PAN Provisional Astroshamanic News
International Edition, 3 May 2007, Issue 66.
Editorial Director: Franco Santoro.
Cluny Hill College, Forres IV36 2RD, Scotland. (+44(0)1309-672289. + PAN@astroshamanism.org
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What is Astroshamanism?
I am sending this PAN at Beltane, May Day and close to the Wesak and Full Moon in Scorpio (see details in PAN Issue 65), which is a Full Moon Fixed Grand Cross involving the Sun in Taurus, the Moon in Scorpio, Saturn in Leo, Neptune and Chiron in Aquarius. This is a healing opportunity to link radically different perspectives into a harmonious whole, creating dialogues among the separated parts of our souls and promoting reconciliation, forgiveness, unity.
This is also the eve of the Shamanic Spirituality(ies) Conference - Ancient Wisdom and Contemporary Expressions, which I attend in Edinburgh from 3 to 5 May 2007. The veils are thinning fast on our planet as Earth settles into the current six-year cycle (2007-2012), paving the way through an adventurous voyage of reawakening and oneness. This conference in Edinburgh embraces the spirit of the changing times, allowing the shamanic network to expand in the academic world, which is abundantly represented in the conference. The event is organised by the Edinburgh International Centre for World Spiritualities (EICWS). The purpose is to learn about and explore the roots, contemporary expressions, challenges, opportunities, and the future of shamanic spirituality; and provide a forum for contemporary shamanic practitioners and scholars to network with each other and with others who are interested in the topic. Speakers include: Prof. James Cox, Dr Graham Harvey, Dr Heonik Kwon, Dr. Geo Trevarthen, Dr. Robert Wallis, Natalie Keys, Dr. MaryCatherine Burgess, Stephen Mulhearn, Claudia Goncalves, Amy Hardie and me. For information contact: Neill Walker, 0131 331 4469. For further information click here.
Hence shortly I will be on my way to Edinburgh, a most prominent place in my shamanic initiation and life. There one afternoon in September 1976, while contemplating the amazing features of Arthur’s Seat, the Salisbury Crags and Holyrod Park, I had an overwhelming experience, which drastically changed my life and launched me on the shamanic path. Its highlight was the ecstatic awareness of living simultaneously on many alternative Earths, parallel worlds and time-space bands. It was a tangible, pragmatic experience, in which I could see, feel and touch various configurations of Edinburgh set in different times or parallel realities, and including many characters. In this multidimensional parade I could either be a witness or decide to be involved and become any of the characters, shape-shifting at will into whatever I would decide to be. I was not under the effect of any drug and all this was happening in a state of lucid awareness, which encompassed the ordinary reality of Edinburgh and its multidimensional features, HAC and non-HAC. All this appeared to be triggered by the stunning scenery of Holyrod Park, which on that afternoon also emerged as the command centre of a subterranean mystery civilisation. This episode, followed after a few days by another similar experience at Loch Ness, brought a deep sense of bliss, passion and love, stirring up related memories from my childhood. The point is that this experience, far from being extraordinary, looked very familiar. Its surprising sense of familiarity was even most startling than the spectacular nature of the event itself. Many things of my past began to make sense, unveiling the parallel world of which I had always been part.
Yet the consequences of this event were not easy, and brought major uncertainty regarding where I truly belonged and severe frustration in my connection with people. Nobody resonated with what I went through and I felt constantly out of place and misunderstood. For years I questioned my sanity, holding back in self-expression, trying to forget about what happened and forlornly attempting to live an ordinary life, yet deep inside I knew that in the future something significant would occur for me in Scotland. Then I had another awesome experience that definitely unleashed my multidimensional awareness. This was the vision of the Sacred Cone (see http://astrosolstice.blogspot.com/), which led to the development of astroshamanism. When later in 1999 I embraced the guidance to come to Findhorn, I was aware that I would purposefully move into the direct exploration of what happened in 1976 and I prepared myself to be unconditionally open to whatever might come. I realised that the best thing I could do was to surrender to Spirit and ask to be a most bona fide channel for core multidimensional healing energies to flow and express through me. This is on the whole the path I am still treading now. My intent is to promote healing enterprises and networks aimed at disclosing our true multidimensional nature, retrieving the forgotten connection with the web of life, uncovering the ecstatic inheritance of who we veritably are. Here I strenuously stress that I do not consider experiences such as the one I had in Edinburgh as special, as I do not regard myself as special. My understanding is that we all have had them, although most people have forgotten or have decided to release them because they do not know how to deal with them. This is at least what I notice whenever I interact shamanically with people. Now I rejoice at the evidence that I am not alone on this path. Every day I have the privilege of meeting companions sharing the same intention and visions. Some of them are firmly grounded on their path, while others only need a little encouragement, which I am glad to offer. This is such a blessing! This is where my passion abides, as I am definitely on my way to Edinburgh.
After the conference in Edinburgh, the next event is the Foundation Training in Astroshamanic Trance Dance and Drumming from 12 to 19 May 2007 at Findhorn, which I strongly recommend. Also I advocate the Grand Original Quest in Corvaro (Italy) from 15 to 21 June 2007, the Original Quest from 7 to 13 July 2007 at Findhorn and the Findhorn Astroshamanic Summer Gathering from 22 to 28 July 2007. More details about these and other events in the calendar below.
Receive abundant blessings, Franco
The Exalted Earth: According to classical astrology Venus rules the sign of Taurus, as well as Libra. At an esoteric level Taurus is ruled by the alleged planet Vulcan, which is supposed to be situated between Mercury and the Sun. Vulcan, or Hephaestus, was the husband of Venus (Aphrodite) and a shaman god specialised in creating sacred tools of metal and gems for the Olympian gods. His workshops were underground in places such as Lemnos and Mount Etna. Vulcan is considered by many esoteric astrologers to be the most powerful planet of the solar system, which may explain why it has yet to be discovered. It is associated with the power at the core of the Sun that connects our central star with the centre of the universe. It is also connected with certain non-HAC features of our planet, which include sacred sites, power points, magnetic grids, or underground civilisations and centres.
From the astroshamanic perspective Taurus is associated with planet Earth. Earth is seldom considered astrologically, for it corresponds to the point of the observer. In order to spot the Earth on the chart, one has to take a heliocentric perspective and, in this instance, this planet is directly opposite the Sun. Astroshamanically the position of the Earth gives information about the way in which the intent can be expressed or grounded on this planet and also provides indications on what the Earth is asking you to do or be. Yet, in this context, it is important to point out what it is truly meant by Earth, which is not the HAC notion of our planet. The general human understanding of the world merely relates to its surface, whereas from a shamanic perspective there are three worlds. Besides the world of the surface of this planet, which represents the HAC separated setting where we perceive ourselves living, there are two other worlds. With these worlds we have never truly established any connection, apart from some sporadic unofficial attempts by shamans and alike. One of these worlds is the one existing inside the Earth (Lower World), whereas the other is the unseen world that abides around the surface Earth, which is also the linking agent with extraterrestrial worlds or parallel Earths.
There is a HAC geography of the Earth, which is concerned with the formulation of HAC physical and administrative consensus reality, and there is a non-HAC geography, which includes the parts of the Earth from which HAC has separated itself. Hence when we use the term Earth, it is important to be aware that there is a HAC Earth and a non-HAC Earth. Perception changes dramatically according to which Earth we refer to. Events and issues which are considered as catastrophic and excruciating from a HAC Earth perspective are often major blessings in a non-HAC context. HAC Earth is a microreality based on separation from a wider non-HAC Earth reality. The level of hallucination prevailing in HAC Earth hampers the awareness of alternative realities. However, these realities are always present and at work. Although most human beings have remained confined in HAC, some special people in different ages and cultures have had contacts with non-HAC Earth. In the current six-year cycle (2007-2012) human beings may become increasingly aware of alternative configurations existing on and within the Earth. In these years some folks will face opportunities to release the captivity of HAC separated paradigm and expand beyond our geography of isolation. This is part of a healing process of physical restructuring, which is promoted by the connection between our HAC identity and the Core Multidimensional Identity. This process is aimed at bringing about a consciousness which will be progressively less dependent on HAC people, features and dynamics, while stimulating the emergence of a vaster healing reality and network. In order to support this development some people may embrace new activities and enterprises, finally responding to their authentic calling. All upcoming astroshamanic workshops and events are aimed to promote the above developments.
The Exalted Moon: The Moon is exalted in Taurus, holding therefore the greatest power and influence in this sign. The glyph of Taurus itself is a depiction of the cycles of the Moon, i.e. the most important and ancient way of measuring time and astrological rhythms. Archaeological findings show that the oldest calendars were based on the Moon phases. The current solar calendars are a recent modernization aimed at conforming to the prevailing third-dimensional perception and conditioning. The most ancient time orientation on this planet referred to the lunar cycle, which was meant to support the connection with the fourth-dimensional body and the mysteries of the emotional realms. The lunar cycle is the result of the shifting relationship between the Moon and the Sun as seen from the Earth, which forms a Sun-Moon-Earth trinity. Keeping a record each day of the movement of the Moon and the Sun, from the perspective of the Earth, is one of the most effective ways to experientially understand astrology and its shamanic implications. Traditionally, the lunar cycle articulates into eight phases. The energy of the phases alternate between active and receptive.
It is ideal to start practicing with the Moon cycles as from the New Moon. Take note of how you feel at the start of the cycle, then continue for each day, and gradually, as you repeat this practice for every cycle, you will become aware of your rhythms and also of those around you. Each phase of the Moon and sign position carries a special energy. Experiencing and understanding what these energies bring, allows a deeper connection with the vibratory patterns of life and the way they reflect in your astrological chart. In this respect it is useful to find the sign and degree of the New Moon and Full Moon, and see where they fall in your chart. If the degree of a Full or New Moon coincides with that of a planet or an angle in the natal chart, that cycle can be very significant for the person involved. The point of the New Moon indicates the sectors and spheres of activity where it can be convenient to start projects and take initiatives. The point of the Full Moon represents the polar opposite energy that needs to be integrated and balanced. Once you become familiar with New and Full Moon, you can pay attention to the other lunar phases and the various passages of the Moon in the signs. When the Moon changes sign (ingress) a noticeable shift of energy can take place. Avoid coming to conclusions and interpretations: simply be an observer, gather experience and record information. As time goes on and lunar cycles repeat themselves, you will notice that you begin to develop a natural understanding of the astrological language. Extraordinary and powerful situations are those of New Moons with solar eclipses and Full Moons with lunar eclipses.
“Once you know your chart exactly, you can do many things with your chart. You can know beforehand what is going to happen tomorrow and you can be prepared for it. If there is going to be sadness, then enjoy sadness. Then there is no need to fight with it. Rather than fighting, use it, because sadness can also be used.” (Osho, Pharmacy for the Soul, St. Martin’s Griffin, p. 92)
Here follows a brief description of the eight phases of the Moon.
The first phase in the lunar cycle is the New Moon, which is when from Earth, Sun and Moon appear to be in the same side of the sky. With the New Moon an old cycle ends and a new one starts. The sign where the Moon transits at the initial New Moon determines the energy and Intent of the entire cycle. For example, with the New Moon in Taurus, the whole lunar cycle will be characterised by Taurus topics, also when the Sun moves in the adjacent sign Gemini. The New Moon’s astrological sign embodies both the features of your intentions and the way of dealing with the release process of the previous cycle. The exact degree of a New Moon, as it is reflected in the area where it falls in your natal chart, provides clues regarding your intentions and the energies that may emerge during the new cycle.
The second phase takes place two days after exact New Moon and is called Crescent Moon. Here the Moon becomes visible westwards after sunset and is 30° to 60° from the Sun, with exact Crescent Moon occurring when the Sun and the Moon are 45° apart. The first details of the potential of the previous phase begin to emerge. This is a receptive phase, aimed at gathering information and getting ready to take action according to the intentions established or perceived during New Moon.
The third phase occurs when the Moon forms a square or 90° angle to the Sun, and is the First Quarter. The Moon moves outside the orbit of the Earth toward that of Mars. It is the right moment to act out, take initiative, step forward, go for it, and do what feels right. Here I have the possibility to choose either to be a creative protagonist of my life or a passive victim of events.
The fourth phase follows two days after the First Quarter, with the Moon in trine or 120° angle to the Sun. This is the Gibbous Moon, a time of pause and rest when things tend to flow. If you have productively used the energy of the previous phase, now you can gather the first fruits. It is not usually an ideal moment to act or force situations. It is a time of preparation aimed at reviewing past actions, considering information related to what was established at New Moon, and filtering all data.
The phase of Full Moon begins two days before and ends two days after exact Full Moon or opposition (180°) of Moon to Sun. The preceding days can bring a crisis of perspective and are ideal to let go of pent-up emotions and excess energies. The Full Moon is an active and highly charged moment. It represents the apex of the lunar cycle. Its function is to bring balance. The key of this balance is based on the interaction between the areas where Sun and Moon are.
Three days after exact Full Moon, when the Moon is about 135° from the Sun, we are in the Disseminating Moon. It is a receptive time, ideal for tuning in to the original intention and operating with coherence. What you have put in motion, needs to be concluded with integrity and commitment.
The Last Quarter lasts two days. It is an active phase, a time to face commitments with others and take direct responsibility for your intention. Grievances and blocks come easily to the surface and need ideally to be dealt with in accordance with what was established during New Moon.
When the waning Moon is at 60° from the Sun, the phase of Balsamic Moon starts. It is a receptive phase, a time of intense preparation, conclusion and cleanliness. Here I get ready to begin a new cycle and let go of the residues of the old. What is mainly needed in this phase is a work of release and forgiveness. It is easy to feel confused, excited or willing to change everything and start doing something totally new.
Report on Multidimensional Portals of the Senses: A Gateway Course in Astroshamanic Healing Touch Workshop (Vogelsberg, Germany 21-24 April 2007) by Jan
I had the pleasure to arrange a third workshop together with Franco in and around Frankfurt am Main. This time the set-up was a 4 day workshop taking place in our weekend house situated in the Vogelsberg Mountains 70km north east of Frankfurt. This amazing April offered already summer temperatures and real barbecue weather, which we also utilised to the full extent at the same time as the spring blossoming was at its climax.
With 8 participants (including Franco) consisting of 4 men and 4 women we were a really balanced group and all of us had met in one or several workshops before. This enabled us to build up the group energy quickly and establishing a high level of trust among the participants. Especially as part of the work was about dealing with sexual energy, which is really scary to the conventional mind, I found that the composition of the group was particularly supportive when moving into unchartered territories. However, with hindsight the only scary thing about the workshop had to do with mind projections that had nothing to do with the reality. In fact, in short we learned to deal with sexual energy not connected to sex in a most safe and supportive environment.
The group objective we chose was to achieve inner healing through connection and love (“durch Verbundenheit und Liebe Heilung erfahren”). In this way we managed to achieve a lot of healing experiences that gradually took place during the four days and accompanied by an abundance of both laughter and tears (to me equally beautiful and precious).
The main lesson I learnt from the first day was how to use my hands to consciously work with energy as most of the time are hands are open to receive all the energies present around us. However, by closing our hands we are able to keep our own energies to ourselves, becoming more present to what these energies are and protect ourselves from outside influence. During the night I woke up with a lot of issues going through my mind but by closing my hands I could quickly find my inner peace and go back to sleep. The following morning when I went jogging with Harry through fields and forest under a blue sky my hands were first open to all the positive and growing life power around us and we saw 3 dears making the moment special. A little later I decided to close my hands and could clearly experience how much life power is within me, also without a strongly supportive outer environment, and that it’s of a very different kind than the outside influence.
Second day of the workshop was my birthday on 22 April and I felt privileged to work with my birth energies in my own environment, and I also received a multidimensional birthday cake existing in another dimension. As we were also invited to connect to a tree I got the opportunity to make the grounding earth energies of Taurus very present and felt that when its well rooted nothing can stop it from growing, expanding and blossoming. Moreover, in the workshop I got plenty of chances to work with my sensitive Pisces Moon that I have kept protected very long out of fear from being to vulnerable. However, during these days I could completely relax in a very safe and loving environment simply accepting everything that was coming without the need to either judge or label it. Through the touch and body experience I received being passive it helped to relax my emotional part that was scared. Intellectually, I have known since long that there is nothing to be afraid of but it’s a very different process to convince also the emotional and subconscious side that there is no danger and allowing the new experience to be stored in the body memory. In the opposite situation, actively touching a partner I could reconnect to previous experiences where I have learnt to trust my intuition on where and how to use my hands and it’s every time amazing to discover how guided we could be by simply turning of the mental process full of projections and blockages. By attuning ourself to the person and his/her needs we intuitively get directed on where and how to apply healing. All these experiences together also made me connect to my Ascendant in Sagittarius that loves to explore new dimension and travel to new exciting and unknown places for new discoveries. Only this time the discoveries were mainly within and not travelling the globe which is another habit of mine. To finish of a very exciting birthday we ended the evening with a trance dance accompanied by Chinese music from a tape that Franco just discovered in the moment. This was a perfect rounding off of a very rich birthday full of gifts at all different levels except the normal 3-dimensional.
On the third day of the workshop we had the opportunity to really benefit from the warm weather and the surrounding nature by doing outdoor practise. The morning event was individual tree meditation in a particularly beautiful part of the forest where the “Black River” comes down from the mountain. In this way we could experience all the elements at once by hearing the sound of the water, feeling the fire of the sun burning our skin, connecting to the earth through the three and a light breeze representing air. The healing issue I worked with was how to balance work life and private life where I used my own situation as a gateway for a collective issue that many people share. On my way to the chosen tree I crossed the river by balancing on a fallen tree and this experience helped me to find the answer very quickly. I have a tendency to try to look on either side into the water but this is dangerous and can make me easily fall. However, by concentrating on the path (the tree) only I could safely cross the river. I had to keep my perception very clear on when I was leaning too much in one or the other direction in order to immediately do the necessary adjustments. Thus, also in my life the main focus is on my life mission that has equal parts of professional and family objectives that will constantly have to be attended to and rebalanced in a balancing act that requires a lot of attention.
In the afternoon we changed the environment from forest to hilly blossoming fields surrounded by low range mountains to one side and a valley to the other side (the landscape reminded a participant about Heidi). In this setup we did a partner exercise with closed eyes connecting hands allowing the exchange of male/female energy to connect freely. Our task was to do this for 20 minutes but I think that the environment was so inviting and the experience so pleasant that Franco had to readjust a bit his time plan for the afternoon. This also allowed me to realise how Franco is always able to integrate the energies present and constantly adjust to the need of the situation which makes the whole workshop appear seamless like one long uninterrupted experience.
During our last evening together there was the need for a lot of sharing within the group that had really grown together over a few days with an ability to interact from any to any at a very profound level. In fact I have not before experienced this kind of depth in a workshop. Therefore, on the last morning it was also natural that several of the participants could allow themselves to let go of pent up emotions. Personally I felt such an abundance of positive energy that I was also really happy to get the opportunity to give it away. What I take away from the workshop is much less notes than from any previous training but primarily new experiences that have been recorded in my body memory and the recognition that a lot of sexual energy has nothing to do with sex and that there are also plenty of alternative ways to express sexual energy that are perfectly safe and beneficial to myself as well as to my environment. Through this workshop I have gained new awareness and self confidence to move forward in this field of using the creative energy and to be less concerned with labelling. I still tend to get certain blockages by using the term sexual energy so for the time being I am still careful not to challenge my mind and the conventional reality too much. On the other hand at the same time I feel I am on a very important development line where I have previously been very reluctant to develop at all and above all not had any navigation tools at all.
Taurus Films by Franco Santoro
In my shamanic research on cinema, which I mentioned in the article The Shamanic Way of Cinema (see PAN issue 62 and 63), one of the tasks was to find movies exemplifying the energies of each zodiac sign. The aim was to use those films for healing purposes to stimulate or balance the qualities of a zodiac sign, whose energy was either scarce or unstable in a subject. The mere act of watching the movie, preferably using the guidelines provided in the second part of the article on shamanic cinema featured in PAN issue 63, was enough to cause significant effects and powerful insights that the person could then expand with further techniques.
Taurus encompasses the realm of forms, matter, physical reality and whatever relates with the full use of the five official senses. This sign is the emblem of pragmatism, sensuality, prosperity, nature and, for its association with the throat, songs and music. Taurus cinema includes nature, musicals, sensual, food movies, films on Native American and other earth related cultures, and also comedies.
What follows is a synopsis containing a provisional list of movies with Taurus components. The list refers mainly to titles with wide international circulation especially in the English-speaking world. Each title in the list is preceded by the name of the director. By clicking on the title you can get online details on the movie.
As you can see there are several movies related with food, such as Babette’s Feast, Like Water for Chocolate, Chocolat, Simply Irresistible and the Big Night, together with sensual films. A Taurus film has the capacity to physically convey the experience of what the spectator is apparently looking at, which practically means that watching a movie on food maybe tantamount to actually eating that food.
A.Arau, Like Water for Chocolate. R.Attenborough, Grey Owl. G.Axel, Babette’s Feast. R.Benjamin, The Money Pit. R.Bresson, L’argent. G.Cardinal, Big Bear. J.Delannoy, Maigret. J.Duvivier, The Little World of Don Camillo. C.Erskine, The Egg and I. J.W.Farmer, Naturally Native. F.Fellini, Fellini’s Casanova. D.Ferrario, Figli di Annibale. M.Ferreri, La grande bouffe. L.Hallström, Chocolat. J.Itami, Tampopo. J.Jaeckin, Emmanuelle. J.P.Jeunet, Amelie. E.Kazan, Splendor in the Grass. G.Kelly, Singing in the Rain. J.Landis, National Lampoon’s Animal House. A.Lee, Eat Drink Man Woman; The Wedding Banquet. T.Malick, The New World. L.Malle, My Dinner with André. A.Mann, The Far Country. C.Mazzacurati, Il toro. L.McCarey, Duck Soup. S.Nettelbeck, Mostly Martha. J.Nicholson, Carnal Knowledge. A.Penn, Little Big Man. G.Reggio, Koyaanisqatsi. F.Roddam, Cleopatra. G.Rooks, Siddharta. G.Salvatores, Turné. C.Scott, Big Night. G.Salvatores, Mediterraneo. M.Scorsese, The Age of Innocence. S.Soderbergh, Out of Sight. F.Torres, Woman on Top. O.Welles, The Immortal Story. R.Wise, The Sound of Music. W.Wyler, Funny Girl; Roman Holiday.
Here follows a list of actors and directors with Sun and other relevant traits in Taurus. Their names are followed by further astrological details given in brackets, such as the binary or triad and the presence of a stellium. A stellium means that five or more planets are in Taurus. By clicking on the name of the actor you can get complete online details. If there are movies that proved meaningful for you with reference to Taurus or any shamanic experience concerning the realm of fiction that you wish to share, please contact me.
Diego Abatantuono (stellium, 2.2), Anouk Aimee (2.11.5); Fred Astaire (2.3.9), ); Frank Capra (2.9.12) Gino Cervi (MO/SC), George Clooney (2.10.12); Gary Cooper (stellium; 2.9.2), Penelope Cruz (2.4), Fernandel (2.7.3); Marco Ferreri (2.11.8). Henry Fonda (stellium; 2.7.6), Jean Gabin (stellium; 2.3.12), Audryy Hepburn (2.12.11), Jessica Lange (2.11.5), George Lucas (AS Taurus); Shirley MacLaine (2.6.6), Silvana Mangano (2.12.8); Jack Nicholson (stellium; 2.6.5), Francesco Nuti (MO/PI), Laurence Olivier (2.6.3); Al Pacino (2.9.5), Michele Placido (2.10);.Tyrone Power (2.6.8); Roberto Rossellini (2.8.6); Ettore Scola (2.11.12); James Stewart (2.10.11); Barbra Streisand (2.5.1); Rodolfo Valentino (2.7.7.), Orson Welles (2.11.3).
One of the one-hour workshops in the upcoming conference on shamanic spirituality in Edinburgh is titled “Shamanic Spirituality and Cinema”.
Identity Metamorphosis by Micaela Arminoff
Aaahhh, this endless inner work! Digging into the depths of matter and surging into the heights of spirit; asking, probing, questioning and inviting answers. Staring at the soul confronting the personality, enduring their battle for reign – who, or what takes the best of me – a battle from which I come out forever changed. This is the story of how I became a planetary cell.
In the hours of desperation I cry out: ”Who the heck created this ’go within, you are The Path’-thing?” I stare at the starry sky pondering about life, evolution; why we are all here on this God forsaken planet where things seem to ever go wrong. My brain is strained from study, meditation, contemplation, reflection, thoughts, intuitions and straight knowledge. Cracking and breaking through some age-old comfort zone of ordinary consciousness into a new wider understanding, into some discernment and hint of apprehension of what all sages and mystics through all times have told us about the beauty of the One Life. Dimensional membranes, layers of cosmic dimensions, illusion and maya, transpersonal levels of existence, reflections in the mirror of the holographic Universe. Deep inside something becomes clear in a most strange, intuitive manner and doubt disappears – oohh, why cannot the physicists, the spiritually evolved and the psychologists put their wise heads together. They all speak about the same thing, but trapped as they are within their own frame of reference and language they seldom reach each other. Please, please join together and make the necessary synthesis humanity so desperately needs! Only through such synthesis can true sustainability on this planet be realized and created.
For years I have been obsessively studying the Ageless Wisdoms and other spiritual literature, an overwhelming and unexplained urge and drive for knowledge and wisdom. Blessed with fleeting inspirational thoughts that lead to some realization, only to open a new vista and a new horizon or mountain to mount – I sigh and smile at this truly never-ending story. A story of the fiery spark travelling its evolutionary path, into dense matter and back to the source of pure fire! Countless meditations, sleepless nights, pains and aches, over-stimulations and electrifications, I ask myself; what is it all about, why am I doing this? This ‘within thing’ with its sacred pains is sometimes getting to me. What is really burning on the “burning ground”, it is so tangible this change coming from inside? I smell the smoke and the decay, the gases, feel the energies in and around me. The heat and the cold, the vortexes of energy, the pressure on the body and the nervous system, the light in the eyes, the light in the head, the echo from what seems a hollow head, the tickling small swirls around my forehead and the pain along my spine. All systems working on overload, where even a soft touch sometimes gives a fiery pain on the skin. Thank God for nature, the forest, the pines and the conifers; they give me relief and absorb the excess of electromagnetic energy.
Yet, there is focus, concentration, clarity of intent and discipline in striving. I’m changing from the inside out as new energy takes charge of my being. The cells, molecules, atoms and quarks are being re-charged and the electromagnetic field is growing and vibrating in ever expanding and inclusive spheres. What amazes my little ordinary self; I am willingly submitting to this change and the pain that comes with it, consciously calling it forth. It seems so extremely important, all else falls away, nothing is more important, all is sacrificed and renounced. Some level, other than my ordinary mind, emotional- or physical body, has taken over, my wiser soul and pure spirit are pushing me forward and I have no choice but to continue into unknown territory, into the future. Yet, the wonder of it all is that when I reach a new phase, there is a strange recognition and I remember. In the glory and beauty of expanded consciousness, in the light, fire and bliss it slowly dawns on me; aaahhh, it is I who create this “going within – things”. It is all my doing, I am it, ALL OF IT, like a serpent I catch my own tale! Someone else said: “ I and the Father are One”. – he knew what he was talking about!
Do we ever really know about the inner side of life, what the inner life and refining fire truly is? The subjective hides so much, more than just the obvious personality masks, fears, ambitions, roles, norms – you name it. There is a whole other layer of hidden truths and realities to be found for the one who cares to look inside, I mean deep inside. A good part of humanity does not have a relationship with their own subjective realm, it is negated or maybe they never really developed the skill and the subjective certainly has not been much valued or popular lately. We live in times of exterior domination, outer garment worship and inner denial. Times of the invisible market-economy monster deepening the gap between the have’s and the have-not’s, a time where few take the time to reflect and ‘go within’ – busy, busy, busy - too many deadlines, too many desires to fulfill, too many ambitions, - too many God knows what.
Yet forever and always the inner is reflected on the outer and determines who we are, what we think, what we feel, what we value, what ethics we live by and what we put in motion. Looking at the state of human affairs and the world situation, one can easily say that humanity has not put very wise things in motion, have we? It must mean that our inner flame is either very undeveloped, very corrupt or very buried and suppressed. What is truly sad is that the majority does not seem to make the link between inner state of mind and outer expression. They do not realize what fantastic creative agents of our Universe we are, co-creative entities with abilities of divine proportion. How sadly we have misused these capabilities from generation to generation in our lack of understanding the interdependency of all Life, in our lack of understanding that we are truly one entity – HUMANITY, one big energy-field.
Now the planet, Mother Earth – my real body, is screaming for this quantum leap in consciousness! “WAKE UP, do your wholesome job my cells! Enough of this selfish, wasteful life, you are making me sick” - she says! “Cleans the fields and purify the waters” – or you (humanity) are in REAL trouble! What in the name of God are you thinking?” That’s just it, most people are not thinking, at least not thinking of causes and effects of our way of life and the significance of thought, the most powerful energy in the Universe.
A sensitive, kinesthetic body like mine senses and feels the changes, the energy shifts as consciousness reaches collective, planetary and cosmic levels. The smell of decay, age old thought form, old junk, old karma lingering in the Planetary aura like thick fog. It has become so thick it is hard to penetrate. An awful layer of stuff, unfinished business, a gray thick substance hindering the light from penetrating through the atmosphere. No wonder the planet is throwing up through hurricanes, tsunamis and heating up from the inside. I am not just referring to the obvious gas-house-effects or the threatening climate change. These facts of unwholesome living on the planet are finally penetrating into our consciousness. I am referring to yet another layer of energies, the causes to the above, created by our selfish thoughts and emotional desires.
She is erupting violently trying to get rid of these layers of unhealthy energies. Cleaning and purifying in her own way, shaking and waking us from our selfish slumber. She needs her cells, us human beings, to do the cleansing, but in our ignorance we do not see our role in the bigger scheme of things. The occult analogy, ‘as above, so below’ ever holds true. If, for instance, in a human being the subtle energy body is full of unhealthy energies, i.e. emotional unbalance, wrong attitudes, fanatical thinking, glamour’s and illusions and the like – gathered in this life and previous lives, eventually this energy lacking goodwill, love and light penetrates the etheric body and the individual, if not awakened, becomes sick and may die prematurely. Yet another cell, another opportunity to purify and to wake-up is lost. The unfinished business of yet another cell is absorbed by the different layers of the planetary aura and awaits a time when some cell or soul returns to continue the perfection process, a slightly purer cell and eventually after numerous, numerous incarnations the cleansing and purifying takes place – the work is done. It is of course more complicated than this, but this simplified description gives the general picture. What is karma but unredeemed energies waiting to be redeemed. In a holographic Universe the analogy between micro and macro ever holds true and this the seers of all times have seen and revealed.
The awakening New Age spirituality brings more and more planetary cells, i.e. souls to the portal of initiation, where these revelations start penetrating into our brain-consciousness. New hope dawns as more people in a worldwide grassroots movement awakens to the spiritual dimension, to their spiritual inheritance. The establishment and the old religious institutions, based on self-serving interpretations of the old scriptures and of course power structures or, like in the East, often by potentially disempowering guru-lama devotion, hide their heads in the sand or quarrel amongst themselves about trivial things. Then again, when has change ever come from the establishment? Never!
These times must be similar to the times when Galileo tried to convince the world that Planet Earth was round and not flat. Total denial! Today likewise, the existence of the soul and the subtle life-giving energy field surrounding all living things, have not been scientifically proven by orthodox science – yet, an ever increasing number of people know this to be true and try to live by this realization. Not many dare to think through the ramifications and the true meaning and significance of this knowledge, but some courageous souls do.
How ingeniously spirit guides me, knowing its dealing with a critical mentally oriented mind. The order of how things are revealed is quite a divine plot. If I read something and then have a spiritual, mystical or occult experience, I would think I imagined it all, negate or explain it away. This, my guides and teacher know and serve me with another kind of order. It usually goes like this: I have an unexplained spiritual experience that is truly mind-boggling or physically and etherically challenging, next thing I get some confirmation either through a third person, through world affairs and happenings or through some text I am just reading. An example from just the other day describes this phenomenon. I suddenly had an unexplained severe pain around my heart, rather behind the hearth. I lied down on the sofa to rest a while and could notice my subtle body trembling violently, it felt like the whole sofa was moving. I was uncomfortable for an hour or so, then the symptoms were gone and I felt fine again and returned to the Agni Yoga book I was reading. I had come to chapter 392 where the dangers of inner fires were discussed. Here is a quote of what I read at just that moment: “One who has realized the fires becomes responsive, resonating to the call of the flame. The earthquake that occurred yesterday provided an example of this. The heart of Sister Urusvati suffered a dangerous tremor, for earthquakes are a result of fire. Precisely, the entire being is shaken by its encounter with fires of a quality different from one’s own. But so important is the realization of Fire as a step in evolution, that I advise you to be especially careful when striving to master this element. This mastery is necessary, however, for the experience of cosmic communication…..do not take the signs of progress as signs of loss…”. A few hours later I watched the news on TV and heard about a big earthquake, a mountain erupting in Colombia. My body, the planet, was spitting out fire, which her cell, me, could feel. But then again why wouldn’t a planetary cell feel the pain going on in the body of her being. If I have pain in my human body, I feel it in other parts of my body as well.
Or the time prior to the great tsunami. A few months before the catastrophe, I experienced clear pre-visions during meditations of what was to come. I wrote in my diary: “What is the planet trying to tell me, is she sick? Will she throw up?” My consciousness had reached the planetary aura where the tsunami was already in making, just like illnesses in a human body are felt or clairvoyantly seen in the subtle energy field before manifesting on the physical level.
Or when the sky sang in rhythmic laud deep hollow voices a hot summer day when a thunderstorm was rising behind me. Five times, five minutes apart, this momentous sounding echoed above me and around me. I did not just hear it, I felt it in all cells and centres – a tremendous expansion of my energy-field occurred. I was bewildered and sought rational explanations without finding any. The next day I had an email explaining the different means of communication higher dimensions might use. For the monad, pure spirit the tabulation said, element = thunder, means = sound.
These are just a few examples among many. Spirit shaking my worldview and view about myself, helping me realize my own inner divinity.
From my viewpoint of planetary cell identity, I have no gender, I am not female, nor male, I am pure consciousness. I am an energy-field, a colour, a sound, a vibration. Something very, very old and familiar that has been around for eons. There is no time, no past, no future, there is just being - a sense of potential, an urge to merge with an even bigger energy-field, a feeling of great expansion.
What is it all for? We are part of Planet Earth’s own evolutionary path, we are the ones, her cells, helping her reach her next evolutionary stage of becoming a sacred planet among her brothers and sisters in our Solar Logos. Our role is to bring spirit into matter, to transmute, transform and transfer, ever lifting the vibration, ever perfecting the cells, i.e. souls, bringing in more light and love. Among many avatars, two great ones in our time and age have shown us the way. The Buddha brought us the Light, the notions of detachment and discrimination, taught us about the path to enlightenment and emphasized that knowledge and wisdom are forms of light. The Christ brought us Love, an energy related to group-consciousness, to selfless service and the realization of ‘One Humanity’ and the interconnectedness of All Life. The time has come where humanity needs to combine these two great teachings and make the quantum leap. Like with all else, the work starts within.
Every time a cell does his/her own inner work, cleanses, purifies and redeems, it has a wonderful domino-effect. It effects all cells and souls that planetary cell ever has come in contact with, like throwing a pebble into the water, the rings of vibratory effect goes on and on and on, with each step the radiation increases. Once we have done our own job, we continue the work of redemption, only now dealing with family karma, group karma, national karma, planetary karma, and eventually with cosmic karma. The brighter cell, the shining one attracts like a magnet that which needs redeeming, that is the Law. Light eventually absorbs darkness – there is our Hope and Glory.
So, consider yourself a planetary cell and go within. Despite the momentarily discomfort it is definitely worth it and anyway, if you do not do it in this life you are just postponing the work of physical, emotional, mental and spiritual mess-cleaning to a future life. Might as well start right away!
Franco will be in Finland at Micaela’s healing centre in Inkoo, holding a workshop from 1 to 2 September 2007. For information click here or contact Micaela at maminoff@luukku.com
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The Peaceful Place’ – well, that’s what we’d like to call it!
I read PAN with great interest, and probably like many of us PAN junkies tend to focus on that which is nearest to my heart. So what strikes me again and again is the pursuit of peace and calls for action for healing.
Now, I’ve slept overnight on that last phrase. Originally I had said ‘please don’t take me to task for the use of the word ‘pursuit’, which may seem a bit aggressive in this context, but me and Ta’Om like it here.’ Ta’Om is a Faery friend. However, overnight we seem to have been debating twinning ‘pursuit’ with ‘peace’, and we’ve come to the conclusion that peace is not something that you pursue. As we understand it, it is within us, around us, between us, waiting to be recognised and welcomed and used with heart-felt joy.
Anyway, to get back to my main point. Peace and healing. It’s there in PAN all the time. It’s in Franco’s greetings and blessings and the calls for participation. So, it’s hardly surprising that I thought of PAN and all associated with it when I received an email from Carl Johan Calleman of the Mayan Calendar books (www.calleman.com) about a ‘peace fortnight’ from 15 – 29 May 2007. Thousands of people across the globe will be meditating, singing and taking action to bring that intention of peace closer to being realised. And they’re doing it in their own special ways. From a hug of the ancient city of Jerusalem and songs from around the world, to prayer groups, yoga meditation sessions, and who knows what else! All that wonderful, positive energy will be focussed on peace locally, nationally and globally. CommonPassion are even planning a research project to measure the effects of this global outpouring of peace on crime and suicides rates (amongst other statistics) in major cities. Previous research has shown that crime statistics fall as a result of such measures – see their website for more information.
So, if you’re interested and would like to get involved with this action, get on to the website www.commonpassion.org (not a porn site – honest!) and sign up for a time slot. And even if it’s not your thing, have a peek in, there’s loads of information that you may find useful!
With Love, Peace, True Hope and Healing. (Mary W.)
Disclaimer: All information provided in PAN is presented solely for inspirational or recreational reading, and it is not meant to substitute the recipient’s direct experience and investigation. The information is also given to strategically exemplify the different features of astroshamanic cosmology and is not intended to reflect Franco’s opinion or astroshamanism in general. Franco does not necessarily endorse any of the ideas and views expressed in this literature, including his own.
[i] All times in PAN are given in GMT (Greenwich Mean Time).
