Ritual
is given to us as an opportunity to re-align ourselves with
Source. How can we make ourselves available for Spirit God's
guidance? It's 'all in the timing' when it comes to the
invocation of Universal Creation...
Ritual -
"any practice, service or procedure done as a rite
(from base ar-, meaning to join and to fit), especially at regular
intervals. A prescribed form (meaning shape,
figure or image); or any formal, customary observance, practice
or procedure."
 We
know that the hour is broken up into 60 minutes, and the minute
into 60 seconds. Few people realize that the second is broken
up into 60, the basic frequency of all AC electrical currents.
This constant, humming presence of AC electrical and magnetic
fields often sets the tone of our modern lifestyles.
This is why many of us are instinctively led to drop it all,
cell phones included, and get "off the grid" for perspective
and healing in nature. This is symbolic of the movement toward
'ritual time'.
What we choose to do regularly and formally
is what we 'worship' with our time and energies. Is our experience
of time always defined by the Gregorian calendar, the seven
day 'workweek' of Babylon wheeling and dealing? When do we give
ourselves the chance to experience the timeless? What thoughts
and sounds fill our acoustic environment? How do we use our
time and energy? Ritual can be a wonderful opportunity to alter
our fundamental experience of time and space.
When folks gather at regular intervals, and
join with the intention of holding space for Creation's Guidance
to come through, then we have an experience of 'ritual
time', and there comes to conciousness a ritual ‘'sweet
spot' where the whole becomes greater than the sum of the parts.
This is made possible by the law of resonance: “"Where
two or more gather in God's name, here It is."
Ritual
Form
What is the form or format of our ritual?
For example, in most schools (one of our most pervasive and
regular societal rituals), the form is the ever familiar group
of subjects lead by a single authority figure. This format pretty
much dictates what role Spirit will play in the classes. Ritual
is formal, too, in that it takes a format to invite Creation
in. The format is like a container which we shape with intention.
The content is what comes through from Spirit.
The four directions is the
foundation of ritual because we can all agree where they are.
They also are common to both the 12 directions of the zodiac
and the 8 directions of earth. When we perform earthly rites,
they usually take place at "morning, noon and night",
when the sun is at each of the four directions. The 12 hour
clock is visually offset from the motion of the sun, and so
serves to assist our forgetting of the original "watches"
of the day.
The "8 watches of the day"
are the original daily time measurement. These include the midpoint
times of 9am, 3pm, 9pm & 3am (when the sun is at SE, SW,
NE & NW). A ritual clock then would follow the sun over
a 24 hour day, with the main timing markers coming every three
hours.
The circadian rhythm is broken
up into eight watches for a good reason: because the Earth's
magnetic field is 8-directional in nature. This fact was known
and incorporated into the traditional Egyptian 8-house system
called, in Greek, the Octotopos (the
forerunner to the 12-house system of modern astrology). The
Chinese trigrams of the I Ching (feng-shui)
and the Northern European rune-based tradition
also both divided the horizon into 8 sections. The Essene and
pagan calendars also share this eight-directional cycle, and
it is integral to the Tibetan Buddhist sand mandalas. (The Harbin
Temple was also built with 16 roof members in alignment with
this Earthly energy field).
The fact that the magnetosphere of Earth is
based on the sacred harmonic of the 8 is borne out by:
 The
Neap Tide Cycle
Many surfers & sailors know how ocean tides
in a given location shift in an 8-phase daily cycle
of peaks and valleys. This ebb and flow depends on the relative
angle of the moon and sun as they enter the eight directions
in the earth's magnetic field. And this cycle mirrors the 8-phases
of the monthly tidal cycle that most of us are familiar with,
with peak influence felt when the sun and moon are at the cardinal
directions, and least when they are at the semi-cardinal directions.
 The
Studies of Gauquelin
The ground-breaking research of French statistician
Michel Gauquelin, which is some of the best evidence for astrology,
shows that planets are also at their peak influence
when at the cardinal directions, and at there most diminished
influence when at the semi-cardinal directions. He studied the
location of Mars in 500 athlete's birth charts, and found that
it was much more common for them to have Mars at the cardinal
directions than at the semi-cardinal directions. The 'Gauquelin
Plus Zones' were created to highlight these peak 'windows',
or portals of influence in the electro-magnetic field. The chart
here shows earth from over the north pole.
The Channelings
of Edgar Cayce
The revolutionary channelings on astrology
by Edgar Cayce amazingly echo much of Gauquelin's findings.
They also point to the cardinal directions (and the areas just
beyond them) as being of prime importance when looking at a
chart, especially the ascendant and midheaven. Planets on these
directions are said to indicate where a soul has sojourned between
lives and are considered to be as important as one's Sun sign.
The
Moon's Role in this Healing Project
The moon, which was originally orbiting a planet
further out in our solar system, was pulled into orbit here
by Galactic Space technology in order to create a balanced environment
for cultivating liveable topography on the outside of earth.
It is also balanced in between the astral and etheric planes
of the heavenly abode. The establishment of a heavenly abode
here by ETI has been the greatest gift for souls who have fallen
into mortal mind and need a place to incarnate thru.
The moon governs the flow of 'Ida' energies
of PSI time-light, with the sun's 'pingala' energies, in balance
with the 'shoshumna' energies. Emotional triggers we carry from
past lives and from our ancestors are recorded in our body's
charkas as etheric cognition switches that can be accessed yogically
and most readily during certain alignments of the moon. So it
becomes very helpful for groups to observe the moon both as
a karma yoga rite, and a tantra yoga rite. The 'moon sabbath'
is observed on each quarter phase of the Moon, and a day of
rest the day after. This is ‘'Tantric Calendrics', where
we make a conscious re-connection to the moon and her governance
of our sexual, emotional and karmic growth cycles.
 The
Moon's Influence
The moon cycle (the sun and moon's relationship to earth) governs
the ocean's tides (including all water on earth and in our bodies)
and the emotional, sexual and growth cycles of animals and humans.
And during new and full moons, the Earth's magnetosphere is
charged with an increase in positive ions and electrical potential.
Body electricity rises and additional seratonin is manufactured,
speeding up the heart beat and increasing circulation. This
leads to increases in: dream and muscle activity during sleep,
ovulation, fertilization, sexual activity, and birth rates.
Also, admissions to psychiatric hospitals and emergency rooms,
bleeding and hemorrhaging during surgery, epileptic convulsions,
asthma attacks, murders, robberies, assaults, arson, etc. all
increase. This is not to mention the unmeasurable 'werewolf'
effect, etc.
What
Causes 'Lunatic' Behaviors?
The seven-day week, even though it is regularly at odds with
the cycle of the moon, is ritually and religiously observed
by modern culture, which worships the weekend as if it were
a holiday. By setting our work schedules, play times and especially
our sacred activities by this artificially enforced cycle, it
is left to chance whether we have a forum for consciously processing
these often intense lunar energies. And the moons energies must
be absorbed and channeled into our lives, whether we are aware
of it or not. When channeled unconsciously, the energies often
come through in disruptive ways and lead to 'lunatic' behaviors,
depression and psychosis. This 'dis-ease' is all held in cycle
by the ritual observance of the Gregorian calendar's 7 day week.
Even the Mayan calendar is based on the 'sidereal' moon of 28
days, and each 'month' is set with no correlation to the observable
moon cycle.
Synchronizing
the Moon and Earth Ritual
 To
synchronize the circadian rhythm (Earth based timing) with the
lunar rhythm, it can be powerful to hold Moon rituals at certain
times of day. Since the four cardinal directions are such powerful
energy portals in the earth's electro-magnetic field, planets
and constellations at any of the four corners are greatly magnified
in their influence. During the cardinal phases of the moon,
the solar and lunar energies enter these portals in exactly
equal amounts, making certain times of day extremely potent
for ritual:
The
New Moon can be felt in her power at
Midnight, when below and to the North.
The
1st Quarter Moon can be felt in her power at Noon,
when to the East.
The
Full Moon can be felt in her power at Midnight,
when above and to the South.
The
3rd Quarter Moon can be felt in her power at Noon,
when to the West.
 The
tilt of the earth's axis, relative to the ecliptic of the sun,
creates the seasonal yearly cycles, as the earth spins around
the sun, moving us closer in the summer and farther in the winter.
This circle is marked by 4 cardinal (quarter) holidays and 4
semi-cardinal (cross-quarter) holidays. These are important
seasonal pivot points, and have been ritual high-holidays for
aeons. These times of year are opportunities to transmute karma,
realign with Spirit and celebrate with our communities.
With the amount of (often meaningless) holidays now scheduled
into the Gregorian Calendar for people, it can be difficult
to remember to follow the yearly solar rites. To get a better
idea of how to attune to these 'pagan high-holidays' energetically,
check out the table of Ritual Correspondences below,
which are drawn from the 8 seasonal archetypes as reflected
in various traditions:
Mayan Seal: Ix, year-bearer of the north
- secrecy, darkness, isolation, fear, hidden knowledge.
White signs suggestive of mystery, contradiction, difficulty.
Chinese Trigram: Kan (clouds):
danger, anxiety, depth, mystery.
Astroligical Sign: Capricorn - formality,
coldness, difficulty, loss.
Nordic Rune: Jara - cyclicality,
completion, orderliness, harvest, end and beginning.
Jungian Temperament: The melancholic; sad
and depressed.
'Groundhog Day' - halfway between Winter Solstice
and Vernal Equinox.
Mayan Seal: Caban, the year-bearer of
the east - power, creation, life, emergence. Red signs of
initiation, considered to be positive, forceful, powerful,
fertile and abundant.
Chinese Trigram: Chen
(thunder) - arousing activity, excitement, growth and expansion.
Astroligical Sign: Aries - initiating,
forceful, headstrong, pioneering.
Nordic Rune: Beorc, Birkana - new beginnings,
the point at which the play of life begins.
Jungian Temperament: The choleric; hot,
easily aroused.
Halfway between Vernal Equinox and Summer Solstice.
Mayan Seal: Eb, the year-bearer of the
south - affirmation of life, nature, fertility, healing,
emotion, feeling.
Chinese Trigram: Li (fire/sun/lightning)
- clarity, consciousness and illumination.
Astroligical Sign: Cancer - food, nature,
family, domestic security, birth.
Nordic Rune: Dag - the end of one cycle
and beginning of next, the door between the rising half
of the year and the declining half, the balance of the polarities,
high noon, midsummer.
Jungian Temperament: The phlegmatic; slow
and impassive.
Halfway between Summer Solstice and Autumnal Equinox.
Mayan Seal: Manik, the year-bearer of
the west - social reality, family, group, cooperation. Blue
signs of submergence, internalization of feelings, resurrection,
and social ritual.
Chinese Trigram: Tui (the
lake) - satisfaction, fullness, openness, calmness, dispersion.
Astroligical Sign: Libra - balance, harmony,
cooperation, peace, partnership.
Nordic Rune: Ken - the return indoors,
starting the hearth fire, illumination, regeneration through
death, seeing through the dark. Ken means "to know
or understand."
Jungian Temperament: The sanguine; confident
and optimistic.
'Halloween' - halfway between Autumnal Equinox
and Winter Solstice.
 Earth's
magnetic field is continually 'buffeted' by solar winds (pictured),
or plasmic energy emissions, which ebb and flow in 11 year 'sunspot'
cycles based on the shifting polarity of the sun. This harmonic
is held in place by the 11-12 year orbit of Jupiter and Saturn.
This sun is in a state of 'dis-ease,' relative
to other inhabited stars, and has been isolated from the rest
of the Galactic logos. This time warp or dispensation period
would come to an end at a predestined time, and souls would
be reborn of the Galactic family during a particular re-alignment
of the Solar System with the Galactic Center. Our own sun's
journey around the Galactic Center is marked by the 12 ages
of the Annus Magnus or 'great year' of 29+ thousand years. This
is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius, which marks the 'Summer
Solstice' of the galactic year.
 Our
Galactic Center (pictured here in an infrared photo) is home
to the Galactic Command Space Complex, which has 24 Galactic
Worlds (including Andromeda and Altamira, the Headquarters of
the Galactic Command) that orbit closely to the Great Central
Sun.
We are being delivered at this time back into
the Galactic Family, as the apparent duality of Leo/Aquarius
(autocracy vs. community) is synthesized into a totally New
Age on earth, the likes of which have not been seen here since
the Pyramid Temple Cities of the Eden Period. That was the main
rite of passage for most of the souls here on earth, 16 billion
of whom were redeemed at that time. Now, our culminating rite
of passage redeems the remaining 8 billion souls and
delivers the whole planet (renamed placentia: planet of plenty
and rebirth) into the Galactic Age of abundance and sharing.
The shift of the ages is highlited by the 'mutual
reception' of the ruling planets of Pisces to Aquarius residing
in eachother's zodiacal signs. This calls humanities karma around
the Piscean Age, and all the old world recordings around martyrdom
and judgement, to be transmuted into the era of forgiveness
and autonomous sef-governance.
"Our circle is open, yet
unbroken..."
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