Astrology

Since ancient times and across multiple civilizations, Sirius, the dog star, is located in the constellation Canis Major –  This star has been surrounded with mystery.
Esoteric teachings of all ages have invariably attributed to Sirius a special status and the star’s importance in occult symbolism is an attestation of that fact.

Artifacts of ancient civilizations have revealed that Sirius was of a great importance in mythology, astronomy,  and occultism. Mystery schools consider it to be “sun behind the sun” and, therefore, the true source of our sun’s potency. If our sun’s warmth keeps the physical world alive, Sirius is considered to keep the spiritual world alive. It is the “real light” shining in the East, the spiritual light, where as the sun illuminates the physical world.

In Ancient Civilizations like Egypt, Sirius was regarded as the most important star in the sky. In fact, it was astronomically the foundation of the Egyptians’ entire religious system. Ancient Egyptians worshipped Sirius as the goddess Sopdet, celebrating Sirius' return in the morning sky as the start of the farming season and the beginning of a new year. "Healers and teachers believe the energy coming from Sirius contains special elevating or activating energy that can help the Earth and her people evolve,". 

The Egyptian calendar system was based on the heliacal rising of Sirius that occurred just before the annual flooding of the Nile during summer. The star’s celestial movement was also observed and revered by ancient Greeks, Sumerians, Babylonians and countless other civilizations. Several researchers have claimed that the Great Pyramid of Giza was built in perfect alignment with the stars, especially Sirius. The light from these stars were said to be used in ceremonies of Egyptian Mysteries. Recent scientific discoveries relating to the Great Pyramid and its mysterious “air shafts” have lead researchers to further confirm the importance of Sirius within the pyramid. In the Pyramid initiations took place.

Symbolism is the language of the Mysteries. By Symbols men have ever sought to communicate to each other those thoughts which transcend the limitation of language. Manly Hall

A symbol is a bearer of meaning; it has a form on the one hand, and a meaning on the other. The meaning of a symbol is conventional; it is usually based on agreements that the users of the symbol once made. One symbol can carry more meaning than a thousand words. The power of a symbol is immense and we see them today mainly in logos. The uniqueness of a symbol is that it travels the world without a language barrier. That it connects cultures/people & unites people with a similar train of thought.

"In ancient civilisations and indigenous tribes it was very common to communicate by symbols, since Patriarchal religion overruled, the use of symbolism and alchemy got connected too witchcraft and we all know what happened to them. Casting out all connection to the energy of the unseen, only a male form god on a cloud and a male form priest were able to tell you divine truth. ( blasphemy)?

At every stage of civilisation, people have relied on symbolic expression, and advances in science and technology have only increased our dependence on symbols. Symbolism underwent a twentieth-century revival with the study of the unconscious. Indeed, symbolic language is considered a science and leaves an impression on the mind of man. If I recall the saying of Plato: ‘What is perceptible to the senses is the reflection of what is intelligible to the mind’; and echoed from the emerald tablets of Thoth (Tabula Smaragdina): ‘What is below is like what is above; what is above is like what is below’,  symbolism is related to polarity, linking the physical and metaphysical worlds.

I'd like to address one problem which we cannot ignore: not all human beings are on the same level of development. Even if we do not accept the idea of radical differences, or the concept of spiritual growth, -a concept which always has a touch of the esoteric about it, it is undeniable that differences of

intensity (emotion, inner life, richness of thought and feeling) and of quality (intellectual and moral education) bring about essentially different levels of thought, whether it be logical or magical thought. A fool sees not the same tree as the wise man sees. W.B.

We communicate with the world around us from the inside out "all day". Let's assume for one moment that we have a soul that lives inside our vessels, your body, how often a day do you go inside "yourself" to listen and to really connect with soul?

" To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour. There rolls the deep where grew the tree. O earth, what changes hast thou seen! There where the long street roars, hath been The stillness of the central sea. " William Blake

To refer back to the story of Inanna which was about descending into oneself, learning to let go of that which is no longer fruitful, and blossoming again. In the story, life, chaos and order come together as love and wisdom. What is it that you want to let go off, and what do you want to welcome into your life?

B.

*I had the urge to write about Inanna for a long time, but sometimes the timing is not right as the right connection did not appear. As soon as I thought of the Lions gate I saw the opportunity to bring her back to life. The goddess with her lions, Roaring by her side and protecting her.