Clare Watts

"… Master Peter brought me up to the altar and called down the light of Christ into my being until it completely filled my body, my heart and my mind. Master Peter had mentioned the initiation of illumination a few times and had somewhat explained how he and the other teachers in this mystical Christian order initiated students when they became ready. He said that there is a strict taboo against saying too much about any of the initiations, to prevent the initiate from having concepts and expectations that can interfere with their ability to be open and simply receive what is given. The experience was unimaginable and quite indescribable. The spiritual light transported me into another state of being which was peaceful and clear, and in which I felt so very loved by God, by Jesus and by Mary. I felt safer than I had ever felt before and filled with a certainty that I would always be provided for as long as I stayed in and near this light of Christ. I spent the night in the chapel, overwhelmed with the reality of the light that now had taken up residence inside of me. I felt with immense clarity that this light was a gift of God's grace, rather than something I could have ever earned. Though I had been meditating for years, this new state of being filled with light clearly was immensely greater than anything I had ever experienced. Gratitude flooded my being and I sat back in the seat contemplating the glory of God and how little I had known about who God is and what God does."

- Mother Clare Watts, Giving Birth To God: A Woman's Path To Enlightenment