Post by Indilwen on Jul 16, 2010 15:20:02 GMT 12
La Madeleine and the Mysticism
Many people are attracted by the hidden history of human civilization and the secrets of nature. We wonder where and how we can find the truth. The search for the truth is an inbuilt quality of the human being, which will eventually lead him or her towards soulgrowth.
History has been divided into two lines:
1) The thick blue history line containing half truths, which is visible for all.
2)The thin red history line containing the truth, which is visible for only a few.
We have access to the hidden history by studying the thin red history line which will give us a peak into the mysticism of old, the real history of our civilization and many other truths. But where do we begin?
We prepare ourselves by studying symbolism. Symbolism will give us a key towards the understanding of many secret signs and symbols used by initiates of several ancient orders and we find those symbols in many paintings, statues, carvings, cathedrals (especially the Gothic ones), coats of arms, etc. Let us look at the painting on the right. This is not Mother Mary. This is Mary Magdalene, Myriam Migdal Eder, the presumed companion and follower of Jesus in the 1st Century AD. She holds a closed book, which betrayes that the history around her is not easy to discover. In her right hand she carries a red rose, which refers to the soul, and you will notice how her index finger is pointing upwards. This refers to John the Baptist, Abba Yehohannan, who playes an important but forgotten role in history. Her hairdress is Egyptian and so is the Ankh on the moon she stands on and the seal of Tutmose III. What does Mary Magdalene have in common with Egypt? Why is her body colour dark, and why does she stand on the moon? Why does she have 12 stars around her head? Some of you will recognise symbols of the ancient Mother Goddess, who has had many names in the past. And here, with Mother Earth, everything begins....
There are rumours that we haven't exactly found out everything about the history of our civilization. We know only 1% of our history. Many traces of our past have been destroyed by desasters of nature, and although orthodox historians and archeologists refuse to believe that mankind is older than we think, others are bringing in proof after proof that there was a civilization older than Jericho, older than Genesis. Maybe there was no Genesis. Maybe Genesis is a symbolic story and we must look for the truth elsewhere. Soon, books will be published with solid proof of the worlds of Atlantis and Lemuria. Traces of civilizations have been found which are many millennia older than the first one known to our current sources. And this shouldn't be surprising. If the earth is billions of years old, and the first upright humans walked on the earth at least 1,5 million years ago and were able to make a fire, then why wouldn't there be a high civilization between 1,5 million years ago and 10.000 years ago? If we can make progress in 10.000 years, we would have been able to make progress in 150 x 10.000 years! One hundred and fifty chances to create a high civilization from stone age to computer chip.
But what is the most important thing we must never forget? Well, I will tell you. Knowledge. The ancients had different sciences than we have today, and their sciences may be worth to explore, study and use ourselves. For example: The knowledge of medicine, the power of the mind, the use of the earth's treasures e.g. crystals and stones, the science of vibration & sound, the knowledge of the soul, of nature, of the stars, of the future... That is why we need to loose our blinkers and learn from our ancestors, learn their science and see if it can aid ours. But why are there so many people against exploring the true origins of civilization? In the last 2000 years, powerful worldruling groups have carefully hidden many truths, because it would be in their way of world domination. The people were kept simple and many had to follow one specifically formed faith or be burned at the stake. Freedom and choice were shattered. The ancient knowledge which was still present in the 1st century, was carefully rooted out in the next 1500 years. But it didn't fall into oblivion. Ancient orders kept the knowledge safe and protected, so not all is lost. And sometimes.... sometimes we discover hidden knowledge in symbolism, folktales, fairytales, myths and legends and also in the culture of the Celts, who took over many things from the Egyptians in their time. Think of the obelisks (Karnak Egypt, Carnac France), the enhancement of vibration (dolmens - temples/pyramids), their cult of the Mother Goddess and traces of Egyptian art in their artifacts (e.g. Gullgubbene, Scandinavia). So for those who seek the truth: The hidden history and hidden knowledge of the ancients is still among us, everywhere...
Maria Magdalene and Egypt
Nowadays everyone knows that Egypt has a mystical culture which goes back into times forgotten. Their origin is still a mystery, their culture based on an older civilization, and their great wisdom and power lives on in ancient orders such as the Rosicrucians. Powerful gods and goddesses ruled the world of the ancient Egyptians. In the west was the land of Sah and Ra, the underworld of Osiris and the sungod Ra. The starsystems in the heavens were copied on the earth to make a symbolic gateway to their realms. Osiris and Isis, brother and sister as well as husband and wife, ruled the land and the afterlife, took care of the fertility of the earth so that the earth would produce food and drink, the body and blood of the god Osiris. Isis gave birth to Horus and paved the road for future christianity. Isis was the mother goddess, beloved by all. Around 1350 BC, around the time of Achnaton in Egypt, there was a growing domination of the one and only god who was both male and female, and to a certain point the mother goddess was abandoned. It was in these days that Moses and A'aron took many things from the Egyptians, built the Ark of the Covenant and waited in the Sinai desert until the aftermath of the Santorini vulcano eruption had died out and their goal, the 'promised land', would be habitable again. They had taken many things from the Egyptians. Perhaps also the god Toth's laws and knowledge which was kept in a secret chaimber to which a high priest only had access. A'aron was the High Priest of On (Heliopolis) before the Exodus....
The children of Israel rebuilt the country and five centuries went by until the reign of David and Salomon. The Ark of the Covenant, which was built just like all the other Egyptian Arks which carried gods and goddesses, proved to be a handy library as well and the wisdom of the ancients, the wisdom of Toth, the Egyptian God of e.g. law and medicine, was carefully kept and protected in the Temple in Jerusalem. The current Wailing Wall, however, is said not to be a part of this Temple of Salomon, it is presumed to be 500 years older. And from Moses to the 1st century of our Era (a period of 1350 years), the Jewish religion evolved and many seperate cults, sects and orders were formed, among which the Great White Brotherhood, of which Jesus was a member. The Mother Goddess became much less important, pushed aside by the lonely but dominant male god. And although christianity tried to fill her place with Mother Mary, her origin practically disappeared.
In the 1st century AD, Maria Magdalene tried to give new life to the cult of the Mother Goddess or Black Madonna/Black Isis cult in France, where she spent the rest of her life from ca. 44 AD to 70 AD. It is still not proven that she went there at all, but in folklore, in symbolism and in hidden books many traces point in this direction very clearly. She reactivated the Black Madonna cult, the cult of Mother Earth, and at that time she was seen as the reincarnation of the goddess Isis or Artemis. Many churches dedicated to La Madeleine in France are built on top of holy Celtic sites with a source. The source is a very powerful symbol of the Mother Goddess.
It isn't surprising that Mother Mary and La Madeleine easily get mixed up. Both are often pictured with a blue robe, with stars around their heads, usually standing on a moon or carying a child. Both had children. According to Barbara Thiering, Maria Magdalene had 3 children with Jesus: Jesus Justus who followed Jesus' footsteps, Tamar who is said to have married Paul and a youngest son (thought to be John, who wrote the Book of Revelation in cryptic code containing many hidden messages). Especially the youngest child which she took to France and with whom she is portraited many times in history, is often confused with Jesus resting in Mother Mary's arms. But it doesn't matter who is who, it matters that they both represent the Mother Goddess, the forgotten female part that was once inseperatable from Osiris, the male side. This is interesting, because it is exactly this that we find in many a fairytale. The prince in search of his princess, or the other way round. The princess fleeing for her life chased by a wicked witch like in Snowwhite, or kept in a lonely tower away from men like in Rapunzel. There may be a hidden connection in the name Septimania (ancient Herault, a province in the Languedoc) and the Seven Dwarphs in Snowwhite. It was both a sanctuary for Maria Magdalene and Snowwhite and both of them were found by the wicked witch. Maria's evolved cult got wiped out in the crusade against the Cathars in the 12th, 13th and 14th century and Snowwhite, well, she ate the poisoned apple, didn't she?
The Grail and the Female Principle
The Languedoc in southern France is an area where history has had full reign. The Celts worshipped the Mother Goddess and their holy sites were holy water sources, caves, mountains and tellurian powerlines on which they would place their dolmens and menhirs. The first connection we see is the cult of the bear, still celebrated in the mysterious Pyrenees. The bear was the incarnation of Odin in the northern Celtic world, while in the orient it was the companion of Artemis. We have the Great Bear (Ursus Major) and the Little Bear (Ursus Minor) in the stars and the bear was also a symbol of the moon and of resurrection. "Arth Ur" means "The Bear" and was the title of the leader of a tribe. Of course we think of another myth when we see the name Arthur.
The Languedoc was a colony of the Fenicians and later of the Greeks and Romans, and with them came their culture. There was also a florishing Jewish colony and they are said to have been the ones who brought vineculture to France, just a little while before the Romans invaded the country. The vine is a very powerful symbol in the Grail legends. Jesus was supposed to be the vine and his bloodline would be symbolised by a vine tree. Of course, Arthur and the Grail legends are connected. And from the grail we once again arrive at Maria Magdalene and the alabaster jar, in which she kept the Nardus oil to anoint Jesus as the Messiah, which means "the annointed one". However we must consider that the jar she carries could also just refer to the Mother Goddess, since other Goddesses of Fertility in the Orient also carry such a jar.
Where there is smoke there is fire and we are beginning to understand that Maria Magdalene may have been Jesus' wife, especially because a Rabbi would only be called a Rabbi when married. On the right we see a relief from the Madelaine church in Foix, depicting the Last Supper. It is clear that the person next to Jesus on the right is a woman, Mary Magdalene (with special thanks to Bram Moerland for the photo). If there is any doubt whether the person next to Jesus on Da Vinci's Last Supper is a woman or not, this Last Supper reveals it clearly. Sitting next to the Master confirms her position. If they were indeed married, there may have been children and there is no reason why there would be no bloodline from him.
Jesus was a great Avatar, a healer and a holy man, who said and did many good things. However, his ancestors are a mystery to us. There is however one possibility that may have been overlooked. Perhaps High Priest/Zadok Priest Zacharias, the last male heir of the Hasmonean Royal House, is the real father of Jesus. Mary could have been chosen to give birth to his son, because his wife Elisabeth was too old to get pregnant. However, after impregnating Mary, it came out that Elisabeth was a few months pregnant after all, and both women would give birth to sons, first John (the baptist), quickly followed by Jesus. This theory would explain much. This would most of all explain why Jesus would be the annointed king of Judea and Zadok Priest after John was beheaded.
People have gone into great lengths to find out what his family tree looks like and somehow find themselves in the middle of several ruling classes in a turbulent Europe. Think of Charlemaine, the house of Champagne and the first 9 (or 11?) knights of the Knights Templar, who just wanted to invade Jerusalem to get a few things and then leave. They probably did. Many traces lead towards the Templar knights when we research the above. Noble families like the Medici and many others in Europe intermarried because of this bloodline, and referring to this vine-bloodline the term "blue blood" could have originated. When we are talking about a bloodline, then we must dive into the origins of the Irish Tuatha de Danaan, the Celts, the 10 Lost Tribes of Israel, The Tribe of Dan, the Royal Scyths (Isaac?), the origins of the Goths and Merovingians, the Scottish family Stewart and perhaps the most probable heir of the Grailbloodline, Karl von Habsburg. Wether this Grailbloodline has anything to do with Jesus or even David is to be seen, but it is well possible that this is the oldest royal bloodline in the world (The Sang Real?). Their priorities are humanitarian and social work and of course, chivalry, not for their glory, but for the glory of God.
The Grail legends
According to Barbara Thiering, an authority on the Dead Sea Scrolls, Maria Magdalene was born in 3 AD, married Jesus and was banished by the Jews to an Essene colony in southern France in ca. 44 AD. With her, she brought several people, among whom Lazarus, Sidonius, Myriam Salome, Myriam Martha, and a mysterious woman called Sarah the Egyptian, "She who steals from the sun". But who was Sarah? No one seems to know her history. Sarah means 'prinses'. Therefore she was no slave, as some people presume. The only prinses in the company was Mary Magdalene, who was the prinses royal after marrying Jesus. Mary Magdalene was also the High Priestess of a fertility cult which is comparable with the Black Isis cult, which could explain the Black Madonna's as well as the Black Sarah in the church of Stes Maries de la Mer. Perhaps Sarah was Mary Magdalene?
The three Mary's landed in the Provence just north of the Herault near what is now called Stes Maries de la Mer in the Camarque. It was Sarah, however, who stayed there and became the patron saint of all the Gypsies. Her relics are still kept in the church. She brought with her a crystal ball in which she could see the future. These glass spheres were also popular among the Merovingians and have been found in several of their tombs. And because their name was derrived from the vinetree (vine-bloodline) and the name Myriam (Mary) - Mer Ving - I would think that the Merovingians were more connected to Mary Magdalene than to Sarah, if these were indeed two separate people, which I doubt.
According to a legend Mary Magdalene brought the Grail to France. We see here on the right how she arrived in France on a detail from a window in Chartres Cathedral. The Grail is, according to many, the cup Jesus drank from during his last meal, and in which he blead from the cross. This reminds me of an old ritual called the Hieros Gamos ritual. In the days of old, a small jade bowl was used to collect sacrificial blood. This blood would ensure the fertility of the earth for next year's crop (fertility cult). Of course Jesus' blood was also sacrificial and his sacrifice would ensure the fertility of the earth or, in the case of christianity, the saving of mankind. Through his death we live. Or is it, through his sacrifice we live? Is death vital? If this (jade?) cup which had belonged to Jesus was brought to Europe, either by Joseph of Arimethea (Glastonbury) or Maria Magdalene (France), then it may excist as a material object. And in that case I am inclined to think of the famous cup of Melchizedek, who also did the bread and wine ritual thousands of years B.C.E. And since this ritual must have been done by many throughout the years and the cup should still exist, it must have been made of unbreakable material.
Of course the other side is its spiritual symbolism. The search for a higher level of being, soulgrowth, the search for your inner wisdom and, of course, knowledge. And here we arrive on the spot! It all seems to deal with the keeping and protecting of ancient knowledge. Graham Hancock, together with Robert Bauval an authority on the lost civilizations, has a strong feeling that the Grail and the Ark of the Covenant are in symbolism one and the same. The container for knowledge or even more simple, our subconscience. In reality they may have excisted as solid objects and still very much sought after, but it's symbolic value is far more important to us. What good is a beautiful bookcover when you can't read the book? So in medieval times when books were burned and people were killed when they did not have the Roman catholic faith, it is no wonder that secret orders were working underground to protect all this knowledge, so that even today, parts of this ancient knowledge still excists....
The Great White Brotherhood
One would always make sure that the true initiates of one of the ancient orders would always recognise the hidden messages in paintings and statues and other symbols. For us, the question is, what does it all mean? Here, Poussin, one of the many members of an ancient order, has painted John the Baptist, the heir of A'aron, keeper of the Ark and we immediately see the X in the trees. The X may refer to several things. St. Andrew, the patron saint of Scotland, referring to Scotland? Or does it refer to the Essene greeting, crossed arms with the right hand on the heart, a blink towards the knowledge of the Great White Brotherhood? Could it be the combination of the male symbol (^) and the female symbol (v)? Keep an eye out for the X in all paintings, images and statues as it may refer to a connection which is completely surprising. Or perhaps not....
But finally there is one thing we may not overlook and that is the female aspect, the Mother Goddess, La Madeleine and her Mysticism. Maria Magdalene was not very popular among the disciples, and women weren't considered equal, especially in the orient. Jesus, however, was very fond of her and according to his beliefs, he did consider her as equal. For a little while they were as if incarnates of Isis and Osiris. But when she was banished to France, she promoted the cult of the Mother Goddess and paved the road for the Cathar movement which would be fiercely fought a millennium after her death. It is true that in countries where women are repressed, men are more violent and destructive, while in the western countries, where women are much more equal to men, men are more gentle and creative. While the past 2000 years have been the age of Pisces, fish, the symbol of Jesus in christianity, the following millennia will be the age of Aquarius, the keeper of water, so let us hope that the female aspect, symbolised in this new age, will be reinstated and world peace may indeed come closer....
Melchizedek and the Grail
Let's do a bit of research and see where symbolism gets us with the next interesting subject. On the left you see Melchizedek, holding the cup in which he holds bread and wine, which were used in a ritual to thank the Mother Goddess for giving her body and blood to her children. This reminds us of the well known ritual of the Consecration during Roman catholic services. It reminds us of Jesus' Last Supper. This ritual is as old as the hills. It goes back at least to the time of Melchizedek, from which the Zadok Priests evolved who were the Teachers of Righteousness, the Sons of Light, the Sons of God. According to Josephus, there were 83 Zadok Priests from Aaron to the fall of the Temple in Jerusalem in the first century AD. It all seems as if Jesus was also a Zadok Priest, as he was called the Teacher of Righteousness, the Son of God, and since he was leading the bread and wine ritual at least once. How would he have become a Zadok Priest?
We have to study the ancestry of Jesus and make a large jump to a seemingly incredible assumption. Was Jesus, as we already mentioned above, the son of Zacharias, the High Priest at the time of Jesus' birth who, according to custom, had impregnated Mary the Temple Virgin before she was married to Joseph? In that case, John the Baptist was Jesus' half brother. And as Zacharias was a Zadok Priest as well as the main heir to the throne of Israel through his ancestry, the house of Hasmon, John would be his heir. Between Zacharias' death and John's death, John the Baptist would have been not only Zadok Priest, but also the inactive king of Israel. After John's death, it would immediately pass on to the closest relative, Jesus, the second son of Zacharias. This would make Jesus' heirs not only of royal blood, but also sacred blood due to the lineage of the Zadok Priesthood. He was therefore a Son of God, as all Zadok Priests were so called, as well as the Messiah, the anointed king of Israel. The anointing was done by none other than his future wife, Mary Magdalene.
But still, who was Melchizedek? Perhaps Melchizedek was the Grand Initiator? He seems to be more important than Abraham in Genesis 14:18 and an eternal priest in Psalms 110:4 while in Heb 7:3 he didn't even have parents and some seem to think that he was a son of Sem, one of the sons of Noach. In the Dead Sea Scrolls he is even connected to Archangel Michael (picture on the right). Is there a connection with Melchizedek and Archangel Michael? What would be the connection between Mont St. Michel in France and St. Michael's Mount in Britain? Does it refer to knowledge, the science of nature, the Mother Goddess, the Grail and the Ark of the Covenant? Is it perhaps Ark Angel, protector of knowledge? Knowledge as in both Science and Mysticism? Maybe YOU will be the one who finds out!!
Before I get off my soapbox and if you are fond of research, I would like to advise you to read up on symbolism, the Kabala and above all, the Hermetica. There are so many books on the Hermetica such as "The Kybalion" (Yogi Publication Society), "The Hermetica" (The lost wisdom of the Pharaohs) by Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy, which is very informative and easy reading, and "Wisdom of the Mystic Masters" by Joseph J. Weed, which is a real eye opener and can change your life completely!
Also the works of Joseph Campbell are informative, "The Grail Tradition" by John Matthews is very good, but also the secret sciences in Andrew Collin's book "Gods of Eden: Egypt's lost legacy and the genesis of civilisation" is worth reading. "On earth as it is in Heaven" by Greg Rigby explains revelations of French cathedral locations (as above, so below) and the books of Margaret Starbird on Mary Magdalene are also very informative. Marion Bradley's Avalon books are very interesting as they explain a lost culture that many people are trying to rediscover.
For those among you who have already been there done that, then the deeper Hermetica is the key to the old knowledge of the ancients, perhaps read up on "Subtle Body" by David V. Tansley or better still, try a one year membership with the Rosicrucian Order AMORC if soul growth is what you are after.
And for those who are going to embark on new research: The game is afoot, good hunting!
Anneke
Also check out:
The Female Principle
The Kybalion Resource Page
Joseph Campbell Foundation
Marion Bradley's Thoughts on Avalon
Quest Against Oblivion
The Holy Grail
Realm of the Holy Grail
source:
www.vakantiewereld.nl/languedoc/english/mysticism.php
Many people are attracted by the hidden history of human civilization and the secrets of nature. We wonder where and how we can find the truth. The search for the truth is an inbuilt quality of the human being, which will eventually lead him or her towards soulgrowth.
History has been divided into two lines:
1) The thick blue history line containing half truths, which is visible for all.
2)The thin red history line containing the truth, which is visible for only a few.
We have access to the hidden history by studying the thin red history line which will give us a peak into the mysticism of old, the real history of our civilization and many other truths. But where do we begin?
We prepare ourselves by studying symbolism. Symbolism will give us a key towards the understanding of many secret signs and symbols used by initiates of several ancient orders and we find those symbols in many paintings, statues, carvings, cathedrals (especially the Gothic ones), coats of arms, etc. Let us look at the painting on the right. This is not Mother Mary. This is Mary Magdalene, Myriam Migdal Eder, the presumed companion and follower of Jesus in the 1st Century AD. She holds a closed book, which betrayes that the history around her is not easy to discover. In her right hand she carries a red rose, which refers to the soul, and you will notice how her index finger is pointing upwards. This refers to John the Baptist, Abba Yehohannan, who playes an important but forgotten role in history. Her hairdress is Egyptian and so is the Ankh on the moon she stands on and the seal of Tutmose III. What does Mary Magdalene have in common with Egypt? Why is her body colour dark, and why does she stand on the moon? Why does she have 12 stars around her head? Some of you will recognise symbols of the ancient Mother Goddess, who has had many names in the past. And here, with Mother Earth, everything begins....
There are rumours that we haven't exactly found out everything about the history of our civilization. We know only 1% of our history. Many traces of our past have been destroyed by desasters of nature, and although orthodox historians and archeologists refuse to believe that mankind is older than we think, others are bringing in proof after proof that there was a civilization older than Jericho, older than Genesis. Maybe there was no Genesis. Maybe Genesis is a symbolic story and we must look for the truth elsewhere. Soon, books will be published with solid proof of the worlds of Atlantis and Lemuria. Traces of civilizations have been found which are many millennia older than the first one known to our current sources. And this shouldn't be surprising. If the earth is billions of years old, and the first upright humans walked on the earth at least 1,5 million years ago and were able to make a fire, then why wouldn't there be a high civilization between 1,5 million years ago and 10.000 years ago? If we can make progress in 10.000 years, we would have been able to make progress in 150 x 10.000 years! One hundred and fifty chances to create a high civilization from stone age to computer chip.
But what is the most important thing we must never forget? Well, I will tell you. Knowledge. The ancients had different sciences than we have today, and their sciences may be worth to explore, study and use ourselves. For example: The knowledge of medicine, the power of the mind, the use of the earth's treasures e.g. crystals and stones, the science of vibration & sound, the knowledge of the soul, of nature, of the stars, of the future... That is why we need to loose our blinkers and learn from our ancestors, learn their science and see if it can aid ours. But why are there so many people against exploring the true origins of civilization? In the last 2000 years, powerful worldruling groups have carefully hidden many truths, because it would be in their way of world domination. The people were kept simple and many had to follow one specifically formed faith or be burned at the stake. Freedom and choice were shattered. The ancient knowledge which was still present in the 1st century, was carefully rooted out in the next 1500 years. But it didn't fall into oblivion. Ancient orders kept the knowledge safe and protected, so not all is lost. And sometimes.... sometimes we discover hidden knowledge in symbolism, folktales, fairytales, myths and legends and also in the culture of the Celts, who took over many things from the Egyptians in their time. Think of the obelisks (Karnak Egypt, Carnac France), the enhancement of vibration (dolmens - temples/pyramids), their cult of the Mother Goddess and traces of Egyptian art in their artifacts (e.g. Gullgubbene, Scandinavia). So for those who seek the truth: The hidden history and hidden knowledge of the ancients is still among us, everywhere...
Maria Magdalene and Egypt
Nowadays everyone knows that Egypt has a mystical culture which goes back into times forgotten. Their origin is still a mystery, their culture based on an older civilization, and their great wisdom and power lives on in ancient orders such as the Rosicrucians. Powerful gods and goddesses ruled the world of the ancient Egyptians. In the west was the land of Sah and Ra, the underworld of Osiris and the sungod Ra. The starsystems in the heavens were copied on the earth to make a symbolic gateway to their realms. Osiris and Isis, brother and sister as well as husband and wife, ruled the land and the afterlife, took care of the fertility of the earth so that the earth would produce food and drink, the body and blood of the god Osiris. Isis gave birth to Horus and paved the road for future christianity. Isis was the mother goddess, beloved by all. Around 1350 BC, around the time of Achnaton in Egypt, there was a growing domination of the one and only god who was both male and female, and to a certain point the mother goddess was abandoned. It was in these days that Moses and A'aron took many things from the Egyptians, built the Ark of the Covenant and waited in the Sinai desert until the aftermath of the Santorini vulcano eruption had died out and their goal, the 'promised land', would be habitable again. They had taken many things from the Egyptians. Perhaps also the god Toth's laws and knowledge which was kept in a secret chaimber to which a high priest only had access. A'aron was the High Priest of On (Heliopolis) before the Exodus....
The children of Israel rebuilt the country and five centuries went by until the reign of David and Salomon. The Ark of the Covenant, which was built just like all the other Egyptian Arks which carried gods and goddesses, proved to be a handy library as well and the wisdom of the ancients, the wisdom of Toth, the Egyptian God of e.g. law and medicine, was carefully kept and protected in the Temple in Jerusalem. The current Wailing Wall, however, is said not to be a part of this Temple of Salomon, it is presumed to be 500 years older. And from Moses to the 1st century of our Era (a period of 1350 years), the Jewish religion evolved and many seperate cults, sects and orders were formed, among which the Great White Brotherhood, of which Jesus was a member. The Mother Goddess became much less important, pushed aside by the lonely but dominant male god. And although christianity tried to fill her place with Mother Mary, her origin practically disappeared.
In the 1st century AD, Maria Magdalene tried to give new life to the cult of the Mother Goddess or Black Madonna/Black Isis cult in France, where she spent the rest of her life from ca. 44 AD to 70 AD. It is still not proven that she went there at all, but in folklore, in symbolism and in hidden books many traces point in this direction very clearly. She reactivated the Black Madonna cult, the cult of Mother Earth, and at that time she was seen as the reincarnation of the goddess Isis or Artemis. Many churches dedicated to La Madeleine in France are built on top of holy Celtic sites with a source. The source is a very powerful symbol of the Mother Goddess.
It isn't surprising that Mother Mary and La Madeleine easily get mixed up. Both are often pictured with a blue robe, with stars around their heads, usually standing on a moon or carying a child. Both had children. According to Barbara Thiering, Maria Magdalene had 3 children with Jesus: Jesus Justus who followed Jesus' footsteps, Tamar who is said to have married Paul and a youngest son (thought to be John, who wrote the Book of Revelation in cryptic code containing many hidden messages). Especially the youngest child which she took to France and with whom she is portraited many times in history, is often confused with Jesus resting in Mother Mary's arms. But it doesn't matter who is who, it matters that they both represent the Mother Goddess, the forgotten female part that was once inseperatable from Osiris, the male side. This is interesting, because it is exactly this that we find in many a fairytale. The prince in search of his princess, or the other way round. The princess fleeing for her life chased by a wicked witch like in Snowwhite, or kept in a lonely tower away from men like in Rapunzel. There may be a hidden connection in the name Septimania (ancient Herault, a province in the Languedoc) and the Seven Dwarphs in Snowwhite. It was both a sanctuary for Maria Magdalene and Snowwhite and both of them were found by the wicked witch. Maria's evolved cult got wiped out in the crusade against the Cathars in the 12th, 13th and 14th century and Snowwhite, well, she ate the poisoned apple, didn't she?
The Grail and the Female Principle
The Languedoc in southern France is an area where history has had full reign. The Celts worshipped the Mother Goddess and their holy sites were holy water sources, caves, mountains and tellurian powerlines on which they would place their dolmens and menhirs. The first connection we see is the cult of the bear, still celebrated in the mysterious Pyrenees. The bear was the incarnation of Odin in the northern Celtic world, while in the orient it was the companion of Artemis. We have the Great Bear (Ursus Major) and the Little Bear (Ursus Minor) in the stars and the bear was also a symbol of the moon and of resurrection. "Arth Ur" means "The Bear" and was the title of the leader of a tribe. Of course we think of another myth when we see the name Arthur.
The Languedoc was a colony of the Fenicians and later of the Greeks and Romans, and with them came their culture. There was also a florishing Jewish colony and they are said to have been the ones who brought vineculture to France, just a little while before the Romans invaded the country. The vine is a very powerful symbol in the Grail legends. Jesus was supposed to be the vine and his bloodline would be symbolised by a vine tree. Of course, Arthur and the Grail legends are connected. And from the grail we once again arrive at Maria Magdalene and the alabaster jar, in which she kept the Nardus oil to anoint Jesus as the Messiah, which means "the annointed one". However we must consider that the jar she carries could also just refer to the Mother Goddess, since other Goddesses of Fertility in the Orient also carry such a jar.
Where there is smoke there is fire and we are beginning to understand that Maria Magdalene may have been Jesus' wife, especially because a Rabbi would only be called a Rabbi when married. On the right we see a relief from the Madelaine church in Foix, depicting the Last Supper. It is clear that the person next to Jesus on the right is a woman, Mary Magdalene (with special thanks to Bram Moerland for the photo). If there is any doubt whether the person next to Jesus on Da Vinci's Last Supper is a woman or not, this Last Supper reveals it clearly. Sitting next to the Master confirms her position. If they were indeed married, there may have been children and there is no reason why there would be no bloodline from him.
Jesus was a great Avatar, a healer and a holy man, who said and did many good things. However, his ancestors are a mystery to us. There is however one possibility that may have been overlooked. Perhaps High Priest/Zadok Priest Zacharias, the last male heir of the Hasmonean Royal House, is the real father of Jesus. Mary could have been chosen to give birth to his son, because his wife Elisabeth was too old to get pregnant. However, after impregnating Mary, it came out that Elisabeth was a few months pregnant after all, and both women would give birth to sons, first John (the baptist), quickly followed by Jesus. This theory would explain much. This would most of all explain why Jesus would be the annointed king of Judea and Zadok Priest after John was beheaded.
People have gone into great lengths to find out what his family tree looks like and somehow find themselves in the middle of several ruling classes in a turbulent Europe. Think of Charlemaine, the house of Champagne and the first 9 (or 11?) knights of the Knights Templar, who just wanted to invade Jerusalem to get a few things and then leave. They probably did. Many traces lead towards the Templar knights when we research the above. Noble families like the Medici and many others in Europe intermarried because of this bloodline, and referring to this vine-bloodline the term "blue blood" could have originated. When we are talking about a bloodline, then we must dive into the origins of the Irish Tuatha de Danaan, the Celts, the 10 Lost Tribes of Israel, The Tribe of Dan, the Royal Scyths (Isaac?), the origins of the Goths and Merovingians, the Scottish family Stewart and perhaps the most probable heir of the Grailbloodline, Karl von Habsburg. Wether this Grailbloodline has anything to do with Jesus or even David is to be seen, but it is well possible that this is the oldest royal bloodline in the world (The Sang Real?). Their priorities are humanitarian and social work and of course, chivalry, not for their glory, but for the glory of God.
The Grail legends
According to Barbara Thiering, an authority on the Dead Sea Scrolls, Maria Magdalene was born in 3 AD, married Jesus and was banished by the Jews to an Essene colony in southern France in ca. 44 AD. With her, she brought several people, among whom Lazarus, Sidonius, Myriam Salome, Myriam Martha, and a mysterious woman called Sarah the Egyptian, "She who steals from the sun". But who was Sarah? No one seems to know her history. Sarah means 'prinses'. Therefore she was no slave, as some people presume. The only prinses in the company was Mary Magdalene, who was the prinses royal after marrying Jesus. Mary Magdalene was also the High Priestess of a fertility cult which is comparable with the Black Isis cult, which could explain the Black Madonna's as well as the Black Sarah in the church of Stes Maries de la Mer. Perhaps Sarah was Mary Magdalene?
The three Mary's landed in the Provence just north of the Herault near what is now called Stes Maries de la Mer in the Camarque. It was Sarah, however, who stayed there and became the patron saint of all the Gypsies. Her relics are still kept in the church. She brought with her a crystal ball in which she could see the future. These glass spheres were also popular among the Merovingians and have been found in several of their tombs. And because their name was derrived from the vinetree (vine-bloodline) and the name Myriam (Mary) - Mer Ving - I would think that the Merovingians were more connected to Mary Magdalene than to Sarah, if these were indeed two separate people, which I doubt.
According to a legend Mary Magdalene brought the Grail to France. We see here on the right how she arrived in France on a detail from a window in Chartres Cathedral. The Grail is, according to many, the cup Jesus drank from during his last meal, and in which he blead from the cross. This reminds me of an old ritual called the Hieros Gamos ritual. In the days of old, a small jade bowl was used to collect sacrificial blood. This blood would ensure the fertility of the earth for next year's crop (fertility cult). Of course Jesus' blood was also sacrificial and his sacrifice would ensure the fertility of the earth or, in the case of christianity, the saving of mankind. Through his death we live. Or is it, through his sacrifice we live? Is death vital? If this (jade?) cup which had belonged to Jesus was brought to Europe, either by Joseph of Arimethea (Glastonbury) or Maria Magdalene (France), then it may excist as a material object. And in that case I am inclined to think of the famous cup of Melchizedek, who also did the bread and wine ritual thousands of years B.C.E. And since this ritual must have been done by many throughout the years and the cup should still exist, it must have been made of unbreakable material.
Of course the other side is its spiritual symbolism. The search for a higher level of being, soulgrowth, the search for your inner wisdom and, of course, knowledge. And here we arrive on the spot! It all seems to deal with the keeping and protecting of ancient knowledge. Graham Hancock, together with Robert Bauval an authority on the lost civilizations, has a strong feeling that the Grail and the Ark of the Covenant are in symbolism one and the same. The container for knowledge or even more simple, our subconscience. In reality they may have excisted as solid objects and still very much sought after, but it's symbolic value is far more important to us. What good is a beautiful bookcover when you can't read the book? So in medieval times when books were burned and people were killed when they did not have the Roman catholic faith, it is no wonder that secret orders were working underground to protect all this knowledge, so that even today, parts of this ancient knowledge still excists....
The Great White Brotherhood
One would always make sure that the true initiates of one of the ancient orders would always recognise the hidden messages in paintings and statues and other symbols. For us, the question is, what does it all mean? Here, Poussin, one of the many members of an ancient order, has painted John the Baptist, the heir of A'aron, keeper of the Ark and we immediately see the X in the trees. The X may refer to several things. St. Andrew, the patron saint of Scotland, referring to Scotland? Or does it refer to the Essene greeting, crossed arms with the right hand on the heart, a blink towards the knowledge of the Great White Brotherhood? Could it be the combination of the male symbol (^) and the female symbol (v)? Keep an eye out for the X in all paintings, images and statues as it may refer to a connection which is completely surprising. Or perhaps not....
But finally there is one thing we may not overlook and that is the female aspect, the Mother Goddess, La Madeleine and her Mysticism. Maria Magdalene was not very popular among the disciples, and women weren't considered equal, especially in the orient. Jesus, however, was very fond of her and according to his beliefs, he did consider her as equal. For a little while they were as if incarnates of Isis and Osiris. But when she was banished to France, she promoted the cult of the Mother Goddess and paved the road for the Cathar movement which would be fiercely fought a millennium after her death. It is true that in countries where women are repressed, men are more violent and destructive, while in the western countries, where women are much more equal to men, men are more gentle and creative. While the past 2000 years have been the age of Pisces, fish, the symbol of Jesus in christianity, the following millennia will be the age of Aquarius, the keeper of water, so let us hope that the female aspect, symbolised in this new age, will be reinstated and world peace may indeed come closer....
Melchizedek and the Grail
Let's do a bit of research and see where symbolism gets us with the next interesting subject. On the left you see Melchizedek, holding the cup in which he holds bread and wine, which were used in a ritual to thank the Mother Goddess for giving her body and blood to her children. This reminds us of the well known ritual of the Consecration during Roman catholic services. It reminds us of Jesus' Last Supper. This ritual is as old as the hills. It goes back at least to the time of Melchizedek, from which the Zadok Priests evolved who were the Teachers of Righteousness, the Sons of Light, the Sons of God. According to Josephus, there were 83 Zadok Priests from Aaron to the fall of the Temple in Jerusalem in the first century AD. It all seems as if Jesus was also a Zadok Priest, as he was called the Teacher of Righteousness, the Son of God, and since he was leading the bread and wine ritual at least once. How would he have become a Zadok Priest?
We have to study the ancestry of Jesus and make a large jump to a seemingly incredible assumption. Was Jesus, as we already mentioned above, the son of Zacharias, the High Priest at the time of Jesus' birth who, according to custom, had impregnated Mary the Temple Virgin before she was married to Joseph? In that case, John the Baptist was Jesus' half brother. And as Zacharias was a Zadok Priest as well as the main heir to the throne of Israel through his ancestry, the house of Hasmon, John would be his heir. Between Zacharias' death and John's death, John the Baptist would have been not only Zadok Priest, but also the inactive king of Israel. After John's death, it would immediately pass on to the closest relative, Jesus, the second son of Zacharias. This would make Jesus' heirs not only of royal blood, but also sacred blood due to the lineage of the Zadok Priesthood. He was therefore a Son of God, as all Zadok Priests were so called, as well as the Messiah, the anointed king of Israel. The anointing was done by none other than his future wife, Mary Magdalene.
But still, who was Melchizedek? Perhaps Melchizedek was the Grand Initiator? He seems to be more important than Abraham in Genesis 14:18 and an eternal priest in Psalms 110:4 while in Heb 7:3 he didn't even have parents and some seem to think that he was a son of Sem, one of the sons of Noach. In the Dead Sea Scrolls he is even connected to Archangel Michael (picture on the right). Is there a connection with Melchizedek and Archangel Michael? What would be the connection between Mont St. Michel in France and St. Michael's Mount in Britain? Does it refer to knowledge, the science of nature, the Mother Goddess, the Grail and the Ark of the Covenant? Is it perhaps Ark Angel, protector of knowledge? Knowledge as in both Science and Mysticism? Maybe YOU will be the one who finds out!!
Before I get off my soapbox and if you are fond of research, I would like to advise you to read up on symbolism, the Kabala and above all, the Hermetica. There are so many books on the Hermetica such as "The Kybalion" (Yogi Publication Society), "The Hermetica" (The lost wisdom of the Pharaohs) by Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy, which is very informative and easy reading, and "Wisdom of the Mystic Masters" by Joseph J. Weed, which is a real eye opener and can change your life completely!
Also the works of Joseph Campbell are informative, "The Grail Tradition" by John Matthews is very good, but also the secret sciences in Andrew Collin's book "Gods of Eden: Egypt's lost legacy and the genesis of civilisation" is worth reading. "On earth as it is in Heaven" by Greg Rigby explains revelations of French cathedral locations (as above, so below) and the books of Margaret Starbird on Mary Magdalene are also very informative. Marion Bradley's Avalon books are very interesting as they explain a lost culture that many people are trying to rediscover.
For those among you who have already been there done that, then the deeper Hermetica is the key to the old knowledge of the ancients, perhaps read up on "Subtle Body" by David V. Tansley or better still, try a one year membership with the Rosicrucian Order AMORC if soul growth is what you are after.
And for those who are going to embark on new research: The game is afoot, good hunting!
Anneke
Also check out:
The Female Principle
The Kybalion Resource Page
Joseph Campbell Foundation
Marion Bradley's Thoughts on Avalon
Quest Against Oblivion
The Holy Grail
Realm of the Holy Grail
source:
www.vakantiewereld.nl/languedoc/english/mysticism.php