All esoteric texts describe the body as a tower. In the Greek mysteries the winds that animate the body are described in some exoteric literature. We regard them as myths failing to realize that this information is a tradition involving yoga. In sculpture such a tower was made with the winds described as bodies attached to wings. This has become a common sight in describing angels. Although the image of an angel would be perceived more as a mental light. The esoteric direction of these winds is different from the cardinal compass points. Nevertheless the initiates would be well advise to learn an understand their meaning. This of course implies knowing how these winds appear within the body. Boreas, the north wind emanates from the bowels. The wind is described as being cold. This geographical location helps as in also finding out where the Hyperborean people live. This is the Heart. They worship Apollo and live in a land of sunshine and plenty beyond the north wind. Beyond Boreas. Notus the south wind emanates from the lungs. The wind is described as being warm. A description of these winds is given by Pontanus. Cold Boreas from the top of 'lympus [Olympus] blows, And from the bottom cloudy Notus flows. From setting Phoebus fruitfull Zeph'rus flies, And barren Eurus from the Suns up-rise. This work offers a clue to where olympus is located. This would be the kidneys and corresponds to the Hebrew letter Caph for zeus in the Greek mysteries. The real meaning of this tarot key 10 involves the use of air in metabolic processes. The yellow serpent is the symbol for Air. The sword the figure welds is the yoga 12 powers. This is also the same sword that is mentioned in the book of revelations. The painting upon the tarot key 10 portrays the systems that assist the mind. Notus is described by Hireronimus as the butler of rains. Ovid describes Notus Out flies South-wind, with dropping wings, who shrowds His fearful aspect in the pitchie clouds, His white Haire stream's, his Beard big-swoln with showres [showers]; Mists binde his Brows, rain from his Bosome powres [pours]. Ovid contrasted the south wind with the north wind. Here we find the north to be forceful and cold. It can make water turn to frost. Force me befits: with this thick cloud I drive; Toss the blew Billows, knotty Okes [oaks] up-rive; Congeal soft Snow, and beat the Earth with haile; When I my brethren in the Aire assaile, (For thats our Field) we meet with such a shock, That thundring Skies with our encounters rock And cloud-struck lightning flashes from on high, When through the Crannies of the Earth I flie, And force her in her hollow Caves, I make The Ghosts to tremble, and the ground to quake. Ovid stated that the west wind is soft, cold and moist. This wind brings branches and flowers. The east wind is waterish, and cloudy and has a great appetite. To Persis and Sabea, Eurus flies; Whose gums perfume the blushing Mornes up-rise: Next to the Evening, and the Coast that glows With setting Phoebus, flowry Zeph'rus blows: In Scythia horrid Boreas holds his rain, Beneath Boites, and the frozen Wain: The land to this oppos'd doth Auster steep With fruitfull showres, and clouds which ever weep. A structure in Greece is designed to display the physiology of the human body. Artist used the building to perform religious dances. On the outside were displayed Eight winds as Bas Relief images. The tools each of the winds holds can only be understood by the reader. The information on the outside go the architecture provides knowledge of the inner workings of the body. This has been a noted feature of how Greek temples were conceived by scholars. Rather than have the building mimic the physical body the builders chose to invert the masonry. By observing the outside features the passerby can understand the energies that work in themselves. A closer look at the sculpted features leads one onto the journey of the nervous system through mediating on the Art. Above shows a display of the Eight winds carved near the top of the tower. Each object the figures hold offers a clue to the functions that each of these systems perform in the service of the body. Reflect upon these images and you will come to learn about the role of the winds in transporting Lymph, blood, spinal fluid, and nerve current. The wind Notus has a large vessel. This is the circulatory system. The wind Zephyrus in the west bears flowers. These are produced by the body. You must rethink the way you understand the body. You consume food for what reason? What are the treasures the body manifests? What are the different processes in the body? How is the blood purified? To work with your tradition you must take a new approach to understanding the Mysteries. Life always makes treasures. The conscious self must taken control of these and not neglect their operations. That is what the Art and manuscripts are really discussing. Besides eating you must imagine what occurs at each step in your body when making the philosopher's stone. As an example of this process. Notice the East Wind. Fruit and Grain are the objects held. These are used to nourish us. Therefore the East is where digestion occurs. In magic rituals it is advised to begin opening the pentagram in the eastern direction. The reason to start with this direction has to do with orientating and taking the products from your digestion process toward achieving a desired goal to be address during the ritual. The time of initiating with wand, or brush is directed at the rise of the Sun. Your nerves throughout the body must be used in concert to achieve what you want. What stumps most scholars of the Greek myths are the winds. They must examine all the systems of the body to learn what each wind is responsible. The Art work upon the tower will help you learn about yourself. Please study the images and ask what objects each figure carries has to do with carrying out life processes. We often think of the Mysteries as being unknowable. This of course is not true. The process is be introspective of the individual. The highest religion is called the Truth. To learn of the processes that are involved in the body demonstrates why builders of temples select the geometry and the Art to display the Mystery. By reflecting upon the Mystery you will learn How the body is animated by the volition of your mind. The wind from the North plays a role with the Soul. The figure known as Orithea is the divine soul. When she is taken by Boreas she enters the physical body. In the Phaedrus, a dialogue about the soul, the myth of Boreas is introduced. This divine being, which was seen in the rushing wind, once glimpsed the beautiful Orithea, daughter of the Greek King Erechtheus, as she was picking flowers with her playmates. He was seized with a passion for her, abducted her and took her to his cave. This cave sounds familiar to esotericists. You can find this cave by examining the pelvic bone. A region close to the roots of the spinal chord are wrapped like vines are a small hole. This same cave is where a sleeping coil of energy exists in everyone. In paintings this coil is drawn as the familiar infinity symbol. In the darkest night of the year, when earth sleeps most soundly in Boreas' cold embrace, when material activities are at the very lowest ebb, a wave of spiritual energy carries upon its crest the divine creative “Word from Heaven” to a mystic birth at Christmas; and as a luminous cloud the spiritual impulse broods over the world that “knew it not,” for it “shines in the darkness” of winter when nature is paralyzed and speechless. The "earth" is our spinal chord. Our thoughts are numb by the cold. In this state we forget where we are from. We think only of our chores, our goals of the week. Trying to be successful. The illusion is more real than us. This divine creative “Word” has a message and a mission. It was born to “save the world,” and “to give its life for the world.” It must of necessity sacrifice its life in order to accomplish the rejuvenation of nature. Gradually it buries itself in the earth and commences to infuse its own vital energy into the millions of seeds which lie dormant in the ground. To awaken is when we remember our Divine nature. The manuscript called Enoch describes the conduits in the body. All the traditions describe the winds. The four winds (north, east, west, and south) are mentioned in the creation text of Babylon. It is worth to examine these winds in more detail as the information can be of assistance when you learn about your own tradition. Notice how Hoar-Frost is in the Greek Mystery as well. The word Locusts has to do with a substance in the body that the winds carry to the ends of the earth. These substance in turn effects the spinal chord. Understanding the physiological meaning of these words provides a way to learn what they are trying to convey to us. The knowledge is not just about the organs and where they are located by a compass. The information provides exercises. This is the reason why the French word for alchemists is Puffers. A bellows is placed is paintings of the alchemist lab. These refer to the lungs, breath, and now the winds.
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