On this basis, the C's were no doubt trying to alert Laura to the application of the Tarot and Astrology in a similar manner to the way in which the Ra material does, i.e., the study of the archetypical mind. The only medium the C's failed to mention in their statement though is the Tree of Life or the Sephiroth. However, the C's have mentioned the importance of the number 33, whether in connection with the Medusa (the Gorgon's head) or the 33rd Degree in Freemasonry, which is the stage at which Egyptian Freemasonic (Osirian) enlightenment operated from. In my post on the 33rd Degree, I mentioned how Manly P Hall (a leading authority on Freemasonry and the occult) in his book ‘Secret Teachings of all Ages’ proposed that the 33rd Degree represented the vertebrae of the body running up the spinal column. Well the spinal column can be viewed as a type of tree structure, which therefore links with the Tree of Life (and the World Mountain or Mount Meru for that matter). Philip Gardner and Gary Osborn make this connection in their book 'The shining Ones' where they point out that the 'climbing of the trunk of a tree' is a metaphor which reflects an internal process associated with the spinal column and the skull and the seven levels of the chakra system. They link this with the Kundalini process of attaining enlightenment or becoming a 'shining one'. This same concept is also contained within the symbolism of the Caduceus where in esoteric tradition, the staff and serpents represent the spinal column and the sensory nervous system. The Caduceus can be linked symbolically with the shepherd’s crook or staff (recall that where the shepherd's crook is struck by lightning llumination occurs and the circuit is closed) and also with the Egyptian Pharaoh’s was or sceptre of power.
It is interesting that when you look at the Tree of Life with its ten Sephiroth and the twenty-two relationships between the stations and add them together you get the figure 32. I know this is one short of 33 but perhaps 33 represents the culmination of the enlightenment process, which ultimately takes place within the skull and the brain, where enlightenment is realised. The Tree of Life may also be linked with DNA and the Caduceus with its intertwining serpents can be viewed as a symbolic representation of the DNA double helix.
As regards the use of Astrology, it is interesting that the current form of the 12 Houses of the Zodiac was only established as late as 1302 AD - See Session dated 9 August 1997:
It is interesting that when you look at the Tree of Life with its ten Sephiroth and the twenty-two relationships between the stations and add them together you get the figure 32. I know this is one short of 33 but perhaps 33 represents the culmination of the enlightenment process, which ultimately takes place within the skull and the brain, where enlightenment is realised. The Tree of Life may also be linked with DNA and the Caduceus with its intertwining serpents can be viewed as a symbolic representation of the DNA double helix.
As regards the use of Astrology, it is interesting that the current form of the 12 Houses of the Zodiac was only established as late as 1302 AD - See Session dated 9 August 1997:
Q: Okay. Now, next question: I understand that Libra was added to the zodiac and broke Scorpio and Virgo apart. Were there originally 10 or 11 signs in the zodiac?
A: Originally?
Q: You know what I mean!
A: There have been many combinations.
Q: Well, when did the present 12 sign zodiac begin to be established as it is?
A: 1302 A.D.
Q: And how many signs were there before that?
A: 11
Q: That's what I thought. What is the source of the oldest zodiac available to us?
A: Atlantis.
Q: Well, fine, what is the oldest extant source in terms of writings?
A: Egypt.
Interestingly, the year 1302 is just five years before the Templars were suppressed. If someone knows who was responsible for introducing the Twelfth House of Libra, please feel free to reply. Where the reference to the Egyptian Zodiac is concerned, this must be to the Dendera Zodiac found at the temple of Hathor at Dendera, which was built by the Pharaoh Ptolemy IX at some time between 30 BC–30 AD. It was added as a bas-relief to the ceiling of a chapel dedicated to Osiris. Although it contains many of the Zodiac symbols as they are known today, it is more accurately described as a star map than an astrological chart. It shows all five planets known to the Ancient Egyptians in an alignment that occurs once every one thousand years, as well as both a solar and lunar eclipse. However, the division of the ecliptic into the zodiacal signs originates in Babylonian astronomy during the first half of the 1st millennium BC, which in turn draws on stars in much earlier Babylonian star catalogues.
Apparently, when the existence of the Dendera Zodiac was made known to scholars back in France, there were many attempts to calculate the date of construction, with some scholars suggesting the zodiac might be as much as 14,000 years old, far older than the world itself, according to the biblical chronology accepted then. Hence, the C's stating that the source of the oldest zodiac was Atlantis would seem to vindicate these scholars. One wonders how the Atlantians may have used their Zodiac.
Apparently, when the existence of the Dendera Zodiac was made known to scholars back in France, there were many attempts to calculate the date of construction, with some scholars suggesting the zodiac might be as much as 14,000 years old, far older than the world itself, according to the biblical chronology accepted then. Hence, the C's stating that the source of the oldest zodiac was Atlantis would seem to vindicate these scholars. One wonders how the Atlantians may have used their Zodiac.
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