1099 -- The first crusade
1154 - 1191 Suhrawardi, The Man of Light
1191 -- Chretien -- The Story of the Grail
Wednesday, December 30, 2015
Timeline
1099 -- The first crusade
1154 - 1191 Suhrawardi, The Man of Light
1191 -- Chretien -- The Story of the Grail
Thursday, December 17, 2015
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.
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.)
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.
Friday, December 11, 2015
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.
Wednesday, December 9, 2015
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