10 posts tagged “numerology”
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"Fulcanelli" wrote "The Mystery of the Cathedrals," but his identity was a matter of speculation, until now.
For more on "Fulcanelli" and the cathedrals, check out:
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1926, Fulcanelli – an obvious pseudonym – wrote “Le
Mystère des Cathédrales” – The Mystery
of the Cathedrals. The publication not merely created a renewed
interest in the how and the why of the Gothic cathedrals, but
also raised the question who Fulcanelli was.
Several names have since been put forward, tall stories have been
spun, including how Fulcanelli was over a hundred years old, did
not die, but instead disappeared. It is now generally believed
that the man at the origin of the mystery was René Schwaller
– the man who, with the addition of “de Lubicz”
to his name, would later make a name for himself as an Egyptologist,
performing detailed analyses that would inspire the likes of John
Anthony West. 
- Congratulations to Synkronos23 on her nuptials!
- A roundup of ideas around this date by Surfing the Tao.
- Crowley's book (below) is well known, but there is another Liber 777.
- A video (also below) suggested by Synchromystic Librarian, entitled "Fear and Loathing, 777, and the Tree of Life."
- A book entitled "Three Sevens: A Story of Ancient Initiation"
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relevant links:
T Allen Greenfield’s web site - Assembly of the Knowledge & Wisdom of Solomon
“Allen H. Greenfield” Wikipedia entry
T Allen Greenfield, more detailed biographical information
Manutius Press - publisher of distinction for esoteric research
“Secret Cipher of the UFOnauts” by T Allen Greenfield
“Secret Rituals of the Men In Black” by T Allen Greenfield
“The Roots of Modern Magick 1700 - 2000″ by T Allen Greenfield
“The Story of the Hermetic Brotherhood of Light” by T Allen Greenfield
“Liber AL vel Legis - The Book of the Law”
“The Book of the Law” Wikipedia entry
“Charles Stansfeld Jones” (aka Frater Achad) Wikipedia entry
“New Aeon English Qabala — I Couldn’t Have Said It Nearly As Well”
“The New Aeon English Qabala” from The Hermetic Alchemical Order of the QBLH
“The New Aeon English Qabalah Dictionary” by John L. Crow
“Oahspe” by John Ballou Newbrough
The Seth material by Jane Roberts
The purpose of this book is to explore the ways and means that human beings have been persuaded to believe deceptions about who we are, what we are and where we came from. We are not the ne'er do wells we are continually told we are. Evil is not a natural human trait. We are blessed beings otherwise we would not have been chosen to be the guardians of Creation's most beautiful garden.
Have you ever read a book that spoke to you in such a way that you weren't so much reading it, but re-reading it? Having not ever encountered it before, it was strange that a book I'd never read seemed so familiar. I am lead to believe it is because the information imparted within comes from an ancient place. Researcher, writer, truth seeker, and seer Ellis Taylor reveals some very important information that has been long forgotten - until now. The subjects of numerology, symbolism, etymology, mythology, and cosmology are treated reverently, but not in a heavy or overbearing way. In fact, both while and after reading In These Signs Conquer, I felt a very serene, peaceful feeling settle deep within me. Again, this is something I haven't often encountered with the written word. Taylor has turned in a masterful tome that will raise your spirit and enlighten your mind.
It is also interesting that throughout the book, Taylor describes a spiritual battle that continues to take place both within and all around us. This ancient occult blood feud is a meta-theme through which to view the world and its history. This journey takes the reader from the farthest reaches of our solar system to the deepest recesses of their own soul. Yet another distinctive feature of this book, and Taylor's work in general, is that it does not come to any conclusions. He simply tells the story with the relevant facts without trying to convince. This tends to open up space for the reader to decide what, if anything, to believe. If nothing else, the information presented here is worthwhile because it is so thought provoking. I cannot recommend Ellis Taylor's In These Signs Conquer: Revealing The Secret Signs An Age Has Obscured highly enough. Check it out and I think you'll agree.
Ellis Taylor was kind enough to sit down for an interview about his book, work, and life. Considering just how phenomenal and rare this all is, you're in for quite a treat. So settle back in your chair and get ready...
What is the main purpose and intention of your work?
These are actually much bigger questions than they appear to be at first and they are ones that I cannot answer fully at this time.
There have been several stages in my life where I thought, ‘Yes, this is it! This is what it has all been for and this is why I am here’ - only to discover that I had merely taken another step on a long, often hazardous and strange, journey. A journey that has encompassed many, many lifetimes, I should add. But then, I am not by any means unique in this. I think that every one of us have similar pass-ages, though with different purposes… and inevitably, experiences, of course.
It seems, if I understand correctly, that most souls’ assignments are designed to complete and converge at an ultimate juncture, predestined if you like, but not necessarily at the same time as every other. Of course, part of the responsibility of every soul is to inspire every other but amongst the souls who influence this reality some have a distinct responsibility to trigger in myriad ways the dormant (or suppressed) aptitudes that are present in every human being. It appears that I am one of the latter.
A significant truth that current convention does not understand yet is that we catalysts have by necessity a less retentive mind compared to everyone else. We are channels, fashioned to facilitate the free flow of information as it arrives. If we were to store everything we perceived the ensuing dam would prevent us from doing what we are equipped, and intended, to do. It is an important explanation for why seers et al rarely excel in school exams - and why they often decline or perform poorly when asked to conform to strictures or repeat data at a later date. In fact anything that may be considered materially valuable is a hindrance because along with that ownership comes responsibility for them, and a focus on that, and these concerns build their own dam. Having said that, Creation, in order to bring about some balance and sense, has recently been introducing new souls who are endowed with the ability to walk in both worlds more efficiently. I often see similarities with the state or progress of human consciousness and the advances of computer technology; an analogy can be made with the recent introduction of dual-core processors.
I have conscious recollections of a number of my past lives (and deaths). Not once have I died a natural death (from old age). I have been a priest (several times), a soldier, a prince (in Scotland), a student (in London), a white woman (in Africa) and many times I never survived my childhood. I had three lives in the 20th century including this one. Some of the details of my memories I have been able to verify to my satisfaction.
Something else that has always accompanied my incarnations is a propensity to slip between worlds and participate with the beings that inhabit them. It is rarely something I have made any conscious efforts to do. For me they just happen; and on occasions they have been downright terrifying - at the time that is. For some reason I recover from the trauma immediately but unfortunately my memories of them are scant. They told me once, ‘We do not understand why you are so frightened.’ Well, if they’d have been just lying in bed reading and strange beings came and launched them through a window and took them to God knows where then returned them with drawings and scars on their bodies and feeling like they’d been run over by a truck I think they’d understand. They do try to soothe me though, bless ‘em. ‘Peace. No harm,’ they’ll say.
I’m a natural medium as well and it is something that I feel I would like to do more of. No end of spirits have appeared to me with messages or sometimes just wanting me to tell whoever I am with that they are there. I love that. One of the really profound things about this for me is that they are usually immediately corroborated so provide both comfort and substantial proof of continued life after death.
These kinds of things are what give me my knowing, not my belief, in the afterlife and other worlds and entities. Their unequivocal reality inevitably enhances and informs my life, my perceptions, my understandings, my views, my research and my writing. There is so much that I just know but I can’t explain. So many things that I have always taken for granted and been surprised are not common knowledge. I have always talked about my experiences. It never occurred to me that they were unusual and it wasn’t until I started to go public in the media that I encountered any hostility. It pissed me off but not for long. Wisdom is never dictated to by ignorance.
So, after wandering away from the question perhaps, I suppose I could say that the main purpose and intention of my work is twofold but concurrent. They are to present fresh ideas to demonstrate how intricately linked we all are to everything else, to show what a truly awesome privilege this experience called ‘life’ is; and to reawaken our knowledge of how exceptionally gifted we humans are.
For the few - but encouragingly growing in number - who are astute enough to recognise the meanings in the often very deep messages I relay it hopefully inspires them to recognise their own connections. I unconsciously (and often intentionally) use vocabulary that can be understood at different levels; most all of them being relative to the subject. I think it is to impart more information than language alone can communicate. To efficiently understand what someone is saying (or not saying) it is vital to employ every sense we have while listening and/or watching them, or reading what they have to say.
It is encouraging for me when readers of my work tell me that they have felt obliged to reread something at a later date and having done that grasped a deeper and sometimes entirely different perspective than they had done the first time. I do acknowledge that nearly everything I write is inspired so for me to say ‘I wrote something’ or ‘my work’ is not entirely correct. I also accept that many people through past and present societal and personal environmental circumstances are sadly incapable of seeing at the moment. But then, that is the great thing about books. They have an enduring potential that the internet is unlikely to ever have and because of this their messages remain available for many years. The net is an alarmingly vulnerable medium.
I always aim to leave readers with questions and hopefully more than they had before they started. I do not consider it possible to provide answers to the meaning of life etc because there are none really, and certainly not ones that apply to everyone. There are only questions – quest-i-(am) on. The meaning of one’s life, even life, will always be a question. Life is the greatest mystery (my-story), so it is a personal journey and many aspects of it may, and will be specific and meaningful to one person or just one particular path.
For all those unfamiliar, would you please define Albion and its significance?
Albion is an anciently used name for the British Isles and although a Latin dub it derives from their word alba meaning ‘white’ and thus segues well with the earlier Celtic names such as Alba or Albany (Scotland) and Yr Alban (Wales), which also mean ‘white’. What ‘The Isles’ were known as prior to this is a mystery but there is an intriguing hint deemed to us.
A 2,500-year-old merchants’ book, the Massaliot Periplus used by traders from Phoenicia and Tartessus (in Iberia) calls Albion ‘Ierne’. Unfortunately the book exists no more but a Roman poet copied extracts from it in the 4th century. This ancient name accords very well with the remote name for Ireland – Eriu or Erin; a name that means ‘peace’.
Place names deriving from ‘white’ abound throughout ‘The Isles’ and together with the Welsh and Scottish names make a nonsense of the theory that Albion is named after the white cliffs of Dover. Clearly there must be a far more pervasive reason why the early occupants of these lands associated them with ‘white’. It is clear to everyone that the earliest inhabitants of ‘The Isles’ had an intense spiritual connection to their environment so I would suggest that rather than going for the bleedin’ obvious (the white cliffs of Dover) we instead examine what it is that the colour ‘white’ traditionally represents. White is associated with grace, spirituality, peace, reflection, nurturing, brightness, purity, virtue, and innocence. And then ‘white’ is not one colour at all but the sum of all of the colours in the visible spectrum. It is a description of the true Goddess, the hidden white of the inner light – intuition and imagination. It makes sense to me that the Ancients of these lands called out to the world, “The Goddess lives here!”
Throughout, the landscape, names and iconography of ‘The Isles’ are references to white, peace and very revealingly, the Goddess. She might go by various names but they are only descriptions of aspects of her character as the Ancients saw them or later lingual and cultural changes (mostly) by invading blow-ins. The name itself, is born from the great Goddess known variously as Bride, Brigit and Bridget. From this we get Britannia. Until recently Britannia graced the reverse of our penny coins, our coppers, a metal associated with the goddess Venus. This familiar portrayal of Britannia is intriguingly reminiscent of the shape of mainland Britain. Indeed the premier river of England, the Thames, is alternatively called ‘The Isis (I-siss, Venus). The Goddess, who she is and how she has been portrayed are major themes in my book, ‘In These Signs Conquer ~ Revealing the secret signs an Age has obscured’. And she is rising once more in the hearts and minds of humankind across the globe because now, more than we have for a very long time, we need Her. She is the natural counterbalance to the gross, materialistic view and agenda that currently assaults every facet of our lives.
This acknowledgement of the power of our Goddess, and the attendant devotion to what it is that she represents, has always been, and still is, wrought with danger. Only courage and a true heart will succeed. The Seige Perilous is unforgiving but it offers itself to us all. And, do you know, we can all take up that seat, we can do it. We, every one of us have it in us to be Galahad. (emphasis mine - OoP)
There have been many who have taken up the challenge and they include da Vinci and the even more remarkable (in my view) Francis Bacon. One person I haven’t mentioned much, but perhaps should have done more, was the visionary poet and artist William Blake who left us a wealth of clues to our travails, our heritage and our destiny. One line in his poem, 'Jerusalem' conveys this significant message:
'All things begin and end in Albion's ancient, Druid rocky shore'.
I have lived in or near Oxford in for most of my life and from my observations it is now clear to me why this has been so. This ancient city built on books; to where the greatest minds amongst humankind (I don’t mean me in case you’re wondering) have been drawn and dispersed, for 800 years, is presumed to be the symbolic womb of the Earth. At Oxford the River Cherwell (Spring of Love) and The River Isis (Thames) meet and then flow down through London and into the North Sea between the counties of Essex and Kent. The latter county name, Kent, the Garden of England, being derived from the same root as (avert thine eyes if you can’t take the truth) cunt. And this is very telling because the mouth of the Thames is the vulva of the Goddess, the river itself is the birth canal and the swollen land mass of East Anglia, her belly. To cut a long story short, Oxford is deemed to be where the New Age will be conceived in an anciently conceived plan.
Long ago Carfax (meaning four ways – or the force of four) in the centre of Oxford was promoted as ‘the geographical centre of England’. This was because Merlin had said that Oxford was the centre of Albion but what he meant was that the lands upon which Oxford sits are the spiritual heart of Albion. In those days this was a landscape of marsh, islands and networks of streams – the mists of Albion, so sacred that no buildings were allowed. T’was here that Merlin told of two dragons that fought out of sight (under ground). Yet again he was misinterpreted over centuries of retelling. One was a white dragon and the other a red dragon. In the Welsh Mabinogion it is said that Llud discovered them under Carfax and took them back to Wales. But this teaching applied not to real creatures but to the white dragon of the Isles, the Goddess, to imagination and inspiration and the fateful assault by the red dragon of the Darkness, materiality, ego, greed and intellectualism. It was a prescient warning of the coming of the Piscean Age and what not only Oxford and Albion were to suffer (and apparently condone and nurture) but the world too. As Blake said, 'All things begin and end in Albion's ancient, Druid rocky shore'.
Your insights about numerology are astounding to me. Are these things obvious to you, do you have to work at it, or the process something altogether different?
Throughout my life I have had countless experiences that have not fitted with the decreed doctrine of reality. I’d always just taken them for granted, accepted them and not given them any deep consideration. This all changed in the early 90s when I had a Damascus moment which, looking back, catapulted me into the work I am doing now. Following this, instead of the steady stream of supernatural events I was used to I was all of a sudden engulfed in them. I was being made to recognise and appreciate true reality instead of wandering about in the somnambulist state I now recognise I was in. People came into my life, often in bizarre circumstances, and usually for a brief moment, who encouraged me to look into things that I’d given no attention to previously. One thing that happened was that I met a woman who started telling me, out of the blue, about numerology. She insisted on giving me two books on it. I took them home and read them. Immediately I could see that there was something to it so I began giving readings to friends and family. Everyone was impressed but I had a strong feeling that something was lacking, though I couldn’t put my finger on it at the time. Anyway, I carried on my studies and gradually new insights came to me. At the same time I studied the Tarot in depth, and spiritual healing and astrology to a degree, and later hypnotism. It dawned on me that in fact I was not learning these things but rather re-learning them. Veterans of all of these disciplines, who I met, were astounded at the insights and apparent knowledge that I had when they knew I was, to all intents and purposes, just a novice. Many of them came to me for private readings.
I found that I would awake after meditation, sleep, even day-dreaming with new information; not just applicable to numerological processes but to every facet of life. I applied these teachings to my life and my perceptions exploded into what I can only describe as a multidimensional view of possibilities that nevertheless exist within a designated structure. (It is very hard to describe something like this to the satisfaction of intellect. To understand it requires the innate multidimensional capabilities that we all have but rarely use.)
Eventually, through writing very often (I trance write really), I learnt that written language, the alphabet, is a darkly-designed mind-control system and this is why numerology works. Our letter and numerical systems actually curtail our subliminal abilities to transverse and interact with other realms. They clip our wings then. Numerology is a valuable device, and a valuable ally, if properly understood. The Science of Numbers, as it is also called, is a means of describing frequencies, vibrations and resonance as they are recorded in the sound, light and other impulses etc of a word, name and date. Numerology lifts the veil and reveals the real motives behind everything that occurs within the universe as it is recognised by humans. It is another remarkable clue to the extraordinary abilities we humans have always had because this science has been around for thousands of years.
Like so called supernatural events, esoteric knowledge is now being explained remarkably well by Quantum Science, much to the chagrin of the gatekeepers of Castle Darkness, posing as sceptics.
Please write a few words about "The Darkness," as you call this Saturnian force, and how it affects us all. What is one way we can begin to fight it within ourselves?
The full title is The Darkness Invisible. It is a light that hides within light, a false light, one that poses as The Light. Rather than nourish us it feeds off us.
Long confused memories (or psychic information) had left traces in the mythology of our forebears of inter- solar and planetary activity that resulted in Saturn (‘the man’ in Genesis) being cast out of the garden and a new sun taking its place (‘The Adam’). To them it suggested that a New Age had begun, not an astrological Age but an etheric one - a change from one realm of existence to another. They viewed it, in accordance with their observations, as part of the eternal cycle of birth and rebirth; what once was will come again; and they feared this one. It was an Age that bore monsters, creatures that had terrorised humans. In fact some of them had developed into highly intelligent, though emotionless predators (though thankfully not all of them). Their time had come however and Creation had ordained that it was now humanity’s chance to see how they could better look after the Earth.
Because nothing ever dies but just moves over (and that goes for whole species too) the dinosaurs and their ilk did not become extinct and their consciousness continues. Most of them reside in another realm (dimension) now but occasionally though accident, dint or desire they are able to visit ours. What concerned our ancestors was that these former Lords of the Earth being the territorial beasts they are might still consider this planet their home and attempt to wrench it back. They weren’t wrong!
Although, especially throughout this now (thankfully) failing Church-suppressed Age, we have abandoned the authenticity of eternal cycles and reincarnation our earlier forebears were much wiser, and they were cautious of what might manifest or re-manifest. Reincarnation applies to everything and that includes environments both earthly and cosmological.
The planet Saturn became the symbol of this fearsome force both to those who feared it as well as those who cheered it.
Some thought it more prudent to appease this glowering pretender rather than ignore it and from amongst them, yet others, through psychic interaction probably, fully expect it to either return to our perception again or for themselves to be transported to that domain where they will be rewarded for keeping the faith. These are who I term the Dark Ones who (unfortunately for us) control this world and are forever seeking more ways to satiate the insatiable.
There are gates between dimensions that are accessed through frequency attunement. Everyone in early human cultures was aware of them but this knowledge was gradually ceded to the priests alone and after them, through conquest, torture, murder and chicanery, was restricted to a very small number of El-ites who continue to use them. With this, seemingly magical and certainly undetected (by nearly everyone) capability they are equipped to influence events and people in ways that seem impossible to the somnambulists that make up the vast majority of today’s human population. Every outrage they manufacture is food for the Beast - and kudos for the Dark Ones, they believe.
Through these gates too come the possessive entities that beset human beings who for one reason or another hold attraction for them.
What is one way we can begin to fight it within ourselves? Run for the hills man! And don’t look back! Nuh! Not really, I’ve tried that and it don’t work (pardon the Oxonian). This does though:
Remind yourself that YOU ARE INTENDED TO BE HERE and IT IS NOT. That is a confirmation of your spiritual integrity and your Creator-given right to free passage without hindrance. We are all on a divinely ordained mission. Any challenge to that is, by definition, evil (distorted ‘live’). With this realisation comes respect for every other inhabitant of our reality so we have to accept that we will not hinder any other’s passage either. Abuse of this comes in many guises from ownership of land to control of people’s thinking and anything else where one is the winner and someone else loses out. There is such a thing as fair exchange and there isn’t anything wrong with that.
Learn to discern the difference between instinct and intuition. Instinct is something that we have learnt through earthly and inherited experiences and is important as a mechanism that is designed to safeguard our personal and special physical survival. Intuition is the device whereby we are given ideas and insights, from the Great Unconscious, into the future and panoramic views of circumstances we have not experienced before. It is closely aligned to imagination which derives from the same source and enables us to travel into worlds outwith this physical one as well as into the Great Unconscious. Both are super-tools that we have been given and they are specifically designed to recognise and counteract subliminal attack and provide access to spiritual assistance. But, it is almost like ‘use them’ or ‘lose them’. Almost, but not really. Like any talent they require discipline and practice to get the best out of them. Contemplation, quiet, day-dreaming and meditation are the prime means by which we enhance these abilities.
Some of us do these things easily but for others this is not so. Being bound up in materialist, intellectual or physical tasks and desires tends to big-up the me, the ego, the intellect, which is an aspect of the conscious mind that likes to think it knows all there is to know. This is the target area of the Darkness which, once it takes hold it becomes visible as an inflated ego that can’t abide anything it has no experience of and insists that no one else should either. If people are caught up in this then please give yourselves a break, give the old intellect a holiday do something that requires YOUR imagination. It isn’t about having an open mind but rather flexible, fully functioning minds.
In an effort to balance, please describe "The Goddess" and how this force also affects us. What is one way to become more receptive to this energy?
Hopefully, I’ve already answered that one in the above. The Goddess is our imagination and intuition.
Would you please describe your relationship with Merlin and how being mentored aided your work?
Long, long ago I sat on a Scottish mountain precipice one night with Merlin and we watched a shooting star. He told me then that he was my brother and that the falling star was once our home. It was called Mininova, he told me. He seemed old then but he looks much older now. I thought ‘How can you be my brother?’ I seemed too young. I was but a boy.
Merlin has been around forever it seems. He is my teacher. He told me once that ‘Merlin’ means teacher. He has never said, as far as I can recall, that he is the Merlin of King Arthur legend but I like to think he might be. He looks like what we would expect him to look like – a lot like Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings films, as played by Sir Ian McKellen too. Mostly though, I never see his face but just feel his powerful presence. He can also materialise as someone who looks completely different. I have a long standing relationship with a being that has so much of the same demeanour and wisdom as Merlin that I suspect it is him. This being is about four feet, or so, tall. He has large black eyes, and a light brownish-fawn skin. His face and his torso (I seem to know - though I don’t remember seeing it) is composed of folds of skin running horizontally. He is always dressed in a white gown, with a hood which he sometimes leaves across his shoulders. He communicates with me telepathically.
My lessons with Merlin have been conducted over many lifetimes. In some he has been a physical presence and in others spectral where I am being encouraged to tune in psychically to see and hear him. He is stern but he has an impish sense of humour too. He enjoys word games.
Not once has he told me what to do he allows me to make my own mistakes and then wryly smiles at them. In other words, ‘You didn’t get that did you?’ It encourages me to be a little more attentive but he still gives me that smile often. One little joke of his is ‘the wheel isn’t the cart, neither is the axle but put both together and you are close to getting somewhere.’
Often he will give me answers rather than questions and then I have to discover the information trail leading from the answer to the question. Then there are times when I start writing something and without realising it I find myself jogging along on a different subject altogether until I realise. When I look over what I’ve written I think ‘Blimey! Did I write that!’ I see them as little gifts. They mean something to me and I can only hope they will have value to others too.
I find your ideas about Sion and the Moon rather compelling and original. This is a notable accomplishment in itself. Would you tell us briefly about Alcyon and the process you went through to arrive at this revelation?
Cor blimey! That’s a very difficult one because I really didn’t have much at all to do with it. It was one of those sessions that I describe in the above answer, whereby the information just flowed out and I followed it as best I could. Once I had it down I did all I could to support what I had been given and then presented it in my book. I have to admit that what came out blew me away. Hopefully in the not too distant future there will be confirmation for us all to see.
I also had several other supernatural events occur during the writing of the book that didn’t have anything to do with the content really. They were more affirmations of presence.
Alcyone is the brightest star in the Pleiades star system which is situated in the constellation of Taurus. It was considered by several ancient peoples to be the central sun of our galaxy and possibly because of this it represented the supreme deity. They may have had other reasons though.
Basically I was told that both Venus and our moon originated in this region. Venus is the serpent in the Old Testament and that it was instrumental in the reorganisation of our solar system. The moon, I was informed, is a hollowed out planetoid that journeyed from the Pleiades following (or during) a cataclysmic war and was set in its orbit around the Earth to replenish the Earth.
What is your opinion of the Saturnian moon Iapetus? IMO, the evidence seems to point to exactly what you've said about the Earth's moon in terms of an artificial, or modified satellite. What role, if any, do you think Iapetus played in this pre-historical drama?
Yes, the Great Wall of Iapetus, for example. When I read about this, some time after the revelations regarding our moon I did wonder whether I had maybe confused information about Iapetus. Channelling information is always wrought with the possibility of error because the intellect is necessarily involved just through the act of manifesting the message. I’m as sure as I can be though that they are different, although of course the Iapetus moon anomalies came to light during the very same time I was writing the book. I suspect that Iapetus is another ship from the Pleiades but I haven’t looked into it. Maybe it is the one that was reported to have dogged our moon during its journey.
From my perspective, it seems we are approaching a fork in the road of humanity's future. Would you agree, or do you think that our path has already been chosen?
I think we are at a juncture that is similar to what occurred to the dinosaurs as described in a previous answer. I can only relate something which I was told a number of years back during a meeting with otherworld beings. They told me that humanity will continue, the Earth will continue too but certain souls that are currently incarnate when the time comes (not far away they said) will be transferred to another realm, another version of Earth, to start anew. Meanwhile, back on the current Earth everything will carry on as normal. Even the souls who transferred will have an aspect still experiencing Earth life (in this dimension). Nobody will be aware of any change. Humans will be allowed to reap what they have sown.
Can you recommend a book, or books, that were transformative on you as the reader?
Transformative? No. Inspiring yes. Many times it is the stuff one reads that is so way off the mark that can be just as inspiring as the most enlightening of writings. I prefer books that encourage questioning and kindle my imagination; and ones that feel to me as if they are written from the heart. I admire courage, humour and tenacity in a writer. I dislike conclusions, know-it-alls and pomposity.
My very favourite author is Charles Dickens, a writer who had a phenomenally benevolent influence on society that resonates to this day.
Books that have inspired me and some that have gladdened my heart by eloquently describing the things that I have experienced in my lives include, but not in any particular order:
Anam Cara by John O’Donohue
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/006092943X/ellisctaylorc-20
Ley Lines and Earth Energies by David Cowan and Chris Arnold
http://www.hiddenmysteries.com/ellis/redir/index585.html
The Secret Diaries of an Alchemist by Lewis da Costa
http://www.oztion.com.au/vshops/item.aspx?itemid=1450120
The View from the Abyss by Brian Allan
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1424119332?tag=ellisctaylorc-20&camp=14573&creative=327641&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=1424119332&adid=0BY3JC2CY91FQJNSKXY5&
Connecting the Dots by Paola Harris
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0926524577?tag=ellisctaylorc-20&camp=14573&creative=327641&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=0926524577&adid=1ZPQ6W9SFH7KYZAJ9MZ0&
Behold a Pale Horse by William Cooper
http://www.hiddenmysteries.com/ellis/redir/index161.html
The British Edda
http://www.hiddenmysteries.com/ellis/redir/index90.html
Journeys in the Dreamtime by Neil Hague
http://www.neilhague.com/books.htm#dreamtime
Awakening by Mary Rodwell
http://members.iinet.com.au/~starline/Resource%20Centre/Book/Book_Awakening2.htm
Bloodline of the Holy Grail by Laurence Gardner
http://www.amazon.com/Bloodline-Holy-Grail-Lineage-Revealed/dp/1931412928
Realm of the Ring Lords by Laurence Gardner
http://www.amazon.com/Realm-Ring-Lords-Laurence-Gardner/dp/1931412944
Woman’s Mysteries by M. Esther Harding
http://www.amazon.com/Womans-Mysteries-M-Esther-Harding/dp/0877735328
The Holographic Universe by Michael Talbot
http://www.amazon.com/Holographic-Universe-Michael-Talbot/dp/0060922583
Numerology by Juno
http://www.amazon.com/Numerology-Romance-Your-Name-Jordan/dp/0875162274
Behind Numerology by Shirley Blackwell Lawrence
http://www.amazon.com/Behind-Numerology-Complete-Details-Meaning/dp/087877145X
Any books by Betty Shine
http://www.zitaglio.com/bettyshine/
The Robots Rebellion by David Icke
http://www.hiddenmysteries.com/xcart/product.php?productid=16155
Jason, My Indigo Child by Ann Andrews
http://www.biggyboo.com/reviewjasonmyindigochild.html
Abducted: True Story of Alien Abduction by Ann Andrews and Jean Ritchie
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Abducted-True-Story-Alien-Abduction/dp/0747259135Occult of Personality 2007. Licensed under Creative Commons.
After the discussion the other day with Kent of The Kentroversy Papers about occult symbolism in rock music, I couldn't resist posting the lyrics (and video) of this song by the 80's metal powerhouse, Iron Maiden. Nothing subliminal here at all - this particular piece is so overflowing with occult symbolism that it is over-the-top.
"O God of earth and altar
Bow down and hear our cry
Our earthly rulers falter
Our peolple drift and die
The walls of gold entomb us
The swords of scorn divide
Take not thy thunder from us
But take away our pride"
(excerpt from an English hymnal written by G. K. Chesterton)
Just a babe in a black abyss
No reason for a place like this
The walls are cold and souls cry out in pain
An easy way for the Blind to go
A clever Path for the Fools who know
The Secret of the Hanged Man - the smile on his lips
The Light of the Blind you'll see
The venom that tears my spine
The Eyes of the Nile are opening - you'll see
She came to me with a Serpent's kiss
As the Eye of the Sun rose on her lips
Moonlight catches silver tears I cry
So we lay in a black embrace
And the seed is sown in a holy place
And I watched and I waited for the Dawn
The Light of the Blind you'll see
The venom that tears my spine
The Eyes of the Nile are opening - you'll see
Bind all of us together
Ablaze of hope and free
No storm or heavy weather
Will rock the boat you'll see
The time has come to close your eyes
And still the wind and rain
For the one who will be king
The Watcher in the Ring
It is you
... the great materialistic progress which we have venerated for so long is on the verge of bankruptcy. We can no longer believe that we are born into this world to accumulate wealth and abandon ourselves to mortal pleasures. We see the dangers and realize that we have been exploited for centuries. We were told the twentieth century was the most progressive that the world has ever known, but unfortunately the progression was in the direction of self-destruction.
To avoid a future of war, crime, and bankruptcy, the individual must begin to plan his own destiny, and the best source for the necessary information comes down to us through the writings of the ancients. The greatest knowledge of all time should be available ... in a book that would be a monument, not merely a coffin.
Hall was born March 18, 1901 in Peterborough, Ontario. His parents divorced and he was raised in Sioux Falls, South Dakota by his maternal grandmother, Florence Palmer. A sickly child, Hall spent much of his time reading. At some point, they moved to Chicago and then Hall attended a military school. When Hall was sixteen, his grandmother died. Somehow, a young Manly Hall ended up in the care of a "self-styled Rosicrucian community" in California. Hall lived with this group until, at age nineteen, he became "suspicious of their claims of ancient wisdom" and moved out on his own. From this point, Hall's star began to rise. He lectured on various esoteric topics and garnered notoriety and sponsorship from many apparently very influential people to continue his esoteric studies. He traveled the world in search of ancient wisdom, including Egypt, India, China, and Japan. He was provided access to libraries containing ancient manuscripts that most men have never laid eyes upon, and most likely never will. Beginning in 1921 this research culminated in a two-year period from 1926 - 1928, during which time the majority of the research and writing was done. The most shocking thing of all is that this amazing book was completed before Hall's twenty-eighth birthday! Hall did not only research and write this massive book, he raised funds and published it himself. The first printing was primarily for the many who invested in his project. It was such a hit that it has never once been out-of-print.
From his quote at the beginning of this piece, Hall's motivation for writing, securing financing, and self-publishing The Secret Teachings of All Ages was in reaction to the blatant and reckless materialism he saw in society at the expense of the spiritual and mystical. Hall seemed to realize quite early in life that, for him, and he believed humanity, materialism was a false light that would leave only empty shells. His intent was to stoke the inner flame of wisdom and convince people to turn inward, just as he had done. Throughout his life, Hall was not a social man, somewhat reclusive, he lived the life of an ascetic. He knew the things he wrote and spoke of because he lived the ideals -- "He who lives the Life shall know the Doctrine."
The Secret Teachings of All Ages reads like a book written by a master, someone who has studied these topics for a lifetime, not less than a decade. Hall was clearly a prodigy, or savant, of a sort with the ability to absorb, internalize and decipher esoteric knowledge from many thousands of sources, if not more. However, one must at least ask, is there not some other method that Hall employed to compose this authoritative work? The following exchange illustrates the point:
Is it likely that Hall was assisted in more than just access to materials? No one can answer that for certain, but keep a few things in mind: Hall was raised from age 16 to 19 by a Rosicrucian group, he was associated with a myriad of other societies, including Freemasonry, he was also familiar with most every mystical and esoteric practice that was ever known in the past several thousand years, and probably some that weren't so well known.The first question Mr. Claude Bragdon, American mystic, asked Mr. Hall after their first meeting in New York in 1937 was: “Mr. Hall, how do you know so much more about the mathematics of Pythagoras than even the authorities on the subject?” Standing beside both these dear American friends of mine, I was wondering with trepidation in my heart what reply Mr. Hall would make. “Mr. Bragdon,” answered Mr. Hall quickly, unhesitatingly, and with a simultaneous flash of smile in his eyes and on his lips, “you are an occult philosopher. You know that it is easier to know things than to know how one knows those things.”
There are also a number of accusations regarding the book and Hall's association with Masonry that concern Lucifer. In scouring the book to determine the nature of these charges, there doesn't seem to be much basis. To be clear, let me quote from the text, the main section dealing with Lucifer, in a section entitled, "The Sun, A Universal Deity," and you can be the judge:
As Hall wished during his lifetime for people to turn away from their base instincts toward the spiritual and philosophical pursuits, his great work accomplishes that. The Secret Teachings of All Ages has been recognized as one of the foremost books on spirituality, the occult, and ancient myth and symbolism ever written. Although never out of print, when the Reader's Edition was published in 2003, the book became even more popular. In an effort to understand Manly Hall and his great work a bit more, we're pleased to bring you an interview with Mitch Horowitz, the publisher of The Secret Teachings of All Ages, Reader's Edition. Thanks very much to Mitch for taking time out of his busy schedule to answer a few questions.Certain Rosicrucian scholars have given special appellations to these three phases of the sun: the spiritual sun they called Vulcan; the soular and intellectual sun, Christ and Lucifer respectively; and the material sun, the Jewish Demiurgus Jehovah; Lucifer here represents the intellectual mind without the illumination of the spiritual mind; therefore it is "the false light." The false light is finally overcome and redeemed by the true light of the soul, called the Second Logos or Christ. The secret processes by which the Luciferian intellect is transmuted into the Christly intellect constitute one of the great secrets of alchemy, and are symbolized by the process of transmuting base metals into gold. (p. 142)
Can you describe your initial reactions
to reading The Secret Teachings of All Ages and why you and others
(myself included) find it such a compelling work?
I was astounded at the depth of learning in the book and at the author's willingness to take seriously subjects that were often dismissed as fantasy. When Hall wrote the book, for example, mainstream academia was closed off to questions of re-dating the great pyramids or of whether the Delphic oracle provided a mediumistic experience similar to that of Victorian spiritualism. Due to current archeological research, academics have now come around to seeing the Oracle at Delphi in the manner presented by Hall -- i.e., as a kind of ancient channeled reading -- and, while there remains overwhelming resistance to the pyramid question within academia, that subject has come to public attention through the interest of legitimate independent scholars. So, the Secret Teachings was not only ahead of its time, but took measure of all range of unusual subject matter that had not been given its proper due.
Would you please trace the path from your introduction to the book to publication of the reader's edition in 2003?
Like most readers I was dismayed that the book was so physically difficult to read, being oversized and featuring small typefaces and so forth. I thought: What if this book could be re-set in standard text and read a more straightforward manner? I found that such an approach brought out a readerly dimension to Hall's writing that was not otherwise apparent. So, I had the entire work scanned, re-typed, and fully redesigned. In so doing, I attempted to retain as many of the original illustrations as possible -- and certainly those that were key to the text. It was a really interesting experience turning the Secret Teachings back into a veritable manuscript and seeing it as a might have looked when it rolled off Hall's typewriter.
Several times in your article, you alluded to the fact that Hall completed this massive tome that is still the standard before his thirtieth birthday. I find it amazing that one so young, and not even a professional researcher or academic, was capable of producing a book so crucial that any library is deficient without it. Would you care to speculate: is it more likely Hall was what we call today a prodigy, that he was being directed and assisted by one or more teachers, or some type of spiritual inspiration and communication? Perhaps some combination?
It really is astonishing that he wrote the book by age twenty-seven. That is one of the true mysteries of his achievement. Especially since some of his earliest writings -- such as his letters from abroad -- reveal no particular virtuosity. Some people have speculated that he had a photographic memory or was a kind of savant, which I think may be valid. Regarding other possibilities, such as some kind of supernormal communication or some such, it it simply too speculative to say. But this is an area that I am in real question about.
Do you think Hall's private life (secluded, not social) is a result of his fascination with occult secret teachings? Do you believe there to be any connection to the spirituality and mysticism that Hall studied and the ascetic lifestyle which he seemingly lived?
That's an interesting question. In once sense, it is a matter of sobering caution that Hall's vast knowledge of different spiritual systems failed to feed his own personal life in certain obvious ways -- for example, he was taken advantage of by various figures toward the end of his life. He did, of course, maintain some friendships (Bela Lugosi, Burl Ives). But as far as his general existence, he was a fairly ascetic man -- probably as a result of his single-minded work style than anything else.
Did you have any contact with the Philosophical Research Society for your research?
Yes, I am friendly with the current director of PRS Obadiah Harris and have had the privilege of entering Hall's vault there, among other things.
What are some other authors and books on the occult that you enjoy?
I very much admire the writing of Richard Smoley and Jay Kinney, the founders of Gnosis magazine. Their book "Hidden Wisdom" is as good a primer to esoteric subjects as one is likely to find. I also like a classic work called (unfortunately!) "The Black Arts" by Richard Cavendish -- a much finer book than its title might reflect.
Can you 'talk' a little about Hall's hope to bring his contemporaries' consciousness to spirituality? Do you believe that with the publication of the new edition that Hall's work is reaching a wider audience beyond the usual?
It is remarkable that the new edition is building a contemporary readership for Hall. He is probably one of the only occult writers of his era who is actually growing in popularity. One could argue that our times reflect his own: A wide gap between haves and have-nots; an entertainment-obsessed society; a great deal of emphasis on money-making at the expense of ethics. But I think the popularity of his book has to do mostly with the fact that the new edition permits the book to be discovered for the very first time among many readers -- and the quality of his work is of a kind all its own.
Please describe the reaction and feedback you've received about the reader's edition.
Overwhelmingly positive. I've not gotten a single negative remark that I can recall. People are delighted that book is not only readable, but also affordable. It creates a first-time experience for many people who owned but could never read the previously edition because of its physical unwieldiness.
Would you mind sharing a bit about your upcoming book?
Sure -- I actually just made an agreement this past Friday with the publisher Bantam. Here is blurb that is just now being sent to the publishing media:
"Tarcher/Penguin Editor-in-Chief Mitch Horowitz' first book, OCCULT AMERICA: The Secret History of How Mysticism Conquered America, was preempted by Bantam. A book populated by a wonderful cast of spiritual gadflies, adventurers, and impresarios, OCCULT AMERICA tells the story of how a young America hosted, transformed and was ultimately transformed by the mystical philosophies and practices of the Old World."
The book deals with personalities such as Manly P. Hall, Paul Foster Case, Edgar Cayce, and many, many others who remade the occult in America in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and, in so doing, helped lay the groundwork for the revolutions in alternative spirituality that marked our own generation.
Thanks again to Mitch Horowitz for all his efforts with the Reader's Edition of The Secret Teachings of All Ages and appearing here. Mitch's article entitled, "The Mysterious Career of Manly P. Hall," in episode 6 of Sub Rosa Magazine was the main reference and inspiration for this article and interview.
Although available online here -- http://www.sacred-texts.com/eso/sta/, the Reader's Edition is so well done that your home library deserves a copy.
Also, don't forget the Manly P. Hall Memorial and Archive.
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Regardless of opinions, the philosophical basis for the foundation of the United States was not necessarily what would be termed "religious." The age of enlightenment and reason (read occultism) was one of the main influences on those engaged in that grand endeavour.
One indication of this fact is the research of David Ovason. In his book The Secret Architecture of Our Nation's Capital, he concludes:
Washington, D.C., which I had thought had only two or three zodiacs in its center, soon revealed itself as teeming with zodiac and zodiacal images -- many of them in official buildings where one would never have expected to find such symbols of the spiritual world. Now I know that there are 23 important zodiacs in the city, and at least 1,000 zodiacal and planetary symbols. These figures may beggar belief, but the story behind them is even more incredible. It was only after some considerable time that I began to see the thing which drew most of these zodiacs together -- the mystery of the zodiacal sign Virgo. ... the Christian Virgin Mother in a later guise, a representative of Isis and Minerva.
According to Wayne's research, all of these ancient stone megaliths are giant star maps, pointing to a "mystery star" located near the Pleiades constellation! In addition, the human codex is encoded in the sacred geometry of these structures!
The Hidden Records is a compelling and impressive book. The research is quite original and well-documented. Its thick, glossy paper displays the brilliant color photos and maps very nicely. I also find myself returning to the book as I read other works.
Wayne was kind enough to agree to answer some questions about himself and his work:
1. Would you please describe the incidents in your earlier life that provided you insight into the 'paranormal'?
I had two life altering experiences in my life. The first was seeing a classic UFO sighting in my city in Rhodesia when I was a child. It was one of those events where people stop on the road and stare with amazement as the mysterious objects pass by. It was even in the local papers the next day and from that moment on I knew we were not possibly alone in the universe. I wondered if UFO's had been seen in history, so that was the seed that was planted so to speak. My second life altering event was in my twenties and it was a near death experience where one feels ones thoughts and consciousness outside of the body. It happened in a serious motorcycle accident. From that point on, more than ever I had the burning obsession to prove that the soul moves on after death to another realm or life event. Put my two paranormal 'fact' experiences together as a ground base to build on and as a researcher you have the advantage of knowing not guessing when re-looking at history from ground zero.
2. How long did it take you to realize the theory that you developed, from inception to thesis?
Nineteen years ago I started making huge files from books and research material of events that seemed more than coincidence. But a few months after Robert Bauval brought out his book,'The Orion Mystery', as an amateur astronomer I could see there was something wrong with his theory and that there was a lot more to it.
Within six months I had the 50 Egypt pyramids figured out. 49 correlated with all the stars of the known constellations and only one star was sun-like. It correlated in the epi-centre of the pyramid layout field with their ultimate monument called a solar temple. Hmmmm! Same name even. I began testing all ancient pyramid cultures to see if they reproduced the same pattern. In 1999 I had my manuscript ready for publishing.
3. Have people had the same reaction to your book that I did?
Thanks for your encouraging words on what you felt about the book and the answer is that yes it has inspired hundreds of people to write to me.
The great thing is that my material has been tested by scholars on a TV program and believe me if there was any clear mistake or illogical interpretation then they would have been quick to comment. The fact is that no scholar wants to make an official comment that associates with us not being alone in the universe. Not even now two years since the TV program.
4. How would you characterize the efforts made to prevent your book from being published? Am I assuming too much in even asking this question?
That is a story that might sound far fetched and from advice by our attorney we have to say as little as possible. We have had nothing but interference from book data listing to wholesaler dealings where our title listing data gets erased and listed as out of print. This has happened so many times that the people I deal with now are trying to set up tracer programs to track the intrusions. It originates from the USA and many have said we being blocked by a well known society. Readers can make up their own mind by clicking the all seeing golden pyramid icon on my site. I will not say anything negative about these folks and it might all be just a coincidence.
5. Do you believe that the 'mystery star' area described so amazingly in your book from ancient structures and their geographic layout is an actual physical location or a metaphysical realm that is being pointed to, or perhaps both?
The proverbial "x" that marks the spot is a real physical G spectrum star. It is also the only star that crosses the target area between now and 17250 years ago. Out of 100 or more stars in this massive area around the Pleiades only three are nearby sun-like stars. Two of them fit two prime target areas. More importantly they are measurable, and I have listed them on my website with astronomy catalogue.
The so-called gods of the ancients associate with these two stars and it strongly suggests here we are talking about flesh and blood gods with the technology advantage to create all the amazing things our ancestors have claimed.
6. Much of your work is truly original. Many other researchers cannot make that claim. How has this affected your success?
Due to the necessity to self-publish I have had a lot of rejection by bookstores. In 1999 when I was ready to publish, my material was going from one publisher to the next and while I was waiting three years had gone by without a reply, while copies of my manuscript were being out to universities all over the world. Why I knew this was because they were contacting me to discuss the detail. I realised my copyright was as safe as a cracked open chest of gold coins in the middle of a crowded market square.
Other researchers have now started writing on the new Pleiades correlations. In fact the guy who wrote the Orion Mystery has now agreed with my interpretation on the Abusir pyramids in Egypt that match the Pleiades stars and the importance of the solar temple is the reason for the star map. He has therefore revised his old correlation theory completely since my book was released.
7. Can you please describe your writing relationship with your co-author, Birgitt Lederer?
I met Birgitt at a magical moment just when I needed to rewrite the whole book with more updates before we printed the final proof. Serendipity best describes the strange meeting and we clicked and are now quite committed in a relationship. Birgitt is an ex journalist so has a very good idea of how to tell a story so it is easy to read and understand.
8. What are your impressions of the latest images of Cydonia? Has it introduced any changes into your theory?
You have to go to my Mars page update on that because it is going to sound as though I am trying to keep the Face on Mars theory alive.
There is a new anomaly that has more recently been discovered on the face forehead which and now is exactly like the Sphinx in Egypt. See my site. The story gets better every day. You must also take a peek at the new NASA emblem for the Mars mission program. I'll say no more.
Stonehenge too has a breaking story soon to be released. All is there to ponder on. www.thehiddenrecords.com
If you have any interest in these topics, I'd encourage you to check out Wayne's book. His ideas will truly shed some new light on the ancient civilizations...
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Ben writes a blog called "Battling the Behemoth," subtitled 'Exploring the Mysteries of Albion...' In this world, intelligence and
conspiracy theory are not always partners.
Ben has agreed to share his thoughts on a variety of questions raised after reading his web site for several months.
Without further ado...
1.
Many researchers have disclosed
that they personally have been guided or drawn in some manner to their
subject(s). Do you feel this is the case with you as well? If so, would
you mind sharing one or two examples of what occurred?
Definitely, yes: but it was a long and twisted journey. I've been on a spiritual pilgrimage, consciously, since I was a child: where I am today is the culmination, though by no means the destination. Thus, it is certainly the case that 'conspiracies' can encompass the biggest and most important questions of them all. I was lucky to come across David Icke's work; that was the key to unlocking my present path. Before that it was a decade of despair in the most arid emotional desert I have ever encountered. The Dark Night of the Soul, I believe it's called. Icke was able to walk into my brain and switch a few of the lights back on; since then, I've simply been following my intuition and attempting to find connections.
2. In addition to your writing, what other writers or books would you recommend as the most valuable to arrive at your research with a common perspective?
I've already paid my dues to the big chap, of course. In addition to him, I would finger Ellis Taylor's work as some of the most original; but the great thing about the conspiracy field is how quickly new faces appear. Jake Kotze is a very talented seer and artist, in my opinion- then there's Tsarion, etc. The individual books I have drawn on most in my research are Talisman by Robert Bauval and Graham Hancock, The Sun and the Serpent by Paul Broadhurst and Hamish Miller, and 'HBHG' by Baigent, Lincoln and Leigh.
3. How do you personally decipher truth from unintended mistakes and deliberate disinformation?
Usually by verification. With disinfo, I tend to look at the broad strokes rather than the particulars. What are the assumptions the writer is making? What are his holy cows? I love writers like Knight & Lomas for these reasons. Yes, they have revealed a lot of Freemasonic mysteries- and possibly invented one or two as well- but a sober analysis will reveal that their fundamental culture is most definitely Judeo-Christian, with the emphasis very much on the Judeo. On the back of Uriel's Machine we read that Christopher Knight 'has always had a strong interest in social behaviour and belief systems and for many years has been a consumer psychologist involved in the planning of new products and their marketing.' Considering that this glowing endorsement appears on the inside jacket of a book ostensibly about ancient conspiracies, I can only conclude that someone's having a laugh at our expense.
A new product (of the ages) is exactly what the entire 'mysteries genre' is trying to engineer. It's called the survival of Christianity in Aquarius, and the guys to watch are the Mormons.
4. What is your concept of the connections, if any, between the western occult tradition and eastern philosophic traditions (Buddhism and Taoism, in particular)?
There is certainly a 'golden thread' which unites all the religious paths of the world in common; but this is rarely disclosed to the poor folk who make up the masses of the conregants. I tend to distinguish, therefore, between any expression of Gnosis (esoteric) and the trappings of religion- whether western or eastern. Eastern spirituality has benefitted from some very positive spin over the last fifty years; its philosophy underpins much New Age doctrine; and loosely counter-cultural figures such as Ram Dass (Richard Alpert) and Bhagavan Shree Rajneesh have very skilfully imported an east-west fusion which is deceptively attractive to many seekers. When I look more closely at these movements, however, I see the same old thought forms regrouping. If there is a single difference which, to my mind, illustrates the difference between the esoteric and exoteric traditions, it is in the role of sexuality. The loosely eastern-influenced New Age has certainly lost its inhibitions; but, like everything else, sex is used by the New Age as a ransom for cash and a recruiting tool for the gullible. Similarly, what passes for 'tantra' in Britain, for example, is surely a world apart from the true kama marga.
5. How do you think that psychedelic entheogens impart knowledge of 'cosmic consciousness'?
By offering a technological alternative to years of intense spiritual exercise, I would imagine. There is no doubt in my mind that the advent of LSD- whoever was behind it- was a significant step in the world ascension process (if you'll excuse the phrase) but, equally, it's this same immediacy which can be problematic for the unprepared. I expect that, for the entheogenic shaman, linking with forces behind the veil is easily accomplished. The magician can do the same thing unassisted, of course, but is usually cognisent of the risks involved.
It is certainly the case that, on certain psychedelics, the barriers between self and other are lifted, in some instances forcibly. I liken it to the drop returning to the sea. That such a sudden influx of radically new information can be potentially destabilising is, I would have thought, fairly obvious.
I don't believe the Gnosis- or Goddess- works in quite that way. This is why, in Aquarius, the shift will be gradual and (I believe) almost imperceptible.
6. What is your understanding of geomancy? How does it impart power and where does this energy originate from?
It's important to differentiate between the classical definition of geomancy and what it has become in the eyes of various New Agers. The occult art of geomancy was a form of divination using earth or stones thrown at random, to discover significant patterns- a rustic I-Ching, if you will. The word has become somewhat muddied by associations with the New Age movement and so-called ley lines.
The latter I follow Paul Broadhurst in regarding as 'sun lines'- significant alignments based primarily on solar and stellar phenomena, particularly at solsticial and equinoctial points. This is in general keeping with Alfred Watkins' early researches. As for the (possibly) separate issue of energy lines, there is much more that needs to be discovered. I like to regard them as the macrocosmic equivalent of the sephirothic paths; or certain fiducials. That they may relate to the spirit lines of shamanism- as Paul Devereux maintains- makes good intuitive sense also. The key thing is to get out amidst the sacred places and experience them.
7. What is your understanding of the significance of the prohibition in religion against images and idols? Do you agree that it was not the word that came first, but in fact, the image of divinity? How might idolatry and graven images be more offensive than murder, as laid out in the ten commandments?
You certainly ask big questions! My intuition says that sound was the primal force- 'In the beginning was the Word.' That note has, or is in the process, of retuning itself: the Divine is breathing in. Images and 'idols' might suggest a crude polytheism, when all religions are monotheistic in spirit; and idols are merely aspects of the One. Their purpose is solely to provide a focus for the supplicant; to meet the very human need to project. All part of the lubridium we're all engaged upon- the game of pretending to be individuals detached from the All. All good fun.
8. Please explain your opinion on serpent symbology, or share with us any information that may clear the fog. Serpentine symbology is highly significant, but there seems to be a divide amongst researchers as to whether these serpent references are more than metaphorical symbolism. Is it possible that there are humans who shape-shift? Is it that there are other non-human entities who have the ability to only appear to us as human? Or is it all just an unintended misunderstanding or deliberate disinformation and the serpent only represents wisdom, high magick, genetic science, kundalini energies and the human nervous system, etc.?
The symbol is multi-dimensional, and comfortably encompasses all the 'decryptions' you've offered. But I prefer to remain in the realm of symbol and metaphor, rather than get lost in ancient astronauts or shape-shifters. I'll take the easy way out now and quote from a recent post by the aforementioned Jake Kotze:
'I don't like to give scenarios that disempower the individual or society at large much credit. Ideas like a group or family having "special" DNA or godlike heritage seem like control memes, perhaps even premeditatedly so. I prefer to think the ability to contact the 'gods' (or the the god inside) or become like gods are the provenance of every one who should happen to choose such a role.'
The 'reptilian madness' which has overtaken a large swathe of the truth community may well be an attempt at a 'premeditated control meme'. The ideas which gave birth to it- in some cases- clearly were. Lots of researchers have dissected the Merovingian mythos, for example, and the Priory of Sion material which stemmed from that (in the 1960s.) But the Holy Blood-Holy Grail is by no means the first (or even the latest) example of a royal bloodline myth hoisted to great effect upon a spiritually-bereft public. My research into British-Israelism would regard it as an earlier attempt at the same thing; and considering its importance to the birth of the modern state of Israel, it is clear that these and similar ideas can have powerful (and deleterious) consequences.
Yes, I expect there are rare examples of human beings who can 'shape-shift.' Inter-dimensional entities with the ability to 'hold' an apparently human form may also exist: life and the cosmos is too vast to rule the possibility out. But I have met far too many flakey New Agers with Pleiadian complexes to take the whole matter very seriously. Of far greater importance to me is why people credit these sort of belief systems, and who is behind them.
9. Do you believe that there are any occult undercurrents with regard to the recent war in Iraq? I ask after seeing some evidence that indicates to me that there may be: attack commenced on 3/22, end of "major combat operations" declared on May 1 - both highly significant dates to occultists, and as related by Freeman: the shock & awe (Shekinah), use of MOAB (mother of all bombs and reference to Moabites in the scriptures), and Saddam's claims re. his reincarnation as king of Sumer. If you agree that there is a connection, do you think that there is any goal aside from strategic / political / military / financial? And what might that goal be?
This is a great question to which I can only begin to do justice. The entire 'war on terror' is amenable to occult decryption. I think immediately of 9/11, and the obvious symbolic and numerological significance. The London bombings of July 7th 2005 inadvertently (perhaps) echo the title of one of Aleister Crowley's most famous works.
And the square where the (re-routed) number 30 bus exploded- Tavistock- will have great significance to readers of Dr. John Coleman.
We do well to remember that the 'war on terror' is being conducted, primarily, by and on behalf of Israel; so the targets 'we' have thus far selected make best sense in the light of the Old Testament. The recent (33-day) conflict with Lebanon is another case in point. An example, perhaps, of Edom going back to her Phoenician-Aryan roots... and destroying the evidence? (EDOM- apparently- is also used as an acronym for non-lethal mind control weaponry: Electronic Dissolution Of Memory.)
My aim, as a researcher, is to illuminate some of the sagas- historical and otherwise- which inform current affairs; and to show, if I can, that the vastness of the canvas is much greater than mainstream news would have us believe.
Occult of Personality 2006. Licensed under Creative Commons.
