Unfolding blossoms upon the sacred rod of the Mysteries – the spinal column

A hint concerning the unfoldment of spiritual understanding according to the secret science of the Mysteries is found in the story of Spinal cord 5Aaron’s rod that budded, and also in Wagner’s great opera, Tannhäuser, where the budding staff of the Pope signifies the unfolding blossoms upon the sacred rod of the Mysteries–the spinal column.

By Manly P. Hall

The Female Philosophers

There have been many great female philosophers over the last two thousand years. The meaning of word philosopher is from the Greek word philo, which means love and sophia which means wisdom. Rather than chasing vanity, and a material life, these women had chosen that path of wisdom. (more…)

Wisdom (Sophia) & Knowledge (Gnosis) Shall be the Stability of Thy Times

This image is of the entranceway relief sculpture by Lee Lawrie, located at the RCA Building, Rockefeller Centre, New York City.wisdom and stability shall be

The quote is from the Scripture in Isaiah 33:6: “And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of your times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD is his treasure.”

Lee Lawrie was trained in Beaux-Arts’ Classicism, and his long career exceeded 300 works throughout the United States. Other works include the freestanding statue of Atlas on Fifth Avenue, the Los Angeles Central Library, the University of Chicago’s Rockefeller Chapel, the allegorical relief panels of the United States Senate, the Louisiana State Capitol, the statue of George Washington at the National Cathedral in Washington DC and the Harkness Tower of Yale University.

 

US Presidents & Founding Fathers Who Smoked Marijuana

Many U.S. Presidents in the course of our country’s history had smoked marijuana, and some grew hemp on their estates.

Can you guess how many out of the five Presidents pictured below have smoked marijuana?

English: Then President of the United States o... (more…)

The Serpent entwined round an [Orphic] Egg referred to the creation of the Universe

By Albert Pike – “Among the Egyptians, the serpent was a symbol of Divine Wisdom; and, with its tail in its mouth (Ouroboros), of OuroborosEternity.

In the ritual of Zoroaster, it was a symbol of the Universe.

In China, the ring between 2 Serpents was the symbol of the world governed by the power and wisdom of the Creator.

Hence the Serpent entwined round an [Orphic] Egg referred to the creation of the Universe.”