Have you thought upon Lat and Uzza, and Manat, the third, the other?… They are exalted birds, and their intercession is desired indeed.
How differently the course of history may have flowed had Muhammad not convinced himself that these verses were a satanic imposture! Anyway, the thread is not very interesting, but it is interesting how that book keeps coming up.
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This morning I woke up a couple of hours before my alarm, went to my chapel, and prayed the Rosary for the first time in over a month. Then, while shuffling my Rider-Waite deck, I recited some more prayers and then said essentially, "So I got baptized. What happens now?"
I drew a card, laid it face down in front of me and, as is my custom, tried to perceive it psychically before turning it over. My clairvoyance is spotty at best, but it still seems worthwhile to keep it in good working order, such as it is, through regular exercise.
My first psychic impression was of golden radiance hovering above a distant mountain on the horizon, and I thought, "Oh, it's Temperance again." I've been getting that card a lot lately. But as I checked this tendency to jump to conclusions, and let more impressions gradually surface, I began to have a sense of a pale, impassive face in profile, looking down, and then a very vague sense of symmetry in the other elements of the scene -- something on the left and something corresponding on the right, but with no clear idea of what these matching elements were. In my notebook, next to where I had scribbled "Temperance," I now added, "-- or the Moon?" and then after a moment underscored the word Moon several times, making that my final answer.
I turned the card over. It was the Moon.
I immediately saw the relevance of this card to the question I had asked. The central figure -- usually called a crayfish or lobster but historically representing the constellation of the Crab -- emerges from the water -- always understood to be salt water, like that in which I baptized myself -- and ahead of it a long, narrow path stretches away into the distance. What does Nephi say in the chapter I quoted in my last post?
For the gate by which ye should enter is repentance and baptism by water; and then cometh a remission of your sins by fire and by the Holy Ghost. And then are ye in this strait and narrow path which leads to eternal life . . . (2 Ne. 31:17-18).
After baptism by water, the strait and narrow path (And in my case, as noted in the last post, the water, too was a Strait.) The path leads to eternal life, which brings us to my initial "wrong" perception of the card as Temperance. I've learned to take note even of such "incorrect" perceptions, as they often shed interpretive light on the reading. Here's what the Temperance card looks like. All I perceived of it was the bit in the background, below the angel's right wing.
Here's what A. E. Waite, the designer of the card, has to say about this element in his Pictorial Key to the Tarot:
A direct path goes up to certain heights on the verge of the horizon, and above there is a great light, through which a crown is seen vaguely. Hereof is some part of the Secret of Eternal Life, as it is possible to man in his incarnation. All the conventional emblems are renounced herein.
So this card, too, shows a narrow path leading from the water's edge to the horizon, and in this case the destination is explicitly Eternal Life, or some part thereof.
Coming back to the Moon card itself, it is notable for being the only one of the Major Arcana to show no human or angelic figure. At my baptism, it was also notable that the entire beach was deserted, so that the event was witnessed only by the shorebirds.
My last post discussed the scene in Last Call where two of the characters encounter Isis in vision and are told to be baptized. Isis is described in a way that very obviously and deliberately evokes the imagery of the Moon card:
Diana strained her eyes, trying to keep the approaching woman in focus. The cold and inhumanly beautiful face was above Diana now, and seemed to be a feature of the night sky. Dogs or perhaps wolves were howling somewhere, and surf crashed on rocks. Fine salt spray dewed Diana's parted lips.Her knees were suddenly cold, and she realized she had knelt on the wet grass.When the goddess spoke, her voice was literally musical -- like notes stroked from inorganic strings and ringing silver. This is my daughter, spoke the voice, who pleases me.
Lobsters and crabs, I should note, have been in the sync stream for a while now. Recently, Bill has seen them as spider-analogues and thus references to the demon Ungoliant and those who serve her (including, according to him, myself in past lives) -- but we have also seen the lobster in more positive roles, delivering the Gospel of Light. (See "The Gospel of Luke on lobsterback.")
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After this consultation with the cards, I still had a little time before my first class, so I decided to listen to an audiobook of the Bible while I did some cleaning. The recording was at the point where I had left off last time I listened to it, which was about a week ago -- somewhere in the middle of Leviticus. This isn't normally the most riveting stretch of scripture, but it certainly got my attention and made me laugh when I pressed play and immediately heard the voice actor announce:
And the man whose hair is fallen off his head, he is bald; yet is he clean (Lev. 13:40).
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My morning class is for very young children. This morning, a six-year-old girl called me over and wanted to show me something before the lesson. She had a little plastic box, inside of which were dozens and dozens of tiny, confetti-size pieces of colored paper which had been cut into various shapes with some kind of punch. Of the wide variety of shapes and colors, she selected three and said that she wanted to give them to me as "gifts":
The first is a blue-green crab, made of some kind of metallic material so that it can look bright or dark depending on the angle of the light, like a Menelaus blue morpho butterfly. The second is the one that really got my attention. It's a dove, which is the symbol of the Holy Ghost, and specifically the form the Holy Ghost took when it fell upon Jesus at his baptism. Also, unlike the other two shapes, the dove is negative space -- not a piece of paper, but something cut out of the paper. It's a hole -- hole-y -- and as such is immaterial -- a ghost or spirit. It's about as perfectly concise a way of non-verbally conveying the phrase "Holy Ghost" as you could ask for. Also, it was explicitly presented to me as a "gift," using that word. As every Mormon knows, the next step after baptism is receiving what is always referred to as "the gift of the Holy Ghost."
And, uh, then there's a pink star. No obvious interpretation suggests itself, but given how much meaning is packed into the other two "gifts," I assume this one, too, will turn out to be significant.
7 comments:
William,
Part 1 of 2
You wrote : " My clairvoyance is spotty at best,
but it still seems worthwhile to keep it in good
working order, such as it is, through regular exercise."
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My response: Exactly! Recall my many comments
about what I believe which is: we all have the gift of prophecy.
However, if f we don't use it we lose it.
I believe that the secret to strengthening
our Sacred Science gifts is to first let go
of our EGGO (ego) which I've commented
about so many times on your blog.
If you saw the series Stranger Things, on Netflix
you'll understand the reference to Eggo.
( see link below )
Although not connected in Stranger Things,
I personally believe the Eggo in the series
is reference to the ego.
The ego being housed in our physical brain, protects
and pleasures the physical body only and because
the ego is attached to our physical body,
I believe the ego can be and OFTEN times
IS controlled by power forces in this duality dimension.
I was never a huge fan of Stanger Things, but
I did see the first season when it was released
in 2016 on Netflix.
There is a whole lot of hidden symbolism
in Stranger Things and also IMO, a look into
Who and Why are at the helm of this ship
that we ALL are on in this duality dimension.
In the Stranger Things series,
the setting takes places in the fictional
town of Hawkins Indiana.
Indiana ( IN-Diana) is on the 40th parallel
north. Recall my many comments about
my perspective about Diana and the hidden
meaning of In-Diana and Indians aka Native
Americans.
In your post today
you make reference to Diana.
Also note that Indiana's previous total solar
eclipse was in Sept of 1205
which according to the information below
in the Indy STAR
1205 was when Genghis Khan first invaded China.
The most recent total solar eclipse of course ( which
crossed Indiana ) was on April 8, 2024.
Also recall I shared with you my 2006 Hawk paranormal
experience on your blog.
The EL's follow the 40.
. William
Part 2
One of the main characters in Stranger
Things is a young girl named ELEVEN.
She was called Eleven by the group of young teenagers
who became her friends. On her forearm
is stamped the number 11 which indicates
that she was most likely a subject at the fictional
government Hawkins Facility which is
believe to be where physiological experiments
are performed.
The character EL has siddhis powers aka
Übermensch abilities
and do recall all of my gazillion comments
and links about the siddhis powers.
Levitation is one of a siddhis power as is clairvoyance.
Didn't Joseph Smith have clairvoyance abilities?
When I saw Stanger Things in 2016, I was very intrigued
especially with the character EL because as you may
recall in my comments
I shared that I had levitation dreams since after
my grandmother Sarah passed over in 1965.
Also recall I shared my paranormal 2003
11:11 experience with you. After that
experience and the gazillion hours I've spent
researching it is why 11 is a very significant
number in my life.
My 2003 11:11 experience was 13 years
BEFORE the release of Stranger Things.
In 2003 the internet was in its infancy and
there was little to no information to research
about 11:11.
Youtube wasn't launched until 2005.
My point being that I didn't have a clue about 11: 11
before the dream/experience.
Anywho, also note in the youtube clip of EL gathering up the
yellow boxes of Eggos at the grocery store.
EL is wearing a yellow dress and a blue JEAN jacket.
Aren't' the EL's Blue Bloods with RH neg GENES ( Jeans )?
In the Stranger Things trailer link below,
note that one of the young teens 'goes missing'.
His name is Will.
Note all the water in this brief trailer.
At the very beginning of the trailer,
there is mention of Something's Coming.
Recall my comments about the song
in West Side Story : Something's Coming.
Note the water sprinkler in the video clip.
While searching for Will( on a rainy night )
the group of friends' find EL.
In the trailer clip at about marker/frame 1:48-1:53 or so
note that EL is lying down 'floating' in water
which looks like a back yard swimming pool.
This scene looks very similar to a baptism,
at least to me.
El is wearing an amber colored dress.
While floating, El is wearing some type of goggles
( or is it googles?) over her physical eyes
perhaps to see more
clearly through her Third Eye.
William,
Part 3
Also( and speaking of hidden messages
about Genes/Jeans ( regarding
who is REALLY at the helm on this duality dimension )
recall Michael Jackson's song Billie Jean.
A Billie is a young kid goat.
The mythological 'devil' Pan is a goat.
In the song Billie Jean Michael
sings : The KID is NOT my son( sun).
Also in the lyrics note reference to the number 40.
40 days and 40 nights.
In the song
who do you think Michael Jackson is REALLY
singing to.... or more importantly who is Michael
singing about?
In the video of Michael's 'coming out' as a solo
performer on Motown's 25th Anniversary in 1983,
note that Michael is wearing only one white glove.
Roy Jay wears 2.
I believe that clues are everywhere,
however we can only see them
when we transcend the illusion.
P. S. In your post, note that pink star has 5 points.
Five is the number of changes which
of course means transformation.
5 fingers on the right hand, 5 on the left
and when placed together in prayer, both
create ONE, i.e. harmony.
I was born in the master number 55.
Recall my July 14th 2014 Moon River dream I shared
with you. In the dream was reference to Yellow
Springs and the disappearance of the moon which
caused the chaos.
Interesting the Tarot Moon card you pulled.
Note that July (the month of my Moon River dream
in 2014 )is also the month of the Zodiac
sign Cancer and this month.
Both my sister and mother have
July birthdates.
Note the dream date was the 14 th which equals Five.
At one point in the dream
the Black bus driver ( who was driving the bus in
Yellow Springs )asked me about another
Black man whom the bus driver felt was harassing
me.
The bus driver said to me : the reason why I asked
if that guy ( the other Black guy) was bothering
you is because he had a 50 (which I believed
a 50 was some type of gun (fire-arm).
Of course water as well as fire is symbolism
of transformations.
I've had many dreams about the number 5.
In your post, the color of the star : pink
is the color of harmony ( red and white blended)
and the color symbolic of an innocent girl as opposed
to the color red.
In a 2017 dream ( which I titled PapPap
( my grandfather's nickname)
and the Newspaper, pink as well as turquoise
were very significant symbols.
Note that NEW ( as in newspaper) can also
be read as KNEW i.e. something
that is already known.
Please do check out the intriguing information
about the number 5 I linked below on the
Riding the Beast blog.
As I previously commented I visit this
blog quite often when I'm researching
symbolism and especially numbers.
In summary I would like to say thank you
for writing this post as I wouldn't have connected
all of these recent finds especially about
Stranger Things to several of my puzzle pieces
which I find these connections very interesting indeed.
As mentioned, I haven't seen Stranger
Things since 2016 .
I now find it very interesting
the "missing Will" connection.
Stranger Things Clip: Eleven's Eggos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0jDRJ6-xuE
Stranger Things-Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9EkMc79ZSU
Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kM5ywtImaSs&list=RDkM5ywtImaSs&start_radio=1
https://www.indystar.com/story/news/2024/04/08/total-solar-eclipse-2024-history-facts-indianapolis-indiana-1869-1806/73242233007/
https://www.ridingthebeast.com/numbers/nu5.php
William,
Correction update:
In both the Stranger Things' Eggo clip and trailer,
EL's dress is a very very pale PINK color almost dirty ,
not amber/yellow as I wrote in my
previous comment.
In one of the episodes titled : Makeover the boys
( El's friends) give El a makeover. The makeover
dress has been 'cleaned' and is a much more vivid
pink.
Also 'coincidently' Millie Bobby Brown (the actress
who played EL) was born on Feb 19,
which 'coincidently Feb 19th is my birth date (different
years of course :-)))
Eleven Makeover Scene
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzaUTlqQJ9A&t=7s
As usual, the Duckstack has its finger on the pulse of sync. Whitespace and past lives:
https://duckstack.substack.com/p/crown-around
William,
I thought you might find the following
interesting because of the symbolism
of water and fire (that is,
the 4th of July in America which typically
includes Fire -works ).
Both water and fire being baptism events.
Copy and paste:
"From July 4 to 5, 2025, a large and catastrophic flash flood
took place in and downstream from the Texas Hill Country,
in the U.S. state of Texas. During the flood,
water levels along the Guadalupe River rose quickly
and significantly when 5–11 inches (130–280 mm)
of rain fell in just a few hours.
As a result, at least 70 people died, with 37 reported missing."
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When this tragic flooding was reported on Fourth of July,
it was reported that at least 20 young girls were missing
from a Christian Camp called Camp Mystic.
When I heard that I immediately thought of your baptism experience
and this post and also my comments about the color pink
symbolic of young innocent girls.
Of course I was commenting on the photo of the gifts
your student gave to you. The Blue-Green 'shiny'
Crab (sigil for the zodiac sign Cancer)
the red and white Dove ( red and white when blended producing
pink, and the pink 5 point star.
Also the number 4 ( Fourth of July )of course symbolic of the
door or portal.
Also given the Camp's name is Mystic I found
this interesting:
copy and paste:
mystic(adj.)
late 14c., mistike, "spiritually allegorical, pertaining
to mysteries of faith," from Old French mistique
"mysterious, full of mystery" (14c.), or directly from
Latin mysticus "mystical, mystic, of secret rites"
(source also of Italian mistico, Spanish mistico),
from Greek mystikos "secret, mystic, connected
with the mysteries," from mystes "one who has been initiated"
Meaning "pertaining to occult practices or ancient religions
" is recorded by 1610s. That of "hidden from or obscure
to human knowledge or comprehension" is by 1630s."
I also found this meaning interesting as well :
"Mystic
place name in Connecticut, U.S., deformed from
Algonquian missituk "great tidal river," from missi
"large" + -tuk "tidal river."
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And speaking of 4 ( July 4th),
Mystic Connecticut is on the 40th parallel north.
Hunt Texas in Kerr County ( which is where Camp Mystic is
located ) while not on the 40 Is located on the
33 degree parallel ( actual lat 30, but factor in
the Law of the Three ).
Locations below the Mason-Dixon which of course
includes the 33 degree parallel is believed by 'conspiracy theorists'
to be the ley line for sacrifice. Dallas Ft. Worth
is on the33 degree as is Roswell New Mexico.
And last but not least and keeping in
the mysticism check this out,
copy and paste:
"Stonehenge II is a concrete sculpture in the
Texas Hill Country, US, built in homage to the
original Stonehenge monument.
Stonehenge II was conceived by Al Shepperd
and built with the help
of his friend and neighbor, Doug Hill.
Originally located on FM 1340 west of Hunt, Texas,
Stonehenge II now resides on the campus of the
Hill Country Arts Foundation in Ingram, Texas ."
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mysticism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonehenge_II
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_2025_Central_Texas_floods
Texas Floods News Update
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3kS1M4o4Dg
Don't really know how to describe my reaction to these two baptism posts. I'll just note that, in looking up the mentioned goddesses, I found Wiki claims Nabataeans equated al-Lat with Tyche, and some also thought al-Lat and al-Uzza were the same being. Isis might've been connected with al-Uzza, as well.
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