With tears in my eyes, it tears my heart to have to say things that should not be said, because it is like casting pearls before swine. However, poor suffering humanity needs them and though it is distressing I must say something about the FIying Serpent.
THE BIRD SNAKE
In the Popol Vuh of the Maya, the Bird and the Serpent feature as sexual creators of the universe. Tepeu and Gucumatz sent a sparrowhawk to the immense Ocean of Creat Life to bring the Serpent, whose marvellous blood they kneaded into the yellow and white maize. The Popol Vuh says that with this dough of white and yellow maize mixed with the blood of the tine God Tzacol formed the flesh of people. The Bird represents the Universal Spirit of Life.
The Serpent represents the Sexual Fire of the Third Logos. The blood of the Serpent represents the Waters of Genesis, the great universal sperm, the Ens Seminis or Christic men, in whose waters is the germ of all life. These waters are the blood of the Earth, according to the Mayan philosopher. The Goddess Coatlicue is the mother of life and death (the Ens Seminis).
Really, the Sexual Fire of the Third Logos makes the Waters of Life fertile to bring forth the universe.
In the Mayan theogony, two Gods intervened in creation; one who gives life and form to man, and the other who gives him consciousness. The Third Logos makes the Waters of Life fertile and when these have been fertilised, the Second Logos intervenes, infusing consciousness into every organism. The ineffable Gods are the vehicles of action for all the forces of the Logos.
The sparrow hawk H’ch’uuy, the macaw Mo, the kestrel X’Cen Cen Bac, the tapir, Tzim ink, Aax and the Serpent Can are the basic corn ponents of the Mayan geogenic myths. These symbols are used exoterically and esoterically. In the exoteric or public field they symbolise tribal facts, historical incidents etc. In the esoteric or secret aspect, the question is highly scientific, profoundly philosophical, sublimely artistic and tremendously religious.
Amongst the Maya, the terrestrial paradise is Tamoanchan, the sacred place of the Serpent Bird. Tamoanchanes are in fact the Initiates of the Serpent. The myth of the Tarnoanchas is the myth of the Serpent bird. The Tarnoanchas are descended from the Toltec, Olmec and Maya.
The Aztecs, after much hardship reached the lake of Texcoco, symbol of the Christic semen, where they found the Bird and the Serpent, the Eagle and the Snake. The Aztecs are the ones who have the high honour of having founded the Great Tenochtitkin based on the Wisdom of the Serpent.
The Feathered Serpent clearly represents the Serpent Bird. The Feathered Serpent was identified with Quetzalcoatl, the Mexican Christ. Quetzalcoatl is always accompanied by the sacred symbols of the Eagle and Serpent. The Feathered Serpent says it all. The Eagle of the Spirit and the Serpent of Fire transform us into Gods.
The Quetzal of the Maya is the Feathered Serpent, the Serpent Bird. THE CADUCEUS OF MERCURY
The Caduceus of Mercury symbolises the spinal column with its two Serpents representing the channels of Ida and Pingala, through which Solar and Lunar atoms ascend to the brain. These are the musical sharps and flats of the Great FA that resounds in all creation.
The Akãsa ascends like the flaming Fire through the medullar channel, and its two poles of energy flow through Ida and Pingala. From the medullar channel and its two channels, which are entwined like Serpents around the spinal column, a circulation begins which, de parting from the central duct, is then distributed throughout the whole organism.
Ida and Pingala depart from the sexual organs. Ida is to the left of the medullar channel and Pingala to the right. In the woman this order is reversed. The channels terminate in the medulla oblongata. This pair of cords is semi-etheric, semi-physical, and corresponds to the superior dimensions of space.
THE IGNEOUS WINGS
When the Solar and Lunar atoms unite at the base of the spinal column, the Igneous Serpent of our Magical Powers awakens. The Serpent ascends slowly amidst the ineffable delights of the Perfect Matrimony. The Serpent enjoys the enchantment of Love.
When the Serpent reaches the height of the heart, we receive the Igneous Wings, the wings of the Caduceus of Mercury. Then the Serpent has feathers. This is the Quetzal, the Serpent Bird, the Feathered Serpent.
Every Initiate who transforms himself into the Serpent Bird can fly to the superior worlds. He can enter the different regions of the Kingdom, travel in the astral body at will, travel with the super-astral vehicles, travel with his physical body within the fourth dimension. He is a Serpent Bird.
The Serpent Bird can escape from a sealed tomb, walk upon the waters as was demonstrated by Jesus the Christ, pass through a rock from side to side without injury as was proven by the disciples of Buddha, can fly with his physical body through the air etc., etc.
FARAON
Ida is masculine and Pingala is feminine. Here are the sharps and flats of the Great FA that resounds in nature. FA corresponds to the Solar atoms, RA to the Lunar atoms, ON to the flaming Fire that ascends through the central channel. It is necessary to learn how to sound these sharps and flats with the powerful mantram FARAON, in order to go out in the astral body consciously and positively.
With the mantram of these sharps and flats we can travel in the astral body.
In Egypt, when the Initiate received the Igneous Wings, he was decorated in the temple with a pair of wings fixed to his tunic at the level of the heart.
When Jesus of Nazareth spread his igneous Wings, he was decorated personally by the Pharaoh of Egypt.
The position in which Jesus lay down to go into astral was like that of Chac Mool, but with the head very low and without pillows, the soles of the feet upon the bed, the legs bent and the knees raised. In this way, the Great Hierophant would fall asleep playing on his marvellous lyre, the spinal column. The whole mantram FARAON is divided into three syllables, thus: FA – RA – ON. The FA is that of the musical scale. The RA is a deep sound; it should be vocalised with a rolling R. ON reminds us of the mantra OM of India, but the only difference is that here, instead of having the consonant M, it has the consonant N; ON. In general, we can give to the mantram FARAON all the intonation which resounds in all creation with the Great FA.
We advise you to vocalise mentally. The disciple should fall asleep singing this mantram with the Imagination and Will concentrated on the pyramids of Egypt. It requires practice and much patience.
THE FLYING SERPENT
White magicians and black magicians use the Flying Serpent to travel in the astral body, or with the physical body in a JInn state.
White magicians, in profound meditation, know how to pray and to supplicate to the Serpent of Bronze to be transported to any place on earth or in the cosmos, and the Flying Serpent transports them. Black magicians pray to the Tempting Serpent of Eden and it takes them to the abyss, or to the salons of witchcraft, or to the witches’ sabbath etc.
The Serpent of Bronze rises through the medullar channel. The Tempting Serpent descends from the coccyx toward the Atomic Infernos of Nature. This is the tail of Satan. Devils have their power in the tail.
Blessed be the Divine Mother Kundalini. Blessed be they who fly with the power of the Adorable Mother.
Wretched are they who move with the power of Santa Maria (the Tempting Serpent of Eden, the descending Kundalini). Unhappy are they who fly with the tenebrous power of Santa Maria. For them, the abyss and the second death.
THE JINN STATE
A point is a cross section of a line. A line is a cross section of a plane.
A plane is a cross section of a body. A body is the cross section of a tetra-dimensional body; that is to say, of four dimensions.
Everybody is tetra-dimensional, has four dimensions. The fourth coordinate or fourth vertical is the basic foundation of all mechanics. Intermolecular space corresponds to the fourth dimension.
In this three-dimensional world of length, width and height we never see a complete body. We only see sides, planes, angles etc. Perception is thus, incomplete and subjective.
In the fourth dimension, perception is objective. There we see bodies from the front, from the back, from above, from below, from within, from without; that is to say completely. In the fourth dimension all objects appear simultaneously complete. There, perception is objective.
With the power of the Flying Serpent we can take the physical body out of the world of three dimensions, and pass to the fourth dimension. In more advanced states we can take the physical body to the fifth or the sixth dimension.
SERPENTS THAT FLY
When we visited the region of Magdalena in the Republic of Colombia, we were surprised to discover flying serpents. In the jungles of this region, there are witch-doctors who know how to send flying serpents to their hated victims. The procedures used by these witch- doctors are very uncommon. Generally, this type of witch-doctor dedicates himself to the practice of curing victims of venomous snake bite, which is so common in the tropics. There are many witch-doctors to heal people bitten by snakes. Also, there is much competition in the craft, and the mysterious war between these witch-doctors is tremendous. They live at war because of matters of their craft. Witch-doctors usually use the fourth dimension to tele-transport certain types of artificial serpents to the abode of their enemies. The procedure is simple and marvellous at the same time. The element that the witch-doctor uses to make the serpents is vegetable fibre from the exterior bark of the trunk of the plantain tree, or banana plant. This fibre when made into a small cord about one to two metres ni length, becomes an artificial snake. The witch-doctor makes seven knots in the vegetable fibre from this trunk, to symbolise the seven Churches of the Snake, and then he walks about reciting his secret magical prayers. The final climax of the magical operation is the instant in which the witch-doctor, full of frenzy, flings the vegetable fibre into space. It is transformed into a serpent on entering the fourth dime The worst thing is that this flying serpent falls back into the third dimension, but inside the distant home of the bated enemy. Usually, the person is a competitor in the craft. If the victim has his body well prepared, clearly the serpent can do no harm to it, but if the victim’s body is not prepared, the serpent will bite exactly in the heart of the victim, and he will immediately fall down dead. Normally, the witch-doctors prepare the body with special herbs to defend themselves against their enemies. The vegetable fibre that they use for those criminal acts is called by the indigenous name of majagun de platano. There is no doubt that these witch-doctors use the power of the Tempting Serpent of Eden (the snake that descends) to commit these criminal acts.
If those witch-doctors can do such remarkable things as transforming a vegetable fibre into a flying serpent, how much more can the White Magician do with his Flying Serpent? The Flying Serpent of the White Magician is Kundalini. The White Magician is really the Serpent Bird, the Serpent who flies.
The Seven Centres of the Snake are omnipotent. The Serpent with Wings is something formidable. With the power of the Serpent Bird the magician can become invisible at will, can transport himself through the air within the fourth dimension, appear and disappear before the astonished people. He can unleash thunder and hurricanes, calm tempests, resurrect the dead, transmute lead into gold, cure the sick by the laying on of hands, raise himself from the tomb on the third day and conserve his body for millions of years. The Serpent Bird is immortal, omnipotent, wise, amorous and terribly divine.
The guardians of the Temples of the Mysteries are Serpents of Fire. With the power of the Serpent Bird we can transport ourselves to other planets of the Infinite.
THE DOUBLES
In all our works we have taught different systems to go out in the astral body. Many people have learned to go out and many have not learned. Some have read a key from our books, have understood it, put it into practice and then have immediately learned to go out in the astral body. Many others have practised with one or another system without having obtained anything.
In practice we have been able to prove that people who are very intellectual, full of bookish culture (the library book worms), do not manage to go out at will in the astral body. On the other hand, peo ple who are very simple, humble peasants, poor servants of families can do so perfectly. This has made us think a great deal about the matter and we have carefully investigated the problem. The fact is that travel in the astral body is not something intellectual. Rather, astral travel is more aligned to the feeling, and to the superior emotion. These qualities are related to the heart and not to the brain. The intellectual polarises himself exaggeratedly in the brain and abandons, in fact, the world of the heart. The result of his lack of equilibrium is the loss of the psychic powers of the Soul. Unfortunately, a faculty cannot be acquired without the loss of another. Whoever wants to develop the intellect does so at the expense of the psychic faculties. This problem is serious because we can in no way approve ignorance and illiteracy. It is logical that an intellectual culture is necessary. Ignorance leads to very serious errors. An illiterate and ignorant occultist, can become a mythomaniac or slanderer, and in the worst cases, an assassin. In the astral world we find the perverse doubles of saintly people. Facing the Angel Anael, is his perverse double, the terrible demon Lilith. Facing Elohim Gibor, is the terrible demon Andramelech. Facing every good citizen is a citizen of evil. The worst of this is that the appearance of the double is exactly the same as the Model of Light. If an Adept teaches White Magic, his double, the black adept, besides having a similar physiognomy, manners, posture etc., teaches black magic. This is very serious and the ignorant occultist can very easily mistake his left hand for his right, in fact becoming a slanderer of good people, and we repeat, even an assassin. If an ignorant occultist finds his wife in the astral world cohabiting with one of his friends, and if he is un fortunately a schizophrenic or neurasthenic, he can assassinate his friend and his wife. His ignorance does not allow him to under stand, what he has seen is a pair of doubles cohabiting, or a fact from a past reincarnation etc., etc. Somebody who is jealous and supposes that his wife is unfaithful with some known or unknown person can then project his thought forms and see them in the astral world. If the subject is a neurasthenic, or an ignorant schizophrenic, but knows how to go out in the astral body, he can take everything that he saw seriously, and then commit murder, confused by his jealousy and visions. Because he is ignorant, he does not understand that he has seen his own mental forms projected unconsciously. All this leads us to the conclusion that intellectual culture is necessary. Now the interesting thing is to know how to reconquer the lost psychic faculties. A man with a brilliant, illuminated intellect and with all his psychic faculties in full activity really is in fact and rightfully, a true illuminate. The occultist needs to establish perfect equilibrium between mind and heart. When the mind has become excessively frozen in the brain, leaving at will in the astral body becomes completely impossible because there is imbalance. It is urgent then, that the intellectual occultists re- establish the equilibrium between mind and heart. Fortunately, there is a technique to re- establish the lost equilibrium. This technique is inner meditation.
For those intellectuals who write to us saying that they have not been able to leave in the astral body with the clues that we have taught, we prescribe a good daily dose of inner meditation. It is urgent that they drink the wine of meditation from the cup of perfect concentration.
THE CARDIA
The cardia is the magnetic centre of the heart. This centre is marvellously described in verses 22 to 27 of the Shatchackra Niri let us see:
“The heart lotus is of the colour of the Bandhtilca flower and on its twelve petals are the letters Ka to Thu with the bindhu above them, of the colour vermilion. In its pericarp is the hexagonal Vayu-Mandala, of a smoky colour and above it the Stirya-Mandala with the Trikona, which shines as though it carried within ten million flashes of lightning. Above it the Vayu Bija, of a srnokey hue, is seated on a black antelope, four-armed and carry ing the goad (angkusha). In Väyu Bija’s lap is the three-eyed Isha. Like Hamsa (I- Iamsabha), he extends his two arms in a gesture of granting boons and dispelling fear. In the pericarp of this lotus, and seated on a lotus is Sakti Kãkini. She is four-armed, and carries the noose (päsha), the skull (käpala) and makes the signs of granting boons and dispelling fear. She is of a golden hue, dressed in yellow raiment, and wears every variety of jewel and a garland of bones. Her heart is softened with nectar. In the middle of the trikoma is Siva in the form of Väna-Linga, with the crescent Moon and hindu on his head. He is of a golden colour. His look is jubilant, and ex Presses impetuous desire. Beneath him is the Hamsa similar to a Jivatma. It is like the steady flame of a lamp.
Beneath this lot us is the red lotus of eight petals, with the head facing upwards. In this red lotus is the kalpa tree, the jewelled altar surmounted by an awning and adorned with flags, which is the place of mental work ship.”
The Hindu description of this chakra is marvellous. The number of its petals is mentioned, the principle of air (Vayu), Siva, the sexual force, with its lingain and the crescent Moon etc., indicating the heart as an altar of mental worship, the marvellous centre of meditation. Upon this Hindu paragraph, many a volume could be written. The cardia is the magnetic centre related to astral journeys. Who ever wants to conquer the power to leave in the astral body at will, must change his vibratory type. This is only possible by developing the cardia.
Astral projection is more emotive, of the sentiments. The cold intellect has nothing to do with voyages in the astral body. The brain is Lunar. The heart is Solar.
Superior emotion is needed to leave at will in the astral body; a certain type of emotive nature, of sentiment, a very special supra-sensitivity, and sleep combined with meditation. These qualities are only achieved with the development of the cardia.
The Shiva Samhifã, speaking about the cardia, says,
“The yogi acquires immeasurable knowledge, knows the past, present, and future; has clairaudience, clairvoyance, and can travel the airs, wherever he pleases.
He sees the Adepts, and the yogini Goddesses, obtains the faculty called Kheckari, and triumphs over the creatures that move in the air.
He who meditates daily on the hidden Banalinga undoubtedly attains the psychic powers called Khechari (to move through the air in the astral body, or to acquire also the power of putting the body in the Jinn state) and Bhüchari (to go at will anywhere in the world).”
PRACTICE
The devotee should concentrate on his heart, imagining there thunder and lightning, fast moving clouds that are lost in the twilight, blown by strong hurricanes. The Gnostic should imagine many eagles flying in that infinite space which is within, very deep within his heart. Imagine the profound forests of nature, filled with sun and life, the song of birds and the sweet and peaceful chirping of the crickets of the forest.
The disciple should fall asleep imagining all of this. Imagine now that in the forest there is a throne of gold, upon which is seated the Goddess Kãkini, a very divine woman. The Gnostic should fall asleep meditating on this, imagining all this. He should practise one hour daily, but if he practises two or three or more hours daily, even better. He can practise seated in a comfortable armchair, lying on the floor, or on his bed, with his arms and legs open both right and left as a five-pointed star. Sleep must be combined with meditation. One must have much patience. These marvellous faculties of the cardia are obtained with infinite patience. It is better that the impatient, who want everything straight away, who do not know how to persevere their whole life should leave, because they are of no use. Powers are not obtained by playing around; everything costs. Nothing is given to us as a gift.
THE TEMPLE OF THE SERPENT BIRD
The heart is the temple of the Serpent Bird. It is necessary to know how to Love. The Serpent Bird officiates in the temple of the tranquil heart. It is urgent to be devoured by the Serpent. Whoever is devoured by the Serpent becomes in fact, a Serpent Bird. Only with Sexual Magic and the Love of the heart is the Serpent awakened, which later will devour us. When the Serpent reaches the level of the heart, it receives the Igneous Wings. Then it is transformed into a Serpent Bird.
It is urgent to know how to lead a married life. The fights between husband and wife are of Satan. He struts against the Serpent Bird. He wants to damage the Great Work. We need to understand the necessity of tolerating the defects of our husband or wife, be- cause no one is perfect. The work in the Fiery Forge of Vulcan is more valuable than all the defects of the partner. It is stupid to throw away all the work, to give Satan his pleasure. In the heart is the temple of the Feathered Serpent, and we should not profane it by sinning against Love. The Path of the Perfect Matrimony is Wisdom and Love.
We should Love consciously. We should Love our worst enemies, returning good for bad. In this way, knowing how to Love, we prepare ourselves for the Festival of the Tranquil Heart.
Hermes Trismegistus said in his Emerald Tablet:
“I give you love in which is found all the summum of Wisdom.”
ANOTHER TYPE OF FEAR MONGER
There are many pseudo-occultists and pseudo-esotericists who spread fear-mongering rumours against voluntary projection of the astral body. It is false and harmful to the Great Work of the Father to make people fearful of projecting the astral body. In fact, projecting the astral body is not dangerous because every human being projects the astral body during the hours of normal sleep. Unfortunately, people walk in their astral body with the consciousness asleep. Peo ple do not know how to project at will their astral bodies. There is no danger whatsoever in becoming conscious of ones own natural functions, which are eating, drinking, marrying and projecting the astral body. These functions are completely natural. If travelling in the astral body were dangerous as the fear mongers state, by now there would be no one living on the Earth because everybody projects the astral body, and still worse, they do so with the consciousness asleep. Nevertheless nothing happens. And so…?
At the moment, the planet Mercury is coming out of a cosmic night. As it leaves its state of rest, the hierarchies of this planet will be come more and more active. The Lords of Mercury propose to teach the inhabitants of the Earth, in a practical way, the art of entering and leaving the physical body at will. In the future all humans must consciously project the astral body. This then, is a Law of Nature, a Cosmic Commandment, and everything opposed to this law is a crime. Really, those who spread this kind of fear- mongery, unconsciously act as black magicians when they do so.
The special objective of the Universal Spirit of Life is to become conscious of itself in all dimensions of space. In principle, the Uni versal Spirit of Life does not know itself. It is happy, but it does not have consciousness of its own happiness. Happiness without consciousness of it, is not happiness. The Universal Spirit of Life descends into matter to become conscious of itself. The Great Reality arises from its own bosom in the dawn of the whole universe, and contemplates itself in the living mirror of nature. That is how it comes to know itself. In this way a vibratory mental activity is created through which the Great Reality contemplates its infinite images on the cosmic stage. This activity moving from the periphery to the centre, is called Universal Mind. We all live submerged in the infinite ocean of the Universal Mind. The intellectual activity of the Universal Mind springs from a centripetal force. Every action is followed by a reaction. The centripetal force, on finding its resistance in the centre, logically reacts and creates a centrifugal activity called Cosmic Soul. This vibratory Soul becomes a mediator between the centre and the periphery, between the Universal Spirit of Life and matter, between the Great Reality and its cosmic images.
The Great Master Paracelsus, said,
“The Soul is the product of the centrifugal action of universal activity, impelled by the centripetal action of the imagination of the universe.”
At the moment, the human being has only the embryo of a Soul within his astral ghost, but this embryo should be strengthened and self-awakened. The awakening of cosmic consciousness in man is the most grandiose event in the universe.
In these moments, the Great White Lodge is intensely occupied with the awakening of human consciousness. The Adepts struggle intensely to teach the human being to leave at will in the astral body. They want people to awaken, and all that goes against this great law is a crime. The whole objective of the descent of Spirit into matter is to create Soul, and to become self-conscious of itself. When we direct mental power towards the interior of our own intimate centre, the resistance that we will find internally will cause a reaction, and the more vigorous the centripetal force that we apply, the more vigorous will be the resulting centrifugal force. Thus we create Soul. Thus we invigorate the embryo of the Soul, and finally one day, when we have already been born as Serpent Birds, we will completely absorb and assimilate within our astral body, the totality of the Soul.
The awakening of consciousness is urgent. Whoever learns to project the astral body at will, can study at the feet of the Great Masters of Wisdom. In the astral world we find our Guru, who will instruct us in the Great Mysteries.
We need to abandon fear to have the joy of visiting the lands of paradise. We need to abandon fear to have the joy of entering the Temples of the Land of the Golden Light. There we shall sit at the feet of the Great Masters of the White Lodge. There we shail gain strength for the difficult Path. It is necessary that we strengthen ourselves on the Path, to take rest, receive direct instruction from the lips of our Guru. He, as a loving Father, always waits for us in the astral body to console us. The Adepts are true Flying Serpents.
Samael Aun Weor
