Fellowship of Isis

Fellowship of Isis
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Saturday, May 31, 2008

Shaktipat

sometimes enlightenment comes through being seen, rather than through the act of seeing.

According to an article in Wikipedia, Shaktipat is a Sanskrit word in the Hindu spiritual tradition that refers to a spiritual teacher conferring a form of spiritual awakening by transmission of a sacred word or mantra, a look, a thought, or by touch. The touch is usually given to the ajna chakra or third eye of the disciple. Shaktipat can be transmitted in person or at a distance, through an object such as a flower or fruit, or via telephone or letter.

The book Hands of Light, by Barbara Brennan, describes shaktipat as the actual projection of the guru's "aura" on the disciple, whereby the disciple acquires the same mental state of the guru, hence the importance of the high spiritual level of the guru. The physiological phenomena of a rising kundalini then naturally manifests.

Related reading:
Kundalini, Evolution, and Enlightenment by John White, editor, (ISBN 1-55778-303-9).
A Deeper Surrender, by Stuart Perrin (ISBN 1-571742-17-4)

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

I have been having many encounters with Brigid, and with the Third Eye, especially in the last year.

Here is a shamanic healing journey I did for my friend Eli, which had to do with the Third Eye. Eli gave me permission to post this journey.


Client Journey 1/22/08d

For Elisheva Hererra, distance healing.

Raven Goddess appeared to me through dancing. Then I lay down on the floor. I journeyed to Eli in spirit with Raven Goddess and Raven. Raven Goddess wrapped her black wings around Eli. Raven brings initiation.

Raven took out Eli’s eyes, and Raven and Raven Goddess took Eli’s eyes all around the world, as though tracing all the latitude and longitude lines. Next, they did the same with Eli’s Third Eye. This seemed to be some kind of deep awakening of sight, insight and higher perspective. Then we returned Eli’s regular eyes and Third Eye to her.

I returned to ordinary reality, thanking the spirits and the Mystic Law.

Thursday, May 1, 2008

The Udjat Eye

The word "Udjat" means "whole; or, restored."

here is a link to a House of Netjer article about the Udjat: http://www.kemet.org/ntjr/udjat2.html

here is an informative article about the Sacred Eyes: http://altreligion.about.com/library/glossary/symbols/bldefseyeofhorus.htm

Recommended reading

prepare for the liturgy by reading "Awakening the Third Eye" by Samual Sagan. -- Clairvision, c1997. "Designed as a manual, this book describes a systematic process to open the third eye."

Download the book for free at this link: http://www.clairvision.org/ckb/ckbe/ckbl/fol_0000_0001/cat_0000_0001/SaganATE.pdf

Uraeus

here are some articles about the protective Uraeus worn by the Pharaoh:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uraeus

http://altreligion.about.com/library/glossary/symbols/bldefsuraeus.htm

http://www.egyptologyonline.com/uraeus.htm

the Book of Coming Forth By Day includes an invocation to the Uraeus. Here follows an excellent discussion of that particular Negative Confession, Declaration of Innocence, or Purification from the web site of the House of Netjer. Click here to see the original web page http://daily.kemet.org/2001_04_01_archive.html Many thanks to Her Holiness Nisut Hekatawy I (ankh udja seneb) for this body of work:

"Hail Fiery One, coming forth backwards, I do not speak lies.

The eighth of the purifications invokes the cobra-serpent called uraeus by most scholars: the Eye of Ra, form of Wadjet, Sekhmet, Bast, Tefnut and/or Het-hert seated upon the brow of a Nisut's crown or the crowns of certain gods and goddesses.

One of the Fiery One's main tasks, and in fact the one from which She gains this nickname, is to spit fire (or caustic venom) upon those who would harm the ones She is installed to protect: Ra, fellow divinities such as Heru, Aset, Het-hert and Wesir, the Nisut in the form of the kingly ka, or the Two Lands themselves. Her protection against harm is not limited to physical violence and often actually is not put toward such ends, for which Her wearers have many other guards and heka at their disposal.

Here, the Cobra-as-Eye of Ra is empowered to act as Ma'at, and thus lend the ability to "see through" lying to the one Who wears Her. The phrase "going forth backwards," rather than supplying a specific geographical locality, suggests this particular uraeus is not a "local god," but the one sitting on the crown of Wesir, whose chamber lies just to the West of the purification proceedings in the Pert em Hru. To "go backwards" in Kemetic also means "to go to the right" or "to go east (against the track of the sun)." So one is now made aware that his or her truth in these invocations is being checked against the Ultimate Authority: Wesir and His all-seeing Eye of Ra."

Vesica Piscis: Bringing Forth the Cobra from the Third Eye

The Cobra who sits at the king's brow chakra and spits venom or fire at his enemies is the Uraeus.

Here follow some comments and onservations from Joan Forest Mage:

"The Pharaohs had the cobra coming out of the 3rd eye spitting venom to clear their path! I don't mean "venom" in the sense of having to be angry and pushy to get our way, but just that we have the positive and innate power to accomplish what we want, without exhausting our energy.

I have been working since 2001 with Frog, after a vision in which Frog said, "If all humans really loved and protected a part of Nature, the environmental problems would be solved immediately. " Since then I have known that some day I will create ritual art to bring this about.

Synchronistically, starting in 2004, I worked with my PhD advisor, Bethe Hagens, in research ing how the ancient Venus Neolithic sculptures are acutally models of different animal brains, including Frog. The brain is rhomboid in shape, which is similar to the Vesica Piscis, which is fomed by the intersection of two circles. Thus, the Vesica Piscis is the symbol of the yoni (vaginal opening) as well as of the brain.

The brain (crown chakra) and the yoni (root chakra) are both creative openings in the body. Both are in the shape of the vesica piscis!

When the kundalini energy rises from the root vesica piscis to the crown vesica piscis and comes out the 3rd eye, you have the Uchat eye of protection.

Eyes are the shape of the vesica piscis. And, I realized today that the 3rd eye is the intersection of the right and left physical eyes - in other words, the 3rd eye is a vesica piscis!
The root and crown vesica pisci are parallel to the earth, while the 3rd eye vesica piscis is perpendicular to the earth. This seems to me to have great significance, though I don't fully understand yet.

Bethe and I talked about how the two circles intersecting and creating the vesica piscis can also symbolize the Triple Goddess.

So my point is: imagine energy rising all the way from your root creative opening towards your crown creative opening, going out the 3rd eye creative opening. I have found this to be amazingly grounding and powerful to accomplish work in the world!"

St. Lucia

Joan asked the following question:

"I was in an optometrists office and he had a painting of a woman holding a plate with eyes on it. It looked like a saint. Who is this a picture of?"

You are describing St. Lucy.

here is a link with factual; info about her: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09414a.htm

One legend says she was martyred by having her eyes torn out.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Lucy

She is the patron saint of eye doctors and blind people. . People pray to her to protect their eyesight.

http://saints.sqpn.com/saintl01.htm

Her feast day is December 13, and people in the northern countries celebrate Santa Lucia day.

http://www.scandinavica.com/culture/tradition/lucia.htm

One of the customs is for a Star Boy and a Lucia Girl to wake the family at sunrise with fresh coffee and Lucia Kattor. The Lucia Kattor are saffron buns in the shape of an S with tightly coiled spirals. The single kattor have one pair of spirals and are S-shaped; the double kattor are formed of 2 singles laid across each other to form an X-shaped bun.

http://www.gretchencooks.com/recipes/628_Lussebullar_Santa_Lucia_Buns

There is an s-shaped rune called "sowilo" that looks something like the single kattor;

http://www.rune-magick.com/pages/aettir2/08_sowilo.htm

and the swastika is a solar symbol that resembles the double kattor.

http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/Swastika.html
http://www.indiaprofile.com/religion-culture/swastika.htm

Kattor is a Scandinavian word for "cat." Why a cat? one reason might be the way their eyes glow in the dark.

Each spiral of the Lucia Kattor has a currant stuck into its center. The single Lucia Kattor bun resembles a pair of spectacles or eyeballs. Voila...Lucia's eyes are restored! what a perfect way to celebrate the Return of the Light at Winter Solstice. The fragrant saffron gives the buns a lovely solar color.

Santa Lucia's legend originated in Sicily, which happened to be one of the centers of Persephone worship. In some accounts, her abduction was said to have occurred there.

http://www.theoi.com/Khthonios/HaidesPersephone1.html

The fateful Sicilian volcano was the entrance to the underworld. Persephone and Lucia seem to have a connection. The honoring of Lucia traveled to Scandinavia where the Return of the Light at Solstice may have more tangible significane than it does in more southern countries. When I began to research St. Brigid, I discovered that she seems to have much in common with St. Lucia.

scroll down to see the reading list for St. Brigid and the Goddess Brigid. I will later add material about St. Lucy and the Uraeus and the Utchat...stay tuned!