SEVENTH MOON CELEBRATION Key to Cosmic Mystery

[Hestia]

Once again, Steve Nelson doesn't have a website, only a newsletter, which follows in its entirety, sans pics which I do not know how to post.
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SEVENTH MOON CELEBRATION Key to Cosmic Mystery

The appearance of the lunar crescent nearest the Autumn Equinox signals the beginning of a new cycle of creation. Cherokees, Chinese, Jews, Hindus and followers of the ancient Greek Mystery religion all proclaim this the time when the world was first created and when the world is recreated again.

The New Moon closest to Autumn Equinox is the 7th New Moon of the Zodiacal Year: the 7th lunation following the Spring Equinox.

The Cherokee call this New Moon "Nuetiegwa," the Big Medicine Moon. Cherokee women dance from the time the crescent Moon appears until the Moon sets. The women's dance is believed to help the world be reborn by grounding / embodying the energies of the new time. This dance continues for several evenings.

The shadow of the past cycle shows itself in the days before each New Moon. All that is doubtful, fearful and discordant crowds the dawn of every new time. This is more so this year due to a convergence of a number of transformative cycles. The more there is awareness of personal and world shadow, the more spiritual power is invoked for healing and renewal.

The blowing of the shofar announces the beginning of the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah. The shofar, a ram's horn, is blown
when the New Moon crescent appears. Rosh Hashanah begins the Ten High Holy Days also known as the Days of Awe.

Because the date of the New Moon's appearance varies with location, Rosh Hashanah is celebrated for two days. This year Rosh Hashanah officially begins on the evening of September 29th. Because the Moon is too close to the Sun to be seen this evening, the dates given below begin with Sunset (and the crescent Moon's appearance) on September 30th.

At the sighting of the New Moon the shofar is blown, Cherokee women begin their dance, the 9 North Star Spirits start their descent (China), Kali enters into homes to consume the past year's discord (Hindu) and initiates gather at Eleusis to receive the Mysteries.

The seed power of the lunar crescent is most strong during the time between Sunset and Moonset. This is a cosmic initiating time when the Moon is in the 7th House. The next few evenings are ideal for aligning with soul purpose and opening to new spirit flow. Meditation is effective in re-patterning the unconscious and recreating our personal world. Good wishes more readily take wing. Prayers seeded in this time bring blessings for the Moon and the Year to be.

Revelation, awakening, spiritual renewal come through the nine nights and ten days that follow culminating on day ten when Kali "slays the demon bull" (a symbol of individual and group shadow). Spiritual union is celebrated by the Jews and the Cherokees. This day is the Jewish Yom Kippur and the Cherokee Atohuna.

These ten days bring opportunities for realizing hopes and dreams. The way is cleared through celebration. The more the way becomes
clear the more blessings flow. The more we attune and listen to our heart, the more core issues are resolved, the more empowered
we'll be to recreate our world.

Re-creation in spirit prepares the way for the new year to be. All fortunes turn with the tide of the 7th Moon.


DAY AND YEAR AND THE 7TH MOON

The early Celts, Jews, Arabs, Hindus and Native American tribes began their day at Sunset. Catholic holy days are all celebrated
beginning the at Sunset on the evening before (e.g. Halloween / All Hallow's Eve, Christmas and Christmas Eve).

Day is born from night as yang is born from yin. The Spring / Summer yang half of the year is born from the yin Autumn / Winter. And, just as the day begins with Sunset, so the year has its beginning on the most subtle level with the Autumn Equinox New Moon.

Indigenous peoples from ancient times have recognized the life giving power of the lunar cycle. In all cultures the New Moon is
celebrated when the crescent appears in the western sky. Life force is renewed and all outward activities are supported by the rising tide.

The Great New Moon Ceremony begins a period of renewal and healing that culminates 10 days later in the celebration of divine union
called Atohuna, the Friends Made Ceremony. Intervening days are a time for healing relationships, for making amends with friends,
and opening hearts to the wellspring within.

Because of the striking parallels between the Jewish and Cherokee celebration traditions there are those who believe the Cherokee
are a lost tribe of the Jewish people. It is more likely that the two cultures share a common connection in the cosmic order.

"Traditional Cherokees fast until Sundown on the New Moon (when the new crescent is visible). Our day is started by going to water
that morning and fasting until Sundown." - ladywolfsden.net


HINDU NINE NIGHTS FESTIVAL 9/30-10/9/08

Hindus celebrate Navaratri, the Nine Nights Festival, beginning on the night of September 30th. During these nine nights Kali is invited into homes and provided a place at the dinner table. Mother Kali enters in to consume the discord of the past year.

Ritual bathing, burning incense, anointing with oil, shared prayers, mark the beginning of each of the Nine Holy Nights. One meal is eaten each day and this is after Sunset, following prayers. (Fasting by day and feasting at night nourish the yin.)

The swastika is a key element of Hindu New Year celebration. This geometric pattern is thought to quicken positive changes and bring luck and prosperity. The swastika drawn with smooth spiral arms rotating clockwise represents the energy spiral around the North Star and the North Pole umbilicus. The drawing of this symbol is believed to create connection with the center and heart of the world.

The swastika is drawn on the floor of the celebration space or on the ground in front of the home. Flour is sometimes used to make this design. On the middle of the pattern is placed an earthenware bowl or pot that may be decorated with red and white swastikas. (An old clay pot at the N.C. Cherokee Indian Museum likewise shows four spiral swastikas, one in each direction.) This vessel is filled with holy water and mango or other aromatic leaves. The whole arrangement is believed to bring prosperity and good health for the year.

Navaratri, the Nine Nights Festival, culminates (on day 10) with Vijaya Dashami or "Victory Day" celebrating Durga's victory.
"When the nine values of life - the five senses, mind, intellect, ego and the transcendental value - have been enlivened during the nine 'Days of Mother Divine', then on 'Victory Day', the tenth lunar day (Dashami), the wholeness of life evolves which is more than the nine aspects together. ... Yagyas performed on this day bring victory and success to one's undertakings. " http://hinduism.about.com/library/weekly/aa100502a.htm
More information at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navratri

On the 10th day, (October 3rd) Kali slays the Demon Bull and evil is vanquished from the world.


CHINESE NINE NIGHTS FESTIVAL 9/30/08 - 10/9/08

The Nine North Star Spirits descend to Earth during the nine nights following this New Moon. The ancient Chinese believed these 9 nights are the most important of the calendar year. Nine North Star Spirits descend and the God of Death walks the world to help free us from our old ways. This time is observed by fasting and by sexual abstinence. The conserving of ching (primal energy) for the new creation parallels the biblical parable regarding "saving oil for the lamps." The lights or chakras of the body may be illuminated now.

Transcendent purpose is remembered by facing north in meditation and focusing attention (imaginatively, if not actually) on the North Star. This star is the pivot round which turns the mandala of creation. Meditation on the light and spirit of the North Star helps realize soul purpose and ancestral power. (The North Star Polaris is a giant white star far more massive and more brilliant than our Sun.)

In Chinese myth, Dou Mu is the Goddess of the North Star and mother of the Nine Celestial Sovereigns or North Star Spirits. She is the
Taoist equivalent of the Buddhist bodhisattva Kuan Yin. Dou Mu is enlightened in all divine mysteries and she can move freely between the heavenly spheres. Dou Mu is keeper of the book of life and death, those seeking longevity pray to her.

Chung Yeung or "Climbing the Heights" is Day 9 of Navaratri. Celebrants trek to a mountain top or high hill where they share a picnic that includes "top cakes" and chrysanthemum wine. This tradition parallels "the vision of the shining one" on day 9 of the Mysteries.

In the view of the ancients, the world is shaped and reformed by prayers made at times and places of power. By all accounts,
mountaintops are among the most spiritually powerful places on Earth. The consciousness that rules the heights shapes the realm.






THE HIGH HOLY DAYS AND THE GREEK MYSTERIES

Initiates were instructed in the Mysteries of Eleusis during the ten day period beginning with the Autumn Equinox New Moon.

Candidates for esoteric training would meet on the first evening to receive verbal and written instruction for this 10 day period.

A key part of what was shared at Agormos, the day of assembly, is the correspondences between each of these days of creation. The 10 luminous spheres on the mystical Kabala Tree represent stations of the soul's journey. Each Light is related to a planet beginning with Malkuth, the Earth (the first day) and moving upward.

The activities prescribed for each day of the Mysteries of Eleusis correspond to the ruling planet of the Sephira.

The sephiroth and planetary rulers with 2008 dates are: Oct 1 - Malkuth / Earth, Oct 2 - Yesod / Moon, Oct 3 - Hod / Mercury,
Oct 4 - Netzach / Venus, Oct 5 -Tifareth / the Sun, Oct 6 - Geburah / Mars, Oct 7 - Gedulah / Jupiter, Oct 8 - Binah / Saturn, Oct 9 - Chokmah / Uranus (governor of the realm of stars), and Oct 10 - Kether / Neptune (All dates begin at Sunset the evening before.)

Pluto is Daath, the invisible Sephira. In myth, Pluto wears a helmet of invisibility. The debate in the kabala community about whether Daath is a true Sephira parallels the debate among astronomers about whether Pluto is a planet. If Daath is a sephira then what is it's number? Some say 11 and some say 0. Generally, it's the latter option that has been chosen and - interestingly - 0 is the number of the Fool in Tarot. The Fool is the guy who looks to be stepping off the ledge - into the abyss - yet never quite does so. That's because the ledge is the edge of creation growing before the feet of the Fool. As long as he keeps looking up / doesn't look down, the Fool can keep moving forward across the Abyss. The higher nature of the "divine Fool" arcanum is represented by Dionysus, Iachus and Jesus.

Pluto is known as the god of death, rebirth and the occult and these are also the venue of Daath. The dark side of Pluto and Daath is the dark lord of every mythic tradition: In Star Wars, Daath is Darth Vader; in Harry Potter, Daath is Lord Voldemorte; in the Lord of the Rings, Daath is Sauron; in the Andromeda TV series, Daath is the Abyss; in Heroes, Daath is Siler; in The Dark Night, he is the Joker. Abyss is a name sometimes used interchangeably with Daath though not accurately. Daath is actually the bridge over the Abyss and in its higher nature Daath is the way over and through, the way between physical, psychic and spiritual dimensions.

In the human body, Daath is a less known chakra behind the head at the top of the spine. Neck rolls before meditation stimulate the Daath chakra and help to shift consciousness more easily into the subtle world. Daath is equated with the mythic River Styx. Ancient astrologers located the Styx at about 7 degrees Libra just after Autumn Equinox during the time of the Eleusinian Mysteries. As the day parallels the year, each Sunset is like Autumn Equinox. Generally the best time for meditation is just following Sunset when the yang of day is balanced by the yin of night. Neck rolls and meditation then allow one to cross the Abyss and enter the higher world.

Sephiroth with Planetary Rulers http://www.kheper.net/topics/Hermeticism/Qabalah.htm
Kabalah lessons on the web http://www.kabbalah5.com/Sephirotic%20tree.htm


THE GREEK MYSTERIES & CROSS-CULTURAL CELEBRATIONS

October 1st (from Sunset Sept 29th) - Day 1 in the Greek Mysteries is a time for sharing instruction. Some of this is verbal and some
is nonverbal through a revealing of the "hiera" These are sacred objects that stimulate new, broader, deeper realizations. Insights and further insights are looked for in dreams. A gathering with friends who share interest quicken this process.

October 2nd - "Halade Mystai!" To the Sea Initiates! was shouted at Eleusis on the 2nd Day of the Mysteries (the day of the Moon, ruler of the Sea). Candidates wore deerskin before entering the water and donned a new white cotton robe afterward. The ritual bathing was to release the past and absolve from evil. River immersion at dawn is also customary this day among the Cherokee.

It is a Jewish tradition to cast bread crumbs into the sea or moving water today to release the sins of the past year. A new garment is
worn for this occasion as in the Greek mysteries.

October 3rd - Day 3 is the day of Mercury. A wake honors Aesclepius, the god of healing. Mercury with the caduceus is the Roman god of healing. Health giving fruits of the harvest are shared on this day.

Seven sacred herbs were gathered this day by the Cherokee to make their purging / healing black drink. Seven Cherokee women began
a 7 day fast to bring revelations to the tribe.

October 4th - Hymns to the Goddesses were sung on Day 4 (Venus), "Kathathion" in the Greek Mysteries. A solemn procession occurred during which sacred objects of Demeter were revealed one by one from a holy basket to stimulate the consciousness of the initiate. These objects are both symbolic and energetically instrumental. They included sesamum, carded wool, rock salt, a serpent, pomegranates, reeds and ivy boughs. Mysterious pyramid shaped cakes called kykeon were also prepared this day.

October 5th - The 5th Day of the Mysteries was called Torch Day. This is the day of the Sun and Tifareth. People would run about in
the evening with torches in hand to light the way for Persephone. Demeter carries a torch into the netherworld to search for her
daughter Persephone. This goddess of the inner world and heart (Kore is her other name) enters the Greek ritual drama now.

Note: Demeter, the Great Goddess of the Eleusinian Mystery School (she who reveals the Sacred Mysteries) was the favorite of Age of
Enlightenment Freemasons and so became the prototype for America's Statue of Liberty. Ceres / Demeter is the Great Goddess, Gaia
or Anima Mundi. She holds the torch that reveals the mysteries and leads to freedom. Demeter's torch symbolizes the raising of the
fire of primal nature to become the Light of of understanding and divine purpose. Demeter, Liberty, leads to soul freedom rather than license to satisfy desire. All true desire, all true love, is realized as the soul is set freed. The Greater Mysteries are entered this day at Eleusis. Pools of purification are visited at Sunset following which occurs the Mystical Entrance.

October 6th - The Day of Iacchos. This is called Holy Night in the Greek Mysteries. Iacchos is the child son of the Holy Mother Demeter. He accompanies her in the underworld quest for Persephone. Iacchos, whose name means "fish," is one of a number of ancient precursors to the coming of Jesus/Iesus as a world savior. (Jesus comes to fulfill the prophecies and the Mysteries.) Iacchos leads a procession with singing and dancing and clashing of brass cymbals. Priests in this parade displayed the "toys of Iacchos." His toys included: "knucklebones" (in the shape of the five platonic solids), a ball, an apple, a mirror, a top, and a doll. The Day of Iacchos is also called the Day of Sacrifice.

October 7th - Day 7, Day of Jupiter, is the Day of Games. Jupiter is jovial and favors frivolity and enjoyment. Music and dancing are
highlight this day of merriment before the serious day that follows.

October 8th - Day 8, the Day of Saturn, is a solemn occasion. The mystical drama of Demeter and Persephone was enacted. Sacred places, the "Stations of Cora / Kore", were visited. These include a holy well called Callichorus which translates as "Stone of Sorrow."
A circular path around this well has been worn deeply in stone by millennia of spiritual seekers. This is the day to feel and release sorrow that may otherwise block the way to greater understanding and self-realization.

Along with America's Goddess Liberty we may now feel the sufferings of the world. Like Native America's Ghost Dancers we let ourselves fully feel the pain within and release through deep breathing, chanting, and maybe even some emotive groaning as we move clockwise / Sunwise around the releasing circle. The combination of prolonged deep breathing while diving deeply into each agonizing feeling brings emotional clearing. It also helps to drink lots of pure water while releasing psychic toxins.

October 9th - Day 9 of the Mysteries is called Plemo Chori or "Pourings of Plenty." A ritual drama called the Vision of the Shining One is enacted in a subterranean grotto.

Day 9 is the Chinese Chung Yang, Climbing the Heights Festival. Celebrants go to the top of a mountain or high hill where they share a picnic that includes "top cakes" and chrysanthemum wine. This ritual helps brings prosperity in the coming year. During the "yin hour" between 3-5 PM local (beginning midway between true noon and Sunset) the "Spirit Star" will come down from heaven with blessing and good fortune for the year. Those who receive a vision of the Queen of Heaven (Dou Mu) are especially blessed.

Today the Cherokee Chief climbs to the top of the 7- sided Council Lodge and sings praises to Yowa the Creator who descends from above. Cherokee men chant and beat around each home and building clockwise with white sycamore rods to clear away evil spirits so the new spirit can freely enter. The way is now clear for the kindling of the sacred New Fire.

October 10th - Day 10 in the Mysteries of Eleusis is shrouded in the mystery of union with divinity. Day 10 is when Kali slays the Demon Bull and evil is vanquished from the world. Statues of Kali are then bathed in the sea to wash away the evil of the past year.

The Jewish Yom Kippur is a day of solemn observance and penitence. Fasting from Sunset to Sunset is an important part of this celebration. Forgiveness is sought for past sins. This is the Day of Atonement. Through repentance, reconciliation and surrender atonement becomes at-one-ment with God. Yom Kippur is the time for turning back to God. "Turn toward me and I will turn toward you." Women wear white today and men wear kittels, white robes, as symbols of purity. This holy day brings renewal to those who seek it in their hearts. The invocation that is spoken "Hadesh yameinu ke-kdem" literally means "Make our days new as of old."

The Cherokee call this day Atohuna, the Friends Made Ceremony. A New Fire is kindled and vows of eternal friendship are made in the presence of Yowa the Creator. As with the Jews, this is the day held most sacred in the Cherokee calendar year. The New Fire started this day was kept lit in the council lodge through the year until the following Atohuna New Fire Ceremony. The spirit of this holy time
was perpetuated by that living flame throughout the year in temple and home. The celebration of Atohuna continues until the Full Moon.

"Through celebrations in their seasons are the deeper powers of human nature realized" - Rudolph Steiner






The Gates of Inspiration / Zodiacal Stations of the Muses

Muse, Date of the Gate, Zodiacal Degree, Planet, Sephira

Thalia - March 20-21 .... 0-1 Aries .... Earth ... Malkuth
Clio - Apr 30- May 1 .... 10-11 Taurus .. Moon.... Yesod
Calliope - June 10-11 .... 20-21 Gemini .. Mercury.. Hod
Terpsichore - July 22-23 .. 0-1 Leo ..... Venus ... Netsach
Melpomene - Sept 2-3 .... 10-11 Virgo ... Sun ..... Tifareth
Erato - Oct 13-14 ..... 20-21 Libra ... Mars .... Geburah
Euterpe - Nov 22-23 ..... 0-1 Sagittarius Jupiter Gedulah
Polyhymnia- 12/31-1/1 ... 10-11 Capricorn. Saturn .. Binah
Urania - Feb 8-9 ..... 20-21 Aquarius . Uranus .. Chokmah


Some time after assigning the Muses to positions based on zodiacal Correspondences, I discovered this same order in a 500 year old diagram used by Joseph Campbell in his "Creative Mythology: The Word Behind Words." The image, "Music of the Spheres," is from a 15th century Italian renaissance manuscript. The Nine Muses are depicted ascending in their zodiacal order from Thalia (O Aries) corresponding to Malkuth / Earth up to Urania (21 Aquarius), Chokmah / Uranus. Interestingly, the godhead Kether is identified as two figures: Apollo and the muse Thalia in her transcendent form. So 0 Aries, the Spring Equinox, is the beginning and end, the Alpha and Omega point of creation.

The Greeks celebrated the Mysteries of Eleusis in early Autumn coincident with the Hindu Navaratri or Nine Nights Festival. These Nine Nights correspond to the sequence of the Nine Muses and their related kabalistic Sephiroth. More than symbolic, these Nine Nights reflect forward to the muse periods of the coming zodiacal year. So when the Jews and Cherokees say the world is created anew in this time, this is true. Events of these 9 nights and 10 days portend what will be in the coming zodiacal year (beginning 3/20/2009).

"To poets and artists of the Renaissance, the Muses were openers of the senses to the music of the Spheres
and a source of creative inspiration." - Joseph Campbell, Creative Mythology


Key observances of the 7th Moon

1) Dancing while the crescent is visible on the first few evenings
2) Water immersion on Day 2 to purify & let go attachments
3) Evening meditation facing north toward the North Star
4) Fasting, evening meals only (Hindu tradition), vegetarian diet
5) A mountaintop picnic on the 9th Day, "climbing the heights"
6) Fasting on Day 10 with reverence for the Creator
7) Deep breathing to energize and integrate new realizations
8) Celebrations to release tensions and open to spirit


CONNECTING LINKS

Mysteries of Eleusis http://eleusis.library.cornell.edu/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleusinian_Mysteries
http://www.themystica.com/mystica/articles/e/eleusinian_mysteries.html Initially 'Iacchus' was the shout uttered by the faithful ..he was considered the reincarnation of Zagreus, son of Persephone and Zeus. http://www.themystica.com/mythical-folk/articles/persephone.html For nine days and nights Demeter wandered the earth in search of her daughter ... The torches she carried in each hand guided her way. On the 10th day she met Hecate and after sought help from Apollo. Only the Sun, being "the eye of the world," could tell the grieving mother what she wished to know. http://san.beck.org/Eleusis-5.html 'I saw a white bird with outstretched wings. It alighted on the figure of a woman, clad in blue, who sat there like an antique statue. The bird perched on her hand, and in it she held a grain of wheat. The bird took it in its beak and flew into the sky again.'
Essene Gospel of Peace, Purifying by the Angels http://www.essene.com/GospelOfPeace/peace1.html
Durga Puja or Navaratri http://www.durga-puja.org/ , http://www.durga-puja.org/about-goddess-durga.html
Durga, in Sanskrit means "She who is incomprehensible or difficult to reach." Goddess Durga is a form of Shakti worshiped for her gracious as well as terrifying aspect... She is often shown riding a lion from which comes Her august name, Simhavahini, "She who stands astride the king of beasts". As Shakti power, she shapes, nurtures, and dissolves names and forms, while as subtle spiritual energy called Kundalini, She lights the lotuses of the seven centres of awareness in the sacred human body. Goddess Durga killed the powerful demon Mahish and all his great commanders. When demonic forces create imbalance all gods unite becoming one divine force called Shakti or Durga.
SHADOW TO LIGHT

All that is shadow, doubtful, fearful and discordant crowds the dawn of each new cycle. The grail quest takes the seeker into the darkest
part of the forest for here in the deepest dark is also found the brightest light. Shadows flee before the new dawn.


COSMIC CONNECTIONS



Astrolabe, astro*weather http://www.alabe.com/ Cosmic Timing with the Planetary Hours
http://alabe.com/cgi-bin/chart/Input.exe?PARAM=RP&FINALFORM=ncgr.html
(enter city and state for today's planetary hours in your area)
Kabbalistic Astrology http://www.exploreastrology.co.uk/KabbalisticAstrology.html
"The Ptolemaic Scheme of the Universe" http://www.eso-garden.com/index.php?/weblog/C9/
M. Kelley Hunter's Moon letters http://www.heliastar.com/sun3.html
Esoteric Astrology http://www.btinternet.com/~seamaid/Esotericcontents.htm
Eilight Galaxy http://eilight.com/pages/toclotus.htm
Earthquakes http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/
Space Weather http://www.spaceweather.com/
This Week's Sky at a Glance
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/ataglance
Just after Sunset on Oct 1st look west below Venus
for the thin crescent Moon..
Astro*Pic of the Day for 29 Sept 08 (New Moon)
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap080929.html
Jupiter and the Milky Way viewed above a mysterious stone circle
in Canyonlands National Park, Utah
NCGR http://www.geocosmic.org/


NOTE TO READERS

My intention to send this letter earlier was apparently against the flow of cosmic forces particularly Mercury retrograde nearing the end of its four month cycle. If you have something important looking for a beginning it may be best to wait until just following Mercury's renewal (inferior conjunction with the Sun) late in the day on Oct 6th. After this date all communications, networking and commerce are well favored. In 2009 the 7th Moon Celebration begins on the evening of Sept 19th and concludes on Sept 29th. Make a note.

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[LaurenG]

1. Wow - Thanks Hestia

I can only scan this right now but I'm bookmarking to read it through for later. :hi:

[Matariki]

2. Interesting, but the Greeks at the Mysteries of Eleusis certainly didn't practice Jewish qabala

So that stuff about the Sephiroth is nonsense. The *might* have had planetary correspondences, but since virtually nothing is known about what occurred during the rites, I have to think whoever wrote this article is making stuff up.