New World Order #2: The Mystery Schools Part 1 - Basics

Like before, if you read anything that seems unbelievable, I urge you to look it up and do a bit of research. Also, feel free to comment on or negate any claims that I make.
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In ancient times there were secret societies of unknown origin in all parts of the world. They were/are called the Mystery Schools. Mystery Schools were basically religious cults that protected sacred knowledge and one had to become an initiate to partake in that knowledge. Seekers of this knowledge are initiated into the Mysteries through a series of symbolic rites. Then, they begin their journey towards "illumination" by being taught the symbolism of the Mysteries. Those who made it to the upper levels of the Mysteries are called Adepts and the masses of the people are referred to as the Profane. The Mystery Schools still thrive today, and their symbols are everywhere.

There are usually three degrees of initiation [though this depends on the School, but is usually three], and each degree would take many years of devotion to accomplish. The symbols of the Mystery School would be taught to the initiates, but it would not be until they had reached the highest levels that they would be bestowed the true teachings of the Mystery School. From this comes the term "mystic," or one who is versed in the Mysteries. Most of the great ancient philosophers were initiates of the Mystery Schools. These Mysteries of ancient times rather than contended with mainstream religions were actually complementary, and taught the inner symbolic meanings of the gods that the masses worshiped.

The Mystery Schools existed everywhere, from the Brahman School of India, to the Egyptian Mysteries, to the Chaldeans, the Greeks, Eleusinians, the Eastern Schools, the Babylonians, and so on. The Mystery System even existed in the cultures of the Amerindians. In fact, even Christianity began as a Mystery School [Christian Mysticism, such as the Gnostics]. Though there are many Mystery Schools all over the world, their teachings were fundamentally very similar [I will explain why in part 2].

The religion of the Mystery Schools is astrotheology and the worship of the natural. The main object of their worship was the Sun, the Light of the World, the Giver of Life. The unfathomable state of existence is called the Absolute, or "God". The Sun is considered an emblem of God's love, in that all life on Earth depended upon the Sun. The Sun, often referred to as "the Risen Savior", rose every morning and vanquished the cold and the darkness.

The most important thing to the Mystery Schools is symbolism. The Symbol is a powerful force. Everything we know is in terms of symbols. For example, words and language are all symbols. The Mystery Schools held symbolism to be the best way to convey their knowledge, for contained within a seemingly simple icon is immense amounts of meaning which only the initiated would have knowledge of [because they are taught].

For example, we can take a look at a familiar symbol, the six sided star.

This symbol nowadays is commonly known as the Star of David. It is also considered a Jewish symbol. However, there is no evidence that shows this symbol to be of Jewish origin. In fact, the traditional symbol of the Jews was the Menorah [which has it's own sacred meaning], but the 'Star of David' was more so imposed on the Jews during the Medieval period to identify them for persecution. In fact, it only became popular as a Jewish symbol in the past 200 years [which is very recent, historically speaking], especially after having been adopted as the symbol of the flag of Israel.

The true name of the symbol is the Double Interlaced Triangle of Solomon, or the Seal of Solomon [it is also the sign of Vishnu, a god of GENERATION]. To show the depth of Mystery School symbolism, I will broadly describe its meaning.

There was never a real "King Solomon." The word Solomon is to be broken down into three parts, Sol, meaning SUN in latin, Om, a sacred word in Hindu/Buddhist/Vedic traditions also meaning the SUN, and On, which is the ancient Egyptian word for their city of the SUN (also known as Heliopolis). The symbol is consisting of two equilateral triangles, one pointed up, and the other pointed down. The triangle pointing up represents FIRE and the MALE principle [dominant, control, make things happen, etc.]. The triangle pointing down represents WATER and the FEMALE principle [submissive, spontaneous, let things happen, etc]. Thus we say, men are from MARS [FIRE] and women are from VENUS [WATER].

The two triangles together form a SIX sided star. The number SIX is extremely important to the Mystery Schools, who held it to be the number of MANIFESTATION or GENERATION. This is because SIX is the number of sides of a cube [the Sacred Geometrical figure of FOUNDATION], SIX is the number of fundamental forces [to the ancients], SIX is the only number in which it's factors are three consecutive numbers [the first three numbers!] which add up to itself [6=1x2x3=1+2+3=6]. In the Bible, God takes SIX days to create the world, and creates man on the SIXTH day. Even today we use the word "sex" to describe the GENERATIVE act.

Thus, the Seal of Solomon is a symbol of the SUN and it's GENERATIVE powers. The bonding of male and female is not meant literally as in sex but metaphorically to represent the universal principle of DUALITY as well as the androgynous nature of the Absolute/Creator [both male and female, fire and water, everything and nothing]. To the Mystery Schools, gender is a quality of imperfection, as by definition, each gender is lacking in something that the other has. In order to create life, it is reasoned that the Creator must have both male and female properties. Anyway, this can go on and on as we can delve into the intricacies of the symbol [it also represents ETERNITY], so for all points and purposes, just know that it is a symbol of the SUN and it's GENERATIVE powers.

It is adopted as the symbol of the flag of Israel to symbolize the power of the Cult of the SUN [Mystery School] and the GENERATION of a New World Order. Note that I am not saying that Jewish people are taking over the world or anything like that, but rather the Jewish people are being used by those who are, unknowingly. The nation of Israel is the planting of the seed to disrupt the Old Arabic Order. I will go into this in detail in a later installment. Please know that I am not an anti-semite, but the Illuminati [the Adepts of the Mystery Schools] likes to hide from criticism behind the shield of anti-anti-semitism. Obviously, this symbol is not limited to Israel. You will find this symbol on the Great Seal of the US as well, and if you pay attention, you will begin to see it in a lot of unexpected places [especially those that relate to the secret societies].



What does it spell? MASON!

Anyway, that was to show just how deep the meaning behind a symbol as seemingly simple as a hexagram can be. The purpose of this part 1 is to offer a general understanding of the Mystery Schools.


All of the Mystery Schools also taught of an ancient progenitor society that we now know as Atlantis from which all of their teachings [as well as high human civilization/culture] originated. It is a society of extremely high culture that transmuted other cultures that came in contact with it. It existed in what the ancients referred to as ancient times, meaning that it was ancient even to them. Atlantis was described to be a place where its inhabitants knew the use of "magic" which some interpret as "high technology". However, their misuse of "magic" was the cause of their downfall, and the city/island/continent of Atlantis was destroyed suddenly in a great deluge, and much of its knowledge and culture was lost. The Mystery Schools believe that they are the preservers of the Atlantean tradition and that the Mystery system originated in Atlantis. They believe Atlantis to be a Utopia and that it is their duty to establish the New Atlantis. This is referred to as the Great Work.

Part two will mainly deal with Atlantis and the New Atlantis.


some further readings/sources, if you would like to research:
http://books.google.com/books?id=1WB3g0dcJz8C&pg=PA123&lpg=PA123&dq#PPP7,M1
http://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/etgloss/etg-hp.htm
http://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/sd/sd-hp.htm
http://www.sacred-texts.com/eso/sta/

10500 BC

Most people today believe the ancients to be dumb and backwards, but this is hardly the case. Relics of ancient ingenuity exists still today and baffle modern all-knowing all-powerful scientists, who can only come up with theories as to how such monuments were constructed and why, but what's worse is that they attempt to force their conclusions to fit their worldview. Stonehenge is one example, but specifically, to argue for the existence of a single very early advanced civilization from which all Western culture evolved, we will examine the Pyramids at Giza.

It is one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and the only one still intact and standing today. It is also the most famous, as most have never even heard of the lesser known ones, such as the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus. Even more intriguing is the sphinx which seems to guard it, staring off into the horizon. Here is a picture:


First off, notice the weathering on the sphinx (click to enlarge). There is an obvious difference in the weathering pattern of the head of the sphinx as compared to its body. Also notice the size of its head compared to the size of its body. Could the architects of the Pyramids, who calculated the weight and proportions of the pyramids so perfectly, drastically miscalculated the proportions of the sphinx head compared to its lion body? Before we get into that, let us examine the Sphinx further. It stares off into the horizon, but at what? It looks directly at the precise location of the sunrise during the Vernal Equinox, the official first day of the new year, astrologically speaking, and again, is a testament to perfect calculations.

So back to its erosion pattern. It's head is obviously newer than the rest of its body, as the body suffers from a great amount of textbook water erosion, as do the Pyramids themselves, and the heavy rains that are needed to cause this erosion have not fallen upon the land of Egypt since the 3rd millennium BC, and must have been exposed to at least a couple thousand years of recurring heavy rainfall to have been afflicted with such erosion. However, the head shows no sign of such erosion, although it was the only part of the sphinx to have been visible since the ancient times, and was only fully unearthed in 1905.

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The fact that the head is disproportional to its body is also another clue, and has led some to believe that the Sphinx, with the body of a lion, to also at one time to have had a lion's head as well, which was later modified by the Egyptians. I will explain why in a second.

So what about the Pyramids? Notice their positioning. It is a perfect replica of the constellation Orion's Belt, to the degree. The Nile River represents the relative location of the Milky Way to Orion's Belt. However, this does not quite match up... yet. We have to go back in time, to the Age of Leo (about 12000 years ago), when the three stars of Orion's Belt would have aligned perfectly to it's Earthly representation, the Pyramids, starting after the Winter Solstice until the Vernal Equinox, during which they are all perfectly aligned. This is where the lion's head comes in. The Sphinx, which stares at the precise location of the sunrise during the Vernal Equinox would have been staring at the constellation Leo during the Age of Leo, which is represented by the Lion!


Now, it is a stretch to say that the Pyramids were built by literal Atlanteans,
as I remember seeing a History Channel presentation on why it is stupid to think the Pyramids are older than the accepted age. They chose some old lunatic to represent the unconventional theory and just discredits him in a completely biased way, which has made me wonder, why is such an idea so discouraged? What is there to hide? Well, I don't know, but anyway, I will continue. The Pyramids, I believe, were built by an advanced ancient civilization existing anytime between 12,000 BC to 9,000 BC, and that all western culture came from the culture of this civilization.

I am not claiming that this civilization was Atlantis, but I do believe that the writings on Atlantis were a symbolic metaphor of this great civilization, and that the flood stories of the western cultures were also referring to the destruction of this Utopian society... or should I say Dystopian. I don't believe that it literally sank into the sea, but was more likely swallowed by its own civil strife or perhaps an unusually disastrous flooding of the Nile (which might also help explain the water erosion). To further fit the time frame,

"According to Critias, 9,000 years before his lifetime a war took place between those outside the Pillars of Hercules (generally thought to be the Strait of Gibraltar) and those who dwelt within them. The Atlanteans had conquered the parts of Libya within the columns of Heracles as far as Egypt and the European continent as far as Tyrrhenia, and subjected its people to slavery. The Athenians led an alliance of resistors against the Atlantean empire and as the alliance disintegrated, prevailed alone against the empire, liberating the occupied lands." -Wikipedia

Although Wiki is not the best source, this is pretty accurate and that 9,000 years before the time of Plato was about 9500 BC. He also mentions that Egypt was one of the places conquered, which again seems to fit into the puzzle. In fact, according to Plato, knowledge of Atlantis was brought to Greece by Solon, from guess where? Egypt! So it seems that Egypt has a strong tie to the original "Atlanteans". It is also worthy of note that Plato described Atlantis as a connector between multiple civilizations that was easily traversed, until it sank, of course. This is also similar to Egypt as before it descended into desert, it would have been very easy and nice to travel through. But of course, this is just my speculation on this subject and I hope you will give it some thought too, and let me know what you think, positively or negatively, just make sure you back it up!