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"Forty columns of fire ornamented the hall in which I found myself. One side of the columns shone with a white and vivid fire, the other side seemed to be in shadow; a blackish flame covered it. In the center of this place stood an altar in the form of a serpent. A greenish gold embellished its diapered scales in which the surrounding flames were reflected. Its eyes looked like rubies. A silvery inscription was placed near it and a rich sword had been driven into the ground near the serpent, on whose head rested a cup . . . I heard the choir of the celestial spirits and a voice said to me: "The end of thy labours draws near. Take the sword and smite the serpent."

I drew the sword from its sheath and approaching the altar I took the cup with one hand and with the other I struck a terrific blow upon the neck of the serpent. The sword rebounded and the blow re-echoed as if I had struck on a brass bell. No sooner had I obeyed the voice than the altar disappeared and the columns vanished in boundless space. The sound which I had heard when striking the altar repeated itself as if a thousand blows had been struck at the same time. A hand seized me by the hair and lifted me toward the vault which opened to let me through. Shadowy phantoms appeared before me—Hydras, Lamias and serpents surrounded me. The sight of the sword in my hand scattered the foul throng even as the first rays of light dissipate the frail dream-children of the night. After mounting straight upward through the layers that composed the walls of the globe, I saw again the light of day."

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"Here is the serpent of the astral light, which, according to Eliphas Levi, is twined around every flower that grows in the garden of Kama, or desire. The yogi in his meditation knows well the meaning of the House of Fire and the serpent which guards it. Here the candidate discovers the significance of the Universal Fire-Spirit which, turned downward, is the root of all evil, but if it be lifted up, draws all men to wisdom. The serpent-fire must be overcome. The sword is at hand, and with it the candidate strikes at the brazen coils. Brass is the composite metal symbolic of the body of man, before it is reduced by philosophy to its simple elements.

The Lord of the Fire World is vanquished. The senses are controlled; the appetites are under the iron dominion of the will. Anger, hate, and pride have been exiled from the soul. The three fires of illusion have died out. The whole mirage of the astral light fades amidst a terrifying outburst of sound and color. The candidate is lifted through the Arches of the underworld. He passes quickly through the monsters that dwell on the boundaries of excess. The cruciform sword scatters the foul throng of darkness. Upward and upward, through the numerous layers of the globe (the orbits of the interior stars) the neophyte rises, after his three days (degrees) in the darkness of Hades. The stone is rolled away, and at last, with a burst of glory, he rises into the light of day—the air sphere where dwells the mind which must be conquered next."

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... he holds up his right arm towards me, and in the palm of his uplifted hand I see 3 disks. They appear the color of chocolate.

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Originally posted by newpov

More examination of Trinosophia............

An accomplished yogi told me once that he doesn't put stock in dreams.

When I started psychoanalysis, I began to examine for clues about identity and emotional dynamics in my dreams because for years I've been governed by subconscious functioning well beyond my control.

My posted dream of standing in the doorway of a tomb tells me today that having entered the consulting room of psychoanalysis was a bullsh*t move. My 3 disks were 3 digits used once daily, as everyone knows, in well known manner for well known purpose. .

This dream has turned out to be one hell of an examination!

As Shanti wrote me back in September, "The best thing you can do is meditate like you brush your teeth. You just do it twice a day and forget about it. Don't try to get it with your mind. You will only get more frustrated." My emphasis added, my joke!

Seriously, I had thought truth or improved life functioning was to be found by combating delusions and illusions through ongoing work in a process that welcomes these things into consciousness and "works through" these things there. A well intentioned and highly conscientious undertaking, perhaps, but as I see matters now, an absurdity.

Too bad I've wasted so much time... looking under the hood the wrong way......

newpov

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newpov: Adding to EVIL's posting on Trinosophia:

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