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Post by LorrB on Jan 28, 2011 12:47:53 GMT 9.5
"In 1923, a scientist named von Frisch published his famous work on the dance of the bee. When a bee discovers a source of food, she fills herself with the nectar and returns to the hive. She then performs what has been termed a dance which symbolically describes where the food source is. From this symbolic ritual, the other bees can find the source.
(Reminds me of Freemasonry ... a female, providing information to fatherless sons)
Reproduction is interesting. Not all bees have two parents. We have three classes: the queen, the female workers, and the male drones. The one special fertile female - is the queen. There are other females but they do not produce any eggs. The male bees are produced by the queen's unfertilized eggs (in other words - no father). The females are produced when the queen has mated with a male - therefore she has two parents.
Interestingly, the family tree of a colony produces what we know as the Fibonacci sequence. A bee's ancestry fits the exact pattern. Draw out the example.
great- great,great gt,gt,gt
grand- grand- grand grand
Number of parents: parents: parents: parents: parents:
of a MALE bee: 1 2 3 5 8
of a FEMALE bee: 2 3 5 8 13
0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233, 377, 610, 987 ..
As you may or may not know, the Fibonacci sequence is one of the major chords played by Nature in her symphony. Everywhere one looks there is the sequence displayed: view the construction of sunflowers, pinecones, pineapples, artichokes, apples, lemons, starfish, sand dollars, the iris, buttercup, daisies, and you could go on and on. (SACRED GEOMETRY)
It is the proportion of living things. One author gives this definition: "The Fibonacci sequence actually begins with two terms, zero and unity, nothing and everything, the Unknowable and the manifest Monad. These are the first two terms. Their sum, another unity, is the third term. To find each next term, just add the two latest terms together. This process produces the endless series 0,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34,55,89,144 … At first glance we see a chain of numbers. But look beyond the visible numbers to the self-accumulating process by which they grow. The series grows by accruing terms that come from within itself, from its immediate past, taking nothing from outside the sequence for its growth. Each term may be traced back to its beginning as unity in the Monad, which itself arose from the incomprehensible mystery of zero.
This principle of ongoing growth-from-within is the essence of the Pentad's principle of regeneration and the pulsing rhythms of natural growth and dissolution." (Michael Schneider, A Beginner's Guide to Constructing the Universe)
The buzzing of the bees in the hive is also connected
with female oracular prophesy and the use of mantras.
Layne Redmond says the sacred mantra OM...
if intoned correctly, causes a 'sound similar to
the humming of bees. This mantra and its sound
are linked to the omphalos, the great beehive -
the place of sacred utterance and the buzzing
vibration of life.'"
--Vicki Noble
from The Double Goddess - Women Sharing Power
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Post by paul on Jan 28, 2011 12:54:16 GMT 9.5
Bees also turn out to be capable of logic.
When food was placed for bees at regular times but at different places with geometric relationship, the bees apparently turned up on time at the next place in the sequence
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Post by paul on Jan 28, 2011 12:56:24 GMT 9.5
It has been traditional in England to announce to hives the death of the monarch.
Is that because kingship came (was lowered) to Earth from the same place as bees?
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Post by LorrB on Jan 28, 2011 14:43:36 GMT 9.5
Melchizedek’s Three Gifts from Venus
February 19, 2008 by beelore
Occult tradition states that the mysterious figure Melchizedek, who is mentioned in the Bible in connection with giving communion to the patriarch Abraham, is an entity that brought three gifts to earth from the planet Venus: the bee, wheat, and the mineral asbestos.
The tradition is an allegorical one. The meaning of the three gifts may be partially understood as symbolizing three grades of initiation. In the first grade, one serves (bee). In the second grade, the initiate focuses on understanding and practicing the development of the many out of the one (wheat). In the third grade, the initiate becomes a channel of the Divine Fire; he burns, but is not consumed (asbestos).
Picture from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Meeting_of_abraham_and_melchizadek.jpg
Story from: www.polarissite.net/page26.html
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Post by LorrB on Jan 28, 2011 14:49:44 GMT 9.5
On the Symbolism of the Bee in the Occult Tradition
By AB
To those unfamiliar with our work, it may seem curious that an occult aspirant should choose the seemingly lowly and unaspiring bee as a symbol of his chosen study. To those who have examined the aims and precepts of occultism more closely, the obvious connection is summarized well by a statement of St. John Chrysostom in his twelfth homily: "The bee is more honoured than other animals, not because she labours, but because she labours for others." Indeed, the bee works unceasingly for the common good of the hive, and obeys without question what sometimes appears to be an inequitable hierarchy.
So, too, does the occultist aim to serve the common good of humanity. He does so in two ways -- by first developing himself to be a fit vessel for the spiritual forces that he makes use of in his work, and secondly, by directing those spiritual forces to aid in correcting the imbalances in the knowledge or circumstances of those that come to him for assistance. The trained occultist knows that he is not separate from others, but shares with them a community of consciousness by virtue of their shared humanity. In helping others along the path, he also advances himself. As he advances himself, so does he lift up all others that will tread the path after him.
Read on here: Story from: www.polarissite.net/page26.html
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Post by LorrB on Jan 28, 2011 14:51:45 GMT 9.5
How many masons realise they have beehives on their collars?
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Post by paul on Jan 28, 2011 15:03:43 GMT 9.5
Melchizedek..............is an entity that brought three gifts to earth from the planet Venus: the bee, wheat, and the mineral asbestos. I don't know where asbestos enters this. Perhaps it is a garbled reference to the pillar that could not be consumed by fire. Bees however are supposed to come from the gods e.g. "bees grew from the tears of the sun god Ra" And of course Isis is regarded by Egyptians as providing wheat - hence holding an ear of corn in later depictions as Demeter - and of course the loaf of bread is used in the Sirius hieroglyph |
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Post by LorrB on Jan 28, 2011 15:12:31 GMT 9.5
Melchizedek..............is an entity that brought three gifts to earth from the planet Venus: the bee, wheat, and the mineral asbestos. I don't know where asbestos enters this. Perhaps it is a garbled reference to the pillar that could not be consumed by fire. ..or maybe it is a reference to a Christ risen (using Christian terms). Could the risen Jesus have been consumed by fire?. Apparently we can do what He did... ? |
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Post by paul on Jan 28, 2011 15:26:09 GMT 9.5
Could the risen Jesus have been consumed by fire?. For our God is a consuming fire." Hebrews 12:28-29 This aspect is sadly lacking from accounts of the life of Jesus. Indeed I do not even recall an account of Jesus interacting with a fire. Walking on fire would have been good. Perhaps we might look elsewhere for the meaning of asbestos - particularly as asbestos is notorious for not being consumed by fire. As I indicated, it might be a garbled acccount of Enoch's 2 pillars |
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Post by LorrB on Feb 1, 2011 12:20:01 GMT 9.5
The true version of the history of Jesus, and the early Christianity was imparted to Hugh de Payens, by the Grand-Pontiff of the Order of the Temple (of the Nazarene or Johannite sect), one named Theocletes, after which it was learned by some Knights in Palestine, from the higher and more intellectual members of the St. John sect, who were initiated into its mysteries.
Freedom of intellectual thought and the restoration of one and universal religion was their secret object. Sworn to the vow of obedience, poverty, and chastity, they were at first the true Knights of John the Baptist, crying in the wilderness and living on wild honey and locusts. Such is the tradition and the true kabalistic version.
M. P. Blavatsky, Isis Unveiled
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Post by LorrB on Feb 1, 2011 13:10:18 GMT 9.5
Rosslyn Chapel discovery is causing a buzz
From The Times
March 30, 2010
Melanie Reid
The ancient Rosslyn Chapel, beloved as the key to mysteries surrounding The Da Vinci Code, the Holy Grail and the Knights Templar, has thrown up another unfathomable puzzle: what lies behind the secret of the bees?
Builders renovating the 600-year-old chapel have discovered two beehives carved within the stonework high on the pinnacles of the roof. They are thought to be the first man-made stone hives ever found.
It appears the hives were carved into the roof when the chapel was built, with the entrance for the bees formed, appropriately, through the centre of an intricately carved stone flower. The hives were found when builders were dismantling and rebuilding the pinnacles for the first time in centuries.
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Post by LorrB on Feb 1, 2011 13:29:28 GMT 9.5
 Commentary on Dat Rosa Mel Apibus by John Eberly
DAT ROSA MEL APIBUS
24" x 36," acrylic on canvas, 2000
(DAT ROSA MEL APIBUS "The Rose Gives The Bees Honey" after the original motto found in the engraving (possibly) by Johann Thedore deBry (d. 1598).
This image of the Rosa Mundi, or Rota Mundi, is the solar wheel of Apollo, the Lord of movement, of the ever passing/present moment. It is the Solar Citadel, the abode of the Heart, the symbolic center of the Supreme Center which is everywhere centered at once. It is a door through which this invisible place may be accessed by one with a pure heart and an unblemished soul. If one gains access to the center of the rose, it speaks the "lost word" of Masonic lore, the Master Word which throws open the lodge doors of every sacred society.
In DAT ROSA MEL APIBUS the Solar Rose represents the labyrinth, the path and pilgrimage of a particular lifetime. The journey into the center can be thorny, but the destination is sweet, like honey to the bee. The pitfalls of the journey are symbolized by the transformative spider and her webs. In the engraving upon which this painting was based, the spider is absent: Love has conquered Death. The term arachnid comes from Arachne, the Greek maiden who was transformed into a spider after losing a weaving contest to the goddess Athena. The spider’s spiral webs show us the dangers on the road to Love, trick snares set to bind and trap, and ultimately victimize the inattentive wayfarer. On the surface, one may reasonably confuse the labyrinth of the rose for that of the web. This requires an inward looking, intuitive approach like that of the bee seeking to pollinate the receptive flower. If the bee successfully reaps the rewards of this lovemaking, the honey will enrich and nourish the entire community of the hive.
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Post by paul on Feb 1, 2011 14:01:43 GMT 9.5
It is a door through which this invisible place may be accessed by one with a pure heart and an unblemished soul. Quite so, but I have only seen it work with Cardinal Red roses. Thus when a RC chapter uses artificial roses it is missing out on the essence of the ritual |
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Post by paul on Jun 13, 2021 10:06:30 GMT 9.5
Recently I have read that the word translated as salt can also be translated as smoke. Turning into a pillar of smoke might happen if too close to a strong radiation event. The Sumerian accounts refer to "an evil wind" that killed the people and plants. That might well be radiation. www.sitchin.com/evilwind.htm |
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Post by baqash on Jul 12, 2021 12:01:46 GMT 9.5
Melchizedek..............is an entity that brought three gifts to earth from the planet Venus: the bee, wheat, and the mineral asbestos. I don't know where asbestos enters this. Perhaps it is a garbled reference to the pillar that could not be consumed by fire. Asbestos causes cancer. Could it be that in order to reach a broken people God created cancer so that they would pray.?.
Jesus was born perhaps in July and would have been a Cancer?? Or maybe there is the constellation shift and he was August or September. I really don't know but if cancer is just a result of cells gone wild (massive energy output) I suppose "consumed by fire" would be a decent description.
Does anyone know the chemical makeup of the charred area on true Mt. Sinai? Was asbestos found there?
It's almost too basic but what came to mind.
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Post by paul on Jul 12, 2021 13:02:00 GMT 9.5
"Asbestos: Is a fibrous crystal that burns but is not consumed by the fire. This was one of the 3 gifts (stages or grades of initiation) given to Abraham in the desert from the High Priest Melchizedek as an alchemical representation of the Holy Spirit." fd11-11ministries.org/2019/10/26/the-high-priestess-card-tarotbiblealchemy/Perhaps asbestos is a case of veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols |
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