Are you a follower of Apollo? The name Apollonius means follower of Apollo. This of course means that there is more to this figure than a biography can tell. Apollo being a solar deity implies that Apollonius is a password to active the four dormant solar centers in the head. As a man we know little of him. As as author we know a little more. Apollonius hailed from a city called Tyana. This is located in Asia Minor. His name in Greek is written as Ἀπολλώνιος ὁ Τυανεύς. Apollonius, has been estimated to have resided in that region between 15 AD to 100 AD. Some written works exist and a collection by G. R. S. Mead can be accessed at this site. Another version of the same work can be found at this site. The author called Philostratus wrote a biography of Apollonius as a series of letters. This work can be accessed at this site. This author was believed to be around 170 AD to 245 AD in Greece. Another version of this same work can be accessed at this site here. The city of Tyana is important to us because it is on the road to Damascus. The paths to initiation are expressed in the Hours of Apollonius. The information for this process is tied up with music and art.The written description is called Nychtemeron. This is also spelled Nuctemeron. In Greek it is written as ( νυχθήμερον ). The name veils two higher functions you will need to know. Those of night and of day. The names of God involve two angels names. One of day , and One of night. These must be incorporated into the planetary schemes that have not currently been done so. The roles of night and day take on important consequences. When these exercises are carried out. The Mind represented as the Sun has different stages of solar activity. At Sun rise and Sun set the powers differ than they do at noon. During solar Eclipses the day becomes night. Therefore what we are dealing with is changing conscious states. A work published by a french author ( Éliphas Lévi Zahed ) describes the hours in a series of short prose lines. Suitable for the intention of musical composition. The origins of this work involves a story yet to be written. The Greek text source was introduced by way of Gilbert Gautrinus. This was listed in his De Vita et Morte Moysis, livre III, page 206. From here the desired passages were taken by Laurent Moshemius and included in his Historico-Oitical Observations, Amsterdam, 1721. Lévi, translated and explained the passages. In the french version of the text the Greek passages are written above the french. The snakes of Hermes staff are the three active signals along the spine. These are Ida, Pingla. The two witnesses and Sushumna. Heremes involves the skull as well were the serpents mouths issue forth their light. To understand the name Nuctemeron, think of light issuing forth darkness. First Hour In unity, all the daimons sing the praise of God, they loose their malignity and their wrath. Second Hour By the binary, the fishes of the zodiac sing the praise of God, the snakes of fire intertwine around Hermes' staff and thunder becomes harmonious. Third Hour The snakes of Hermes' staff intertwine trice, Cerberus opens his triple mouth and fire sings the praise of God by the three tongs of the lightning. Fourth Hour At the fourth hour the soul returns for a visit to the sepulcher. It is the time to light the magical lamps at the four corners of the circles. It is the time for incantations and illusions. Fifth Hour The voice of the great waters sing the God of the heavenly spheres. Sixth Hour The spirit remains motionless. He sees the infernal monsters work against him and he is without fear. The sixth hour is midnight. Seventh Hour A fire, giving life to all animated beings, is directed by the will of the pure men. The initiate raises his hand and the suffering disappears. Eight Hour The stars speak to each another, the soul of the suns communicate with the breath of flowers, the chains of harmony makes all the beings of nature correspond with one another. Ninth Hour The number that is not to be reveled. Tenth Hour It is the key of the astronomical cycle and of the circular movement of human's life. Eleventh Hour The wings of the geniuses move with a mysterious humming, they fly from one sphere to another and carry the message of God from one world to another. Twelfth Hour Here are accomplished the deeds of the eternal light. A visual imagery of the hours is provided in the night sky. In the Tarot of the Bohemians, the author Papus ( Gérard Encausse )included F Ch. Barlet's essay on this important subject. A very brief biography on Barlet can be found here, for those interested. Effort and time are required for each step in the sequence. First Hour, Arcanum X (10). This involves preliminary studies and tests. The tarot name of the painting is The Wheel of Fortune. The sphinx guards the entrance to this initiation. This is the transcendent study of the visible world. The next three hours, (2-3-4) involve inferior manifestations. The Second Hour, Arcanum XI (11). This is the preliminary study of force. This is Magnetism. The abyss of fire. The virtues of the stars close as a crown through the dragons and the fire. Here the Neophyte learns to distinguish the universal force and its double current within of plus and minus. The tarot name of the painting is Strength. The Third Hour, Arcanum XII (12). The Great work. The serpents, the dogs, and fire. This is the Application to the inert world. This is involves Alchemy to bring about change. The Neophyte must be ready to destroy the fixed nature.That is personality by fire so as to volatilize it. The tarot name of the painting is the Hanging Man. In tarot this correspond to the crucifixion. Thought is suspended. The Fourth Hour, Arcanum XIII (13). The Neophyte wanders in the sepulchres, and injury is possible. The application of horror from visions can arise. To prevent this study magic and geotie. This is the application to the animate elementary world. This involves Magic to bring about this very necessary transformation. Necromancy is the application of force to the domination of inferior living entities. Here the Neophyte dies to ordinary life and enter life of the spiritual realm. Now you become celestial that once before was the corpse of terrestrial being. At this point the Neophyte reaches the limits of the terrestrial aura and can enter the sublunar atmosphere. The tarot name of the painting is Death. Here we enter the transitory phase. This requires the hours 5 and 6. The Fifth Hour, Arcanum XIV (14). The water above the heavens. This is the observation and viewing of superior forces. Here the Neophyte learns about the flow of the astral currents in the planetary aura. The tarot name of the painting is Temperance. (To Temper your Temperament) The Sixth Hour, Arcanum XV (15). The electric whirlwind. This is the Entrance into the ultra-terrestrial world. This is where Ecstasy happens. Here one must remain quiet. There is much temptation to sway. Be silent, have courage, practice strength. The double fluid currents of celestial space are formidable. Therefore be not ignorant and be not imprudent. The tarot name of the painting is Typhon, or The Devil. Here we arrive at the Higher regions. This is the threshold of the Dragon. These are the hours (7-8-9). The Seventh Hour, Arcanum XVI (16). This is the application of the higher forces to the terrestrial life. This is the Greek Therapeutics tradition. The lighting struck tower. Fire comforts every living creature, and if a healer or temple worker who has intentionally made themselves pure, and chaste in heart were to steal some of this fire it could be used as a slave to cure. this maybe consecrated with holy oil. Placed upon an injured limb, or used for a malady the agent would function as a cure. This irresistible current has touched the initiate on terrestrial heights. Impurity leads to destruction. The damage is based on how low an opinion you have of yourself. Incoherent mysticism, folly, disintegration, ignorance, all obtain from your own energy. If you are worthy of the higher regions then you will go through this baptism of fire and emerge a Magi. Once arrived the introduction and domination of the celestial spheres commences and takes up three of the hours.The tarot name of the painting is The Tower. The Eight Hour, Arcanum XVII (17) This involves the forces in the solar system. This is the real purpose of the study of Astrology. The star of the Magi. The astral virtues of the elements, of seed of every kind. This is where we learn how the solar system aids life. The distribution of solar power to all the seven planets and how the reciprocating planets assists the sun. The tarot name of the painting is Star (The stars). The Ninth Hour, Arcanum XVIII (18). The forces of the whole universe. The Twilight, here is where nothing is finished. The initiate must extend the powers of perception beyond the local solar system. It is beyond the zodiac that the divine appears. Here is where the divine light commences to show itself. New objects never seen before will be made manifest. The tarot name of the painting is The Moon. The Tenth Hour, Arcanum XIX (19). Here you will find the study of the Intelligible word. This is on the borders of the Infinite. The Resplendent Light. The gates of heaven are open, and man is born again, docile in the lethargic sleep. The idea appears to the regenerate soul of the initiate, or , in the language we occultists employ: The spiritual sun will rise for the initiate. This allows passage into the divine world.The tarot name of the painting is The Sun. The Eleventh Hour, Arcanum XX (20) . The awakening of the dead. The Angels and Cherubim, and the Seraphim fly with rustling wings; there is joy in heaven, the earth rises, and the Sun, which issues from Adam. This is the hierarchy of the Divine world, which appears upon new earths and new heavens. The initiate will not pass through death again; henceforth he will live eternally. This is the study of the divine world. Here the divine hierarchies are made known. The tarot name of the painting is Judgement The Twelve Hour, Arcanum XXI (21). The crown of the Magi. The cohorts of the fire rest. Here is the state of Nirvana. The tarot name of the painting is The World. Our Nebuchadnezzar is returning from the land of the animals. Now, Nebuchadnezzar is in command of what dwells on the earth. The objects in the painting tell us this. This is the tarot key 21. The Hebrew letter tav ( ת ) graces Saturn and Earth. This is from the Sola Busca tarot. The work was commissioned in the late fifteenth century and constructed by Mattia Serrati da Cosandola. Some information is available on the internet at this link. When reading a tarot image or mediating on a painting it is very important to not interpret into material realm. The tarot teaches us not to accept face value words and images. Therefore more than one tarot painting is possible for one key. By allowing a meditation you will begin the journey of unifying the mind. The riddle of the Sphinx has not been discerned by the physical realm. You must require knowledge of what the numbers mean. Their information is inscribed in their shapes. The animal that goes on four feet in the morning implies inner knowledge not of a child crawling on four limbs to move. The key is 4. What does 4 mean? It is the number of realization. It expresses matter through its instincts. This is the number of realization for it is the door to the sacred tree of knowledge by its very shape it is a door. Realization by the sensations. At Noon we have surpassed the hours of the morning. This being walks upon two feet. The number is binary. The terms appear in the language of extremes without any degree of cetainity. This is called science.The image of the intellectual is filled with doubts the more they engage. How does mixing of bad with good produce good? This noon is not a real maturity of humanity. Two provides knowledge of opposite forces. How than to utilize these forces humanity cannot answer. In the evening the being walks upon 3 feet. The third is not a cane. The number three is the trinity. It is the third force that balances the two opposing forces. Without a third force no outcome will exist. That means no physical observable will be produced for our physical senses and material minds to detect. When spirit descends into matter the polarity of the current is negative to positive. This flow is called involution. When spirit re-ascends, that is when spirit leaves matter and returns to its origin the flow is called evolution. The following Genii names can be found in the supplement page 389 of Transcendental Magic its Doctrine and Ritual by Eliphas Levi. You will notice that these Genii are partitioned into seven in each hour. The logos produces these seven in each instance. The word Genius means to produce, or beget. The plural form of Genius is Genii. Genii of the First Hour PAPUS, Physician. SINBUCK, Judge. KASPHUIA, Necromancer. ZAHUN, Genius of scandal. HEIGOT, Genius of Snowstorms. MIZKUN, Genius of Amulets. HAVEN, Genius of Dignity Details We must become the physician and judge of ourselves in order to vanquish the witchcrafts of the necromancer, conjure and contemn the genius of scandal, triumph over the opinion which freezes all enthusiasms, and confounds everything in the same cold pallor, like the genius of the snowstorms; know, finally, the virtue of signs so as to enchain the genius of amulets that we may reach the dignity of the magus. Genii of the Second Hour SISERA, genius of desire. TOVATUS, genius of discord. NITIBUS, genius of the stars. HIZARBIN, genius of the seas. SACHLUPH, genius of the plants. BAGLIS, genius of measure and balance. LABEZRIN, genius of sucess. Details We must learn how to will and thus transform the genius of desire into power ; the hindrance to will is the genius of discord, who is bound by the science of harmony. Harmony is the genius of the stars and of the seas; we must study the virtue of plants, and understand the laws of the balance of measure in order to attain success. Genii of the Third Hour HAHABI, genius of fear. PHLOGABITUS, genius of adornments. EIRNEUS, destroying genius of idols. MASCARUN, genius of death. ZAROBI, genius of precipices. BUTATAR, genius of calculations. CAHOR, genius of deception. Details When you have conquered the genius of fear by the growing force of your will, you will know that dogmas are the sacred adornments of truth unknown to the vulgar ; but you will cast down all idols in your intelligence ; you will bind the genius of death ; you will fathom all precipices and subject the infinite itself to the ratio of your calculations ; and thus you will ever escape the ambushes of the genius of deception. Genii of the Fourth Hour PHALGUS, genius of judgment. THAGRINUS, genius of confusion. EISTIBUS, genius of divination. PHARZUPH, genius of fornication. SISLAU, genius of poisons. SCHIEKRON, genius of bestial love. ACLAHAYR, genius of sport. Details The power of the magus is in his judgment, which enables him to avoid the confusion consequent on antinomy and the antagonism of principles ; he practices the divination of the sages, but he despises the illusions of enchanters who are the slaves of fornication, artists in poisons, ministers of bestial love ; in this way he is victorious over fatality, which is the genius of sport. Genii of the Fifth Hour ZEIRNA, genius of infirmities. TABLIBIK, genius of fascination. TACRITAU, genius of goetic magic. SUPHLATUS, genius of the dust. SAIR, genius of the stibium of the sages. BARCUS, genius of the quintessence. CAMAYSAR, genius of the marriage of contraries. Details Triumphing over human infirmities, the magus is no longer the sport of fascination ; he tramples on the vain and dangerous practices of goetic magic, the whole power of which is but dust driven before the wind ; but he possesses the stibium of the sages ; he is armed with all the creative powers of the quintessence; and he produces at will the harmony which results from the analogy and the marriage of contraries. Genii of the Sixth Hour TABRIS, genius of free will. SUSABO, genius of voyages. EIRNILUS, genius of fruits. NITIKA, genius of precious stones. HAATAN, genius who conceals treasures. HATIPHAS, genius of attire. ZAREN, avenging genius. Details The magus is free ; he is the occult king of the earth, and he traverses it as one passing through his own domain. In his voyages he becomes acquainted with the juices of plants and fruits, and with the virtues of precious stones ; he compels the genius who conceals the treasures of nature to deliver him all his secrets ; he thus penetrates the mysteries of form ; understands the vestures of earth and speech ; and if he be misconstrued, if the nations are inhospitable towards him, if he pass doing good but receiving outrages, then is he ever followed by the avenging genius. Genii of the Seventh Hour SIALUL, genius of prosperity. SABRUS, sustaining genius. LIBRABIS, genius of hidden gold. MIZGITARI, genius of eagles. CAUSUB, serpent-charming genius. SALILUS, genius who sets doors open. JAZER, genius who compels love Details The septenary expresses the victory of the magus ; who gives prosperity to men and nations ; who sustains them by his sublime instructions ; who broods like the eagle ; who directs the currents of the astral fire, represented by serpents ; the gates of all sanctuaries are open to him, and in him all souls who yearn for truth repose their trust ; he is beautiful in his moral grandeur ; and everywhere does he take with him that genius by the power of which we obtain love. Genii of the Eighth Hour NANTUR, genius of writing. TOGLAS, genius of treasures. ZALBURIS, genius of theraputics. ALPHUN, genius of doves. TUKIPHAT, genius of the schamir. ZIZUPH, genius of mysteries. CUNIALI, genius of association. Details These are the genii who obey the true magus ; the doves represent religious ideas; the schamir is an allegorical diamond, which in magical traditions represents the stone of the sages, or that force which nothing can resist, because it is based on truth. The Arabs still say that the schamir, originally given to Adam and lost by him after his fall, was recovered by Enoch and possessed by Zoroaster ; and that Solomon subsequently received it from an angel when he entreated wisdom from God. By means of this magical diamond, Solomon himself dressed the stones of the temple merely by touching them with the schamir. The word is a composite of the words "to protect and bring about change." The word signifies the Sun. This is mentioned in Manly P. Hall The Lost Keys of Freemasonry. This light from the Sun is perpetually being incorporated into the Philosophers Stone. From this stone Solomon can generate vast quantities of gold and silver. These metals are made to decorate the Temple. Genii of the Ninth Hour EISNUCH, genius of agriculture. SUCLAGUS, genius of fire. KIRTABUS, genius of languages. SABLIL, genius who discovers thieves. SCHACHLJL, genius of the sun's rays. COLOPATIRON, genius who sets prisons open. ZEFFAK, genius of irrevocable choice. Details This number, says Apollonius, must be passed over in silence, because it contains the great secrets of the initiate, the power which fructifies the earth, the mysteries of secret fire, the universal key of languages, the second sight from which evil-doers cannot remain concealed. The great laws of equilibrium and of luminous motion represented by the four animals of the Kabbalah, and in Greek mythology by the four horses of the sun, the key of the emancipation of bodies and souls, opening all prisons, and that power of eternal choice which completes the creation of man and establishes him in immortality. Genii of the Tenth Hour SEZARBIL, devil or hostile genius. AZEUPH, destroyer of children. ARMILUS, genius of cupidity. KATARIS, genius of dogs or of the profane. RAZANIL, genius of the onyx. BUCAPHI, genius of stryges. MASTHO, genius of delusive appearances. Details Numbers end with nine, and the distinctive sign of the denary is zero, itself without value, added to unity. The genii of the tenth hour represent all which, being nothing in itself, receives great power from opinion, and can suffer consequently the omnipotence of the sage. We tread here on hot earth, and we must be permitted to omit elucidations to the profane as to the devil, who is their master, or the destroyer of children, who is their love, or the cupidity, which is their god, or the dogs, to which we do not compare them, or to the onyx, which they possess not, or to the stryges, who are their courtesans, or to the false appearances which they take for truth. Genii of the Eleventh Hour EGLUN, genius of the lightning. ZUPHLAS, genius of forests. PHALDOR, genius of oracles. ROSABIS, genius of metals. ADJUCHAS, genius of rocks. ZOPHAS, genius of pantacles. HALACHO, genius of sympathies. Details The lightning obeys man ; it becomes the vehicle of his will, the instrument of his power, the light of his torches ; the oaks of the sacred forests utter oracles : metals change and transmute into gold, or become talismans ; rocks move from their foundation, and, drawn by the lyre of the grand hierophant, touched by the mysterious schamir, transform into temples and palaces ; dogmas evolve ; symbols represented by pantacles become efficacious ; minds are enchained by powerful sympathies, and obey the laws of family and friendship. Genii of the Twelfth Hour TARAB, genius of extortion, MISRAN, genius of persecution. LABUS, genius of inquistion. KALAB, genius of sacred vessels. HAHAB, genius of royal tables. MARNES, genius of the discernment of spirits. SELLEN, genius of the favor of the great. Details Here now is the fate which the magi must expect, and how their sacrifice must be consummated ; for after the conquest of life, they must know how to immolate themselves in order to be reborn immortal. They will suffer extortion; gold, pleasure, vengeance will be required of them, and if they fail to satisfy vulgar cupidities they will be the objects of persecution and inquisition ; yet the sacred vessels are not profaned ; they are made for royal tables, that is, for the feasts of the understanding. By the discernment of spirits they will know how to protect themselves from the favor of the great, and they will remain invincible in their strength and in their liberty. The Hebraic sacred texts also contains the Nuctemeron. Eliphas Levi on page 395 of the same text (English version) included a version. King Solomon offers this information. It is the divine Chokmah, Number 2 on the tree of life diagram, who is described as the bride Wisdom of God. She built and house unto her self and dressed it with two pillars. Wisdom who builds her house according to regular and numerical architecture is the exact science which rules in the works of God. The compass and the square of God are being used to make structures such as homes and temples sound, firm, an stable. The seven pillars of wisdom are the seven primordial days. These are the lower seven Sephiroth on the tree of life. Following her building Wisdom immolated her victims, mingled her wine, spread the table, and despatched her servitors. The victims are the natural forces which are propagated by undergoing a species of death. The mingled wine is the universal fluid. The table is the world with waters full of fishes. Recall the tarot painting entitled The World. The servants of Chokmah, (Wisdom) number 2 on the tree of life diagram, are the souls of Adam and Chavah (Eve). The earth of which Adam was formed was taken from the entire mass of the world. His head is Israel, his body is Babylon, his limbs are the nations of the earth. First Hour God combines the scattered fragments of the earth; he kneads them together, and forms one mass, which it is his will to animate. Man is the synthesis of the created world; in him recurs the creative unity; he is made in the image and likeness of God. Second Hour God designs the form of the body; he separates it into two sections, so that the organs may be double, for all force and all life result from two, and it is thus the Elohim made all things. Everything lives by movement, everything is maintained by equilibrium, and harmony results from the analogy of contraries; this law is the form of forms, the first manifestation of the activity and fecundity of God. Third Hour The limbs of man, obeying the law of life, manifest of themselves and are completed by the generative organ, which is composed of one and two, figure of the triadic number The triad issues spontaneously from the duad; the movement which produces two also produces three; three is the important number, IT IS A KEY OF NUMBERS, for it is the first numerical synthesis, in geometry it is the triangle, the first complete and enclosed figure, generatrix of an infinity of triangles, whether like or unlike. In the occult the triangle is a perpetual machine. It has the power to reproduce itself. Fourth Hour God breaths upon the face of man and imparts to him a soul. The tetrad, which geometrically gives the cross and the square, is a perfect number; now it is in perfection of form that the intelligent soul manifests; according to this revelation of the Mischna, the child would not become animated in the mother's womb till after the complete formation of all of its members. Fifth Hour Man stands upon his feet, he is weaned from earth, he walks and goes where he will. The number five is that of the soul, typified by the quintessence (alchemy for physical soul), which results from the equilibrium of the four elements; in the tarot this number is represented by the high priest or spiritual autocrat, type of human will, the high-priestess who alone decides our enternal destinies. Sixth Hour The animals pass before Adam, and gives a suitable name to each. Do you know by the word animals, what is the meaning? Man by toil subdues the earth and overcomes the animals; by the manifestation of his liberty he produces his word or speech in the environment which obeys him; herein primordial creation is completed. God formed man on the sixth day, but at the sixth hour of the day man fulfills the work of God, and to some extent recreates himself, by enthroning himself as king of nature, which he subjects by his speech. The zodiac also describes the twelve sections of man, which the four somatic divisions serve. These are blood circulation, The Lion. Food digestion and waste elimination, The eagle, and The Human. Lastly where the treasures are stored the spleen and liver, The Ox. The Man must gain control. That is overcome the animals. Man here is the mind. To be ruled by passion is not being able to make your own choices. You must be the ruler. It is in this hour than we must overcome the body systems. The conscious must overcome the automatic nervous system. Seventh Hour God gives Adam a companion brought forth out of the man's own substance. When God had created man in his own image, He rested on the seventh day, for He had given unto Himself a fruitful bride who would unceasingly work for Him; nature is the bride of God, and God rests on her. Man, becoming creator in his turn by means of the word, gives himself a companion like unto himself, on whose love he many lean hence-forth; woman is the work of man ; by loving her, he makes her beautiful and he also, makes her a mother; woman is true human nature, daughter and mother of man, granddaughter, and grandmother of God. Eighth Hour Adam and Eve enter the nuptial bed; they are two when they lie down, and when they arise they are four. The number four is significant. The tetrad joined to the tetrad represents form balancing form, creation issuing from creation, the eternal equipoise of life; seven being the number of God's rest, the unity which follows it signifies man, who toils and co-operates with nature in the work of nature. Ninth Hour God imposes his law on man. Nine is the number of initiation, because, being composed of three times three, it represents the divine idea and the absolute philosophy of numbers, for which reason Apollonius says that the mysteries of the number nine are not to be revealed. Tenth Hour At the tenth hour Adam falls into sin. According to the kabbalist ten is the number of matter, of which the special sign in 0. For zero is the symbol of the egg. The sephira number 10 represents Malkuth (Kingdom). This is represented in playing cards as number 10. The rank of the suit is 10 is the proper terminology. This kingdom means many things as you transform your understanding will change. Keep an open mind. In this description the kingdom, Malkuth, takes on the exterior and material substance; the sin of Adam is therefore materialism, and the fruit which he plucks from the tree represnts flesh isolated from spirit. The glyph for 0 (zero) represents spirit. The spirit separated from unity is what the number 10 represents. The number 10 is the schism. On the left side is a despoiled unity and on the other is nothingness. Eleventh Hour At the eleventh hour the sinner is condemned to labour, and to expiate his sin by suffering. The tarot key 11 is entitled Strength. Some paintings also name Force. (Some tarot decks place the painting in different sections. The Marsallie deck, key 11; Waite deck, key 8). This painting represents force, which is acquired through trials; God sends man pain as a means of salvation, and hence he must strive and endure that he may conquer intelligence and life. Twelfth Hour Man and woman undergo their sentence; the expiation begins, and the liberator is promised. Such is the completion of moral birth; man is fulfilled, for he is dedicated to the sacrifice which regenerates; the exile of Adam is like that of OEdipus; like OEdipus he becomes the father of two enemies, but the daughter of OEDipus is the pious and virginal Antigone, while Mary issues from the race of Adam. The information contained in these scriptures is esoteric they describe the forces of nature, subnature, and supernature. Why speak of these hours? The ritual process for a neophyte to become a magi is written in many texts. All traditions have these first twelve hours. A place often overlooked is in the synoptic gospels entitled Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. These texts include the hours to allow the neophyte access. Only initiates are aware of this knowledge. The physiological processes of all worlds can be followed in these texts. The work of mental and physical transmutation is the operation of the Sun. Those who are called to the Great Work begin their journey here. The Sun is the mind. When the kundalini reaches the brain centers the consciousness passes from the physical to the psychic plane. A shift in dimensions will be experienced. The psychic plane exceeds three dimensions. At the expiration of the sixth hour the Sun (the mind) is shorn of its rays. This is represented by a solar eclipse. Darkness reigns: the consciousness here passes from the psychic state to the state beyond dreams. The psychic state is characterized by intense dreaming. The state of dreamless sleep is described as dreamless blankness. The kundalini was described in the earlier Egyptian tradition as the Heavenly messenger. Later this powerful current was described as the serpent Apep. The Apophis. The Sun barge of Ra (The Mind) did battle with Apep. Drawings of Apep show many folds of a wave. To illustrate that it is a current. At the ninth hour the Sun regains its powers and the rays reappear. Here consciousness has passed into a purely divine state. Ieous breaths his last, the veil is rent, and the Sun is again crowned with rays. In the text John there is an unusual passage not discussed much. It is John 4:6 Now Jacob's well was there. Iesu therefore being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour. This is the hour used by initiates in their transformation. Samaria is a region above Judea. This means that Samaria is located in the upper chest. This involves the liver, spleen, gall badder, and Thymus. Judea is the cardiac region and blood circulation is in Galilee. The lungs are Cana. Our woman of Samaria is the personification of the soul. She has had five husbands. These are the five senses. We understand this is a rite of initiation because the woman is living with another man who is not her husband. The soul is detaching from the physical world and turning to inward pursuits. When the woman and her husband both came out of the city to meet the oil in the blood they leave behind all that is known and familiar. The oil has healing effect on them. In Matthew (XX) chapter 20: 1-16 there is another initiation. It has been presented as a parable. Pay attention to where the hours are mentioned and what are the description of the individuals. The Kingdom of Heaven is likened to a householder who sends labourers at intervals to work in his vineyard. For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is a householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard. And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing in the market place idle; and to them he said, Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way. Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise. And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing; and he said unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle? They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard. And when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and pay them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first. And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny. And when the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise received every man a penny. And when they received it, they murmured against the householder, saying, These last have spent but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat. But he answered and said to one of them, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst thou not agree with me for a penny? Take up that which is thine, and go thy way; it is my will to give unto this last, even as unto thee. Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? or is thine eye evil, because I am good? So the last shall be first, and the first last. The eleventh hour involves the harvest from the long intestine. The tarot imagery key 11. (Marseille deck, tarot key 8 Waite deck) The reason for placing this painting at key 11 is for the eleventh hour. The key 8 position describes Leo, the cardiac region between key 7, Cancer, the upper chest, and key 9, Virgo the digestive system. Thus the difference is that Marseille numbering matches the hours used by initiates in their climb from neophyte to magi. The Waite numbering matches positions of the body, based on the Hebrew lettering and the zodiac. The Night of decree, The night of power Laylat al-Qadar ( لیلة القدر ) Surah 97:1-5 1 We have indeed revealed this (message) in the Night of Power: 2 And what will explain to thee what the night of power is? 3 The Night of Power is better than a Thousand Months. 4 Therein come down the angels and spirits by Allah's permission, On every errand: 5 Peace!...this until the rise of morn! The Night of Power is described in the Surah ( سُورَة ) in the Qur'an. In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the compassionate, Truly , We have sent This in the Night of Power . And What is the Night of Power.The Night of Power is better than a thousand nights (months); The angels and spirits descend in It by the will of their Lord. It is peace for all until the rise of dawn. The Night of Power is the yoga of Samadhi ( समाधी ). The word yoga means to unite. Samadhi means to form union with God. The Hymn of Samadhi (Written by Swami Vivekananda). LO! The Sun is not, nor the comely moon, all Light becomes extinct. The moon is reference to the soul. In the Great Void of space floats, shadow-like the image of the universe. In the void of mind (the involution) there floats the fleeing universe. This phenomenon is described as currents. The mind rises and floats, sinks again ceaseless, in the current of "I". Slowly, slowly, the shadow multitude enters the primal womb. This experiences the current "I AM". When the current stops The two voids have merged. At this position we are beyond speech and mind. Those whose Heart understands knows Truth. Vast Face Small Face. As faces merge powers increase. What once was misunderstood now becomes clear. The joining is described by the merging of two faces. The two faces each have something to offer the other. The functions of the mind are diagramed below. Study the diagram carefully. On the small face there are the psychological functions of wisdom, understanding, knowledge, respect, counsel, and strength. On the vast face are crown, glory, joy, love, eternity, and beauty. The analytical capabilities are on the lower face. The higher functions are on the vast face. A Grateful Find by the Spirit. A Call to ALL. The Smaragdine table is known to occultists to be the steps of initiation described in these 12 hours of the night and day. Below is a version translated by Fulcanelli. By examining closely these are to be recited in a state of reduced consciousness. That is beyond meditation with the help of Saturn. After all concentration is voluntary reduction of consciousness that leads to understanding. This is why the second Sephira on the tree of life called Binah ( בינה ) is in the sphere of Saturn. These powerful passages are calling those who answer to transform into Magi. 1) This is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth:- 2) As below, so above; and as above so below. With this knowledge alone you may work miracles. 3) And since all things exist in and emanate from the ONE Who is the ultimate Cause, so all things are born after their kind from this ONE. 4) The Sun is the father, the Moon the mother; 5) the wind carried it in his belly. Earth is its nurse and its guardian. 6) It is the Father of all things, 6a) the eternal Will is contained in it. 7) Here, on earth, its strength, its power remain one and undivided. 7a) Earth must be separated from fire, the subtle from the dense, gently with unremitting care. 8) It arises from the earth and descends from heaven; it gathers to itself the strength of things above and things below. 9) By means of this one thing all the glory of the world shall be yours and all obscurity flee from you. 10) It is power, strong with the strength of all power, for it will penetrate all mysteries and dispel all ignorance. 11) By it the world was created. 12) From it are born manifold wonders, the means to achieving which are here given 13) It is for this reason that I am called Hermes Trismegistus; for I possess the three essentials of the philosophy of the universe. 14) This is is the sum total of the work of the Sun. The word Trismegistus is thrice great. The tris means a three fold symmetry. According to this knowledge we can now understand why Hermes is thrice great. The 3 corresponds to the 3 currents traveling along an activated spine. These are ida ( इडा ), pingala ( पिङ्गला ), and sushumna ( सुषुम्ना ). The pingala nadi is called the sun channel. This channel is on the right. The right nostril. The ida nadi is called the lunar channel, and this is on the left. The left nostril. The central sushumna nadi is called the fire channel. Other versions of this emerald tablet text exist and can be viewed at this link here. This knowledge is hidden in plain sight. It is up to us to lift the veil in order to realize the Mysteries are obtainable when we are ready to passover. Recommended Readings Man The Grand Symbol of the Mysteries by Manly P. Hall The Initiates of the Flame by Manly P. Hall Self Unfoldment by Disciplines of Realization by Manly P. Hall Tarot Revelations by Paul Foster Case Book of Tokens by Paul Foster Case The Apocalypse Unsealed by James Morgan Pryse The Restored New Testament by James Morgan Pryse The Magical Message According to Ioannes by James Morgan Pryse The Tarot of the Bohemians by Papus Transcendental Magic Its Doctrine and Ritual by Eliphas Levi The Hidden Church of the Holy Grail by Edward Arthur Waite The southern paranatellon of Cancer bears some comment regarding the elusive Ark. The minor arcana of the Tarot represents this as the four of cups. Why four? Because it is possible to draw a hypercube. Why a cube? The Holy city of Jerusalem is a cube. The constellation of Argos that in the Greek tradition the argonauts sailed in is the same ship that Iesu saw. The starting point is Cancer. One complete circuit of the sun brings us back to Cancer. This ship is the celestial representation of the Ark. The Noah's Ark is a representation of the psychic body. This is the Sukshma Shaira ( सूक्ष्मशरीर ). This subtle body preserves the seed of all living things. It is this very ark where Iesu finds Ioannes (Taurus) and Iakobos (Gemini) in a boat as Iesu completed his circuit across the skies.
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Have you ever wondered what the meaning the two words "living creatures" actually indicate? They are obscured in the very words chosen. Upon hearing the words "living creatures" no conclusion can be reached as to what is actually implied. Therefore if the mind cannot know by the name the fantasy powers of the mind can arise to the challenge. In fact it was a fancy to describe them as the shapes of a spacecraft. They have also been used to describe the four sides of the brain stem. The origin of the word comes from a Greek text. It is written in Greek as ζῷα γέμοντα. These words are written in a Greek text known as the Revelation of Johanne. This words are found in chapter 4, verse 6. The meaning of Revelation means to reveal the inner parts of the body of Johanne. Who is this Johanne? It is the seven nerve clusters along the spinal column and are necessary to be controlled first before any further work can be achieved in the struggle for independence. The purpose behind this text is to enable the reader the power of self conquest. What kind of conquest? Why the unification of the mind, and body and the beginning to unify soul and spirit. This process begins with an initiation of the seven nerve centers spelled out by the Greek letters I O A N N E and S. These letters are in correspondence with the seven planetary roman names. That is Luna (Moon), Sol (Sun), Mercury, Venus, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter. These map to the seven nerve clusters. They are beginning from the head to the tail of the spine called Cavernous (Pineal gland system), Conarium (Pituitary body), Pharyngeal (throat), Cardiac, Epigastric (Solar Plexus), Prostatic, Sacral. The chakra names are Ajna, Sahasrara, Vishuddhi, Anahata, Manipuraka, Adhishthana, Muladhara. The seven city churches correspond to these names. Each of the seven names just happen to be located in Asia Minor. These cities are veiled references to places upon your nerve clusters along the spine of the body. In order to understand why these cities were chosen you must review the history of what these cities were famous for in the Greek world. Outside this narrative it will be difficult and the reader must rely upon the vedic literature to relate the names with the physiological nerve clusters being described. 1 Laodikeia, is a city where an eye medicine is made. This is called Phrygian powder. Remember the Phrygian hat is a symbol of inner development. It is worn as a symbol of liberty in some circles of mental development. So therefore this powder has unique properties of freeing the user from slavery. A slave hence to materialism. Conarium (Pituitary body), Sahasrara The Phrygian hat worn by Mithra, can be observed in this carving. Those desiring independence enjoy the right to wear such a hat. The wearer without the activation of the body systems cannot begin to win freedom until they learn how to conquer their own world. The vedic literature earnestly points out the importance of conquering your own chakras. Mystics point out that no one can achieve independence until the formation of the fifth mind. This is represented in art as a five pointed star. 2 Some of the old structures of Philadelphia. Philadelphia, is a city where many earthquakes occur. When the seal corresponding to Philadelphia is opened a large earthquake is experienced. The effects of the kundalini rising to Philadelphia is described with violent adjectives and is represented by trumpet calls. Hence the opening of the sixth seal occurs with a large earthquake. Cavernous (Pineal gland system), Ajna 3 Sardeis, This city has a name suggesting the flesh color of the throat organ. This is Sardion or the stone Carnelian. Pharyngeal (throat). Vishuddhi 4 Thyateria, This city is famous for its production of scarlet dyes. The red is the color of the blood. The color describes the city as the cardiac and circulatory system center. The Cardiac nerve cluster. Anahata 5 Pergamos, This city has a temple to AEsculapius. This is the center of physic healing in the body. This means that at the solar plexus the healing will occur at this nerve cluster. Epigastric (Solar Plexus). Manipuraka 6 Smyrna, This city is renown for the Fig industry. The symbol of the fig is used for reproduction. This is the Prostatic nerve cluster. Adhishthana 7 Ephesos is a city that has a famous temple dedicated to the goddess Artemis (Diana, Roman). This temple and the art within it represents in the body the origin of the regenerative force. The World Mother is the name of this force. This nerve cluster is where the third signal, the Sushumna, along the spine, will emerge once the signals of ida and pingla have been established. The Sacral nerve cluster. Muladhara. A hint to understanding what this sculpture is describing can be seen in the lower part of the body. The three columns of 6 animals and 1 flower (Chakra) at the base describe the three signals all activated. The animals are Lion, Ox, Eagle, Cow, Deer, Horse (difficult to see clearly, from the image). The animals are galloping. The application of animals to represent nerves and organs was included in the Artists depiction. The lion is the representation of the solar center. Notice the zodiac around the shoulders. Capricorn, Sagittarius, Scorpio, and Virgo can be seen. The order of the zodiac is not conventional. This is because the activation of the solar force must be the last one. The sequence is first 2 Cancer, 3 Virgo, 4 Libra, 5 Scorpio, 6 Sagittarius. This establishes the ida and Pingla signals. The second pass is 1Leo, 2 Cancer, 3 Virgo, 4 Libra, 5 Scorpio, 6 Sagittarius, 7 Capricorn. This establishes the third signal Sushumna. We are dealing with three bodies. The spiritual body called in Greek the soma pneumatikon. The psychic body called the soma psychikon. The physical body called the soma or sarx = flesh. In the Upanishads these bodies are termed the causal body, the Karana Sharia. The subtle body or Sukshma Sharia in Sanskrit. The heavy or gross body is called the Shula Sharia. The English translation of Revelation is below: "and before the throne, as it were a sea of glass like a crystal; and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, four living creatures full of eyes before and behind." The glass sea refers to the etheric world. There are four living creatures. In the text they are numbered one through four in a specified order 1, 2, 3, 4. In verse 7 of the same text the names and visual description is given. "And the first creature was like a lion, and the second creature like a calf, and the third creature had a face as of a man, and the fourth creature was like a flying eagle." To understand what these animals mean we must consider how they support the throne. One can observe in Raphael's work, entitled Ezekiel's vision, the four living creatures. They appear engaged in a conversion. What are they talking about? Neuroscientists would love to know. What do these figures represent? The four living creatures are involved in maintaining the throne. Number 1)The Lion signify's the blood circulatory and pulmonary systems. Number 2) The Calf, or ox represents the spleen and liver. This is the storehouse of the seeds that the body produces. Number 3) The Human figure represents bowel and hence the elimination system. Number 4) The Eagle represents eating. This is the stomach and the small intestine. The images of these figures change among the different traditions. Below is the Egyptian tradition. Hapi -Ape- Lower intestines, Bowels. Called the digger. The symbol of Ape in Egyptian work means the element state. Arranged in the North position. Duamutef -Jackal- The circulatory, and Pulmonary system. Blood and Breath. Called the cutter. Arranged in the South position. Kebehsenuef -Hawk- Purification systems. Kidney, Liver. Called the bleeder. Arranged in the West position. Imsety (Mesti) -Human Face- Stomach, small intestine. Digestion. Called the carpenter. Food is used to build structures by the carpenter. Arranged in the East position The Egyptian tradition describes these four as standing upon the papyrus of the earth. This of course is the torso of the body. The throne of course is the head where the cerebrum can be found. On the Tarot key 21, known as The World we can know explain and understand the role of the four animals on the corners upon the painting. Although not drawn the region described by each animal is called the sphere of Mercury. The vesica piscis in the center is formed by the overlap of two spheres of Saturn. The leaves of the wreath are four leaves thick and correspond to the the four elements of fire, water, air, earth. The shape of the wreath represents the zodiac. The signs can be drawn upon the region of the wreath and they would fit. Essentially we are viewing the door or completed body. This is the Merkabah ( מרכבה ) or divine chariot. The Lamb opens one of the seals. This begins with the four divisions of the body. The Lion calls forth. This means the circulatory system. A white horse with a rider wielding a bow. This means we start the ida and pingla currents at the second charkra under Jupiter for the bow indicates the nervous system and is represented by Sagittarius. Note the lamb opens the second seal. The pineal gland invokes the prostrate gland. The Ox calls forth. This means the spleen and liver aids the lamb. Another seal is opened and a red horse comes forth. The rider has a large sword. This rider has the power to take away peace from the earth. Mars acts upon the solar plexus. A third seal is opened by the lamb. A third seal is opened. The Human figure calls forth. This means the elimination system and especially the bowels are necessary to allow the lamb in activating the cardiac system. A rider on a black horse appears holding scales. This is Venus in Libra. A forth seal is openned by the lamb. The Eagle calls forth. This is the digestive system of stomach and small intestine. An unusual pair of riders share a pale yellow horse. These are Death and Hades. This is Mercury in Virgo and corresponds with the throat region. This completes the somatic divisions of the body. The animals do not make further calls at this point. The fifth seal is opened by the lamb. This corresponds to the Cavernous ganglion. This is Moon in Cancer. The sixth seal is opened by the lamb. This corresponds to the sacral plexus. This is Saturn in Capricorn. This nerve system when awaken allows the Sushumna to impinge upon the cerebral system along the spine. The seventh seal is Sun in Leo. The Pituitary body awakens. The seven spiritual voices can be heard. They are described in revelation as trumpet blasts. The role of the Conqueror I have united myself, assembling myself together from the four quarters of the universe and joining together the members that were scattered abroad. Taken from the Gospel of Phillip. This is a useful description of how the body systems are used in uniting the mind. That is by Yoga. The unification of the body and the mind. This overlooked piece of information is why practitioners of yoga, as well as the other arts, alchemy, magic, tai chi, and so on, often find themselves confused when they follow the directions and do not experience the trumpet calls. This means that the living animals cannot be ignored when unifying all the minds. The liver and spleen of the ox representation is called the Court of the Yellow Emperor in Chinese alchemy texts. What then does this tell you about the origin of the Yellow Emperor. Who is this Yellow Emperor? A chariot can be driven. It can house a very important figure. That of course is YOU. The double pyramid is the entry to the body and the various entities that are involved. This is a thinking guide to achieve control of the chariot. The living animals are the four Kerabs. The now familiar animals of Ox, Human, Eagle, Lion all have wings. This wings allow communication to ensure between the various regions. If one likes to talk of spaceships then the physical body is surely a spaceship. This is the diagram of the chariot. The Hebrew letters marked as wings are meditations. You can unify the mind and body by meditating on the letter. This is the beginning of path working. You can begin to focus visual sight until spiritual sight takes over. This is the intended purpose of Scrying with reflective surfaces. Some use water, or glass, or metal reflections. The advanced method is to Scry with the contours of the Hebrew letters. With the information learned in the article study the structure carefully. The Hebrew letter positions correspond to the Major arcana paintings. Therefore the paths or mental states indicated can be crossed just as in path working on tree diagrams. By studying the effects of the path on the physiological systems the student can achieve an understanding of how the path behaves. You will notice that the wing connecting the west with the firmament is assigned the path letter ( לְ ) Lamed. This glyph is a control of the ox, called the ox-goad. The 22nd path is called the Faithful Intelligence. Spiritual values are increased, and all dwellers on earth are nearly under its shadow. This is spiritual control of the liver and spleen. The word dwellers includes the organs connected to the spinal chord. This is the earth spoken of. The liver and spleen are inhabitants of the earth as they are connected to the spinal chord. Notice how the wing assigned to the letter Lamed connects the Ox to the Firmament. Readers of these articles know what the Abyss actually means. The contour is the next way to read nature. We are accustomed to understanding abstract text and identify pure color with pure tone. The next challenge in reading esoteric text is in unifying the sense of touch with the other senses. The lines labeled as wings refer to auric energy patterns. Currently they can be accessed through mediation trained to use the imagination. This requires the spiritual control of imagination. This avoids fantasy. The contours of the butterfly wing are formed by lines creating a diffraction pattern. The color appears by the spacing between the lines and air. Not all the light passes through the wing patterns. We must now begin to sense these gratings. The paths on the chariot diagram connect to physiological systems. To work with a path properly we must sense the organs that form each of the systems. They are a part of us. They are not foreign to our own mind. They actually contribute to our thoughts. This is the activities of the magician. The unification and call of these parts to work together, and not as separate automatic entities. The path labeled as ( רֵ ) Resh is applied to two different wings. These wings connect the Bowels, represented by the Human to the Throne. The other wing connects the circulatory system, represented by the Lion to the Throne. This letter is the 30th path. It is called the path of Collecting Intelligence. The Astrologers deduce from this path the judgement of the stars. The word star means nerve clusters. From the celestial signs the Astrologers are able to make perfections of their science according to the rules of their resolutions. You must ask yourself what does Astrologer mean. How do you learn? How do you go about your activities? The Personality operates throughout the body to gather experiences for the spirit. The personality is a chariot employed by the spirit. Because a portion of the personality operates in the physical body. This body cannot be ignored in your studies. To talk of spiritual matters means you must not exclude the physical body. In order for the higher self to work on the physical plane the personality must cooperate. The physical body is the actual crucible used to convert lead into gold by an alchemist. Many profound experiences have been discovered by path working with Resh. The glyph refers to the Head. The personality collects information for the Spirit. It can be used to unify the different systems of the body. Because the wing connecting the lion to the throne involves the circulatory system that means the soul can be accesed at this wing. This is the Toth tarot painting for the Star. We will be using it as an example of The Hebrew letter is ( צ ) Tzaddi. Please read below for further information. This image deals with production from the spirit. The wing between the ox and the eagle connects the spleen with the digestive system. This is where the minor arcana coins store their profits into the cups. The shape of a cup on the tarot painting is made to look as a holy grail intentionally. This is where food becomes blood corpuscles. The new blood is prepared in the chalices known as the liver and the spleen. The Hebrew letter is ( צ ) Tzaddi. It is in the shape of a fishing hook. This means as a readers aside: The hook is placed in the waters mem ( ם ) to catch the fish nun ( נ ) . An important point of fish is that an oily substance can be secreted. In the blood fatty or oilly substances can be transported by a protein called albumen. End of readers aside. This letter indicates the 28th path and is called the Natural Intelligence. The higher self at the soul ego level connects with the lower self where personality dwells. The wing connecting the eagle (Digestion system) with the abyss is labeled Qoph ( ק ). This the twenty-ninth path. It is called the Corporeal Intelligence. This painting represents Pisces. The alchemists call this step the projection of the stone. The corporeal intelligence forms everybody which is formed beneath the whole set of worlds and increments them. The dew of heaven represented by the red yods ( י ) falling from the the sun are used to project the stone. This path controls the final production and storage of blood corpuscles. The paintings of this key 18 have an interesting effect. A viewer my induce sleep merely by looking at the image. These germs or seeds are produced in the physical body from food. The digestive center produces energy for the abyss organs to procreate. The operator may control thought production at the level of food consumption with this wing. The wing connecting the lion (blood circulation) to the abyss is labeled ( ז ) zayin. This the Seventeenth path. It is called the disposing intelligence. This provides Faith to the Righteous, and they are clothed with the Holy Spirit by it, and it is called the Foundation of Excellence in the state of higher things. This wing of ( ז ) is the control of oxygenation of the blood. It ensures that the organs of the abyss. Those including the kidneys and below receive the proper amount of blood blessed by enriched blood. The word Holy Spirit means proper breath. By application of complete breathing with full inhalation and exhalation the blood becomes enriched by the air. The Faith and the Righteous are the organs dwelling in the abyss. By use of this letter control of blood oxygenation can be achieved. This knowledge as the painting above can be used in mediations. The wing connecting the Human (the bowels and long intestine) with the abyss is labeled ( י ) yod. It can seen in the painting the head of the figure is a ( י ) yod. This position is assigned to the constellation of virgo and is concerned with digestion. This is the Twentieth Path is the Intelligence of Will. This is a means of preparation of all and each created being, and by this intelligence the existence of the Primordial Wisdom becomes known. Here is the entry point to control digestion. The will is what do you want to do? You can assign a being created from food to have a specific purpose. What are your plans? What are your goals? This letter allows a mediation to make this become an action. The preparation of all created beings means all the products from digestion. The long intestine is the herdsmen and farmer. The treasures produced are represented by the ten of pentacles (coins, shields, or disks) of the minor arcana. The wing connecting Lion (blood circulation) with Human (long intestine) is ( ט ) teth. This is how nutrients, the treasure, is transported into the blood streams that surround the long intestine. This is the Nineteenth path. It is called the Intelligence of all the activities and spiritual beings. This is called this because of the affluence diffused by it from the most high blessing and most exalted sublime glory. In the painting the woman is Virgo and the lion is Leo. This control over Leo's mouth is the end of the Harvest month of August. As Leo descends, Virgo ascends. In the long intestine the farmer reaps the harvest under Leo's sky. The blood carries away, transports the nutrients. The rich harvest from the land is depleted. Virgo controls the organs involved in digestion. Therefore through ( ט ) teth the meditator can exercise control over the harvest of products used as building material for higher structures. Each structure can be assign a thought, will, an emotion. The wing between the firmament and the lion (blood circulation) is labeled by the Hebrew letter( ה ) He. The regions of the head including the cerebrum, cerebellum, and brain stem are present in the firmament. That is the reason a faint background of a mountain can be seen in the painting. The red color is the color of the blood that transports the treasure from the long intestine. This position is the constellation of Aries and is responsible for the activities occurring in the head. The letter ( ) He is the fifteenth path. It is called the Constituting Intelligence. This is called this because it constitutes the substance of creation in pure darkness. Here is where decisions are produced out of thin air. When a thought is sensed it was suddenly there, before there was nothing. The darkness. The wing connecting the Ox (the liver and spleen) with the throne is labeled with the Hebrew letter ( כ ) Kaph. Where the created beings go is determined by this letter. In the painting the four somatic systems are placed at the four corners of the world just as they are in the Chariot Shadhai. Remember you are viewing images in different perspectives. The decisions for where germs (seeds) go are made here. The liver and the spleen are represented in the night sky as the two bears Ursa Major and Ursa Minor. Together they are called the sheep folds. The sheep are the corpuscles produced through digestion. How these sheep are to be used will occur here. The letter ( כ ) is the Twenty-first path called the Intelligence of Conciliation. This letter is known as Jupiter and one of the duties of Jupiter is to control the blood. The Intelligence of Conciliation is called this because it receives the divine influence which flows into it from its benediction upon all and each existence. The wing connecting the eagle (stomach and small intestine) is connected to the throne. This wing is labeled by the Hebrew letter ( פ ) Peh. This is the Twenty-seventh path. It is known by two names the Active Intelligence and the Exciting Intelligence. This letter is Mars. This is the initiating power.Through this intelligence every existing being receives its spirit and motion. What moves through the digestive system and in particular the small intestine provides the energy the entry way for spirit and motion. We use this letter to destroy our false conceptions. This letter also is involved in the important realm of eating. If we use the energy in a state of anger unwisely we feel upset in the stomach area. The letter ( פ ) Peh is a great tool. When young we expend it unknowingly. Not understanding how to master it and use it to control our desired outcomes. The land of the north is where gold comes from. The wing connecting the eagle and the firmament is labeled by the Hebrew letter ( ע ) Ayin. The characteristic hand sign gesture of two fingers. The middle and index finger pointing toward the eyes is the Ayin glyph. This is the Twenty-sixth path. It is called the Renovating Intelligence. This is because the Holy God renews by it all the changing things which are renewed by the creation of the world. The animation of cells, proteins, nucleic acids occurs by the pulses of involution and evolution. The whirlwind description is one view of this complex current. The painting involves the three currents that travel from the base of the spine and into the head. The source of these currents within the physical body rests with Capricorn. The glyph ( ♑ ) represents the sacrum of the body. That is the "V" shape on the left. The curve of an eye on the right is where the nerve produces the current resides. The three figures are the currents Ida, Pingla with Sushumna in the center. The two witness of Adam and Eve are the two currents Ida and Pingla. The life of the blood cells is born in the bone marrow. Capricorn is called the bone mind. The wing between the lion (blood circulation) and the throne is labeled with the Hebrew letter ( ד ) Daleth. This is the Fourteenth Path and is called the illuminating intelligence. This is called this because it is that Brilliant One which is the founder of the concealed and fundamental ideas of holiness and of their stages of preparation. This letter is Venus. This is why the painting has green border and a dress in green color. This is the control point of respiration to assist in regeneration. The bird signifies correct breath. This is the doorway to creation. The wing connecting the ox (liver, and spleen) to the abyss is labeled the Hebrew letter ( ם ) mem. This is the element water. The state of the figure in the painting is the state of Samadhi ( समाधी ).It is the union of the perfect soul with the infinite spirit. This is the tarot representation of the crucifixion. This is the reason for the light to appear. This path is called the Stable of Intelligence and it is called this because it is the virtue of consistency among all numerations. The liver and spleen are able to supply the livestock to the organs of the abyss when needed. By use of this letter a mediation can be used to control this point of transfer. All writing systems and all alphabets include these controlling points. By understanding how the sounds, colors, and images affect the world we begin to respect the modes of communication. Words can have consequences to our actions. That means the structures in our physical body and bodies of finer substances are affected. Words and thoughts have power. Likewise we must learn to control the chariot. If not the animals will take us where we do not desire to go.
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