The first section is titled "Picking the Celestial Lock," but the first sentence in that section reads, "My primary aim with this present piece is to give you a key to the stars." This is a little odd, since picking a lock means opening it without a key. If he's giving us a key, why pick the lock? This reminded me of the dream documented in "Reading with my eyes shut, Take 2," in which I saw someone using lockpick-like tools to try to "jimmy" hot water out of a water dispenser even though he could have simply pressed the red lever designed for that purpose. I wrote that he "was going through a lot of unnecessary trouble and ignoring the easy way" -- much like someone who picks a lock even though he has a key.
Eridanus's method, while certainly creative, doesn't exactly make for compelling reading unless you actually plan to use it yourself, which I don't, so I just skimmed most of the post. This illustration arrested my attention, though:
The captions reads:
When locating Orion using this method, one can sometimes end up mirroring the constellation itself. (Concerning the angle: while the ecliptic is ~65° from Polaris, Orion's belt is just over 90° from Polaris. So to find Orion himself, you would angle your second arm like this if he happened to be in this direction.)
The idea of a person's pose corresponding to that of Orion is one that came up on Bill's now-deleted blog in May 2024, in a post called "Orion and his most excellent pose." The post itself is no longer available, but I reproduced one of the illustrations in my May 2024 post "The Menelmacar mudra; the hot bee of Fatima; and spiritual experiences on Monday, July 22":
That post recounts a dream in which I was worried that I might have swallowed a "nanosnake," and a woman's voice was telling me urgently to do a mudra. She eventually specified that she meant the Menelmacar mudra (from an Elvish name for Orion), but before that
I tentatively raised my right hand in a half-assed "fear not" abhaya mudra. Nataraja (dancing Shiva) makes that mudra with the arm that has a snake wrapped around it, which I guess is what made me think it might be relevant to my "nanosnake" problem.
Nataraja dancing with a snake? Scrolling down from Eridanus's Orion pose picture, we soon find this one, in which Ophiuchus almost looks as if he is dancing:
The Menelmacar mudra -- a.k.a. Orion's most excellent pose -- also came up in my September 2024 post "Love pop, baby, love pop." I had randomly happened upon a picture of the mudra on /x/ and then found a rather similar image when I was searching for the B-52s song "Love Shack":
Revisiting that old post now, I found the name B-52s interesting. In my last post, "Fourth experiment ruined by haste," the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber was an important symbol. The band is named after the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, which is obviously pretty similar. My B-17 post was about a card which I had thought was going to be the Tower but turned out to be the Four of Wands. In the B-52s post, I note that I found the umbrella Orion image at precisely 4:44. Looking at the image now, I see that it was posted at 16:41:16. Sixteen is the number of the Tower, and "four one" sounds a lot like "four wands." The Four of Wands has the same bright yellow background as the two images above.
Speaking of Hindu gods and snakes (as I was a few paragraphs back), I recently revisited my January 26 post "Year of the Snake," in which I took the poem "The Snake," which Trump likes to recite, and rewrote it to tell the story of Krishna and Aghasura as told in the Bhagavata Purana.
My reason for rereading that poem was some strange hypnopompic imagery I experienced a few days ago: Instead of cowherds, it was cows marching into the mouth of the serpent. Krishna was standing in front of the mouth smoking a very long pipe. As each cow approached, he would blow a smoke-ring that would encircle the beast's neck like a wreath, and this would protect it as it entered Aghasura's gullet. Upon waking more fully, I associated this imagery with Joseph Smith's statement that tobacco was "an herb for . . . all sick cattle" and also with these lines of Dylan:
And take me disappearing through the smoke rings of my mindDown the foggy ruins of timeFar past the frozen leavesThe haunted frightened treesOut to the windy beachFar from the twisted reach of crazy sorrowYes, to dance beneath the diamond skyWith one hand waving freeSilhouetted by the seaCircled by the circus sandsWith all memory and fateDriven deep beneath the wavesLet me forget about today until tomorrow
That phrase "beneath the waves" has been associated with cows before, in "Underwater Cowtown."
Note added: In Trump's poem, the woman takes in the snake. In my version, the snake "takes in" (swallows) Krishna. The Menelmacar mudra dream had to do with my possibly swallowing a snake.
2 comments:
William,
Part 1 of 2
Regarding the Orion hand gesture,
recall my previous comments and links regarding the Hidden Hand
behind the Beatles' brand. Theodore Adorno
being a very integral part of the hidden hand.
Recall my recent mention of the movie Frequencies and the connection
to Adorno and 'sound having ability to change Frequency.
The reason why I'm re-visiting those comments is because
of the Orion hand gesture in your post today.
Note on the cover of the Beatles album HELP!, Paul's
hand gesture is the same as the Orion hand gesture you've
posted here.
Orion, being the hunter also answers, IMHO, your question
as to why someone would have to 'jimmy' a lock if they
have a key.
My response :
note that for a hunter( Orion being the hunter)
each task from conception to capture is an
exhilarating quest testing the hunter's mental, intuitive, risk taking,
competitiveness and physical skills,
very similar to that of an alchemist and their quest
to turn lead into gold. Each step of alchemy requires
experimenting, testing ( jimmying ) the lock.
As I'm sure you know that for most hunters,
the hunt is more rewarding than the kill or capture.
I think that can be said for just about all challenges especially
when the reward is power i.e. a sense of accomplishment.
Also on the topic of snakes,
and if you haven't already please read my previous comment
about what I believe is a personal past life with the
Greek deity Melampus.
It's fascinating connections or at the very least
thought provoking and IMHO of course
especially Melampus' connection
with 2 snakes which licked Melampus ears according
to Greek mythology.
William,
Part 2
Reading that about Melampus made me think
not only my personal 2 Black Rat Snake experiences
which I've shared with you and believe supports
my past life connection theory,
but also the fact that all of my life I've had problems
with my ears.
Not hearing issues
but internally involving ear wax crystals.
I've had many many bouts with vertigo.
What's odd is that today,( Sept 6)
while typing this especially about the snakes
licking Melampus' ears and my personal ear issues
causing vertigo, it made me think of the
the 1958 Alfred Hitchcock movie Vertigo ( see trailer
link ).
Note in the trailer yet another ' falling down' theme ( Oscar
Man Overboard) and lo and behold The
Golden Gate Bridge!!!
I've seen Vertigo several times over the years,
but it's interesting that just today revisiting this
movie because of the Melampus' snake and ear
connection lo and behold the Golden Gate
appears again.
What's the odds?
I actually had forgotten
that the movie takes place in San Fran.
Also I found this article ( link below ) regarding
Orpheus Themes in Hitchcock's Vertigo,
which also has a snake connection.
Also Orpheus and his lyre having the power of SOUND
which sound through music can calm, excite, sadden
or destroy much like the Sirens in Greek mythology.
Sound is integral to our existence in this duality dimension
, no?
OM is Mom.
Interesting how sync fairies work to help remind
us that we're on the right path towards understanding
the big picture.
Also last but not least regarding Orion.
Please read my previous comment about
the 2014 movie Jack Ryan; The Shadow Recruit
especially my perspective that perhaps
you are The Shadow Recruit?
O-RYAN perhaps?
Copy and paste: asterisks mind, link below
"The origins of the name “Oryan” are somewhat ambiguous
as it appears in various cultures with slight variations
in spelling and pronunciation.
A commonly accepted theory posits that “Oryan” is
derived from the name “Orion,” which has its roots in
Greek mythology. Orion was a legendary hunter,
and his story is immortalized in the constellation
that bears his name. The name “Orion” itself means
***“rising in the sky” or “dawning,” reflecting a sense
of enlightenment and grandeur.***
~~~~~~~
Sync fairies be busy bearing gifts, no?
Were Snakes kept as Pets in Ancient Greece & Rome
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xp7NrlsUUX0&t=76s
The Greatest Prophet in Greek Mythology
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MarIrz7jCPI&t=185s
Vertigo Original Theatrical Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHhsEYDg8GI
https://www.hitchcockianquarterly.com/issue-3-september-2023/orpheus-themes-in-vertigo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help!
https://venere.it/en/the-meaning-and-history-of-the-name-oryan/
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