...
…
Atum replied:
'I will build the Zodiac —
a secret mechanism in the stars,
linked to unerring and inevitable fate.
The lives of men,
from birth to final destruction,
shall be controlled
by the hidden workings of this mechanism.
…
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…Atum implants each human soul in flesh
by means of the gods who circle in heaven.
It is man’s lot to live his life
according to the fate
determined for him
by these circling celestial powers —
and then to pass away
and be resolved into the elements.
There are some whose name will live on,
through the memorials
of their mighty handiwork,
but the names of the many
will fade into darkness
Few can escape their fate
or guard against
the terrible influence of the Zodiac —
for the stars are instruments of Destiny,
which bring all things to pass
in the world of men.
If, however,
the rational part of a man’s soul
is illuminated by a single ray of Atum’s Light,
the workings of these gods is as nothing —
for all gods are powerless
before the Supreme Light.
But such men are few.
Most are led and driven by the gods
which govern earthly life,
using our bodies
as the instruments of Destiny.
To my way of thinking, however,
it is our duty not simply to acquiesce
in our human state,
but, through intense contemplation
of divine things,
to detach ourselves
from our merely mortal nature
…
The human body is an earthly temple
constructed by the power of the Zodiac,
which makes myriad forms
from simple archetypes.
There are twelve signs of the Zodiac
and the forms they produce
fall into twelve divisions.
They are, however,
inseparably united in their action.
Nature makes the human body
so that its constitution resonates
with the patterns of the stars,
in such a way
that they mutually affect one another.
When we are born,
the planetary gods
who are at that time
on duty as ministers of birth
take charge of us.
These particular powers,
that change
according to the rotation of the planets,
make their way in through the body,
and mould the shape of our souls.
They penetrate our nerves and marrow,
veins and arteries,
even our innermost organs
It is a man’s lot to live the life prescribed for him by his fate. Very few
human beings are capable of escaping from the determining influence of the
Zodiac. Man’s earthly life is controlled by the power of Destiny, through the
physical limitations of the mortal human body. However, if a man’s mind is
illuminated by the Light of God, he becomes free from these celestial
influences — for even the gods are powerless before God. Hermes teaches
that it is our duty not simply to acquiesce in our fate, but rather, through
intense contemplation of God, to rise above our merely mortal nature and
awaken our immortal soul
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i began to wonder this birtchart thing how can i get proper informations for this
I will give one more rest day.
First i should find peace at my self.
Sol.
What is your listening schedule?
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for now, I’m on day 5 of the cycle. and ive only listened limitless, maybe i’d add paragon but not gonna add phoenix to this for now, normally i was doing phoenix,limtless and paragon.
probably im getting more recon because now im doing solo limitless and doing microloops. and im looking forward to new limitless
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thank you lion,
usual things
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ive read some hermetica and man i dont know, i didnt like something i read and also should i beleive that everything written %100, is all of this truth maybe some part of it but i dont think that everythin written is true, something sound to me dogmatic and i didnt like so much that image of god was creating in my mind when i read this, still i didnt read whole book and i shouldn too because i have more important things to do but im distracting myself with this
..
…All souls share the same essential nature. They are neither male nor female,
as such differentiating characteristics exist only in the body. All souls are a
part of the one Soul of the Cosmos.
God has two servants which look after souls. The Keeper of Souls cares
for disembodied souls, and the Conductor of Souls sends them down into
physical incarnation. Nature creates the individual body into which a soul
incarnates. The power that Hermes calls ‘Memory’ ensures that this body
conforms to the universal ‘form’ of the human species. The power Hermes
calls ‘Skill’ makes sure that each individual body is a fitting home for the
particular soul it houses.
Our individual characteristics are governed by the qualities of the gods
presiding over the moment of our incarnation. If the gods present at our
birth are peaceful, we will be peaceful by nature. If they are warlike, we
will be aggressive. This is why astrologers say, for example, that those born
at the time of Aries have certain characteristics whilst those born at the time
of Capricorn have a different nature. Those gods who accompany the soul at
the moment of birth affect the instinctual nature of the soul. Those that have
their effect later in adolescence affect the rational part of the soul.
Before it incarnates, the soul is already wrapped in a spiritual body. When
this wrapping is thin and clear, the soul is intelligent. However, when this
wrapping is dense and opaque, the soul has limited vision and is only aware
of its immediate situation. As a soul sinks into incarnation it forgets its own
nature and takes on the qualities of the gods who have shut it into a human
body. Hermes describes a vision of disembodied souls about to make their
journey into a physical form. They are filled with fear and horror at the fate
which awaits them. They cannot bear the prospect of such imprisonment. …
...
…The end of becoming
is the beginning of destruction.
The end of destruction
is the beginning of becoming.
Everything on Earth must be destroyed,
for without destruction
nothing can be created.
The new comes out of the old.
Every birth of living flesh,
like every growth of crop from seed,
will be followed by destruction.
But from decay comes renewal,
through the circling course
of the celestial gods,
and the power of Nature,
who has her being
in the Being of Atum.
For man, time is a destroyer,
but for the Cosmos
it is an ever-turning wheel.
These earthly forms
that come and go
are illusions.
How can something be real
which never stays the same?
But these transitory illusory things arise
from the underlying permanent reality.
Birth is not the beginning of life —
only of an individual awareness.
Change into another state is not death —
only the ending of this awareness.
Most people are ignorant of the truth,
and therefore afraid of death,
believing it to be the greatest of all evils.
But death is only the dissolution
of a worn-out body.
Our term of service as guardians of the world
is ended when we are freed
from the bonds of this mortal frame
and restored,
cleansed and purified,
to the primal condition of our higher nature.
After quitting the body,
Mind, which is divine by nature,
is freed from all containment.
Taking on a body of Light,
it ranges through all space —
leaving the soul
to be judged and punished,
according to its deserts.
Souls do not all go to the same place.
Nor to different places at random.
Rather, each is allocated
to a place that fits its nature.
When a soul leaves the body
it undergoes a trial and investigation
by the chief of the gods.
When he finds a soul
to be honourable and pure,
he allows it to live in a region
that corresponds to its characteristics.
But if he finds it stained
with incurable ignorance,
he hurls it down
to the storms and whirlwinds,
where it is eternally tossed
between sky and earth
on the billowing air
Only a good soul is spiritual and divine.
Having wronged no one
and come to know Atum,
such a soul has run the race of purity,
and becomes all Mind.
After it leaves its physical form,
it becomes a spirit in a body of Light,
so that it may serve Atum.
At the dissolution of the body,
first the physical form is transformed
and is no longer visible.
The vital spirit returns to the atmosphere.
The bodily senses go back to the universe,
and recombine in new ways
to do other work.
Then the soul mounts upwards
through the structures of the heavens.
In the first zone,
it is relieved of growth and decay.
In the second,
evil and cunning.
In the third,
lust and deceiving desire.
In the fourth,
domineering arrogance.
In the fifth,
unbalanced audacity and rashness.
In the sixth,
greed for wealth.
In the seventh,
deceit and falsehood.
Having been stripped
of all that was put upon it
by the structures of the heavens,
the soul now possesses
its own proper power
and may ascend
to the eighth sphere —
rejoicing with all those that welcome it,
and singing psalms to the Father.
The gods that dwell above the eighth sphere
sing praises with a voice that is theirs alone,
call each soul to surrender to the gods,
and so each one becomes itself a god
by entering communion with Atum.
This is Primal Goodness.
This is the consummation
of True Knowledge.
Having been initiated into immortality,
a human soul,
now transformed into a god,
joins the gods who dance and sing
in celebration
of the glorious victory of the soul
But if he finds it stained
with incurable ignorance,
he hurls it down
to the storms and whirlwinds,
where it is eternally tossed
between sky and earth
on the billowing air
eternally?lol what kind god you are, vengeful, judgmental, punitive? How is this different from religion based on the concept of hell/heaven?
ill come back this later now i have to bed its f. late
Just to point out… Hermeticism is a philosophical and religious system based on the teachings of Hermes
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What are your thoughts about doing a 10 day washout?
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I’m taking rest days now but I don’t know if I do ten days
I hadn’t thought of it that way.i mean like religion, but hermetica seems like philoso-religous text, i thought what hermes said and hermetica was pure universal truth. but i will come back this later. right now i dont wanna read this too much. maybe iwill get more accurete knowledges when i do astral projectin but everything has its own time
and today im feeling bad again like im in recon but i didnt run anything like for 4 days, and im away from pmo like 8-9 dyas. gym and microcosmic meditation importan for me sexual transmutation. im doing meditatin around 10-15 mins iwanna do more but im not comfortable when i do this
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lutthers posts make me feel better than this ancient texts
