Saturday, February 5, 2011

Poseidon

Poseidon is the "husband of Da", or Don, goddess of the Earth.  She evolves into Da-Mater, a younger child-bearing age version of Dea Mater, Mother of the Gods.    She is an aspect of her Mother, Rhea, even as Kore is an aspect of Demeter.  A  different theory is that his name means "Lord of the Waters".


View the Poseidon page on Theoi.com.

The energies of Pegasus are as much about the hidden Poseidon-Neptune-water-freedom-victory energy,
Poseidon Consort of the Mother as fertile, generous, abundant enlivener, and Medusa as Queen, the hidden or repressed Mother aspect of the warrior goddess who is transformed into an apotropaic demon that repels evil,
remaining a decorative element on city walls and fulfilling a function as a protective aspect of the City Goddess.
Protector, Helper, Liberator, Giver of the Waters of Truth and Beauty, Bringer of Rain in Spring, Inspiration, and Lightning.


--Demetria

Friday, February 4, 2011

Pegasus

Pegasus is the son of Medusa and Poseidon.  His name means "fountain horse."  He is the creator of inspirational springs, and is friend of The Muses.

Below are some articles about Pegasus:

Historical Pegasus

Pegasus, Memory, the Brain, and the Muses

Wikipedia Article With Pedigree of Pegasus

Plato

Some of Plato's Dialogs, Timeaus and Critias, include something about Atlantis, and were used as sources for this liturgy.

Here is the text of  Timaeus   with an article about it. and also a Wikipedia article about it.


Here is the text of  Critias , an article about it, and a Wikipedia article about Critias.


Timaeus provides  a brief introduction to Atlantis, while Critias includes a more detailed description.  These are the only historical written records about Atlantis.

Cleito

Cleito, a mortal woman,  was the daughter of Evenor and Leukippe, who dwelt on the central mountain of the island of Atlantis.

 With Poseidon, Cleito gave birth to five pairs of twin boys who became the rulers of Atlantis.   Their names were: Atlas and Eumelus (or Gadeirus); Ampheres, and Evaemon; Mneseus, and Autokhthon (Autochthon); Elasippus, and Mestor; and, finally, Azaes and Diaprepes.

Cleito's descendants were the rulers of Atlantis and the surrounding seas for untold generations.

Cleito and Atlantis are mentioned in the Kritias by Plato.

Stewart, Michael. "People, Places & Things: Cleito", Greek Mythology: From the Iliad to the Fall of the Last Tyrant.

Atlantis

Plato says Atlantis lay outside the Pillars of Hercules.

here are some articles about Atlantis:
Wikipedia article

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Ray One

The Winged Pegasus corresponds to Ray One of the FOI glyph.
There is an esoteric system of Rays that have come down to us from the Vedas, about which Alice Bailey and others have written.  Below are some links to some articles about the Seven Rays.  The Winged Pegasus expresses the First Ray, which represents Will or Power. .

The Seven Rays

The Seven Rays 2

Wikipedia article about the Seven Rays

Psyche: Magical Journeys of the Goddess

the Psyche series of liturgies has an interesting structure.  Its two parts are dedicated to The Spiral of Tiamat and The Rays of Ishtar.  The earth and the stars.

The glyph of the Fellowship of Isis depicts an eight pointed star  with a spiraling dragon coiling around it.  In part one, this spiral progresses from the earth...to the moon...to the sun...to the galaxy. Part two takes us beyond the galaxy to Sirius, brightest star in our sky, and mystical gateway to the seven levels of consciousness that arer represented by the jewels (or rays) of Ishtar.

Seven constellations correspond to these jewels. Pegasus is one of them.