In the beginning, there was love. We can move with its power | Aeon Essays

is a psychotherapist and writer, working as well with Project Love. He has a PhD in ancient Greek philosophy, and degrees in theology and physics. His books include A Secret History of Christianity: Jesus, the Last Inkling, and the Evolution of Consciousness (2019), Dante’s Divine Comedy: A Guide for the Spiritual Journey (2021) and Spiritual Intelligence in Seven Steps (2022). He lives in London. Edited byMarina Benjamin Most ancient traditions, not only Christianity, picture the universe as an involution of divine love. It emanates from an origin that precedes frail beings. According to a hymn of creation in the Rig Veda, love is a fundamental presence: ‘In the beginning arose Love’ – or Kāma in Sanskrit: the love that sparks desire and vitalises consciousness through practices of yogic attention. In mystical Islamic traditions, love is similarly comprehended as an external power more than an emotion. For the Sufi, love forces believers, who are called lovers, out of themselves towar

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