Kabbalah and Freemasonry

Freemasonry, A.K.A."The Brotherhood," or "the Craft," is a curious mixture of the medieval stone masons guild and various underground speculative currents of esoteric and occult thought that blossomed throughout Europe in the late 17th and 18th centuries. The origins of Freemasonry are clouded by the vast number of legends put forward by the adherents of the various lodges. As historical fact, however, modern Freemasonry is generally acknowledged to have begun in 1717. At that time various sectarian groups came together to found the Grand Lodge in London as the seat of "speculative," rather than "operative" Freemasons, dedicated to the building of freely perfected men rather than stone cathedrals.

The roots of so called "speculative" masonry, as suggested above, are to be found in the secretive movements that had existed for centuries in Europe as parallel and adversarial to the established order of Christendom. As the power of the Catholic Church weakened under the attacks of both Protestantism and Renaissance humanism, such latent esoteric movements as Catharism (Manechean dualism) in France, Jewish theosophy -Kabbalah- in Spain, and Alchemy throughout Europe gained respectability. This trend was aggravated by the arrival of Egyptian Hermetecism- a Gnostic philosophy that openly preached the divinity of man- which entered Italy after the fall of Constantinople in 1453.

These movements coalesced in to such "secret brotherhoods" as Rosicrucians in England as well as Germany and Shabbateans in Eastern Europe in the 17th century. These in turn in the 18th and 19th centuries influenced the Bavarian Illuminati, Italian Carbonari and Polish Frankists whose adepts openly asserted their influence on the political affairs of their day, especially in the "Young Europe" political parties. Although these societies and movements had distinct structures and rituals, all shared a single common denominator, the belief in the perfectibility of man and society through political action without need of the Church with her dogmas, discipline and sacraments. Rather than confront the Church head on, these groups, under the umbrella of the Masonic brotherhood, generally attempted to subvert rather than destroy the religious faith of the unwary.

In contrast to the English Grand Lodge Masonry with its "religious" overtones, as described above, there also exists a distinct, but linked, European Grand Orient Masonry based on the "Deist" or even, since the declarations of 1777, openly atheist philosophy of the French Enlightenment. Virtually all the precursors of the French Revolution, Rousseau, Voltaire, Diderot, and Robespierre were Grand Orient Masons. Generally speaking, the goal of the Grand Orient Lodges has been to openly confront the Roman Catholic Church with its hierarchical structure of government topped by the Pope in Rome by espousing revolution and radical democracy.

The Church, from the beginning, has fought back against Freemasonry with all of its strength. There have been dozens of warnings and encyclical letters issued by the Holy See regarding the dangers of Masonry.

The foremost of these is that of Pope Leo the XIII titled Humanum Genus, published in 1884. In this document the Pope clearly states that the conspiratorial society of Freemasons shelters "the partisans of evil" and is, at its root, "Satanic" in nature. * According to the 1917 Code of Cannon Law, article #2335, to belong to a Freemasonic Lodge was grounds for automatic excommunication Latae Sententiae. (The act itself bringing the penalty without formal accusation.) Although no longer grounds for ipso facto excommunication, Cardinal Ratzinger reiterated the incompatibility of Masonry and Catholicism in 1985.

While the ostensible goals of Freemasonry are philanthropy and human development, the true goal is philosophic and ultimately religious. Masonic author, Albert Pike (Sovereign Grand Commander of the Scottish Rite, Southern Jurisdiction, 1859 -1891) sets the record straight in his authoritative Morals and Dogma of Freemasonry.

According to Pike, following the system of the medieval Jewish Kabbalah (oral tradition), Freemasons are bound to no one particular religion, but worship the "Complete God." This "God," Pike points out, again according to the Kabbalah, is comprised of both good (expansive) and evil (restrictive) principles, personified by, God and the devil. It should be noted, however, that in Albert Pike's twisted mind, as put forth in his July 4, 1889 letter to the Masonic supreme councils, Lucifer is the expansive, pleasure loving "good" god, and Adonai (the Judeo-Christian God) is the restrictive, judgmental mean spirited deity.

As Pike further explains to the Apprentice Mason, once again in his Morals and Dogma, "The pavement (of the Lodge), alternatively black and white, symbolizes the Good and Evil principles of the Egyptian and Persian creeds. It is the warfare between...Light and Darkness, Freedom and Despotism, Religious Liberty and the Arbitrary Dogmas of a Church that thinks for its votaries and whose Pontiff claims to be infallible..." In the final chapter of this book titled Prince of the Royal Secret Pike informs us, " The Evil is the Shadow of the Good and inseparable from it. The Divine Wisdom limits by equipoise the Omnipotence of the Divine Will or Power, and the result is Beauty or Harmony."

The "secret" then for the individual Freemason, following the Serpent's lie that, "You shall be as gods," is to work out for himself the balance or harmony of good and evil in his own life to achieve his own divine perfection. "Man is a God in the Making", Manly P.Hall, 33° The Lost Keys of Free Masonry

Collectively the external goal of Masonry is for an emancipated mankind to rebuild "Eden" without heed to the restrictive demands of the Creator and His established Church. The esoteric goal is to incorporate Lucifer into the definition of the "Complete God" that includes both good and evil, or the fusion of opposites, coincidentia opositorum. "In one instance we have the interlaced triangles, one black, the other white, the white triangle has its point up; the black triangle points down... The interlaced black and white triangles represent the forces of darkness and light, error and truth, ignorance and wisdom and good and evil; when properly placed they represent balance and harmony.

Source: www.agdei.com

Spiritual Being--Physical Experience

We are on this earth, in our physical bodies, because our souls have things to learn that we could not learn in any other way. It is through our physical body and the physical world that we can experience life. Purely spiritual beings are just that - they are in a state of being rather than doing – in a place that is beyond the limitations of time and space. But when we incarnate on the physical plane, we are automatically subject to the laws of physics and the world of dualities. In this place, we know what happiness is because we have experienced sadness, and we understand the value and power of light because we have known darkness. Knowing this, we have the opportunity to let ourselves be spiritual beings having a physical experience.

There is no pain in the spiritual realm, because we know we are one with the limitless source of the universe. But here, in the material realm, our sense of limitation and separation allows us to feel our emotions and to learn about love, forgiveness, and compassion. We go from a spiritual state of oneness to learning how to be in relationship with people who are different and distinct individuals. We learn to understand ourselves through our relationships with the world around us—its seasons and landscapes, challenges and opportunities. And through our journey to find our place among so many others, we begin to recognize our own glimmer of light in a constellation of stars.

Once we remember that we are spiritual beings, we can revel in the experience of being human while knowing we are all connected. We can live from the place of oneness while truly appreciating the beauty of diversity, the bittersweet feel of love and loss, and the elation of triumph over challenges and adversity. It is through these opposites that we experience life itself, and we can ride through the dark times with the understanding that it will help us to appreciate the light of life and love and spirit more fully. We are here now because we made the choice to experience an earth life, so now we can choose to enjoy the journey as completely as possible.

Trance Channelling

Trance Channelling is first and foremost a means of communication. It is a means very much akin to what many people think of as telepathy. A very fair comparison can be drawn between common television and radio signal receptions and Trance Channelling. But since the most commonly used interactive, or two way, communications today in the mid 1990's take place through an instrument known as the telephone, we will start by comparing the person doing the Trance Channelling, i.e. the Trance Channel, to a common telephone.

By using a Trance Channel one being can communicate with another being at great apparent distances. However, in the case of a Trance Channel, one can communicate across distances measured in space, time, and / or distances between dimensions. This may sound a little like something out of Star Trek, but it is nonetheless true whether the so called mainstream believes it or not.

Both the Trance Channel and the telephone are instruments. One instrument is telephonic and the other instrument is telepathic. In both cases a signal of sorts is received by the instrument. The instrument then converts the signal to a pattern recognizable by the recipient. In the case of a telephone that pattern is sound, usually the spoken word. With a Trance Channel, the communication patterns reproduced may include speech, handwriting, typing, facial expressions, body language, and any other pattern of communication that the human body is capable of.

Trance Channelling is when a person, the Trance Channel, lets his or her conscious self step aside, or in some cases leave the body as in an out-of-body experience or a dream, allowing an entity from any one of various sources to then project its consciousness in such a way that the Trance Channel's body responds. This usually will involve speech and some level of movement by the body, or to use our metaphor, movement by the Trance Channeling instrument.

The channelled entity is not actually in the Trance Channeling instrument, any more than the voice you hear on a telephone is the actual voice of the person on the other end. It is a recreation. The body of the Trance Channel recreates an approximation of the communications projected by the channeled entity in much the same way as the speaker in the telephone ear piece recreates an approximation of the spoken words of the person on the other end of the line.

'Virtual Magick?'

We are entering an era of magical technologies which are relevant to the inner world of imagery and imagination. Through Virtual Reality (VR) we can create an electronic representation of typical symbols of the psyche and interact with them. Even though these images have no concrete existence, they are influential in the process of transformation.

The practice of magick, a sacred technology, normally involves concentrated visualisation activity coupled with immersion in the autonomous stream of consciousness. Since much of the training and practice in magick is based on a recipe, formula, or protocol, these could easily be programmed, using virtual reality, to guide an aspirant into a specific state of consciousness. Biofeedback monitoring could enhance that state.

Each virtual world would include a panoply of symbols related to a specific archetype. The aspirant would journey through this world. In the process of positive interaction with these archetypal forms (or perhaps imaginally becoming them), the psyche becomes "inoculated" with their resources. A conscious relationship is fostered. This leads to a greater sense of wholeness and communion with transpersonal energies.

Through the arrival of Virtual Reality (VR) technology, we will soon have access to a fully programmable electronic "astral plane." Magic has always been a sacred technology, and combining it with VR makes for a state-of-the-art practice. In virtual reality, we can create a world which is, in essence or effect, "as good as" normal reality. Through the use of visual, audial, kinesthetic, and olfactory feedback, the experiential (rather than analytical) part of the brain is guided to suspend its disbelief in the synthetic reality.

The realisation of a system of interactive fantasy will allow us, as artists or magicians, to shape the experience from the inside. It will allow us to re-shape ourselves, also. A central premise in VR is that you can manipulate your self-representation, or self-image. VR represents a cultural revolution in the way we view reality, nature, art, ourselves, and our relationship with transpersonal powers.

Interactive media will give us the ability to author moving images. When you can put your images in cyberspace, you introduce your own unique content into the experience. Background, or natural imagery, will be texture-mapped for ambiguity. Ambiguity is one key to the engagement of the imagination (Laurel, 1992). Communal virtual reality is also possible for group rituals, but requires a tremendously powerful computer to keep track of all the details which perpetuate a believable virtual space.

The realm of imagination has traditionally been the province of shamans and magicians. More recently, psychotherapists have entered the arena of imagination as guides to the heights and the depths. There are many different styles in the practice of magic from primitive to sophisticated. Magic is the ancient technology for dealing with lost or questing souls, while archetypal psychology is a modern counterpart.

Basically, there are three ways of encountering the inner world, reflecting the state of consciousness of the practitioner: 1). prototaxic mode, a "possession" or trance state where the ego is absent through regression; 2). parataxic mode, which includes art, archetype, myth, dream, and ritual wherein the ego is enthralled; and 3). syntaxic mode, which includes creativity, gnosis, and higher mystical states, where the ego is enraptured and eventually transcended.

Sophisticated magick, or Theurgy, has been practiced in western occultism through the centuries largely by an elite group of eccentric intellectuals. Many of them identified with the Rosicrucians, Masons, Gnostics, or other "hidden" orders. These practitioners of the mystic arts were the forefathers of modern sciences like chemistry, botany, medicine, physics, astronomy, and philosophy. Through magick, they learned a unique way of looking at the inner and outer world. This is the major premise of any philosophy: "Look at it like this..." The magical philosophy has left a tremendous legacy. The history of these alchemists, mystics, healers, and theurgists outlines one of the most interesting areas of human endeavour: consciousness studies.

The mapping of consciousness states and their corresponding typical experiences (plus how to attain them) forms part of the doctrine of any magical philosophy. The most widely embraced map is called The Tree of Life. The very foundation of the modern western occult tradition is contained in this circuit or glyph of The Tree of Life. It describes a hierarchy of 10 states of being (Spheres), and 22 characteristic modes of transition between them (Paths). All the corresponding symbolism of the human psyche is categorized according to this comprehensive basic structure. It represents all ways of being and becoming--all possible states of consciousness.

The philosophical system which the Tree represents originated in the Jewish culture. Through synchronism it amalgamated with the Gnostic, Egyptian, Arabic, and other systems. This synthesis became known as Hermetic Qabalism. In divorcing itself from its Hebrew roots, Qabala returned to the mythic domain of its informing archetype, Hermes.

In ancient Egypt, this archetypal energy was represented by the god Thoth, Lord of Magic. He presided over skills such as writing and translating. In Greece, as Hermes, he was the messenger between the realm of the gods and men--he who could fly into the heights or depths. Our modern forms of writing and translating have moved into information processing via computers. Information processing is fundamental to any form of communication.

Information processing is the foundation of all technology. Thus, Hermes is the informing myth of a technological approach to sacred psychology and spirituality. Hermes' domain includes gnosticism, alchemy, magick, and depth psychology. Like programming, they are all hermeneutic endeavors, involving the process of interpretation. Jung noticed that, "Every interpretation necessarily remains an "as-if." The ultimate core of meaning may be circumscribed, but not described." He refers to the "as-if" reality as the closest we can come to direct knowledge. For example, our God-image in the psyche is our closest (and only) experience of Divinity, however unique it may be. We perceive it directly, but it is a specific interpretation of the unknowable archetype.

Source: Zero-Point Tripod

Image of the Day

'Lil' Helper
A Cat Called 'Cream'

Random Nostradamus I

Century 1 Quatrain 69

The great mountain, seven stadia round,
after peace, war, famine, flooding.
It will spread far, drowning great countries,
even antiquities and their might foundations.

The real truth about knife crime: Home Office claims it is stable but new figures show it up by 35 per cent in some areas

The Daily Mail (Saturday 12th July 2008); says: The full scale of Britain’s growing knife crime menace is today exposed by The Mail on Sunday. Our new figures show that almost every major city is facing soaring levels of stabbings and knifepoint muggings – casting doubt on Home Secretary Jacqui Smith’s reassurances about the safety of our streets.

The data shows the problem is not confined to London – where 53 people have been stabbed to death so far this year – but is a rising concern in most urban areas.

Last month, in the wake of yet another fatal stabbing, Ms Smith insisted: ‘Knife crime, although we are very worried about it, is not more serious than it has been previously.’

Although the Home Secretary is right in as much as the national figure has risen by a relatively modest 2.6 per cent in nine months, big falls in sparsely populated areas mask more substantial rises in most major metropolitan areas.

Official statistics due to be published next week but obtained in advance by this newspaper show that Northumbria, which includes Newcastle, has seen knife crime leap by 43 per cent in just nine months.

Merseyside recorded a 35 per cent rise over the same period, with Greater Manchester and West Midlands dealing with rises of 19 per cent. However, knife crime did fall in some regions, with Devon and Cornwall, Humberside and Derbyshire halving the number of incidents.

Six people were murdered by knives within 24 hours last week, four of them in London.

One More Wonder From The Batch ...

Crop Circle sighted on 13th June 2008,
Uffington, Nr Swindon, Oxfordshire

Sacred Science

Occultism is a sacred science, and should be approached with reverence. "Strait is the gate and narrow the way" that leads to its holy places, and "few there be that find it". The Angel with the flaming sword still guards the gate of the Mysteries, and it is not wise to expose our souls to that force until we have purified them, and are sure that we can give the right password when it is demanded of us.

There comes a time in the experience of every student of the occult subjects, provided he is sufficiently interested in them, when the ideas that occupy his mind begin to affect him, and the unseen world of which he has read is slowly rising above the horizon of consciousness, and the subtle is becoming tangible.

He will find himself in a veritable No Man's Land of the mind, and he must do one of two things, and do it quickly. He must either bolt back into his body like a rabbit down its hole, or he must press on and open up the higher consciousness. But one thing he must not do, and that is, linger in the land of phantasms that is the frontier between subconsciousness and super-consciousness, for that way madness lies.

When he comes to the gate of higher consciousness, however, he will be met by the Angel of the Threshold who will ask him the age-old question that he must answer before he can pass on, and the answer to this question is not any Shibboleth that admits to a secret society, but the very reasonable query to be addressed to the stranger who knocks at any door, "What is it you want?" and the answer to that question will depend, not on the knowledge, but on the character of the applicant. If rightly answered, the way will be made plain for his advancement; if wrongly answered, he will be left to find his way back to the Earth plane as best he may, and that is neither a very pleasant nor a very safe experience.

To study occultism is to connect up with a great power-house in the Unseen. There may be no tangible results, because one's nature is made of non-conducting material; or because doubt of the reality of the phenomena investigated prevents the terminals of the psychic contact from being pushed home in their sockets.

Knowledge and Force form the two poles of the circuit, and when these are conjoined the power flows through. A nature which contains no force can study the sacred science and no results will be brought about, and a nature which has no knowledge will be unable to utilize its force. But where there are both knowledge and force, it is only a matter of time until some illuminative idea gives a sudden glimpse of the significance of the inner life, which completes the contact, and that person, for good or ill, is in circuit with the unseen power-house.

Occult science, in itself, is neither good nor evil, save as it is used, and that is why it is so necessary to approach it with clean hands, a pure heart, and a disciplined and dedicated will.

Occultism is not child's play, and it is very far from being fool-proof. For its pursuit strength is required, as well purity; but all who have touched its deeper issues unite in declaring that it is no will o' the wisp, dancing over a bottomless bog, but a true path to the Light, though narrow as a razor's edge.

Source: Altreligion.About.Com

Daily Merlin Insight - Back Along The Trail

Daily Merlin Insight
Saturday 12th July 2008
21.10 - 21.44 hrs

Ok. Awareness has absentmindedly been gazing back along the trail. Right back to the point of the disappearance on that first day (3-5-7). Predominately awareness has been seeking a recognised locality, but in those early days there was only latent energies of confusion and shifting tides. The sense of water and more water. It does seem in truth that MM was whisked away immediately onto a boat and taken across water. For several days at least. Moving into notions of how-and-why there is real tidal waves of animosity towards 'the Emperor' ... forcing him to relinquish control.

Break down his resolve and reduce him to the basic essence of a man. Strip him of rank and title; reduce him down to the level of survival. Make him suffer then force him to reprieve himself by a long and hard trek. A task of mighty proportions. Yes, there was much anger directed at that man. He had most certainly upset the applecart somewhere. With someone who carried so much influence.

In the middle of this is a sense of a feminine energy with instability and almost psychotic tendencies. Gentle like a young child but cunning like a warrior. This energy seems part of three. Even then. However the trail twisted and turned ... she was there buckling and bending the heart strings.

Symbols of chemical structures and the building blocks of life were encountered. The special way of a birth. The efforts undertaken. And the consequences in the eyes of someone who did not relish that success ... These latencies are still in the ether. They still have a raw feel to those fibres. Still new to behold.

Water .. and water ... emotions ... crescent moons and deceptions. So many deceptions. Like a cine town there is a front here that is built of flawless concrete. Impenetrable it appears ... but the power of water ... is the most fearsome force on the planet. Given time water finds even the most minute of cracks ... it wears down even the strongest surfaces. Applied lunar energies (either through emotion or deception) have formed minuscule cracks in that seemingly slakeless surface. Those cracks have widened so that remote eyes can see through. They see a circle of faces standing there.

Fearsome personalities ... little more than young children in the face of the ancient forces they dabble with. The misuse of others is their way. That misuse may bring wealth and affluence ... but it brings an inability to cope with emotion. They understand not love - family love. Family ties etc. Their energies are seen as dark and devious. They are victims of their own fear.

Moving back out of that maelstrom. There is a place of green pastures which repeatedly grabbed attention during remote viewings. An ancient land with rolling hills and dramatic shorelines. A sense that the shining star resided within those places from time to time. But a sense too of a well travelled soul. Not by choice but by necessity. An absence proving to be much longer than planned. A borrowing of a time period not anticipated ... The woman, the man and the doctor ... not under scrutiny because clever networks keep them hidden. As planned. But there is unease now at this current time. Complexities of many hands pulling the strings. Unrest. A shifting of opinion.

7 of Weapons
The Magician
8 of Weapons
8 of Spheres
10 of Staves
7 of Spheres
User of Weapons

The appearance of spheres in the working. Ideas and intentions here still being carried out. Eggs like spheres in baskets. Egg like spheres discarded then one chosen from where they were stored. Chosen by the Jester. Selected for use in some kind of development. This is the sense of the working. The Jester linked to the apparent imprisonment of the male in the image of the 10 of Staves. Held in a wooden cell which has the illusion of secure confinement ... but where the male has it in his power to break free. Under instruction to remain confined.

The Jester linked to the User of Weapons and the continued battle which is raging behind closed doors ... behind the image cast for the world to see. The 8 of Weapons is that elusive locality of the shining star. The Shining Star who is the flaming sword seen by all now. Known by most of the world now. The Flaming Sword appearing like the catalyst for change ... the situation dictating that something has to be done ... momentum now. The Magician knows where. The Magician knows why. He was one at the centre of the situation in the months prior to the taking. He holds the Caduceus ... a symbol of the medical profession. He was aware of the cause of the egg like spheres.

It was under his jurisdiction but his loyalties appeared elsewhere.

Thus the six ordinary swords seem to have been traded for possession of the flaming sword. It was under his instruction it took place. But now he is bound by loyalty and tradition of the pyramid to stay silent. He can only look on at the anguished father ... he cannot help. There seems a mountain range close to where the shining star resides. Moorland leading to a distinctive mountain range on the horizon.

There is a land where other swords are held.

Other children it seems are hidden in this place but not necessarily with her. Fertile farming land lies on the other side of these mountains. A band between the mountains and the sea. There are lakes and fishing. She is kept well. The impetus is to keep hold of her until the User ends the battle with victory. The woman around her does not plan to relinquish her ward even though it was spoken of a temporary custodianship. She lost one of her own. But know she can easily be defeated. Her intentions can be overcome.

Police with dogs will (or have) wandered across a moorland close by. Policeman in the attire of the UK I see. They wander a rain ravaged moor due to another disappearance. But it is not the Shining Star who is seen within the boundaries of their search. It is not her. She is safe and well. It is another one lost who is found.

7-7-8-8-10 are the 'number cards' within the working. A sequence requiring understanding because it carries a meaning.

Intuition works now on the identity of The Jester and The Magician. The women I see a sense of her face ... dark/black hair ... in her middle to late thirties. Medium build. Around 5' 6'' in height.

Unlimited Vision

We can only see so much from where we sit in our particular bodies, in the midst of our particular lives, rooted as we are in the continuum of space and time. The divine, on the other hand, is not limited to the constructs of either space or time, and its wisdom and workings often elude us as we try to make sense of what is happening in our lives.

This is why things are not always what they seem to be and even the best-laid plans are sometimes overturned. Even when we feel we have been guided by our intuition every step of the way, we may find ourselves facing unexpected loss and disappointment. At times like these, we can find some solace in trusting that no matter how bad or just plain inexplicable things look from our perspective, they are, in fact, in divine order.

Even as we take our places in this earthly realm, a part of us remains completely free of the confines we face here.

Regardless of what is happening in our lives, this part of us remains infused with joy and gratitude, connected to the unbroken source from which we come. Our small self, on the other hand, who is caught up in our false identity as a being limited in space and time, regards happiness as the result of things going the way it wants them to go. It is this part of us that suffers the greatest confusion and upset when the logic of events does not compute. And it is to this self that we must extend unconditional love, forgiveness, and compassion. In order to do this, we tap into our inner divinity, holding the space of a tender authority, extending love and light to our ego as a mother extends her love to a troubled child.

There are many ways to access our inner divinity—meditation, prayer, chanting, channelling, and conscious breathing, to name a few. It is helpful to develop a regular practice that provides us access to this all-powerful, healing presence, as it can be difficult to reach once we are in a stressful position, if we have not already established a connection. The more connected we are with this part of ourselves, the more we share its unlimited vision and the secure, knowing that all the things of our life, no matter how they appear, are in a state of divine and perfect order.

Tarot Card of the Day

What is traditionally known as the Temperance card is a reference to the Soul. Classically female, she is mixing up a blend of subtle energies for the evolution of the personality. One key to interpreting this card can be found in its title, a play on the process of tempering metals in a forge.

Metals must undergo extremes of temperature, folding and pounding, but the end product is infinitely superior to impure ore mined from the earth. In this image, the soul volunteers the ego for a cleansing and healing experience which may turn the personality inside-out, but which brings out the gold hidden within the heart.

Transformation of an eternal energy force into another form. Patiently awaiting the impetus of 'reactions' to shift and change the energy form into its next representation. A destined outcome of the blending of reagents ... becoming something of a vibration which is the product of the two vibrations which come together. The product of attraction-attraction or attraction-rejection ... all things possess electromagnetic energy, twisted pushed and pulled into another form dictated by everything that is around it at the time .... either by intentional design or by the intervention of eternal fate.

'I Feel Sea Sick'

Poor Kristine! She had 'awful' seasickness today ... and we'd not even ventured out of the City. We'd not gone to the lake or any other water ways.

We'd taken the kids to see the Australian War Memorial!

Part of the exhibition was the salvaged section of a 2nd world war submarine which was located in The Discovery section on the lower floor.

The moment Kris walked into the submarine she began to feel queasy and dizzy. She was sea sick!

Half an hour later she was 'sea sick' again. We'd walked through the exhibition and up some stairs into the salvaged bridge of HMS Brisbane. The moment she stepped onto the metal stairs which were from the warship ... you guessed it ... she felt bad with sea sickness.

Whenever Kris comes in contact with anything - unbeknowingly through psychometry - which has linked with water, or links to a person on water at that time, Kristine gets seasickness. Being very sensitive Kris is like a human water diviner!

What Is Remote Viewing?

Remote viewing is the controlled use of ESP (extrasensory perception) through a specific method. Using a set of protocols (technical rules), the remote viewer can perceive a target - a person, object or event - that is located distantly in time and space.

A remote viewer, it is said, can perceive a target in the past or future that is located in the next room, across the country, around the world or, theoretically, across the universe. In remote viewing, time and space are meaningless. What makes remote viewing different than ESP is that, because it uses specific techniques, it can be learned by virtually anyone.

The term “remote viewing” came about in 1971 through experimentation conducted by Ingo Swann (who correctly remote viewed in 1973 that the planet Jupiter has rings, a fact later confirmed by space probes), Janet Mitchell, Karlis Osis and Gertrude Schmeidler.

In the method that they and others developed, there are five components necessary for remote viewing to take place:

[A] a subject (the remote viewer)

[B] active ESP abilities

[C] a distant target

[D] the subject’s recorded perceptions

[E] a confirmatory positive feedback

A remote viewing sessions lasts about one hour.

During the Cold War through the 1970s and 1980s, remote viewing was further developed by the US military and the CIA through such programs codenamed Sun Streak, Grill Flame and Star Gate. The government-sponsored remote viewing programs were successful, according to many who participated. Some of the now-declassified examples include the highly accurate and detailed descriptions of buildings and facilities hundred of miles from the remote viewer - including a crane assembly in the Soviet Union.

Although these organizations claim that after 20 years of experimentation their remote viewing programs have been abandoned, some insiders believe that they are being continued secretly. Some well-known remote viewers say they were contacted by the US government after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks to help locate other possible terrorist activity. (Learn Remote Viewing.com)

Introducing Yesod - 'The Land Of Illusion'

One of thee main tasks of Yesod, Sphere of the Moon, is to acquire a firm foundation in Qabalistic theory before beginning any actual practice. Yesod is the automated consciousness or habit mind which is also sometimes called the Vital Soul, or realm of instincts.

In physics, this astral dynamism is known as electromagnetic fields, the force which lies behind and patterns all forms. Thus, the subconscious underlies and directs our mundane awareness in an analogous way to that in which EM fields are the subtle basis of matter. Behavior precipitates, as it were, from hidden subconscious dynamics. We can raise much of this unconscious motivation to awareness.

Magical tradition asserts that the human faculty of imagination is capable of creating impressions in the astral substance which guide and direct subsequent manifestation. In modern language, creative visualization or dwelling on a though consciously or subconsciously, increases the chance of altering EM field patterns.

This is neither objective nor subjective, since the wave fronts involved operate both externally in the environment and internally in the organ of perception, the CNS. Therefore, magical exercises, carried our properly, are designed to establish and strengthen specific EM field patterns (or archetypes) with great clarity in the consciousness of the practioner. (Ref. Netzach on EM Fields & the Astral).

Misuse of imagination has created chaos, error, and confusion in the collective consciousness. Generations of wrong thinking have left a groove on the cultural mind, which manifests mostly as emotional fragmentation or misplaced zeal. Imagination is an essentially spiritual power whose expression has been distorted.

In Yesod we seek to reestablish emotional balance and control of responses and reactions which are usually below our threshold of awareness. At Yesod, this applies particularly to the channelling of intense reproductive urges. We seek connection with the uplifting aspects of sexual energy, rather than its animalistic expression which might sap our vitality.

This vitality is presented in the magical image of the sphere. But here it represents the power of regeneration of the inner person. The force works through the nervous system and interior centers. In yoga these centers are called chakras, and the Serpent Fire or Kundalini represents the dynamics of ascending consciousness. This energy goes by many names including prana and chi. It can be channelled by visualization.

Yesod work helps us hone and correct our creative visualization capacity. If our mental images are improperly formulated, disharmony results. Pain is an emotional signal which helps us correct our attitudes and images of our goals. Yesod is the center of the formative world before it crystallizes into manifestation. But we must not only work against our own lower impulses (shadow), but those of the collective (Adversary).

Focusing on right application of our self-conscious image-making faculty, we can release old blocks or habit patterns. Hypnotherapy may be helpful in this process. Old destructive habits are easily given up when better solutions are internalized and become part of your new self-image. At first it takes conscious effort to divert the flow into the new channels of reaction. But soon constructive new habits become the norm.

Yesod is the realm of instincts. After purifying the body comes the work of purifying the psyche. It means becoming aware of one's shadow and responses that are not in harmony with the goals of the Higher Self. It doesn't mean suppressing emotions, because bottled up feelings explode like a pressure-cooker. We create a channel for the liberating powers of the Self, which facilitates our natural, organic growth.

The higher Self can use the power of suggestion to influence the subconscious. It prepares the instinctual level for the transpersonal influx or transmutation. This mainly has to do with "original pain" work, healing misperceptions, faulty self-images, and emotional wounds or complexes--changing our "script." We all hate to give up our habits, and this means the pain of overcoming resistence to change.

Patterns in our beliefs, thoughts, emotions, and behavior are deeply conditioned by the subconscious and the early development in our personality of script decisions, scripts, rackets, and games, such as "No Joy," or "No Love." If most of your thoughts about yourself counteract your higher mind ideals, then progress will be very slow. This is where therapy may help you clear out some old baggage. Then your ideals can be incorporated into your foundation, your new image.

This new self image must be frequently reinforcd by images of success. If you find yourself thinking negative thoughts about yourself or the world, just tell yourself to Stop!, and change the program--divert your attention, change the self-talk.

Yesod contains the patterns of all possible forms and metaphorms. The astral plane includes but extends beyond the physical plane. Certain simple geometrical figures can be discovered through nature and the psyche. These archetypal forms include the cross, the square, the circle, the regular polygons, etc. Their proportions contain representations of the dynamic forces in the universe. They are the virtual underpinnings of sound vibration, light and color, gravitation and electromagnetism. These properties are the formative blueprints of everything which comes into physical being.

They are expressions of the One in the Many like the Jungian archetypes. These basic ideas and symbols of the collective unconscious also express the One in the Many. When God commanded "Let there be Light," He also meant in the panoply of our thoughts and imagination. And in the virtual reality of the astral, thoughts and feelings have the same concrete reality as a material object or experience. That is why hypnotherapy works tangible results in people through their inner journeys. When the imagery changes, so do the attitudes associated with it.

For the magician, the astral light is his medium to be influenced and formed through concentrated imagination and will. Even the most tenuous ideas influence it, and concentrated focused energy sets the formative forces in motion. The Collective Memory is its other function as the repository of all existence and experience.

John Gowan (1975) describes the three major modes of consciousness (or contact between the individual ego and the divine) as Trance, Art, and Creativity. Each state has particular characteristics which correspond precisely with Tree of Life modelling.

a) Yesod = Trance state = prototaxic mode, characterized by loss or overwhelming of ego; signs, psychomotor phenomena, subconscious ideomotor responses in therapy and divination. Most people live in a trance state called "ordinary consciousness," or consensus reality. They rarely get out of that trance. Shamanic states and trance dancing are other examples. Any constant, repetitive signal to the central nervous system will induce a trance state of varying depths. Cultural expectations give permission to act on impulses originating in that state which may seem to originate "outside" oneself (such as possession by Loas in Voudoo).

b) Path 25, Trump XIV, ART = Art = parataxic mode, characterized by the production of images whose meaning is not clear or categorical; personal or idiosyncratic use of symbols and imagery; affective images. Metaphorms are produced when the mind imposes its own structure on its perception of the universe. A characteristically "lunar" consciousness, which shifts to the Solar consciousness of

c). Tiphareth = Creativity = syntaxic mode, where meaning is more or less fully cognized symbolically, with the ego fully present; cognitive symbols. This stage includes such diverse experiences as nature mysticism, tantric sex, visualization, alpha feedback, meditation, peak experiences and higher jhana states. Also germaine is an Orientation System. The Causal level. Creativity is the result of the harmonizing of lunar and solar elements.

YETZIRAH, the Emotional Plane

The common name for this plane of awareness is the Astral Plane or Astral Light. It is synonymous with the alchemical idea of the Anima Mundi, or Soul of the World. The Jungian idea of the Collective Unconscious as the treasurehouse of fluctuating imagery is a modern explanation for the experience of this phenomena. Theoretically, all experiences are available for downloading from this archive. This might be the source of past life memories, the so-called Akashic Record.

The Astral Light is also perceived behind the phenomenon of EM fields and their effects in patterning physical manifestations.

"The Astral Light is an omnipresent and all-permeating fluid or medium of extremely subtle matter; substance in a highly tenuous state, electric and magnetic in constitution, which is the model upon which the physical world is built. It is the endless, changeless, ebb and flow of the world's forces that, in the last resort, guarantee the stability of the world and provides its foundation. Yesod is this stable foundation, this changeless ebb and flow of astral forces, and the universal reproductive power in nature." (Regardie, 1970).

There are two distinct divisions into a Lower Astral and Higher Astral Plane. The Lower Astral includes the grossest manifestations of contact with the divine through instincts and uncontrollable psychomotor phenomena influencing the body. The Higher Astral is the plane of images and affects, including emotional response.

The lower astral is characterized by dissociation and loss or absence of memory and ego functions typical of trance states. The higher astral includes the first attempts to impliment the will in a relationship with the subconscious forces. This is the arena of shamanic healing and hypnotherapy, where trance is utilized to reprogram dis-ease. In the Astral Plane, archetypes are perceived in images or mind-pictures; often this means only a vague awareness or foreboding or a visceral reaction. They can also appear as psychic impressions.

The astral is also the realm of dream and divination. It is the Lunar plane of psychism and mediums. The Astral Body is the vehicle for exploration or travel in this plane. Here, both godforms and matter (Maya) are visible. The Astral Plane influences the body through the parasympathetic nervous system or the Central Nervous System. Its negative effects include over-emotionalism.

Psychological reflection in this plane leads to the acquisition of reliable information concerning self-knowledge. All other experience here, especially for purely personal gain, is to be discouraged.

Agony for McCanns as they reveal details of their first holiday since Madeleine vanished

The Daily Mail (Friday 11th July 2008), says: "Kate and Gerry McCann's first family holiday without their missing daughter was 'incredibly difficult' for the couple, her father told yesterday."

The two-week break was haunted by painful memories of missing Madeleine, who vanished during the family's last holiday together, Mr McCann said.

The couple, both 40, knew the holiday would be difficult for them but decided it was important for their other children, three-year-old twins Sean and Amelie.

Writing on his internet blog, hospital consultant Mr McCann said: 'We have recently managed to have a break visiting family.

'Sean and Amelie have had a brilliant time and it has been great for me to spend so much time with them.

'Although this has been a relaxing break, it has been incredibly difficult for Kate and me to have been on holiday without Madeleine - it is all too apparent what is missing.'

The family returned from Portugal last September, four months after Madeleine vanished in the Algarve, and since then they have rarely spent more than a weekend away from their home in Rothley, Leicestershire.

But they are determined to give Sean and Amelie as normal a childhood as possible, despite their ongoing search for Madeleine, and decided a family holiday was a vital part of that.

Blade Britain's knife epidemic spirals out of control

The Daily Mail (Friday 11th July 2008), says: The scourge of knife crime gripping Britain has reached new depths with six murders across the country in less than 24 hours.

Four of the killings were in London in an appalling day of bloodshed.

Meanwhile, another teenager is in hospital in serious condition tonight after being stabbed outside a branch of Blockbuster Video in Bolton.

The outburst of violence has prompted Gordon Brown to pledge he would introduce new measures to tackle the epidemic. Describing the 'terrible stabbings' in the past week as 'shocking and tragic', the Prime Minister promised new enforcement tactics and 'tough' parenting programmes.

Scotland Yard chief Sir Ian Blair was also forced to issue a reassurance to the public that his force was doing 'everything possible' to stop the blight of knifings.

Boris Johnson, the London Mayor, voiced his 'deep regret' at the deaths and said the 'long-term complex root causes of violence' needed to be tackled

But Still The Mystery

I hear the word 're-emergence' whispered in my mind ... my mind the recipient of a gossamer thread of inspiration from within the inner planes. The realm linking mind and consciousness to eternal consciousness.

A mystery endures. It's energy floating as flotsam around and around upon the sea of eternity. Energy will never cease. Once summoned, it's compulsion endures in all places ... at once.

Signatures of anything and everything can be deciphered in the most unusual of places. Life is a holographic image. Within itself and part of itself.

Philosophy fading now. Making sense of the image of hazy morning mists. The sun shimmering through upon the millpond surface of an unknown shoreline. The sense of a whale nearby. Seagulls following trawlers through the mists towards home.

One such trawler followed now across the unrelenting calm of an ocean somewhere within the seven seas. Moving on then towards a sleepy town. A flash of green grass within those confines. The image weaving, shifting and changing now ...

As a group of three stand before me in my mind's eye. One is most certainly a woman. Rather nervous in my gaze. Remember I look into the astral plane. I must warn. This is a reflection of the manifest plane. The woman can see me. She is well versed in the arts too. She reaches out with her own mind. She is well practiced in the meditative arts. Religion studied and followed. A sympathizer of Islam. A cheater within the Catholic church. A link with the Anglican church. But she follows none but her own path. Her own destiny shaped by what had been written down long ago.

I watch now as she is weaving cloth into a pattern. Into a cloak of some kind. Impressions it is a disguise. Not a physical cloak but symbolic of trying to hide her identity because it is known to the wrong minds.

She is nervous now. The two others. Perhaps brothers or fellow followers of a little known cause. A cause though which is linked however to political causes. There is influence and money nearby here. A financier with so much to gain by the perpetuity of silence .... the menace of silence.

Nearby a sullen face looks out at me from behind a door with cracked and faded paint. One of the Two Old Dears appears in the image before me ... 'this is the one you seek. She is here for sure.' A flag of a nation appears then ... one which has appeared only once before early one in the trek. A river sweeps across the land in a basic S. This is the land I'd deduced once before ...

The sullen face of someone tired but not lacking in hope. Hope is reinforced. Hope endures because the original promise at the start remains. 'It's taking a little longer than assumed at first' when the promise was first made when it was a need to 'take her out of the way.'

It is still a mystery but only to those who are meant to see a mystery. It is the way it is by clever design.

I watch now the door close and there is the swooping sensation of lifting above the ground. I see now a harbour far below with many boats. Boats and yachts of every size and wealth. This is somewhere 'posh' and somewhere that has a reputation for visits by the affluent. Somewhere there ... a nervous male waits for the phone to ring. But who is not revealed.

Two figures play chess nearby it seems. Symbolic textures abound here. It is not what it seems. They merely play for time. Doggy paddle. Dragging their feet. But still the mystery ....

There is still to be a re-emergence. I hear it in the minds of the three. The central one has it on its lips. Re-emergence but when?

The woman watches too. Reaching out with her own astral eyes. Observing. Not expecting this roll of the dice played by fate. Not what was planned when it was discussed.

MJ

Who first discovered Astral Projection?

The ancient Egyptians were possibly one of the first cultures to record beliefs about the soul. Hieroglyphics in tombs recorded hundreds of prayers that were to be said over the body of the deceased to guide the spirit on its way. They believed that the soul ba was housed in a spirit body the Ka an exact replica of the physical body. This on death gave way to the sahu the true spirit body that would house the ba forever.

In life the Ka and sahu were one of the same but the ka slowly diminished until only the sahu housed the ba. However the Egyptians also believed that the Ka could leave the body during life and drew pictures of people sleeping with their Kas or souls floating above them. This is very similar to the modern day descriptions of NDE’s (Near Death Experiences). Here the soul leaves the body at the point of death only to return again if the person is resuscitated.

The Tibetans believe in the bardo body, which can leave the physical body while still alive and can also pass through physical matter because it is made of psychic material. The bardo body can be directed wherever by will.

Ancient Greeks believed in a ‘double body’, which housed the soul. Plato believed that the soul was freed on death but could also leave the body during life and when it did it perceived the physical world as dimly lit.

Almost half claimed that certain members of their cultures could do this at will. Only three cultures seemed to have no concepts or beliefs about this subject. Those that did seemed to accept it as a normal and natural part of human existence.” (A Beginners Guide to Astral Projection by Richard Craze - Hodder & Stoughton 1999 - ISBN: 0340 737557

Source: Learning Remote Viewing.Com

'Awakened'

"The creature rose slowly. Something had woken it from its deep slumber, and it didn’t want to be roused. It struggled with the transition, determined to return back into the deep, deep state of bliss which he’d just been roused from. Harsh memories of its last awakening flared suddenly in its consciousness. It recoiled with an audible groan then sat down and tried to return back to the rapture.

It had felt so safe there.

It felt threatened. It knew it had been summoned. Its summoner would be cruel and merciless. Its demands would be terrible. It would be forced to kill again. More nightmares. More regrets. More phantasms of sorrow in a once sane mind.

It awoke fully now and opened one of its eyes. It stretched itself to its full length before gazing round its surroundings with both eyes now open. Reading the atmosphere, it knew it was safe. There were no immediate threats. Whoever was its keeper was not currently in its immediate vicinity. But it knew that energy source resided close by. It could sense its malice. Its menace. Its violence. The primeval evil which pervaded that fiend.

However, it knew the source was not even aware it had woken. Not yet. But it would. It would soon and then the torture and the turmoil would return again. The creature would then have to kill again.

It became aware then of other energy sources around it. Humans unware of its existence. Mortals leading mortal lives. Simple minded fools who were trapped in their day to day lives unaware of the slavery which they were enveloped in. Automatons to the mechanical heart beat of manufactured time. The creature could sense them. Its brainwaves could infuse and join with them. Taught long ago to understand its victim and sense its fear and its adrenalin, to heighten the experience, it had retained the ability to become telepathically joined with the human kind.

The creature became aware then of one energy source in particular. One much stronger than any of the other ones it had touched upon. One which was almost as aware as itself. One which had a frequency which was familiar. Indeed the creature knew the frequency ... recognised it instantly.

It reminded it of another time. Of another place. Of another existence.

A time before its captivity, before its assimilation. A time when it was itself human. The creature longed to be human again. It was captured. Trapped in a timeless state as nothing. As no-one. As merely an assimilation to be used on the whim of its keepers. An existence which from the onset that was fraught with harshness, cruelty and misery.

It was had woken completely from its drug induced state now. The powerful energy source nearby acting like a beacon to it. Like a psychic battery from which it was able to pull powerful energies to aid it in its resurgence and recuperation. The ebb and flow of the source became mesmeric, like a heartbeat to it.

Becoming an audible sound in its awareness. A comfort. A need. A recognised signature. A calming sensation began to build and grow then emanate through its perverted being. It was at ease. Strange, forgotten memories seemed to cascade through its consciousness, as it could almost grasp ... sanity. It could almost touch ‘human-ness’ again.

It had begun to remember ... slowly.

It moved and found that its arms were unrestrained. It permitted its eyes to focus on its arms and noted the old weals and scars which adorned both arms. A distant memory of the cause registering in its mind. It winced with an old forgotten memory. Former agony returned. It was instantly scared. Weakened by its responses.

Troubled then by the time it was ... human ..."

Extract taken from 'The Alchemist' by Matthew James

Follow Your Own Path

"Life is complex. Each one of us must make his own path through life. There are no self-help manuals, no formulas, no easy answers. The right road for one is the wrong road for another ... The journey of life is not paved in blacktop; it is not brightly lit, and it has no road signs. It is a rocky path through the wilderness." -- M. Scott Peck

We each have our own pathways to develop both personally and spiritually. They are based on our character and past experiences. No one else can identify our paths for us. Tune in to your inner guidance system and follow its direction.

"What every man needs, regardless of his job or the kind of work he is doing, is a vision of what his place is and may be. He needs an objective and a purpose. He needs a feeling and a belief that he has some worthwhile thing to do. What this is no one can tell him. It must be his own creation." -- Joseph M. Dodge

Another 'Wonder' ....

Another example of 'sacred geometry' epitomised from within the 'batch of 2008' crop circles ...

Seemingly another clear message blatantly written onto the English countryside. Certainly not for 'earth-bound' citizens of the realm (the pattern can only be discerned from above). Simple deductions imply the 'messages' are designed for eyes/agencies that can look down upon them ...

Patterns like geometric codes which are perhaps a secret decipher between two 'factions' of the same .... ????

But will we ever know .... are we mere mortals MEANT to know?

But whilst some of us mere mortals speculate and admire these startling images, the crop circles continue to be created. Representing maybe an 'alien language' before us .... the messages being passed before our very eyes.

The Crop Circle Connector offers a feasible 'explanation' for the formation. But the question still remains .... who is the maker of these majestic patterns? It certainly ain't the crop circle hoaxer with his pieces of wood and string which so many 'debunking' T.V programmes have us believe!

Crop Circle at North Down, Beckhampton, Wiltshire
Reported 10th June 2008

Big Brother: The Google cars that will photograph EVERY front door in Britain

The Daily Mail (Friday 11th July 2008) says: Plans by Google to photograph millions of British homes and publish them online have been condemned as a 'gross invasion of privacy'.

The internet giant's StreetView website will allow anyone in the world to type in a UK address or postcode and instantly see a 360-degree picture of the street.

It will include close-ups of buildings, cars and people. Critics say the site is a 'burglar's charter' that makes it easy for criminals to check out potential victims.

The pictures also show people leaving and entering hospitals, health clinics, adult shops and hotels. Although their faces are deliberately blurred, many could still be recognised by their clothing and hair colour.

The site was launched in major American cities last year.

Google has confirmed it is now in the process of photographing Britain as part of the Street View project. Cars emblazoned with the company's logo and carrying massive 360-degree cameras have been spotted circling the streets of British cities in recent weeks.

The data watchdog, the Information Commissioner's office, is so concerned about StreetView that it has written to Google demanding privacy guarantees.

A Google spokeswoman said: 'Google works hard to make sure that our products respect both users' expectations of privacy, and local privacy laws, in each country in which they are launched. Google Maps Street View is no exception.'

StreetView is designed to complement Google Earth, a collection of satellite pictures that covers every square mile of the globe. Google Earth has come under fire for the level of detail in its overhead pictures, which have become enormously popular..

The pictures don't just show which homes have swimming pools or tennis courts, they can reveal the model and colour of cars, whether gardens have furniture and even sunbathers lying outside.

Enochian Chess

The major difference between Enochian Chess and the modern game is that in the former, when using it for divinatory purposes, the moves are decided by the throwing of a dice. Depending upon the number disclosed by the dice, so must a certain piece be moved, for the numbers are attributed to pieces. The actual details of the move--that is whether to right or left, backward or forward, to take an opponent or to press forward--are quite obviously left to the personal ingenium and divining mind of the player. The dice only determines specifically that such and such a piece shall be played.

The Prime Mover, or the owner of the Ptah piece, plays first, and his first move is to be decided by the throw of a dice to indicate which piece or pawn he must first play. Each player follows in rotation, deosil, that is round the board with the sun from the prime player. First the prime player moves, and if his setting is Air, the follow the Water pieces, the Fire pieces, the Earth pieces, and then back again to the Air who is the prime mover.

For the purposes of Divination, an additional piece was employed. This was called the Ptah. Any book dealing with the Egyptian God-forms will describe the form in question. A small figure of this should be made, and on the board it will represent the question or matter of divination. The mode of employing it is simple. It has no power at all, and is not actually used in the play. It is only used by the first player to be set on any square in the Lesser Angle from which he begins his play. Any square, that is, except the one on which the King first stands. The King must reach, in the course of the game, this square on which the Ptah is set and remain there for one round of the game undisturbed--that is without moving therefrom--and unchecked. A knowledge of the nature of the Pyramids with their elemental composition, and some knowledge of the Angelic forces represented by those squares and Pyramids, will decide the player as to what square shall be selected for the placing of the Ptah.

If the divinatory question concerns the fiery Lesser Angle of the Element of Earth, a question involving Capricornus and the figure Carcer ruled by Zazel, then the Ptah probably should be placed upon a square of the Angle which is the nature of Cardinal Earth, as representing the Yod type of Earth, or on Elemental Fire, that is the Heh (final) type of Fire.

Source: Chaosmatrix.org

Quote For the Day

CHILDHOOD:

The time of life when you pull funny faces in the mirror.

ADULTHOOD:

The time of life when the mirror gets even.

Image of the Day

'You Keep Me Hanging On'

Original Photograph

Matthew James May 2008

Tarot Card of the Day

Traditionally, what has been known as the Justice card has to do with moral sensitivity and that which gives rise to empathy, compassion and a sense of fairness. Since the time of Solomon, this image has represented a standard for the humane and fair-minded treatment of other beings.

Often including the image of a fulcrum which helps to balance competing needs against the greater good, and a two-edged sword to symbolize the precision needed to make clear judgments, this card reminds us to be careful to attend to important details. It's a mistake to overlook or minimize anything where this card is concerned. The law of Karma is represented here -- what goes around comes around.

A Modern Day Fable?

The Seeker still soars .... ever onwards
Following the brightest star
Keeping to the trail
Oblivious to the distractions along the way
The quicksilver moonbeams in the air
Cast there by the ancient words
Created by the traditions of the secret ways ...


Oblivious ... the seeker moves on
Undaunted by it all
Seeing the outside from the world within
Comprehending the reflection which has been cast

Seeing it ... in abstract ...
Symbols of the arts hidden in the everyday
Cast there to anchor the distractions
Deep in the minds of the unsuspecting
So they don't see what is really there

Like the modern day emperor
The ruler who wore no clothes
Thus the attire of the situation
Is an assumption broadcast in the minds of the herd
But know there is always one
Who doesn't see ...
But can only see what is really there

'The emperor is wearing no clothes'
The foolish one does shout
Only to receive the ridicule of the crowd
At first ...

But then ...
When one by one
They begin to see what he sees
The ruler is seen by all
To be exposed ....