Hermes and Krater

The Grail

"Raising themselves to that height, they see the Good. And having seen the Good, they deem the sojourn here on earth a thing to be deplored; and having scorned all beings corporeal and incorporeal, they press on to reach the One-and-Only." -- Corpus Hermeticum, IV

Hermes, who wrote in advance of the Christian story, spoke of the Krater, a symbolic vessel descending from heaven, from the One-and-Only, in which those who will can immerse themselves (or drink from) and receive "a share of gnosis" [the knowledge of God].

"He filled a great Krater with intellect, and sent it down to earth; and he appointed a herald, and bade him make proclamation to the hearts of men: `Dip yourself in this Krater, you who are able; you who believe that you will ascend to Him who sent this Krater down; you who know for what purpose you have been born.' " -- Corpus Hermeticum, IV

He reflects that most do not do so "since their temper is in a state of passion and anger."

"Nay, the vision of the Good is not a thing of fire, as are the sun's rays; it does not blaze down upon us and force us to close our eyes; it shines forth much or little according to the capacity of him who can receive the inflow of the intelligible radiance." -- Corpus Hermeticum, X, (my emphasis)

In one sense, we are the vessel, the cup; hence my emphasis above on our own capacity. We cannot be filled unless we are empty. Empty of greed (lust, desire) and hostility (anger). Empty of wanting what we do not have. Empty of not wanting what we do have. Empty of stupor (ignore-ance). Empty of "the world's" agenda.

Any warrior worthy of the name is on a Grail (Krater) quest, this spiritual receptacle that "comes down from heaven" into which one dives and is bathed, cleansed of all impurity; the cup from which one drinks, satisfying the aching thirst that has plagued one all this earthly life.

All Grail knights (warriors of spirit) both look for and look to become the Grail, the Krater.

uncertainty

The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle states that the act of observation disturbs what is observed so that what is observed cannot be known for certain (if you observe the position, you cannot know the momentum, and vice versa). We seem to be disturbers of the Cosmos. How can we develop, open to a different process of observation so that we can truly see? Or is it more likely the case that this is our role? The uncertainty we help create allows room for new creation, for creativity. All our observations are fraught with uncertainty, though many, perhaps most of us pretend otherwise.

Goal

Goal: To express the Gyroscopic Model of the Grail in simple and clear language so that it can be understood intellectually and to provide experiential exercises so that it can be grasped intuitively and physically.

viable comprehension

Continuing to see that the Gyroscopic Model of the Grail that is developing is not just a little story for entertainment but a viable comprehension of our role as humans in the Cosmos, and who/what God is.

The Healing of Human Consciousnes: The Novice, The Wounded, The Grail, and The Hidden

Preface

The Grail Story

Perceval: The Novice

The Fisher King: The Wounded

The Grail Procession

The Grail

The Hidden
-- References to Hidden in other works
   (Brian Swimme, Nicolescu, ?)
-- Photon (quantum of action)

Gyroscope As Model

Condensing and Expanding
(See Arthur Young)

Circulation of the Light

Radiant Breathing

Working Title

The Healing of Human Consciousnes: The Novice, The Wounded, The Grail, and The Hidden -- Current working title of Grail book that is writing itself through me.

A Proof of God

Arthur Young: The photon, which cannot be observed, births mass, length and time -- a proof of God. Arthur is the inventor of the Bell Helicopter. He said he wanted to take his ideas and produce something tangible so folk would more likely listen to what he was saying. Took him 12 years, then he started publishing and lecturing on his philosophical framework, his conceptual view which is based upon both quantum and classical physics.

Stepping Through

It is not so much the stepping DOWN as the hierarchical models of consciousness present (such as the Kabbalah and Corbin's Angelology), though these models have their value, but the stepping THROUGH presented by a holographic model of consciousness (which I am developing in the Grail book). The Hidden steps through to Here continuously.

How to serve

On the Grail. How is a Grail Knight (Warrior of Spirit) to serve? Certainly not by sitting in the Enchanted Castle with the Wounded Elite eating sumptuous food and waking the next morning with no one around, not even a note on the pillow saying "I hope it was as good for you as it was for me" and "Don't let the door slam on your ass as you go out" (which it did of course). No. The Grail Knight serves by opening to the Radiant Light Energies of the Grail as it circulates from the Hidden, to and through the Heart again and again, bringing the Powers of the Hidden to the Daily Journeying.

Healing Powers of the Grail

The Healing Powers of the Grail are Capaciousness, Light, Awareness, Laughter, Surrender, Prayer. Each of these words represents a deep experience beyond their surface meaning.

Fear, Desire, Insight

Fear (Wounded King) and Desire (Quester) dispelled by Insight
See Christy Rodgers

"Before he died, our ironic hero Albert left us with a final summation of his ultimate understanding of life: Imagination is More Important Than Knowledge. And that is why I tell this story as a cosmic fable. The power of myth is the power of metaphor, which is the ancient mechanism of association that creates insight. (You could rephrase Albert’s dictum to say that Insight is More Important Than Knowledge.)"

Most people live, whether physically, intellectually or morally, in a very restricted circle of their potential being. They make use of a very small portion of their possible consciousness, and of their soul's resources in general, much like a man who, out of his whole bodily organism, should get into a habit of using and moving only his little finger. Great emergencies and crises show us how much greater our vital resources are than we had supposed.
Read more at http://www.notable-quotes.com/j/james_william_ii.html#YTQfPUEH1JhFAEZD.99

The Cup

On the eve of his being taken prisoner, tortured, and crucified, Jesus prayed, "If you will, let this cup pass from me." What cup? You know what the cup is. You have been drinking of it since you assumed human form. The cup of betrayal, of heart-wrenching aloneness, of scorn, of neglect, of abandonment. We drink of this cup, down to its bitter dregs. This is the nature of being human.

What is this cup? A cup is form and capaciousness. What it holds, its contents, varies. The cup is transformed by its contents. Hurtful, scornful, angry, fearful contents acidify the cup. The cup is nailed to the cross of space and time. We are this cup.

What is this cup? This cup is form and capaciousness. What fills the cup transforms the cup. The cup resurrects through capaciousness, room. Opening. Opening to the Light that births us and all that is. The Light of Awareness.

When a young boy, my heart was broken. I talked with my Mama. She said, "Son, you have a choice. You can either shut your heart down to protect yourself and be bitter angry. You can keep your heart open no matter the pain." I chose the latter though at times I feel it slamming shut.

I then pray what Jesus added: "Yet not as I will, but as You will." Who is this "You?" You have to answer that for yourself. As for me, I know who You is.

The cup I drink from now is the Grail. All it contains is Light. Sure, sometimes I drink from the cup of pissedness. Then I laugh and say "What do you think you are doing?" When laughter comes, pissedness disappears. Light and Laughter go together.

So be crucified, my friends, as long as it takes. But remember, though circumstances may have put you on the cross, you are the one who keeps you there.

Grail-like Image

https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/도리천

See image in Peter Gregory's "Inquiry into the Origin of Humanity" p. 137

Timeline

1099 -- The first crusade

1154 - 1191 Suhrawardi, The Man of Light

1191 -- Chretien -- The Story of the Grail 

Sun and Son

Steiner says the the Round Table of Arthur represents the (external) focus on the Sun and the Zodiac (12 knights) as a means for bringing cosmic intelligence to Earth. The Grail story shows that this intelligence has now become a part of human evolution.

I see the Grail gyroscope as spinning at the very core of humans whose idiosyncratic tilts vary in angle with Awareness. The Grail is the Sun/Son.

how the gyroscope model was born

First, the decision was made to go to Chretien's original story. Second, in contemplating the story, recognition came that in the Enchanted Castle chamber, four parts were played: Perceval, Amfortas, the Grail procession, the Hidden. [Within the Grail procession were four entities: the Lance, the two Candelabra youth (seen as one entity), the Grail and Its Bearer, the Platter and Its Bearer.]

Awareness came that Perceval and Amfortas formed a vertical dimension (stage front and stage rear) between whom the procession passed. Thus the Procession and the Hidden became the horizontal dimension. Next, the understanding deepened that the Perceval-Amfortas energies represented materiality, the material dimension; the Procession-Hidden energies represented the spiritual dimension. Later, the circularity of each of these two energy flows became clear and took on this form (horizontal oval overlapping vertical oval).

It was not long that this form was experienced as a gyroscope with the Procession-Hidden energies forming the spinning stable center and the Perceval-Amfortas energies representing the tilt into various consciousness dimensions. Thus the model was born with which I work. (This process took place over several weeks of periodic contemplation.)

grail castle as temple

Grail Castle as Temple."What, know ye not that ye are the temple of God?" The Castle and its occupants present a state of consciousness. The Castle is a depiction of our soul, the temple of our soul. Within the Castle are the ingredients of our spiritual evolution; the stages and phases of consciousness that we must become, own move through in order to spiritually transform.

From boing boing

Explain your topic to a smart friend unfamiliar with it, record what you say, and transcribe the recording Instead of building your book from an outline, build it from an FAQ, so that you can never stray far from addressing an actual, concrete question Outline the book’s arc and each chapter’s arc not by the logic and organization of your subject but by the journey you want the reader to take, from what (you think) they currently know or believe to what you want them to know or believe. (This means you need to look closely at what your intended readers actually know and actually believe.) Work with an experienced developmental editor who will flag all your false assumptions—I see the heart of the editor's role as playing the part of an intelligent but uninformed reader

Inkblot Test

Studying the original Grail story off and on during the night and seeing that it has no Christian or Celtic or Pagan or other popular point of view allusions. These are all added in later by those with such viewpoints. The original Grail story is like a Rorschach test in which viewers reveal their own psychological frame.

Googling the Grail

About 5,670,000 results Google

Chretien's Grail Story

Chretien's Grail Story

Stone from Lucifer's Crown

Stone story

The Core of the Story

http://clark.bengalenglish.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Perceval_and_the_Holy_Grail_Passage.pdf (translated by Ruth Harwood Cline)

He told this squire to hold the sword and took his seat beside the lord, who honored him as best he might. The candles cast as bright a light
 as could be found in any manor. They chatted in a casual manner.


Out of a room a squire came, clasping 
a lance of purest white: while grasping the center of the lance, the squire walked through the hall between the fire and two men sitting on the bed.
 All saw him bear, with measured tread, the pure white lance. From its white tip a drop of crimson blood would drip and run along the white shaft and drip down upon the squire's hand, and then another drop would flow.

The knight who came not long ago beheld this marvel, but preferred not to inquire why it occurred, for he recalled the admonition
 the lord made part of his tuition, since he had taken pains to stress
 the dangers of loquaciousness. The young man thought his questions might
 make people think him impolite, and that's why he did not inquire.


Two more squires entered, and each squire held candelabra, wrought of fine 
pure gold with niello work design. The squires with candelabra fair
 were an extremely handsome pair.
At least ten lighted candles blazed
 in every holder that they raised.


The squires were followed by a maiden who bore a grail, with both hands laden. The bearer was of noble mien, well dressed, and lovely, and serene, and when she entered with the grail, the candles suddenly grew pale, the grail cast such a brilliant light,
 as stars grow dimmer in the night
 when sun or moonrise makes them fade.

A maiden after her conveyed 
a silver platter past the bed.

The grail, which had been borne ahead, was made of purest, finest gold
 and set with gems; a manifold
display of jewels of every kind, the costliest that one could find in any place on land or sea, the rarest jewels there could be, let not the slightest doubt be cast. The jewels in the grail surpassed all other gems in radiance.

They went the same way as the lance: 
they passed before the lord's bedside 
to another room and went inside.


The young man saw the maids' procession and did not dare to ask a question about the grail or whom they served; the wise lord's warning he observed, for he had taken it to heart.
 I fear he was not very smart; I have heard warnings people give: that one can be too talkative, but also one can be too still.
 But whether it was good or ill,
 I do not know, he did not ask.


The squires who were assigned the task of bringing in the water and
 the cloths obeyed the lord's command.
 The men who usually were assigned performed these tasks before they dined. They washed their hands in water, warmed, and then two squires, so I'm informed, brought in the ivory tabletop,
made of one piece: they had to stop and hold it for a while before the lord and youth, until two more
 squires entered, each one with a trestle.

The trestles had two very special, rare properties, which they contained since they were built, and which remained in them forever: they were wrought of ebony, a wood that's thought 
to have two virtues: it will not 
ignite and burn and will not rot; these dangers cause no harm nor loss. They laid the tabletop across the trestles, and the cloth above. What shall I say? To tell you of the cloth is far beyond my scope. No legate, cardinal, or pope has eaten from a whiter one.

The first course was of venison, a peppered haunch, cooked in its fat, accompanied by a clear wine that
was served in golden cups, a pleasant, delicious drink. While they were present a squire carved up the venison.
 He set the peppered haunch upon a silver platter, carved the meat, and served the slices they would eat by placing them on hunks of bread.

Again the grail passed by the bed, 
and still the youth remained reserved about the grail and whom they served. He did not ask, because he had been told so kindly it was bad
 to talk too much, and he had taken these words to heart. He was mistaken; though he remembered, he was still much longer than was suitable.


At every course, and in plain sight, the grail was carried past the knight,
 who did not ask whom they were serving, although he wished to know, observing in silence that he ought to learn
 about it prior to his return. So he would ask: before he spoke he'd wait until the morning broke, and he would ask a squire to tell, once he had told the lord farewell and all the others in his train. He put the matter off again
 and turned his thoughts toward drink and food.