Thursday, June 12, 2008
Focus
The "Eye of Vision" is in one way about FOCUS, as well as perception.the overlapping circles of the vesica piscis could easily be mistaken for one out-of-focus circle, i.e. double vision. It is a very simple and spare ritual, reflecting the simplicity in the small shift of perception which can result in an entirely new perception of the universe.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
The Hanged Man divination
In "Opening the Eye of Vision", The Enchantress with the Eye of Truth stands at the Well at the World's End:
from the Oracle in the liturgy:
A further Initiation leads you at last to reach the Well of Truth, which is both its matrix and its source. Here you meet Me as an ancient woman, hooded in a black cloak. Many dread Me in this form, for I am Death. But as I throw back my hood you see no skull, but rather the Enchantress Who has guided you through many incarnations! You gaze at the still water of the Well and you understand the meaning of all suffering and evil; love and joy. And in this understanding you awaken the Eye of Truth within you. I smile and I embrace you and I hand you my cloak.
From Wikipedia
The Hanged Man is a card of profound but veiled significance. Its symbolism points to divinity, linking it to the Passion of Christ in Christianity, especially The Crucifixion; to the narratives of Osiris (Egyptian mythology) and Mithras (Roman mythology). In all of these archetypal stories, the destruction of self brings life to humanity; on the card, these are symbolized respectively by the person of the hanged man and the living tree from which he hangs bound. Its relationship to the other cards usually involves the sacrifice that makes sacred; personal loss for a greater good or a greater gain.
Serenely dangling upside-down, the Hanged Man has let go of worldly attachments. He has sacrificed a desire for control over his circumstances in order to gain an understanding of, and communion with, creative energies far greater than his individual self. In letting go, the hero gains a profound perspective accessible only to someone free from everyday conceptual, dualistic reality.
The Hanged Man is often associated with Odin, the primary god of the Norse Pantheon. Odin hung upside down from the world-tree, Yggdrasil, for nine days to attain wisdom and thereby retrieved The Runes from the Well of Wyrd, which the Norse cosmology regarded as the source and end of all Mystery and all knowledge. The moment he glimpsed the runes, he died, but the knowledge of them was so powerful that he immediately returned to life. This interpretation highlights the necessity of undertaking acts of personal sacrifice in order to achieve one's own higher spiritual good.
[Note from Joan: another part of the legend says that Odin gave his physical eye to the Norn Urda so he would be able to see the future.]
Another meaning resides in the journey of life. Certain aspects of life — for example sex — are viewed one way by children and a different way by adults. The Hanged Man is the initiate into mysteries. He understands the Truth because he sees it from a different angle.
The most common interpretation of the card is of an outcast of society that appears to be a fool but is in actuality completely in alignment and integrated. The inversion of The Hanged Man furnishes an advantage opaque and impenetrable to others
From Wikipedia
Runes
The eddic poem explains that their originator was the god Odin, and Stanzas 138, 139 describe how Odin received the rune through his self-sacrifice. The text (in Old Norse and in English translation) is as follows:
Veit ec at ec hecc vindga meiði anetr allar nío,geiri vndaþr oc gefinn Oðni,sialfr sialfom mer,a þeim meiþi, er mangi veit, hvers hann af rótom renn.
Við hleifi mic seldo ne viþ hornigi,nysta ec niþr,nam ec vp rvnar,opandi nam,fell ec aptr þaðan.
I know that I hung on a windy tree nights all nine,wounded with a spear and given to Odin,myself to myself,on that tree of which no man knows from where its roots run
No bread did they give me nor a drink from a horn,downwards I peered,I took up the runes,screaming I took them,then I fell back from there
from the Oracle in the liturgy:
A further Initiation leads you at last to reach the Well of Truth, which is both its matrix and its source. Here you meet Me as an ancient woman, hooded in a black cloak. Many dread Me in this form, for I am Death. But as I throw back my hood you see no skull, but rather the Enchantress Who has guided you through many incarnations! You gaze at the still water of the Well and you understand the meaning of all suffering and evil; love and joy. And in this understanding you awaken the Eye of Truth within you. I smile and I embrace you and I hand you my cloak.
From Wikipedia
The Hanged Man is a card of profound but veiled significance. Its symbolism points to divinity, linking it to the Passion of Christ in Christianity, especially The Crucifixion; to the narratives of Osiris (Egyptian mythology) and Mithras (Roman mythology). In all of these archetypal stories, the destruction of self brings life to humanity; on the card, these are symbolized respectively by the person of the hanged man and the living tree from which he hangs bound. Its relationship to the other cards usually involves the sacrifice that makes sacred; personal loss for a greater good or a greater gain.
Serenely dangling upside-down, the Hanged Man has let go of worldly attachments. He has sacrificed a desire for control over his circumstances in order to gain an understanding of, and communion with, creative energies far greater than his individual self. In letting go, the hero gains a profound perspective accessible only to someone free from everyday conceptual, dualistic reality.
The Hanged Man is often associated with Odin, the primary god of the Norse Pantheon. Odin hung upside down from the world-tree, Yggdrasil, for nine days to attain wisdom and thereby retrieved The Runes from the Well of Wyrd, which the Norse cosmology regarded as the source and end of all Mystery and all knowledge. The moment he glimpsed the runes, he died, but the knowledge of them was so powerful that he immediately returned to life. This interpretation highlights the necessity of undertaking acts of personal sacrifice in order to achieve one's own higher spiritual good.
[Note from Joan: another part of the legend says that Odin gave his physical eye to the Norn Urda so he would be able to see the future.]
Another meaning resides in the journey of life. Certain aspects of life — for example sex — are viewed one way by children and a different way by adults. The Hanged Man is the initiate into mysteries. He understands the Truth because he sees it from a different angle.
The most common interpretation of the card is of an outcast of society that appears to be a fool but is in actuality completely in alignment and integrated. The inversion of The Hanged Man furnishes an advantage opaque and impenetrable to others
From Wikipedia
Runes
The eddic poem explains that their originator was the god Odin, and Stanzas 138, 139 describe how Odin received the rune through his self-sacrifice. The text (in Old Norse and in English translation) is as follows:
Veit ec at ec hecc vindga meiði anetr allar nío,geiri vndaþr oc gefinn Oðni,sialfr sialfom mer,a þeim meiþi, er mangi veit, hvers hann af rótom renn.
Við hleifi mic seldo ne viþ hornigi,nysta ec niþr,nam ec vp rvnar,opandi nam,fell ec aptr þaðan.
I know that I hung on a windy tree nights all nine,wounded with a spear and given to Odin,myself to myself,on that tree of which no man knows from where its roots run
No bread did they give me nor a drink from a horn,downwards I peered,I took up the runes,screaming I took them,then I fell back from there
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Eye of Vision, Light & Truth
I am always amazed at Lady Olivia's liturgies! They are truly phenomenal. When we really read them, they are incredibly rich and layered in meaning.
I started mining the gold from this year's liturgy "Opening the Eye of Vision." The first thing that strikes me (in the Oracle section of the liturgy) is that Lady Olivia talks about not one but three kinds of Eyes to open. They correspond to the Triple Goddess (Maiden, Mother, Crone). In this text, they are the Bride, the Queen and the Enchantress.
The Bride has the Eye of Vision. This is to see "the Truth that lies behind appearances". Among other things, it means to search for the inner meaning behind the phenomenal world. It also means to be aware of the energies that in operation from past experiences.
When we get to the Visonary Journey section, where the Candidate (and all participants) are led to different places in space to have visions, the first stop is Hy Brasil, in which the participants are instructed to use their Eye of Vision - in other words, work with the energy of the Bride. The Candidate says s/he sees there is no "need to lament loss, because all that is wonderful, beautiful and noble is eternal".
So the Eye of Vision helps us understand the hidden meanings of energies that come from the past.
Next, there is the Queen, who has the Eye of Light. As the Oracle says, this Eye helps us "transform your own future, and in so doing, to change the world!" It means the capacity we have to not be bound by the past, but to be able to envision the future we want, and through this visioning to bring it to pass.
In the Visionary Journey section, the participants travel to Tir Na nOg, the Heaven of the Futre to open the Eye of Light. Here, the Candidate says, "I see...I create my own future."
Last, there is the Enchantress (Crone/Wise Woman) who has the Eye of Truth, and has "guided you through many incarnations." The Eye of Truth allows us to "understand the meaning of all suffering and evil; love and joy." This Eye gives us the bigger picture, a perspective that transcends concerns about either the past or the future events and brings us to what Buddhists call the "Middle Way" or the essence rather than the phenomena of life.
Int he Visionary Section, the participants travel to the Well at the World's End to open the Eye of Truth. The Candidate explains that s/he found "that without Truth, nothing exists....Love, Beauty, Happiness - all must be honest or they have no value."
Even contemplating these few points from the liturgy, I'm feeling my energy shift and awakening a higher vibratory level.
I started mining the gold from this year's liturgy "Opening the Eye of Vision." The first thing that strikes me (in the Oracle section of the liturgy) is that Lady Olivia talks about not one but three kinds of Eyes to open. They correspond to the Triple Goddess (Maiden, Mother, Crone). In this text, they are the Bride, the Queen and the Enchantress.
The Bride has the Eye of Vision. This is to see "the Truth that lies behind appearances". Among other things, it means to search for the inner meaning behind the phenomenal world. It also means to be aware of the energies that in operation from past experiences.
When we get to the Visonary Journey section, where the Candidate (and all participants) are led to different places in space to have visions, the first stop is Hy Brasil, in which the participants are instructed to use their Eye of Vision - in other words, work with the energy of the Bride. The Candidate says s/he sees there is no "need to lament loss, because all that is wonderful, beautiful and noble is eternal".
So the Eye of Vision helps us understand the hidden meanings of energies that come from the past.
Next, there is the Queen, who has the Eye of Light. As the Oracle says, this Eye helps us "transform your own future, and in so doing, to change the world!" It means the capacity we have to not be bound by the past, but to be able to envision the future we want, and through this visioning to bring it to pass.
In the Visionary Journey section, the participants travel to Tir Na nOg, the Heaven of the Futre to open the Eye of Light. Here, the Candidate says, "I see...I create my own future."
Last, there is the Enchantress (Crone/Wise Woman) who has the Eye of Truth, and has "guided you through many incarnations." The Eye of Truth allows us to "understand the meaning of all suffering and evil; love and joy." This Eye gives us the bigger picture, a perspective that transcends concerns about either the past or the future events and brings us to what Buddhists call the "Middle Way" or the essence rather than the phenomena of life.
Int he Visionary Section, the participants travel to the Well at the World's End to open the Eye of Truth. The Candidate explains that s/he found "that without Truth, nothing exists....Love, Beauty, Happiness - all must be honest or they have no value."
Even contemplating these few points from the liturgy, I'm feeling my energy shift and awakening a higher vibratory level.
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)
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.
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
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
Download the book for free at this link: http://www.clairvision.org/ckb/ckbe/ckbl/fol_0000_0001/cat_0000_0001/SaganATE.pdf
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