The Greeks had a term they used called “Pathos”. If you are familiar with the Greek Mythology, these 12 Labours were given to Hercules as seemingly impossible at the time. These represent the 12 Labours of Hercules. ![]() We cannot do that over the course of a single workout, or even a few, so we developed twelve. Again, these are meant to test the overall fitness of the athlete as a whole. Some test your strength, while others are simply bodyweight movements. We will test different time domains, gymnastics and definitely your grunt work. These are all workouts you have seen in some capacity here at 12 Labours, and we have tested over the course of a few years with you all to determine what the best collective test could be. The programming will test one workout per week for the next 12 weeks. These tests are designed to test an athlete’s strength’s and weaknesses, provide benchmarks, and provide a path to improve our fitness. Theres no hiding your weaknesses here, maybe the Nemean Lion goes really well, but the Mares of Diomedes takes you to a dark place. These 12 workouts, are all tests designed to challenge an athlete from each aspect of fitness. It’s taken years of testing, thousands of workouts, and who knows how much sweat from athletes at our box to have finally finished the 12 Labours of Hercules.
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