Oh Deer!, four of them?! part 1 Options

[aletheia]

Looked up the doctrine. It seems this was Paracelsus's baby. Quite the inspired man. Seems he had enhanced clairvoyant powers, perhaps lucidity too? Luther Burbank seems to also have had some of these powers active within him. He would walk through a field of 20,000 apple seedlings, at nearly a running pace, and point to the 3 or 4 seedlings that had promise...and he would destroy the rest. An afluent friend watch him do this and challeneged him...there were many others that were strong and healthier...so Burbank had the Judge grow his choices out...every one was a failure.

Animals seek herbs through their instinctual Natures. Native peoples pass these down because the animals have showed the humans, but every now and then, the Divine principle works through certain individuals...

Hey Will!

Guess who's back? Paracelsus showed up again today when seeking out 'keys' ... this time for "Key of Solomon".... which ends up being the "Seal of Solomon" and-or leading up to the "Testament of Solomon"

http://www.heyokamagazine.com/heyoka_magaz...starofdavid.htm

there is also discussion as to the impact of a person's natal chart with a mer-ka-bah beginning with:

"They stimulate an awareness that we need to give back out to the environment what we readily develop here within us if we are to use such a plentitude of opportunities in a balanced, constructive manner. Because of the grandness of this configuration, we best use it when supporting the growth of a social cause that drives us to make use of the full range of our talents and skills. It can denote an above-average degree of versatility. Aid and assistance come from many varied areas in our environment as long as we remain open, cooperative, and able to meet the needs of others. These oppositions also remind us to consciously coordinate our activities and direct them towards external objectives, rather than contain them for our self-centered advantage. We are stimulated to creatively mobilize our forces here and reach out towards the world." (see more)


thought you'd get a kick out of the resurfacing!

~ali

[Will]

Ali,

The man had so much understanding, and yet, did he really use it all that well? He died about the age of 43 or so...in my opinion, wasted so much of his potential. It was clear that self hatred was a big part of his situation...he could have done so much more...

[aletheia]

Ali,

The man had so much understanding, and yet, did he really use it all that well? He died about the age of 43 or so...in my opinion, wasted so much of his potential. It was clear that self hatred was a big part of his situation...he could have done so much more...

hrm... died of natural causes age 48ish and was considered 'bombastic' - overly self important... not really getting the self loathing from what I've read... but with his work in lead and mercury likely dealing with some toxicity issues that could affect mental stability....

some notable qotes:

"The human spirit is so great a thing that no man can express it; could we rightly comprehend the mind of man, nothing would be impossible to us upon the earth."

"Thoughts give birth to a creative force that is neither elemental nor sidereal. Thoughts create a new heaven, a new firmament, a new source of energy, from which new arts flow. When a man undertakes to create something, he establishes a new heaven, as it were and from it the work that he desires to create flows into him. For such is the immensity of man that he is greater than heaven and earth."

~ali

ps: were you aware of his creation of the 'alphabet of the magi'? looks like that could get a posting back over on the v-manuscript discussion! putting the link there now (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) l

[Will]

Life is often a masquerade...he burned the medical texts of Galen and Avicenna...and proclaimed himself 'king' of medicine and philosophy while at Bazil. At first he had throngs of students, but eventually found himself talking to the walls. Oporinus reports that he abandoned himself to drinking, says he was never sober. Drank from morning to night and night to morning. Left the University saying that no language but German was proper to reveal the secrets of 'chymistry' in. You see, he knew very litte latin...which was the language of the elect then. He took to living in inns and taverns, passing the last 4 years of his life this way, dying at the White horse Inn at Saltzburg on a bench in the chimney corner. Natural causes? I suppose cirrhosis of the liver is just as natural to die from then as it is now...

He knew amazing things, and yet, why did he simply not use that knowledge, to live the highest and the Best? While he was actively engaged in his earlier life, (he did not marry or have any kids, he was made a eunuch by what Oporinus called a hag), he did hold the key to life itself...

To teach only and not live to his highest and Best infers that other factors were at play.

Looking at his behaviors, it is easy to denote that he essentially destroyed his life. It all still comes down to poor self esteem and poor self confidence. Wounded while an infant, according to Francis Barrett, 'omits no opportunity of railing against women'. This is essentially self loathing projected upon women.

Admittedly this seems quite harsh. But it is from the book called "The Magus" 'Two Books Bound as One' by Francis Barrett. 1801