“When it enters, in a few years, the sign of Aquarius, psychologists will have extra work to do, and the psychic idiosyncrasies of humanity will enter into a great change.” - H.P. Blavatsky"
"There are symptoms of psychic changes that always appear at the end of one Platonic Month(Astrological Age) and at the beginning of another" - Carl Jung
The soul needs an outer drama that can help awaken & pull into conscious awareness the inner myth & seeded story it carries within" -M Meade
"Forms are the symbols of formless divine principles; symbolism is the language of nature."- Manly P. Hall
"Every visible object, every abstract thought, every emotional reaction is but the symbol of an eternal principle.""-Manly P. Hall
What some thought was Judgement, was only a Birthing.
This is the 20th Tarot Trump XX, the Last Judgement. The left hand version is the Golden Dawn traditional tarot Trump depiction which pre dates the New Age or Aeon Trump depicting the Egyptian Child god Horus, created by Aleister Crowley and Freida Harris. Crowley updated the 20th Tarot Trump with significance relative to the spiritual forces which he felt were present in this new Age he declared in 1904, and this Spiritual Current was that of the Child, and the innocence of birth. From one perspective( that of the old aeon) one migh see the Last Judgement Trump as an end, while another has symbolisms of Birth and Beginnings.
Arnold Schwarzeneggers Career has synchronistically come into Pop awareness through the "Revelation" of his 10 year old secret Love-Child. Below is a video highlighting Arnolds careers themes of Judgement and the recurrence of Birthing and the Child, to the recent headlines of his secret Love-Child and the Last Judgemnt-Rapture weekend of May 22nd. I find this very cool that Judgement and Birth are in the news this week, because in the Tarot "The Aeon" Version of Trump XX (20) by Aleister Crowley, features Hoorparkraat or Harpocrates, the Child God of Innocence". That is because in the New Age, it is no longer common to beleive that just being born on this planet is an "Original Sin", it is now understould that we are born innocent children of the cosmos, and that this "Inner Child" is what we are all bonded by, rather than old age original Sin.
I beleive this innocence interestingly entrains with the May 21st event, as when "The Last Judgement" was supposed to come, and nothing happened(truely anything can happen at any time, prophecized or not), maybe those living in fear of "Sin" and "Judgment", on this day this year regained their some of their innocence to some degree or another, and maybe some are now questioning their Judgements of themselves and their fellow brothers and sisters that they have built up for their whole lives. Judgement came into the forefront and where did it get us? Where was it really coming from the whole time? Who was judging who this whole time? So here we are again, innocent babes of the mystery of being. We all got in touch with a little Judgement and Innocence this week. Enjoy this wacky Rapture Ripple , Namaste.
2001 A Space Odyssey and 2010 the Year We Make Contact both feature this innocent Child of the Cosmos archetype that we are moving into further and further into resonance with.
From Wikipedia "End Times-Literature" "Childhood's End is a science fiction novel written by Sir Arthur C. Clarke, originally published in 1953, in which humanity is visited by aliens who resemble Satan. The aliens, named in the novel as the overlords, are seen in the role of "heralds" for a god-like force named the Overmind. A transformation occurs in the last human generation, which ultimately merges with this Overmind and resulting in the destruction of the earth and the solar system."
Times of change are commonly associated with cycles of time, and historically things like Astrology have held that "the Heavens" or "The Stars" contain mythological signifiance that preside over the energies of these times. There are many metaphors for the new consciousness that is dawning on Earth, every culture has a different word for these times of change, ideas like the New Age, the Yugas of the East, the Last Judgement, Mayan Calendar dates, and the power that calendars are beleived to hold universally.
In light of two particular avenues for perceiving this drama of Aeonic change, I would like to meditate on Aleister Crowleys declaration of a New Age in 1904 which he called "Aeon of the Child", and the Astrological Age of Aquarius. These are two avenues that I personally resonate with and explore but are no means the only expresssions of the dawning era of self awareness and awakening that is upon us. In this article I'd like to explore a few examples of how the qualities of these times that are upon us, are beautifully narrated by our American - pop-culture . So this will be the wordiest part, float on.
The modern Aeon of Horus, is portrayed as a time of self-realization as well as a growing interest in all things spiritual, and is considered to be dominated by the principle of the child. The Word of its Law is Thelema (will), which is complimented by Agape (love), and its formula is Abrahadabra. Individuality and finding the individual's True Will are the dominant aspects; its formula is that of growth, in consciousness and love, toward self-realization. Concerning the Aeon of Horus, Crowley wrote:
". . .the crowned and conquering child, who dieth not, nor is reborn, but goeth radiant ever upon His Way. Even so goeth the Sun: for as it is now known that night is but the shadow of the Earth, so Death is but the shadow of the Body, that veileth his Light from its bearer." (Heart of the Master)
And also, in his Little Essays Toward Truth:
"The Aeon of Horus ixs here: and its first flower may well be this: that, freed of the obsession of the doom of the Ego in Death, and of the limitation of the Mind by Reason, the best men again set out with eager eyes upon the Path of the Wise, the mountain track of the goat, and then the untrodden Ridge, that leads to the ice-gleaming pinnacles of Mastery!".
The prominent Thelemite magician Lon Milo DuQuette commented on the connection that the Aeon of Horus had to the Age of Aquarius when he stated that "Yes, [the Aeon of Horus] is coincidental to what astrologers and songwriters call the Age of Aquarius and what millions of others refer to simply as the New Age. But it would be a mistake to view this new aeon simply as another tick on a great cosmic clock. The Age of Aquarius, profoundly significant as it is, is only one aspect of a far greater new spiritual age. - Wikipedia- Aeon(Thelema)
So, I would like to explore some of what I beleive are the current pop Symptoms of "The Aeon of the Child in a state of ever growing expression. To begin for example I just want to note how appropriate it is, that Twitter gives users without their own Avatar, the symbol of an Egg as an avatar until they do.
The Egg perfectly representing the self that is in potential, that which eventually will be expressed just as a Seed is to a tree, an Egg is to anything in its potential state. The beauty of acknowledging it, is when one applies this understanding that everything is both the fully blossomed expression of one seed, and is also a seed in itself destined to unfold into something unimaginable, just as the Egg perfectly symbolizes the self yet to be.
As Aleister Crowley said, the Self, the Individual, the I(pod) is to be the dominating force of the new Aeon. Not the tradition oriented mass minded consciousness of the past. As time goes on and we begin to acknowledge our own novelty and divinity, forms that are associated with this awakening of the self will express themselves on a universal scale. Symbols are never the actual THING itself which they are pointers to, so EVEN the "Aeon of the Child" and the 93 Current, are not actually the unutterable IT/THING that is awakening, but they are also inseperable from it. We as humans are always fine tuning our ability to communicate more and more novel or specific ideas and emotions, thus Spirituality, psychology and philosophy as a whole, and every single off shoot of them, are all actually one school consciously updating their metaphors. This is the co-creative responsibility of Art, the constant finessing of the ability to relate objects to eachother in our deepening intimacy with environment.
In the above picture, I took Aleister Crowleys depiction of the Child God of the New Aeon, and overlaid it with a current Verizon ad(Veri=True. izon=Horizon. Horus=God of Horizon + Sun) The "Rule the Air" campaign is particularly new aeon, this is particularly interesting because Crowley also is quoted speaking of the Child
"Now ye shall know that the chosen priest & apostle of infinite space is the prince-priest, the Beast; and in his woman, called the Scarlet Woman, is all power given. They shall gather my children into their fold; they shall bring the glory of the stars into the hearts of men." Book of the Law 1:15
The Prince/Preist of Space can also be interpereted as "The Ruler of Air", as Horus the Child is the HAWK. Air in the esoteric sciences is very much connected to the function of Communication. The Current Aeon happens to synchronize with the Western Astrological Age of Aquarius. Aquarius and the Aeon of the Child are thus, interchangable, and this is perfect because Aquarius is and Air sign, and thus also pertains to the act of communication. Just think about the new Technologies we are engaging with, Communication is EVERYTHING these days(like this blog for instance). So The Aeon of the Child-Individual, is also influenced by the Aquarian Aeon of Humanitarian Technology and Communication. Astrologically and symbolically the play of energies very well represented by POP.
The Child Prince of this new Aeon is a Twin God, one quality of which is the egyptian child god HoorParKraat, or the Greek Harpocrates, the Babe in the EGG. This Babe in the Egg representsis the new consciousness birthing in the womb of the New Age. Notice the Goddess Nuit bowing over the twin God, on her ankles and wrists she has bands that bear the Symbol of Aquarius and the Twin currents of the New Aeon.
Lady Gagas latest reflects Harpocrates, asshe comes out of the Egg at the 2011 Grammys, and even Crowns herself in a Gold Hat. "My mother told me when I was young, that we are all born Superstars" - Lady Gaga - Born This Way "Every man and woman is a Star"- Aleister Crowley - The Book of the Law
Kanye Wests beautiful video POWER has him wearing a HORUS the Child necklace and much Egyptian, Masonic and Aquarian Symbolism. Both this and Jay Zs Thelemic style video have much to do with the Power of the Individual as well as Revolution.
"We R who we R" by Kesha also reflects the new Aeon of Iamness vibing in the world of dance music. "You Know were Superstars, We R who we R" perfectly resonating with Aleister Crowleys laws of the new Aeon "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law" and "Every Man and Woman is a Star".
We can also see Jay Z Sporting a "Do What Thou Wilt" hoodie in the video for "Run this Town".
