Hephaestus

Given such a charge, no doubt he teaches us to grow food and bring it to the altar in the immortals' service - just as in the Promethean Feast at ceremonies just like those depicted on the Borghese Vase, plaques from which we have copies at Hammerwood. When the immortals disappear at a time associated with Noah's or the Deucalion flood we continue to serve the Gods by the bringing of food to the altars. The architecture of the temples symbolised these ceremonies and during the ceremonies we believed that the spirits of the Gods entered the wine and entered the sacrificial meat upon the altars (George Hersey: The lost meaning of Classical Architecture http://www.books.com/scripts/view.exe?isbn~0262580896 ). We ate the meat and drank the wine and thereby gained the spirits of the Gods inside us. Even today, in that act of remembrance of the supreme sacrifice, we still eat the body and drink the blood . . . And so in the preservation of the heritage the wisdom has been preserved in that journey through time from the days of ancient myth to the time of modern science.

In the Parthenon Frieze it's the Chairman's Vote that counts and, in winning the Chairman's vote we are able to view our pantheistic creation (Elohim in Genesis) through the eyes of our monotheistic Judaism, Christian and Moslem heritage.

In the exercise of the imagination of what we would do if we were Hephaestus, therefore, we find that everything we have ever been told in any system of faith follows and that in the ancient myths comes the wisdom to help us handle the impending moment when we discover that one of us engineers is a modern day Hephaestus.

You may be interested in an analysis in this light of the Tree of Knowledge and the Tree of Life

In the realisation through knowledge of DNA that creation is possible, if (p) is the probability of evolution, suddenly it becomes (n-1) times more probable than (p) that we are any one of the 2nd to the nth generations of creation rather than the first individual unique evolution of life from "pea soup".

In the search for extra-terrestrial communication in the aftermath of the discover of relics of life on Mars, scientists are wasting their time looking electromagnetically. Ancient sites, monuments and temples suggest that the communication used is gravitational

>I have been having an incredible dreaming-coincidence experience for over six
>years.  Many of them relate to the crop circle formations, which I have
>followed, and studied carefully.
>
>Lord John Haddington has written a number of articles about crop formations
>that seem to indicate DNA.  He theorized that the "ratchet spiral," or
>"Mercury spiral," of the Barbury Castle formation represented DNA.
>
>It was reported that the three glyphs at the corners of the triangular
>pattern had parallels in alchemical signs, corresponding with:  The North sun
>symbol and sulfer, the Southwest moon symbol and salt, and the Southeast
>Mercury spiral as quicksilver.
>
>I read that the alchemists attempted to transmute elements, such as lead into
>gold, and that they desired to create a substance that gave eternal life.
> This became focused on cinnabar, the Hell Fire Stone, which is the ore of
>mercury, murcuric sulfide.
>
>I had many coincidences related to Lord Haddington's writings, too many to
>tell here.  The latest was a dream told to me last January by a fellow at
>work.  

He dreamed of being on a spiral staircase with other mechanics and
>their toolboxes.  There was a mechanic and toolbox on each rung.  I told him
>about the "DNA repair" spoken of by the Mayan Daykeeper, Hunbatz Men, and
>some of the other similar material.
>
>About six months later, a double-helix pattern appeared, that everyone is
>calling "the DNA" crop pattern.  It had 93 circles, if you count the
>overlapped ones.  They say that there are 93 genes in humans.
>
>A few days ago, I came to some quatrains of Nostradamus, that seemed to be
>speaking of a similar symbolism.  They are in Century 4, Quatrains 28-33.  In
>Q-28, he speaks of Venus, the Sun, Mercury, and fire.  Then Q-29:
>
>"The hidden Sun eclipsed by Mercury
>will be placed only second in the heavens.
>Hermes will be made the food of Vulcan,
>the Sun will be seen pure, shining and golden."
>
>In Q-30, he mentions the Moon, the Sun, and gold.
>
>Then, Q-31:
>
>"The Moon, in the middle of the night
>over the high mountain,
>the young wise man alone with his brain has seen it.
>Invited by his disciples to become immortal,
>his eyes to the south, his hands on his breast,
>his body in the fire."
>
>Erika Cheetham, the author of "The Prophecies of Nostradamus," writes on page
>199:
>"This (C4, Q-28) and the following quatrains, C4, Q29-33, are all occult
>quatrains and probably describe Nostradamus' attempts to discover the elusive
>philosopher's stone which transmutes all other metals into gold, here
>described as the sun."
>
>Many other researchers, including myself, have found a "Trinity" connection
>to the Barbury Castle formation.  That is another long story, but I'll give
>you one thing here.  Ancient glyphs had a triangle with the letters "AUM" at
>the corners.  This is said to mean, "The (A) Father, and the (U) Mother,
>engendered the Son, (M) Mehen, Man.
>
>Well, DNA is the code, or pattern of Man.  It all seems to fit, if you look
>into it long enough.  

Genesis 6:1
And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,

Genesis 6:2
That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.

Genesis 6:4
There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown. (ie - this translation followed the renaissance when the Greek heroes of the Iliad, many sons of mortals and immortals were familiar and renowned to everybody.)

Job 1:6
Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.

Job 1:7
And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

Job 1:8
And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?

Luke 2:13
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,

Luke 2:14
Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.

Matthew 16:23
But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.

Jeremiah 5:31
The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?

Isaiah 54:16
Behold, I have created the smith who blows the fire of coals, and produces a weapon for its purpose. I have also created the ravager to destroy; no weapon that is fashioned against you shall prosper, and you shall confute every tongue that rasis against you in judgment. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord and their vindication from me, says the Lord.
The smith - Hephaestus is the smith in the Iliad who makes such weapons. The ravager - the Wolf God, Apollo - the Creator, the Destroyer. Hermes confutes every tongue - such as at Babel. "This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord"

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>Dear David and All,
>
>Thanks for the advice.  I will contact the two people.  Oh yes, I will carry
>on, no matter what.  I've been at this a long time offline, so I know how it
>goes.  At this time there are relatively few who catch on and are inspired by
>the material.  But those that do make it well worthwhile.  I have learned so
>much from them.
>
>A dream experience seemed to carry the same message you gave to me.  A close
>working associate, Chuck, thinks all of my ideas are pure bunk.  One day we
>had a class on CPR, and Chuck and I were partners, that is, we did CPR on
>each other, simulating the breaths into the mouth, and pumping the heart.
>
>Some weeks later, Chuck said he had a dream.  It is the only one he has ever
>told me, in fact, he very seldom remembers any dreams.  In the dream, I was
>doing the CPR on him, and I cut a hole in his throat. (it didn't hurt).  He
>asked what I was doing, and I told him that I was putting the hole there to
>help him in the future.
>
>He asked what I thought the dream meant.  I told him that it was showing that
>he could not swallow my ideas, but I had bypassed his mouth, putting the
>information into his subconscious, and that it would help as the Great Change
>draws near.  He thought I was full of bull, of course.
>
>I did not tell him how well it fit with my ideas about Revelation 11:11,
>where a breath of life from God goes into the two olive
>trees/lampstands/prophets, and they stand up on their feet.  My
>dream-coincidences indicate that the 3 and 1/2 days in the verse is the
>midpoint of the seven chakras, the point between the third and fourth, the
>Heart.
>
>In my experiences over the past six years, I have documented the dreams,
>coincidences, etc., and recorded how crop circle formations sometimes follow
>the symbolism.  I plan to stick my neck out and make some predictions before
>next season, and post them.  Sometimes the similar patterns ocurr the
>following summer and sometimes in later years.  There are some that I have
>been expecting for quite a while, such as the eight-rayed stars.
>This star can represent the sun and The Son in a Trinity.
>
>If my theories are on the mark, they should come at some point.  One of the
>things that I will include is the symbolism of two suns, based on the
>coincidences surrounding your dream and the Nostradamus quatrain.  I predict
>that it will appear some way in the crops, and/or a related incident, such as
>signs in the sky.
>
>There is a possibility that such a formation has already appeared.  I read a
>theory some years ago about the pattern that looked like a big 9.  It had a
>curved projection from a large circle that ended in a smaller one.  The
>theory was that it was a sun rolling out of a larger sun, as the "sun/son."
>
>I have many more ideas from dreams, myths, and such, about this symbolism.  I
>intend to write them up as articles.  When done, I will make sure to send you
>a copy.  I will give you briefly some of the general idea.
>
>A dream of an anticlockwise swastika led to the theory that it represents the
>demiurge, the sub-deity, subordinate to the Supreme Deity, and creator or
>co-creator of the world, or physical reality.  The demiurge is the
>consciousness gestalt of mankind, including the Higher Selves.
>
>The swastika is composed of four "builder" symbols, or right-angled squares,
>such as those used by carpenters, stone masons,  and smiths.  A "builder"
>from each quarter forms the swastika.
>
>The "builder" symbol is related to the "craftsman" found universally in
>myths, as a god or helper to the gods.  This is also one concept of the
>demiurge.
>
>The demiurge can create good or bad (evil).  The negative creation in our
>time cycle is represented by the anticlockwise swastika.  The future, after
>the change, is a clockwise, or East-going swastika.  In some areas, such as
>Mexico, curved horns were used instead of the right-angled squares.  The
>eight-rayed star is another symbol of the positive creation in the future, as
>mankind in unity.
>
>Bel Marduk is one example of the demiurge, as is the Chinese Pan-Ku.  In the
>Egyptian system, Ptah's symbol was the right-angled square.  All the judgment
>seats are shaped from the "builder" symbol.  In one depiction in the Book of
>the Dead, Thoth, the Egyptian Hermes,  sets on the seat in the form of a
>baboon.  This is said to be because baboons bark at the rising sun.  There
>are seven nodes along the pole that supports the balance scale, where the
>Heart is wieghed against the feather (Truth, and the moral order of the
>universe).  The swallower beast's snout cuts across the pole between the
>third and fourth nodes, i.e. 3 and 1/2, and the Judgment seat is also
>positioned at that level.  In other depictions, Osiris is seated on the
>Judgment seat.
>
>The symbols in the depiction seems to indicate that if one has not achieved
>the Heart chakra level at the time of his or her physical death, they are
>swallowed by the beast, meaning that they must be reincarnated to try again.
>
>In my theory, the beast in Revelation 17:11 is the same as the swallower:
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>As for the beast that was and is not, it is an eighth but it belongs to the
>seven, and it goes to perdition.
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>In other words, after humanity has achieved the Heart chakra level of Love
>and Compassion, painful karma will be negated.  Violations will no longer be
>committed, thus, karma becomes total Abundance.
>
>Some of this symbolism can be found in "The Sacred Symbols of Mu," by Col.
>James Churchward.  Others can be found in Joseph Campbell's "The Inner
>Reacher Of Outer Space."
>
>Daedalus, the architect/inventor, who constructed the Labyrinth, seems to be
>the same "builder" archetype.
>
>The Viking, Thor, may also be related.  He is said to be in the class of the
>metal workers, and he hurls the firey swastika.
>
>I was amazed one day when I came to verses 18-21 of Zechariah 4:
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>And I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, four horns!  And I said to the
>angel who talked with me, "What are these?"  And he answered me, "These are
>the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem."  Then the Lord
>showed me four smiths (or carpenters).  And I said, "What are these coming to
>do?"  He answered, "These are the horns which scattered Judah, so that no man
>raised his head; and these have come to terrify them, to cast down the horns
>of the nations who lifted up their horns against the land of Judah to scatter
>it."
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>Also, look at Isaiah 54:16, 17:
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>Behold, I have created the smith who blows the fire of coals, and produces a
>weapon for its purpose.  I have also created the ravager to destroy; no
>weapon that is fashioned against you shall prosper, and you shall confute
>every tongue that rasis against you in judgment.  This is the heritage of the
>servants of the Lord and their vindication from me, says the Lord.
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>Please keep in touch, David.
>
>Your fellow building friend,
>
>Joe Mason

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