Well, let's 'see'... where was I? I know...
This hour in history needs a dedicated circle of transformed nonconformists. Our planet teeters on the brink of annihilation; dangerous passions of pride, hatred, and selfishness are enthroned in our lives, and men do reverence before false gods of nationalism and materialism.
The saving of our world from pending doom will come, not through the complacent adjustment of the conforming majority, but through the creative maladjustment of a nonconforming minority.-Dr. Martin Luther King
Now, let's add to that a few words from our old friend, John...
If not us, who? And if not now, when...?It's a fair question... and since the nonconformists definitely seem to make up the minority of 'thinkers' and 'doers' at this time, I believe that this must be the time, after all. But before we can move on to a
real future, there are still some answers that we need regarding the past, in order that we can build upon the firm foundation of truth. I have something to offer, I think, that should add to the understanding of that which is past and those things that still remain in our 'collective consciousness', and other 'consciences' more individually, that are hard to account for, given the 'history' that we have been 'forwarded'. I have suggested that what we have been told is "myth" is more likely a 'cover' for a truer version of "history", since it has to be accounted for, somehow, but not necessarily in a 'believable' way. I think that I'd like to refer it as "Myth-tory"... a very great 'myth-tory", indeed.
I suppose that we should begin at the beginning... not the 'big bang', but the earliest 'beginning' of events here that we can actually 'uncover', which is at Gobekli Tepe, This site is simply rife with "myth-tory", since it is a factual place that was once occupied by factual people, but the understanding of who they were and what they were doing there is still considered to be in the realm of "myth", because historians (per se) have not quite been able to wrap their heads around it. At a time that is reckoned to be about 11,000 years in the past, something happened there, that changed the path forward of humanity to the extent that I might ascribe the presence of our "missing link" to it,- but what will it link us to?
The stars...
… and some other "missing" persons...
Look what I found...
It's my favorite Unicorn...
I love this album... too...
It includes "You Can Call Me Al", "Crazy Love", "I Know What I Know", "Homeless" and "All Around the World or The Myth of Fingerprints"... interestingly...
You know, there was one 'princess' that Mr. Disney didn't 'cover', and this one seems particularly significant to the story that I'm going to tell,- she is the "Swan Princess". Or did he...?
There's a hummingbird at :45...
That's a good one, Google-bot... lol...
You remembered the story about the "Ugly Duckling", don't you? It turns out they weren't a duck at all...
They were a Swan. Maybe a black swan...
And what does a swan have to do with it all, you may ask; the 'swan' is Cygnus, whose stars, once upon a time, hung above the northern horizon and the star Deneb was our own pole star.
I liked the Greg Lake (oh, "C'est la Vie") recommendation, as well... just sayin'...
Thank you.
Hay,- I saw that...
It looks like we've all been 'listening in'...
Now, I meant to save this song for later on in the story, but... today, we got the 'sequel', by some happy act of serendipity, so I thought this would be a good time to share it; I've played the first song before here, and there is a reason for it beyond just the 'cute-ness' of the Unicorn, so I hope that you would be so kind as to listen to both and then see if you can draw the 'analogy' given in the second song to what may have (or will) happen(ed) to our 'Unicorns'...
The Lord loved his unicorns and heard their plaintive cries,
Sayin', "I can't bear to leave them there to die!"
"So here's what I'll do, for this wasn't meant to be,
I'll make their new command the deep blue sea!"
Swimmin' free, swimmin' free, swimmin' fancy-free,
Swimmin' free, swimmin' free in mystic revelry!
Swimmin' free, swimmin' free, majestic as can be,
The narwhal is the rarest in the deep blue sea!
He changed them into narwhals to escape the raging flow,
And they swam away up to the ice and snow.
The Arctic is their home where the frolic wild and free,
And they're called the unicorns of the sea!(https://www.musixmatch.com/lyrics/The-Irish-Rovers/Narwhal-the-Continuing-Story-of-the-Unicorn)
'Cosmic whales', swimming free in the 'cosmic sea'...
Now, there is a further connection that these 'unicorns' can make to "Noah"... I will be 'skipping ahead' of the story, somewhat, but I can hardly wait...
The Muslim scholar Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi (d. 786–787 CE), who was in Basra before his death, wrote: "The Sabians believe they belong to the prophet Noah, they read Zabur, and their religion looks like Christianity." He also states that "they worship the angels" (my note: They were also said to have 'worshipped' the stars, which only means that they probably possessed the first working knowledge of astronomy). According to the Quran, the Zabur, the second book of Abrahamic tradition, was given to King David of ancient Israel. Many modern scholars identify the Zabur as the Psalms.
Most of what is known of the Sabians comes from ibn Wahshiyya's The Nabatean Agriculture, translated in 904 CE from Syriac sources. The text discusses beliefs attributed to the Sabians, in particular that they were people who lived in Pre-Adamite times, that Adam had parents and that he came from India...
These newly dubbed Harranian Sabians acknowledged Hermes Trismegistus as their prophet and the Hermetica as their sacred text, being a group of Hermeticists. Validation of Hermes as a prophet comes from his identification as Idris (i.e. Enoch) in the Quran (19.57 and 21.85)…en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SabiansAnd this is why we can say that the Psalms are 'magical'...
And why I believe that they were the original 'alchemists', or those who understood the applications of spiritual and physical principles that are now called 'science', if they are remembered at all...
Psalm 18
The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.
And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.
The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire.
Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.
Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.As sure as you're born, the Good Lord loves His unicorns...
Closer... "Woo Woo Woo"...
How about a 'bookful' of "Secrets"?
It is one of the oldest surviving books of 'magic' in the world... said to have been given to men by 'the angels'...
Which ones?
This
"Book of Secrets") is a Jewish magical text supposedly given to Noah by the angel Raziel, and passed down throughout Biblical history to Solomon, for whom it was a great source of his wisdom and purported magical powers.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sefer_HaRazimAnd even that little piece of information would seem to point us back to the "Sabians", and a time long ago and far away, when men were being 'instructed' by something with 'wings'... which happened as long ago as the time of Gobekli Tepe, whose 'shaman' were said to have worn 'wings'.
Do you see that the boy is standing in a field of wheat...?
Curiouser and curiouser…
Ready to push this boat off "into the mystic"?
Why do they refer to Hermes Trismegistus as "thrice greatest"?
I believe that there will be three 'manifestations' of "Hermes",- once as "Thoth", once again as... I will leave that to your 'imagination' and the 'facts' that are known, and then, once again as mankind is 'passed' from this form/time into another; this is the alchemical 'process' for which "Hermeticism" is so-called, and 'practiced' since... time immemorial.
The most famous use of the term in this broader sense is in the concept of Renaissance Hermeticism, which refers to the wide array of early modern philosophies inspired by, on the one hand, Marsilio Ficino's (1433–1499) and Lodovico Lazzarelli's (1447–1500) translation of the Corpus Hermeticum, and on the other, by Paracelsus' (1494–1541) introduction of a new medical philosophy drawing upon the 'technical' Hermetica (i.e., astrological, alchemical, and magical Hermetica, such as the Emerald Tablet). In 1964, Frances A. Yates advanced the thesis that Renaissance Hermeticism, or what she called "the Hermetic tradition", had been a crucial factor in the development of modern science. While Yates's thesis has since been largely rejected, the important role played by the 'Hermetic' science of alchemy in the thought of such figures as Jan Baptist van Helmont (1580–1644), Robert Boyle (1627–1691) or Isaac Newton (1642–1727) has been amply demonstrated.
Throughout its history, Hermeticism was closely associated with the idea of a primeval, divine wisdom, revealed only to the most ancient of sages, such as Hermes Trismegistus. In the Renaissance, this developed into the notion of a prisca theologia or "ancient theology", which asserted that there is a single, true theology which was given by God to some of the first humans, and traces of which may still be found in various ancient systems of thought. Thinkers like Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463–1494) supposed that this 'ancient theology' could be reconstructed by studying (what were then considered to be) the most ancient writings still in existence, such as those of Hermes, but also those of, e.g., Zoroaster, Orpheus, Pythagoras, Plato, the 'Chaldeans', or the Kaballah. This soon evolved into the idea, first proposed by Agostino Steuco (1497–1548), that one and the same divine truth may be found in the religious and philosophical traditions of different periods and places, all considered as different manifestations of the same universal perennial philosophy.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HermeticismLet's talk about 'purple'...
It seems that the purple wool that was used to dress King Solomon has been found in Israel just at this time, interestingly enough,- and, if that in itself weren't interesting enough, the background that we can provide for the "color purple" really is... it connects us with what I believe are the 'offshoot' of the Sabians, which were the Kenites,- the people from which Moses' father-in-law, Jethro appeared, in the land of Midian, which is mentioned in direct connection with this purple dye in the video posted recently by Steve Fletcher. At the 10:22 mark, you will find the relevant quote...
"And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold (17); beside ornaments, and collars,
and purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and beside the chains that were about their camels necks."
In the Hebrew Bible, Jethro (/ˈdʒɛθroʊ/; Hebrew: יִתְרוֹ, Standard: Yitro, Tiberian: Yiṯerô, meaning "His Excellence/Posterity"; Arabic: شعيب, romanized: Shuʿayb) was Moses' father-in-law, a Kenite shepherd and priest of Midian, but different from Reuel (or Raguel). In Exodus, Moses' father-in-law is initially referred to as "Reuel" (Exodus 2:18) but then as "Jethro" (Exodus 3:1).en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jethro_(biblical_figure)Kenite, member of a tribe of itinerant metalsmiths related to the Midianites and the Israelites who plied their trade while traveling in the region of the Arabah (the desert rift valley extending from the Sea of Galilee to the Gulf of Aqaba) from at least the 13th century to the 9th century bc. The Kenites’ name was derived from Cain, whose descendants they were believed to be.
The Kenites are mentioned several times in the Old Testament. The father-in-law of Moses, Jethro, was a Kenite, and as priest-leader of the tribe he led in the worship of Yahweh, whom Moses later revealed to the Hebrews as their own God whom they had forgotten.www.britannica.com/topic/KeniteSo, we know that "Jethro" means "His Excellence/Posterity" (and that is interesting), but what does "Reuel" mean?
It means, "Friend of God"... and I believe that it was not a name, but a title which was given to the priests of Midian. King-priests who were "friends of God"... and there were others...
Verses 21-23, James 2: "Was not Abraham our father justified by works, offering up Isaac his son upon the altar? Seest thou, that faith did co-operate with his works; and by works faith was made perfect? And the scripture was fulfilled, saying: Abraham believed God, and it was reputed to him to justice, and he was called the friend of God."
Abraham is justified before God by a living faith accompanied by charity and good works, and it is only by this that he is called a friend of God. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_2#The_Example_of_Abraham_(2:21–24)Which reminds me of another rather 'mysterious' Priest/King that Abraham met...
Melchizedek...
Melchizedek /mɛlˈkɪzədɛk/;[1] Hebrew: מַלְכִּי־צֶדֶֿק malkī-ṣeḏeq, "king of righteousness"; Amharic: መልከ ጼዴቅ malkī-ṣeḏeq; Armenian: Մելքիսեդեք, Melkisetek), also transliterated Melchisedech or Malki Tzedek, was the king of Salem and priest of El Elyon (often translated as "most high God") mentioned in the 14th chapter of the Book of Genesis. He brings out bread and wine and then blesses Abram and El Elyon.
…It has also been conjectured that the suffix Zedek may have been or become a reference to a Canaanite deity worshipped in pre-Israelite Jerusalem.-Wikipedia
"Glory to God in the Highest (El Elyon),- let there be peace (Salem) on earth, and good will (God's will) toward men."
So sang the angels...
I just wanted to make a short note in regard to some friends; I am often amazed in the presence of 'spirit', and equally amazed at the many interesting forms that it takes...
For instance, it often comes wrapped in the beautiful blanket of 'rhythm',- it sings its presence...
And we respond by 'moving in it'...
Sometimes, it is something very small, that might be easily overlooked by the 'many', and only noticed by the 'few' that are looking, and hoping, for it,- they 'anticipate' its presence. One of my greatest joys is 'my' hummingbird,- my little 'humming-buddy',- Malachai. He comes to visit me every morning, and every afternoon... even in the pouring rain, and the cold. He will hover, up and down, and then he comes to perch on the feeder that I set out for him, so that I will see him there; I imagine that it is sort of a 'thank you' gesture to let me know that he uses, and appreciates, his little feeder,- really, the creatures are much 'deeper' than most of you think they are,- not all of you, of course, but most. His persistence, and his 'personality', would seem to indicate that there is a very great 'spirit' in that very small body... and I am grateful. I often imagine that I will fly away with Malachai someday... maybe he is here waiting for me.
Anyway, I wanted to 'note' my thanks this morning... to my friends, great and small.
Have a 'better day'...
Oh, no you dittn't…
Oh, yes... you did!!!
Hay, ya... that really was Perfect, and totally "Ice Cold"...
You know that's got to be one of my favorite songs to "shake it" to... "shake it like a Polaroid"...
Except, unlike at your house, my kids hate it when I do that,- I assume it's embarrassing. I think we all know that I have no shame... lol...
If I could hit the "thumbs up" button a thousand times, I would, but I haven't figured out how to do that yet. All we have to do is find 999 other people that dig Outkast and you at least half as much as I do... the second part should be easy. Thank you guys,- that was more fun than a Super Bowl party, which I didn't go to, anyway. I hope the 'old goat' did well... you know, just because...
I think that's all I wanted to say right now, but I just couldn't not say
something,- like...
I think I'll do that again.
Beautiful friends, pressed like roses, in the pages of our heart...
Thank you, Friend.
Q. What is the chief study of a Philosopher?
A. It is the investigation of the operations of Nature.
Q. What is the end of Nature?
A. God, Who is also its beginning.
Q. Whence are all things derived?
A. From one and indivisible Nature.
Q. Into how many regions is Nature separated?
A. Into four palmary regions.
Q. Which are they?
A. The dry, the moist, the warm, and the cold, which are the four elementary qualities, whence all things originate.
Q. How is Nature differentiated?
A. Into male and female.
Q. To what may we compare Nature?
A. To Mercury.-from "A Short Catchism of Alchemy"
www.alchemywebsite.com/tschoudy.htmlThere is more to say on this subject, all relative to the "creation" of some of the things that have been observed lately; I will have to return to it later. For now, I have other work to do... as always...
Hello, friends...
"Will it go 'round in circles? Will it fly high, like a bird up in the sky?"
Like a "Starling"? Lol...
Hello, Clarice...I know that must seem like a strange place to begin on this Sabbath morning, but believe me, I can make the 'connection'... and I probably should. I made some few comments on the subject in a couple of other places, but this is the only place that I can really elaborate on the points that are being made, and... there are. As another poster bothered to point out, somebody spent a lot of money to put that 'message' out, and in return for their investment, it bears recognition, and a response; I will do what I can towards that end.
Let's begin with some symbolism, and then we'll get down to the 'meat' of things...
There is the moth, of course, that appears over the girl's mouth; the moth symbolizes (among other things) "messages from heaven(s), or messages from God", which is interesting, under the circumstances, as well as the fact that moths are drawn to the 'light'; even at peril of their own destruction, they seek light where it might be found and then persist toward it until they have integrated themselves with it, as nearly as they can.
Her name is Starling, which might be interpreted in two ways,- there is the bird symbolism, and that is interesting in its own right; birds seem to figure into the 'story' in many ways, so that can be taken as a 'given', I think. Just quickly, this quote is from 'Google'...
Birds were considered the reincarnations of the most pious and highly respected individuals. A bird symbol stands for transcendence and freedom in Celtic. Apart from the souls and reincarnations, Celtics also believe birds represent liberation for humans because of their ability to take flight high up in the heavens.So, there's that... and that all brings us to Star-ling... and the further implications of that, which might best be left to your own imaginations.
Now, about the 'character' of Mr. Hannibal Lector... do you believe that it was an 'accident' or a 'coincidence', let's say, that Clarice's "nemesis" should turn out to be a 'consumer of human flesh'? I think not. You see, I remember having already made a 'journal entry' to the point that the "fall" of humanity happened due to the fact that they were 'enticed'/tempted to partake of the fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. It really doesn't require much 'imagination' to put that in its proper perspective; 'trees' were the designation for 'men' in the bible, and their 'fruit' would be... their progeny, their children. What other 'tree' could ever be said to possess a 'knowledge of good and evil'? None that I know of, naturally... only 'men'.
And when they consumed (human) flesh, they were, as a matter of fact, surely destined to die, although it did not happen immediately,- it evidently took hundreds of years from the 'perfection' of the bodies that they were created into to actually 'degrade' to the point of destruction. More immediately, they felt 'guilt', and shame, at what they had just done... they covered themselves with leaves... as the 'trees' of the garden.
These consumers of human flesh lived on, and are present even today... preying on the "lambs", the very young of the flock and the innocent, with as much impunity as Mr. Lector seemed to enjoy. The name 'Lector',- one who reads, especially the lessons in a church service.
How very interesting...
This is interesting, too... the symbolism and the lyrics are almost 'magical'; you will see that she bears a 'water pitcher' at 3:39,- the very end.
At forty two thousand feet above the sea
That's where you and I first came to be
From the dust of the earth and the knowledge tree
Te amo, corazón…Forty-two thousand feet just happens to be the 'ceiling' for flight, here... anything above that is... at another level.
I've been thinking a lot about those "plasma clouds", or "beings", perhaps, that have been reported on video recordings from various places around the world, and I can't help thinking that they have been 'created' for a purpose, which purpose is as yet unknown. These are thought by some to be 'intelligent', although I think I would rather say that they are 'responding
to (an) Intelligence', as much as they are actually generating 'intelligence'... much as other 'life forms' do. I find it strangely coincidental that they should appear at what appears to be the same time as a 'black sun' (an object in the sky that is being referred to as a 'sun', although it is obviously not of the same nature as our Sun) is being reported. The strangest thing about this 'black sun' is that it is being compared to a "Tetris", but I have preferred the symbolism that is associated with the "Black Sun Wheel" that was inlaid in the north tower of Wewelsburg Castle by Heinrich Himmler. And, before you say anything, let's just remember that it was by means of their 'studies' and various 'communications' that they received the plans for their "anti-gravity" (if that's what it is, possibly it has more to do with 'magnetics') saucer-craft, known as the Hanebu, their search for the underground kingdom of 'Shambalah', and very likely superior technology that has gone forward into the future... like the 'Bell'. So, why did they bother to commemorate this 'Black Sun' within a very important meeting place?
The symbol's design consists of twelve radial sig runes, similar to the symbols employed by the SS in their logo. It first appeared in Nazi Germany as a design element in a castle at Wewelsburg remodeled and expanded by Heinrich Himmler which he intended to be a center for the SS. Whether the design had a name or held any particular significance among the SS remains unknown...
The intended significance of the image remains unknown, but the artist may have found inspiration from decorative Merovingian disks (Zierscheibe). According to the historian Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke:
"It has been suggested that this twelve-spoke sun wheel derives from decorative disks from the Merovingians of the early medieval period and are supposed to represent the visible sun or its passage through the months of the year. These disks were discussed in scholarly publications during the Third Reich and may well have served the Wewelsburg designers as a model."
The book links the Wewelsburg mosaic with the neo-Nazi concept of the "Black Sun", invented by former SS officer Wilhelm Landig as a substitute for the Nazi swastika and a symbol for a mystic energy source that was supposed to renew the Aryan race.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Sun_(symbol)"A mystic energy source"... like 'plasma', maybe?
The Aryans have long and deep roots; longer and deeper than that. And, that 'renewal' may be more of a 'resurrection'...
Happy 'Heart Magic' Day,- I see that our friends brought roses this morning...
Yellow is for 'friendship', which is Golden...
I think I'd like to start the day by remembering my favorite Valentines... songs...
I could use just a little bit of 'heart magic', myself.
Always...
And, Happy Valentine's Day to you, too, Google-bot...
I was just thinking about this one...
This one was a surprise, though...
PS... I love you, too.
You, you, you... and you, too...
Hearts and hugs...
Somebody just reminded me of a song that I used to sing, to myself, that I wanted to 'record' here in my notes; it's 'funny' how music can seem to be so full of 'messages'... some, you understand right away, and some... you don't. They become more relevant with 'time'... like this one. "After the Gold Rush"...
Well, I dreamed I saw the knights in armor coming
Sayin' something about a queen
There were peasants singin' and drummers drumming
And the archer split the tree
There was a fanfare blowin' to the sun
That floated on the breeze
Look at mother nature on the run in the nineteen seventies
Look at mother nature on the run in the nineteen seventies
I was lyin' in a burned out basement
With a full moon in my eyes
I was hopin' for a replacement
When the sun burst through the skies
There was a band playin' in my head
And I felt like getting high
Thinkin' about what a friend had said
I was hopin' it was a lie
Thinkin' about what a friend had said
I was hopin' it was a lie
Well, I dreamed I saw the silver spaceships flying
In the yellow haze of the sun
There were children crying and colors flying
All around the chosen ones
All in a dream, all in a dream
The loading had begun
Flyin' mother nature's silver seed
To a new home in the sun
Flyin' mother nature's silver seed
To a new home...There is a wonderful message in this one...
And, hahahaha, Google-bot... I saw that.
Again, from our "Alchemical Catechism"...
Q. Give a concise definition of Nature.
A. It is not visible, though it operates visibly; for it is simply a volatile spirit, fulfilling its office in bodies, and animated by the universal spirit-the divine breath, the central and universal fire, which vivifies all things that exist.
Q. What should be the qualities possessed by the examiners of Nature?
A. They should be like unto Nature herself. That is to say, they should be truthful, simple, patient, and persevering.
Q. What matters should subsequently engross their attention?
A. The philosophers should most carefully ascertain whether their designs are in harmony with Nature, and of a possible and attainable kind; if they would accomplish by their own power anything that is usually performed by the power of Nature, they must imitate her in every detail.www.alchemywebsite.com/tschoudy.htmlDo you remember why Mr. Lector didn't come after Clarice?
He said that it was because "the world is a more interesting place with you in it."
Standing in the hall of the Great Cathedral,
Waiting for the 'transport' to come...
Starship 21Z(ed)LA9,
A good friend of mine studies the stars,-
Venus and Mars are all right, tonight...Okay, you guys... I saw that...
It only hurts when I laugh... or bend over... or...
"Shake it like a Polaroid"...
Believe me, the world is a much more interesting place with you all in it...
Just a little something while I try to find my friends...
They seem to have 'disappeared'...
For just a moment...
There they are now... here we gooooooo…
Grab your 'swaybars'...
I saw that.