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Post by Goldenfleeced on Dec 16, 2014 3:10:23 GMT
On the Tenth Day 'til Christ-mas
My True Love gave to me
12 Houses, Holy;
11 Stars a-Falling, and
10 Golden Apples on a Living Tree...      Ten, as a number, stands in the place of 'God,' symbolically, and I guess that you can begin to see why... there are 10 Sephiroth on the 'Tree of Life,' which illustrate the 'aspects' of 'God' that can be known, although, the truth is that they say that there are really 11 (Sephiroth, that is)... with one being 'hidden,' and that one is known as Daat, or 'knowledge,' which lies somewhere between Wisdom and Understanding. In other words, the 'Tree' isn't really complete without the addition of that 'hidden knowledge,' which would most likely make it a 'Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil,' don't you think? And that 'knowledge' that is hidden from you is 'buried,' as shown in this illustration... true-ly buried, if you see what I mean... underground...  It's most likely an 'Evergreen' Tree...    
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Post by Goldenfleeced on Dec 17, 2014 4:28:36 GMT
On the Ninth Day next Christ-mas
My True Love gave to me
12 Houses, Holy;
11 Stars a-Falling;
10 Golden Apples,
And 9 Apothecary Jars, filled with Good Spirits...  9-pointed Star appeared in 1999... An article by Boyd Rice titled “The Cross of Lorraine: Emblem of the Royal Secret” mentions that the Cross of Lorraine, apart from being a symbol of poison, was the emblem of heraldry for Rene D’Anjou, said by Charles Peguy to represent the arms of both Christ and Satan and the blood of both. It is also said to incorporate the symbol phi or the Golden Ratio of Sacred Geometry - so very important to the Masons.
Rene d’Anjou was keenly aware of and interested in many things occult. He led a search for new (old) hermetic texts. The Cross of Lorraine was taken on by Rene, and, subsequently, by Marie de Guise, the wife of James Stuart V (parents of Mary Queen of Scots), for its occult symbolism. This occult symbolism showed the cross to be representative of poison.
Proof of this meaning comes also from the fact that it became an icon used by chemists (originally alchemists) on the bottles of poisonous substances. The idea is hidden in the duality. Why would monarchs and Templars use a sign for poison, if that poison did not have an opposite side? That of cure!
Later on in the early 20th century, Aleister Crowley, the arch Magus and self-proclaimed British Alchemist, would assign this very same symbol as the Sigil of Baphomet - the Templars’ own icon of adoration.
The Cross of Lorraine is also thought to be a sign of secrets; a sign of the Angelic Race, which came down and posited wisdom and the secrets of immortality upon the Royal Bloodline. According to Boyd Rice it is “a sigil of that Royal Secret, the doctrine of the Forgotten Ones...” www.bibliotecapleyades.net/sociopolitica/secretsoc/secretsoc12.htm Luneville renamed its cars Lorraine-Dietrich as a mark of independence. Note the cross of Lorraine on the radiator of this 1912 15 liter version...   This is "King Christmas," by the way, riding on a... goat... and he is raising a glass of 'Good Spirits,'- Love Potion Number 9... 
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Post by Goldenfleeced on Dec 18, 2014 6:18:21 GMT
On the Eighth Day, come Christ-mas,
My True Love gave to me
12 Houses, Holy;
11 Stars a-Falling;
10 Golden Apples;
9 Apothecary Bottles,
And 8 Perfect Cubes of Sugaar...
 'Star of Ishtar'...  Here, in 'Rainbow' colors...  "Queen Moo," perhaps? Manly Hall says that another name for Her, in South America, was 'Queen Moo;' interestingly, we believe that the 'land of Mu,' which is compared with the kingdlom of Atlantis, was located in the Pacific, and subsequently sank...  And this one looks like a Xmas gift, don't you think? Very much so... According to Albert Pike, in Morals and Dogma, Eight is the first cube of equal numbers, and is therefore, sacred in arithmetical philosophy; there are eight angles in the cubic stone. The number 8 symbolizes Perfection... Be you perfect, even as your Father in heaven is Perfect... Eight is the number of resurrection, as well,- of new beginnings, "meaning a new order or creation, and man's true 'born again' event when he is resurrected from the dead into eternal life." www.biblestudy.org/bibleref/meaning-of-numbers-in-bible/8.htmlNow, look at this...  This is an octagonal baptismal font, located in Milan... For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison; Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water. The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ... www.biblewheel.com//Wheel/Spokes/Chet_Eight.phpAnd, eight is a rainbow... a covenant... a Promise, of the new dawn of an Eighth Day. And, speaking of Xmas gifts, have you noticed that our gift boxes are often 'cubes'? A lovely 'illustration,' I think... and, of course, there is always the element of 'Mystery'... and 8 is also the number of Prosperity; in other words, we might expect to be 'gifted'... lol...  Well, that's not quite 'Rudolph,' yet... but, it is a roe, or a stag... interestingly. I wonder if it can fly?  Let's play 'ball'... lololol...
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Post by Goldenfleeced on Dec 19, 2014 5:39:33 GMT
On the Seventh day short of Christ-mas,
My True Love gave to me
12 Houses, Holy;
11 Stars a-Falling;
10 Golden Apples;
9 Apothecary Bottles;
8 Perfect Cubes of Sugaar,
And 7 Rocks, a-Rolling, spinning Magically...    You see...? Seven planets, seven Babylonian 'gods'... And, what does all of this have to do with alchemy...? I'll tell you... The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.Psalm 12:6     Seven is a very important number... Seven is the number of completeness and perfection (both physical and spiritual). It derives much of its meaning from being tied directly to God’s creation of all things. According to Jewish tradition, the creation of Adam occurred on October 7th, 3761 B.C. (or the first day of Tishri, which is the seventh month on the Hebrew calendar). The word 'created' is used 7 times describing God’s creative work (Genesis 1:1, 21, 27 three times; 2:3; 2:4). There are 7 days in a week and God's Sabbath is on the 7th day...
In the book of Revelation there are seven churches, seven angels to the seven churches, seven seals, seven trumpet plagues, seven thunders and the seven last plagues. The first resurrection of the dead takes place at the 7th trumpet, completing salvation for the Church. www.biblestudy.org/bibleref/meaning-of-numbers-in-bible/7.htmlGod introduced the Number Seven as a symbol of the completion of His initial creative act. But the work that He ended on the Seventh Day in the First Book was really just the beginning of the Biblical revelation of all history that He consummated in the Last Book. And it is here that we see the Divine consistency of the Number Seven as a Biblical symbol; God used it with exactly the same meaning when He revealed the end of time, described as the completion of the "mystery of God," in Revelation 10:5ff:
And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven, And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer: But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.www.biblewheel.com/Topics/Seven_Meaning.php"Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction. 11"For My own sake, for My own sake, I will act; For how can My name be profaned? And My glory I will not give to another."Isaiah 48:10, 11  I wish I could sign it for you, but... All my Best Wishes... Darned phony hypocrites... I wish the Grinch would stay off the phone...  Anyway, let's add this for the number 7... The number 7, according to Ambroise, corresponds to the Old Testament but he sees it also as the number representing the virginity. Thibaut of Langres gives also this attribute to this number because it is the only one of the first nine numbers which does not father and the only one which is not fathered. It is considered as virgin and representative of the Holy Spirit to which are attributed the same properties. Macrobe goes in the same way telling that it symbolizes Minerve, born of his father without passing by a mother.
The seven indicates the senses of a change after an accomplished cycle and of a positive renewal.
Perfect number and symbol of the divine abundance, it is also according to the Bible the number of the punishment, the purification and the penitence. It is also attributed to Satan who tries to copy God being the monkey of God. Also the infernal beast of the Revelation (Rv 13,1) has seven heads.
It is the number of the perfect man, complete and perfectly realized as the sum of the four females and the three males.
Symbol of the totality of the created Universe (3 the sky + 4 the earth), it expresses the creation within which the man evolves.
Saint Augustin sees the seven like the perfection of the Plenitude. He made it also the number of the creature, considering not the life of this one but its become, the evolution.
Symbol of the infinite numbered in its return to the principle, that of the snake which bites its tail, according to Abellio. It would be also the number of the achievement in the space-time.
It is the number of the initiation, that is to say the union of exhibited with the infinity.
Symbol of eternal life for the Egyptians: it symbolizes a complete cycle, a dynamic perfection.www.ridingthebeast.com/numbers/nu7.phpWell, how do you like that...? That makes 'Satan' God's monkey... lololol... How about those Foo Fighters now...? Huh? Huh? And, speaking of "God's Monkey," you're going to love this...  Sadly, this is not 'Pope Frank,' but it is Pope Cornelius I, "The Prehensile"... I tell you, I 'googled' it... Now, this representation is considerably older, nevertheless, the message is the same... and hay... that's a donkey...  From another blog, this is titled, "Pope Francis, the Destroyer." Droll... but that monkey sure looks familiar... probably just another anomaly...  I'm not sure what this one means, but I think he must know Mr Sluggo...   Now, this one looks 'familiar,' too... Pope Frank?  Lololol... speaking of angry chairs... I'm sure he's wearing holy underwear... of whatever color... or variety... tape is Good.
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Post by Goldenfleeced on Dec 20, 2014 4:29:43 GMT
On the Sixth day before Christ-mas,
My True Love gave to me
12 Houses, Holy;
11 Stars a-Falling;
10 Golden Apples;
9 Apothecary Bottles;
8 Perfect Cubes of Sugaar;
7 Rocks, a-Rolling,
And 6 Spiraling Seashells, ringing like bells...Six is, among other things, the number of Venus... and it is shaped very nearly like a spiral... like the letter G... as well as being one of the very few, and first, 'Perfect' numbers. This is extremely meaningful, since, in the Bible, the number 6 symbolizes man and human weakness, the evils of Satan and the manifestation of sin; none of this sounds 'perfect,' does it? But, it Will be... Six says so...  'The Birth of Venus,'- more Botticelli...    The sixth anniversary is marked with Sugar... or candy... But there are more 'goodies' than that for our sixth day,- I'll add at least one more, just for me, so to speak... do you see the six-pointed star? I have one, too... I 'built' it, you might say... Here it is...    Now, you can't tell me that I haven't made my 'mark' in the World... At least. And so, let me leave you with this 'greeting' this evening, to commemorate our Star...  There Will be Joy, in the morning... Joy to the world...
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Post by Goldenfleeced on Dec 20, 2014 4:52:58 GMT
Mary, Mary, quite contrary,
How does your garden grow?
With silver bells, and cockle shells,
And pretty maids, all in a row...Lolol... Before we continue on, I'd like to stop to point out one or two additional things about our numnber 6... You'll notice that it is assigned to both Venus, and our Dionysus/Iakchos, and there is a point to that... The most famous mention of Iacchus is in The Frogs by Aristophanes, where the Mystae (mystics) invoke him as a riotous dancer in the meadow, attended by the Charites, who "tosses torches" and is likened to a star bringing light to the darkness of the rites.
Iacchus' identification with Dionysus is demonstrated in a variety of sources. In a Paean to Dionysus discovered at Delphi, the god is described as being named Iacchos at Eleusis, where he "brings salvation". Sophocles, in the Paean in the play Antigone, names the god of the Mysteries at Eleusis as both Bacchos (Dionysus) and Iacchos. The 4th- or 5th-century poet Nonnus describes the Athenian celebrations given to the first Dionysus Zagreus son of Persephone, the second Dionysus Bromios son of Semele, and the third Dionysus Iacchus:
They [the Athenians] honoured him as a god next after the son of Persephoneia, and after Semele's son; they established sacrifices for Dionysos lateborn and Dionysos first born, and third they chanted a new hymn for Iakkhos. In these three celebrations Athens held high revel; in the dance lately made, the Athenians beat the step in honour of Zagreus and Bromios and Iakkhos all together
The word Iacchos also signified the ritual cry ("Iacchus, O Iacchus!") that accompanied the festival. In Euripedes' The Bacchae, according to the translation by Philip Vellacott, the Bacchants call to dance, crying out in unison on the son of Zeus, "Iacchus! Bromius!". Bromius is another epithet of Dionysus. The Orphic Iacchus was held to have a two-fold personality comprising male and female aspects, the female of which was called 'Misa'.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IacchusThis would make our 'Venus' a kind of two-in-one, or 'Divine Androgyne,' which includes her 'son,' Cupid... Love. They are... twins, of sorts... two, but the same, like Prometheus and Athena, say. They are 'saved' by the 'horses of heaven,' which turn out to be fish... and we'll get to that in a few days... but, for now... Let's move on...
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Post by Goldenfleeced on Dec 21, 2014 3:09:08 GMT
On the Sixth day before Christ-mas,
My True Love gave to me
12 Houses, Holy;
11 Stars a-Falling;
10 Golden Apples;
9 Apothecary Bottles;
8 Perfect Cubes of Sugaar;
7 Rocks, a-Rolling,
And 6 Spiraling Seashells, ringing like bells...Six is, among other things, the number of Venus... and it is shaped very nearly like a spiral... like the letter G... as well as being one of the very few, and first, 'Perfect' numbers. This is extremely meaningful, since, in the Bible, the number 6 symbolizes man and human weakness, the evils of Satan and the manifestation of sin; none of this sounds 'perfect,' does it? But, it Will be... Six says so... 'The Birth of Venus,'- more Botticelli... The sixth anniversary is marked with Sugar... or candy... But there are more 'goodies' than that for our sixth day,- I'll add at least one more, just for me, so to speak... do you see the six-pointed star? I have one, too... I 'built' it, you might say... Here it is... Now, you can't tell me that I haven't made my 'mark' in the World... At least. And so, let me leave you with this 'greeting' this evening, to commemorate our Star... There Will be Joy, in the morning... Joy to the world... I hope you all notice the 'internet rant'... Yep... Good one... I just wanted you all to know that I'm having a lot of fun over here... Best Wishes for a Magical Holiday Season... |
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Post by Goldenfleeced on Dec 21, 2014 3:43:37 GMT
On the Fifth day'fore Christ-mas,
My True Love gave to me
12 Houses, Holy;
11 Stars a-Falling;
10 Golden Apples;
9 Apothecary Bottles;
8 Perfect Cubes;
7 Rocks, a-Rolling;
6 Spiraling Seashells,
And 5 Golden Toooooooooooooooooes...
That's right...  Historically, the dragon was the symbol of the Emperor of China. In the Zhou Dynasty, the 5-clawed dragon was assigned to the Son of Heaven, the 4-clawed dragon to the nobles (zhuhou, seigneur), and the 3-clawed dragon to the ministers (dafu). In the Qin Dynasty, the 5-clawed foot dragon was assigned to represent the Emperor while the 4-clawed and 3-clawed dragons were assigned to the commoners. The dragon in the Qing Dynasty appeared on national flag...en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_dragonChinese mythology is rich with the artwork, tales and depictions of dragons. Dragons are thought to give life, hence their breath is called "sheng chi" or divine energy. They are essentially benevolent and associated with abundance and blessing. They were helpful, wise and generous with their gifts when people encountered them.
The Rising Celestial Dragon. Details of a mandarin robe of embroidered silk, Chia-ching period (1796-1820), Qing Dynasty.
Known as the sons of heaven and the governors of rainfall, they symbolise royalty, nobility and good fortune. Some possessed great powers that allowed them to make rain and control floods, hence the dragon is a symbol of the natural world as well.www.dragonsinn.net/east-2.htmSee...? Golden Dragon...    Spyro... the baby Dragon... Lolol... Just for fun...  See his little horns? 
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Post by Goldenfleeced on Dec 21, 2014 4:32:15 GMT
Spyro 3 was "Year of the Dragon"... Spyro 4 is titled, "Enter the Dragonfly"...  See his tail...? That looks like a spiraling seashell, to me... Just sayin'... |
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Post by Goldenfleeced on Dec 21, 2014 4:43:46 GMT
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Post by Goldenfleeced on Dec 21, 2014 4:51:24 GMT
I think we could use... ...more Cowbell... From "Agents of Fortune"... And yes... that would pretty much mean that... |
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Post by Goldenfleeced on Dec 22, 2014 3:20:54 GMT
Before we go on tonight, I would like to take just a moment to expound on the image of the 'Birth of Venus' by Botticelli that I shared with you earlier; I know that you have all seen this painting countless times, really, but I wonder if you've really 'seen' it... with Magic X-ray glasses... lol... Let's look again... To begin with, if you look closely, you'll notice that all three of the female figures in the painting are the same 'person,' identified in the center as Venus. That part is 'obvious,' but what about the other two sides of the picture? There are three, which makes her 'story' something of a Triptych, doesn't it...? I suppose that it would... On the left (as you see it on the screen), is what appears to be an Angel, carrying the nude female figure that looks as if she is, if not dead, then, very near death... she has been taken up, barely clinging to her rescuer, with eyes closed, as she is being consigned to the Sea, or perhaps brought up from the sea to which she has been consigned. In the center, we see her raised from the Sea on a seashell... she looks whole, and peaceful, here, having been resuscitated from her earlier 'demise'... and the figure of the Angel, if you'll notice, is blowing toward her his 'breath,' perhaps the 'breath of Life,'- it is a 'Birth,' after all... To the right, we see a 'mortal woman' which appears to be the same (in visage and form) as our Venus, and she is holding out a robe of stars to dress her (the new-born Venus) in (and notice the color of the robe... a very fleshy color, if you ask me), because she is evidently now going to take her place on the land, as a human... at least, for a time... You see...? And, if I'm not mistaken, that would make our Venus a real 'Living Dead Girl'... Lololol... Do you see what I see...? Ooops... that was almost 'naughty'... |
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Post by Goldenfleeced on Dec 22, 2014 4:06:58 GMT
On the Third Day 'til Christ-mas,
My True Love gave to me
12 Houses, Holy;
11 Stars a-Falling;
10 Golden Apples;
9 Apothecary Bottles;
8 Perfect Cubes;
7 Rocks, a-Rolling;
6 Spiraling Seashells;
5 Golden Toooooooooooooooooes...
4 Living Creatures,
And 3 Books, Bound as One...From the Sefer Yetzirah, the Book of Creation, in Theory and Practice: The Hebrew word for book, Sepher, has the same root as the word Sephirah, except that the former is Masculine and the latter is Feminine.
These three books are said to be 'text, number, and communication.' The Hebrew word for 'text' here is Sephar, which literally means 'book.' 'Number' is Sephar, from which the English word 'cipher' is derived. 'Communication' is Sippur, which more literally is 'telling.'
These three divisions respectively represent quality, quantity and communication. These are the letters, numbers, and the way in which they are used.
These three books correspond to the three divisions of creation defined by the Sefer Yetzirah, namely, 'Universe, Year, and Soul.' In more modern times, these would be called space, time and spirit. 'Universe' refers to the dimensions of space, 'year' to time, and 'soul' to the spiritual dimension.
...The Sefer Yetzirah speaks of a five-dimensional continuum, defined by the Ten Sefirot. The first three are the three dimensions of space, the fourth dimension is time, and the fifth dimension is the spiritual dimension.Now, Louis Claude de St. Martin (remember our 'Unknown Philosopher?' That's him...) said that the only book ever written by the hand of 'God' is... man. And so, we might assume that, in relation to these three 'books,' there is a 'human' element... and, we are, as we have seen, a sort of Triptych, which includes these three 'volumes' in One, and then, again, on another 'level,' there is a Man-book (or many) that comprises these three complete 'volumes' in One to be 'revealed,' or 'unsealed,' if you Will...     A different kind of a Christ-mas card... And, I might add that these three 'books' would include the three areas of Mastery, facing the successful Initiate... the Physical, the Intellectual, and the Spiritual... You need to 'decode' or 'unseal' all three volumes... and one of those is 'number'... You see? We 'play' the 'numbers,' or maybe I should say that 'the numbers Play us'...
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Post by Goldenfleeced on Dec 22, 2014 4:24:31 GMT
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Post by Goldenfleeced on Dec 22, 2014 4:46:56 GMT
The number Four represents universal truth, as in the four directions (north, south, east, west) and the four winds (Matthew 24:31; Revelation 7:1; Revelation 20:8)...The alchemists also count four 'humors,' variously illustrated below, four 'worlds,' four (natural) elements plus One, four stages of 'putrefaction'... And this... The quaternary of the motto of the alchemists and the Rosicrucians: to know, to want (will), to dare, to hush (to keep silent).       |
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