The phoenix is a symbol of the accomplishment of alchemical transmutation

The phoenix is the most celebrated of all the symbolic creatures fabricated by the ancient Mysteries for the purpose of Phoenixconcealing the great truths of esoteric philosophy. Mediæval Hermetists regarded the phoenix as a symbol of the accomplishment of alchemical transmutation, a process equivalent to human regeneration. The name phoenix was also given to one of the secret alchemical formula.

In the Mysteries it was customary to refer to initiates as phoenixes or men who had been born again, for just as physical birth gives man consciousness in the physical world, so the neophyte, after nine degrees in the womb of the Mysteries, was born into a consciousness of the Spiritual world.

This is the mystery of initiation to which Christ referred when he said, “Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God” (John iii. 3). The phoenix is a fitting symbol of this spiritual truth.”

By Manly P. Hall, Secret Teachings of All Ages

Lost Tribe of Judah Found: The Bedas

In a previous article, The Tattooed American Hebrew Indians with Elongated Skulls in Texas, I wrote about the Bedai Tribe of judah lionIndians and how they may be connected to the ancient Hebrews/Phoenicians. For the purpose of this article, I would like to put forth the beginning of my research into the various tribes around the world, who I have found have the same exact name or a very similar one to the Bedai tribal name, along with them also sharing many physical traits, languages (words), and customs. A scattered tribe, whom I believe may in fact be the remnants of the lost Tribe of Judah.

These tribes seem to spawn from a time of conquest in ancient Egypt and Greece right around the 4th-1st centuries B.C. under the Greco-Egyptian Ptolemaic Pharaohs. The main tribal connections almost all of them share are found in their names, physical traits, customs, manners, and the fact that many of these tribes wherever they had gone, had carved their communities into mountains and cliffs where they lived in man-made caves and catacombs, which are found all over the world.

In my future articles on this subject, I will detail the names, locations and cities carved into the sides of mountains around the globe where they had lived. You can also check out my past articles on the Tribe of Judah that will help you get up to speed on this Apocalyptic research. (more…)

Facts about Christopher Columbus you probably never knew

* America was first discovered by its indigenous populationChristopher-Columbus 2

* Columbus was not even the first European to reach America.  The Vikings were at L’Anse aux Meadows.

* Columbus’ claim to fame isn’t that he got there first,” explains historian Martin Dugard, “it’s that he stayed.”

* Columbus was Catholic

* He considered his achievements as an explorer but a fulfillment of Bible prophecy in the context of Christian eschatology

* Columbus was a Greek Prince; According to its author, Spyros Cateras, the real name of Columbus was Prince Nikolaos Ypsilantis, and he came from the Greek Island of Chios. The statement is backed by quotations from numerous early historians and State documents. (more…)

Meaning of Tattoo (Tau-tu)

The meaning of the English word tattoo first originated from the Greek word Tau which signifiesTattoos couple the symbol of life, and the word to (tu), meaning to identify the person or thing affected.

In ancient times, to be tattooed was often considered as a sign of tribal origins, and a symbol of noble birth. Sometimes it was known as a mark of life or death. For example, in ancient Greece when they placed the mark of the Tau tattooed on a prisoners forehead, this meant the person was found innocent of his or her crimes, and no longer a marked man for death. According to Herodian, in Europe the various tribes tattooed their tribal marks on their foreheads, and covered their bodies.

Manly P. Hall had said this about the Tau Cross and Tattoos; “The TAU cross was inscribed on the forehead of every person admitted into the Mysteries of Mithras. When a king was initiated into the Egyptian Mysteries, the TAU was placed against his lips. It was tattooed upon the bodies of the candidates in some of the American Indian Mysteries. To the Qabbalist, the TAU stood for heaven and the Pythagorean tetractys. The Caduceus of Hermes was an outgrowth of the TAU cross. (See Albert Pike.)” (more…)