Compendium

Snails symbolised DECAY. The opposite of CREATION, which therefore made them (symbolically) the enemy of progress They symbolised corruption within an ancient kingdom or society. Societies whose strength was measured and defined by their means within things such as agriculture The more abundant the food supply, the happier and healthier the people, and the stronger a kingdom or society was considered to be However, the symbolism extended to the more broad concept of corruption or decay within the governing systems They could indicate infiltration of the lands by outside forces, or corruption within the government bodies. Or simple civil unrest needing to be policed A good example of the importance of agriculture in defining a kingdom or society is the Egyptian sedge and bee The hieroglyphs for the sedge and bee 𓆥 are commonly said to mean "upper and lower Egypt', being described as prenomen for nobility or Pharoah However within my tradition, we are taught to understand different translations for things such as Egyptian hieroglyphs, Sumerian cuneiform, as well as many other languages. The systems and meaning of symbols which formed the numbers and letters of modern language In our translations, the closest modern translation for the sedge and bee 𓆥 in English would be "To sew, to reap" From which, we get the modern saying "to reap what you sew" Although the word for "bee" in Egyptian actually translates to something closer to "bite". In the sense of consuming The sedge is the sewing of seed The bee is the consuming and harvest Without the sedge, the "bite" would be read with a meaning closer to "sting". Depending on its context, it could mean to very literally be bitten, or it could mean to be taken advantage of, or exploited At its base, it is to CONSUME We grow, we consume. We sew, we reap Upper and lower Egypt Upper Egypt (𓇓 Gardiner M23) "raises" or grows the kingdoms resources Lower Egypt (𓆤 L2) "lowers" or consumes the kingdoms resources The "bread bun" semi-circle hieroglyph, that looks like a rising sun, used for the letter "T", actually means "to". As in the process of moving towards The opposite with the semi-circle downwards like a bowl, means "from" With a handle, it means "come from", as in offering. Close to the commonly accepted translation, but not quite the same When you see a semi-circle like a rising sun "to" with a line under it, this means "Unto" As the horizontal line means limitation, such as source, or destination, depending on how and where it is used When you see "unto" combined with a wavey snake moving from lower (under "unto") to higher, this is "Unto the" Used most commonly in the sense of designating a topic, or specific target audience for what is about to be written. Which is the it is nearly always seen at the start of texts These 3 symbols combined, are one in the same, including the meaning, as the 3 parts of the Om symbol They are also the dimensional foundation of degrees within the mysteries. Including degrees used by those like the Freemasons Much of the accepted hieroglyphic translations are badly understood compared to what we are taught going through the Osirian mysteries (rites of Isis) The translations are generally fairly close. But there is enough confusion that the real meaning behind the texts has been completely lost It is much the same with the Sumerian and Norse traditions. As well as the Biblical Hebrew and Greek As well as the Eleusinian mysteries. The stories such as those of Demeter are actually base concepts of geometry and biology Demeter actually means "Dimension" In the Bible, "Daniel" is "Dimension". As is the "book of Daniel" actually the "book of dimensions"

It is based on an old (often misinterpreted) piece of wisdom taught within the ancient mystery schools: "Blessed in the man who consumes the beast within, so the beast becomes man. Cursed is the man that the beast cosume, so the man becomes beast" A version of this is found in the Gospel of Thomas. Except it, like the majority of the Gospel of Thomas, has been horribly mistranslated: 7. Jesus said, "Lucky is the lion that the human will eat, so that the lion becomes human. And foul is the human that the lion will eat, and the lion still will become human." It is about man (meaning mankind, male and female) overcoming their base primal instincts It is one of the first stages of the process of initiation within the ancient mystery schools In my tradition, they refer to this as "self-regulation" and it is a condition of being accepted as an initiate "Self-regulation" is similar to what is described as the "40 days in the desert" in the Bible In other historical texts, it is described as a period when famous initiates of the mystery schools "went to live in a cave", or "disappeared from the records for a few years" In this process, we are made to withdraw from the world to the most extreme extent possible. To see if we are able to do so The initial test is 40 days, and you have to give up everything and everyone You are not allowed to see anyone. You are not allowed to go anywhere, unless it is unavoidable (buying food, etc) You are not allowed to drink, smoke, do drugs Any and all types of addictions or vices. Even coffee and sugar If you can avoid you it, you are to cut off communication with the world completely. Talk to nobody. No sex. Nothing The idea is to see if you are able to give everything up Because later in the initiation process, you may very well lose everything and everyone you love. In order to make it impossible for such things to be used against you, to manipulate, coerce or control you Even if it means sacrificing your wife, child, or even yourself, rather than be controlled To begin with, you are tested to see if you can control your primal urges, addictions and vices. For a short period (40 days and nights) More so, it is a test to see if you can emotionally regulate and balance yourself whilst isolated and deprived This is the basis of the man consuming the beast within (slaying the Dragon) This conditions you, to later being incorruptible, blameless and virtuous in you pursuits as an initiate of the mysteries The later gateways of the mysteries to towards becoming what is referred to as one of the "illuminated" are designed to destroy those who attempt to seek them without a heart that is light as a feather, as in the Egyptian book of the dead (correct title "book of Illumination") which is actually a process you go through whilst you are alive, not when you die as is believed The Cave represents internalisation. As with "initiation" meaning "To go into" Opposite of this is the spiral cloud, which represents externalisation, referred to within the mysteries as "ascension", meaning "to go out from" Scientifically today, we would correlate the internal "Dragon" to our internal layer primal "reptilian" brain Overcome by the intelligence and civility of the outer externalised layers of the brain The maiden represents the Meridian (Mary) which is the carrying forth of one torus/sphere of the philosophers stone to the other, in the same way that layered torus (Taurus, Horus, Torah) propagate within the processes of creation Like the layers of all known creation. They get smaller, denser and more complex, exactly equal and opposite to them getting larger and opening, expanding outwards This is "Initiation" and "Ascension" The Meridian is the pathway of creation, which carries across the centre of the torus, throughout every layer, internal and external Within the aspect of the knight and the dragon, it represents the "reason" for all that we do Why should we go through all the effort to consume the beast within? Because there is beauty within this world worth protecting The maiden is a metaphor for the experience of everything that is beautiful It is choosing LOVE over PAIN It is choosing CREATION over DECAY A simplified metaphor would be "the carrot on the stick" that keeps the animal moving forwards The essence within the lesson, is to understand our potential for CREATION is equal to that of our potential for DECAY and destruction It is easy for the man to become the beast It is much harder for the beast to become the man Such is the purpose of the mystery schools To live ignorant within the mysteries is easy enough Easy paths and religion are offered free and easy. They take no effort The path of the illuminated is much harder It needs be earned through sacrificing whatever is necessary. Everything and everyone you love, even if it means theirs or your own life Because true understanding (the understanding of "self") can only come through experience As with what you find with many people in forums such as this, they are well read on many things and have vast amounts of knowledge ... But without any real or true understanding of the things they think they know Because they lack the experience They are like people who may have seen a dragon or two slain, to know how it is done, but they have never done it themselves A good example would be Australian Aboriginal culture, where the uninitiated are never supposed to speak on the rites, processes and things they have not personally been through and experienced themselves In context of St George, they are still beasts. Not yet man They have not traversed the dimensions in order to be able to perceive them Hope this helps