"And let us with caution indulge the supposition, that morality can be maintained without religion." Washington's Farewell Address
One party is less religious than the other. Lacking morality, they will do whatever is necessary to create a one party system.
"The Classic Art of the Summit Lighthouse." I wrote this 1 1/2 years ago for the Summit Lighthouse. It was for TSL Now. The article kept growing. Lots of pictures to format. The people who could do it were doing 3 other jobs. We're still looking for a place for it. As a temporary measure I've posted it at my website. By the way you'll learn stuff you never knew you didn't know. Wm
A doctor who studied the science of near-death experiences has revealed the dark reasons more people who almost died saw a terrifying vision of hell than is generally believed. According to New Zealand-based scientist and author Dr Orson Wedgwood, only ten to 20 percent of people who are clinically declared dead, meaning their heart stopped beating, ever have an out-of-body experience and allegedly see the afterlife. Out of this group, just a small portion claimed that their experience was negative, with half of these individuals saying they ended up in a realm that seemed like hell. However, Wedgwood told the Daily Mail those figures are likely incorrect, with more people who nearly died having out-of-body experiences and many more being sent to hell and encountering demonic imagery. Wedgwood said: 'Some people may not report them because they are ashamed, or some may not remember due to dissociative amnesia, [that is] the experience was so horrific the brain stops them remembering it to avoid reliving the trauma.' He said that this may also explain why younger people are much more likely to recall their near-death experiences (NDEs). 'Dissociative amnesia due to the experiences being so bad may mean that as people age they are more likely to have a negative experience but are unable to remember - this is psychological not physiological.' Despite science not being able to prove the afterlife exists, Wedgwood said his research has led him to believe that NDEs are very real experiences, and believes it would be dangerous to discount negative NDEs, as they may be our first visions of hell itself. ...
Editor:
I always suspected that this is the case. People are too ashamed, horrified or block it out. For some, the fear of what can happen after death might be just what they need to straighten out and fly right. The curious thing is that you don't have to be a bad person to go to hell or purgatory. You can be a good person too. All you have to be is an atheist or maybe even an agnostic. Howard Storm was a good person but an atheist. He died and didn't bother to look up. He didn't know where to go. Some helpful little critters showed up and offered to take him to the place he needed to be. He found out after descending with them that they were little demons. When they got to purgartory, they were no longer friendly. He wrote a book about it called, "My Descent into Hell."
Coeur De Lion:
The Journals of Richard the Lionheart
Amazon description: Richard the Lionheart has long been considered the greatest heroic figure in the history of the Christian world. Born as the third son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, he became King of England and ruler of the Angevin Empire at the age of thirty-two, following the deaths of his two elder brothers. Already established as Europe’s finest soldier, he undertook the Third Crusade to come to the aid of Jerusalem, which had recently fallen to Saladin. Richard’s epic military and strategic achievements in confronting Saladin’s vast armies on his home soil were repeatedly punctuated by the acts of extraordinary personal courage, which made him a legend. From the age of fifteen, at his father’s instruction, Richard had kept a series of journals recording all of the personal aspects of his daily life. On his death, according to his instructions, the journals passed to his wife Berengaria. She was buried clasping the journals to her chest. For over seven hundred years the journals lay entombed with her in a crypt in a French abbey. Then, following the Nazi invasion of France in 1940, Berengaria’s grave was opened and the journals were removed and secretly taken to Germany to a private collection. Historians and academics have wondered for centuries why Richard did certain things, but only now can we gain a genuine understanding of the events that drove him to act in the way that he did. Now published for the first time, these journals provide a unique, personal insight into the legend of the man universally known in his own time as the ‘greatest king who ever lived'.Kirkus Reviews:"In this historical novel, Tate envisions the many triumphs and passions of Richard the Lionheart.The author frames her story as six volumes of the polarizing king’s journal, concluding with his last letter to his queen,Berengaria. Richard narrates throughout, beginning with his early status as Duke of Aquitaine, the tensions between hisfather, Henry II, and Thomas Becket, the adviser whom Henry would infamously murder, and his own lengthy rebellionagainst his father. In early adulthood, Richard asserts his authority by engaging in jousting tournaments, exactingvengeance on rapists and mercenaries, and mounting his first military campaign against Henry in Paris, with King Louis VIIof France. Although Richard eventually acknowledges the supremacy of his father’s rule, he also does what Henry couldnot, capturing the “unassailable” fortress at Taillebourg in France. Tate’s book is as much a romance as a thriller,particularly when Richard speaks of Berengaria; when they first meet, he reflects, “I am not sure how long we stood there,staring at each other.” His dedication to her is constant, and when she becomes pregnant with their child, the knowledgebuoys Richard through later military campaigns. Over the course of the novel, Richard captures the French commune ofGorre, defeats Isaac Comnenus of Cyprus, and forges a memorable truce with the sultan Saladin, ultimately emergingvictorious in the Third Crusade. In the gritty conclusion, Richard meets his prolonged death at the hands of a mockingarcher when gangrene from a crossbow-bolt wound spreads; he recounts in the final entry that he knows his deathapproaches and that “we cannot amputate my back.” A postscript describes the later lives of several main characters,adding depth to an already rich narrative. In thoroughly detailed prose, Tate pays careful attention to Richard’s personalityand perspective, dwelling on both his thunderous moods and softer emotional connections. Overall, she crafts the king as asympathetic character whom readers will root for—a classic figure with a somewhat modernist twist.An adroit depiction of an adventurous life." Editor: The original language has been changed to sound modern. It's a little disconcerting especially if you are interested in Richard the Lionheart. Too bad this author decided to do that.
Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle.
Be our protection against wickedness and snares of the devil.
May God rebuke him we humbly pray;
and do thou, O Prince of the Heavenly host,
by the power of God, thrust into hell Satan and all evil spirits
who wander through the world for the ruin of souls.
Amen.
An additional story: I called Tom Miller the other day (7/7). He told me about an incredible meeting he had with an Indian Hindu family at OfficeMax. I think he used the word miracle too. A woman was there with her mom and daughter. The little girl was quite young, 4 to 5 years old. Tom is fearless when it comes to talking to strangers about spiritual subjects. One place he intereacts with people is at OfficeMax. He brings quite a few pictures of his art to be printed. Inevitably he strikes up a conversations with people who are interested. The little girl loved his elemental picture so he gave it to here. Then as the girl stepped back, admiring her new picture, he pulled out his new Serapis Bey picture. The girl was about 10 ft. away. When she saw that picture not knowing who the portrait was of, she ran to Tom, grabbed the portrait and hugged it close to her chest. Think about that for a moment.
I am reminded of sayings like,'out of the mouths of babes,' and 'a little child shall lead them.' And it is said that a picture of an individual at age 4 or 5 is the most accurate picture of the soul.
Elizabeth Clare Prophet from 12/30/77:
“I will never forget how impressed I was by this law [that a master can place his electronic presence on a picture.] on the day of the baptism of one of our children. It was in Washington, D.C., at a conference. I was carrying a child who was just a few weeks old. Mark was at the platform as the Messenger.
“ "There was a picture of El Morya on the altar. It was a very large portrait, and Morya was there for the baptism of the child. Mark instructed me to carry the child before the picture. I came and stood with the child about two and a half feet away from the picture. Then Mark said to me, "Come closer to the picture."
“"I moved up to about a foot away. Then Mark repeated, "Come closer" until I had the child about six inches away from the Master's picture. Then the ceremony began.
"It was one of the greatest lessons of my life. I realized that El Morya was projecting certain energies of his consciousness through the forcefield of that picture, and a certain proximity was necessary for the intensity of the transfer of energy.” “
I suspect that this little Indian girl received a blesssing from the Hierarch of the Ascension Temple at the northern edge of Tucson, at an OfficeMax no less, that will last a very long time. But it doesn't end there, she got to take the picture home with her.
Paperback – August 1, 2024
by Elizabeth Clare Prophet (Author)
Pre-order $21.95 From Amazon: This book stands with respect on the shoulders of four centuries of Francis Bacon’s biographers, referencing historical and cipher inquiries about his noble person and transcendent body of work, but pushing further to ask: Did his vision for the ages, the Great Instauration, die with him?
The premise of the fine, foregoing biographies has been to discern and explain the secrets of a great, historic personality, perhaps the world’s greatest genius, from a fixed birthdate to a fixed date of death. The less conventional premise of this book is to explain the context of the life of the person, Francis Bacon, as one crucial chapter within a long continuity of lifetimes, yet unending.
Francis, and those closest to him, manifested the beginning of the Great Instauration in the form of an extraordinary array of civilization-building services, sacrificially, under persecution, for the love of humanity and the latent divinity within the people. Francis’ conclave of literary men saw themselves as brothers, demonstrating a constructive vision and true charity, outside the churches which had suppressed as heresy what the people needed to know about nature and themselves.
How did twelve-year old Francis see the need and then generate the beneficial concept of the Great Instauration, meaning the restoration of a golden age of abundance, a paradise lost? This would require prior knowledge and likely actual eng was reading Ascendedagement in such a civilization. Why was it lost? Why did he persevere under Job-like trials to produce a legacy of enlightenment he knew would only bear fruit long after his passing? And, is a soul of this magnitude lost forever to humanity at his passing? None of these questions can be answered entirely by original source documents, especially when for safety’s sake Francis deliberately hid or obscured the records of that lifetime.
To answer the questions, the scope of Elizabeth Clare Prophet’s biography of Francis Bacon honors the existing body of documented research and then necessarily expands the lens of discovery to summarize a continuous chain of prior lives, the lifestream of this soul.
Visions of the Sacred Heart of Jesus: 4 Mystical Messages to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque-6/14 EWTN Great Britain, ... Second Revelation: July 2, 1674 – Feast of the Visitation St. Margaret Mary Alacoque: “The Divine Heart was presented to me in a throne of flames, more resplendent than a sun, transparent as crystal, with this adorable wound. And it was surrounded with a crown of thorns, signifying the punctures made in it by our sins, and a cross above signifying that from the first instant of
His Incarnation…” “My Divine Master revealed to me that it was His ardent desire to be known, loved and honored by men, and His eager desire to draw them back from the road to perdition, along which Satan is driving them in countless numbers, that induced Him to manifest His Heart to men with all the treasures of love, mercy, grace, sanctification and salvation that It contains.” “This Heart of God must be honored under the form of His heart of flesh, whose image He wanted exposed, and also worn on me and on my heart. “He promised to pour out into the hearts of all those who honor the image of His Heart all the gifts it contains in fullness, and for all those who would wear this image on their persons He promised to imprint His love on their hearts and to destroy all unruly inclinations. “Everywhere this holy image was exposed to be honored, He would pour fourth His graces and blessings. This blessing was, as it were, a final effort of His love. He wanted to bestow upon men during these final centuries such loving redemption in order to snatch them from the control of Satan, whom He intended to destroy.” ...
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I Died & Saw Earth’s Timeline! We’re THIS CLOSE to THE END…-6/9 It's kind of long but worth it.
The 100 Greatest Spiritual Books of All Time. Reverse Spins,
Greatest means the higher truths as well as the greatest impact on the world, a nation, population or the youth. As with any list of this kind, there are going to be 5 to 10 books that you think should be on this list. We may even agree with you. If so, we are going to have to subtract an equal number of books.
We will get to the great historical works, but we’d like to begin with the year 1875, when the Ascended Masters stepped forward for the first time in a very, very long time. They were preparing the world for the Aquarian Age and the new hierarch for the next 2,000 years, Saint Germain.
The year of 1875 was a pivotal year in spiritual history and astrology. This was the time that the old Occult Law was able to be set aside and all seekers on earth received a great gift of freedom and enlightenment. Previously, these teachings were only available in mystery schools for worthy disciples. Key spiritual teachings started to be released in the late 1800’s and then accelerated in the 1930’s and ever since. You will find many of these treasures here. We begin then, with Theosophy and three of their best:
1. The Secret Doctrine, the one, the only, the classic, but a difficult read.
2. The Masters and the Path, by C.W. Leadbeater. Great teachings from Leadbeater and the masters.
3. The Mahatma Letters, by A.P. Sinnett. Learn how intimate the masters can be. ... >>> More
The Greatest Story Never Told: How the Knights Templar created Europe's first nation-state and a home for the Grail-6/29 View Zone review of Freddy Silva's book.
In 1159 the first king of Portugal, Afonso Henriques, placed a mysterious seal on a charter that awarded the Knights Templar one third of his new, hard-won territory -- an extraordinary move for a new monarch. On this strip of land the Templars would erect they most famous and lasting monuments: the Mother of All Churches dedicated to Mary Magdalene, and a rotunda with no door; visitors accessed the interior of the building via a secret chamber used for the investiture of new knights, or to administer the inner brotherhood's most secret rite, the 'raising of the dead'. The king of Portugal's seal on the Charter of Ceras awarding the Templars a third of the country. But why does it read PORTUG-R-AL ? The king's seal contains an anagram and reveals why the Templars were awarded this territory and why they patiently waited forty years to receive it. Secret societies love their symbols because, just like parables, to the casual viewer they convey one message while to the initiate of the Mysteries they conceal another.
At first sight the seal with its scrambled letters form the word PORTUGAL. To the esoteric reader it reveals something altogether deeper, an added R, PORTU-GRAL. But to an initiate it reads, in Portuguese, POR TU O GRAL: "Through You The Grail." Is it possible the Templars inherited one-third of Portugal under unusual circumstances and there deposited their most famous artifact?
To understand how we got to this point we must first return to the moment when the Templars became an official order. In 1118 a new king of Jerusalem was chosen, Baudoin de Bourcq. Barely had Baudoin gotten used to his newly appointed seat when he received a visit from Hugues de Payen and Godefroi de Saint-Omer, as though the two proto-Templars were presenting their credentials. Whatever Hugues and Godefroi pitched the new king it sold him, and soon after, a small, close-knit group of knights moved into premises on Temple Mount to became officially known as the Knights Templar.
This is the official historical record. But new evidence shows that, seven years earlier, the Templars were already present and materially active in another land two thousand miles to the west, and through their intervention, this secret endeavour became their greatest accomplishment -- the creation of Europe's first independent nation-state.
It's the close of the 11th century. There is no France, no Spain, and the German states are largely under the tutelage of the Holy Roman Empire. After riding west to help the Castillian king reclaim his lands from the Moors, a knight named Henri of Burgundy inherits the Atlantic port city of Porto Cale and its surrounding territory -- the small county of Portucale -- whereupon Henri changes his name, in Portuguese, to Count Dom Henrique. He had barely time to enjoy his new status when he was asked to set sail for Jerusalem, arriving just after its conquest by Crusaders. Little did Dom Henrique know that his decision to sail to Palestine would mark a pivotal moment in the history of his newly-acquired land, for the people he'd meet in Jerusalem would one day shape the destiny of his tiny territory. ...
Watch These Westerns Before Wokeness Cancels Them-1/7 Reverse Spins, by William House. I once read an article maybe 20 years ago about Russian Jews escaping the Bolsheviks in the early 1900's. Some of them settled in New Jersey. They got into the film making business where it was already thriving thanks to the likes of Thomas Edison and others. As a reaction to communism that they witnessed first hand, they focused on what they considered was good and noble in their new country. They chose to make Westerns. This medium could best express those ideals.
The way things are going, it is only a matter of time before Wokeness and the Cancel Culture targets Westerns.
Here then are the Westerns you should watch before Netflix, TNT and Amazon Prime make them disappear: ... More
Christian Rosenkreutz
The Esoteric Origins of Freemasonry, the Rosicrucians and the Lost Symbols Of Ancient Egypt-4/14 By William C. House, Reverse Spins
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"The critics can go to hell. We don't know half enough about Lord Bacon." —Frederich Nietzsche
----------------------------------------------------------------- ... THE PROPHECY OF PARACELSUS, AND THE UNIVERSAL REFORMATION OF THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD.
From: The Real History of the Rosicrucians by Arthur Edward Waite [1887]
Quod utilius Deus patefieri sinet, quod autem majoris momenti est, vulgo adhuc latet usque ad Eliæ Artistæ adventum, quando is venerit. "God will permit a discovery of the highest importance to be made, it must be hidden till the advent of the artist Elias." In the first chapter of the same work, he says:--Hoc item verum est nihil est absconditum quod non sit retegendum; ideo, post me veniet cujus magnale nundum vivit qui multa revelabit. "And it is true, there is nothing concealed which shall not be discovered; for which cause a marvellous being shall come after me, who as yet lives not, and who shall reveal many things."
These passages have been claimed as referring to the founder of the Rosicrucian order, and as prophecies of this character are usually the outcome of a general desire rather than of an individual inspiration, they are interesting evidence that then as now many thoughtful people were looking for another saviour of society. At the beginning of the seventeenth century "a great and general reformation," says Buhle,--a reformation far more radical and more directed to the moral improvement of mankind than that accomplished by Luther,--"was believed to be impending over the human race, as a necessary forerunner to the day of judgment." ... Was Christian Rosenkreutz a real person?
... I have come upon some new information that has changed my mind regarding the origins of Rosicrucianism. In some unpublished remarks of Mark Prophet and Elizabeth Clare Prophet, they both stated that Saint Germain was Christian Rosenkreutz. Mark said it first. ECP said it again in 1996. Now it is possible, since Saint Germain was Sir Francis Bacon, that they meant Bacon wrote the Rosicrucian texts. But they didn't clarify that, they said he was Rosenkreutz.
Manly P. Hall did not believe Christian Rosenkreutz was a real person. On the other hand, the more intuitive Rudolph Steiner did. In fact, to his credit, Steiner recognized that the Count of Saint Germain is the avatar for the Aquarian Age. Other than an inner confirmation, the only proof he offers is the decorations and artwork in Karlštejn Castle outside of Prague built by Charles IV (1347-1378). Many, he says were inspired by Rosicrucian principles. ...
A Jewel at the Heart of Quantum Physics-1/17 Quanta Magazine, By Natalie Walchover; Physicists have discovered a jewel-shaped geometric object that challenges the notion that space and time are fundamental constituents of nature.
Physicists have discovered a jewel-like geometric object that dramatically simplifies calculations of particle interactions and challenges the notion that space and time are fundamental components of reality. “This is completely new and very much simpler than anything that has been done before,” said Andrew Hodges, a mathematical physicist at Oxford University who has been following the work. The revelation that particle interactions, the most basic events in nature, may be consequences of geometry significantly advances a decades-long effort to reformulate quantum field theory, the body of laws describing elementary particles and their interactions. Interactions that were previously calculated with mathematical formulas thousands of terms long can now be described by computing the volume of the corresponding jewel-like “amplituhedron,” which yields an equivalent one-term expression.
“The degree of efficiency is mind-boggling,” said Jacob Bourjaily, a theoretical physicist at Harvard University and one of the researchers who developed the new idea. ...
