The Grail – Quest for the Cup of Life
You are upon the High Way of Divine Life. The Universe is observing your spiritual journey with great interest. On special occasions, our individual Ways have intersected and communed within profound densities of Life and Joy. I am certain that our Pathways shall cross in Service to the Divine on many occasions as we travel deeper into the Heartland of the New Aeon which is now unfolding. May each such crossway Anoint the Lord of Life within every Being.
In the 21st century, both we and the Living Earth are entering very important phases of our personal journeys. The challenges, purifications and initiations of Bodhisattvahood are beginning to manifest frequently and visibly within our experience of Living and Serving upon this Earth. This business of becoming a Bodhisattva is a very tricky one! Especially here in the West. I wish you every success within the chamber of your initiation.
The Bodhisattva – The Master of the Grail
The Bodhisattva is known as The Master of the Grail. For the Bodhisattva is a person who has managed to remove all limitations of ego from Self so that there is no inner resistance to either receiving or giving the Immortal Communion of the Holy Grail. When we have removed all resistance to giving and receiving from our Wills, our Minds, our Hearts, and our Bodies, then the Richness of True Immortal Communion begins to be experienced in every situation.
There are five degrees of Initiation beyond the Master of the Grail - the Bodhisattva. Through each of these five degrees, the magick of Divine Immortal Communion becomes deeper, more creative, and more expansive. In the final stages of this process, all resistance to perpetual Immortal Communion with Total and Infinite Life is abolished from the physical Body. This is the Christing of Flesh - the attainment of Life Everlasting, where the alchemical Wedding of Body and Spirit is consummated. Through Total Immortal Communion, the Triumph of Life is Complete.
Illusions are parasites dependent upon dualities. Dualities are not real. At the Heart of Communion, Immortal Transformation - complete Union with the Divine - occurs, and all dualities and all illusions vanish. Only the Eternal Joy of Radiant Truth remains... The Word is made Flesh... You and the Divine are forever and ever One.
The Magick of Immortal Communion
In Service to the Theme of Life, I would like to devote these words to an exploration of the Magick of Immortal Communion. Let us breathe together - You and I - in the Here and Now. And Let us invoke - You and I - the Living Spirit of Truth, Here and Now, to Be With Us and to Illuminate the Way of Immortal Communion... Oh Let It Be!
We begin exactly where we are: What can I assume about you here in this instant? You are alive and you are choosing to let these words and thoughts into your consciousness - into your Life. Here we have the basic conditions needed for Immortal Communion. For Immortal Communion is always about Life, Choice, and Change.
The Art of Immortal Communion is Pure Magick, for Magick is the Art of Creating Change that is in Harmony with your Unique True Will. These words are Alive - radiant with the Abundance of Immortal Joy... Feast upon these Words... And may the Recreation of Christed Life be established throughout thy Flesh!
In the Orthodox Church, the Holy Spirit is invoked to activate the bread and wine. This is a Ritual of essential importance. The conscious and sincere Invocation of the Living Spirit of Truth increases the potency of Divine Grace within every form of Communion. Let us, once again, consider our present situation: In this instant of time, I am writing these words. In this instant of time, you are reading them. Through Communion, our experiences are transcending linear time. In Eternity, the mutual interchange of all experience is complete and simultaneous at all times. The Divine knows your needs before you ask - but you still need to ask! The Invocation of the Holy Spirit is the most effective way to do this asking.
If the white wafer used in many Christian Churches can act as the Body or Flesh of Christ, surely any object can. These wafers contain no nutrition and look like they are made out of plastic. The humble nature of these wafers is something to meditate upon... I urge you to try this experiment now: Let these words take the place of the white wafer. To take the Christ Nature which is Alive within these words and to absorb them into your Life - this is Communion. Invocation maximizes the efficiency of this Divine Process.
Now let us give our spiritual attention to this experiment: Breathe deeply for a few minutes; create a Heart-centred energy of Radiant Thanksgiving and Peace through this breathing: visualize this sphere of generated divine qualities expanding with every breath cycle to permeate the immediate area surrounding you to a distance of at least 10 feet (3 metres) in every direction. You have now created a Resonating Field that is naturally attractive to the Creative Intelligence of the Universe. Continue to breathe and to hold this meditation...
To awaken and activate the Spirit of Truth is the next step: Add the additional outward heart-radiation of Divine Praise to your generating sphere. The Fiery Quality of Praise always has a very special effect - the Shekinah, or Visible Manifestation of the Divine, is nurtured and illuminated by such a baptism of Praise. The final step before actual Invocation is now to be accomplished. Verbally and silently, affirm and pray with Heart and Will united in this effort - with energy, belief, thought and word, praise the Living Spirit of Truth.
Send forth this radiant Praise to the Holy Spirit of Truth for several minutes, until you feel a Creative Connection has been established. It is essential to offer this Praise to the Living Spirit of Truth for two main reasons:
(1) We need to give Divine Blessings before we can receive;
(2) As stated above, Praise brings out the Shekinah or Visible Nature of the Spirit of Truth, so that all the spiritual senses may have something tangible to work with during and after Invocation.
We are now ready to consecrate All Life by Invoking the Living Spirit of Truth. The best invocations are always created in the Here and Now. I will not offer you a written invocation here - it's best to make up your own. When the Will is clear about the purpose of the prayer or invocation, then the Words flow with ease from the Heart. Our purpose in this experiment is simple and clear: We are to invoke the Living Spirit of Truth to fill this moment with Divine and Creative Blessings so that our Immortal Communion with it shall be of the Highest Use. We seek to establish a Spiritual Relationship with these words so that their Divine Nature may flow into our Body Temple and Aliveness in a totally efficient, nurturing, and unrestricted manner. We seek to establish a "superconductivity" of Divine Relationship so that the Total Truth may encounter no resistance as it Joyfully Recreates our individual unique expressions of the Divine.
It is important to develop your own style of Invocation. Here is one classic style: When ready, raise your hands, with palms upwards, to the heavens. Verbally make your Invocation to the Holy Spirit of Truth. Inhale the Holy Spirit of Truth into your hands, and then bring this energy down into the centre of your heart. Let the Holy Spirit of Truth unite with the Blessings of your Heart for an instant. Then exhale the combined Grace of the Holy Spirit of Truth and your own Heart out through your hands and directly into the world. If appropriate, the verbal Invocation may extend over both the inhalation and exhalation phases of this process. There are several variations involved here which you will discover through experimentation.
Now that our wafer is consecrated, it's time to feast! May these offerings contribute to a deeply experienced Immortal Communion with the Divine in a wide variety of situations, relationships, and sacred locations in your life. Through the magick of this consecration, may your interaction with these writings create change, illuminate synchronicities, and initiate ever-deepening experiences of individual liberty. Take your time and enjoy this instant, for it will never be repeated... If you come across a thought or passage contained herein that particularly interests you, then pause and breathe, meditate, invoke, trust, communicate, explore... The Waters of Infinite Life may burst forth from any and every situation.
New Aeon of the Immortal Child Horus
In this new Aquarian Aeon of the Immortal Child Horus which we are now entering, the Liberation of Immortal Communion is destined to develop as a principal description of the global and individual changes we shall experience. In old ways of thinking, communion is something reserved for special times and is only available from an intermediary priest. This Piscean Age attempt to limit certain times and certain situations goes against the very nature of the Christ Life which Is True Immortal Communion. The Christ Nature within each of us is forever proclaiming: "I am the Way of Everlasting Life! I am the Way of Life Triumphant, Beautiful and True!" The Kingdom of Infinite Life is within You.
Share this infinite Kingdom with the creator and the creation through every thought, word and action. In this Way, you fulfill your role in the Aquarian Liberation of Communion. Christmas Everywhen and Easter Everywhere - the Emergence of Christ and the Triumph of Christ through the Immortal Transformation of Matter: These two events are perpetual and are happening totally all the time and in every situation. Mastery of the Art of Immortal Communion makes this Truth evident and opens The Way for you to become a Co-creator involved in both the Emergence and the Triumph of Immortality at all times. In the Judaic-Christian Tradition, the True Masters of Immortal Communion are known as the Melchizedek Immortals.
Melchizedek
Melchizedek is one of the most ancient Immortals mentioned in the Bible. One esoteric tradition suggests that he attained his Physical Immortality at the age of 52, after developing a perfect Angelic Communion with the Archangel Michael. Michael is the angel of Trust, Intuition, Sharing, and all forms of Communication - all ideal qualities inherent within the dynamics of Divine Communion. Michael is associated with the planet Mercury and Cabalistic Tree of Life sphere Hod. Fifty-two is one of the great sacred numbers: It is 4 × 13. Thirteen is the number of feminine unity: 52 extends this Shekinah quality to the four directions. Fifty-two is the number of years in one Heaven cycle in the sacred Aztec Calendar. We entered such a 52-year cycle at sunrise on 17th August, 1987 Mexican time. This event was well publicized and was popularly known as "Harmonic Convergence." In the Hindu Tradition, there are said to be 52 different interpretations of the Veda and 52 corresponding pronunciations of "Aumgn (Om)" to go with each interpretation.
From the beginning, Melchizedek has always been devoted to the creation of the New Jerusalem, or the Earthly Paradise. This devotion of Will was clearly formulated during his Immortal Initiation through Michael. The present Work of the Melchizedek Immortals is developing in harmony with the 12 year cycle of Jupiter. The current cycle began in 2022 with the entry of Jupiter in Aries and culminates in 2034. The primary goal of this period is to further the activation of Earth Chakras on the planet. This work is to be accomplished in four 19 year cycles, activating 39 Earth Chakras each cycle, until 2065AD. As these locations open, they are destined to become places where the outpouring of the Immortal Grail Communion from the Living Earth intensifies to a state of superabundance and rapidly transforms the entirety of the Planetary Culture. Over the coming years many vision quests and individual creative activities at Earth Chakras throughout the world are destined to contribute to this Melchizedek Work. Additional information on the Earth Chakras is contained in my books Earth Chakras and The Rainbow Serpent and the Holy Grail.
The Melchizedek Immortals
Who are the Melchizedek Immortals? They are those teachers from all cultures and traditions, who are devoted to revealing the Sublime Way of spiritually Immortalizing the physical body. They are Beings of Great Peace: Melchizedek himself has been called a King of Peace; while Jesus is a Prince of Peace - and Mary is proclaimed Queen of Peace as she appears in the Yugoslavian village of Medjugorje.
Every Melchizedek Adept is either physically Immortal, or else fully awakened to the knowledge that they are to attain this same Immortal State in their present incarnation. There are no exceptions to this rule. These are the True Ascended Masters who have advanced beyond the Bodhisattva by translating their physical bodies into incorruptible Christed Body Temples of Light. You will find no grave harbouring the bones of a Melchizedek Immortal, for all without exception have, with Joy, upraised the frequencies of their Entire Being into a Living and Everlasting Knighthood in Service to the Divine.
We find the following useful information contained in the Letter to the 'Hebrews' in the New Testament:
Melchizedek... has no father,
No mother, no lineage;
His years have no beginning,
His life no end.
He is like the Son of God:
He remains a Priest
For All Time.
Listen to these lovely words from the 110th Psalm:
”You have shone
With the dew of youth
Since your mother bore you...
You are a Priest forever
In the Order of Melchizedek.”
When you are born again as an Immortal, the Divine speaks to you these very same words God spoke to Jesus when he became a High Priest of Melchizedek:
Thou art my Child, Today I have begotten thee! The Priest or Priestess of Melchizedek is able to proclaim this Great Truth: "No being or force in this Universe has either the Right, the Will, or the Capability to take away my Life!" This same idea is also stated in the seventh chapter of Hebrews:
The New Priest who Arises
Is one like Melchizedek,
Owing his Priesthood
Not to a system of earth-bound rules
But to the power of a Life
That can Not be destroyed.
If a religious system does not produce Everlasting Life, then a Better Hope is introduced that Opens once again the Way to the Church of the First Born Immortals. Only an Immortal Priesthood has both the Divine Grace and the Understanding sufficient to clearly define and illuminate the Way to being Born Again...
At the present time, the space and time dynamics of the Heart Chakra of Earth are expanding. This expansion of the Earth’s Heart Chakra at Glastonbury and Shaftesbury is creating a situation where suddenly, as we progress further into the 21st century, there is more spiritual space in which to move. Relationships, individual and global, that have been stuck in positions of rigidity are now finding that new movements, and thus new relationships, are possible. The Immortalist Annalee Skarin has stated that more people shall emerge as Melchizedek Immortals during the next 15 to 20 years than ever before in the history of the planet. This is due to the expansion of the Earth’s Heart Chakra which we are now experiencing.
Paul, in the 8th chapter of Romans, has a profound Vision which describes the planetary Heart-Change which we are now in the midst of. He feels that all of creation is in the throes of the agonies of Extraordinary Change, waiting for the Emergence of the many Immortal Children of the Divine. For when these beings appear, then the entire Universe shall be certain of Liberty - for the work of these Children of the Divine is to uplift all matter into frequencies above entropy, decay, and death. Paul was way ahead of his time in seeing the essential relationship between the Living Earth and individuals. The Heart-Chamber of the Living Earth expands - and the Aquarian Immortal Children of Global Regeneration emerge.
Rene Guenon, in his book The Lord of the World, offers many valuable insights into the Melchizedek lineage. The name itself is originally spelled Melki-Tsedeq, which means the Tsaddik of Malkuth*. In English, this is translated as the Just Adept of the Earth. The Tsaddik is one who has Adjusted his or her Being to a point of perfect harmony while Living on the Earth. In the Hassidic tradition, there are always 36 Tsaddiks (Tzaddikim) on the Earth at all times. When the process of Tiqqun, or material ascension, is complete, then Messiah appears as the 37th Tsaddik.
(*Malkuth is the lowest sphere in the Cabalistic Tree of Life. If an Immortal is fully materialised and visible then the Immortal is said to be inhabiting the Sphere of Malkuth. To become Immortal is to become Justified; this process of Justification occurs within the top two spheres of the 13 Sphere Tree of Everlasting-Life. More information on the Restored 13 Sphere Tree of Life is in my book Voyage to Avalon available on the books page, and on the Tree of Life page.)
These 36 Tsaddiks are Perfect Heart-Masters, are physically Immortal, and are thus forever able to offer the Immortal Communion of the Grail. I would like to explain why there are traditionally 36 and to show their connections to the numbers 37 and 666. We often hear of 666 being the number of the Solar Logos and the ideal length of Glastonbury Abbey. These associations are all derived from the Hebrew Cabala.
In the Cabalistic Tree of Life, spheres are traditionally numbered from the Crown Chakra-Kether downwards. The Heart chakra-Tiphareth is numbered 6 in this pattern. Each sphere has a magickal square. The square for Tiphareth-sun-Heart chakra is constructed by using its number 6: A square with 6 columns and 6 rows, or 6 × 6 = 36 sub-squares. Then the numbers 1 through 36 are placed in these 36 boxes so that each row or column adds up to 111. Thus the total value of the square of the sun is 666 - the Solar Logos. Six hundred sixty-six is 18 times 37. Thus the 36 Tsaddiks maintain the planetary grid which grounds the solar-666 force which is Immortalising the Living Earth. In Cabala, the term which describes the work of the Tsaddiks, Tiqqun, also has the value 666. Tiqqun means the Translation of All Matter into Union with the Immortal Frequencies of the Divine - this brings us back to our theme of Immortal Grail Communion. For True Immortal Communion always has as its Divine Purpose the Total Transformation of Matter in a Way that Glorifies Aliveness, Liberty, Light and Love. This is forever the Work of the Heart Master.
Each of the 36 Tsaddik Heart Masters is responsible for giving Immortal Grail Communion to 4000 individuals. This is how the number 144,000 is generated out of the Heart, for 36 × 4000 = 144,000. This number has been associated with the planetary changes initiated by Harmonic Convergence in August of 1987. To fulfil the prophecy of Annalee Skarin, we are now in the process of creating over a hundredfold increase in Immortals on the Earth.
The original 36 Heart Masters were focused in 12 groups of 3, each triune group acting as intermediary at each of the 12 Inspirational Gates of the Planetary New Jerusalem - 12 specific Earth Chakras which are Generating the Aquarian Archetype of the New Aeon. A New Earth is emerging from 12 Chakras... a New Earth Glorified and Revealed by the 12 Gates of Paradise. When this 12-Chakra Event is manifested and rooted, then the 36 Tsaddiks shift locations so that there is one Tsaddik at each of 36 distinct Earth Chakras. Within the next 15 to 20 years each Tsaddik shall have initiated a minimum of 4000 individuals into Mastery of the Way of Everlasting Life - Physical Immortality. The 144,000 are all now alive, incarnate. Rituals conducted in the Andes - at Lake Titicaca and Machu Picchu - on the Wesak Full Moon in May 1987 were specifically dedicated to Blessing the Emergence of these 144,000. It should be noted that this number is a minimum figure - I am sure that many more than this shall find The Way of Immortal Communion before we advance to the mid-point of the 21st Century.
In this vision of Earth Evolution, Tsaddiks may be interpreted as Initiatory Spirits of Location, or as individual beings working in conjunction with the Will of the Living Earth. The archetypes of Planetary Surrealism may be interpreted in many ways...Always remember that this work is Creative and Artistic.
The essential activity to be accomplished at each of these 12 Earth Chakra Gates is this: with Simplicity, Beauty and Grace, invoke and generate the Angelic Spirit of Truth for the clearly stated purpose of Illuminating the True Will for Immortality within every Being. In Holy Immortal Communion with the Immortals present at the locale, and with the Earth Spirit of the Earth Chakra, send Forth the Word of Everlasting-Life to All! No other Word has as great a power to rapidly transform this Planet into its Divinely intended Destiny of a Global Paradise! If we Dare to Act, we shall observe that this is True. The Melchizedek Immortals makes No Promise for which the Way of its Fulfilment has not been First Prepared!
The above information on Melchizedek and the Tsaddiks is important. These ideas may be new to many readers. This is to be expected - for whenever we enter a new Aeon, in this case the Aquarian, the archetypes, spiritual laws, and ways of thinking change. The sleeping truths of old traditions awaken and join forces with the Activities of the New. Before leaving this contemplation of Melchizedek, I would like to illuminate our Theme a little further in one area...
The Virgin Mary is one of the most famous Melchizedek Immortals. She has been appearing in many locations over the last 170 years. It is important to understand the Immortal Nature of Mary. She did not die. She consciously translated her physical Body into an ascended Immortal Body. I have a strong Vision of her Dancing a Sacred Dance in Praise of the Divine at the Sacred Instant of her Bodily Translation. Three locations claim to be the site of this event: Ephesus, Jerusalem, and Glastonbury. People living at Glastonbury, the Earth’s Heart Chakra, like to see her dancing in the area of the Chalice Well Gardens at the instant of her Translation.
It is said of every Melchizedek Immortal that they are not born of earthly parents. This needs to be clearly explained according to the esoteric Judaic-Christian understanding of this idea. All of us, including Melchizedek, Enoch, Jesus, etc., are first born through the water-womb, with earthly parents. As we deepen our Mastery of Total Immortal Communion with The Divine, we eventually reach the point of second birth. Our second birth, when we are Born Again, occurs at the instant we alchemically translate our corruptible body into an Immortal perfected Body. At this point we become Children of the Divine - direct heirs of the Divine. This preparation for the Second Birth of Divine Spiritual Fire may take many lifetimes or it may only take a few years. When we are truly Born Again, the Divine Within recreates us anew so that the entirety of our lineage or inheritance comes directly straight from the Divine. We continue to honour our earthly parents, but our inheritance now comes solely, incessantly, and without limit from the Living Heart of God. Immortals, born again, are free from all hereditary sin - they are the "Justified and Ancient humans made perfect."
At this point we are born without earthly parents - not before. This second birth, where we are Born Again, is always identical to the Translation of Flesh - Physical Immortality within the present incarnation. Never put off to a future Lifetime what can be attained in your present Life! All the Wisdom and Spiritual Techniques are available so that anyone who dedicates their Self to the Way of Everlasting-Life can achieve Victory over all limitations - including the limitations created by the rejection of the physical body by the spirit. The marriage of Body and Spirit into a Living Unity in Service to the Divine has always been the Highest Ideal of Divine Will within each of us. "Know ye not that your Body is the Living Temple of the Immortal Divine?"
The Holy Grail
The archetype of the Grail has always been at the heart of the Melchizedek Communion. As many of you know, the Grail Cup is far older than Christianity. It was used during the Atlantean Era by Enoch. It was used by Melchizedek to Bless Abraham atop Mount Tabor and thus initiate the Jewish Spiritual Current. The Cup of Manna is one of the key forces within the Ark of the Covenant. Traces of the ancient Atlantean-Enochian Cup can be contacted through the Celtic myths of Ireland and Wales. The Cup which gives Everlasting-Life is found in many different religions.
The Arthurian Quest for the Holy Grail is the Quest for Immortal Communion. There is a Grail lineage and there is a Grail Communion. The lineage consists of all Melchizedek Immortals. The Grail Communion literally delivers what the outer churches symbolically offer - Christed Translation of the Physical Body Temple, or Physical Immortality. In alchemy, the Philosopher's Stone is identical to the Grail. The Elixir of Life and the Fountain of Eternal Youth are additional synonyms. The Christing of all Flesh is an inevitable result produced by Total Immortal Communion with The Divine. This Christing of the Flesh is a Planetary and Individual process - hence the absolute importance in the 21st Century to establish a deep and creative relationship with the Immortal Will of the Living Earth.
When a New Revelation manifests upon Earth, all the old Ideals which are asleep awaken and rally to the Eternal Cause. The Return of King Arthur and Merlin The Magickian as potent and creative forces at the present time are prime examples of this. We seek the Immortal Communion which transforms the Universe - this is always the High Way of Fruitful Travel... All experience upon this Way offers the Infinite Magick of Immortal, Christing Communion...
Every experience offers Immortal Communion - yet how often do we completely accept and integrate at every level of being this Divine Offering? This New Aquarian Aeon is destined to be a cycle in time when humanity finally discovers how to accept and integrate this Immortal Communion. We all have a constant and ever-changing opportunity to partake of this Immortal Communion. Every instant of your experience is unique and shall never be repeated again. Each such instant of Living is offering you the Holy Grail. Certain mystics have always recognized this Truth. Now, in this New Aeon, all beings shall become Masters of this Immortal Communion. These Laws are very simple to state and can be practiced in any, and every, situation.
The Way of Immortal Communion leads to Perfection of what is known as "the Practice of the Presence of the Divine." The ecstatic embrace of the Divine in each and every experience of Living is the Fruit of this Practice. Through the Way of continually increasing your Heart's radiation of the transformative qualities of Divine Praise, Love, and Joyous Thanksgiving, the visible presence of the Divine becomes more manifest to all senses until only the Divine is present. The totality of our spiritual senses unite with the Divine in an Embrace which never ends at this point. This is Loving the Divine to the point of Absolute Distraction. This is the state of True Immortal Communion. Total Immortal Communion always occurs at the point of Touch. In the Words of the poem The Invocation of the Omega Point, "Oh Let my Touch be the Highest Manifestation for the Will Divine!" (see the Poetry page link at the top)
The Immortal Communion of the Holy Grail is always transmitted through the interface of Touch, which is at the borderline between Self and the Divine that vanishes during the ecstatic embrace described above. Consecrate and dedicate your senses to transmitting and receiving the Immortal Frequencies of the Divine totally through each and every experience of Living. It matters not whether your experiences appear to be either positive or negative - all experience is offering you the Immortal Communion of the Holy Grail. The embrace of all experience by the Radiant Heart of Joyous Thanksgiving unlocks the deepest Secret of Living here on Earth and illuminates every Step upon your Way to Perpetual and Ecstatic Unity with the Divine. "Ye who are Grateful in All Things: Your bodies shall be filled with Light; and ye shall witness the Universe of Infinite Life outpouring from the Fountains of your Hearts!"
For far too long, the traditional Christian Churches of the world have obscured the Way of Physical Immortality which Jesus teaches. This Way has been mastered by adepts from many cultures and religions. There are many Chinese Taoists who are Immortal like Jesus and Mary. There are many Immortals within the lineage of Black Hat Tibetan Buddhism. This Aquarian Aeon shall quickly witness a shift of focus from death to life - from the illusion of the crucifixion to the Truth of the Triumph of Life. Jesus was Physically Immortal prior to his crucifixion. Now is the Aeon to Regenerate the Universe through Living. In this Aquarian Aeon, death redeems no sins whatsoever: The Immortal Waters of the Holy Grail pouring forth through the Living Heart redeem everything. The Water-bearer of Aquarius regenerates the Earth. It is a profound Blessing to be Alive at this time upon the planet - for it is only through Living and Loving that the Will (Highest Purpose) of the Earth is Fulfilled. May we each contribute our own Divine Unique Gifts to this New Aeon! (For more information on Melchizedek, Immortals and Immortality see my books The Path of the Phoenix and The Art of Everlasting Life, and the Immortality page.)
True Immortal Communion produces a change within the physical body. When Moses communed with the Divine upon Mount Sinai, his physical body became so charged with the Light of Truth that others could not directly look at him for a considerable time. When the Physically Immortal beings, Moses and Elijah, communed with Jesus atop Mount Tabor (The Transfiguration), the Bodily radiance of all three was, again, too much for mortals to behold. When we blow our breath upon kindling to ignite and brighten a fire, we are following the same pattern to be found in Immortal Communion. In any direct encounter with the Immortal Divine, we have entered into a relationship which allows the Breath of the Divine to blow through our physical body at a sub-atomic level. Our Body could not become a Blazing Star in such a communion unless there was already alight spiritual kindling within every atom of our Flesh. We all have this spiritual kindling alight - it is called Life.
Mastery of the Art of Immortal Communion becomes possible when we learn The Way of making this Immortal Bodily Radiance perpetual. When the Breath of the Divine flows through the Flesh, the Light of Life becomes brighter. This Inner Illumination of the Body Temple reveals aspects of Divine Wisdom that previously were in darkness. The Divine Laws in Action during such immortal communion become clear to consciousness.
We are all Christs/Avatars in disguise searching for Ways of dropping the disguise. We are constantly trying to get the formulas right: How much should I give of myself in this situation? How much am I willing to receive? What do I have to give? To whom? Our minds generally do us very little good in this game. All too often, the mind, for an endless variety of reasons, places limitations to our giving and receiving of True Immortal Communion. I know of no Immortal who attained Immortality through devotion to the mind. Ancient disciplines such as Zen are very valuable because they help us to create a state of No-mind. It is profound Initiation, especially for a left-brain intellectual, to discover that one is not identical to one's thoughts. Thoughts can be creative if we realize that thoughts are the servants of the Divine. In the West, we often say "I think, therefore I Am." In the East, we often say the opposite, "I cease to think, and thus experience my True Self."
Immortal Communion creates New Life. If we want to reconcile the above East-West polarity regarding thought, we need to unite with the forces which create thoughts. Every form of Immortal Communion involves Relationship: At least two Divine points-of-view agree to create an exchange of energy and information. To give New Life into a Thought, the two aspects which must agree to Immortal Communion with each other are Will and Love. Love is the Law - Love united with Will. Heart chakra united with Crown chakra; Tiphareth with Kether; Glastonbury (Heart Chakra of Earth) with Mount Kailas (Crown Chakra of Earth) - in every situation, the Wedding of Love and Will is at the Foundation of True Immortal Communion. The Will to Love creates a Divine Relationship which makes Immortal Communion possible. True Love is the exchange of Immortal Divinity and always produces Joy. If you are breathing in the Fullness of my Christ/Buddha Nature and I am breathing in the Fullness of your Christ/Buddha Nature, then we are experiencing the Joy of True Immortal Communion. True Love is experiencing and sharing Immortality with a Point-of-view other than your own. Intellectuals who are attached to the "my thoughts are me" illusion find True Love very difficult.
Immortal Communion
In far too many traditions, the physical body and matter have been relegated to the bottom of the totem pole. The spirit, abstract ideals and archetypes, the intellect - all these things have been seen as somehow more Divine than the material. At best, the material has been seen as a passive substance which may be sculpted or shaped by the supposedly higher forces of the spirit and the intellect. In this New Aeon, this attitude is changing. The material is Alive, Intelligent, Divine, Creative...
The Divine is meaningful only when it is perceived and experienced. Without the material, the experience of the Divine is impossible. "The Body is the Temple of the Spirit." As is evident in such great Cathedrals as Chartres, the Temple is capable of creatively using Spirit so that Spirit becomes meaningful, useful and beautiful. Rather than Spirit spiritualizing matter, it is Matter which is Materializing Spirit. The concept of our material Earth as a Living Planet with a Creative Will of its own, is another sign that respect for the material is increasing.
The physical body is more intelligent than the mind, the cells of the body are more intelligent than the physical body, the atoms are more intelligent than the cells, and the iota particles (smallest possible units of existence) have the greatest Creative Will and Intelligence of All.
If we go within and listen to the Wisdom of our iota particles, we drink of the highest and most profound Immortal Communion, for "the Kingdom of Heaven is Within You." Every iota particle is a bi-polar unity which is Immortal and offering the Communion of Love. When we communicate with this Level and honour this Will devoted totally to Immortal Love, then we begin to recreate our Being - this is often called "bringing forth the Christ within." Physical Immortality is the complete manifestation of the Iota Will. Let thy Will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven - Let thy True Will be established without as it is already established within.
When we are born, the Divine gives us a Body Temple. It is the purpose of Life to translate this Divine Gift of the Body into Living Sacrament, and then to share forever this Immortal Life with the entirety of the Universe until all Creation is upraised to joyous frequencies of Liberty and Love. To be in the Presence of the Holy Grail is to be in the presence of a being who is Physically Immortal, or Christed. The resonating energy field of such a Grail Master radically transforms the immediate environment. The Immortal Will within the iota level of the surrounding environment - rocks, trees, animals, you - naturally responds to this Resonance of the Grail - inner and outer Immortal Will, the same in essence, unite to roll away the stone... to Liberate All Life.
In ancient China, the yoga of total Immortal Communion is known as the Way of the Tao. This Tao is best defined as the ever-changing Perfection of the Now. At every instant of our journey, there exists a way of relating to our experience which joyously maintains our ecstatic embrace of the Divine. As we advance upon our Mastery of the Way, our understanding of its dynamics changes from the complex to the simple. Whether the adept is Shinto, Taoist, Christian or Jew; the simple Fruit of the Quest almost always ends up the same in formulation: Embrace your experience of Living in the Here and Now with absolute joyous Thanksgiving. The totality of all additional Wisdom and Theology is devoted to explaining why and how to attain this Divine Embrace... Through Faith and Action, the why and how - which are eternally inscribed upon your Heart - become obvious and precious. May the Everlasting Waters of the Holy Grail Grace and Bless thy Journey Forever and Ever!
The Immortal Communion of the Holy Grail may only be received in the physical body. Contrary to old Aeon ways of thought, death decreases Liberty. The separation of the spirit from the Body Temple at death is not in harmony with the highest Ideal of Divine Will and Plan. At death, the spirit sinks into a darker level of spiritual reality where illusion limits choice. The old Piscean Aeon encouraged martyrdom - in the New Aeon of Aquarius physical Immortality is a cause no one can die for. As Stanley Spears says, death is a grave mistake. All humans who die eventually find their Ways back into the Physical Body until the Christing of Flesh through Immortal Communion is attained. It is only through Life and its Living that All things may be overcome. The Triumph of Life is the Highest Purpose of the Grail Communion. When the false duality between body and mind vanishes, then True Living begins. As the English poet, William Blake, realized, the Body and Spirit are One, not Two - they are literally the same thing. This alchemical Wedding is the constant and joyous experience of every Immortal, from Enoch to Mary to Fulcanelli... And now the Immortalisation of the Living Earth, is beginning to manifest. We are Now Alive within the Manifesting-Joy of the Planetary Christ.
As stated above, this Planetary Christ-Child is emerging initially from 12 Chakras of the Living Earth - 12 specific Earth Chakras. May Blessings of Immortal Life be upon You and All Beings forever and ever!
The Power of Immortal Communion is infinite. Each and every experience of Living may be Transformed into Divine nourishment. Events which may appear to be vile, poisonous, or filled with sin can be Changed into the Wine of Grace. The practice of Mary's 5-point program given at Medjugorje - faith, Dedication to the Divine, prayer, fasting, and peace - accelerates one's Mastery of the Art of Immortal Communion. To those of you who receive Divine Nourishment and Inspiration from your Communing with these writings, I make this suggestion: After finishing this essay, go within your Body Temple, invoke the Holy Spirit of Truth, and write 5 meditations relating Immortal Communion to each of Mary's Keys listed above. If you get some good results, share them with those you love!
Immortal Communion with the Divine develops when we learn to Trust the Word Alive within the Heart - and to Act upon what we Hear. This is Intuition. Trust your Divine Intuition and Act. Do this, and the Divine can do business with you. Love and Will are shaping a Living Word within your Heart... Go within... Trust... The Divine has something unique and precious to Share with you Now. Together - in the Spirit of Sharing - may we spread our Fruits of Immortal Communion upon the Round Table of the World in Celebration of the Triumph of Life Abundant and Everlasting... May your experience of Magickal Life contribute to this Everlasting Feast!
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THE GLASTONBURY ZODIAC AND EARTH CHAKRAS
The fusion of the Holy Grail with the Phoenix of Aquarius alters the potency and character of both forces. The point where this alchemy occurs is several metres beneath the summit of Chalice Hill – the Hill of the Holy Grail – in Glastonbury. One of the four sacred hills of Glastonbury, Chalice Hill is the Heart Chakra of the Phoenix. This earth effigy of the Phoenix includes the Tor, Chalice Hill, Chalice Well, the Abbey Ruins and other features nearby. In the Glastonbury Zodiac the Phoenix represents Aquarius. In the Somerset landscape zodiac, this Aquarian Phoenix activates the 12th and final initiatory events of planetary regeneration.
In the old myths of the Phoenix a regeneration back to life through fire occurs once every 500 years, or some other long linear period of time. At Chalice Hill a dramatic evolution in archetypes occurs. The archetypal structure of the Holy Grail perpetually emanates at the centre of the heart of the Aquarian Phoenix. This key alchemical event transfers the magick of the Phoenix from linear time into the ever-expanding perfection of the present instant – Eternity.
No longer does the Phoenix build its own funeral pyre and rise from the ashes. At Glastonbury, Heart Chakra of the Earth, the Phoenix is perpetually regenerating. Death and birth are simultaneous and eternal, fuelled by the Waters of the Holy Grail and inflamed by Fires of Avalon. When a vibrant, living archetype mutates or evolves to a higher expression of life and magick, then the implications of this shift are only integrated into the planetary culture over succeeding years and decades. The significance of the Aquarian Phoenix perpetually regenerating itself through the power of the Holy Grail will be more fully understood during our journey through the 21st century.
Stand alone upon the summit of Chalice Hill and look at the nearby summit of Glastonbury Tor. The Tor is the Throat Chakra of the Phoenix – where the Word of the World’s Heart is transmitted, via the artery of the Rainbow Serpent, to all life and to the universe. You are standing on the Heart of the Heart at Chalice Hill. Directly beneath your feet, within the interior of Chalice Hill, is the Holy Grail. Do not physically excavate for it, for the Grail resides in Avalon.
Many individuals visit Glastonbury. Only a few find their way into Avalon. Avalon is the parallel dimension of Glastonbury. The Grail resides incorruptible within this realm, forever protected from impurities of will and heart. Magick, grace, eternity – these are the forces animating the vigour and beauty of Avalon.
Alone upon the Heart of the Phoenix, above the rising waters of the Holy Grail, meditate upon the Tor. Unite the Heart to the Throat. Inside the Tor, within the Throat of the Phoenix, within Avalon, is a Green Emerald Rose containing an Omega Point. The Omega Point is a very small sub-atomic particle oscillating at a frequency above entropy and decay, in support of the Grail and the Phoenix.
Practice teleporting yourself from Chalice Hill to the Tor, and from the Tor to Chalice Hill. This exercise strengthens the flow between the heart and the throat of the Phoenix. The strength of this connection allows for a greater outpouring of the Waters of the Holy Grail via the ley artery of the Rainbow Serpent to all parts of the world.
Teleportation requires much practice. Make a habit of regularly meditating on the summit of Chalice Hill and upon the Tor. Raise the frequencies of your entire being to the highest levels of vibration and then project yourself to the other nearby hill. The best way to raise frequencies prior to the Shortening of the Way is to open the heart as widely as possible and then ignite spiritual flames of praise upon the High Altar of the Open Heart. When these flames are at their greatest potency then magnify outwards to all creation a feeling of joyous gratitude for all things. Finally, unite True Will and Love into a force that goes forth in dedication to the nurturing of all life. Keep practicing this meditation on both hills. At the mystic peak of each meditation, when Praise, Joyous Gratitude, and Love united with Will are fusing as one force of grace, then project the essence of your self from Hill of the Grail to Throat of the Phoenix. This technique is known as the Shortening of the Way.
If you alternate your teleportation meditations back and forth between the two hills you build up a touch down landing site for your self on both locations. To Shorten the Way you must move out of linear time and into eternity – into Avalon. In linear time you are already at the beginning – Chalice Hill – and the end – the Tor - of your short journey. Shift into eternity and you are at both locations simultaneously. At this point the magick and grace of teleportation – the Shortening of the Way – becomes a reality useful to the world.
The practice and eventual mastery of this technique serves the Living Earth by strengthening and expanding the flow between the Holy Grail within the Heart of the Phoenix and the Emerald Rose-Omega Point within the Tor-Throat Chakra of the Phoenix. From the Tor the Rainbow Serpent carries the Word of the Phoenix throughout the living body of the Earth.
THE GLASTONBURY ZODIAC, EARTH CHAKRAS, AND THE LUNAR CALENDAR
The Glastonbury Zodiac is the most magnificent feature of the magickal landscape of central Somerset. Currently, it is also the least understood and least visited feature. There is a large effigy or sculpted shape in the landscape representing each of the twelve signs of the zodiac and two guardian dogs. This ancient landscape zodiac was rediscovered over 400 years ago by Dr. John Dee, Queen Elizabeth I’s court wizard, and his associate Edward Kelly while they were staying with their friend, Sir Edward Dyer, at Sharpham Park, just west of Glastonbury. Dyer was the Head of the Knights of the Garter, the highest English order of Knighthood, and the modern equivalent to the Arthurian Order of the Knights of the Round Table. It was while working with Dyer, in search of the location of the Holy Grail at Glastonbury, that the unexpected revelation of the landscape Zodiac occurred.
In the 21st century, the Glastonbury Zodiac provides an ideal magickal environment for the work of energising and expanding Earth Chakras. The Earth is a living and creative being with its own ley arteries and major energy centres, or chakras. Each landscape temple within the Glastonbury Zodiac connects to one of the great macrocosmic Earth Chakras. If a person meditates at the most auspicious time at the most appropriate location within the Zodiac, then a communicative connection with a major Earth Chakra can be utilised.
The lunar calendar provides the best structure in time for Earth Chakra - Glastonbury Zodiac meditations. Almost every traditional culture on Earth uses the lunar calendar for their celebrations, rituals and initiations. The lunar rhythm puts you in touch with nature. This is essential. Our western calendar, where the year begins on 1st January, is artificial, and divorces us from the magick of the Living Earth. The utilisation of the lunar calendar in western societies is very important.
There are 13 lunar cycles every year. Go out into the Zodiac for the inception of every new moon and for the culmination of every full moon. The best time to work with a new moon is exactly at the inception minute and for at least an hour thereafter. The opposite pattern prevails on a full moon – begin at least an hour before the culmination time of the full moon and end exactly at the instant when the moon is full.
It requires the great dedication and faith of a Fool to follow this pattern exactly around the Zodiac throughout the year. Some new and full moons may occur at three or four in the morning, while others may form during the day. Rain, lightning, snow, night and day – all must be part of the adventure. Try to be precise with the times. If you use an astrological ephemeris, be sure to adjust during Summer Time. If Summer Time is in place, add one hour to GMT to get the exact times for new and full moons. If you find it impossible to get to the Glastonbury Zodiac location at the correct time, then there is a recommended procedure. For a new moon, go to the site as soon as possible after the ideal time. With full moons, go to the Zodiac location as near as possible in time prior to the culmination point.
WHAT TO DO AT A GLASTONBURY ZODIAC SITE TO ESTABLISH THE CONNECTION TO ONE OF THE MAJOR EARTH CHAKRAS
Creative activities are the best. Art, writing, photography, music, poetry, dance – try to celebrate the Creator and all creation. Follow your intuition and listen to nature, listen to the Earth.
Work with breathing exercises to energise internal chakras and to open an inflow of external energies from Earth, Sun, Moon, stars, wind, clouds, birds – all of nature – into your body. Alchemically unite the sacred site forces with your own energies, and then magnify this combined force by generating spiritual fires of Praise within the heart and expansive energies of joyous thanksgiving. As gratitude flows outward from the expanding heart, consecrate the event to the highest planetary purpose consistent with the occasion. With purpose united with love, direct the energies of the Glastonbury Zodiac site to the world Earth Chakra site it connects with. Move the magick, grace and blessings back and forth between the two connecting areas. Try to do this work with humility, no ego and an empty mind.
Build your creative activities, meditations and rituals to culminate at the instant of a full moon or begin at the instant of a new moon. Joyous gratitude has the power of magnification. If the heart is pure and overflowing with gratitude during an Earth-connection ritual then all ley energies and spiritual energies emanating through you will be magnified as they move outward into the arteries of the Living Earth. Breathe in the vibrant forces of the site you are at, magnify them with gratitude, and breathe out your joyous blessings upon all life. Gratitude and humility are the twin keys to successful Earth Chakra work.
Here are the Glastonbury Zodiac locations that are ideal for connecting with the Earth Chakras and major Earth Energy Centres. They are presented in the order of the initiatory pathway around the Zodiac, which begins in Pisces and culminates in Aquarius. There are three primary sacred sites that, together, form the structure of an Earth Chakra or major planetary organ: 1. Inspirational - 2. Structural - 3. Creative. The Inspirational Site is primary, and should be worked with first. What is Inspirational should then be moved to the Structural Site in order to be made useful or grounded. Then the useful force must be moved to the Creative Site to complete the earth chakra activation.
GLASTONBURY ZODIAC PISCES
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Two fish, tied together with a bond of love, between Glastonbury and Street. Leviathan swims along the River Brue lowlands, threatening to break the bond. Wearyall Hill forms the northern fish. The southern fish is on the northern edge of Street. Its head area is equally divided between a playground and a cemetery.
KEY LOCATION
Wearyall Hill, the summit. This is the hill where Joseph of Arimathea landed at Glastonbury. Also, the Holy Thorn Tree. Alternates: The Celtic stone, dedicated to St. Bridget or Bride, which stabilises the dangerous tail fin of Leviathan, on the east bank of the Brue. Walk into the central area of the tail fin of Leviathan and find the place where the Tor appears to rest exactly on the summit of Wearyall Hill. This visual image unites the beginning (Pisces) and end (Aquarius) of the Zodiac Quest.
EARTH CHAKRAS CONNECTION
Global Water Element centre – Rotopounamu, New Zealand (inspirational centre), Mont-Panié, New Caledonia (structural centre), Macquarie Island (creative centre). Qualities and images: Spiritual waters, love, green stone, planetary grail net (the global ley artery pattern; Glastonbury and Rotopounamu are antipodean points for this ley structure). Clockwise and anti-clockwise rituals at Rotopounamu stimulate the flow of the Rainbow Serpent around the world.
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GLASTONBURY ZODIAC ARIES
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A lamb, sitting on the ground, its head tilted back looking west. This figure contains the town of Street.
KEY LOCATION
Walton Hill, south of Street. An area just a few metres SE of the summit, with a nice view south towards Dundon and Lollover Hills. Alternate: A large oak tree near the heart chakra of Aries, in an open field, near a public footpath.
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GLASTONBURY ZODIAC TAURUS
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The head of a bull, with horns, looking south. The horns are formed by ancient artificial earthworks.
KEY LOCATION
The Hood Monument, on the crown chakra of the bull. Alternate location – the star-root of the Pleiades, along the top of the open ridge north of the Hood Monument, with a great open view. All stars visible from the Glastonbury latitude have fixed star-root locations within the Glastonbury Zodiac. The eye of the bull looks at the star site of Capella, which is nested in an open field surrounded on three sides by forest. Imagine Capella, or other major stars on the landscape as spheres 100 metres in diameter, half submerged in the earth. Aldebaran, another major star, sits on the bell-shaped object on the hoof of the bull.
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GLASTONBURY ZODIAC GEMINI
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A Grail knight and a Grail Priestess, face to face, fused at the third eye in Dundon Hill and at the heart at Lollover Hill. South of Street and north of Somerton. The upraised hand of the Priestess touches the nose of the bull. The hand of the knight blesses the head of the Griffin, an initiatory guardian figure situated between Cancer and Leo.
KEY LOCATION
The crown chakra of the Grail Priestess, at the tumulus on the south edge of the summit of Dundon Hill. Alternates – summit of Lollover Hill, heart chakra or octagon surrounded yew tree in St. Andrews churchyard, throat chakra of Grail Knight. The Gemini spring anointing the brows of both figures, on the upper north side of Dundon Hill, approachable by a forest footpath.
EARTH CHAKRAS CONNECTION
Global Androgyny and Balancing of Yin Yang Forces Centre – El Tule Tree, near Oaxaca or Palenque (dual inspirational centres), Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica (structural centre), Cascada Cola de Caballo [Horsetail Falls], near Monterrey, Mexico (creative centre). Qualities and images: El Tule – the centre for Quetzalcoatl, the nest of the global ley artery, the Plumed Serpent. El Tule is another major energy centre driving the force of the Plumed Serpent around the world. (The central ritual centre for the activation of the Plumed Serpent ley artery at sunrise 17 August, 1987.)
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GLASTONBURY ZODIAC CANCER
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This is the last Glastonbury Zodiac figure that crystallised after the draining of the moors in the early 1800’s. An ancient ship with a sail moving south. This figure is associated with Solomon’s Ship in the Grail legends. The above mentioned Gemini figures are seated on this ship. In this area, look for the message of the swan.
KEY LOCATION
The Druid Stone Ford, on the front of the ship, running under the River Cary. This is an important site and marks the true river point for Excalibur. The more famous Pons Perilis bridge site on the Brue between Glastonbury and Street does not have the geomantic resonance that the more remote River Cary site has. This Druid Ford is a gateway on the ancient processional pathway from Lollover Hill to the star-root of Sirius, in the heart chakra of the Griffin. Alternates: At the base of the rear sail, the keel area where the ship is steered. The spring marking the star-root of Sirius, just south of the River Cary. Red poppies grow at this ancient spring. (Although within the heart of the Griffin figure – an intermediate guardian figure located between Cancer and Leo, this is the guiding star that the Cancer Ship sails towards. The Sirius location marks the transition from the quest for Excalibur to the quest for the Holy Grail.) Seek the source of the Cary, and along the way, visit Camelot at true solar midnight on Midsummer Night’s Eve (23-24 June). Bless the source of the Cary and the source of the Brue – the two main rivers contributing to the Glastonbury Zodiac.
EARTH CHAKRAS CONNECTION
Planetary Second Chakra – Titicaca Stone, Isle of the Sun, Lake Titicaca (inspirational centre), Lima, Peru (structural centre), Iquitos, where Amazon River begins (creative centre). Qualities and images: This Earth Chakra regulates the introduction of new species and major evolutionary advancements for life on Earth. Lake Titicaca is a major ley artery intersection on the Earth, one of two locations (see Sagittarius below) where the male Plumed Serpent and the female Rainbow Serpent cross. The Swan Knight.
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GLASTONBURY ZODIAC LEO
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KEY LOCATION
St. Michael’s Church in Somerton or the ancient site of Maggoty Paggoty (Mater Pater) in the crown chakra of the Lion. This site is in a forest and is hard to find. Once found, it is magick. There are two stone circular formations in the earth, overgrown with vegetation most of the year. An ancient Roman site where love and will can be united in heart. Also, the star site of Regulus is important. Take the Keinton Mandeville road out of Somerton. At the summit of the first steep hill turn south and walk about 200 metres south along the track. Do this when Regulus is visible in the sky and breathe its force into your third eye, open eyes and heart. Then project these forces into the earth at the Regulus star-root. A Leo full moon culminating at night would be an ideal time for this star meditation.
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Planetary Fourth Chakra – Glastonbury and Shaftesbury (inspirational), Brandenburger Tor or Gate, Berlin (structural), Montserrat-Barcelona (creative). Qualities and images: Holy Grail, Spear of Destiny, Shaftesbury Eagle. The Planetary Heart Chakra is located on the pathway of the Rainbow Serpent. The rising sun shines down the English section of the Rainbow Serpent at sunrise of 1st May each year. Glastonbury Tor is located on the northern thread of the Rainbow Serpent, while Shaftesbury lies on the parallel southern thread. Glastonbury is Heart and Love, Shaftesbury is True Will directing Love. In Shaftesbury, the ancient site on the tip western tip of Castle Hill is the symbolic tip of the Spear or Wand. On a clear day, the Tor is visible from here and may be invoked. The musical note of love sounds forever within the global heart chakra. This World Heart Chakra develops the ability of individual life forms to interact with each other, with love and compassion, to raise the frequencies of all life on Earth.
The unique mobile planetary Sixth Chakra, the Aeon Shift Factor, is currently conjunct the World Heart Chakra: Glastonbury - Shaftesbury. This chakra moves 1/12th of the way westward around the world approximately every 2160 years to activate the next Aeon. Currently, it conjuncts the Heart Chakra in Western Europe for 180 years (1904-2084) to activate the Aeon of Aquarius. 20 April to 20 May, 2008 (The Great Wesak Month) was at the centre of this Aquarian activation period. The World Sixth Chakra (Third Eye) allows individuals to participate in the major phases of life advancement on Earth, over greater periods of time. (The unique mobile planetary Sixth Chakra originates from Antarctica and will retreat there at the end of the Activation of the Aeon of Aquarius in 2084, then it will reappear in Brazil for the Aeon of Capricorn in two thousand years...)
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GLASTONBURY ZODIAC VIRGO
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This is a complicated figure consisting of three figures which rotate and overlap each other in significant areas. There is an upright goddess (life), a reclining pregnant goddess (fertility) and a sphinx (wisdom). The three Virgo figures unite to uphold a Grail Cup.
KEY LOCATION
Wimble Toot near Babcary is an ancient tumulus. It’s a key site in all three figures. Alternate site: St. Mary Magdalene Church is located within the Grail Cup upheld by the Virgo forces.
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GLASTONBURY ZODIAC LIBRA
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A Dove with a wafer in its beak leaping out of the King Arthur-Sagittarius figure third eye and flying south to drop its alchemical force into the Grail Cup upheld by Virgo.
KEY LOCATION
The Barton St. David Church is within the wafer of the Dove. Alternate site: The Baltonsborough Flights, on the south edge of Baltonsborough. This is where the Dove emerges from the third eye of the Sagittarius figure.
EARTH CHAKRAS CONNECTION
Planetary Fifth Chakra (Throat) and also the Global Air Element Centre – Great Pyramid, Mount Sinai, and Mount of Olives (triple inspirational centre), Mecca (structural), Throne of Solomon, Iran (creative). This is a unique centre, where the Word of the Living Earth is being spoken, and many living there find it hard to listen. It is the structural complex where the Earth Chakra system and the Four Elements Vortices intersect and unite. Qualities and images: Immortal Life, the Sword of Truth flaming from the throat. Clockwise and anti-clockwise rituals at the inspirational centres stimulate the flow of the Rainbow Serpent global ley artery. The World Throat Chakra activates the ability to have direct communication with the Earth Spirit, in order to understand its Will, and to align oneself with that purpose. Dialogue between the host life form – the Earth, and all living beings.
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GLASTONBURY ZODIAC SCORPIO
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An eagle, heraldic martlet or thunderbird flying southeast towards Shaftesbury. Its southern wing tip touches the River Brue. Arriving in Shaftesbury it expands five-fold and becomes the Shaftesbury Eagle. This bird is flying from the Returned Arthur’s shoulder, communicating to the world a revelation of new energies and wisdoms.
KEY LOCATION
Hornblotton Church, the crown chakra of the Eagle. If a Scorpio new or full moon occurs at night when the church is closed, then move to the south edge of the church cemetery where there is a large tree. The head area of the Eagle around Hornblotton is the symbolic location of the Philosopher’s Stone in the Glastonbury Zodiac. This is also the vital star-root location for Antares. Individual regeneration occurs within the Scorpio Eagle temple; planetary regeneration emerges from the Aquarius Phoenix temple.
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Planetary Seventh Chakra – Mount Kailas, Tibet (inspirational), Ismail Samani, the Pamirs, Tajikistan (structural), Banyan Tree, Botanical Gardens, Kolkata, India (creative). Qualities and images: The Crown chakra of the Earth, Kailas, is the annual focus for the Scorpio Wesak full moon in April or May each year. Kailas is a major driving force upon the pathway of the Rainbow Serpent. The Wand or Dorje of the True Will. The musical note of the Fire of Praise sounds eternally at Kailas, to maintain the absolute purity of purpose for the Living Earth. The planetary seventh chakra allows complete unity to be established between Earth evolutionary purpose and individual purpose, in dedication to the overcoming of all entropy, to the eternalisation of all life.
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GLASTONBURY ZODIAC SAGITTARIUS
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A centaur, with a crown upon its head. Arthur Returned, as Grail King. This is a very large earth figure, stretching from Baltonsborough up to the highway connecting Glastonbury to Shepton Mallet. The head is to the south and the feet are to the north, resting upon the back of the Capricorn Unicorn – resting on the foundation of Merlin. The Eagle of Scorpio flies eastward from its shoulder.
KEY LOCATION
The third eye of the centaur is at the Baltonsborough Flights (see Libra above). Windmill Hill in Baltonsborough is the Heart Chakra. Alternate sites: There are waterfalls within the body of the horse. Also, the arm of the figure reaches out over the River Brue to confer knighthood. Travel west out of Baltonsborough and stop near the bridge over the Brue. Walk north until you find a concrete walkway over water. Stand on this spot and face the Tor. This is the site where a returned Excalibur may touch the seeker of truth. When you first go there, the hand may be empty. Part of the Zodiac initiatory work is to Return Excalibur to this outreaching hand. This figure is strongly associated with King Arthur.
EARTH CHAKRAS CONNECTION
Global Purification Centre – Six World Temples on the Island of Bali. Five of these Temples are visible and One is invisible – Pulaki. Pulaki is an inner parallel dimension, like Avalon, and is located in the remote western mountains of Bali. The White Tiger Immortals reside here. (Balinese sites are the inspirational centre), Borubodur, Java (structural), Mount Kinabalu, Sabah (creative). Along with Lake Titicaca, Bali is the only other place where the great Plumed Serpent and Rainbow Serpent ley arteries cross. They cross as straight lines in the Andes. On Bali they cross in a swastika pattern. The currents are deflected here in order to make the job of purifying the planetary ley energy streams much easier. Qualities and images: The White Tiger, swastika, amrita – the elixir of immortality emerges from the holy spring Tirta Empul, from out of the Earth’s body, to assist in purification.
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GLASTONBURY ZODIAC CAPRICORN
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A unicorn with a horn a quarter mile long. Its feet push off Launcherly Hill northeast of Glastonbury. Its nose approaches Gog and Magog.
KEY LOCATION
Ponter’s Ball is the horn of the unicorn. It traverses the highway just east of Glastonbury. This ancient earthwork is also known as the Golden Coffin, or the Chamber of Alchemical Transformation. This is the Merlin figure in the Glastonbury Zodiac. The horn points towards the star-root of Sirius, on the other side of the Zodiac circle. Alternate site: Launcherly Hill is a Merlin site. (Also, Park Wood, near the centre of the Glastonbury Zodiac, is another important Merlin area.)
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GLASTONBURY ZODIAC AQUARIUS
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The Phoenix of Aquarius includes part of the town of Glastonbury. The tail is in the ruins of Glastonbury Abbey, the heart is at Chalice Hill, the Voice is at the Tor, and the beak of the Phoenix drinks from Chalice Well.
KEY LOCATION
The Tor or Chalice Hill; the Abbey (at the fish pond or along the central axis of the ruins) or the Chalice Well. Also, the Gog and Magog Oak trees. After the Rainbow Serpent artery, which passes from the northeast, through the Tor, to the southwest, the central axis of the Abbey is part of the second famous ley energy current that passes through Glastonbury. This is the Avalon-Stonehenge-Canterbury ley, connecting the three great spiritual centres – future, past, present - of England.
EARTH CHAKRAS CONNECTION
Global Ideal Beauty and Immortality Centre – Mount Fuji, Japan (inspirational), Mani San, Khangwa Island, Korea (structural), Sefa Utaki, Okinawa (creative). Mount Fuji is a major driving force upon the pathway of the Plumed Serpent. Qualities and images: Immortality, beauty and the quest for the Ideal. The yin-yang symbol (Korea), Sword of Life.
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GLASTONBURY ZODIAC BLUE MOONS
Approximately every 18 months there occurs a new or full blue moon. This happens when there is a second new or full moon in the same sign of the zodiac. The second moon is the blue moon. The most important blue moon in the early part of the 21st century was the Scorpio blue full moon of 20 May, 2008. Every blue moon has a special connection to a specific Earth Chakra site. Every blue moon from 20 May 1989 until 2008 has had a connection to sites in Russia: Sergiev Posad (inspirational), central Urals (structural), and Mount Elbrus (creative). Beginning with the 20 May 2008 blue moon, and continuing until 2027, each blue moon connects to Earth Chakras in China. (From 2027 to 2046 blue moons connect with Easter Island - Rapa Nui.) A blue moon can occur in any sign of the Zodiac. If connecting to the planetary site from the Glastonbury Zodiac, use one of the sites recommended in the above listings.
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THE GUARDIAN DOGS OF THE GLASTONBURY ZODIAC
There are two guardian dogs to the west of the Zodiac. The Great Dog of Langport lies along and south of the road from Street to Taunton. The Polden Hound is north of the Great Dog, along the Bridgewater road. While not associated with any particular signs of the zodiac, these sacred temples should also be worked with.
Burrow Mump looks like a miniature Tor and is the next main Rainbow Serpent ley node to the southwest of Glastonbury. It is the nose of the Great Dog of Langport. Just to the south of the Mump is the confluence of the Parrett and Tone rivers at the mouth of the Dog. Ritually feed this dog at the joining of the rivers before sunrise of 1 May every year. Then connect with the Rainbow Serpent as it touches the summit of the Mump at sunrise. Later in the day, go to the Edington Holy Well, which sits above the crown chakra of the Polden Hound. If the well is dry, bring other holy waters to it. Other sites: Climb the 169 (13 times 13) steps of the Burton Pynsant monument in the forepaw of the Great Dog and behold the distant Tor; find Oath Hill at its heart chakra and take a sacred vow in the presence of all Life.
The Great Dog is male and the Polden Hound is female. They act to keep unwelcome forces from entering the Glastonbury Zodiac, and they also guide the pure in heart into the Zodiac. They are guard dogs and guide dogs.
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OTHER GLASTONBURY ZODIAC FEATURES
This essay concentrates upon the ritual connections between the Glastonbury Zodiac and the Earth Chakras and major planetary sites. There are twelve main connections, one for each sign of the Zodiac. Every new and full moon may be worked with using this structure. There are many other features of the landscape Zodiac that are important. Although this is not the place to go into great detail, the following must be mentioned:
THE EXCALIBUR THEME
The initiatory pathway around the Zodiac begins with the two Guardian dogs and then enters the Zodiac at Wearyall Hill in Pisces. There are three primary phases of the Quest. The first phase moves from Pisces and concludes at the star-root of Sirius in the heart of the Griffin, between the Cancer and Leo figures. This first phase may be summed up as the Search for Excalibur. The first duty is to find Excalibur, carry it for a while, and then return it to King Arthur. It is eventually placed in his empty hand at the knighthood on the River Brue mentioned above. Arthur uses the returned Sword to alchemically transmute Leviathan. When the restored sword is at rest, it resides in its sheathe, the Avenue of the Cedars, north of Butleigh. This is the magickal sheathe of Highest Purpose. This Excalibur sheathe points on a short ley towards the star-root of the Pleiades in Taurus.
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THE GRAIL THEME
At Sirius, in the heart of the guardian Griffin, the second stage of the journey begins. This phase, which moves from the Griffin into Leo, and then around the circle to the Eagle of Scorpio, is called the Grail Quest. It involves the discovery of the Grail in the Libra-Virgo dynamics and the discovery of the Philosopher’s Stone in Scorpio. The initiation at Hornblotton, at the crown chakra of the Eagle, releases the first energies of the Glastonbury Zodiac into the greater world. The Eagle flies to Shaftesbury.
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THE MERLIN THEME
This third and final series of initiations is both personal and planetary. The microcosm and the macrocosm work together in harmony. It begins in Scorpio, the point of individual regeneration, and culminates in the Phoenix of Aquarius, the temple of planetary regeneration. Avalon is the end of the journey. If you stand on Wearyall Hill at the beginning of the quest and look at the Tor, it is not far away. But to get there, you must turn your gaze away and move south, around the entire wheel of Merlin’s Round Table of the Stars. This final phase of the journey is called the Return of Merlin.
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JOSEPH OF ARIMATHEA
The ancient prophecy of Melkin states that when the mystery of the tomb of Joseph of Arimathea is revealed to the world, the global paradise will unfold. No archeological discovery would have this effect. The meaning is far more profound. The short answer to this riddle is that Joseph does not have a tomb. There is a sacred site in the Glastonbury Zodiac that can be termed Joseph’s disappearance point. It is not on a public footpath. If you go there do not disturb property owners or animals. Find the ancient New Ditch earthwork in the forest east of the horns of the Taurus bull. Emerge eastward into the open field until you find an ancient circular stone construction hidden in the grass. This is the Joseph site.
In some of the medieval Grail legends Joseph is a Guardian of the Holy Grail and mysteriously appears in solitary places to knights upon their quests. He is several hundred years old at this point. Ignore those who point to a tomb in St. John’s churchyard and say that Joseph lies there. There are many such blinds and deflections placed along the pathway to the Phoenix. Contemplate Joseph at the circular stone area and then continue the journey around the Zodiac.
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CHURCHES
Explore all the churches of the Glastonbury Zodiac and the Guardian Dogs. Be inspired by the stained glass windows, sculptures, inscriptions and architectures. Here are a few examples: Find the Spear of Destiny at Low Ham Church, unique in its lack of a cemetery. See the starry vision of Jesus the Immortal at Drayton. Visit the wonderful Pre-Raphaelite window at Huish Episcopi. Marvel at the Tor in the side window at West Pennard. Watch the sands of time run out as the Book of the Holy Grail opens on one of the legs of the Jacobean altar at St. Michael’s at Somerton. Marvel at the dragons holding up the roof and contemplate the kabalistic orders of the angels in the main window at Somerton. Investigate the Adams family at Barton St. David. There are hundreds of additional mysteries connected with the churches of the Zodiac.
Note:
It takes thousands of hours and many years to get to know every part of the Glastonbury Zodiac. The sites mentioned in this Paper are all prominent. There are many other equally evocative locations. Seek out all the chakra points of every figure. Explore all the star locations. Walk every public footpath. (Open blocked paths and maintain them.) A perfect sacred site offers a blend of earth, water, air and fire. (Sitting by a waterfall with the breeze blowing and the sun shining is an example where all four elements are present. If one element is missing, supply it, if possible.)
For more detailed information on Glastonbury and its connection with Earth Chakras see my book Voyage to Avalon - The Magick of Glastonbury - Heart Chakra of the World (available on the Books page link above).
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GLASTONBURY ZODIAC - EARTH CHAKRAS CONNECTIONS CALENDAR 2025
DATES AND TIMES
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Libra Full Moon
13 April 2025
End 00:22 GMT - UT
Glastonbury Zodiac Site = Wafer of Dove
Earth Chakras Connection = Sphinx and Great Pyramid and Mount Sinai and Mount of Olives in the Middle East
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Taurus New Moon
27 April 2025
Begin 19:31 GMT - UT
Glastonbury Zodiac Site = Hood Monument or Pleiades star site
Earth Chakras Connection = Mount Shasta in California USA
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Scorpio Full Moon Wesak - Immortals' New Year!
12 May 2025
End 16:56 GMT - UT
Glastonbury Zodiac Site = Hornblotton
Earth Chakras Connection = Mount Kailas in Tibet
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Gemini New Moon
27 May 2025
Begin 3:02 GMT - UT
Glastonbury Zodiac Site = Lollover Hill
Earth Chakras Connection = El Tule Oaxaca and Palenque in Mexico
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Sagittarius Full Moon
11 June 2025
End 7:44 GMT - UT
Glastonbury Zodiac Site = Site associated with Arthur-Centaur figure
Earth Chakras Connection = Tirta Empul Bali
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