For the sun
and the moon are alive, and watching with gleaming eyes.
And the earth is alive, and ready to shake off his fleas.
And the stars are ready with stones to throw in the faces of men.
And the air that blows good breath in the nostrils of people and beasts
Is ready to blow bad breath upon them, to perish them all.
The stars and the earth and the sun and the moon and the winds
Are about to dance the war dance round you, men!
When I say the word, they will start.
For sun and stars and earth and the very rains are weary
Of tossing and rolling the substance of life to your lips. (QUETZALCOATL LOOKS DOWN ON MEXICO, chapter XVI)
And the earth is alive, and ready to shake off his fleas.
And the stars are ready with stones to throw in the faces of men.
And the air that blows good breath in the nostrils of people and beasts
Is ready to blow bad breath upon them, to perish them all.
The stars and the earth and the sun and the moon and the winds
Are about to dance the war dance round you, men!
When I say the word, they will start.
For sun and stars and earth and the very rains are weary
Of tossing and rolling the substance of life to your lips. (QUETZALCOATL LOOKS DOWN ON MEXICO, chapter XVI)
Quetzalcoatl is
quite nasty here to the Mexicans and peons, and one could easily turn round and
say: what of your own temple in Chichen Itza?
The old temples
of the Mexican plateau demonstrate mastery on several levels. They have
mathematical mastery of the heavenly motions. They have technical mastery of
stone-masonry. And they have a great dramatic sense of staging that gathers it
all together in one great showpiece at el Castillo.
These were the
spring and fall equinoxes when the shadow of Kukulkan fell over the monumental
shapes thrillingly, signifying the serpent’s return to Earth. Such subtle
theatricality isn’t only technological since it is of the Earth, the rains and
the harvest of good will.
The view of
Kukulkan descending to Earth at equinoxes is a view of cosmic reality. Such
views cannot be changed – they are Earth-power – and are defined entirely by
cosmic time.
The odd thing is
an illusory reality has no absolute definition of time – everything is
relative. But every living thing that develops in time has to have absolute
time. For a living thing to develop – in the womb, say – it is exposed to
cosmic time.
This is mainly
carried in the water, the moon, the planets. Cosmic time is physical reality in
the universe we see. Anything almost infinitely vast contains within it the
idea of chance, and hence our astrological charts and mystic tarot
fortune-telling.
Salvador Dali painted tarot deck (of 78). The context of Dali’s designs is
The cannon of
Western art.. filled with archetypes, symbols, stories, all shimmering with meaning.
(Iona
McLaren, DT)
Tarot developed
from the physical (cosmos) of moon, stars.. and the human figure. Symbols that
have a psychic plane – as Kukulkan – as well as a physical one. The psychic plane
is absolute (cosmic) time. In this plane, the human body and the moon and the
sun correspond to eachother, as in a deck of tarot cards.
The problem with
a relative universe of light (sun) is that there can be no absolute
correspondances. An absolute correspondence is determined by the Earth, since
that is the centre of the universe in terms of balance and proportion (sun,
moon and planets).
Now, you can ask:
where do balance and proportion come from? They come from the physical universe
that we see on Earth. If you don’t think Earth is the centre of things then you’re
welcome to stay in your perspective reality of light (sun, technology, straight-line
advance) but it is an illusion that only has the appearance of reality (mirror,
reflection Hyborian Bridge 20). It has no physical substance (body).
The Mayans and
Aztecs of el Castillo were primitive in the sense of lithe, animal-like, head
anchored to body, while the conquering Christians had doctrine and rule (which
banned the Aztec ball-game mentioned previous post). It may be time to consider
whether Christianity has tacitly entered the illusory world born of technology –
a world of acolytes who worship at the shrines of dead sorcerers (head).
The universe is
at one time structured and imprecise, which gives its infinite variety. If we
are in an illusory reality, it is attested to by the fact that it is as precise
as a hall of mirrors where each reflects the other. Each is relative to the
other and each is equally real; there is no absolute physical substance, but it
is all relatively convincing because it is all relative!
Dr Strange #46
Dr Strange #46
Air and water
are illusory in themselves (Claimed2) but on Earth and with the approach
of fire (sun) they can appear in the shape of Kukulkan, the representative of
wind and rain and harvest. Kukulkan is absolute in that it’s not illusory; it
partakes of all four elements, not just light (sun). The cosmic, physical
reality is not as convincing as an atomic clock – but neither is it as
illusory!
Once illusion
becomes as fact, at the same time there is no absolute, physical substance and
this was a theme of Dr Strange #47 featuring master of illusions Ikonn
Stern makes a
play of the 60s by having the illusions of old-school convention shattered by
Ikonn
When our
illusions are vanquished, we will once again feel the wind and rain of a world
that faces the cosmos physically, with its body, and that will be our destiny
in the fields and forests and hills of this land – as much as in the myth-laden
fields and forests and hills of Hyboria.
© BWS