{"id":1063,"date":"2025-11-23T13:44:05","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T10:44:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedivinelight.org.gr\/?post_type=publication&#038;p=1063"},"modified":"2026-03-21T20:16:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T18:16:23","slug":"magazine-issue-12-winter-2018","status":"publish","type":"publication","link":"https:\/\/thedivinelight.org.gr\/en\/publication\/magazine-issue-12-winter-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Issue 12 &#8211; Winter 2018 &#8220;Teachings of Socrates&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This magazine contains texts from our Publications, translated into English.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>In this issue we pay tribute to one of the most stellar philosophers of this world, Socrates.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Divine Light Texts are spiritual communications received by the Channel George Pisanis during the years 1961 &#8211; 1979. They are Teachings transmitted by the Highest Authority of the Spiritual World.<\/p>\n<p>The sketches at the front cover come from a collection of a visionary, late member of our Society.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speak the truth so as to have it as your guide<br \/>\nSocrates<\/p>\n<p>\tSOCRATES: Brethren, to speak the truth and to have it as your guide, is the command of Heaven. To speak the truth and not to be guided by it, is the command of matter in the form of an Angel. Not to proclaim the truth and to accommodate yourself to falsehood is a clear confirmation that you are drawn towards the dark Spirit.<br \/>\n\tYou, man, whoever you are and whatever you believe, sharpen your perception, so that you can see the pure and white light of knowledge, from which you can draw power and then can speak the truth, as the message of Heaven to man.<br \/>\n\tTruth enlightens, and its light purifies and purification in the case of man becomes active in good and noble works, so that the being in question becomes worthy of the teaching of the Lord.<br \/>\n&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1059,"template":"","class_list":["post-1063","publication","type-publication","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","publication-category-magazines"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Issue 12 - Winter 2018 &quot;Teachings of Socrates&quot; - Spiritualist Society of Athens &quot;The Divine Light&quot;<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thedivinelight.org.gr\/en\/publication\/magazine-issue-12-winter-2018\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Issue 12 - Winter 2018 &quot;Teachings of Socrates&quot; - Spiritualist Society of Athens &quot;The Divine Light&quot;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Speak the truth so as to have it as your guide Socrates   SOCRATES: Brethren, to speak the truth and to have it as your guide, is the command of Heaven. 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