Neptune's Dolphins

 

Various ancient peoples have regarded various places in the sky as portals. Souls would travel to and from the afterlife through these portals. The Greeks believed that there were three gates in the Zodiac, which were soul portals. Meanwhile, the Romans said the portals were in Scorpio, between Aquarius and Pisces, and between Cancer and Leo. Others said that “genesis and apogenesis took place though Solstitial Gates.” (Note 2) For the Egyptians, it was the decans. (Note 3) When a decan star rose, a portal opened for those Gods of that decan.

 

Meanwhile, the book, “Hamlet’s Mill” (Note 4) is a collection of essays in which the authors claim that major mythologies are similar throughout the world. The reason they give is that the various myths accurately describe astronomical occurrences. The book title itself refers to the myth of a rotating millstone that cycles around the Sacred Spiral (Note 5) which surrounds the Celestial North Pole (the axis mundi) (Note 5). The mill will occasionally slip, and hence another mill has to be made. This slipping is tied to a shift in the North Star. The shift of the North Star, a point of cosmic status, would cause a catastrophe, thus ending the old world. (Note 6) Everything is thus thrown into chaos. A new world comes into being, and time starts over. For example, the Babylonian myth of Marduk remaking the Cosmos with Tiamat’s body reflects this.

 

Various cultures say that the soul is guided through the cosmic pathways by “fate,” “fortune,” “providence,” and “destiny.” (Note 7). A part of the Spiraling Cosmos, the soul descends to the Earth through the portals to continue following their story lines in various myths. When that is accomplished, they exit through the portals as well. The purpose of the soul portals is to allow each soul to experience certain parts of the mythic stories. The objective is to educate and advance the soul through the afterlife.

 

As for the souls themselves, Hazel writes, “It is difficult to predict at birth, how star-portal contacts will manifest. It’s easier when the person has become an adult and a cumulative picture of a person’s life is available. Once a person begins to interact of a mature level in society, the star-charged thematic patterns become more clear and are easier to spot.”

 

Cicero writes, “but nothing better than those Mysteries by which we are formed and molded from a rude and savage state of humanity, and indeed through the Mysteries we perceive the real principles of life, and learn not only to live happily, but to die with a fairer hope.” (Note 8)

 

The changes in Cosmic Time changes the soul experiences. The end of an old Aeon is filled with deterioration and corruption. The new Aeon is a massive cultural change with new Gods, new religions, new cultures, and new political systems. The Milky Way tilts out of alignment with the Earth’s horizon. The portals change and old souls leave and new ones come into being. Both old and new Gods and souls enter and exit through the new Gates. As Hazel writes, “stars, souls, and the cosmic pathways are crucial features of the metaphysical cosmos.”

 

Notes:

Note 1. Georgio de Santillana and Hertha von Dechend, “Hamlet’s Mill: An Essay Investigating the Origins of Human Knowledge and its Transmission Through Myth.” Nonpariel Books. 1969. The authors studied African, Finnish, Hindu, Mesopotamian, Norse, and Persian cultures.

 

Note 2. The Solstitial Gates are the ones at Cancer (Summer) and Capricorn (Winter). Only Gods and advanced souls may exit through the Capricorn Gate.

 

Note 3. Decans are thirty-six groupings of constellations used in Egyptian astronomy.

 

Note 4. “Hamlet’s Mill” is a kenning that describes the sea grinding the rocks into sand. This kenning, “Amlotha molu (Amlothi’s millstone),” is found in the saga “Skaldskaparmal,” the “Prose Edda” by Snorri Sturluson.

 

Note 5. The Spiral is usually the Milky Way, and the Pole, the North Star (which has changed through the ages).

 

Note 6. The North Star changes at various intervals. Although Polaris of Ursa Minor is the North Star today, it used to be Kochab also of Ursa Minor (1900 BCE – 1100 BCE).

 

(Note 7 and 8 will be posted on Saturday.)