2C Spiritual Practices episode 3 by Mind-Heart Media

2C is: • a freely downloadable online magazine produced quarterly as an ongoing investigation into galactic culture • a voice for the emerging noosphere (planetary consciousness) in the years leading up to and beyond December 21st 2012 • an open conduit and place of exchange for ideas, art and experience

The Editorial Team have been brought together by synchronicity and a common interest in the 13 Moon dreamspell calendar and related phenomena. The production of 2C uses ﬂuid management to organise roles and contributions. Currently the main contributors are: - Mattriks 4 Monkey - Sandie 2 Moon - Kiri 10 Sun

- Jonathan 12 Monkey - Edward 10 Warrior - Aaron 4 Skywalker

- Nick 6 Night - Soulore 4 Sun - Alistar 11 Mirror

- Even 12 Serpent - Anna 6 Earth

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Submissions We’re looking for your polished pieces of art - articles, interviews, reviews, artwork, dreams, letters and inspirations. These can be focused on an episode theme or more general submissions. For the next episode, we’d like your submissons by Planetary Moon Day 1 March 7, 2007. Please email to: submissions@2ndcreation.org

Next Episode This episode is the third of four in this year of the White Lunar Wizard. The next episode is the Hidden Powers edition: an exploration of occult knowledge; anything from 911, to the tarot, global ﬁnance, contact with other races, or even handshakes. This is an opportunity to get it out in the open.

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Spiritual Practices by Soulore & Mattriks Living in Alignment by Alistar Calderwood Adventures in Mexico by Emma Leak Advent of the Noosphere by Edward Brungardt Sounds of Second Creation Interview with Saritah by Jonathan Shaw Talkin’ to the Noosphere poems, letters & pixels from kin Feature Artist Interview with Leou by Mattriks Always Have a Plan B by Josh Gomez

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I Want You to Be Here Too by Kiri Sta* Magician with Dreams Interview with Brian Macgregor by Nick Cumbo 32 Natural Farming - A Japanese Farmers Spiritual Practice by Sandie Hernandez 33- Semilla’s Kitchen - Spring Greens 35 by Sandie Hernandez 2627 2830

36- Correspondence of the Divine 37 Part 2 by Aaron Two Crows 3839 4047 4849 5051

Jaguar Dreaming by Soulore Solaris Leap Year Lore of the Lunar Wizard by Aaron Faith of the Spirit by Binnah Spiritual Politics by Mattriks

Front Cover - Offerings to the Sea © Brian Macgregor Back Cover - Magician with Dreams © Brian Macgregor My paintings focus on a visual metaphor for the Collective Unconscious and my research into dreams. The works are to act as gateways to different parts of the grand network of the universe, where most of our dreams may converge. I attempt to visually depict this by including the text of real peoples hand written dreams in the backgrounds of my mixed media paintings. I have catalogued over ﬁve hundred dreams, recorded by myself and all ages, races, and languages of people that have donated their dreams to this work. My goals are to constantly keep creating, to be an art teacher by example, and to open up people to listening to their dreams. Contact Brian: 912-596-2201 Brian’s website: http://www.brian-macgregor.com

SPIRITUAL PRACTICES The Breath of Evolution By Soulore & mattriks

Welcome to the Second half of this White Lunar Wizard year! As we journey through the 13 Moons of the solar year, the half way point falls at the middle of the Resonant, 7th moon (January 24, 2008). As we outlined in the introduction to the previous episode, we are using the four thirteen week cycles that make up the year to produce the magazine, in alignment with the information from the Law of Time that suggests that each 13 week period synchronizes with the activation of a Codon of our DNA. As we have moved through the 3rd quarter of the year we unravel led the DNA Codon of Mind Expanding.

This edition is dedicated to spiritual practices, and it is appropriate then in our timely journey that we are experiencing the unfolding of Codon 35 - Mind Expanding, where cosmic order enlightens space. The cosmic order of the planet is the telepathic unity of the evolution of the bio-sphere to the noosphere, from the physical body to the mind of the earth, or Gaia. As we develop and dedicate to our spiritual practices, our minds expand into the space of unlimited imagination; this is the realm where we are able to stabilize the planetary holon in peace and harmony.

If you’ve interacted with previous 2C episodes you’ll have noticed that a number of contributors have regular, or semiregular contributions To expand our minds here under their own banner. in Australia, a bunch of We are calling these Time Artisans got together types of contributions, in the hills of Northern Portal Pages. For South Wales to celebrate example, we have the ‘Altarnation’. The Edward’s The Noogenic Altarnation is the name Report, Sandie’s Semilla’s given to this midpoint, Kitchen page, and so on. and marks the point The regular contributors opposite the Day out of are mainly based Time. This was a great in Australia (mainly opportunity for some of us who have been working Current 13 Week Cycle & Codon Activation Sequence Melbourne and Northern New South Wales), and on 2C in cyber to connect More info via the Foundation for the Law of Time http://www.lawoftime.org while there has always in 3D space, and been input from plan and organise around the systems we require to maintain across the globe, things are increasingly the production of a magazine that continues opening up to reﬂect a more global style of to happen predominantly on the internet. production. We’re happy to report that those systems are coming into play.

Our opening piece poems pictures and is from Alistar, who letters from kin. Early has come on board episodes of 2C were with his portal more ‘ziney’. Since Illuminations. Alistar then things have is based in the become gradually U.K. Another new more produced. This portal we have is portal means that Binnah’s Soul Juice. both of these aspects Binnah resides near can continue side Nimbin, in Northen by side. People can AltarNation Gathering - Australia NSW (Aus). Aaron submit considered http://www.timeisart.net/ 2 Crows is based in articles, or talk to South Africa, and he has submitted a follow up the Noosphere by writing a letter, inputting a to his last article (Correspondence of the Divine), poem, or sending in a photo or piece of artwork. and also come on board to be part of the editorial It feels important to have space for these types team. We’ve also got a great piece from Emma of contributions because they do so much to Leek, who is based in Australia but has written contribute to a sense of community and helpful about time spent recently in Mexico. Kiri Sta*, connectivity. who was the feature artist from the last episode, has continued to be part of the process and The processes happening in our humble submitted an article for this episode. Kiri is from magazine are reflective of the increasing global New Zealand. Anna, who has been peripherally connectivity and increasingly sharable NOW we involved in 2C all the way along, lives in the are all experiencing. We are closing in fast on the Netherlands. Our front and back cover artist for alignment of 2012. A number of commentators this episode, Brian MacGregor, is from the U.S. are suggesting this sense of heightened experience we are feeling reflects the fact that time is fractally We have continued the tradition of a feature compressing, and that thousands of years of karma artist, with an interview with Leou, who is a are now being consciously experienced in only a visionary artist residing in France. Also we have year. Sure feels like it. the introduction of another regular portal called Sounds of Second Creation, which is a space for Second Creation magazine is a conduit for sharing profiling musicians. Jonno kicks this Portal off this journey together through art. We have been with an introduction and interview with Australian blessed by an abundance of community coroots musician Saritah. There is also some energy operation in the form of art, articles, editing, being put toward a compilation cd, which will formatting, inspiration and support. The online feature musicians that may have appeared in the PDF version of 2C continues to be free, and we magazine, or been connected to the production are currently organizing to have a printed version or the people producing the magazine (A of the four episodes from this year available bunch of the contributors are in the process for sale as a compendium before the next of putting out cd’s at the moment). Day out of Time. We encourage all kin to feedback and share in their experiences of the The other new portal we have consolidated closing of the cycle. Enjoy this 3rd edition of for this episode is Talkin to the Noosphere: 4 in the year of the Lunar Wizard!

Living in Alignment By Alistar Calderwood - White Spectral Mirror Integrity and impeccability – these are the words I wish to offer up for contemplation in this article. I see that living impeccably is one of the greatest keys we each hold to fully unlocking and embodying this great shift in consciousness that we see before us. The pain we confront in human life comes from our apparent separation from Source, and one of the ways that we can work together to heal this illusion, is through sharing our truths honestly and respectfully with one another. Without truth and honesty, there is only obscurity, half-truth and shadow – as we hide the shady aspects of ourselves, which we are either ashamed of, or too scared to confront. This way of relating has played out its part here on Earth, creating the recent cycle of perpetual darkness that we are now awakening from. When we do not live impeccably we create deceptions and excuses, and this involves us relinquishing our personal power. This lack of personal power seems to be commonplace in modern day society. For example the misleading advertising and dishonest ways in which so many businesses actually rely on to function have become acceptable ways of living, and the mess that is being created on our planet and in our day to day relationships is becoming increasingly evident. Integrity is born through a respectful application of our honest interpretations of our life experiences. Many of us are leaking like sieves, as we have ruptured the connection with our own sense of self (personal power) by choosing denial and delusion over truthfulness (true fullness) – this has created dis-ease and sickness in many levels of our lives.

Understanding a few simple universal laws of reflection can assist us in our day to day interactions, and the application of these understandings will help us cultivate impeccability in our lives today. We all have an awareness of what feels good, right and true for us in our lives, and once we know what this is, we can then do our utmost to align with and live by it. As we honestly communicate our individual truths with respect, undiluted by our own judgements or prejudices (including worrying about what others may think), we harmonize our earthly selves with our universal sense of self. As we do this, our physical bodies will heal as they resonate in the essence of our spiritual energy fields - we become wholly nourished when we live impeccably with our individual truths (no longer sacrificing our inner-sense and knowing to fit in or be a certain way for the sake of another’s sense of (in)security and interpretations of reality). Our individual truths are not the one and only truth, but they are the current interpretations of how we feel and relate to the world, therefore our truths continually change as our awareness and the interpretations of our life experiences evolve. In having the courage to be honest in all our interactions, we create opportunities for growth and transformation through the truthful reflections that we can offer one another. This supports and nourishes our lives in the resonance of our spiritual selves, and also inspires others to do the same.

Through this harmonisation with the spiritual aspects of self, not only do we resonate in the wholeness of our expressions, but we also learn experientially through the clear reﬂections we receive back from the universe in our every day interactions. The potential for new growth and evolution for all involved in these types of interactions is clear to see. As we recognise, resonate, and live within this energy, we become guided by a rightful relationship with Great Spirit. What is more, with the energy generated through our alignment with the universe, we become free from ‘the needing’ of the outside world to be a certain way in order for us to feel good in it. We begin to live and broadcast our own frequency everywhere we go. Others will receive inspiration and nourishment just by being around us, as we become the change that we want to see - rather than seeking that change to come from somewhere outside of our selves. Becoming the generators of our frequency and resonance, we are able to weed out the realm of ‘the victim’ from our own lives - making the transition from being ‘a victim’ into ‘a creator’. We want our awareness as a creator to become the prevailing experience in our own lives, but there may be some challenges (initiations) we will have to pass through. We will be tested, especially in our interactions with others, and some of the greatest challenges will come from those who seem to oppose our choice to be honest in certain situations. There may be moments where we lack the courage to be truly honest and say what we really feel, or we may feel scared to express ourselves fully - judging ourselves or fearing the judgement we may receive from another). We may have the idea that what we are feeling or experiencing is

“wrong” or “bad” or our input will be an unwelcome perspective within a group. For these reasons, among others, we may feel we should not speak out or admit that we are feeling a certain way. The truth can sometimes have the kind of impact that can cause us to respond defensively, unwilling to listen to what is being communicated. We can even become angered when we are faced with an aspect of ourselves that we do not understand. We all have these defensive mechanisms to varying degrees, and compassion is essential when dealing with these kinds of situations. It is important that we do not allow confrontation to deter us from being in our tru-fullness, as this is a game played out by the old consensus reality that can disempower us. The challenge seems to work along these lines: If we don’t communicate our truth because we are afraid of creating confrontation or experiencing confusion, anger or being rejected, it can potentially leave us feeling confused, angered and rejected by our own sense of self, which inevitably results in our own disconnection. So for some, it can seem like there is a hard choice to make: The possibility of rejection, confusion and anger from others, or The possibility of disconnection, confusion and anger from our self! It is actually very simple - depending on how we want to feel in our lives. Being honest can sometimes have the potential to get us into challenging situations, but when we learn to speak in a

respectful manner while still maintaining our integrity, we will find tremendous strength in it. We can continue to speak from a peaceful and loving place, honouring what we are feeling, and as a result we remain clear and connected to our sense of self. So, no matter what arises, we are able to deal with any confrontations without feeling threatened or disconnected. If another has difficulty with our words, but has enough humility to try and understand the reason why they are being spoken, this humility will then open up a new dynamic for the conversation to continue – humility prevents the closed hearted energies of judgment and self importance from getting in the way. When humility is not there, judgement will be present within the dynamics of our interaction. Judgement and prejudice can inhibit the natural flow of pure expression and will limit our reflections (universal gifts) from being realised. It is helpful to see clearly when a judgement arises, as it allows us to make the appropriate choices when confronted with situations of this kind. If we find we have difficulty in receiving and exploring a truth different from our own, then it is likely that we have taken on a judgemental and closed state of mind. Another situation that can be challenging is remaining honest with someone we rely on for something we want or think we need, i.e. for a job or a place to live, or someone who we think holds some kind of opportunity for us. We think that if we are honest with them, we may jeopardise what they are going to be/ or are supplying us with. But if we are not honest, we will feed their self-delusion (disconnection) and as a result we experience our own disconnection from our self (our reflection of what we are choosing to energise into creation). When we agree with another’s delusion, as we are too afraid to say what we know is true, we sacrifice our impeccability for another’s sense of identity or security, agreeing on a subconscious level with their interpretation of reality. In making this agreement, we let this delusion have a place in our personal space, and often it will affect our own sense of self, resulting in our own disempowerment. It can feel quite unpleasant, especially if we are used to more refined and expansive vibrations.

When we have the courage to live impeccably, communicating with integrity no matter what the situation, we become the guardians of our own frequency, giving clear reflections – in resonance with Spirit. This is our natural birthright and state of being. We have a choice in every moment as to how we chose to live our lives, whether we choose to express ourselves in resonance or not. The situations in our lives will reflect the results of this choice, as we will experience what we create for others in our own lives. Each moment we perceive, every thought we have, and in each action we take, we are either in resonance or dissonance. All our movements arise through choices and interpretations that we are making from a place of either Love or Fear – we feel the harmony or disharmony in our own bodies. May we all be blessed to know deep peace, to be guided by the clarity that comes with an open and loving heart in gratitude for all the experiences we are given to learn from. May we all have the courage to live our dreams, expressing our selves in the integrity of our truths, no matter what they may be, and in whatever situations the universe gifts us to learn from. With reverence for our interpretations, we will enjoy our creations... In Lakèch Ala Kin Alistar Calderwood is a musician and healer. Inspired by the sacred teacher plants and the ancient cultures of Earth, his work is dedicated to the transformation of consciousness. Currently based in the UK completing a new album, he is shortly to return to the Amazon jungle. Music from the new album can be heard at www.animacreations.com Email: alistarfire@gmail.com Copyright © 2008 - Permission is granted to copy and redistribute this article on the condition that the content remains complete, full credit is given to the author, and that it is distributed

Adventures in Mexico

- Explorations of Time = Art By EmMa Leak - Red Planetary Dragon From September until December I was invited to perform with The Carpetbag Brigade as a resident artist at The Universal Forum of Cultures in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. It was a time in my life when for 3 months I was given a gift of living in a bubble where my time was spent in dedication to artistic expression, within the world where time equals money. As an Earth Wizard I really struggle in this duality of worlds- the 13:20 where I can practice my meditations and align with cosmic energy, and the 12:60 which enfolds all right now and requires time spent making money in order to feed and house oneself. When I can make money doing something I love- performing, these worlds feel more in balance so the Forum of Cultures was both wonderful and fundamentally ﬂawed. This article is about my experiences, the container of those experiences- the Forum, and the ideals of 13:20 in a 12:60 world. The Carpetbag Brigade is a physical theatre company based in California. I met the directors 4 years earlier when we were learning stilt acrobatics together in Colorado. With patience we made the dream of working together creatively come true, from the vision in the Rocky Mountains realised in the mountains of Monterrey- the King of the Mountains. Great things happen in the mountains with those giant still rocks and their witnessing meditations. The company usually has

5 or 6 members but for the project in Mexico 10 were needed and so the net was cast wide. People were called from Canada, Brazil and the USA as well as me from Australia. Just by assembling this group together we had begun an interesting exploration of cultural exchange through learning how to work together to present a cohesive vision. Part of the work was to learn and perform two existing stilt-acrobatic shows from the repertoire of Carpetbag Brigade- “Vanishing Point” and “Mudﬁre”. The other part was to work with 20 locals constructing stilts for them, teaching them to maintain and repair them; teaching them the physical techniques we use, crafting shows with them and ultimately joining the shows together to create grand versions with up to 20 people on stilts. It was a grand vision for the 3 month exchange, and ultimately a successful and rich experience. The relationships built within the Carpetbag Brigade and with the local actors taught us all many things as individuals and as a group about language, tolerance, questioning, creating, learning, ego, humility, respect and wonder to mention just a few. Living through the whole Forum, from 2 weeks preceding the opening until 3 days after the closing night, was a unique insight into the sensation of timeframes, in an organic relationship between my experience and the arch of the forum. The beginning had its sense of chaos with an organization working hard to provide all the necessary services to

assure care for all participants. The middle of the Forum had incredible opportunities that became normal, and the most important need was finding enough time to rest sufficiently. At the end, everyone realised again how unique this experience was and rushed to make the most of each moment. People knew the end was coming, and so opened up to the people around them more because if they didn’t they might just miss something important before the environment of the Forum dissolved. Another interesting aspect of Carpetbag, and in fact all the theatre companies I have worked with professionally, is that we present our work to the public for free, granting access to all who consider turning up either by design or by accident. I enjoy presenting work this way because it creates a valid experience of culture and poetry within the culture itself without needing to be bought by the public and therefore reduced to a product. There is however a business and money end of the deal which is the responsibility of the city, festival and/or agent and hence this theatre is still trapped in the solidity of 12:60. It is ultimately a product in the material world thus both wonderful and fundamentally flawed. The Universal Forum of Cultures is an international cultural event seeking to provide knowledge of the circumstances in which others live, new ways to see the world, respect our planet, and seek social advancement. First held in Barcelona in 2004, Monterrey in 2007 and will be held again in 2010 in Valparaíso Chile, interestingly always in Spanish speaking countries. Literally hundreds of artists and intellectuals converge over 3 months to exchange ideas, visions and products with each other and the public. In Monterrey the Forum was held mostly in a

grand park which once was the areas biggest steel reﬁnery. Parque Fundidora was home to a 19th century industrial site with machines of great proportion and mysterious, functional buildings. Many remain intact although now converted into museums, theatres and exhibition spaces. Throughout the rolling green grasses and water features parts of the machinery stand like skeletons of the time gone by, slowly rusting in a strangely elegant way. While the industrial age caused damage to both the environment and people; the design and manufacture contains a classic aesthetic beauty that is still appreciable. It seems appropriate that our current vision and expression of culture, the Forum, should rise from the same location. It is an ideal that shows how the old culture can be transformed into the new. There was even one strange 3 legged tower, taller than anything else, with circular cement paths beneath which created a banner of peace right there in the middle of the park. From the perspective of the Banner of Peace, the forum was an incredible experience of the meeting of art, science and spirituality within the frame of culture. The core concepts of the Forum were Cultural Diversity, Sustainability, Peace and Knowledge. The ofﬁcial perspective is that ‘these 4 topics sum up the vast majority of issues and problems faced by global civil society and will probably remain the most urgent and relevant working areas for the global community’ with which I agree. The core concepts were carried out in 4 separate activities programmes. These were: Dialogues, Exhibitions, Cultural Expressions and Special Projects & Events. Many of the events were free while others required paid tickets. The main objectives were ‘to establish a dialogue from a civil-society viewpoint, on the most relevant and urgent matters in the Global Agenda;

to empower international civil society in becoming relevant actors in the decision-making process in their local communities; to promote interconnection and dialogues between the cultures of the modern world; to know the world through multiple perspectives and distinct cultures and to generate consciousness and commitment to adopt sustainable ways of life for our planet and our societies.’ (Wikipedia) From this perspective the Forum was extremely important and successful as world leaders in many fields came together to discuss and debate, and artists from all over the world were selected to present a broad spectrum of artistic expressions. These are wonderful aims however when the organization begins in the paradigm of business and established containers for society, something of these lofty ideals does not quite hit the mark. There is a foundation for raising the money and administrators for keeping track of how it is all being spent. Everyone seems to be unified in the solidity that this is how we do things and it’s the only way to continue. And yet something is not in balance- the vibration of money. So how do we create alternatives in this dense society in this part of the process? In 2004 ‘the Forum was controversial, with critics pointing to the $2.3 billion price tag and commercial sponsorship by multinationals (Endesa, Nestlé, Coca-Cola, Telefónica, and Indra) with dubious reputations in the Third World. Many NGOs including Greenpeace and Amnesty International criticised the event for failing to live up to the lofty ideals set out in the vision and boycotted it as a result. Several groups also criticised the massive property and coastline destruction involved in building the Forumsite. Attendance was also an issue from 25 million as an initial projection down to an official figure of 3.5 million- a much reduced number.’ (Wikipedia) Forum 2007 was also built on foundations of

lofty ideals. From my internal perspective corporate sponsorship by multinationals was a large presence and I was not aware of the involvement of NGOs suggesting the same issues as in 2004. Access to Parque Fundidora during the event was free for all however after the Forum residents must pay for the privilege to enter. The biggest gap between the ideals and my experience was rooted in the ideals of sustainability. Sustainability within the Forum was seen as ‘an issue of major transcendence in the contemporary world, which needs to find new options for economic, social, and cultural development; seeking an improved utilization of natural resources for the benefit of the planet and its inhabitants. Forum took on this sensitive topic not only from an environmental perspective, but from a wide spectrum of approaches.’ wikipedia These approaches were theoretical and abstract and I think the practice of sustainability was missing. For example the amount of rubbish generated by the event was extraordinary and no effort was made to revolutionise the presentation of the necessities like food and drink to create valid and sustainable alternatives to commercial packaging. There were no sustainable forms of power generation installed for the event and beyond which could inspire a revolution by first investing in companies who are creating the technology and second presenting viable and practical alternatives to fossil fuels. There was a lot of talk essentially, which is extremely important, but the actions that support these ideas was lacking. It is one level of responsibility to present the issues and grow awareness in society, and another less realised responsibility to create actions and infrastructure to practice these identified issues. Nothing can really change in the world until something big happens. For us who have been

following the 13 moon calendar we predict that real change in the world can only occur when we change our calendar and reprogram our minds. Within the Forum very few experts were present who knew anything of the Foundation for the Law of Time, the 13 Moon Calendar or the work of José Arguelles. Carlos was from Monterrey and told me he had translated the text of the Cosmic History Chronicles in conjunction with Valum Votan and The Red Queen. He was representing the 13 moons in the ﬁrst week of dialogues which focussed on spiritual exchange. Unfortunately I never met with him again. I was a bit disappointed that I had come half way around the world and synchronised with him at the right place and time but the exchange never went deeper… yet. For my part, I ‘decoded’ all of my company members and others I met who were interested and with whom I could explain in English. I enjoyed the dreamspell daily and felt wonder at how the process of creating art and interacting socially unfolded in synchronicity with the calendar. Many Mexicans and other young people already knew their signatures and information about the 13 moon calendar. Mexicans generally know more about the traditional calendar and are a bit suspicious of the new interpretation of José Arguelles. There is a difference between the original count kept by indigenous Mayans and the Dreamspell, and as such a split between tradition and evolution. A strong presence throughout the Forum was Oskar Tinajera Escobedo, white electric wind. He walked for 7 months from Brazil to arrive in Monterrey for the Forum. He was a real character around the Forum with his tribal appearance, songs and ‘banderas’- ﬂags of Brazil, a rainbow grid, balloons and ribbons, and always with a great Banner of Peace announcing his Earth Wizardry and magnetizing people to his message. He was not invited nor supported by the Forum to present his ideas but he was allowed access. Oskar worked extensively with the children gathered in the peace camps introducing ideas of the calendar in

young minds. He presented talks at general assemblies and wrote reports about his insights and experiences. He questioned the members of the knowledge council about their knowledge and insight into the 13 moon calendar. He even gave the Governor of Monterrey information to read about calendar change, much to the disgust of the large police presence that were powerless in the face of the eyes of the medias video cameras which happened to be focussed on that exchange. Sometimes the media can be a blessing when it provides civil protection. There was one account I heard from a friend who was at a dialogue held by a knowledge council. At question time Oskar informed all those knowledgeable ones about calendar change and its integral role in allowing the conditions within human minds for all their theories to become actions. Unfortunately they knew nothing of what he spoke and never replied to his questions and ideas. Perhaps vital seeds were sown, however I must question our presentation of our ideas. We all know how important calendar change is but if both our words and appearances do not create resonance with other humans within their existing paradigms how will we build the bridges into that ‘old’ world and affect change and action in the 12:60 minds? How can we create conditions that allow all humans to become curious about our ‘new’ world vision so they feel compelled to discover more? How will we all go about bringing the calendar, the cosmic history and cosmic science to the world so people can make their own choice about what information resonates? At the end of the Forum I was left with many questions and some time, so I decided to head to Torreon and the Jardin de Paz 13:20…. Emma Leak - Red Planetary Dragon Blue Lunar Night -Seli 2, Resonant Moon White Lunar Wizard Year Stay tuned for the 2nd Adventure in MexicoExplorations in Time = Art. CREST Project.

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Advent of the Noosphere

- The spiritualisation of all practice By Edward Brungardt - Yellow Planetary Warrior “Weak as the winter sun, we enter life on Earth. Names and religions come just after date of birth. Then everyone gets a tongue to speak, and everyone hears an inner voice.” - Paul Simon1 We need the words of a poet to grasp the essence of man’s personal presence as a human on earth. The simple, self-evident fact of being ourselves from moment to moment, from day to day, on into the cycles of a life, poses the challenge to understand what it means, what we are. Who wants to know? We do, the self within the self, who speaks as the inner voice of everyone who speaks a tongue. This has been the beginning and measure of man in all eras of time. We experience the inner voice as a compelling force within requiring us to acquire comprehension. It urges the native, to employ the quaint term of astrologers, to seek connection and identification with meaning. The urge to connect with personal significance most often leads toward an identification with transcendent forces and Being. This urge has perennially inspired individuals and cultures into energetic attempts to give outer voice and form to the nature of the being that is “inner voice”. This is the area of psyche that finally expresses itself in the larger field of human cultural expression as spiritual practice. Initially and finally it is within the self, within the conscious perception of ourself as a continuous being in time, that the work and fruits of comprehension and meaning occur. Sometimes, though, a practice is formalised, as in a religious tradition or a formalised system of oral transmission from teacher to student, and this formalised practice is maintained through time as a continuously transmitted stream of information that becomes a communally held thought-form and a belief system.

Sometimes the thought-form is seized and served by unbalanced energies and embodied beings that become enforcers of rigid and stringent discipline. Sometimes embodied beings become dissenters from rigid structures and return to their own inner voice to discover the true territory for their personal spiritual practice. The intention of a spiritual practice is self evidently to enhance and develop awareness of our own inherent spiritual nature. Of course, for an individual to become inspired to undertake a spiritual practice and maintain motivation over time, the person must have a conviction he or she is, in essence, a spiritual being. Again, it is within the self-awareness of the individual human the truth of one’s being is arbitrated and adjudicated. It is the inner voice that speaks our personal response on the truth of our spiritual nature. For perhaps the last few thousand years religion, in a variety of forms, has dominated and deﬁned the territory of spirit and spiritual practice for the majority of humans. And, in general, it can be seen that religion has been an instrument of limiting forces, proclaiming and enforcing measures against the autonomy of the individual and against his proclivity to traverse the territory of his or her own soul. Earlier periods of mans’ cultural development have in large measure been dominated by interpretations of life’s origins and humanity’s appearance within the framework of a theism dominated by a creator who deserves and requires obedience and submission from “His” creation. Civilisations have risen and fallen, as have the gods upon whose authority they became established. All the while, mans’ supposed position as a creation of a transcendent Divine who demands submission and obedience, has imposed upon the people, through the organization and manpower of the particular “Divine”, an obligation to submit and serve according to the dictates of the god.

Mans’ obligations and duties to his creator vary according the conceptions and precepts with which he is culturally encumbered. In 2001 Encyclopaedia Britannica, drawing upon the statistical work of David B. Barrett, estimated some 22 major religions claim approximately five billion followers. A further one billion people represent categories of opinion classified as secular, non-religious, agnostic or atheist. Leaving aside the aforementioned approximately one billion people on earth today who defy categorisation as an adherent of a recognised religion, we can state that there are approximately five billion people who, to some degree or another, hold a spiritual concept of life and practice ritual, prayer, meditation or similar processes prescribed by their particular spiritual conception. Since the dawn of civilisation, humanity’s teachers have described the human experience as a passage to a reality beyond life on earth. Whether one is a Christian, Muslim, Jew, Hindu, Buddhist or almost any of the myriad of sects, creeds or belief systems, the teaching is basically a lamentation for our fall from a state of super life in divine grace, into a position of bondage and suffering on an imperfect, transient prison planet. The goal then is described as transcendence from our fallen condition and return to a state of connection with the transcendent divine. Where and how the redemption occurs varies according to each religious conception, but the unifying factor among all religions is that transcendence occurs someplace other than our present home on Earth within the body through which we experience life on Earth. Another important condition imposed by the religious regimes seeking to shape and control mind is the static and absolute nature of the transcendent reality. It offers up a creation, finished and final, into which errant sparks of conscious are exiled in a fallen state. In their ignorance they are meant to labour toward redemption of their self-created exile from the transcendent Being. The point being, our real nature and font of being is outside of time and space and must be reclaimed from a (culturally specific and usually ill-defined) zone of redemption. Nothing in this view recognizes a prominent and all-important aspect of human experience- time. When the concept of biological beings on Earth changing through time was introduced into the

world syllabus by Charles Darwin, the untenable aspects of static, absolute creation became visible and comprehensible to the interested student. The influence of time upon the developmental biology of life was clear. Seventy years later, in the early twentieth century, three other figures amplified humanity’s understanding of time as a fundamental factor of created reality, and particularly in regard to the development of humans on Earth. In 1926 a Russian polymath scientist Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky and a French Jesuit palaeontologist, Teilhard de Chardin, along with a Parisian philosopher, Jules de Roi, coined the term noosphere to account for the mysterious upward arch of biological life resulting from the involution and complexification of inert geological matter and living biological matter over eons of Earth time. Each of these men agreed the most enigmatic of these involutions and complexifications are the folds and structures of the human brain. It has taken an intuited quantity of evolutionary time for the geo-biological envelope to develop the dense, rich mass of convoluted tissues sufficient to attain human self-awareness. This self-awareness is a product of our inherent, perhaps unconscious, ability to energise three stable electro-magnetic axis, a concept elaborated esoterically as the merkaba. These three axis allow projection of self-awareness from side to side, back to front, up and down, into the field of perception. The point of intersection of these three axis is the locus of the self, “home base”. It is the point wherein we reside to perceive our multidimensional creation. As Darwin’s discovery suggested evolutionary development in biology, the conclusions of Vernadsky, Chardin and de Roi suggested evolutionary development in the very nature of consciousness itself. Their focus and concern was directed toward the selfreflective consciousness inhabiting the human form, with its highly convoluted brain, during our presence on Earth. A thorough consideration of the views and conclusions of these three men, not to mention the contributions of others labouring in the fields of noospheric arts, gives us the opportunity to

recognize the power of time as the driving force behind evolution. We can perceive a continual pushing of mankind toward a higher stage of development. Earth, and our individual life here, comes into focus not as a place of punishment crafted by a chastising Creator but, rather, the planet that serves a noble purpose in the cosmic order and the development of sentient life in universe. “The first stage was the elaboration of lower organisms, up to and including man, by the use and irrational combination of elementary sources of energy received or released by the planet. The second stage is the super-evolution of man, individually and collectively, by the use of refined forms of energy scientifically harnessed and applied to the bosom of the Noosphere… In becoming planetised humanity is acquiring new physical powers that will enable it to superorganize matter.” Chardin explains precisely the evolution of life forms in time when he states; There is a critical moment implied in biological life as it moves from the first stage to the second. It is a moment that has been much described and discussed by the noosphere’s pioneers. That moment is the discovery of time as a law governing all upward trending, increasingly complex, increasingly intelligent energies. Ultimately it is clear that divine intent is seeking the success of man, as a beautiful and successful creation, designed to embody divine intent and dwell within

time and its evolving creation. Time is the essential element to assist humanity poised in its contemplation of the moment- as described by The Law of Time- when he passes collectively and individually, from the chaotic state characterising a planet fractured by violence and irrational forces to the super-organized organism called the Noosphere. In the noosphere the reality and the activities of everyday life are deﬁned as art. Jose Arguelles, Ph.D. in his powerful evocation of the noosphere, TIME AND THE TECHNOSPHERE - The Law of Time in Human Affairs2 deﬁnes the Law of Time as T(E)=Art. This means that time, acting as a container and organizer of biology, is acted upon by the psychic energy of the biology itself, and, in its super-organised state, creates the phenomena of daily life as artistic expression, as art, as essence. This is the goal of biology and Earth is biology’s sphere. The biosphere organises itself through the agency of its psychosphere, and as Arguelles explains, the technosphere, into the noosphere. The noosphere is the vehicle of mans further upward arc into realms of multidimensional perceptions navigated on emotional currents generated by love. Ultimately it is love, in its collective expression as divine creative power and in its individual expression as enlightened compassion, which brings the noosphere into manifestation.

A RGH Comic © Lachlan Phillips www.richgentlemenhide.com

In this emergent reality, a spiritual practice can only be defined as living your daily life as conscious creation, as a work of art. What is art, after all, but consciously created acts and artefacts with which to decorate our planet, our home and our life. They hold intrinsic value because we have invested them with our intention and our love. Again, it is the poet who describes best the art of action; “Acts of kindness, like breadcrumbs in a fairytale forest, lead us past dangers as light melts the darkness.” - Paul Simon When we achieve this reality in our life, when our everyday reality is our spiritual practice, when enlightened compassion is chosen over greed and domination within each individual and within the consensus reality, humanity will reorganise itself as a radiating, telepathic network, coordinating itself for the wellbeing of all. The entire territory of human culture expressed as spiritual practice, traditionally the prerogative of religion and its allied structures, is overturned by the advent of the noosphere. All sovereignty returns to the self, to the individual. With an entirely new awareness of time as the integrative mechanism by which divine transcendence is expressed on Earth, we will integrate our individual existence with the transcendent divine. “The Divine is not only transcendent but also cosmic and finally individual. Its power and force must be brought down into the world in order to effect any real transformation in the earth-consciousness.”3 This transformation in earth-consciousness is a mutually interdependent and simultaneous process. The individual, invoking artful practices, will open his psychobiological being upward- astronomically into the cosmos, and by symbol, resonance, and telepathy, inter-dimensionally into the larger reality of galactic civilisation. Galactic Being, as nascent noosphere in local Earth, has long prepared its descent into the hearts and minds of resonant humans, awake to the descending upliftment. These awake hearts and minds, acting for the benefit of all sentient beings, extend themselves upward with compassion for

all creation. The fusion of the individual- fully retaining their unique individuality- with the Unity of divine transcendence is achieved. The Rainbow Bridge is crossed. The ﬁfteenth century Bengali avatar, Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, taught this fusion as acyinta beda beda tattva- “inconceivably, simultaneously One and different”. We are all eternally One. We are all eternally ourselves. It has been the goal of biology to achieve this potency of being in embodied life. Time has acted upon inert elements and living cells to create electromagnetic axis capable of attaining biological viability and self-focus and maintaining them through time. The noosphere, as the creation of divine evolutionary intent, upgrades the capacity of each focus of self-awareness- each human- to migrate the locus of their focus into the ﬁeld of galactic being. The best spiritual practice is to be alert on the ride. We humans on earth, awakened to the advent of the noosphere, prepare our stance for the moment of galactic grace with the graceful art of our spiritual practice, which is, in the end, our life in time. The gigantic spiral of the Milky Way, the womb of inexhaustible eons of time, prepares to receive the ascending sparks and carry them on to the next great adventure. Footnotes 1- Lyrics - How Can you Live in the Northeast? By Paul Simon. From the album Paul Simon - Surprise. 2006. Paul Simon Music BMI. 2 - ibid 3 - Jose Arguelles, Time and the Technosphere, Bear & Company,

Edward Brungardt has been variously occupied as a gardener, psychiatric nurse, research assistant, computer consultant, community development worker, teacher, and clinical hypnotist. In the course of his life work he has resided in the United States, South America, India, New Zealand and Australia. Currently, he resides in Inverell, N.S.W. Australia (Lat. & Long. 29.45S, 151.08E) from where he is organizing NthDegree - World Around Noogenic Coordinators, a group working to coordinate planetary awareness of the up-coming Galactic Alignment during the December Solstice of 2012.

Interview with Saritah Blue Rhythmic Monkey Here at Second Creation we are happy to be introducing a new section called “Sounds of Second Creation”. It is basically a celebration of and an active plug for all Consciousness Expanding music Gaia Wide. This process will culminate in the release of a 2C CD later on. To kick off this new elegant addition to an already smashing publication it is with immense pleasure that I introduce Australia’s own Saritah, who’s style and passion and sheer ability has turned on many an ear across the globe. I first heard of Saritah in sunny London and had the privilege to hang with her in Melbourne and catch her doing a live show which was bloody fantastic. I cannot recommend her music enough: once the interview has been read check out her myspace account and dig those sweet sunny life affirming grooves. Let the music begin ... JONATHAN - What’s your first memory of playing music? SARITAH - um… piano lessons when I was six…but first memories of jamming with crew was when I was 15, living in France, going to wild parties where people

would play music all night long and I remember thinking 'right so THIS is what life's about!' JONATHAN - How do you define success? SARITAH - To be achieving your own personal goals whilst living and evolving consciously. To have strong meaningful relationships with those closest to you. JONATHAN - How important is touring? SARITAH - The live show is where you get to connect directly and immediately with your audience, where you get to give each other energy and share in a magical moment, so touring for me is a vital part of being an artist. JONATHAN - How important is myspace? SARITAH - I've been inspired by the amount of great artists that are out there that I've discovered through myspace. When I first set up a myspace profile it sucked a lot more time than I would have liked tho - I've got it a lot more under control these days! it's a great medium for people around the world to be able to see and hear what you're about.

maybe there's another one around the corner. Already there is so much war and 'natural' disasters going on around the planet…I do have faith in humans living peacefully and in harmony with their environment though, so I'm going to hold that vision.

JONATHAN - Why did you chose to be an independent artist? SARITAH - I chose to be a musician, but I never chose to be independent, It's just how it happened for me. I wasn't going to sit around and wait for a label, I just started to write and record and tour. It was a natural evolution. I'm blessed that I had the opportunity to do so.

JONATHAN - 5 albums we must hear before we die? (or before 2012 happens all around us) SARITAH Trinity Roots - True Erykah Badu - Mama's Gun Sizzla - Rise to the Occasion Meshell Ndegeocello -

JONATHAN - Do you consider your music political? SARITAH - My music's as much political as it is personal. I write about the world I'm living in so that could deﬁnitely be seen as political. Ultimately the music I write is about staying positive and strong and focusing on the good, working towards a better future for all. Considering the motives of many people in positions of power at the moment, that in itself is political. This really is a potent and important time to be alive and its up to us to make the decisions and take actions that will shape the future of life on earth. JONATHAN - What's the story with 2012? Is it all hype and nonsense or do you think there's something to it? SARITAH - Well there have already been several major cataclysms on earth, it seems to be a part of the cycle of the planet so

Peace Beyond Passion Patrice - Ancient Spirit JONATHAN - Finally is it possible for humans to live in communities together on the land? What would it take for this to work? SARITAH - Yes! I know lots of people who already do live in this way…open and effective communication is a must, along with honesty and respect. Of course most of us need to do a lot of letting go of old ways of being too, and need to be constantly consciously evolving. Bring it on! Visit Saritah’s website: www.saritah.com

Letters, Pixels & Poems from Kin

Thankyou Words of wind spoken through sun moon and soil gently caress me

Words of love spoken through sun moon sky and you gently engulf me i walk this path in body aware the seed of what we truly share lies between here and there my world gently whispers as all of my heart awakens to knowing we are forever apart

Poem by Joseph faerron crockett like i feel if i were to tear apart and just a particle become part of your precious heart

a drop touches my core unfolds into the all and I’m forever not alone

the blossom of a well

in love in love in love i become a whole of the one again essence drinking the blessing of your glorious heart

rich within this moment my future fortells how you forever changed my life

i now walk this path in body aware the seed that we share is love unconditional

in a moment of soil sky moon sun water me in you i breath of galaxies infinite

is everywhere as water sun sky is everywhere soil moon reaches again is everywhere between me and you GOD~UMA~BUDDHA~SHAKTI JESHUA~TARA~ALLAH~GODDESS spirit of galaxy light

yet the moment we reached between soil sun moon and sky there was a spark between our eyes and i sense i sense i sense Come forth all ye Shamans

Shamanic & Organic

Step forward witchdoctor Rise up Mama Sangoma speak out the Earth Wizards Set us free Galactic Visionary What word has been written that hasn’t been read? What life has been lived that doesn’t know dread? The word before came the eyes The life before the body did rise Shaman! Hand out the Sacred Bread

by Afghan - Blue Planetary Eagle

Can you show me the circle that is round? Can you tell me where is the holy sound? But look to the Earth, the Biosphere But listen to your heart... what do you hear? Mama Sangoma! Let the chant be unbound. Who knows the source of the Hunab Ku? Who Who knows the frequency that is true? I who is the One I who, in the same Time, Is None Earth Wizard! Guide us through.

Where must I seek to know? Where are the Codes Is there a a structure that is before is has been? that make me grow? No deeper than look the blind Is there a light before it is seen? No farther than your immediate mind Only a structure of telepathic form Galactic Visionary! Magic Turtle, Spirit Tree. Only light from the Noospheric norm Witchdoctor! Give medicine to Planetary Kin.

Interview with Leou White Overtone Mirror MATTRIKS: Welcome to episode Leou

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LEOU: Thank you for this great opportunity When you ﬁrst contacted 2C you made the remark that for you art is a spiritual practice. Given that this episode is called ‘spiritual practices’ you were our obvious choice for a feature artist. Can you tell us a bit about how spirit informs your art practice? Art, as I conceive it, requires patience and dedication, much like a spiritual practice. This has become clear to me when I started painting mandalas. You have to be so focused for such a long time that you shift to the transcendental state of consciousness. Spirit for me is the higher part of my being which knows exactly what to do and when. It tends to use a more subtle, symbolical and archetypal language, in my case a visual language. You have to love yourself enough to be able to let go in order to create something new every time and have faith that it will be beautiful. Often when I’ve spoken to people about what they do and why they do it they can relate a singular experience that activated their interest and passion for their particular life purpose. For example a breakdancing teacher told me how he saw the breakdancing displays that opened the 1984 L.A Olympics on telly and decided right then and

there that this was what he wanted to do. Do you recall a singular moment when you knew you would be a visual artist, or was it a more general development? The vocation came to me at 10 when I started creating comics. Back then I wasn’t much of a talker, visual art gave me a way to express my self with a more subtle language. I knew already that it would be my life’s passion. I’m now 32 and I believe, more than ever, that this is my path, in French we call it bande-dessinée. From checking out your work online it seems like you’ve got a lot of different art styles and projects going on. Are you a full time artist or do you do other work too? Yes, I am a full time Artist. I have integrated my art in the way I live, so that everything I do is linked to that which makes me happy and it gives a structure to my human life. Lately I published some of my Artwork (comics, calendars and posters), they are now available on my web site. Hopefully, this will help me share my visions and ﬁnd other KINs with the same vibration. Let’s talk about some of your art. You’ve put up a selection of your images at your site on DeviantArt. I really like your abstractions and have picked out a few of them to display here to the 2C readership.

I must confess that I even had a grafﬁti period where I would draw it everywhere in the city, on posters, in public bathrooms, etc. But I understood that I had to channel him in my art so that it could communicate by itself the true meaning of is existence. Another one that grabbed me was this one (see B). Especially because you’ve got a guy meditating in lotus position as the central image. Tell us about this one. At that point I was thinking a lot about the idea of downloading human consciousness in silicon. That’s why you can see circuits going out of the meditator’s head. Our technology is now transcending the gross physical realm. Software is merging with hardware because immanently they are the same. At that time I was using a lot of psychedelics, mostly the sacred cactus SanPedro, so meditation came to me naturally as a way to ground my self and integrate the teachings I was receiving from them.

Abstraction A © Leou

Let’s start with this Abstraction (see A). What a great image. How did this one come about? At 20, while I was having fun in a comix jam in a rave I started improvising. I felt so free, pages and pages where pouring, a vast cosmogony appeared, with beings all over and schizophrenic settings. Over time it became more and more abstract but always with striking crystalline sparks of visions. This image is one of those and it is but a tiny part of a long series. I sometimes call it the Love Plant. There is so much love when you are happy. That t-shirt with the eye motif pops up a bit in yr work. What’s the idea behind that? I often get this question. The t-shirt popped up at the beginning of the process. It is a powerful attractor, it might represent the eye who wants to see, the observer, consciousness and paradoxically the seen, the acknowledged. But it is more than that of course, the true sense of the t-shirt is beyond words. Anybody can see something different, that is the beauty of symbols.

He’s meditating in the desert too. The desert background/cactus vibe shows up in a bit of your work. Have you traveled in places that look like this, or does this come from more inner journeying? The desert, like water, is the perfect symbol of consciousness, vastness, stillness and peace. It is where the cactus grows, where its wisdom comes from. But it is also a deadly place for anybody unprepared and unaware. Perhaps the visions I managed to express are contained in the psychedelic realm itself. That could explain the omnipresence of the desert in my work, because otherwise I didn’t travel much throughout my life. Do you use any substances while you work, or for inspiration? Yes, I use psychedelics, they are an inﬁnite source of inspiration and awareness. I feel that part of my mission here is to help reintroduce entheogens in our culture. Our symbiosis with vegetal wisdom goes back to our origins. Five years ago I created the Montreal Psychedelic Community. I’m now in the process of creating a psychedelic community on the virtual reality of SecondLife. Psychonauts from all over, it’s time to unite.

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I also really like this other Abstraction. This is probably my favorite. Is that some sort of time atom space ship in the sky?

At the time I created this illustration I wasn’t aware of 2012 as much as I am today. What I have in common with the Mayan might be the entheogenic experience. After all, they were a very psychedelic culture.

cycle of your life. Are you referring to a 33 year cycle? I’m referring to the 4 years cycle that our KIN follows throughout our life. This is an aspect of the Mayan Time Science that I ﬁnd very impressive. KINs have this elliptical movement around our being and every 4 years it comes so close that it can intersect with it, resulting in a great harmony and a profusion of syncronicities. It is this moment where you see your true face. I’m now 32. This is the center of my life because I ﬁnally found my Self, my Being, the Absolute. Everything I did before lead to this point where I wake up. I feel that it’s time for me to publish what I did before so that people will understand what I have to teach now.

To what degree do you follow the 13 moons?

How long were you working on these comics?

I use both the 13 moon and Gregorian calendars. I integrate them as I do with my two brain hemispheres, or French and English, or Western and Eastern culture.

My project Abstractions represents 12 years of work. I divided the entire work into 4 albums of around 170 pages each.

It is the representation of the third eye chakra. And I’m madly in love with the three primary colors together. They are so vibrant, contrasting yet harmonious, pure and beautiful. Could it be the most obvious reference in your work to the 13 moon calendar movement?

The 13 moon calendar is yin, lunar, feminine, agape, linking, intuitive. The Gregorian calendar is yang, solar, masculine, eros, ranking, rational. Are you actively engaged in Mayan Time Science? Yes, I am. I use it to understand my place in this big puzzle, why I’m here and what I have to do in order to be harmonious. This also helps me to ﬁgure out my relationships with other people and how to work with them. The Mayan Time Science gives me a big picture of what is happening to humanity, it’s a map. Of course the map is not the territory but with a good map it’s easier to navigate.

Have you had a good response from them? Yes and I’m happy that people appreciate my art. I had propositions to be published in collective magazines and books. And now that they are available I will hopefully start having more feedback. I was wandering if it wasn’t too radical

Have you got anything else to say about this Abstraction piece? (see C) This is a moment of great clarity where my being was coming toward me. I didn’t speak for two weeks in order to be able to really focus on my third eye. But to really go deeper in the interpretation one will have to look at my album Abstractions 3 which contains the entire series from which this image comes from. I received your email announcing the publication of your psychedelic comics. You made the comment that the publishing of this radical and personal work represents the closing of the ﬁrst

Abstraction B © Leou

and personal, but now I understand that this is the only way to create universal art. You’ve made the comment on your ‘deviant art’ page that Alex Grey and Robert Williams are your favorite artists. How have these artists shaped your own output? They are great teachers. They tought me how to be a master and how to integrate my day to day life with my art. Both are dedicated, creative and very productive. Grey’s psychedelic mindscapes have shown me how to express transcendental beauty on canvas.

My mission in this wonderful game is to pacify. I bring happiness, f r e e d o m , energy and consciousness. I am the archetype of the visionary artist. Like other prophets before, I speak with my visions to every human being on this planet, urging everybody to be happy, to wake up. What do you feel will happen in 2012?

2012 will see the awakening of the Noosphere, the collective Abstraction C consciousness, the hive mind. We will integrate our roots, the community, the tribe, with great wisdom this time. It is also the Williams showed me that you can never put too end of history as we know it. It’s going to be many details if you do it meticulously. possible to live in non-linear-time in a multiWhat do you like about them? level fully conscious reality. Reincarnation will be understood as co-presence in parallel life. I love the absolute beauty of the visions of Grey, his radical transcendentalism. The colors are so I agree with you that “It’s gonna get worse before full of energy, everything is so transparent and it gets any better” but we will make the best of it. full of light. I love the multi-style of Williams. All it takes is a clear intention that everything we He masters abstraction, symbolism, ﬁgurative, do, think of, say, create will be beneﬁcial for the cartoons and blends everything together. His community. This will create an attractor which low-brow art, intricate, disturbing paintings are will help manifest our collective intention into our so close to comics, that I can’t stop my self from day to day reality. It’s easier to change reality from looking at his artwork. the inside. Can I count on everybody? How would you describe your part in the Noospheric emergence?

Do you have any parting words for our readership?

My part in the Noospheric emergence is related to my KIN - White Overtone Mirror. First I had to wake up. Now that my being is seated in the Absolute I can be a perfect mirror for everybody who really wants to see himself in his true beauty.

Visit my web site at www.leou.ca and don’t forget to check out my Abstractions in my virtual shop. And remember: happiness, energy, freedom and consciousness are the ground of your Being.

Always Have a Plan B By Josh Gomez - Red Solar Moon Timeship Earth 2013 seems to me to be another of the many universal crossroads that our planet has seen, where all time and space is intensified down to the smallest of conceivable points. Then the question comes, “where do we go from here?” Is it some hope of a new planet into which we find ourselves void of all so called info-structure, void of our tyrannous leaders, void of all that we have done wrong? Given a clean slate in the profoundest of ways. Similar theories have been put forward in many different ways and by many different groups, mostly religious. Kind of a sign here for a ticket to paradise deal. Is that what we think we are going to get from the Mayan calendar? Because if so may I humbly suggest that maybe we should have a plan B that we can put into action now. Renewing our paradise What must we take away to let this garden bloom? Do not feed the weeds in our garden So now where should our energy go? Pour your love into that which you love Renewing our paradise We see so much evidence that we, as a whole, have mistreated our mother Earth; the whole technosphere is a testimony to how much time and energy we and our recent ancestry have put into the conquering and abuse of our planet. Now I ask, can we see past it? See that the lines and grids that we have imposed are only a small part of this paradise and that, as it has taken only a relatively small amount of time for us to get ourselves in this mess, it should not take us long to reverse the trend. What must we take away to let this garden bloom? Starting with the fractal theory that I am a part of the greater whole, and that the two are one and the same (In Lak’ech Ala Kin), we must start with ourselves and the second-hand ideas or programming that we have received from outside influences (TechnoVision). These are the Babylonian crosses that we bear, the

strings of ideas that chain us to this pseudo civilisation (civilised nation?). Once we have shed this very unnecessary weight then, and only then, can we start the regeneration process of our global garden. But this too must start on a localised level, individuals recreating their own environments, habits and habitats to fit more and more harmoniously with the natural systems of Earth. Do not feed the weeds We are an amazingly powerful energy source, wherever we reside we give our life force. Through appreciation we breathe life into our surroundings, through our attention we make things important and through our action we make things happen. So it is very important where we place ourselves, the company we keep and where we invest our time and energy. Money is now our prime means of energy transfer and, although it is totally fictional, it is the whole foundation upon which the technosphere depends. So, through the means of money, we all play a part in making sure that its neon lights don’t go out and that its greed fuelled wars are funded. If we cease to do this then it will fall. Banks, governments and corporations all depend on our input of energy to sustain them. Time has now come that we no longer need these systems. So please stop watering the weeds. So now where should our energy go? When we ask ourselves this question we are taking a truly evolutionary step, a step towards becoming our independent selves, free of any preconceived ideas or protocols. This is our first step on a journey with no destination, the first time we, ourselves undefined, make a step into a whole new universe of possibilities. We, as in I, as in the whole can do anything. Pour your love into that which you love. Enjoy and Shine, This is all about enjoying because being one with all that is, is the most enjoyable. Your time is precious. Enjoy and Shine.

Josh is living in Portugal and clowning is his profession. His most passionate preoccupation is reinventing a peaceful self-sufﬁcient sanctuary in his surroundings. He loves permaculture and putting the ideas into practise. For an easily accessible and inspiring read, for anyone who wants to make a start in renewing our paradise, he highly recommends Gaia’s Garden by Toby Hemenway. Contact Josh at splishsploshjosh@yahoo.co.uk or www.myspace.com/thecaravanofdreams

I Want You To Be Here Too By Kiri Sta* - Yellow Planetary Sun I want you to be here too As I gaze at the full moon rising I wonder when we will return to the O circle, spinning in the gyre of synchronicity instead of chasing a buck. Here I am, walking barefoot along a country track. Underfoot I feel the exquisite skin of the earth, moss, stone. Sun shines. Behind me, Istari and Ameya are cruising. They roll and tumble in the grass, laughing, pick daisies and examine bugs with a child’s delight. I am aware I made a clock-time appointment with Ameya’s mother at the gate, so I hurry them on abit. But Ameya, she has complete trust that her mum will be there, and they will meet in perfect time. She doesn’t know clocks, goes on picking daisies, in trust in. It’s all she needs in her world now. I wanna be like her! Smiling at my self, my hurry, I wait and ponder... How did I lose the knack of being a free spirit like these two inchoate beings? Why do I not just belly ﬂop in the grass? The shoulds of my conditioning roll thru my awareness... Don’t Be Late! Ameya will go to school. I won’t school my daughter, Istari, because that is the conditioning place par exellence. How can I let her trust be dismantled by 12:60 timing, when I know that journey far too well? I am retracing my steps to aboriginal knowing.

She lives now in the eternal present, with the blossoming power of an untempered being. So we live out here, barefoot on country track, just like a Van Morrison dream...”In tha ditch, where the backroad stops, that’s where you’ll ﬁnd me...” in natural climes, with natural time, seeking natural mind. And the power, the presence, the telepathy grows. It’s working! Someone calls to tell me of the Book of Enoch, he says we’re all bred from angels. But I know it’s still of the Book. The written word is still a veil between me and nature - take it away and I am an automatic environmentalist, directly experiencing the sacredness of planetary holon, mother earth. For the children of the Dawn, the second creation is but a glimmer on the horizon of collective consciousness. Waiting is our meditation, watching moons and seasons, gently opening the portal of light on the shadows of our conditioning, until we are soaked in the now, and true knowing returns. Any one who lives this way must tread lightly on the earth. It is intrinsic in the dance of sacred self, sacred life, sacred earth. Our lunar challenge is to live this in the face of our friends and all our relations, so they may be infected by our interconnectedness, feel our love for life, and be drawn inexorably into the Dawn. As we trust synchronicity, the planetary dance opens for us, spectral liberation sounds and we ride the crystal spiral into cosmic time!

Seven steps to Natural Mind Barefoot Tune into the planetary holon with every step you take. Receive revitalising reﬂexology from mother earth. Know where you tread lightly. Go Vego Clear the body temple from negative energy consumption and gain clarity. Eating simply and organically increases intuitive ability. Practise Regularly connect with nature and kin thru yoga, dance, meditation, walking, art, healing, festivals, each breath is sacred. Oracle Daily codespell majik spirals mind out of meaning so we may contemplate transcendant nature. Galactic Activation Portal? Enter me! Cubing So simple and effective an acceleration in time=art space. In spin with Gaia attunes to planetary kin. (See Even*Dawn’s hearticle in episode 1 white lunar wizard) Planetary Kin Get with the 13:20 comunity. Seek and surround ourselves with natural time like minds. Now you’re in the gyre of the synchronicity spiral! Love! All we need is.

Kiri Sta* is an artist with a degree in politics and a diploma in environmental management. For free downloads of her artworks, or orders of cards and prints: Website: www.stareartheart.org.nz Myspace: www.myspace.com/kiri_sta Email: stareartheart@gmail.com

Magician With Dreams - Interview with Brian MacGregor White Resonant World-Bridger Featured on this episodes front and back cover are "Offerings to the Sea" and "Magician with Dreams" artworks by Brian MacGregor. Brian is an award winning artist who hails from Georgia, USA. I met Brian in mid-2007 at the conference for the International Association for the Study of Dreams in Sonoma, California. The conference is an annual event that brings together 400 or so people for 4 days of workshops, presentations and discussions on dreaming. Brian was busy preparing a number of canvases for display on the wall outside the main presentation area, engaged in the preliminary steps of a project he called a "Collective Dream Analysis". NICK - What have you been working on since the conference? BRIAN - Went to Mexico for a month, getting ready for a gallery show on my trip called “After the March” Inspired by painted-over protest art in Oaxaca city for April. Then another show for the city of Savannah in May called “Reincarnated” to promote the recycling center. That work is pushing my use of reused and mixed mediums. This show will be promoted with Billboards, TV commercials and radio, the biggest show I will have done. NICK - Much of your artwork is inspired by dreams. What got you interested in dreaming in the first place? BRIAN - Insomnia got me into dreams. I had a life changing near-death experience; a month long with insomnia. After which I had dreams that redefined the way I viewed them. I had six in a row the first night I

Dream Elemental © Brian MacGregor

slept and it taught me years worth of knowledge about how dreams work. I have always been into dreams but after that last experience with insomnia I became obsessed with dreams and their healing powers. That is if you listen and write them down. NICK - You paint not only using your own dreams, but also the dreams of others. Why is that? BRIAN - After I had collected about 200 of my own dreams and started putting it into my work everyone started telling me their dreams and writing them down for me. My main concept is about the “Collective Unconscious” and how we relate to each other along this dream plane. So it’s only natural that in my visual metaphor would include pages from all ages and types of people next to each other. Each gallery I show in I put a journal on

the wall to invite people to gift me with their dreams. NICK - Many of your artworks incorporate handwritten dream texts into the background of the painting? How is this effect created? BRIAN - After I had collected about 200 of my own dreams and started putting them into my work, everyone started telling me their dreams and writing them down for me. My main concept is about the “Collective Unconscious” and how we relate to each other along this dream plane. So its only natural that my visual metaphor would include pages from all ages and types of people next to each other. Each gallery I show in I put a journal on the wall to invite people to gift me with their dreams. NICK - Do you craft the images of your artworks based on the dreams that accompany it? How do you choose which dreams will be included in a particular painting?

BRIAN - I am always surprised by the amount of people who gift me their dreams and how honest they are. Mostly women between 18 to 25 but people of all ages and languages participate mostly with out me asking. Only a letter on the wall next to a journal invites them. NICK - I admire how you can make dreams manifest in the form of art. That’s a great gift. Are you ever commissioned to do art based on someone else’s dreams? BRIAN - Every now and then it happens where I am commissioned to paint some ones dream. Those are always the most challenging pieces I have every done but also the most rewarding. NICK - I notice that some of your art also seems to draw on your travelling adventures? Any favourite places - how did these experiences play into your art?

BRIAN - I always dream BRIAN - Some or one will more when I travel then in relate to the image but most my own bed. I also always are at random from my series Soul of the Desert © Brian MacGregor blend Savannah GA, and of over 700 dreams. I feel this Richmond VA where I grew better translates the “Collective Unconscious” up with the places I have been in my dreams. and my surreal natural instinct. It’s great fun A dream may blend NYC and Thailand and for me to read the random dream thoughts that Savannah, people from one place and buildings don’t get painted over and also to hear the many from another. I love Byron Bay OZ, Auckland interpretations people have when reading them. NZ, Fiji’s Islands, ChangMai Thailand, and I use handwriting because it’s magical, personal, Oaxaca city Mexico the best of the places I have and a dying art whereas type is lifeless and been so far can’t pick only one. without personality. NICK - When I saw you at the conference NICK - I recall you mentioning that you you were working on a “Collective Dream have a “dream book” where visitors to your Analysis” project? Can you tell us about what gallery can write down dreams of their own. the project involved, and what you hoped to How do visitors usually respond? achieve through it?

men, and much more are a few of my dream BRIAN - I enlarged three different dreams from themes that also form in my art. Remember three different people with different themes. I listing archetypes is just a tool there are no right rewrote the text in their handwriting on three answers. canvases 2.5 x 5 feet. I invited people at the dream NICK - Dreams are an conference to write their awesome source for an analysis’s of each dream investigation into the on separate pages for each collective unconscious. dream. Then by the end of What are your thoughts the conference I glued all on the nature of collective the analysis on a second consciousness? blank canvas for each dream. The result was BRIAN - I see it as a link for many different analysis’s us to share thoughts and on each dream, which feelings like an unconscious was my point to prove internet of minds. We there are no right answers can tap into it through and dream interpretations meditation, dreams and can often be a reflection sometimes the rapture of of the interpreter. Only creativity. I am starting to the dreamer truly knows see it much like the Sufis their own dream but all view all life as a dream. analysis’s have their place Both worlds being just as Dreaming Fairy and own meaning. real as the other. One told © Brian MacGregor in Metaphor and the other NICK - Carl Jung talked told in Metaphor. They are about archetypes of the collective unconscious. the same. The more of a link you have with the Given that you are working with large numbers collective the happier you are and the more you of collected dreams, do you find that particular understand your role in the worlds narrative. archetypes are emphasized in your art? Can you identify any messages coming through? NICK - Making dream art is a great way of honoring a dream. What are some simple things BRIAN - I am working on taking Jung’s we can do to honour the wisdom of our dreams? archetypes, the tarot’s 21 arcana and the numerologies magic number nine, and creating BRIAN - Listen to them. Write them down, type my own list of archetypes. I have been working record them, draw them and most of all share on my own list of dream themes which is them with others. Then later revisit them days or months later and learn more about your self on different then the archetypes but can lead to them. I have so far found over fourty out of deeper levels then you ever could have known. hundreds of my own recorded dreams. I will Visit Brians website: never finish the list with other peoples www.brian-macgregor.com dreams. Some dream messages in my paintings come across clear others take years before I can began to understand them. Leaves, twins, masks, doors, birds, castles, temples, strong goddess women, warrior

Shapeshifters Dream Poem by josep Faerron Crockett

Essence flower circle cleans my source as breath explores my body gracious spirit essence flower circle cleans my mind as breath enters my bloody gracious spirit essence flower circle pollinates my lungs as nourishment from tabula rasa starts i am flying in the sky of mind knowing that you i will forever find in a moment when my precious element becomes electrons neurons conceptual moment in mind explodes as ether searches from node to node

conceptual moment in heart explodes as love searches from node to node conceptual moment of spirit power multiplies as you i shall know are the same somewhere vision songs are heard are shared are open are wind as winged spirits love to sing as winged bodies love to feel as winged mind cares to think Myself the mirror shows sheds all tears

Flower Mandala Fairy Light & Merca Mandala ÂŠ Myvanwy Fleur Blue Rhythmic Night

Natural Farming -

A Japanese Farmer’s Spiritual Practice By Sandie Hernandez - Red Lunar Moon I first came across The One Straw Revolution, a book by Masanobu Fukuoka while studying permaculture out in Healesville, a beautiful mountainous region in Victoria, Australia. I am fascinated with all things to do with growing food plants and this book was just the thing to feed my hungry soul. Eager to absorb information and stories I read it within days and was deeply moved. Whoever thought that weeds could be good? Every one I ever met who had a garden spent much time working to remove weeds whilst this farmer was not! It makes sense though. Disturbing the delicate ecosystem of top soil by removing weeds leaves the soil bare and without protection. Weeds are naturally occurring plants thus have a place in nature. Hmmm. The four principles of natural farming are no fertilizer, no weeding, no ploughing and no pesticides. We can all cope with no pesticides but no fertilizer? How do we feed the soil? Masanobu developed a system of growing rice and barley that only required a little chicken manure to be spread out over the field once the rice had been harvested and the straw thrown about the field. Also, over time, birds, animals and insects made their homes in amongst the food plants and became an important part of fertilizing (especially ducks) the field as well as providing protection against pests by acting as predators. So far so good. What about sowing seeds? We’ve all planted seeds by making a hole in the earth, covering and watering it. He rolled the rice & grain seeds in clay to make little pellets which were then tossed about the field before the rice/grain straw was spread across. The clay was to protect the seed from birds ( inevitably some were eaten up) until it sprouted. Over time, Masanobu’s natural farm produced citrus fruit, especially mandarins, rice and barley

as well as vegetables which grew wild amongst the citrus orchard, self seeded and grew in different places - organic crop rotation! The citrus trees were never pruned but allowed to grow into their natural form. You can image how different this farm looked to a good old English garden. Thus, his spiritual practice was do-nothing farming. This doesn’t mean he rested all day but allowed the earth to exist without too much human intrusion. There was always work to be done on the farm, especially around harvest time. The cycles of nature were respected and observed, each season the possibility of transformation and change. He believed that a farmer’s work was to serve nature, to be caretakers of the land which provided so much spiritually and physically. He believed man can not know nature, nor need understand why. To be with nature, to treat it as sacred and live a simple, uncluttered life seems so difﬁcult for us. Yet it is what we need to heal our spirits and that of the earth. The practice of natural farming is no longer used on what once was his family’s farm, although many earth conscious communities, farmers and gardeners are inﬂuenced by the practice of natural farming. Permaculture and natural farming are identical, they just have slightly different approaches. Masanobu is known to be alive but no-one knows where or how to contact him. The reasons for his retreat are known only to his family.

Sources of information

• The One Straw Revolution • The Natural Way of Farming - The theory & practice of Green Philosophy • The Road Back to Nature - Regaining a Paradise Lost • Fukuoka Farming http://fukuokafarmingol.

Summer and Winter in Semilla’s Kitchen Responding to my submission of a Summer food article in Second Creation, Anna 6 Earth, who lives in the Netherlands, suggested I include recipes for the Winter season. Of course! It didn’t occur to me that I may do this but it makes perfect sense. I live in the southern hemisphere were are now harvesting & eating beautiful summer vegetables and fruit. Vibrant, colourful and totally delicious! My garden is full of various varieties of tomatoes, eggplant, peppers & chile, zucchini, pumpkins, corn, beetroot, beans and cucumber, almost ready to produce abundant, nourishing food, as well as lovely, fresh herbs and greens. Summer is a wonderful time to become lighter, more expansive and eat less. The sweet flavour helps to cool the body so summer fruits such as melons, peaches, papaya, apricots, bananas & berries blended with fresh mint, filtered water squeeze of lemon or lime & spirulina into a smoothie make a light & nourishing start to the day. Mangos are also delicious but are considered hot and heavy. I love them but eat them in small quantities. Grilled zucchini, eggplant & tomatoes make their way into salads as do lots of fresh herbs & greens such as lettuce, basil & fresh coriander. Coriander and mint are especially cooling and ideal for those hot days & nights. Lightly steamed, grilled or raw vegetables are suggested for summer, although to much raw food can cause bloating and sluggishness in those with slow constitutions. Add little lemon juice & sea salt to help ‘cook’ raw vegetables and grate or slice finely into half moons, rounds or sticks. Soba noodles, buckwheat and millet are cooling and add nourishing bulk to salads.

Yellow squash & zucchini, corn, pineapple and passion fruit are yellow and considered nourishing to the heart. In Ayurvedic practice, the Pitta dosha (fire/hot constitution - a very simple explanation) can be easily aggravated in summer, so it is vital that we replenish our fluids as we need to and eat appropriately. Listen to your body. It will tell you what it needs! If digestion is sluggish add a little spice such as fennel seeds, black pepper, chile (yes, chile!) & fenugreek. If overly stimulated and acidic from over-eating, drinking alcohol or caffeine, excess meat or spices, drink hot water with lemon in morning & cooling & cleansing herbal teas such as dandelion, peppermint & nettle, a little umeboshi plum to alkalize blood and/or take 1/4 teaspoon organic turmeric powder with a large glass of water once a day. Eat cooling cucumber, daikon radish, fresh salads. The best remedy is to take a break from these foods for a week or so and when including in diet again, eat with awareness, organic or bio-dynamic and smaller quantities. Balance eating animal foods with lots of fresh herbs, greens and some pickles to help break down difficult to digest proteins. Have gratitude for food in all it’s forms. Rest when you need to, dry brush your skin before taking a cool shower in the morning, practice yoga, swim in the river or sea as often as possible, walk in a cool forest, eat organic & vegetarian food, meditate, sing and dance! Summer gives us a golden opportunity to open the heart! It’s mid-winter in the northern parts, balancing the southern end with the cold, yin season of Winter. Slow cooked stews, hearty soups, baked and roasted dishes are warming and sustaining, especially if

winter grain and legumes are added. Spices such as ginger, cumin, garlic, cinnamon, chile and cloves are very warming and help to stimulate digestive fire & circulation. Roasted nuts and seeds are nourishing and generate warm energy. Grind them in a mortar & pestle with a little roasted salt for easier digestion and sprinkle over winter dishes for a delicious, earthy flavour. Root vegetables and brassicas are the moon & stars of winter cooking. Turnips, swede, pumpkins, parsnip, potatoes, celeriac, carrots are cooked in many ways. Broccoli & cauliflower are yummy quickly boiled then sauteed in good quality olive oil and mixed with roasted nuts in a warm salad or dipped in spiced chickpea flour batter and lightly fried to make pakoras. Winter cooking is deeply satisfying. It sustains, nourishes and warms us. Winter is a good time for vigorous physical exercise to generate heat and get it moving around the body. Protect the kidneys by wearing a kidney warmer (scarf, shawl, blanket) and asking a friend to pinch and massage the area around the kidneys. Keep warm.

Summer Recipes Mechouia - Tunisian Grilled Vegetable Salad 2 large eggplant 3 small or 2 medium zucchini 2 large sweet red peppers 4 large, ripe tomatoes 1 cloves garlic juice 1 small lemon extra virgin olive oil, about 1/2 cup sea salt, to taste

tabil - mix 1 teaspoon roasted ground caraway seeds, 2 teaspoons sweet paprika and 1/2 teaspoon dried ground ginger Heat the barbeque or a grill to medium heat. Wash all the vegetables, smash & peel the garlic. Toss the vegetables in a few tablespoons olive until coated then place on bbq or under the grill. Cook until dark spots appear and the vegetables have softened quite a lot. Peel any burnt bits off the eggplant and capsicum ( don’t be too thorough - a little darkness adds sweetness and a smokey ﬂavour). In a large mortar & pestle, pound the garlic with 1/2 teaspoon of sea salt until mashed. Remove the garlic and add the vegetables little by little, pounding roughly until they are a chunky mass. Place in a bowl, mix in the garlic & salt, lemon & olive oil & the tabil to taste. Eat at room temperature with warm semolina ﬂatbread & a dollop of yoghurt or hummus with a mixed green leafy salad. Add cooked chickpeas for a more substantial fresh coriander.

Agua de Flor de Jamaica - Sweet Hibiscus Water

This drink can be found all over Mexico. It is served cool and is deliciously refreshing. 1/4 cup dried hibiscus ﬂowers 4 cups water 1/4 cup palm sugar handful of fresh mint or peppermint leaves Place hibiscus & water into a pot. Bring to the boil and simmer for 15 minutes. Stir in palm sugar (test for sweetness) and allow to cool completely before pouring into a jug and chill in refrigerator. Serve cool with a few crushed mint leaves on

Winter Recipes Zen Cabbage Rolls with Swede, Celery & Kombu 1 large green cabbage, savoy is the best 1 cup short grain brown rice, soaked over night in 2 1/2 cups water with 3 dried shiitake mushrooms 1/2 cup dried lotus seeds, soaked overnight in 2 cups water 2 large carrots, grated 1 teaspoon finely grated fresh ginger 4 spring onions, finely sliced 1/4 cup pepitas, roasted and ground with 1/2 teaspoon sea salt 4 sticks of celery, washed leaves picked and roughly chopped, stems sliced into 10 cm lengths 6 small or 3/4 large swede, peeled and cut into 3cm thick rounds or left whole if very small 3 10 cm sticks of kombu (Japanese seaweed), broken into small pieces 2 tablespoons natto (fermented soybeans) or genmai miso 1 tablespoon tamari (Japanese wheat-free soy sauce) 2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar 1 lemon, washed and finely sliced into rounds Place the rice & mushrooms in a small pot with the drained lotus seeds and 3 cups of water. Bring to the boil for 10 minutes then turn heat to lowest, cover and simmer for 30 minutes. Rest in pot for a while then turn cooked rice into a large mixing bowl to cool a little. Meanwhile, cut around the root of the cabbage & carefully remove leaves, leaving them whole. Fill a large pot half way with water and bring to the boil. Place cabbage leaves, 2 or 3 at a time in boiling water until they have softened, about 1 minute. Continue until all the leaves have been blanched. Place in a colander to cool or plunge into a bowl of cold water. Drain. To the cooled rice, add grated carrot, ginger, spring onions, celery leaves and mix thoroughly. Lay out each leave with the cut side closest to you. Place a couple of tablespoons of rice mixture in the center, a little closer to the cut side, fold the side near you over, then bring up the sides, then continue to roll up into a neat parcel. Try not to over fill as the leaves will break during cooking. In a large wide pot or casserole dish, place the celery, swede,

kombu, mirin & tamari. Arrange the cabbage rolls on top in a single layer and top each roll with a slice of lemon. Pour in water until it reaches half way up the sides of the rolls and bring to the boil. Simmer gently, covered for about 30 minutes. Carefully pour out about 2 cups of juice and mix with the vinegar & natto or miso. Serve the cabbage rolls with some swede, celery & cooking juices, a little of the miso poured over and some ground pepitas sprinkled on top.

Spiced Apple Tea 1 stick cinnamon 3 whole cloves strips of orange zest - about 1/2 an orange 3 orange leaves (from the tree) 3 pieces of dried organic apple, chopped into small pieces 1 teaspoon grated fresh ginger 4 cups of water Place all in a small pot and bring to the boil. Simmer for 15 minutes. Strain into small mugs and add a squeeze of lemon and a spoon of honey to taste.

Correspondence of the Divine - Part Two Matrix of Harmony

By Aaron TWO CROWS - Red Self-Existing Skywalker As Salaam Alaikum Chrononauts! In the ﬁrst part of correspondence of the divine (2C v2 ep2) I highlighted the fact that the Dreamspell Codon’s, The I-Ching and the Kama Sutra’s “Chatushashti” all work with an 8x8 permutation table, resulting in 64 different combinations. Here with are my results for the 64 Table, all these results are my own interpretation and may vary according to kin. Here are the Complete 64 Correlations and their Ways/Groupings. (1-8) Way of the Tree > Embrace Creative Genesis : Initiating : Touching Primal Matrix : Resonding : Piercing Fresh Start : Beginning : Rubbing Listen Again : Childhood : Pressing People Together : Needing : Twinning People Apart : Contention : Climbing Power of the People : Multitude : Mixing Unity of the People : Union : Entering

(17-24) Way of Wielding Power > Pressing Arousing Joy : Following : Sounding Taming Mind : Remedying : Half Moon Wizard’s Aspiration : Approaching : Circle Wizard’s Contemplation : Watching : Line Arousing Vision : Eradicating : Tiger tail Temple of Vision : Adorning : Peacock Foot Mind’s Release : Falling Away : Hare Jump Radiant Return : Turning Back : Blue Lotus

(9-16) Way of Conduct > Kissing Discipline : Little Accumulation : Nominal Practice : Fulﬁllment : Throbbing Dynamizing : Advance : Lipping Stabilizing : Hindrance : Straight People Organized : Seeking Harmony : Bent Wisdom of the People : Great Harvest : Turned Way of the People : Humbleness : Pressed The People Triumph : Delight : Great

(25-32) Way of the Transcendant Fourth > Biting Synchronicity : Without Falsehood : Hidden Temple of Time : Great Accumulation : Swollen Temple of Being : Nourishing : Point Time of Bursting : Great Exceeding : Points Heart/Moon Crystal : Darkness : Coral Vision/Sun Crystal : Brightness : Jewel Mind Attracting : Mutual Inﬂuence : Cloud Mind Enduring : Long Lasting : Boar

(33-40) Way of the Irresistable Fifth > Congress Devotion : Retreat : Widely Opened Prayer : Great Strength : Yawning Mind Expanding : Proceeding Forward : Doubled Inner Radiance : Brilliance Injured : Squeezing Power of the Home : Household : Twinning Discriminating : Diversity : Mare’s Heart’s Discipline : Hardship : Clasping Heart’s Release : Relief : Rising

(49-56) Way of the Telepath > Acting Revolution of Time : Abolishing the Old : Moving Transformation of Time : Establishing the New : Friction Thunder/Arousing Being : Taking Action : Lowering Meditation/The Temple : Keeping Still : Stopping Evolving : Developing Gradually : Force Transcending : Marrying Maiden : Blow of Boar Wisdom Arousing : Abundance Blow of Bull Voyaging : Traveling : Sporting Sparrow

(41-48) Way of Dynamic Construction > Striking Temple of Joy : Decreasing : Back of Hand Radiosonic Way : Increasing : Fingers Indomitable : Eliminating : Fist Time Penetrating : Encountering : Open Palm Ocean of Presence : Bringing Together : Sounding Radiant Emptiness : Growing Upward : Thundering Calling the Source : Exhausting : Cooing Reaching the Source : Repleneshing : Weeping

(57-64) Way of Galactic Octave > Mouthing Mind of Breath : Proceeding Humbly : Congress Radiance of Joy : Joyful : Biting Dissolving : Dispersing : Outside Measuring : Restricting : Inside Innter Space : Innermost Sincerity : Kissing Inner Time : Little Exceeding : Churning Accomplished Already Fulﬁlled : Sucking Prepared : Not Yet Fulﬁlled : Swallowing

So if you read the ﬁrst one, you will read Way of the Tree , what is the Way of the Tree? It’s the Way of Embracing! 1. Creative Genesis , is Initiating in the I-Ching, and Touching in the Kama Sutra, so Touching actually Means the Touching Embrace because that is the way it is from! Logico! If you read any of these they are truly synchronistic, I was really taken back at how some of these hold perfectly true. Synchronicity abounds us Proceeding Forward with our Minds Expanding, Doubled! “It is not us who do, but God who does” In Lake’ch Allahu Akbar – God is the Greatest Aaron Sky

Jaguar Dreaming Riding the Time Wave - Part 2

By Soulore Solaris - Yellow Self-Existing Sun I was first introduced to Ayahuasca, the great grandmother of the healing plants, on a journey to the Amazon in July 2003. This was the Cosmic [13th] moon of the Red Planetary Moon Year. A friend had suggested to me that I might end up in the Amazon for the Day Out of Time, I had dismissed this is as some crazy fantasy that was pretty unlikely. So it was by Synchronistic Destiny then that I indeed found myself in the Amazonian jungle at an Ayahuasca healing seminar, with the artist/shaman Pablo Amaringo and about 15 others and some locals at a retreat centre in Amazonas, Brazil. On my travels through Europe I had made a beautiful heart connection with Jan 5 Dog, who was planning a trip to south America and this conference, I had little to no knowledge of the plant medicine ayahuasca, nor did I know who Pablo was at the time. Jan had asked me to come with him on this journey and at the same time a friend had written and offered to support me financially on my spirit journey... sychro destiny! The healing seminar was gracefully facilitated by Silvia Polivoy, ayahuascero and psychologist holding space for the great spirit of ayahuasca to do her planetary healing work. I found during this time that I had a natural affinity and strong recollection with the spirit of Ayahuasca. During this time I learned about visionary dreaming, I healed many past wounds from this lifetime and others, I was cleansed, healed, awakening into the light of heart truth. I had never painted before this experience and did not consider myself an artist, nor did I see that as a potential path for my life. Today, I sit here in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales Australia, I see before me here the beach and coastline all the way down to Cape Byron, this most beautiful sacred land of Dreaming has called me home. It is Christmas Day, 2007, White Spectral World-bridger... As my mind wanders on this day of great release,

I realise the futility of its process in questioning the purpose of my life and actions. In this moment today as I comprehend the empowered circumstances of my sycnhro-destiny, my angelic presence and the knowing of deep surrender to the divine, I choose to let go of my ego’s needs, my sense of self importance, and dissolve all intentions into the greater harmony of the one spirit.

The Unicorn Dimension

Later during the Ayahusca ceremony on the Red Planetary Skywalker, Day Out of Time, in Amazonas Brazil after my insect friends had long left my presence, I found myself in a deep trance of silent nothingness, a place I often find myself dwelling, not just during ayahuasca journeys, but also in my daily meditations. This void space is blissful and it is a definite challenge to maintain this state of nonexistence. I found myself feeling a strange sensation that pulled me out of my zen samahdi. It was like something was pulling on my aura, like being stretched, at first it was uncomfortable although like all out-of-the-ordinary ayahuasca experiences I have trained myself to fall into acceptance, and actually through this self-training I am getting better and better at reducing the resistance down to what I predict will one day become no resistance, and perhaps during that time I will no longer need medicine such as ayahuasca. The attention to my aura was shifting my conscious focus toward my Third Eye visionary chakra, and now it felt that my third eye was getting stretched, further and further, higher and higher it seemed, slightly discomforting, though I I had no value on the sensation, just an observational perspective though I could sense that as my mind wanted identify and attach to what was going on I may have felt a displeasure for the sensation. Onwards and upwards was the auric stretching sensation for what appeared to be an eternity, an auric yoga stretch of my

third eye when, all of a sudden I could sense a very warm and bright golden light beginning to penetrate the experience. All of a sudden I emerged into a very bright and beautiful dimension of very high vibrational light. Seemingly I was in a heavenly dimension and the figures that emerged in my vision enhanced this feeling as they appeared like angels, a circle of them around me, my consciousness remaining fluid and formless they sent waves of love through me and as the first thoughts emerged from my mind as an unformed question, these beings answered before I fully knew what I wanted to ask... As a polarizing experience to the one with the insectoids, which began with the very 3D experience of them crawling over the mattress I was to use for the ceremony, and the revelation of the microverse of earthly insectoid dominion, this experience was very different, polar it seemed. One of these angels seemed to move forward, toward me, my recollection is that of being in a state of awe and wonderment, and as this angel being rose up it raised its arm, with palm facing upwards in what felt like the most gentle and benevolently loving energy. I could see in the palm of the hand of this angel a bright blue light, a tiny speck of dust in the middle of the palm of it’s hand, my attention moved to this glowing speck, which was so bright, brilliantly illuminating my mind and all space in my perception. I soon realised this speck of radiant angel dust was in fact the earth. This giant angel was holding the earth in the palm of his hands and gave me the beautiful gift of understand my place in the universe! Such beauty I am so honoured to have shared. Once this revelation of dimensions had integrated into my awareness, the angels started to move and merge and swirl and turn in a beautiful dance of oneness, and as they moved in this way they began to form into one being and as my mind was in awe of the colour and fractalline movement they became one being, they had all merged into a radiant white unicorn. This unicorn had wings and a horn of translucent rainbows still moving

in the same divine dance that moved the angels into this incarnation. I became very aware at this point that I was experiencing beauty beyond which I ever imagined existed, a realm of purity and subtlety, a vibration of which is a rarity in the 3rd dimensional foggy soup of mundane perception on earth. And as the first thought began to emerge from my mind, dark patches began to emerge on the aura of the luminous unicorn. It was as if my thoughts in this dimension were so loud and clumsy and impure; using words from my earthly language to understand what I was perceiving, created radiosonic pollution that was affecting this pure space. The angel unicorn could easily cleanse itself of the mental pollution I was creating in its realm, though through these visions I was being shown something about the impurity of my thoughts, being taught a lesson in a beautiful and gentle way, that I might want to be mindful of my thoughts in all space and that what I think is what I create, and also being given a beautiful inspiration to transcend my humanness. To now know that such beauty and subtle high vibrations exist in my realm of perception is a mighty inspiration to strive to achieve that in my human existence, to become more like the superhuman as defined by Sri Ourobindo in his enlightenment texts. After this experience I became unconscious briefly before being shown some intense insights into my mind and personality in relation to my childhood and parents. Deeply powerful and poignant in the best ayahuasca style... As I write this I’m feeling the immense sense of gratitude that wells up during and immediately after ayahuasca journeys for the profound divinity and perfection of her ways and her gift to humanity, to be able to look so deeply through the illusory mirror of the human psyche, to be shown so clearly the devastating distortions that we experience as humans with our clumsy and polluted minds, but also be given the beautiful gentle and infinitely compassionate medicine that heals and purifies in ways that defy my wordy explanations, perhaps this is why so many ayahuasceros end up painting their visions and or turning them into music and sound.

Leap Year Lore of the Lunar Wizard By Aaron - Red Electric Dragon “And from each of the three oracle mouths of the arms of the cross on my Kuxan Suum, you will find 24 rays repeated three times... (3 x 24 = 72)” - Telektonon Prophecy of Votan, verse 81 Being born the 29th of February is great and weird at the same time. Leap day aroused some doubt in me about the 13-Moon/Dreamspell calendar. This was mostly because people were attacking me on it. So I traveled to Palenque last year with all these questions and met farmer Aaron. He basically answered my call, (you can read it in The Noospheric Emergence issue of 2C). What I love about his work is that it’s about unifying and that it sheds light on the big time related storyline. This article in its magnificence proves again that GOD also manifests itselph in 12:60 Babylonian linear time through 13:20 natural time. Enjoy reading , Peace out, inlakech, Benjy , kin 92, PantraBel , reporting from Palenque... I’m glad Second Creation is a quarterly publication! This illustrates how harmonically the year can be divided into 4 segments of 13 weeks, and provides a good example for the framework of this article. Rather than the division of 4 however, here we will look at the 5. The year of 365 days can be evenly divided into 5 segments of 73 days, or for the mathematically inclined, 365 = 5 x 73. This equation is complimented by an understanding of the Haab, the traditional solar calendar of the Maya. The Haab counts the year in the standard Maya interval of 20 days. Because these 20day intervals do not fit evenly into the 365-day year, an extra interval of 5 days completes each year. You can see this 5-day interval at the end of the following equation. 365 = 18x20 +5. This last interval of 5 days, called the Wayeb (“portal” or “dreaming”), is the year’s 73rd 5-day interval. In the Dreamspell these 5-day intervals are known as “Chromatics”, so we can say that there are 73 Chromatics in each year. The number 73 is also very important in the Dreamspell with its 73 Tzolkin (260-day) cycles in each 52-year calendar round (73x260 = 52x365).

Because the basis of all this comes from a universal/ mathematical level of consciousness these relationships are by no means unique to the New World. The ancient Egyptians used a solar calendar similar to the Haab that also intercalated a 5-day epagomenal period at the end of each year. For the Egyptians these 5 days were derived from cycles of 30 days (in contrast to the 20 of the Maya) that generated the concept of 12 months, the equation being 365 = 12x30 +5. This base interval of 5 days, common to both the Egyptians and Maya, and the related equation (5x73 = 365) highlight an extraordinary resonance between the Old and New Worlds and their relation to the enigma of the Leap Year. The observance of leap day on February 29 comes down to us through the convoluted history of the Roman calendar. Originally a year of ten months, January and February were introduced to bring the total to twelve in 713 BC. However, for centuries afterward, the year continued to begin with the month of March, and intercalations were added between the end of the year in February and the beginning in March. This convention of numbering the months is evident still in their names. If December takes its etymologically correct designation as the tenth month (dec is latin for ten) then January is the eleventh month, February is the twelfth, and March is the ﬁrst. Then September, October and November each take their correct positions as the seventh, eighth and ninth months. Although in 153 BC the new year was moved from March to January the convention of intercalating between February and March remained and was included in the Julian calendar reform which calls for leap day to fall between the 23rd and 24th day of February, the ‘bissextile’. The Julian reform remained in effect for over 1600 years until calendar reform became a hot topic once again at the Council of Trent in 1563 AD . Eventually a proposal attributed to Aloysius Lilius came to the attention of the Vatican, and in 1582 the Gregorian calendar reform was declared.

During this exact same period another pious individual was pursuing his own calendrical studies. In 1562, just one year before the Council of Trent approved the plan for reform, Diego de Landa was called to stand trial for conducting an illegal inquisition against the Maya which included the infamous auto-da-fe in which all traces of Mayan literature he could find were incinerated. Initially de Landa faced censure from the Council of the Indies and was ordered to justify himself while an investigation ensued. In an effort to redeem himself de Landa wrote a book–Relación de las Cosas de Yucatán (of which only a portion remains today)– that mixed exaggerated tales of human sacrifice, included to excuse his own severity, with information on other Maya customs, their language, and their highly sophisticated yet deceptively simple calendar. It is interesting to note that de Landa produced this book, which was completed around 1566, in the very first years following the agreement at the Council of Trent. Perhaps de Landa’s information was of some value to the authorities, for in 1569 he was acquitted, and in 1571 he was even promoted to Bishop and permitted to return to the Yucatan. Aloysius Lilius lived another 5 years and sometime before his death in 1576 he completed a manuscript titled Compendiuem novae rationis restituendi kalendarium (Compendium of the New Plan for the Restitution of the Calendar). This manuscript was brought before Pope Gregory XIII by Lilius’ brother in the intervening years, and the papal bull officially declaring the reform – Inter Gravissimas – was issued on February 24, 1582. In the text of the bull, Gregory acknowledges that until recently the Church had been unable to perfect the calendar. The reform [ ...] of the calendar, was tried often, over a long time, by our predecessor Roman pontiffs. However, it could not be carried out, thus far, because the various calendar reform projects proposed by astronomers, in addition to presenting the immense and almost inextricable difficulties which always accompanied such a reform, were not durable, and especially they did not maintain intact the ancient rites of the Church, and that was our first concern in this business. (1) He goes on to all but admit that the information effecting the reform (“cycles which they had

collected from everywhere”) had potentially come from the New World. Those, after having devoted much time and attention to this night work and having discussed between them cycles which they had collected from everywhere, old ones as well as modern ones, and as they had carefully studied the reflections and the opinions of erudite men who wrote on this subject, chose and prefered this cycle of epacts, adding to it elements which, after thorough examination, appeared essential to the realization of a perfect calendar. (1) This is a familiar pattern, for it was only after meeting with Sosigenes of Alexandria during his sojourn in Egypt that Caesar was able to implement his own reform. This all goes to illustrate how interlinked these systems are to one another. The Gregorian calendar has been influenced by both Egypt and the New World, and, as we saw earlier, the Egyptians and Maya both observed a 5-day year ending period. This observance is also encoded into the Gregorian calendar, though it is now mostly hidden. Recall that Caesar called for leap day to fall on the ‘bissextile’ of March, meaning (in the confusing zero-less mathematical language of the Romans) that leap day should fall between the 23rd and 24th days of February. This is underscored by Gregory’s issuance of Inter Gravissimas on February 24, 1582. By no coincidence February 24 marks the first of the last 5 days before the ancient Roman new year of March 1st, or “Kalendae March.” To this day the Vatican continues to shift feasts that fall in this 5-day ‘hidden wayeb’ forward by one day in leap years (essentially doubling Feb 24 rather than adding Feb 29). There’s another oft remarked upon connection between the Maya and Egyptians, that being the observance of the solar new year when the Sun rises in the morning along with Sirius, the brightest fixed star in the sky. This time of year brought the annual flooding of the Nile in Egypt and the day of solar zenith in the Yucatan. So, it is conceivable that we could take the common new year of the Egyptians and Maya, and their common 5-day year ending period, and see if we can find any further layers of a code that might highlight our planetary unity and provide some useful insight into our calendrical heritage. The 5-day interval allows for some nicely

start to get interesting. In Figure 1 the 360 degree circle represents the 360 days of the idealized year, while the 5 corners of the pentagon represent the 5 extra days distributed evenly though the year. If one point falls between the 24th and 26th of July, the other points are distributed as follows: between the 5th and 7th of October, between the 17th and 19th of December, between the 28th of February and the 2nd of March, and between the 12th and 14th of May. What jumps out ﬁrst is that one of these intervals falls right on leap day! In any leap year the day following February 28 is leap day, and in a regular year it is March 1, the ancient Roman new year. So we can say the interval from July 25 to leap day is 73x3 days, and the interval from leap day back to July Figure 1: Measure of the Earth’s Orbit Around the Sun 25 is 73x2 days. These two days, July The outer ring represents the 18-month New World style solar calendar. The 25 and February 29, are quite similar inner ring represents the Old World style 12-month calendar. The 5-day in that they are both intercalations–the epagomenal period, or Wayeb, (shown at the top) that exists outside the ideal ‘day out of time’ in the Dreamspell, and 360-day year is here distributed evenly around the year, placing one extra day ‘leap day’ in the Gregorian. after each 72-day cycle, as depicted by the 5 corners of the pentagon.

harmonic mathemagics. As we saw above: 365 = 73 x 5, and 73x260 = 52x365. Another consideration is this: 360+5 = 72x5 + 5. In plain English, this means that it is possible to distribute the 5 extra days evenly through the year rather than piling them all up at the end. In this case, every 73rd day would be it’s own seasonal ‘day out of time’. Then there would be another 72-day season, followed by another 73rd ‘day out of time’, and so on. It’s easy, taking any given starting point, to map out on the year where the endings and beginnings of these measurements would occur (Fig. 1). We begin with the commonality of the Yucatan solar zenith / Nile ﬂooding new year observances. If July 24 is the end of one 72-day cycle, July 25 is the 73rd ‘day out of time’ and July 26 is the ﬁrst day of the next 72-day cycle. Here’s where things

As for the other intervals, October 5, 6, & 7 are the first three of ten days that were eliminated from October in 1582 as decreed by Pope Gregory XIII in Inter Gravissimas. (In 1582 the day October 4, the last day of the Julian era, was followed by October 15, the first day of the Gregorian era.) Here the intercalary resonance with the ‘day out of time’ and leap day is quite clear, and leads us to wonder what Gregory may have known himself of these ancient harmonies. Next we come to the interval of December 17, 18 , & 19. For the ancient Romans December 17 was the first day of Saturnalia, precursor to our modern holiday season. This festival was dedicated to Saturn, ruling deity of the legendary Golden Age. This festival is also informed by the theme of time and the calendar. As the famous Roman rhetorician Cicero tells us “By Saturnus again they denoted that being who maintains the course and revolution of the seasons and periods of time, the deity so designated in Greek, for Saturnus’ Greek name is Kronos, which is the same as khronos, a space of time” (1).

By the same token, in the Arcturian cosmology brought to us through Jose Valum Votan, Saturn is Velatropa 24:7, an expression meaning “all the time”–24 hours a day, 7 days a week (see 2C v1 ep2 p22). Although the length of Saturnalia varied throughout Roman history from just one day to a whole week, Ceasar Augustus attempted to ﬁx the length to three days, those being the exact days of inquiry, December 17, 18, & 19. December 17 also marks an important day for our modern understanding of the calendar of the New World, for on this day in 1790 AD the famous Aztec sun stone (usually called ‘the Aztec calendar stone’ or simply ‘the Aztec calendar’) was discovered in Mexico City.

Julian calendar). In the prophecy cycle of One Reed Quetzalcoatl this signaled the close of the Oxlahuntiku cycle of light and the initiation of the Bolontiku cycle of darkness. One more 72-day cycle from there takes us back to where we started with the renewal of the 13 Moon Dreamspell year, July 24-26. Let’s take another tour around, this time noting the Psi-Chrono Units (PCUs) of the dates in question. (The PCUs are determined by a particular mathematical arrangement of the Tzolkin in which the 4-part symmetry & 52-unit ‘crossover loom’ of the Harmonic Module are utilized to arrange the day signs in such a way that they occur on the same day of the year every year. The base equation: 260 = 208+52; 208+(52x3) = 364 = 13x28.

There is also an interesting alignment that currently takes place each year on December 18. Much has been made of the fact that at this point The PCU for July 26 is kin 1, 1 in our precessional cycle the Sun Dragon. Next, from October 5-7, aligns with the center of the Milky the PCUs, beginning with 8 Hand, Figure 2: 260-unit Tzolkin as Way at the ‘dark rift’ of the galactic Harmonic Module are kin 47-49. Then, December 17 equator each year on December 21. The 52-unit crossover loom creates and 18 are both coded by the PCU 7 However, because the plane of the the pattern of PCUs in which the three Human, kin 72. The next sequence Milky Way is somewhat warped, consecutive occult pairs comprising begins on February 28 with kin 164, the galactic nucleus–the cluster kin 47-49 and 212-214 code the 8 Seed, and the PCUs for May 12of stars containing the galaxy’s dates October 5-7 and May 12-14 14, kin 212-214, conclude with 6 “supermassive black hole”–sits a respectively Wizard. Finally, the PCU for the last few degrees off the galactic equator day of the year, July 24, is 8 Monkey, kin 151. (Fig. 1) where the alignment occurs on December 18. The next interval in our journey takes us to leap day & the ancient Roman new year, which we have already discussed. From there, the next 72-day cycle ends on May 12 and another begins May 14. The Gregorian name for the day May 13 is notable in itself, connecting the Maya (May being named after the Greek goddess Maia) with their sacred number 13. This time of year marks the occurrence of what is perhaps the most remarked upon prophecy of the New World, that of One Reed Quetzalcoatl. In 1519 AD, during the Aztec year 1 Reed, the traditional day 1 Reed fell on May 14 (Gregorian), precisely thirteen days after the arrival of Hernan Cortez at Vera Cruz on May 1 (April 21 in the

The appearance of kin 72 on Saturnalia highlights the importance of the number 72 in these cycles of 72 +1 days. It is also apparent that leap day is kin 164, Galactic Seed, well known in the Dreamspell as the date of the “Launching of Timeship Earth 2013.” We will discuss the occurrence of 8 Monkey on the last day of the year later on, but for now let’s look at the other two intervals, October 5-7 and May 12-14. Amazingly, these two 3-day intervals, kin 4749 and 212-214, form perfect occult pairs, meaning they create a balanced pattern on the Harmonic Module of the Tzolkin (the same type of symmetry we utilize to determine the PCUs)(Fig. 2). What’s more, the occult pair of kin 47 and

kin 214 are cornerstones of the harmonic module’s 64-unit crossover-polarity zone (Fig. 3). There is a further relationship between these two kin that relates to the issue of intercalations and leap day, and the synchronization of time-lines as we close the 13th baktun. The last Gregorian leap day of the cycle will fall on February 29, 2012, during the Dreamspell year 6 Wizard (kin 214). On this day the Dreamspell and traditional Tzolkin counts will shift in position from a difference of 48 days to one of 47; so we clearly see that the number 47 is coded into kin 214 on many levels. (Not to mention 4x7 = 2x14). Keep this 47-day discrepancy in mind, as we will return to it later. (And for more see my article in 2C v1 ep2.) As for the other pair of cornerstones; 12 Hand, kin 207, draws us to the close of the cycle as the Dreamspell signature for Galactic Alignment, December 21, 2012. Its partner 2 Wizard is significantly the Dreamspell year through which we are currently living (‘07-‘08). The year 2 Wizard is crucial to the genesis of the Dreamspell, for the document from which the Dreamspell is principally derived, called the Cuceb, or The Annals of Bacalar, from the colonial period Books of Chilam Balam, was written in a 2 Wizard year. At the close of this text, the scribe Kauil Chel very clearly seals it with the Haab date 18 Zac, which, given the new year of July 26, falls on February 28 / 29, another amazing link to the leap day. The text reads as follows; “I have finished giving these glyphs on the eighteenth of Zac on 11 Chuen on the fifteenth day of February, the year 1544” (2). At this point it is tempting to get bogged down in the specifics about these dates and try to determine the exact day in question, but the scribe has thrown a monkey wrench into that plan because the meaning is not literal or linear. The Books of Chilam Balam utilize “the language of the Zuvuya”, a poetic, metaphorical dialect described as an “ancient riddling game”, that allowed them to keep secrets and delude outsiders. For this reason, even the most eminent translators of the texts into English, such as Munro Edmonson, rather than simply allowing the texts to speak for themselves, can’t resist attempting to “correct” the “errors” that they find. So, keeping in mind that the Maya scribes themselves were the initiates and the translators are the outsiders, before trying to decide what these dates should be, let’s first

look simply at what they are, starting with February 15, 1544. This date, like all other Roman dates in the Chilam Balam texts is in the Julian, not Gregorian calendar. Although during the 16th century the Julian and Gregorian calendars differed by 10 days (meaning February 15 would be February 25 Gregorian), they have since shifted by 3 more days and now differ by 13. So here at the close of the 13th baktun the Julian day February 15 falls on our February 28, which in the Dreamspell is also the 18th day of Zac. Is it conceivable then that this scribe was writing more about the distant future than he was his own time? The translators of the texts generally agree that this text was actually written (or rewritten) for 1596, but was dated 1544 because that had been the previous 2 Wizard year. Interestingly, this evidence comes from an analysis of the leap year method employed by the scribes, which we will get into in a moment. First let’s review the signiﬁcance of these dates. As has been demonstrated 18 Zac = leap day; February 15 (Julian) = leap day; and, what’s more, the 2 Wizard years in 1544 and 1596 were both leap years. Illustrating the point succinctly, in this current 2 Wizard Dreamspell year (‘07-‘08), the 18th day of Zac, February 15 (Julian), and leap day all coincide. The leap-year intrigue continues with Edmonson’s notes on this passage (dates given are Julian): “The date cited is incorrect because it suppresses the leap year correction, choosing to relate the correlation to a base year 1 Kan 1Pop, July 16, 1581. [ ...] The correct interpretation of the date for the composition of the manuscript is therefore 11 Chuen 18 Zac, February 8, 1596. He writes the year 1544 to emphasize that he is basing his prophecy on the ﬁfty-two-year cycle – but he is also aware that this involves a thirteen-day leap year correlation, which he also doesn’t bother to enter.” (2) Without intending to disparage Edmonson, who’s work is invaluable, let’s just say the level of complication here is unnecessary. This it seems is due to his conviction that the Tzolkin count employed by the Chilam Balam must always have been the same as the traditional count, and indeed, the traditional day 11 Chuen did fall on February 8 (Julian) in 1596. However, it’s as though Edmonson doesn’t believe his own eyes when reading the texts, although he records and analyzes them fairly. To simplify, this is what is happening: The Chilam Balam

scribes are using “The Mayapan Calendar”, a modified Balam scribes certainly would have), it is easy to see version of the ancient calendar with 52-year cycles the purpose of this reform, as it implemented a new set that begin with the year 1 Kan (1 Seed). During each of year bearers that would continuously synchronize 52-year cycle there are 13 leap days, so in order to with the solar zenith. So when Edmonson writes that align the Mayapan calendar with the solar year 13 by 1752 “They continued to peg the Mayan new year leap days are added at the end of each calendar-round to an arbitrary July 16 in the Christian calendar”(2), so that 1 Kan realigns with the new year / solar zenith we can tell that there really was nothing “arbitrary” at on July 26 (July 16 Julian). Since a Mayapan year 1 all about July 16, as it was specifically chosen as the Kan began in 1581, this will remain the base date for Julian date marking the solar new year. Yes, the Chilam the next 52 years, at the end of Balam scribes consistently, which another 13 leap days will if inconstantly, intercalated be added. How strange that the Tzolkin with leap days to although a leap year correction keep the Mayapan year bearers for the 1 Kan, 1581 year has aligned to this day. admittedly been made, Edmonson still writes that “it suppresses the As might be expected, the leap year correction” and that Maya possessed highly accurate “this involves a thirteen-day leap methods for determining leap year correlation, which he also days. The monuments of Copan doesn’t bother to enter”(2). What and Palenque evince a method really appears to be happening of leap year reckoning even more here is not a suppression of Figure 3: The Four Cornerstones of the 64- accurate than the Gregorian unit Crossover Polarity Zone the leap year correction by the method. In this case, leap author, but rather one by the Students of the I Ching, DNA codes, and magic year intervals were calculated squares take note (See 2C v2 ep2, pg16) translator (although not in any by equating 1507 solar years malicious sense*). to 1508 Haabs (6). The same The Mayapan calendar was inaugurated in 1539, accuracy would be reached by adding a one-day beginning the year in which (due to the leap day of intercalation after every 1507 days. In the Chilam 1540) the Haab (which traditionally had never made Balam texts leap year is referred to as the “Box Katun”, leap year adjustments) came into perfect alignment with a simpler method in which 5 days could be added at the ancient solar new year / zenith date corresponding the end of each 20 year period, or, as discussed above to July 26 (July 16). The chief investigator of this 13 days at the end of each 52-year cycle (7). Another reform is actually Edmonson himself who finds it method, the “Mol Box Katun” functioned much like “clearly documented” in the texts, yet it appears that the Roman method, adding one day every 4 years (7). Edmonson saw the significance of the new year’s day here as a secondary matter, for he was not aware that Returning to the cornerstones of the 64-unit crossoverthe solar zenith date marked the beginning of a new polarity zone, we recall the importance of the solar year to the Maya of the Yucatan, even though this Dreamspell years 2 Wizard and 6 Wizard as the last had been customary since the Classic period at least, two leap years of the 13th baktun, separated by 4 as we can tell from the monuments of Edzna (3). So, years of course. This connects with a further Maya while Edmonson says “a calendar reform instituted in calendar reform that took place in Valladolid in 1752. the ruins of Mayapan at the beginning of the Mayan At this time, although the year bearers and July 16 year in 1539” is “clearly documented”, his oversight of synchronization remained intact, the scribes began the solar zenith alignment leads him to believe to experiment by changing the coefficient, or it was “motivated by and timed to the end of tone ascribed to the years, and implemented the katun cycle rather than to solar astronomy a discrepancy of 4 years by changing the and therefore “it is not at all clear why this was calculational length of the katun from 20 to 24 felt to be desirable”(4)(5). However, knowing the years (2)(7). With the aid of the inscriptions at date of the ancient solar new year (as the Chilam Palenque we can determine the purpose of the

Valladolid reform–to shift the Mayapan count by 4 years in fulfillment of the prophecies of Pacal Votan (see my article in 2C v1 ep2). This marks the full fruition of the Dreamspell count, where the Mayapan year 2 Wizard, after the addition of “four nameless years” becomes the Dreamspell year 6 Wizard. Therefore, the 2 Wizard years we have been discussing, 1543-44 and 1595-96, are actually 6 Wizard years in Dreamspell reckoning. The Dreamspell year 2 Wizard would have begun in the summer of 1539 and then again in 1591. Recall that the Mayapan reform took place “at the beginning of the Mayan year in 1539”. So we see that the first year of the Mayapan calendar reform was a 2 Wizard Dreamspell year, which also contained a leap day. That means that in the Dreamspell the first two leap years following the Mayapan reform were the cornerstones 2 Wizard and 6 Wizard, as are the last two leap years of the 13th baktun. Furthermore, the Annals of Bacalar were dated to the Mayapan year 2 Wizard which is the Dreamspell year 6 Wizard, all going to emphasize the deeper relationships we have already discovered. Interestingly, the Annals of Bacalar begins its count of years with the Mayapan year 13 Seed, which occurs at the precise midpoint between a Dreamspell year 2 Wizard and a Mayapan year 2 Wizard. The reform of the Mayapan calendar in Dreamspell year 2 Wizard and the dating of the Annals of Bacalar to Mayapan year 2 Wizard shows that these reforms represent the continuation of the prophecy cycle of One Reed Quetzalcoatl, for 2 Wizard is the day that follows 1 Reed. While the Dreamspell day of the Mayapan reform on July 26, 1539 was 2 Wizard, the traditional date was 8 Monkey, which fell on the last day of the Haab (last day of Wayeb), setting the stage for the perfection of the solar year alignment with the occurrence of leap day later that same year. Just as 8 Monkey marked the end of the year on the very day of the Maypan reform, recall that 8 Monkey is also the PCU for the last day of the Dreamspell year, the final piece of our 5-part journey around the year! 8 Monkey is also, very significantly, the day that indigenous tribes in the Maya highlands celebrate the ‘first thread’ of the sacred 260-day calendar (8). And we have just seen that the traditional day 8 Monkey also marks the first thread of the Mayapan calendar.

One more monkey day of note is included with the pivotal date sealing the Annals of Bacalar; “the eighteenth of Zac on 11 Chuen [Monkey] on the fifteenth day of February”. Just as the text was sealed with the date 11 Monkey in a 2 Wizard year, so the upcoming leap day in our current 2 Wizard year is also 11 Monkey. 11 Monkey, trickster signature of Jose Valum Votan. This passage has one more trick to play on us yet. The “11 Chuen” date referenced here comes from the Chilam Balam books of Tizimin. The Chilam Balam books of Mani contain a version of this same passage and the exact same date, with one small “scribal error.” In the Mani document the date given is “11 Chen” rather than Chuen (7). Again we get another hint from the language of the Zuvuya, for although there is no such Tzolkin date as 11 Chen, 11 Chen is actually the name of a day of the Haab. The Haab date 11 Chen occurs 47 days before 18 Zac, so in the Dreamspell there is a 47-day interval between 11 Chen and leap day. The Mani book’s date of “11 Chen 18 Zac” emphasizes the fact that, due to leap year shifts, the traditional count and Dreamspell will differ by 47 days at the close of the 13th baktun on 12/21/2012. The 47-day alignment will begin on leap day in 2012, during a 2 Wizard Mayapan year, which is 6 Wizard in the Dreamspell. Now see the interrelation of the four cornerstones, kin 47 (8 Hand), 2 Wizard, 6 Wizard, and 12 Hand (galactic signature of 12/21/2012). Readers who have made it this far will doubtless draw connections and realize harmonies in these patterns on their own. This has been a difficult article to write because each aspect offers a multitude of interesting opportunities for lengthy digression.** One of the more notable synchronicities occurs on New Year’s Day, January 1, 2008, which is 8 Seed in the traditional count, and 5 Skywalker in the Dreamspell. These are of course the PCUs that code for February 28 and May 13 respectively. As mentioned, the day name “May Thirteenth” offers in itself a connection to the count of the Maya. If we write May 13 numerically as 5:13, we find the same connection; its PCU, 5 Skywalker, can also be written 5:13, because Skywalker is the 13th of the 20 day signs (just as 8 Seed is 8:4, 12 Hand is 12:7, and 2 Wizard is 2:14, etc.) Using this notation we see another connection between the signs 2 Wizard, code 2:14, and 6 Wizard, kin 214. These types of numerical

correspondences between the 4 cornerstones are ubiquitous, and can be somewhat condensed into the following equations (italics = base 20 Maya notation, bold = base 10): 12 Hand = 12:7; 12x7 = 6x14; 6:14 = 6 Wizard = kin 214; 2.14 = 54; kin 54 = 2 Wizard = 2:14; 2x14 = 28 = 4x7; 4.7 = 87; 8:7 = 8 Hand = kin 47; 47 = 2.07; kin 207 = 12 Hand = 12:7 = 12x7 = 6x14... These relationships demonstrate a very strong connection to the 13 Clear Signs–prophetic inscriptions from the burial chamber of Pacal Votan. As readers of the article Clear Signs in 2C v1 ep2 will recall, the key synchronizing number of the 13 Clear Signs is 47, the number that perfectly aligns the kin numbers on the northern and southern edges of the sarcophagus lid.*** As the graphic on page 9 of 2C v1 ep2 shows, the sum of the tones on the southern edge is 14 (8+6), while the single sign on the northern edge, Lunar World-bridger, has a tone of 2. There they are, the key numbers 2 and 14, aligning through the number 47, all relating further to the binary powers of seven and the 28-day cycle. Dreamspell surfers will also note that 2 World-Bridger is the guide of the Lunar Wizard. How is it that all these magical connections between the ancient calendars of the Maya and Egyptians, and the four cornerstones of the 64-unit DNA/I-Ching matrix (see 2C v2 ep2, pg16) would also be synchronized with something as artiﬁcial and illogical as the Gregorian calendar? Would it perhaps be better, since the Gregorian calendar is this big imperial cover-up to just ignore any correspondences as just some ironic coincidence? Is the intercalation of 0.0 Hunab Ku on February 29 just a big Dreamspell blunder? For the quick to judgement, quite likely, yes. Upon closer inspection however, we see this is not a pattern originating with the Gregorian calendar, but one that transcends eras, civilizations and continents. And, although aspects of this pattern are hidden in the Gregorian calendar, the calendar itself gives no assistance in understanding them, while the Dreamspell, utilizing the key factor 73 and the 5-day Chromatics, opens the door for the pattern’s discovery. Through the Dreamspell we can not only see that the Gregorian calendar is a cover up, but we can see what is being covered– the underlying unity of human kind and planet Earth. Only as imperial ambition in the Old World co-opted the Egyptian, and

then Maya calendars was this knowledge corrupted and obscured. Although the pattern is there under the Gregorian calendar, it is unconscious; we cannot master it. (See Time and the Technosphere for some incisive commentary on the consequences of these types of subconscious controlling patterns.) Through the Dreamspell we have the opportunity to rediscover these patterns and make them fully conscious. We can exercise our faculty of free-will, study the imperial calendar without superstition, keep what suits us and release the rest. This is the path of a mature, self empowered humanity. This is the journey through the portal of the Wayeb into the dreaming of homo noosphericus and the new time of galactic harmony on Earth. Aaron Woolrich is a farmer, traveler, planetary artist, and producer of a 13-Moon pan-cultural world peace calendar. e-mail: TreeFrog081@gmail.com web: www.myspace.com/threefrog Citations: (1) Rackham, H.; Cicero – De Natura Deorum, Harvard University Press, 1933. http://www.theoi.com/Protogenos/Khronos.html (2) Edmonson, Munro S.; The Ancient Future of the Itza: The Book of Chilam Balam of Tizimin, University of Texas Press, 1982. (3) Malmstrom, Vincent H.; Cycles of the Moon, Mysteries of the Moon: The Calendar in Mesoamerican Civilization, University of Texas Press, 1997. (4) Edmonson, Munro S.; The Mayan Calendar Reform of 11.16.0.0.0., Current Anthropology 17: 713-17, 197 6. (5) Edmonson, Munro S.; The Book of the Year: Middle American Calendrical Systems, University of Utah Press, 1988. (6) Powell, Christopher; Maya Exploration Center, personal communication, 2007. (7) Craine, Eugene R. and Reindorp, Reginald C.; The Codex Perez and the Chilam Balam of Mani, University of Oklahoma Press, 1970. (8) Itzep, Rigoberto; Mision Maya Wajshakib Batz, personal communication, 2007. Additional Sources: Bolles, David; Combined Dictionary–Concordance of the Yucatecan Mayan Language, 1997 http://www.famsi.org/reports/96072/index.html Calendar Converter http://www.diagnosis2012.co.uk/conv.htm

Faith of the Spirit By Binnah - Yellow Cosmic Sun As in the natural ﬂow of energy through the universe, evolutionary events came about that precipitated the revolutionary nineteen-sixties. Just like an atom being forceably split, there was an incredible explosion of conscious understanding and an expansion of horizons and investigation into new or rediscovered areas of information. The younger generation opened up a gap between themselves and their parents by setting off in a completely different direction - many rejecting the materialist boom and all that went with it of the nineteen-ﬁfties. Along with a more sustainable way to live, these new pioneers also looked for a new explanation of what spirituality meant – beyond Christianity. From the sixties to the present, intrepid travelers and seekers have journeyed to other countries and realms and brought understandings of different philosophies and religions back to Australia. The elephantine question to be asked is: have those same intrepid Aussie explorers searching for a new direction, really investigated the dreamtime spirituality of the Australian Aboriginal enough to see if; what they are looking for out there, may be right here at home?? Have we overlooked anything here that we thought was to be found outside of this ancient continent of ours? Is this part of our ‘cultural cringe’ syndrome – that we think that anything ‘out there’ is worth it, but nothing in Australia could be? Let us take a comparative moment of time to take a quick but deeper look at the spirituality of arguably the oldest and longest surviving race on Mother Earth… For a society to survive for such a long time, it needs more than will. It also needs faith, or a deeper connection - a deeper understanding of life that one can hang one’s hat on… something

that keeps one going - beyond all else. Australian Aboriginality is, despite all the distraction of the last 230 odd years still a living ‘religion’. In reality, it’s more of a way of life – a ‘being’, if you like…. As Indigenous tribes the world over, Australian Aboriginal people believe that God, the Creator (or whatever you wish to call the creative conscious energy of the universe), is present in all forms of life. Australian Aboriginal people are extremely sensitive to the energies contained in the spirit of the land and the resultant growth on that land. They have always said that their understandings go back to the beginning – of everything! Take another moment to take in THAT statement. They actually remember. How? You may ask. The Creation stories from the Dreamtime were ways of passing down in symbolic form, tales of how things came about. Creation stories weren’t kept in books. They were told around the ﬁre at night for tens of thousands of years. Simpliﬁed and symbolic stories passed on orally - by word of mouth through generations ensures that a person must be very present and ‘in the moment’ not to miss the story – especially if ones’ life may later hinge on knowing that story… this lifestyle of living fully in the moment made a person more aware of and sensitive to the subtle energies around them. The First nation had intimate knowledge of energy or as they called them – ‘song lines’ running through the Earth. Other ancient peoples have other names for these meridians of the Earth. Sacred sites were generally but not always where these energies conjoined or were strongest. The greater the ‘power of nature’ sensed in a place, the more important it is to the people of that place as a place of reverence and extreme respect. That

so called power felt in some of those places was where the families felt connection to their past relatives and ancestors, buried in the land they walked upon. That can be a hard concept for us new Australian boat people to actually comprehend - what with most of our line of relatives buried on another continent… The laws of Nature are pretty easy to understand really. Part of ‘being’ was being a part of the land - and this is achieved by understanding and living in the deeper acceptance of the fact that the land was the source and support for all life and ultimately ones own life too. Other religions have Gods and Deities to worship. Aboriginals had and still have the life around them and the stars in the sky at night as their temple. Totems were given to the tribes and individualsthrough the Elders to be treasured and honoured on all levels. Every individual gets the ‘job’ of respecting and protecting their designated totems – right down to the insects and plants. These custodians of life must ensure that their totems are treated with respect at all times. Talk about a direct experience of nature conservation… one could not get closer to the subject. If a person does not know but is aware enough to see it, a totem may present itself to them. Songs and dances of conquest and great journeys are performed and passed on in ceremony. These songs and dances are often Dreamtime stories about how all the beings got their names and how the Earth was formed. Looking at it from a more muti-dimensional level than just the third, the totem descends down to this level into the ‘relevant’ body. But that is a deeper understanding than we have time and space to go through right now. There seems to be so much that we don’t know we don’t know about these people who unknowingly to us hold the right of silence regarding their deeper understandings of life and everything. Perhaps if we are ready to see and hear in a very subtly different kind of way, it may just be time on our spiritual journey that we go to the First peoples of Australia and investigate further how to go deeper on this land we now call home. We also need to learn ways of being able to listen what the land says to us. Perhaps if we just properly look and listened to the things around us, we may ﬁnd our spiritual home. Often the answers to the most complex of questions can be very simple and right under our

noses… POSTSCRIPT While writing the section on totems one late night in my armchair by the fire, I had just written about the plant and insect totems being included when I pondered what could be my insect totem. An Earwig (not common at all in my shack, and I hadn’t seen one for apparent ages) appeared from under my laptop “. …yeh, they were around when I was young…”, I remembered. Then, slowly a burning sensation entered my consciousness. It rapidly increased and drew my attention to where it was coming from – on my hip. I looked down and to my horrid amazement, a red bullant was contorted, double bent over and had his butt buried in my body stinging me (have you seen those big red solitary ants? Every now and then, they wander by - seemingly travelling overland to destination unknown…anyway here was one with me in my armchair!!!)!!! “Don’t forget ME!!” he seemed to say – as I remembered all the same type of ones we used to torture when I was a boy. I flicked him off and put cream on the fast rising whelt on my hip. Then –not feeling like trusting him at that moment and having my kids sleeping in the direction of where I flicked him, I was determined to find him lest one of my boys got it in his sleep (spare the negative thought). Despite searching high and low for about 15 minutes, I couldn’t find hide nor hair of him. As I sat back in the armchair prepared to take it as it comes, he strode round the corner of the table and wlked right up to between my feet!!He just kept on walking past as though nothing had happened. Knowing that I might have bumped or slightly squashed him when he was on my hip, I put him outside to wander elsewhere…. hmmmm…more grist for the mill… binnahsun@gmail.com Binnah is an aussie elder of the Nimbin region. He is an active spokesperson for spirit, sovereignty, and indigenous knowlege.

spiritual politics By Mattriks - Blue Self-Existing Monkey

I find that whenever I want to clarify what something means to me, it’s helpful to trace the etymology of the language in use. In this case, this episode of 2C is called ‘Spiritual Practices’, so we’ll start from there. Let’s begin with spiritual. I wrote a song called ‘The Wind’ about the Mayan glyph ‘Ik’ and my journey to find my voice. It begins with an exploration of this word spirit: I, n , s, yes in essence we spire in spirit we spiral inspirate shone shine in breath new creation in pursuit of truth in deeds and words we choose in turn and turn again ritual breathing in in tense every time in turn to extend in senses in spines these seats we spiral in with intention in depth communication... To get a bit more specific about ‘spirit’ I checked out the wiki: ‘The English word “spirit” comes from the Latin spiritus, meaning “breath” (compare spiritus asper), but also “soul, courage, vigor”, ultimately from a PIE root *(s)peis- (to blow).’ So from the poetic and etymological perspectives we can safely say that the word meme ‘spirit’ has a lot do with the breath. As for practice, I think we can comfortably agree without even checking the wiki (Gasp!) that a practice is something that we do, and repeat, in order to get better, or achieve some benefit. So putting the two

words together we can deﬁne a ‘Spiritual Practice’ as an action that involves the breath that helps us to improve/evolve. This is a similar notion to what I explored in the last 2C article I submitted called ‘Proceed now Human Holon’, which talks about how Whole Systems, and in particular the notion of Syntropy, can be the basis of a knowledge practice that can help us to feel good about our relationship with all of life. The suggestion in ‘Proceed…’ is that the breath is a gauge that we can use to discover how well we are following syntropic, or evolutionary lines of operation. While the obvious next step would be to discuss the various yoga and meditation techniques and healing modalities on offer, and compare their relative merits and the potential they hold for creating syntropy, something happened recently that I felt compelled to use this space to dsicuss. On Yellow Solar Warrior, Silio, Galactic moon day 7 of this white lunar wizard year, other wise known as Wed 13th February 2008, Australia and the world at large bore witness to a profound and beautiful event. The newly elected Rudd Government said ‘Sorry’ to indigenous Australians, and in particular to those indigenous Australians who were taken from their families and are therefore part of what has been called ‘The Stolen Generation’, for the appalling way they have been treated during the colonization / invasion process. Using the deﬁnition that a spiritual practice is an action or repeatable action that involves the breath of evolution (okay i’ve gone poetic), both Kevin Rudd’s Apology speech, and his

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government’s move to open parliament house politics. The apology was not for me, but it spoke for the start of each (Gregorian) year with an to me, and entered into the place in my heart that indigenous ‘welcome to country’, both admirably holds the codes to the waters of my being. fulfill this definition. I knew sorry day was looming large, and I knew Who knows to what degree that the recently elected this move by the Rudd Labour government had Government will continue made many promises to create a real change in and commitments to living circumstances for changing and improving the indigenous Australians the areas of indigenous affected by the policies of affairs (in particular saying assimilation. It’s certainly sorry), the environment too early to guage. But as (in particular ratifying I watched Matilda Housethe kyoto protocol), and Williams, an elder of the education. Ngambri people, stand Kevin Rudd, Prime Minister of Australia in front of parliament & Matilda House-Williams, Ngambri Elder These are the areas that house in bare feet and a we (and by ‘we’ I refer to the socio-cultural possum skin cloak, addressing the nation and her communities I most regularly participate in) have ancestors, some deep change happened inside been most distressed about during the ten year me. And again the next morning when Kevin Rudd reign (nightmare?) of John Howard. However I spoke with deep apology for the hurt caused by the wasn’t prepared for what Rudd delivered, and government to indigenous Australians, I felt like the impact it would have on me. During both the the world changed somehow. And looking into welcome to country, and the apology speech, I the caucus I saw the bald head of Peter Garret, wept, shuddered, and laughed, and thanked the now minister for ‘Environment, Heritge and The good creator that I was alive. Arts’, looking on in approval. I must have blinked, last time I checked Australian Politics looked a I, like most people who have had the opportunity little bit different. to inform themselves about the facts of our planet’s recent past, have developed a healthy There is a lot of shonky business in politics, and it’s distrust for the practices of government; practices pretty clear that our governments aren’t really the that certainly don’t achieve the definition that this ones behind the decisions that are making Gaia essay has set up as its ideologue. A prevailing story a difficult planet to grow up on. I’m not placing of physical, cultural, and spiritual destruction by any real faith in our governments providing us those in a position to govern is familiar across the with solutions to what we are going through, i’m globe. I don’t think I’d realized how deeply this working with me hunab krew to build a future had contributed to my sense that the world is an together. The fact is I cried more from witnessing unsafe place to live, and how much this in turn this apology than i had for years, and it triggered a had affected my whole being and response healing in me that has helped me to feel a bit to life. I’m not indigenous, so the apology lighter. I pray that spirit is working through was not directed at me. Nevertheless, the the politicians, as well as the galactic artists. heartfelt and authentic speech of Kevin Rudd http://www.youtube.com/ inspired me, gave me hope, and a new watch?v=B1jeWeDpc68 commitment to the creative possibilities of http://www.youtube.com/