IAMYA

"Launch Pad for Vlad" (Legends of vampires go back centuries, but few names have cast more terror into the human heart than Dracula. However the fictional character, created by author Bram Stoker, was in fact based on a real historical figure called Vlad the Impaler. ) https://www.livescience.com/40843-real-dracula-vlad-the-impaler.html https://www.instagram.com/p/CoONXghpxyf/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

"Vishidu Vishnu Voodoo" (On May 9, 2001, Steven M. Greer took the lectern at the National Press Club, in Washington, D.C., in pursuit of the truth about unidentified flying objects. Greer, an emergency-room physician in Virginia and an outspoken ufologist, believed that the government had long withheld from the American people its familiarity with alien visitations. He had founded the Disclosure Project in 1993 in an attempt to penetrate the sanctums of conspiracy. Greer’s reckoning that day featured some twenty speakers. He provided, in support of his claims, a four-hundred-and-ninety-two-page dossier called the “Disclosure Project Briefing Document.” For public officials too busy to absorb such a vast tract of suppressed knowledge, Greer had prepared a ninety-five-page “Executive Summary of the Disclosure Project Briefing Document.” After some throat-clearing, the “Executive Summary” began with “A Brief Summary,” which included a series of bullet points outlining what amounted to the greatest secret in human history) https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/05/10/how-the-pentagon-started-taking-ufos-seriously https://www.instagram.com/p/CoONDeYpHLs/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

"Happy Little Broogsie" ( Mantak Chia (Chinese: 謝明德, Pinyin: Xiè Míngdé, born April 24, 1944 in Bangkok, Thailand) is a Taoist Master. He is best known for his teaching Taoist practices under the names of Healing Tao, Tao Yoga, Universal Healing Tao System and Chi Kung. Throughout decades of teaching, he has run numerous workshops, written a series of books, and published a number of training videos. For this reason, some people call him an author, a teacher or a healer. He views himself primarily as a teacher, "who helps his students empower themselves through cultivation of their chi (Chinese: 氣，Wade-Giles: ch'i) energy.") https://www.amazon.com/Inner-Smile-Increasing-through-Cultivation/dp/1594771553 https://www.instagram.com/p/CoOMoDCpNOk/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

"6th Ray" (Ray Six is called the Ray of Devotion and deep emotional commitment, as the ray six person follows and protects his beliefs very strongly and exudes feeling of extreme love and loyalty. Kurt Abraham believes that the least desirable mental ray is ray six. It can be the ray of a saint or a fanatic. A sixth ray person can easily fall into fanaticism and idealism which has been the reason behind many religious or cultural wars. Ray Six, the Ray of Devotion and Deep Emotional Commitment Special Virtues Devotion, single-mindedness, love, tenderness, intuition, loyalty, reverence. Vices of Ray Selfish and jealous love, over-leaning on others, partiality, self deception, sectarianism, superstition, prejudice, over-rapid conclusions, fiery anger. Virtues to be acquired Strength, self-sacrifice, purity, truth, tolerance ,serenity, balance and common sense.) https://www.thepranichealers.com/ray-six https://www.instagram.com/p/CnYmOHIpIwy/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

"Saturns Day" (You’ve heard me talking about planetary days and hours in astrological magic, and quite a few of you have had questions about it. So I thought to spend the week ahead exploring the ruler of each day and how we can work more consciously with its energy to have more flow in our lives. Normally, it’s hard to do in our Monday to Friday, 9 to 5 routine. However these unusual times encourage the start of new times, and working in concert with the planets could be a better way to live. In traditional astrology, the planetary days start at sunrise, and the planet ruling the hour at sunrise has its energy carried with the sun throughout the day. So on Saturdays, Saturn rules the hour at sunrise, and his steady, practical nature is carried through the day. Saturn wants to WORK it, and I often wonder why Saturdays aren’t part of our working week. His discipline and focus is well suited to achieving challenging tasks or digging in to push past obstacles in our way. Business leaders I respect talk about working for a few hours on a Saturday when they can focus without distractions of meetings, emails or their teams – this sums Saturn up perfectly. Saturn is all about boundaries and the discipline we draw on to enforce them, so Saturdays are perfect for this work. Perhaps you need to stop an unhealthy habit, or draw a toxic relationship to a close, try Saturdays to start doing this work, especially when the Moon is in a waxing phase (New through to Gibbous). Saturn rules our skeleton, and he offers the inner resolve to stand against something, to say no. Or it could a day when we accept reality and work within our limitations, finding practical solutions.) https://aliciayusuf.com/planetary-days-saturdays-and-saturn/ https://www.instagram.com/p/CnYl1hGpu0Y/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

"Sananda & Lady Nada" (The Master Jesus is one of the Masters of the Ancient Wisdom in Theosophy and is one of the Ascended Masters (also collectively called the Great White Brotherhood; with white being in reference to the light) in the Ascended Master Teachings, a group of religions based on Theosophy. The Master Jesus is regarded by Theosophists, was regarded by Alice Bailey and was later regarded by students of the "Ascended Master Teachings" as the Master of the Sixth Ray.[1] It is believed by Ascended Master Teachings organizations that the Master Jesus was "Chohan of the Sixth Ray" until December 31, 1959, when, according to Elizabeth Clare Prophet, Lady Master Nada fully took on that Office in the Spiritual Hierarchy. According to Prophet, Jesus became World Teacher, along with Kuthumi, on January 1, 1956, succeeding Maitreya, who took the Office of "Planetary Buddha" and "Cosmic Christ".[2][3] This belief is not accepted by adherents of traditional Theosophy and the followers of Alice A. Bailey and Benjamin Creme; they believe that the Master Jesus is still the Chohan of the Sixth Ray and that Maitreya is still the World Teacher.) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_Jesus https://www.instagram.com/p/CnYlY47J3D9/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

"MC & the Solar Angel" (You, a soul in incarnation, are consciously aware of the fact —subjectively and ofttimes dimly sensed— of your real Self, of the solar Angel, who is the Angel of the Presence.” 1 With this cryptic comment the Tibetan summarizes a great truth whose significance we are only beginning to grasp. Who or what is the Solar Angel or Angel of the Presence? What is our relationship to it? Where did the Solar Angel come from, and what is its destiny? These are just some of the questions that challenge us as we explore the complexity and grandeur of the human constitution. However, much information is available, and we no longer need to shrug off the issue with vague statements that the Solar Angel is simply another name for the soul or the higher self. The issue is clouded —perhaps as part of an occult blind— by terminology. Besides “Solar Angel” and “Angel of the Presence,” the Tibetan frequently refers to the Ego, Overshadowing Soul, or Soul on its Own Level.” Occasionally he uses other terms, such as: Thinker, Solar Lord, Manasadeva (Sanskrit for “Mind Deva”); 2Watcher, Sphere of Fire, Lotus; 3Christ principle, Agnishvatta (a type of fire deva); 4Son of God; 5Son of Mind, Manasaputra (literally “Mind-Born Son”); 6 and Lord of the Flame. 7 Helena Blavatsky mentions “Solar Angels” twice in The Secret Doctrine but more often uses the term Manasaputras. She also refers to Sons of Wisdom; 8Lords of Persevering Ceaseless Devotion; 9Brahmaputras (“Sons of Brahma”), and B’ne-aleim (Hebrew for “Sons of God”). 10 Some of these terms are more inclusive than others. For example, “Lords of the Flame” includes the much more evolved Kumaras who comprise the inner circle of the Planetary Council. But, in the contexts cited, all mean “Solar Angel,” and all of the terms can be translated roughly by “soul.” However, “soul” is ambiguous, whereas “Solar Angel” has a definite meaning. As we shall see, it is easier to define the soul in relation to the Solar Angel, than the reverse.) https://www.lucistrust.org/books/the_beacon_magazine/reprinted_from_the_beacon/the_solar_angel (at Lake Dulverton) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnYbuPVJfxd/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

"Arkenarten & Sets Sword" ( The Terrible Twins Horus and Set were originally expressions of the primal duality, the two aspects of Heaven, the day-sky and night-sky. As the Egyptian mythology was elaborated towards its final chaotic state, their symbolism drifted away from these absolute poles into the middle ground, first becoming solar, and finally taking on a variety of solar/martial and zodiacal characteristics. Yet their final form can still be expressed in a concise symbology, that of the astrological signs of Aries and Scorpio. Taken whole, their symbolism is that of the primal duality manifesting in its male aspects. A brief list of some of the characteristics associated with the gods shows their positions as opposite poles of a duality. These charac- teristics are extracted from myths quoted in Budge's Gods of the Egyptians.) https://www.sacred-texts.com/eso/enoch/sethorus.txt (at Geeveston, Tasmania, Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnYa69hJwxZ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

"2022 Final View" (As we come to an end of our consideration of the world today and its dominating rays, working through the nations and conditioning the people, there is a final point which I would like to make; it lies in the realm of religion and concerns the significance of Christmas. From the very night of time, as well you know, the period wherein the sun moves northward again has been regarded as a festival season; for thousands of years it has been associated with the coming of the Sun-God to save the world, to bring light and fruitfulness to the Earth and through the work of the Son of God to bring hope to humanity. The Christmas season is regarded by those who do not know any better as uniquely the Festival of the Christ, and this the Christian churches have emphasised and to this all churchmen testify. This is both true and false. The Founder of the Christian Church — God in the flesh — availed Himself of this period and came to us in the dark of the year and initiated a new era in which light was to be the distinguishing note. This has been true from several angles, even from the purely physical, for today we have a lighted world; everywhere lights are to be seen and the pitch dark nights of olden times are fast disappearing. Light has also descended on the earth in the form of the "light of knowledge." Today, education whose objective is to lead all men on to a "lighted way," is the keynote of our civilisation and is a major pre-occupation in all countries. The removal of illiteracy, the development of a true culture and the ascertaining of truth in all fields of thought and of research are of paramount importance in all lands.) https://www.lucistrust.org/arcane_school/talks_and_articles/an_esoteric_view_christmas https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm1CGkgpKwN/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

"Stars Seem" (During this final week of 2022, we can observe what I would call "The Christmas Sky." In many ways there are signs of the holiday season in our current evening sky. At this time of year many bring up the subject of the Star of Bethlehem. If you look low toward the southwest horizon about 30 minutes after sundown, you'll see a brilliant object that might remind you of that fabled apparition. Indeed, it's so bright that appears more like a dazzling beacon as opposed to a star: it's the planet Venus, the brightest of all the planets and the third brightest object in our sky next to the sun and the moon.) https://www.space.com/42845-christmas-night-sky-stargazing-guide.html https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm1BrOApAyQ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

"Occulted Oracle" (Whatever may have been the reason December 25th was chosen, it is certainly appropriate from an esoteric point of view. Various theosophists have written extensively on the subject. For one thing, associating the birth of a world teacher with the rebirth of the Sun (symbolic of our spiritual Self) relates Christianity to the esoteric doctrine of the descent of the Second Person of the Trinity into matter to begin the long evolutionary journey of unfolding consciousness in ever more sophisticated forms, each solar system, presided over by a Logos, recapitulating the cosmic event. It is also claimed by some psychics that there is a special outpouring of energy upon the world at this time (cf. Dora van Gelder [Kunz], The Christmas of the Angels, 1960). Leadbeater further states that the story of wise men being guided to the birth place by a star is symbolic of an event in the expansion of consciousness, called the First Initiation, when humans begin to develop their inherent spiritual powers. It is said that a star appears in the psychic realm over the initiate’s head at that time. The Magi could represent either the acknowledgment of the new initiate by other initiates or possibly, considering them and their traditional gifts metaphorically, the purification of the vehicles of the initiate’s personal consciousness (myrrh for physical, frankincense for emotional, gold for mental). Thus, Christmas is related to the Initiatory cycle, sometimes called the birth of the power of universal love. For some who are not yet at that stage of spiritual development, Christmas is experienced merely as a greater feeling of brotherhood, of peace and love (cf. Leadbeater, op. cit., pp. 27-32). Obviously and unfortunately, however, this is not the case for everyone! Frazer suggests, in his Golden Bough, that Christmas was borrowed directly from Mithraism and points out that many so-called pagan cultures in the northern hemisphere celebrated festivals at this time of year. It was close to the longest night of the year and for agrarian societies, the lengthening...) https://www.theosophy.world/encyclopedia/christmas-esoteric-significance https://www.instagram.com/p/Cmqx1lHJhlT/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

"Sol Stops" (The exact date of Jesus’ birth is a matter of debate, but it is generally acknowledged that it was not on December 25th. That date was most likely adopted, according to documentary evidence, in 336 CE (or 354 CE in the Christian Almanac). The choice of that date was, according to Gibbon (Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire), made by early Christians because it coincided with the Roman festival celebrating the Brumalia or Birthday of the Unconquered Sun in honor of Bacchus, and thus enabled Christians to avoid attracting unwanted attention to themselves, and very likely persecution. In the Julian calendar, December 25th was reckoned to be the actual date of the winter solstice. It has also been pointed out that the birth of Mithras and Horus was celebrated around this time, further relating it to the rebirth of the Sun god. Actually, not all early Christian communities adopted the present date; one historian, Williamson, is quoted by Annie BESANT as reporting that “one hundred and thirty-six different dates” were “fixed on by different Christian sects” (Besant, Esoteric Christianity, 1966, p. 110). Leadbeater suggests that the actual date may have been “some time in the spring” (loc. cit., p. 9). https://www.theosophy.world/encyclopedia/christmas-esoteric-significance https://www.instagram.com/p/CmqxWl_Jg6c/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

"Juggsie Guy" (Christmas is a Christian festival, presently celebrated on December 25th and commemorating the birth of Jesus, called Christ. It is the most popular festival in the Christian calendar, and has become increasingly secular over the years with customs, such as decorating a fir tree, drawn from pagan sources. In addition, in has absorbed some practices of early Christians, such as erecting a creche (first done by St. Francis and his followers), exchanging presents often claimed to come from a mysterious “Santa Claus” (first popularized in New York in the 19th cent., the name being a corruption of “Saint Nicholas,” a 4th cent. bishop whom legend has it saved three girls from prostitution by throwing three bags of gold into their window at night), and exchanging greeting cards (a practice begun around 1846). While one may decry the increasing commercialism involved with these accretions, they can and often do serve a useful purpose, as Charles W. LEADBEATER describes in The Inner Side of Christian Festivals (1973, pp. 41-2).$ https://www.theosophy.world/encyclopedia/christmas-esoteric-significance https://www.instagram.com/p/CmqxFv1pfN_/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

"Ron & the Bon" (Bon, indigenous religion of Tibet that, when absorbed by the Buddhist traditions introduced from India in the 8th century, gave Tibetan Buddhism much of its distinctive character. The original features of Bon seem to have been largely magic-related; they concerned the propitiation of demonic forces and included the practice of blood sacrifices. Later, there is evidence of a cult of divine kingship, the kings being regarded as manifestations of the sky divinity (reformulated in Buddhism as the reincarnation of lamas); an order of oracular priests (their counterpart, the Buddhist soothsayers); and a cult of the gods of the atmosphere, the earth, and subterranean regions (now lesser deities in the Buddhist pantheon). In the 8th and 9th centuries, struggles took place between the ruling house of Tibet, whose members sided with Buddhism, and the powerful noble families, who sided with Bon. Enabled by deliberate Buddhist concern for written works, Bon was developed into a systematized religion with specific doctrine and a sacred literature. Although any serious Bon claims to religious supremacy were ended by the late 8th-century persecution by King Khrisong Detsen, it was never completely destroyed and continues to survive both in the aspects of Tibetan Buddhism that are mentioned above and as a living religion on the northern and eastern frontiers of Tibet.) https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/tibet/understand/bon.html https://www.instagram.com/p/CmpNBTQybF7/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

"Bushboy144" (Mangana (Greek: Μάγγανα) was one of the quarters of Byzantine-era Constantinople. Located on the easternmost edge of the Sirkeci peninsula in which the city is located, it housed an imperial palace, arsenal and several churches and charitable establishments throughout the middle and late Byzantine periods. The origins of the Mangana Tower remain unclear. In 1565 it was painted by Anton van den Wyngaerde, which indicates that at that time Mangana had already been built up, and after the attacks by French soldiers during the Spanish War of Independence war – at the beginning of the 19th century – and having been hit previously by a thunderbolt in the 18th century, it became badly destroyed. Mangana Tower was rebuilt by Fernando Alcántara in Neomudejar style – inspired on Arab decorative motifs – in 1926. Finally Victor Caballero gave Mangana its current look in a fortress-like style in 1968. It has a clock on one of its walls and a recording of bell chimes can be heard in the old town at certain times (every quarter of an hour). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangana,_Tasmania https://www.instagram.com/p/CmpMf0kSQpG/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

"Broogsie" (With all the information surrounding the official discovery of the Higgs boson, it can be difficult to appreciate how this innovation can impact the average person. However, to understand why the so-called "God particle" is so crucial, and why so many scientists are celebrating, you must understand where it came from. The Higgs boson is often called "the God particle" because it's said to be what caused the "Big Bang" that created our universe many years ago. The nickname caught on so quickly (even though scientists and clergy alike do not care for it) partly because it's a great explanation of what it's supposed to do -- the Higgs boson is what joins everything and gives it matter. So on Thursday, when scientists from the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) working with the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva, Switzerland, finally confirmed the discovery of the Higgs boson, physicists where thrilled. This information was announced in a statement by the Geneva-based CERN, and at physics convention on the same day.) https://www.cbsnews.com/news/god-particle-why-the-higgs-boson-matters/ https://www.instagram.com/p/CmpMDouS6NW/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

"Saturns Soul" (Many Cancers no matter how old they become are still attached to their primordial watery roots and never quite break away from the psychological and physical bonds they have with their mother, family and early conditioning circumstances. This would also tend to be the case when the Moon is conjunct the Ascendant in any sign or the Moon is in Cancer in the natal chart. Until the force of the personality fully individualizes in Leo (see next month’s article), Cancer will find that the urge to retreat back into the watery protectiveness of the mother’s womb will be as strong, if not stronger than, the urge to be separated from this primordial matrix into the fire of a self-actualizing individual. Esoteric astrology teaches us that the Moon represents mass consciousness. This is the energy that people experience when they go to a huge rock concert or sporting event, when the focus of individuality is given over to intensified emotional energies existing in such public circumstances. In essence, this is a “vacation” from carrying the burden of a separated self in society. It is when one is at a concert or football game that the individual can yell, scream, die his hair blue, take off his shirt in public, all without censure and even with crowd approval. In a more subtle way, the energy of the Moon is the force of one’s family or “tribe”, protective on the one hand but very limiting on the other. Many people find once they start studying astrology or any other metaphysical teaching, that they are no longer a part of this veiling of the Moon and for a time they feel threatened. Many are even ostracized from their family who may hold on to more traditional religious or philosophical beliefs. Thus the individualizing test often comes through Cancer: to stay within the shield of my original womb (or the womb I have created for myself), or break the confining protection of the “sack” and emerge as my Self. In soul-centered astrology, we say that the Moon is a Fourth Ray planet. This is the field of energy known as “Harmony through Conflict” as we all have to be “born again” https://www.astrologi.no/images/stories/gh/Guides/alan%20oken%20cancer%202.pdf (at Mount Lloyd, Tasmania, Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmkdbvkSGih/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=