The Need For Insight

The situation is dire and has been so for thousands of years.

Man's ignorance of his true state-of-being is his worst enemy. As long as humanity remains in the dark about the invisible mechanics of this nature-order and the inevitable misery that our constant wrong-thinking and wrong-feeling brings upon us, the archons and aeons of this nature-order will remain in full control. Man will live and die in ignorance, doomed to return again to live and die in ignorance. The Wheel turns endlessly. 

"My people are lost for lack of Knowledge".

Occasionally, this writer is asked why doesn't he lighten up? Why so serious, etc. Don't get it wrong, humor has its place, but there is nothing funny about the revelations that await those who truly seek. We are in deep mess, and if too much time is wasted indulging in frivolity we will be in danger of lulling ourselves back to sleep and missing the boat yet again. We are here to find the way out of here! That is our mission! That is the One Goal of Humanity!

It is imperative that - like Dorothy - we "unmask the Wizard"; that the curtain be pulled aside so that man can see how he is utterly, utterly enslaved. It is hoped that when the Seeker gains insight into what earth-"life" is really all about, the discouragement and disillusionment will cut so deeply that the Candidate will cry out for the Liberation, and perhaps begin to look for The Way Out.

If one remains attached to any part of this world, even the so-called "good" parts, one will bind oneself to this nature-order and ensure a return-trip for more of the same. All must be put aside. All must be renounced. No one is saying that is an easy task. It is very, very difficult; primarily because we are so thoroughly a part of this emergency-order of existence and have been for many hundreds of thousands of years.

In order to break our chains, we must first recognize that we are imprisoned. To be free, we must find the Keys to our Salvation.

Tear away the world that has been pulled over your eyes. Renounce the world and all the matter therein.

~ g
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Stay Out Of The Churches (and Temples, and Mosques, and...)

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It is relevant to this discussion to dwell for a moment on the dangers of natural religion that may threaten the Seeker. Natural religion applies a certain kind of magic, which is not Christian in the sense of having been given by Jesus Christ, for it has been taken over from pre-Christian cults, particularly from brahminism. Brahminism, in turn, derived this magic from still older cults, which had received it from ancient Atlantis.

This magic is a caricature of the magic of the ancient king-priests of the First Period, when the whole of mankind was still under the guidance of true magicians and man did not yet possess an autonomous thinking faculty. It is applied by a group that does not possess a Spiritual School and by priests who do not have inner Knowledge. The aim of this magic is to raise a spiritual construction and so to build a power-field with a certain vibration.

This seems very fine indeed, but a power-field has no liberating value unless it is built up and maintained consciously and voluntarily by all those who participate in it. However, natural religion, if it lasts long enough, results in absolute sterilization according to the spirit and soul. Therefore, all ancient magic is a great danger for modern man.

What happens through this kind of magic? By ritual, sung and spoken in a dead language, by specially-prepared music, by perfumes, by the mudras of priests and by magnetized waters and other preparations, the faithful are brought into a trance-like state, a state of negativity of the consciousness. In this state, fluids (ethers) are drawn from the vital bodies of the faithful by means of which power-fields are built up by nature-spirits (which are called "angels" but in fact are not). Just as a medium is connected with his control-spirit, so the faithful, after a few of these magic applications, are bound with their entire being; and it takes a tremendous effort to escape from this grip. In regions and countries where such magic can be applied without disturbance, backwardness, primitiveness and terrible social conditions prevail.

By means of this magic, natural religion even lays hold of the children in the family, binding them from the time of their birth, and it accompanies its flock until the hours of death. When death approaches, it even ensures their captivity afterwards, because on the other side of the grave, the natural hierarchy is just as well-organized and strong and has just as much power over its prisoners as it does here. It receives the dead who, due to the magic for the dying, are spiritually deaf, blind and unable to gain any consciousness of the True Light; and when the time comes it seals their microcosms back to the field of material manifestation in a state of almost unbreakable imprisonment. The bondage is thus complete and in this way the herd is kept in existence.

The herd is enlarged by means of missionary work. The primitive methods of missionaries, with their mass baptisms, mass communions and processions, often move the unknowing to laughter. However, it is no laughing matter, for these are serious mass deprivations of liberty, before the very eyes of all mankind.

We ought also to mention that certain natural-religious groups emanating from occultism imitate this kind of magic. They know that it is ancient and dangerous, but they nevertheless use it in the belief that it can be made beneficial. However, this is a great error.

Magic is liberating only if it is applied from within, from inner Knowledge, in selfless service; when it is an act of the new will ignited in God. Magic, liberating magic, must be based on an inner quality. Those who have sufficient awareness and have risen above the herd-animal are no longer entirely open to the magic applied by natural occultism. Such groups therefore have to lead a somewhat limited existence.

These natural-religious creations of movements that were originally occult have reached the end of their potential. To justify their continued existence, they need a total, fundamental re-orientation and a living binding with the task of those with Remembrance. It is our heartfelt wish that they may have such an orientation.

"The New World Brotherhood and the Dangers of the Church" Elementary Philosophy of the Modern Rosycross - Jan van Rijckenborgh

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Perhaps now, one can perceive a glimmer of insight into why, during the past age, the catholic church and other major natural-religions have expended so much effort and shed so much blood in attempting to gain as many converts as possible. Venturing into bush and jungle to forcibly convert so-called 'savages" to the christian faith. That was once the prime directive of the Jesuit order, who knew of this magic and therefore knew exactly what they were doing. Hence their zeal and dedication to the task of "gathering souls". In addition, the Church crushed with extreme prejudice any and all who followed the Light, knew the Truth and therefore opposed and worked to expose the evil masquerade.

Constant exposure to earth-bound religions will condition the astral body of a human-being to conform to a certain rate of vibration. That person's thinking, willing and desiring will, of course, be in line with that vibration. The worst of it is, at the moment of death, the newly-deceased takes that astral-state into the reflection-sphere. As has been repeated in this blog on numerous occasions (because we do not want to forget) "like attracts like". Those who have taken their natural-religious state into the natural "hereafter" will find themselves guided or led to enormous cathedrals or temples or mosques of indescribable beauty and stature. They will climb the crystal stairs be-decked with gold and jewels of every description. Choirs with angelic voices will serenade them as they walk past. Upon reaching the enormous doors that will open before them, they will cry tears of utter joy as they enter the mighty edifice. The majestic doors will then slowly close behind them and it's...Gotcha!

That soul becomes a prisoner of the aeon of Catholicism, Judaism, Islam, Protestantism, etc. Their soul energy will be used in service to that aeonic power. Bound in this fashion, they will be forced, upon their return to earth-life, to be born into a Catholic, Jewish, Muslim, Protestant family, or whatever natural-religion they were caught up in when they passed on from the previous life. The circuit of imprisonment is neatly closed.

Stay out of the churches. There is great danger there. Far more danger than can be imagined.

"Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the one who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell." Matthew 10:28

~ g
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The Thousand-Year Reign

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"Albeit at the dissolution of the universe, that is, when the number of the perfect souls is completed and the mystery through which the universe altogether has risen, is completed, I will pass a thousand years  according to the years of the Light, being king over all the emanations of the Light and over the whole number of the perfect souls who have received all mysteries".

It came to pass, when Jesus had finished speaking these words to his disciples, that Mary Magdalene came forward and said: "My Lord, how many years of the world is a year of the Light?"

Jesus answered and said unto Mary: "A day of the Light is a thousand years in the world, so that thirty-six myriads* of years and a half-myriad of years of the world are a single year of the Light.

"I shall, therefore, pass a thousand years of the Light being king over all the emanations of the Light and over the whole number of perfect souls who have received the mysteries of the Light.

"And ye, my disciples, and everyone who shall receive the mystery of the Ineffable, will abide with me on my right and on my left, being kings with me in my kingdom".

Book Three, Chapters 98-99, Pistis Sophia

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* A myriad is equal to 10,000

So, given the above, how many years of the world are a thousand years of the Light?

Hint: it's an awful long time. :-)

~ g
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Do Not Procrastinate

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Mary [Magdalene] continued again and said unto the Saviour: "My Lord, if the faith and the mysteries shall have revealed themselves, -- now, therefore, if souls come into the world in many circuits [lives] and are neglectful of receiving mysteries [gnosis], hoping that, if they come into the world at any other circuit, they will receive them, will they not be in danger of not succeeding in receiving the mysteries?"

The Saviour answered and said unto his disciples: "Herald unto the whole world and say unto men:

Strive thereafter that ye may receive the mysteries of the Light in this time of affliction and enter into the Light-kingdom. Join not one day to another, or one circuit to another, hoping that ye may succeed in receiving the mysteries if ye come into the world in another circuit.

"And these know not when the number of perfect souls will be at hand, for if the number of perfect souls shall be at hand, I will now shut the gates of the Light, and no one from this hour onwards will enter in, nor will anyone hereafter go forth, for the number of the perfect souls is completed and the mystery of the First Mystery is completed, for the sake of which the universe hath arisen, -- that is, I am that Mystery.

"And from this hour onwards, no one will be able to enter into the Light and no one be able to go forth. For at the completion of the time of the number of perfect souls, before I have set fire to the world, in order that it may purify the aeons and the veils and the firmaments and the whole earth and also all the matters which are on it, mankind will still be existing.

"At that time the faith will reveal itself still more and the mysteries in those days. And many souls will come by means of the circuits of the changes of the body, and coming back into the world are some of those in this present time who have hearkened unto me, how I taught, who at the completion of the number of the perfect souls will find the mysteries of the Light and receive them and come to the gates of the Light and find that the number of the perfect souls is complete, which is the completion of the First Mystery and the gnosis of the universe. And they will find that I have shut the gates of the Light and that it is impossible that any one should enter in or that any one should go forth from this hour.

"Those souls will knock at the gates of the Light, saying: Lord, open unto us! And I will answer unto them: I know you not, whence ye are. And they will say unto me: We have received of thy mysteries and fulfilled the whole teaching and thou hast taught us on the high ways. And I will answer and say unto them: I know you not, who ye are, ye who are doers of iniquity and evil even unto now. Wherefore go into the outer darkness. And from that hour they will go into the outer darkness, there where is howling and grinding of teeth.

"For this cause then, herald unto the whole world and say unto them: 

'Strive thereafter, renounce the whole world and the whole matter therein, that ye may receive the mystery of the Light before the number of the perfect souls is completed, in order that they may not make you stop before the gates of the Light and lead you away into the outer darkness'.

"Now therefore, who hath ears to hear, let him hear."

From Book Three, Chapter 125 of Pistis Sophia

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Perhaps you noticed the statement about some of those from the time of the Christ being incarnate in the world today. Through the man Jesus, the Christ presented the Teachings to tens of thousands of people. Some were casual listeners, others sincere but weak and there were still others who accepted the teachings and followed them faithfully.

It is said that we return to earth-life in cycles of 700 to 1,000 years. The Christ made its appearance among men two thousand years ago. You do the math. We are now at the end of the Piscean Age and have moved into the Age of Aquarius, the Water-Bearer ("I will pour out my Spirit over all men"). Many are being driven by their past-life exposure to the Gnosis to seek it once again during this cycle. Unfortunately, the world is awash in false teachings and spiritual dead-ends. Souls are being misled, discouraged or disillusioned.

Don't stop striving to find the one Truth, the Only Good. Don't stop striving to awaken the Divine Spark that sleeps within your heart and to begin walking the transfiguristic Path of Return. This is what you were born to do, my friends. Now is the greatest opportunity you will get to do it. Don't wait, don't procrastinate. The time to open your heart to the Gnosis is now.

Renounce the world and all the matter therein.

~ g
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Pistis Sophia

Pistis Sophia (Extracts from the Books of the Saviour) is a gnostic gospel considered to be apocrypha. You can find the accepted definition of the word apocrypha in any dictionary. Within this blog, you will find the actual definitions of apocrypha:

1. "Things the Catholic Church did not (and do not) want you to know, discuss, or have access to".

2. "The pure, true teachings of the Christ"

Pistis Sophia is a remarkable work, a two-thousand year old gnostic treasure left for the Seekers of today. It starts off as follows:

"It came to pass, when Jesus had risen from the dead, that he passed eleven years discoursing with his disciples, and instructing them only up to the regions of the First Mystery...".

The heavily edited and redacted Bible ends the sojourn of the Christ on earth with his ascension. Pistis Sophia, begins where the truncated canonical gospels leave off. In it, the Christ narrates to his disciples the story of Pistis Sophia, who represents those who seek the Light, the gnosis ("Pistis" = earthly knowledge, "Sophia" = divine Wisdom). He explains to them the obstacles faced by the true seeker as well as many of the mysteries that lie beyond the Veil, spoken in truth without similitude.

The G. R. S. Mead version is the most well-known.

This work is highly recommended.

~ g
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The Twelve Monstrosities

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An aeon is a wondrous creation of cosmic proportions, created by mortal souls. Let us return to this briefly. Twelve great astral magnetic currents control the macrocosm (g: the solar system). Each of these currents influences and controls a part of every microcosm (g: you) and the mortal soul present in it. These twelve magnetic currents guide the processes of birth, life and death, plus the subsequent processes of dissolution and construction of every mortal soul (g: reincarnation).

In addition, these twelve magnetic currents are responsible for the creation of three triple forces in the mortal soul, namely the will, the mind, and the desires.

These three forces together determine the consciousness --  the I. They each have three faculties: the ability to attract, to repel, and to neutralize. The cooperation of these three abilities makes possible a countless number of soul-activities, and the actions that arise from them cause the state-of-life of the individual human-being in his ascents and descents through life. With these three faculties the mortal soul can perform tremendous creative acts, such as the creation of mental images.

In the soul's great struggle to live, to stay alive, and to survive the struggle for existence, in that breath-taking defense against immeasurable threats and seized by a thousand-and-one fears, the soul populates its bio-sphere with numerous mental images of all kinds.

All these innumerable mental images of these innumerable human souls can be divided absolutely into twelve classes or groups. Some aspect in each of these mental fabrications corresponds primarily to one of the twelve great astral currents. Hence you can imagine that the general laws of vibration (g: "like attracts like") cause all human mental images  to collect together to form twelve extremely powerful forces, created and maintained by humanity. They are fed on the one hand by the twelve macrocosmic currents and on the other by the uninterrupted flow of human mental activity.

This exchange between the twelve astral forces and mortal souls causes the formation of twelve anomalies, twelve gigantic monstrosities. These have been formed according to natural laws, and they increasingly pollute and delude the dualistic universe. These twelve monstrosities, with all their effects and side-effects, eventually begin to rule the entire dualistic system and cause it to deviate from its course. For this reason a great cleansing is repeatedly necessary followed by a new Day of Manifestation. The microcosms (g: you) keep having to be freed from the grip of the twelve monstrosities, which the microcosms themselves have formed. If such a cleansing did not take place, the salvation of the microcosms would stagnate permanently and the whole macrocosm would congeal, as is rightly stated in Dante's Inferno.

In the Pistis Sophia, the twelve monstrosities are called the 'twelve aeons', and the archons of the aeons draw attention to the many activities that emanate from them. All worship of gods and the whole range of religious and occult activities  are connected with this If you have participated or are still participating in this, then your god too, is connected with this and you are also bound, with all the corresponding consequences and pains!

From "The Sadness of Pistis Sophia" - The Gnostic Mysteries of Pistis Sophia - Jan van Rijckenborgh

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Man does not live, he is lived. As humanity lapsed into forgetfulness over the ages, knowledge concerning the power of thought was also forgotten. Humanity's control of its mental activity  progressively deteriorated, eventually becoming what it is today: chaotic, willy-nilly and usually self-directed. Thoughts are things...they go somewhere. The combined result of mankind's enormous and continuous mental activity is the creation of twelve great astral powers, twelve aeons. These twelve aeons have twelve distinct characteristics which control most of humanity and are commonly known to man as the zodiac.

To be truly free, man must first free himself from the influences of the Twelve. It is the task of the Spiritual School to assist all those who wish to break these chains. However, before a man can be freed, he must first recognize that he is imprisoned. He must gain insight into the true nature of his condition. Once he understands the seriousness of his plight, it is hoped that he will cry out for release from the cycles and begin to yearn for salvation. This is blessing, because this yearning acts as a call. A call for that which is not of this world. A call that will be answered by the Gnosis.

~ g
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A Gentle Reminder

 

Be in the world, not of the world.

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Inner GPS In Our Lives

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Nowadays most of us rely on a GPS when driving in an unknown area. We willingly follow the instructions the voice is giving us. Without this navigation system we would easily get lost. Could we compare this familiar navigations system with the Gnosis, which also gives us guidance and direction in our lives?

In the course of our lives we often ask ourselves in what direction we should go. What is the right decision? Often we are not even sure what our true destination is. Life takes us on paths that are difficult to predict, to crossroads where it is hard to decide in which direction to continue.

We long for guidance, but are at the same time so absorbed with our difficulties that we are not always aware that help is there.

The Gnosis is always there, is always speaking to us—if only we would listen. Often we (our personalities) assume that the direction we are taking is the right one. But have we followed our inner voice, the voice of the Gnosis?

We become more and more entangled in detours. We pursue a different direction, always in the hope that it will be the right way. However, our ego does not know the right way.

The Gnosis wants to guide us. We only have to be open for it. We have the choice to turn on our inner GPS, to listen to it and to follow ‘the instructions.’ The Spiritual School supports us in this process of ‘learning to listen’ to the guiding voice of our inner GPS.

Like a GPS that recalculates the route to our destination when we take a wrong turn, so the Gnosis is always there to guide us on our next step in our current life situation. It does not matter how deeply entangled we become in the net of our dialectical lives, still the Gnosis will always ‘recalculate’ and guide us, starting from the point in life where we find ourselves. All that we have to do is to hold on to our deep inner yearning for the true aim of our life.

And think of the calm and neutral voice of a GPS. It is unaffected by our wrong turns, it does not get impatient. It is the same with the Gnosis. Her calling voice is always there, having already patiently waited for us during many incarnations, until finally we start recognizing it and begin to follow its guidance.

It is our choice to turn on our inner GPS and to let it guide us through our lives by the directions of the Gnosis.

Will we take more detours—or will we begin to listen and follow the road to our true destination?

From a Rosicrucian prayer:

May we now- O, Gnosis- set our foot upon the Path
May we dedicate our lives to the Purpose for which they were given us.
O that we all might understand the Mystery of Liberation.
He who has received the Seed of the Spirit can begin to walk the Path.
He who carries the Seed-of-Light within him possesses a treasure that cannot be taken from him.

Your friends from the Lectorium Rosicrucianum.

From Lectorium Rosicrucianum - CONTACT LETTER - February 2014

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http://www.lectoriumrosicrucianum.org/
http://www.goldenrosycross.org/
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One Short Lifetime

72 years.

That is the average earthly life-span of a human-being. This may appear to be too short in duration, but it is the quota that man has allotted to himself. There was a time when man lived hundreds of years in physical incarnation. The Biblical references to 900-year lifespans are true. As man digressed spiritually and morally, he distanced himself from the Divine Plan. Whenever we diverge from God's Plan, deterioration and negative dematerialization is the result. Man's life-span was shortened accordingly. Only the Divine Teachers, the priest-kings of that time, maintained the extended life-span, because they "walked with God".

There are no Divine Teachers in physical form on Earth today. The overall planetary vibration is presently far too low to accomodate entities of a divine nature. Humanity has descended so far that we are only allowed a short dip into matter before we must be pulled back into the reflection-sphere. Think back to a few hundred years ago. The life-span was even shorter. People were lucky to reach 40, 45 years of age. 72 was probably the average then as well, but the conditions that man lived under during those times were much more physically harsh and demanding than today. Not to mention the incessant wars and their resulting fatalities. Then, as now, man spent 99% of his time figuring out how to survive and make the best out of physical life and perhaps 1% on the higher spiritual life. That 1% usually did not manifest itself until death drew near. This also remains true today.

So here we are, born with the clock ticking.

72 years.

What can we possibly accomplish in such a short amount of time? Some pursue riches, fame and glory, in order to "leave their mark" on the world. Others feel that they are too small to change the world, so they focus upon the next best thing, which is to make themselves as comfortable as possible. They pursue personal comforts and entertainments. Then there is a class of human-beings who, out of ignorance, fear and confusion, choose to elbow their way through life, taking from others, hurting others, causing harm and destruction wherever they go. Through violence, they attempt to extinguish the fires that burn within. Sadly, they succeed only in fanning the flames.

All of these groups will someday reach the limit of their mortality. As death approaches, they will review their lives. Whether their overall experience has been "successful" or "unsuccessful", nagging questions will still persist:

"Is that all there is to Life?"  "What was the point?" "What's going to happen to me when I die"?

These are questions that should have been asked decades prior. Most wait until the end to give them any consideration. By then, it is too late. They will transition in a confused state, back to a reflection-sphere whose ways they have forgotten and where they will most likely be taken advantage of to some extent.

Thankfully, there are those who, as a result of countless incarnations of striving towards the Light are born into the physical world prepared to ask those questions early on in life and are armed with the tools to search for the answers. These seekers recognize the futility of physical life on a deep, unspoken level. They are able to hear the Still, Small Voice within them, the faint stirrings of the Divine Spark.

These ones will be assisted in their search for That Which They Do Not Know. Gradually, step-by-step, they will find themselves guided to situations that will provide them with an opportunity to broaden their insight into the true nature of their existence. Once they have obtained the proper insight, the true Purpose of their Life will be revealed to them. They will become aware of the One Goal of Humanity: Liberation.

We are here to liberate our immortal microcosms from this mortal existence. To do this, we must see ourselves as servants and not as masters. We are here in service to our microcosmic Spirit-nucleus, the Other One that sleeps within us, the Very Ancient One who has waited an eternity for a personality to come into existence that could free Him.

If we can locate the true Path of Return and follow it diligently, with faith, steadfastness and determination, we will begin the transfiguristic process required to free the Other One. The credo states that "He must increase, while I must decrease". What John uttered is gnostic truth. We must live to bring forth the Other One, which means that our personal concerns, desires, hopes and dreams must be put away - forever. We live to serve the Other. If we follow this Path to its ultimate conclusion, we will not perish, but will share in the multi-dimensional, eternal glory of the One we have helped to Resurrect.

This process needs only to have been started in this life in order to avoid having to meet the reflection-sphere fate of those mentioned above. Those who begin walking the Path of Return in earnest humility while in the physical will not transition to the ordinary reflection-sphere upon death, but will be taken to Shamballa, a region of safety, a vacuum of pure ethers which will enable the Candidate to continue walking the Path of Liberation without interference while maintaining the use of the etheric double, or vital body. He or she will "go no more out". A new incarnation will not be required, unless it is a voluntary choice made in the service of mankind.

So continue your Walk in faith and confidence. Yes, at times you will falter. Yes, there will be setbacks. It is not easy to shake off the aeons of this nature - we are made of the same astral material as the aeons that exert so much control over us; they are, after all, man's own creations - but it can be done! The personality known as Jesus stands as a shining example of that Victory. Accept failure as a part of the Journey. Do not quit! Do not deem yourself unworthy! When you fall, get back up and keep Walking! Don't look back. It is this moment that counts, not the moment that has passed. Every moment we are transmuting the vibration-state of our microcosm. It is a cumulative effort. One failure cannot be cause to stop trying. Every failure should urge us on to the next success. Every success will make the next failure harder to come by.

If we can stay on this Road, there will be no lingering questions at the moment of transition. We will face so-called "death" in peace, knowing that we are but crossing over to Shamballa, where we will join with all those who have gone before us, those who have "died in Christ" (to "die in Christ" means to die with the Divine Spark awakened, consciously walking the Path of Return). We will truly be heading home, well on our way to freeing the Other One within us and fulfilling the Divine Plan of the Logos for the Salvation of Lost Humanity.

72 years.

One short lifetime. Amazing things can take place in those 72 years for those who find The Way, The Truth and The Life.

~ g
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Flying Saucers

Originally posted on 24 February 2012.

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Well, we have to tell you that various planetary mankinds possess the theoretical and practical knowledge to make and build such instruments and vessels. They already had this knowledge when The Wrath in the dualistic universe was kindled. The stories of flying saucers throughout all ages and all that has come to our knowledge about them during the last years prove this fully. We lack the necessary technical scientific knowledge to give you a satisfactory explanation of the precise structure of the propelling device. We can give you, at best, an image of it as a layman sees it.

As you know, electricity is a phenomenon that accompanies every magnetic current. Where there is a magnetic force, there is also electricity. That is why a giant electrical capacity that can never be exhausted is always present in the entire universe. Scientists of the earth have demonstrated over the centuries, with very poor instruments, that us should be possible to pick up this atmospheric or cosmic electricity. Tremendous atmospheric electrical discharges are known to have a disrupting effect on various instruments.

Anyhow, the space travelers possess the knowledge and devices to pick up cosmic electricity wherever they may be and to concentrate it in relatively small spaces. Assisted in this way, they create an electromagnetic field in and around their vessel. By making this field positive or negative at will, and in this way attuning it to their own planetary north and south polar currents, they can leave their planet, or they can travel towards it. The speed of their vessels depends on the increasing or decreasing of the electromagnetic field in question. When you also assume that they are subsequently able to attune their device to any other given planetary field, you can imagine that space travel is as simple for these entities as cycling is for us.

For the technically-minded person, many problems remain, of course, still unsolved. We certainly cannot give an adequate answer to every question, because we do not approach these problems from the technical point of view. We can, however, state with certainty that an entity knowing how to apply the electromagnetic current will thereby be able to solve many such problems. All this, and we emphasize this point, belongs entirely to the practice of life-waves in the dualistic realm of the nature of death.

All atomic vandalism -- and all experimentation with atomic science is vandalism -- communicates itself immediately to, and manifests itself in the magnetic earth currents. Thus, cooperation in the solar system is disturbed. The solar system, as we saw, is one magnetic system. When earth's mankind, driven by blind instincts, affects the foundation of the inter-cosmic system by causing heavy atomic bombardments or experiments with incomprehensibly high energies (for this is what it amounts to), the disorganization will communicate itself to all planets. Numerous chain-reactions will result in the suicide and the murder of all the inhabitants of the solar system.

Of course there are still many other causes of disorganization of the earth's magnetic field and consequently of the solar system, because every unholy condition of humanity brings with it such a consequence. Yet, where technology and the madness of science serve the unholiness, there the dangers are of highly alarming proportions. Although in all ages there has been talk of interplanetary visits by means of space ships, in our time such visits are the order of the day. Yes, we are convinced that at this moment not a second passes without large numbers of such vessels being present in our atmosphere. The question can now be asked: what are those vessels and their crews doing in our life-field? Only looking? Only investigating? Filling us with dread by their presence? Do they threaten us with mass attacks?

In answer to these questions one could say: they do not have to look, because they know better than we do what is going on. Neither do they have to investigate, for they know from the past what to expect when earth's mankind is once again on the point of reaching the peak of its civilization. Neither can they fill man of the masses with dread, for such a man submits to and unconditionally follows his "authorities". The "authorities" deny the phenomena and the press and the radio usually follow suit. Besides, the space ships stay as far as possible from the inhabited areas in order to attract the least possible attention. Moreover, there is no question of attacks, for any destruction for instance, of the large quantities of various atom bombs already available would result in an immense disaster in the entire solar system.

No, the continuous presence of space ships in our atmosphere, all of which do not originate from other planets, has a totally different explanation. The fact is that they are continually repairing the damage inflicted upon the earth's magnetic field by the shocks and ravages of mankind. Starting from the earth's magnetic poles, where they land incessantly, groups of spaceships are continually restoring and adjusting, to purify and regulate the vibration of the inflowing and radiating currents, "to rectify" shocked magnetic fields and to feed them in order to safeguard the inter-cosmic household to the best of their ability.

Thus, the space ships do very beneficial work.Without their help, our world and the entire solar system would have long since had to end this Day of Manifestation. However, this work has, in the main, a purely self-protecting purpose, for all these entities are not able definitely to extinguish or destroy the unholiness caused by earth's mankind. Mankind itself must wipe out its karma. Therefore, the said cleansing of the earth's magnetic atmosphere has to do with a concentration of all this unholiness.This concentration has reached such proportions that it is almost visible while it is becoming ever larger and denser.

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From "There Is No Empty Space" - J van Rijckenborgh
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The Very Ancient One - Conclusion

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The Universal Doctrine says that the Original Substance, both in this world and the one above it, is sevenfold and that every situation and principle is divided by degrees into seven gradations of density and of nature. And so it goes on, until there is a, for us, unknown number of spaces within the Original Seven which in turn are to be considered a unity. This unity, seen as a whole, reveals the entire universe. everything is contained within it. The Divine Breath flows within this unity of substance.

However, mankind identifies its experience of space and order, its dualistic life reality with the one absolute Divine Purpose. We know that the substance from which mankind lives is totally different from the other substances. That is why the inhabitants of the earth who only experience their own material manifestation or substance and who therefore look through the other substances with unseeing eyes, think that the Universe is just an empty space. Yet there is not a millimeter, not an atom of empty space. An entity of another space in the All-Revelation transferred into our order of time-and-space would not be able to express himself in our order and would not be able to live in it. If such an entity in "his" space was living an eternal life, then he, being imprisoned in ours would come to know death as a life sensation. Yet, as an eternal being, he would not experience death in our sense. His end would therefore be like the outer darkness.

It appears from all accounts given by the Universal Doctrine and the Holy Language that a very large, unknown number of entities from  a higher, more absolute field of manifestation did indeed sink down into our own, and afterwards were unable to express themselves because of the totally different nature of the dualistic field of manifestation. Thus they were irretrievably lost. Once they were Children of the Light; now they became children of the darkness. All this can be explained perfectly from a natural scientific point-of-view. Natural potentials always have limits. We, as lung-breathing beings, cannot breath in water or live in a vacuum. If our state-of-nature is fundamentally violated, we cannot maintain ourselves. It is the same in the multitude of spaces in the All-Revelation. It is utterly impossible to transfer a creature from its own natural space into another space which is not in agreement with its nature. One revelation is not compatible with another.

Now it may be known to you from the philosophy of the Rosycross that the dualistic space in the All-Revelation was never intended to be a life-space for human entities. The dualistic space had, and in fact has, a totally different purpose. However, when in the ancient past many entities were submerged in this dualistic space, this chaos of contrasts, and without help would have been irretrievably lost, it pleased the Logos to bring to development a Revelation of Salvation for them. A Revelation of Salvation, of healing, is of course always temporary, subject to time; it is not meant to last. Therefore all our microcosms are subject to this Revelation of Salvation. This accounts for our presence in our microcosms, the presence of the time-space entity. We, living so vitally in this nature-order, are being called to pass through the Rose-gate and vitalize the imprisoned, submerged, frozen pre-man, the "Very Ancient One"; to drive him, as forerunners, across the border of this nature-space; in this way enabling the Submerged One in our microcosm to return to his Fatherland.

The Revelation of Salvation for the "Very Ancient One" is at the same time a message of salvation for us. To us, beings of time, subject to nature, born for and dedicated to death, is promised eternity in the Fatherland of the Very Ancient Ones if we dedicate ourselves to the task for which we were created. Totally absorbed in our Companion, being one with him, we shall leave the spaces of time and enter the space of Eternal Life. When we, as true servants are willing to fulfill our tasks to the microcosmic House of Service, then the Great Miracle will occur, the temporary will be swallowed up by the Eternal. By non-being according to nature, by non-action according to the "I" of nature, we are all elected, through the Rose-gate, to be the Children of God. In order to be able to go this highly joyful way we only have to break through all the delusions inherent in time-and-space. At the point of separation, at the borders of time, we have to take leave of the forces of time-and-space. These forces, driven by their nature, try to maintain us in the nature of their earth.

From "The Very Ancient One and the Legend of Hoel Daht" - There Is No Empty Space - Jan van Rijckenborgh

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Those heavenly beings who fell from grace? That's us, many, many millions of years ago. As microcosms, we've been stuck here since then, our glorious Origins forgotten. Blissfully ignorant of our Past and our Purpose, we send one personality after another to wallow in the muck of earth-life, happily embracing the perpetually swinging Pairs of Opposites, repeatedly nailing ourselves to the cross of matter.

We are unable to remember where we came from. We cannot see or experience anything of the Sixth Cosmic Domain, our Original home, even though it is nearer to us than hands and feet. A terrible state-of-affairs.

"My people are lost for lack of Knowledge".

There is only one way out. Time and again, a rope of salvation is let down from Above. It has been lowered once more for all of mankind during the end of this major world-cycle. Is anyone trying to grasp that rope? Does anyone even know that a rope has been lowered? For those who see the rope, do they know what it's for? Will they grab hold or turn away, yet again?

The Call resounds. The Ark has been prepared and is now set for departure. Who among us is ready to put away their earthly toys and return Home?

~ g
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The Very Ancient One

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The course of our lives is played out in space. We speak of an order of time-and-space, a space in which everything is subjected to a phenomenon we call "time". Hereby we express that everything which is has a beginning and an end, shows an ascent and a  descent, in brief, is dualistic. The ascent we call birth, the descent, death. At the point where death becomes complete and the microcosm is totally emptied, birth sets in again. everything that is to come has already been. Everything that is, is doomed to depart.

This dualistic order, hence an order of time-and-space in which death is an irrefutable companion of all and everything contains very great secrets. It is necessary to unveil some of these mysteries in order to vivify our insight into the necessity of Transfiguration. If we succeed in this we shall be able to understand many incomprehensible processes which occur in our lives, to understand their purposes and so to decide either to cooperate fully in such processes or withdraw from them entirely. When we speak and think about the processes of life and death we in fact limit ourselves almost exclusively to the various forms of life we know and which we come into contact directly. We know that the Rosycross teaches that everything we refer to as our personality is subject to death. That is to say, all the vehicles of our personality and the consciousness dwelling therein -- the consciousness we call our "I" -- cannot maintain themselves in the order of time-and-space with both its spheres (material-sphere and reflection-sphere). They are totally eliminated, dissolved. What is left is the emptied microcosm which, after being emptied, provides itself with a new inhabitant, this being made possible by the earthly maintaining process (~ g: reproduction). But did you know that another process of death also occurs in every microcosm?

We, nature-born beings of the order of time-and-space are in the process of dying while living. This process of dying usually occurs within a period of at the most a hundred years. All this is known to us. But in this order of time-and-space there is still another process of dying that can take millions of years, namely that of One who is imprisoned with us in the same microcosm. After we have closed our eyes forever in this material-sphere, glimmering on for a short while in the reflection-sphere, The Other One in our microcosm will perhaps be in the process of dying for an interminable time.

Until now we have called The Other One "the Rose" and we know that this Rose is a point of contact of the Gnostic Radiation, a contact between two Worlds. But a great mystery lies behind the symbol of the Rose; a dungeon, a sepulchral temple in our microcosm in which the "Very Ancient One" lies enchained, the Ever-Dying One who bears the afflictions and experiences of all the mortal companions who were very near to him in the order of time-and-space. However, in this order great forces are at work to bring about the quickest possible death of the "Very Ancient One" who is hidden behind the door of the golden Rose, for then only the eternal scar of memory would be left in the microcosm and the order of time-and-space would no longer be endangered. Conversely, great forces are also at work to supply the Bread of Life to the "Very Ancient One" in his dungeon, to keep him alive and so prolong his miserable existence, in the hope of releasing him before he dies and then to rescue him from all dangers.

To sum up: in every microcosm two entities are to be found, the self and The Other, the "Very Ancient One". The self, totally subjected to the nature of duality, beginning in time and ending in time and The Other One, imprisoned in, though not of, this nature. The Other One originates from a very different state of life, but has sunk down into ours due to a prehistoric incident. He does not truly live, but is as if frozen in the order of time-and-space, unconscious, immersed in a trance of death. Almost imperceptibly slowly his life is squeezed to death in the cold of the world. If that process of death were to be fulfilled, it would be far more terrible than ours. When an entity pre-destined to be eternal is submerged in a field-of-death, a situation similar to that of suicide develops for that entity; a situation from which there is no escape and which is designated in the Holy Language as "the outer darkness".

An extremely confused and complicated situation therefore exists in our immediate microcosmic life-field. Two lives, both mortal, are lived in it, one of which is like a slow-motion film. It is possible to explain fully how this dramatic and peculiar situation came about and indeed one can see evidence of it in every-day life. For this reason we ought to think of one of the inscriptions to be found in the sepulchral temple of Brother Christian Rosycross:

"There is no empty space".

End Part One

From "The Very Ancient One and the Legend of Hoel Daht" - There Is No Empty Space - Jan van Rijckenborgh

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We are not here in service to ourselves. Our mission, our duty, is service to "The Other One" that lies as if asleep within us. The "image with the dead eyes", the "Ancient of Days" as it has been referred to by some.

It is our task to do what is necessary to re-ignite the Divine-Spark, attract the great Gnostic forces, the Christine radiations, and provide the Bread of Life, the Holy Foods that will enable a Rebirth for the Very Ancient One made possible by the Transfiguration of our vehicles.

If you take anything away from this humble blog, let it be that you will understand and accept that there is a Great Purpose and Vocation to your life that you are being made aware of. With this insight in hand, you must make the decision to either accept this Great Vocation or die.

~ g
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The World Of The Virgin Spirits

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The 'World of the Virgin Spirits' actually exists, but the entities that dwell there are not virginal as regards Knowledge, experience and spiritual development, they are only virginal as regards sin, crystallization and death. The 'World of the Virgin Spirits'  is the Original world of mankind, as intended in the Divine Plan. It is the order of God, the Kingdom of Heaven (certainly not to be confused with the 'heaven' of exoteric Christians or the 'summerland' of the spiritualists, which we will explain later when discussing the reflection-sphere).

The 'World of the Virgin Spirits' is situated within one of the realms of the planetary cosmos. This cosmos is composed of seven realms of existence which together form one great Sphere. Our world is one of those seven realms.

The Original World of mankind is an everlasting glory. There, mankind fulfills the Divine Plan underlying world and mankind in perfect obedience, which should not be understood in the sense of blind docility or obedience, but as voluntary, conscious cooperation in a free binding of love with God. The dynamic human will, in which the Divine Fire is potentially present, is in harmony with God's will. In this state-of-being man does not wish to use his will power experimentally, speculatively or forcibly. Just imagine the state in which man is in possession of his Original, Divine faculties, so that he is able to speak the Creative Words: "he speaks, and it is so; he commands, and it is".

These faculties are glorious if they develop within the framework of a free binding of love with God, by God's hand. However, if anyone were to use these Divine faculties experimentally, speculatively, or forcibly, a disaster would develop, affecting the whole Universe. A tragedy of this kind is developing now that man, in an experimental urge for self-maintenance, is splitting the atom and thereby misusing the cosmic building materials in an effort to make them subservient to his self-willed objectives.

In using his will in this way, whether unconsciously or in negation of every cosmic tie, man is like a child playing with a hand-grenade. When we realize this we can understand something of the catastrophe brought upon us by the Fall. Man began to use his Divine creative faculties experimentally in self-will and in this way the human will became unbridled, the free will became a misused will: the forces unchained escaped human control.

End Part I

From "Involution - Evolution" Elementary Philosophy of the Modern Rosycross - Jan van Rijckenborgh

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The Great Initiation

This is a re-post. The original post is dated 9 June 2009. Highlights and italics added by this writer. 

From "Secret of the Andes" Brother Philip. G. W. Williamson

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And now we enter this great period of Initiation. The skies of Earth will become fantastic. Through many prophecies that have come to you from other people working throughout the world, you feel that you have an insight into what shall take place; and yet I say verily that pen has not recorded nor voice uttered that which shall become a great sign and display in the skies of Earth, for the Elements themselves will have control for a short period of time. There will be great rainstorms and floods. You have heard how it rained forty days and nights. That is nothing compared to what it will rain. Perhaps it will be forty months. The entire face of the Earth will change. It will be unrecognizable.

Strange creatures shall appear from the depths of the Oceans to the wonderment and bewilderment of Man, creatures many times larger than the largest ocean liners. There shall be plagues and famines. Beasts and creatures unknown shall appear.

The Earth is about ready to become a 'sun' -- not like the Sun of your System -- but it shall be surrounded by a golden corona. It is stepping into a higher rate of vibration. You are going from a three dimensional to a fourth dimensional world. No longer will others be able to see you or your world. This must necessarily take place as you pass through the heart of the great Cosmic Cloud. And then shall the prophecies, as recorded by Joel and many of the others, come true: when the Sun shall turn blood red and the Moon shall be red as the ruby, and the day shall be gone and it shall be dark upon the Earth for a period of two weeks. There shall be much Confusion. And the oxygen will be reduced upon the Earth for a short period, followed by periods of great moisture, baking heat and parched areas alternating with great moisture. Almost everything upon the face of the Earth will be destroyed.

When is this time coming? We are now in it. Each day it grows in Intensity. More of your craft that fly in the air are coming down. Every day you hear of it. More tornadoes! More floods! The Polar caps melting more each day! The water levels rising! Increasing earthquakes!

The Governments of the world are in panic, yet they do not show it outwardly. Beneficial bacteria upon the Earth which you depend upon are dying at a rapid rate, so that you will be exposed more and more to that which is detrimental to your physical form.

As you see that which decays and dies before your eyes, it is because all is being made New. Rejoice that you see these things, for it is your Salvation that draweth nigh, and not your Doom.

And therefore you must tell your fellow-man that the Catastrophes will come, but that they are your Salvation. Rejoice! for the Old passes away.

If Man can release the Old, then he can glimpse a more glorious New. Those who cannot release the Old will have to start again at the Beginning. They shall place their Soul progression back several million years, and once again will have to come up through various forms of Cave Men through thousands of years, even millions, until they develop to this very stage again. And then they shall have the chance once again to accept the new and, if they cannot accept the new, they will go back once again millions of years.

This is not retrogression as it would appear. It is retrogression in the Physical, yet it is progression from the standpoint of Spiritual evolvement, for in the Father's realm, there is no retrogression -- only continual expanding Grandeur.

Yes, those who say Catastrophe comes are true; they speak with Truth; but the Earth shall not end. It shall become new, as it is written. It does not say that the world will end. It says there shall be a "new heaven and a new earth", not a new Earth from the destruction of the old, but a new Earth -- the old made new.

So, tell them the words with which the Elder Brother wishes you to feed his flock. It is the way of the Father. Catastrophe comes so that Man might learn from the Experience. But only the Great and the Beautiful and the Good shall be inherited from it. Out of it, Mankind shall arise Phoenix-like unto his own Golden Glory.

God wishes Man (man that He created) to Rule over his celestial Worlds. He wishes each man to take charge of His worlds. Recognize that each one of your Fellow-men that passes you during the routine of the day -- recognize him as a potential god. For some day, each one, no matter whether they are in your institutions of correction, whether they have gone to your gas chambers, or to the hangman's noose, some day that Soul shall command a Planet, and then a System and then a Galaxy. We are all on the road to that Legacy.

Do not become weary from the routine of the day. Always keep the Goal before you, not the eternal goal, for there is no eternal goal, but keep the Goal of the Moment which shall be an eternal goal, in a sense. Keep it before you, ever shining like a great, golden sun. Turn not your face from its radiance nor its warmth. Stay within it. Let it enshroud you in its Warmth. Go where the Father doth lead. Do what the Father feels is best for you.

For this is the time that you have died Countless times over, for which you have been Crucified, whether you were a man or a man on a Throne.

Accept now your Graduation, and prepare for The Great Initiation.

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~ g
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Archaeocryptography

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What is archaeocryptography? It is a new science, only about 20 years old (~ g: written in 1998), which plots the ancient global positioning of pyramids, earthworks, mounds (I believe you call them moulds and barrows on your side of the Atlantic), temples and henges around the world.

"Archaeo" = prehistoric and "Cryptography" = codification. Yes, I DECODE Pyramids.

Archaeology, since its inception, has been searching for the roots of mankind, with all of its speartips, broken pottery and other hand-made and hand-held artifacts, believes that it has the answer: our ancestors were primitive half-savages.

What I have found is just the opposite: we have been preceded by genius! The fallacy of archaeology is that it relies on written records and when they search back beyond writing, they find nothing. Hence, all earlier peoples were ignorant.

But there is another way of expressing human intelligence...

NUMBERS rule the far side of history!

If that causes fear or doubt, it is understandable. We "moderns" are not conditioned to numbers or simple arithmetic as a viable means of expression. We use writing, French, English, German, Italian, Russian, Bosnian, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese and all the rest. Quite a mess.

As a result the French cannot understand his moulds, the British his tumuli, the Russian his barrow, the American his mound, the Ecuadorian his tola or the Egyptian his pyramid. Yet, the fact that these ancient monuments occur on a world-wide basis suggests a common language and that common language could only have been numbers, arithmetic or mathematics; the common language of the Universe. Indeed, God's language.

Does anyone remember this ancient arithmetical language? Have we ever found it written down? Only on very rare occasions and when we do, we cannot recognize it because it makes no sense to anyone. We and our progenitors have a language barrier, a very serious one.

Let's begin with England's Stonehenge, which most people are vaguely aware of. History asserts that the Druids built it - because they still use it as a temple. Yet, were the Druids around 10,000 years ago? That's the new formal date awarded the Stonehenge site in the June 1997 issue of English Heritage. Immense antiquity.

What DO we actually know about Stonehenge? Surely, it is a ruins, a complete wreck, with many of its Sarsen stones toppled, broken or missing, and few of its lintels intact. But English archaeologists have verified (from depressions in the ground) that there were originally a total of 30 Sarsens - on top of which there were 30 flat stones (lintels).

That is a grand total of 60 stones on its perimeter, and presented in a perfect 360-degree circle. What did it mean?

By aligning certain of its stones towards the heavens, archaeoastronomers insist that it served as a primitive clock or calendar, and this may indeed have been one of its functions. But, if they had asked its numbers, they would've found something far more awesome!

Did the builders know what "60" meant? According to existing thought, probably not.  People back then were stupid and had no knowledge of numbers - much less arithmetical process.

Were they aware, as we are, that circles (in stone or anything else) comprised 360 degrees of arc? No. They were just circles. Ask yourself that same question. Chances are you won;t believe it's possible either.. After all, you've been taught that such primitive knowledge simply was not available.

Enter archaeocryptography - which doesn't search for the tools of our scratch-building ignorant ancestors but rather indications of intelligence. Here's what it find...

(1)   STONEHENGE:   Take the 60 and 360 and multiply them:

60    x      360    =  21,600



 (a)   Now notice the latitude of Stonehenge as it appears on our own modern maps, specifically the British Pathfinder series of topographical maps - the best we have. Notice that a parallel of latitude bisecting the very center of Stonehenge yields a position of 51 degrees, 10 minutes and 45.35 seconds (51 10' 42.35").

(b)    Notice also that the previous figure, presented by the structure, ENCODES this latitude:

21,600      :       51       :       10'     =   42.35294117"

~ g: The above implies dividing 21,600 by 51 by 10. Now multiply 51 x 10 x 42.35294117 and see what answer you get.

How numbers can speak! There isn't a word written at Stonehenge and yet, there it is: Its numbers speak  -- and very specifically -- to the common language of mapping: degrees, minutes and seconds.

What has Stonehenge explained through its arithmetical language?

(c) That its builders

--  Knew EXACTLY where the equator was located, and still is,
--  Where the true North Pole was - and still is,
--  That they had mastered the science of mapping,
--  That circles did indeed comprise 60 degrees of arc,
--  That they could not only count to sixty but,
--  Could handle the multiplication of numbers,
--  And that if they ever had a written language, they saw no need for expressing it in their monuments.

And it wasn't necessary anyway, was it? We DID find the message!

It sure looks awesome on paper, doesn't it? Genius from a time before time -- in pre-Celtic England, no less.

From "Preface" - Whispers Before Time - Carl P. Munck

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It is the monuments themselves that encode this information. In this example, it was encoded in the number of stones and their geometry. In other monuments, it is the geometric shape, number of sides, stairsteps, etc. that can be used to determined latitude.

The above post deals with encoding and decoding latitude (east-west). Determining longitude (north-south) requires an extra step, as the Prime Meridian of the ancients was not the same as the one recognized today in Greenwich, England. The following is taken from "Code of the Ancients"

"One of Munck's major discoveries was his re-discovery of "our" (?) original prime meridian for longitude measurement. He determined that the prime meridian for this 'geomath matrix' passes directly through the center of The Great Pyramid at Giza in Egypt. So, we adjust our longitude (east or west, according to the site we are working with) by 31 deg 08 min 0.8 sec . . . the exact longitude distance between the current Greenwich, England prime meridian and the center of The Great Pyramid ".

This 31 degree variance must be used when calculating longitudes for ancient monuments, as you will see in the excellent examples presented below:

Kukulkan

The Nazca Lines

The Bent Pyramid

The point of posting this is to share with others something this writer came across many years ago in the early stages of seeking. It indicated several things:

a. at least a portion of ancient humanity were not "ignorant savages"
b. a very high intelligence existed on earth in deep antiquity
c. present-day archaeologists are either fools, incompetents or are purposely suppressing this information

The origins of these high intelligences were not "extra"-terrestrial -- at least not in the manner in which that word is understood by today's humanity. Perhaps more on that later.

This information doesn't serve to bring anyone closer to Final Liberation. It's just one of those little-known secrets kept from us that deserves to be shared, for whatever it's worth.

~ g
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The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception

Written by an inspired Max Heindel at the turn of the previous century, this book is almost required reading for the true Seeker. Affectionately known as The Cosmo, it provides information essential to understanding all realms of the physical world, from the gross to the subtle.

Although the ultimate goal is to leave this nature-order, it is always helpful to expand one's knowledge of certain aspects of it. That said, the links below are provided without obligation. You, yourself will be the judge of what is presented. You will decide what to do with the information provided.

In general, The Cosmo endeavors to answer the following questions:

Whence have we come?

Why are we here?

Whither are we going?

If the book is approached with a clear and open mind, you are guaranteed to derive significant and lasting value from it. Keep in mind that the book was written in the early 1900's, so there are items that are presented in a veiled state, primarily because the average human-being of that time was not at a level of development that would allow him or her to be confronted with certain truths in their raw form. Still there is much here that is informative and helpful. Many of the diagrams used in this blog ("The Seven Worlds", "Average Life-Cycle of a Human Being", "777", etc.) are taken from the Cosmo.

In closing, the cosmology chronicled by the Cosmo was not invented by Max Heindel, nor does it "belong" to any one group. It is as old as humanity. Heindel was chosen to disseminate it to the Western world in his era, just as others were chosen to spread the word in the epochs preceding him and in the century that succeeded him. The Knowledge is constant, only the messengers change.

Two links are available, a hyper-link and a .pdf link. Both contain the full Cosmo.

The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception (web version)

The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception (pdf version)

all love,

~ g
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The Etheric Region Of The Physical World



The Seven Worlds

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The Four Ethers

To the trained clairvoyant, ether is as tangible as are the solids, liquids, and gases of the Chemical Region to ordinary beings. He sees that the vital forces which give life to the mineral forms of plant, animal and man flow into these forms, by means of the four states of ether. The names and specific functions of these four ethers are as follows.

(1) Chemical Ether

—This ether is both positive and negative in its manifestation. The forces which cause assimilation and excretion work through it. Assimilation is the process whereby the different nutritive elements of food are incorporated into the body of plant, animal and man. This is carried on by forces with which we shall become acquainted later. They work along the positive pole of the chemical ether and attract the needed elements, building them into the forms concerned. These forces do not act blindly nor mechanically, but in a selective way (well known to scientists by its effects) thereby accomplishing their purpose, which is the growth and maintenance of the body.

Excretion is carried on by forces of the same kind, but working along the negative pole of the chemical ether. By means of this pole they expel from the body the materials in the food which are unfit for use, or those which have outlived their usefulness in the body and should be expurgated from the system. This, like all other processes independent of man's volition, is also wise, selective, and not merely mechanical in its operation, as seen, for instance, in the case of the action of the kidneys, where only the urine is filtered through when the organs are in health; but it is known that when the organs are not in health, the valuable albumen is allowed to escape with the urine, the proper selection not being made because of an abnormal condition

(2) Life Ether

—As the chemical ether is the avenue for the operation of the forces the object of which is the maintenance of the individual form, so the life ether is the avenue for the operation of the forces which have for their object the maintenance of the species—the forces of propagation.

Like the chemical ether, the life ether also has its positive and negative pole. The forces which work along the positive pole are those which work in the female during gestation. They enable her to do the positive, active work of bringing forth a new being. On the other hand the forces which work along the negative pole of the life ether enable the male to produce semen.

In the work on the impregnated ovum of the animal and man, or upon the seed of the plant, the forces working along the positive pole of the life ether produce male plants, animals and men; while the forces which express themselves through the negative pole generate females.

(3) Light Ether

—This ether is both positive and negative, and the forces which play along its positive pole are the forces which generate the blood heat in the higher species of animal and in man, which makes them individual sources of heat. The forces which work along the negative pole of the light ether are those which operate through the senses, manifesting as the passive functions of sight, hearing, feeling, tasting, and smelling. They also build and nourish the eye.

In the cold-blooded animals the positive pole of the light ether is the avenue of the forces which circulate the blood, and the negative forces have the same functions in regard to the eye as in the case of the higher animals and man. Where eyes are lacking, the forces working in the negative pole of the light ether are perhaps building or nourishing other sense organs, as they do in all that have sense organs.

In plants the forces which work along the positive pole of the light ether cause the circulation of the juices of the plant. Thus in winter, when the light ether is not charged with sunlight as in summer, the sap ceases to flow until the summer sun again invests the light ether with its force. The forces which work along the negative pole of the light ether deposit the chlorophyll, the green substance of the plant and also color the flowers. In fact, all color, in all the kingdoms is deposited by means of the negative pole of the light ether. Therefore animals have the deepest color on the back and flowers are deepest colored on the side turned towards the light. In the polar regions of the earth, where the rays of the sun are weak, all color is lighter and in some cases is so sparingly deposited that in winter it is withdrawn altogether and the animals become white.

(4) Reflecting Ether

—It has heretofore been stated that the idea of the house which has existed in the mind can be recovered from the memory of nature, even after the death of the architect. Everything that has ever happened has left behind it an ineffaceable picture in this reflecting ether. As the giant ferns of the childhood of the Earth have left their pictures in the coal beds, and as the progress of the glacier of a bygone day may be traced by means of the trail it has left upon the rocks along its path, even so are the thoughts and acts of men ineffaceably recorded by nature in this reflecting ether, where the trained seer may read their story with an accuracy commensurate with his ability.

The reflecting ether deserves its name for more than one reason, for the pictures in it are but reflections of the memory of nature. The real memory of nature is found in a much higher realm. In this reflecting ether no thoroughly trained clairvoyant cares to read, as the pictures are blurred and vague compared to those found in the higher realm. Those who read in the reflecting ether are generally those who have no choice, who, in fact, do not know in what they are reading. As a rule ordinary psychometrists and mediums obtain their knowledge through the reflecting ether. To some slight extent the pupil of the occult school in the first stages of his training also reads in the reflecting ether, but he is warned by his teacher of the insufficiencies of this ether as a means of acquiring accurate information, so that he does not easily draw wrong conclusions.

This ether is also the medium through which thought makes an impression upon the human brain. It is most intimately connected with the fourth subdivision of the World of Thought. This is the highest of the four subdivisions contained in the Region of Concrete Thought and is the homeworld of the human mind. There a much clearer version of the memory of nature is found than in the reflecting ether.

From 'THE ETHERIC REGION OF THE PHYSICAL WORLD" - The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception - Max Heindel

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Solids, liquids and gases are tangible physical substances that we can see or experience with our physical senses. However, subtler than the lightest gas is the substance known as ether. It's existence has been denied for centuries by the "scientific" community. All the better to keep mankind fettered in chains of abject Ignorance.

The existence of these ethers are a fact that can be ascertained by anyone who independently and objectively studies the matter. What's more, there are cosmic substances even more subtle than these four ethers, but perhaps it is best to first crawl before walking.

Next: The Cosmo

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The New Call - Backup Website

The New Call group was the most recent, sincere and earnest effort to spread the ancient Gnostic message at the end of this current Age. Unfortunately, the group is no longer active. Their website was taken down a couple of years ago. i came across a backup version of the website at www.archive.org not long ago. You may gain access via the hyperlink below.

The New Call

Key points of interest are:

Q & A Section (a must-read)

Rare Insights (necessary insights into the mankind's true state-of-being)

e-books ('The New Call", "Servers of the Divine Plan")

Some parts of the archive may not be accessible. However, most of it appears to be there.

all love,

~ g
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Someone Famous Died Today

It happens every day, everywhere in the world. Someone famous, wealthy, powerful or notable dies. Obituaries, biographies and testimonials pour forth. The deceased is remembered in the most favorable light, if at all possible.

Heads of state, popular entertainers, sports figures, politicians, scientists, religious and cultural leaders, etc. Every day, human beings who have accomplished "great" things by human standards pass on from this world.

Tragic? Depends on your definition of tragedy. Is it tragic to earn earthly fame and accolades, only to leave it all behind? Perhaps. Is it tragic to spend one's life chasing the earthly rabbits of wealth, fame, power and love, only to have it all crumble to dust in the end? Perhaps.

The ultimate tragedy is for anyone, great or small, to die without having obtained the One Thing Needful - Gnosis.

Thousands of people will die today. Tragically, they will die in Ignorance, doomed to yet another incarnation in the earthly vale of tears.

Do not allow this to become your fate, as well. Grasp this opportunity to break the cycle of ignorance so that when you transition, you will not return to the sham-heaven of the reflection-sphere, but will journey instead to the Realm of Light, the True Reality, where a place has been prepared for you.

~ g
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The Coming New Man

 

 

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Below, an excerpt from the opening of Chapter One. Highlights and italics are mine.

 

~ g

[QUOTING]

Perhaps you are familiar with various occult or ethnological speculations concerning the advent of a new human race on this earth and the nature and character of this race. Indeed, new human races have repeatedly emerged and disappeared over the course of millennia of years. Future dualistic manifestations (i.e., material worlds) will certainly prove no exception to this.

There are regions on our planet which can quite rightly be termed melting-pots of peoples. It is from such melting-pots that new races emerge in 'time' after undergoing much cleansing.

When cosmic revolutions occur (i.e., the end of a major world cycle), whole continents disappear and many other catastrophes terminate the lives of countless people, there are always individuals who escape and in some cases are deliberately brought to safety in advance: that is to say, they are transferred to safe regions. It is from such 'last remnants' of dualistic mankind that new races are cultivated. They offer all who perished in a cosmic revolution an opportunity to reincarnate.

No doubt you will have read fragmentary accounts of re-populations of our globe after its cleansing. Myriad legends and myths deal with this. We need to recall the story of Noah who, after escaping the flood, finds solid ground on Mount Ararat and along with his family, lays the foundation of another world-populace. We find the tale of Noah, in one form or another, in the myths of nearly every people.

Thus, the wheel of time revolves through the years, centuries and aeons; and Ecclesiastes rightly says: 'Is there anything of which one can say, See, this is new? It has already been, in the ages before us'; the same is true of the coming and going of human races. These are not essentially 'new', in the literal sense, but are older races or mixtures of them which return.

It is always the same things, facts and people, which in the constant revolutions of duality, measure up to current events. When we speak to you about the coming new man, you will immediately sense that we have no intention of informing you about a coming dualistic human race. As already stated, in its dualistic manifestation every new race already existed in bygone ages, so it is folly to call them 'new'. Even if they were new, such a racial manifestation would be meaningless to us. For we strive after liberation from the endless peregrinations through 'time', for the original life of the Kingdom of God which is not of this world.

We draw your attention to the fact that the pure, absolute Holy Language, too, contains statements relating to a new human race, in a special sense. This new race is known by various names. Sometimes we read of the coming of the people of God, sometimes of the Una Sancta, a Holy Brotherhood, etc. You will know all this but it is necessary to understand it correctly to avoid all sorts of errors.

There is a Holy Brotherhood, the Universal Brotherhood, the Brotherhood of the Original Kingdom, but the above-mentioned allusions in the Bible do not apply to this Brotherhood. No, our attention is drawn to the formation of an entirely new Brotherhood, an entirely new Una Sancta.

In order to obtain the right idea, let us consider the relevant problems from the point of view of time and space. We then see the dualistic-material world and mankind on one side, and the Kingdom of God with its inhabitants on the other. Separating these two worlds is a gaping chasm unbridgeable in time and space. Flesh and blood of the ordinary dualistic-material nature cannot cross this abyss. This is why, in the dualistic world-order, everything rotates like a wheel, continually returning, incessantly repeating.

We know that the Brotherhood of  'the other Kingdom' continually struggles to redeem fallen and captive humanity. Many people in this world react seriously and devotedly to the suggestions of the Universal Brotherhood. We do not know the exact number but they certainly exist. We do not know in which countries they live or to which peoples and nations they belong, but it is almost certain that people who thus react are to be found in practically every country.

All these people, from that immense variety of countries and nations, will, at a certain moment in world history, be drawn from those countries and from all directions, to form one community, a very special, exclusive race. It will not bear the characteristics of some region of this earth, but be lifted from the doom of the dualistic-material rotating wheel and achieve the miracle of leaping the unbridgeable abyss to the lost Fatherland. It is to this new community in genesis that the Holy Language refers.

Since the moment for the formation of such a race has come in our time, it is our duty to draw your attention to the fact. We must establish how all this will be accomplished and study various aspects of this wonderful development. We firstly intend to approach this exceptional wondrous manifestation and development of a totally new, non-dualistic type of man in this dualistic-material world from the mystical-philosophical angle. We shall then investigate how all this can be realised and which consequences we may ultimately expect.

From "The Coming New Man" - The Coming New Man - Jan van Rijckenborgh

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The Spiral Path

With the rollover to a another 365-day cycle, man looks ahead expectantly, at least for a moment. He dreams of all the things that he wishes to accomplish in the new cycle, and tries to imagine what will be different this time around. What does earth-life have in store for him? Can he make his earth-bound dreams a reality?

Before answering those questions, it will perhaps be helpful to understand what a cycle is. In layman's terms, a cycle is a full 360-degree revolution which ends where it begins. An expansion on this can be found in man's definition of a cycle:

cycle

- any complete round or series of occurrences that repeats or is repeated
- a round of years or a recurring period of time, especially one in which certain events or phenomena repeat themselves in the same order and at the same intervals.

Did you detect a theme in the above definition?

Our years are simply 365-day cycles that repeat themselves over and over ad infinitum. Nothing really changes. The seasons will turn, on schedule, with each alternating solstice and equinox. Man's routines will remain the same: planting in spring, growth in summer, harvesting in autumn and hibernation in winter. He will do the same things on the same days at the same time of year as in years prior. Rising, shining and fading will proceed with clockwork precision and predictability.

The thing about a cycle is that it is a closed circuit. There can be little or no change manifested by something that revolves in an endless circle. Using a bicycle tire as a crude analogy, we'll find that the only thing one can expect from millions of turns of the wheel is a constant wearing-down that leads to a structural weakening of the tire, eventually ending in a blow-out.

So what can man expect of the "new" year? More of the same, unfortunately. Oh, there my be some microscopic growth in the life of the individual, but it will be almost hard to detect.  One may get a new job, new car, new house, but that is not true growth. What of the person? Has the entity made any progress in pursuit of the One Goal of Humanity?

Perhaps now would be a good time to look at the definition of a spiral.

spiral

- coiling around a fixed axis in a constantly changing series of planes; helical.
- to advance or increase steadily; rise

Again, there is a theme here, one that is in complete opposition to that found in the definition of a circle.

A spiral is a path of growth. Like a circle, it is a revolution around a fixed point. Unlike a circle, it is not a revolution on a flat plane. Each point in a spiral is plotted just beyond the preceding point. This results in an forward-upward movement. A key feature is this: the spiral also has a start-end point, meaning that it ends where it began, but due to the helical motion mentioned above, the new spiral always begins on a higher plane than the previous spiral.

So how does one pursue this spiral growth? He or she must embark on a new Path. Not one that revolves in constant repetition, but a Path that leads one from power to power and from glory to glory. Most human beings are content with the cyclic path, the path of the masses, as it offers no surprises. They know what to expect, more or less. They can pursue their desire to experience the same things over and over again. Let's face it, how much does Christmas or New Year's change over time? Man does the same things every year, like a cuckoo wired to pop out of a clock when the hour strikes. That is not living. It is a zombie-like existence, masquerading as "life".

When one begins to seek The Way Out, he approaches the Spiral Path. When one discovers and understands the doctrine of the two nature-orders, he stands at the doorstep of the Spiral Path. When one makes the voluntary decision to forsake the material world, choosing to be in the world but not of the world,  one can begin to walk the Spiral Path, the Path of Liberation; the Path of Return.

Resolve this year to abandon the cycle of death and climb aboard the Spiral of True Life.

~ g
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