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Post by LorrB on May 31, 2010 14:53:38 GMT 9.5
Heard It On the Grapevine…….
THE BRINGER OF LIGHT
I was watching a TV show some time ago on books that are absent from the Bible. Mention was made that, in the Book of Enoch, it is the Archangel Uriel who takes Enoch on a tour of the Universe and that Uri means Bringer of Light. Hence Uri-el is the Angel that brings the Light.
What most interested me was that the book states that Uriel sits in the East at the left hand of God. Here we have a Bringer of Light sitting in the East (move over Solomon). But in another well known ritual I believe that Uriel sits in the North.
How many times do we get little snippets here and there that make us think again? I have decided to open this thread with the hope that posters can share their “I didn’t know that’s”.
I start this thread on another some years ago. I believe it was one of their most successful threads ever. Hopefully we can duplicate that feat here. A bit of fun anyway.
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Post by LorrB on May 31, 2010 15:16:54 GMT 9.5
HOW TO CREATE YOUR OWN UNIVERSE
In the 1770’s Hungarian physicist Ernst Chladni was the first person to demonstrate vibration in physical form by scattering sand on a metal disks and watching the particles vibrate as a bow was drawn across the plate. The sand consistently realigned itself into geometric expressions. At the time it was just treated as a curiosity but has since been used to demonstrate wave functions in physics.
“In a latter day re-creation of his experiments, a 30 Hz sound frequency emanating from the Crab Nebula, recorded by the Jodrell Bank radio telescope in England, was played onto a metal plate covered with fine sand. The vibrating sand recreated the pattern of the galaxy that had generated the near infrasonic signal. (Silva 2002)
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Post by LorrB on May 31, 2010 15:17:44 GMT 9.5
RESONATING CAVITIES
Apparently F Sharp produces an unusual oscillating between the two cavities of the brain (and proves most beneficial for raising consciousness) and F Sharp also happens to be the resonant frequency inside the Grand Gallery of the Great Pyramid at Gizeh. (Silva 2002)
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Post by LorrB on May 31, 2010 15:18:26 GMT 9.5
SACRED GEOMETRY
"Know, oh, brother … that the study of sensible geometry leads to skill in all practical arts, while the study of intelligible geometry leads to skill in the intellectual arts because this science is one of the gates through which we move to the knowledge of the essence of the soul, and that is the root of all knowledge."
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Post by LorrB on May 31, 2010 15:21:55 GMT 9.5
You get the gist ... now start collecting and sharing your 'treasures' with us. This is 2nd Deg work. (EA's you can get a head start )
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Post by LorrB on May 31, 2010 15:24:25 GMT 9.5
Pssst, says she looking over each shoulder, did you know this? GEORGE WASHINGTONGeorge Washington is reputed to have spoken of his Guardian Angel often, and credited his success at Valley Forge to "an inspiring visit from a heavenly being." www.goldfever.com/gwv.htmOne of our most famous Freemasons you know...
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Post by LorrB on May 31, 2010 15:28:39 GMT 9.5
THE SIGN OF THE BEAST
Scientists are weighing into the numbers game - pointing out that all organic life comes from carbon 12 which is composed of..
6 protons - 6 neutrons - 6 electrons
an implication suggesting that trees, beasts and man share the same nature.
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Post by LorrB on Jun 1, 2010 8:20:54 GMT 9.5
HIRAM (007) THE UNIVERSAL AGENT?(C)hiram is a word composed of three words, denoting the Universal Spirit, the essence whereof the whole creation does consist, and the object of Chaldean, Egyptian, and genuine natural philosophy, according to its inner principles or properties. The three Hebrew words Chamah, Rusch, and Majim, mean respectively Fire, Air and Water, while their initial consonants, Che, R, M, give us Chiram, that invisible essence which is the father of earth, fire, air and water; because, although immaterial in its own invisible nature as the unmoved and electrical fire, when moved it becomes light and visible; and when collected and agitated, becomes heat and visible and tangible fire; and when associated with humidity it becomes material. THE LOST KEYS OF FREEMASONRY The Secret of Hiram Abiff by Manly P Hall www.anchorastoria.org/library/lostkeys.html
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Post by LorrB on Jun 1, 2010 8:25:01 GMT 9.5
LIVING LANGUAGEShamans have stated that they access information direct from nature in a form of language that they refer to as twisting-twisting-language. The language the shamans in Sth America use to discuss knowledge/ideas/visions with each other consists of 22 letters with 64 meanings. Here under is a small extract of an interview with the author of The Cosmic Serpent* Jeremy Narby. Q....The symbol of the Cosmic Serpent, the snake, is a central theme in your story, and in your research you discover that the snake forms a major part of the symbology across most of the world’s traditions and religions. Why is there such a consistent system of natural symbols in the world? Is the world inherently symbolic? A....This is the observation that led me to investigate the cosmic serpent. I found the symbol in shamanism all over the world. Why? That's a good question. My hypothesis is that it is connected to the double helix of DNA inside virtually all living beings. And DNA itself is a symbolic Saussurian code. So, yes, in at least one important way, the living world is inherently symbolic. We are made of living language. deoxy.org/narbystew.htmThere is a MUST SEE illustration on this site. * One of my very favourite books.
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Post by LorrB on Jun 1, 2010 8:26:31 GMT 9.5
Pssst......
...think about the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet and the 22 cards in the Major Arcana of the Tarot...
and the 64 hexagrams of the I Ching....
...and the 22 subjective paths of "the Tree of Life" - the Kabbala.
Shamans should not be ignored by sensible people... even though they get their knowledge direct from the plant world?!
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Post by LorrB on Jun 1, 2010 8:39:49 GMT 9.5
SOUND SHAPES SANSKRIT/HEBREW VOWELS“.. Today we have seen the emergence of quartz crystal ‘singing’ bowls that evolved from the computer industry which uses their intense energy field to grow quartz silicon chips. Each crystal bowl is digitally attuned to the diatonic musical scale – C, D, E, F, G, A B – which is vibrationally connected with the chakra system. The bigger the bowl the deeper the sound and the more it resonates with the physical. The smaller the bowl, the higher the sound and the more it resonates with the spiritual. The sound emitted by playing the crystal bowls as musical instruments is one of the “purest tones” in the world. From the same article….referring to Cymatics, wherein sound-forms can be seen by subjecting mediums such as sand, water, or clay to a continuous sound vibration. The various mediums are placed on a steel plate with a crystal sound oscillator attached to the bottom. The Oscillator creates a pulse, which vibrates the steel plate. The forms which form on the plate are examples of sound organising matter. (“In the beginning was the Word. And the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”?) Dr Hans Jenny observed that “when the vowels of ancient languages like Hebrew and Sanskrit were pronounced the sand took the shape of the written symbols for those vowels. “Modern languages, including English, failed to generate those patterns,” he notes. The Healing Power of Sound - Lia Scallon www.soundsofsirius.com/artic_healpower.htm
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Post by LorrB on Jun 1, 2010 8:43:17 GMT 9.5
Do you believe (now you come to think about it) that the Odes sung in lodge affect you one way or the other?
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Post by LorrB on Jun 1, 2010 8:56:12 GMT 9.5
MIND IS THE BUILDER... that from his deep attunement to the Mind of God, that Universal Consciousness, Edgar Cayce stated that mind is the light, the builder, and the bridge to liberation and enlightenment. Here is his perspective on the mind: ...which just might give some clues to the questions raised above and others not thought of yet.... INNER VISION The Mind by John Van Auken www.edgarcayce.org/ps2/innervision_mind_J_Van_Auken.htmlWe could play a 'spot the masonic clues' with this one...
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Post by LorrB on Jun 2, 2010 10:07:20 GMT 9.5
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SPOKEN WORDI find this interesting with regard to the importance that Freemasonry places on the correct deliverence of Ritual. "The meaning of the name "Eumolpus" is "a good singer," and great importance was attached to the quality of the voice in the selection of the hierophant, the chief officiant at the celebration of the Mysteries and at the ceremony of initiation, and who was selected from the family of the Eumolpides. It was essential that the formulae disclosed to the initiates at Eleusis should be pronounced with the proper intonation, for otherwise the words would have no efficacy. Correct intonation was of far greater importance than syllabic pronunciation. An explanation of this is given by Maspero who says:
The human voicee is pre-eminently a magical instrument, without which none of the highest operations of art can be successful: each of its utterances is carried into the region of the invisible and there released forces of which the general run of people have no idea, either as to their existence or their manifold action. Without doubt, the real value of an evocation lies in its text, or the sequence of the words of which it is composed and the tone in which it is enunciated. In order to be efficacious, the conjuration should be accompanied by chanting, either an incantation or a song. In order to produce the desired effect the sacramental melody must be chanted without the variation of a single modulation: one false note, one mistake in the measure, the introversion of any two of the sounds of which it is composed, and the intended effect is annulled. This is the reason why all who recite a prayer or formula intended to force the gods to perform certain acts must be of true voice. The result of their effort, whether successful or unsuccessful, will depend upon the exactness of their voice. It was the voice, therefore, which played the most important part in the oblation, in the prayer of definite request, and in the evocation- in a word, in every instance where man sought to seize hold of the god. Apart from a true voice the words were merely dead sounds."
www.phoenixmasonry.org/the_builder_1919_july.htm
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Post by LorrB on Jun 2, 2010 10:12:55 GMT 9.5
Heard it on the grapevine that..
..the pyramids are a stone record from the times of Araaraat and Ra
..the Ark (Noah's) rested on the mountains-plural of Ararat.
..the root/s for the word arc/ark/arch/arche mean diverse things like defend in an enclosed space, in the beginning, chest, prototype... (Noah's Ark, Ark of the Covenant, Royal Arch, Archetypes, Archangels(seven colours, seven spirits before the Throne).
..that Noah could be derived from the word Noe (which is the feminine form of Divine Intelligence). The ending -ah also being feminine.
..that the seeds of creation was thought by the Egyptians to be ferried across the skies in a boat and beneath in the underworld safely contained in a chest. (the chest, our chest?)
..that the description and dimensions of the Holy of Holies fit quite snugly with the Great Pyramid.
..that the coffer's volume is identical with the measurements of the Ark of the Covenent.
..that the coffer is made of pink granite or porphyry stone
..that there were several boats found buried in the sand near the pyramid
..that Egypt is reputedly one of the places where Atlanteans fleeing the floods found refuge
..that scientists are puzzled at the gigantic leap in culture of the earliest Egyptians
Esoteric and Exoteric stuff here - as above, so below. Sure is grist for the mill for all you Ark Mariners out there.
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Post by LorrB on Jun 2, 2010 10:14:13 GMT 9.5
PS... There is evidence to suggest that the original Third Degree story was the Noe/Noah story.
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Post by paul on Jun 2, 2010 10:37:44 GMT 9.5
There is evidence to suggest that the original Third Degree story was the Noah story. What might have been the incentive to change the story from a well-known character to an unknown character?
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Post by LorrB on Jun 2, 2010 11:12:37 GMT 9.5
Because Solomon was considered wise and Noah was fearful?
Noah: But Lord, how... but.. why... but, but..? God : Noah, how long can you tread water?
(Thank you Bill Cosby ;D)
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Post by LorrB on Jun 2, 2010 11:22:24 GMT 9.5
Because Noah may have been that last of the line of those time when giants (Og in the Bible) roamed the earth? Or alien beings (Sumerian Tablets) maybe? Such notions these days are treated by scholars with derision. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NoahIn the Islamic account, a group of 72 others are also saved. This part of the account intrigues me. Our Royal Arch Brn has spent some considerabe time trying to discover the identity, or the reason for, the 72 Elders mentioned in that degree. Must start a thread on all the 72's we found.
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Post by paul on Jun 2, 2010 11:29:51 GMT 9.5
>Because Solomon was considered wise and Noah was fearful?
There are of course 2 stories:
- the temple of King Solomon - the raising of Noah.
It seems to me that the 18th century was a very late stage to change from Noah to the unknown Hiram Abiff.
There must have been something going on at that time to cause the change
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