The
time has come to speak of many things, now that libraries are open to the public
and an Internet allows unlimited information access. Inquisition
has become a secular endeavor and anyone is allowed to question the ancient myths, legends
and cover-ups.
What
had been a hermetic maze is now the beaten path with a dying ecology. Too many have cut
down the holy shrines, sacred symbols, and allegorical truths with questionable
intentions, often while their right didn't know what their left was doing. As a
result forbidden secrets and magic spells are partially exposed and invoke evil spirits
that poison the mind with blasphemy.
Proceed
with extreme caution because you
are approaching
a secret realm that is inhabited by stranger beings than
Dante's Inferno. It is full of deadly traps, hidden passages, and
the darkest dungeons. You
may need the courage of a medieval knight and the
spiritual fortitude of a Cathar monk to complete this adventure. If you
approach the Solar Temple before you are ready, even a simple confusion of
Nikes
with Nike may prove a fatal error. This is because you are
near the cosmic arena where the forces of good and evil
collide in their eternal conflict.
Yes,
only the brave should read on! Only if you have found the shield against
hellfire and the magic sword from the grail may you be able to master these sudden ups
and downs, the exhilarating highs and disheartening lows. Only then might you
distinguish between white and black magic, truth and heresy, good and evil to grasp
such apocalyptic creatures as dragons, nymphs, sphinxes, phoenixes, and shaggy cynocephali.
If
you are ready for such phantasmagoria be aware of another danger: Part of
our quest is the recovery of the greatest treasure ever lost.
Because it is an important key to the grail mystery
some of the most unscrupulous individuals will secretly join our quest. We can only pray they reform like those
fools
who only turned wise when they realized that their loss was really their gain.They abandoned the
search when they found an even greater treasure: An ancient secret that is
worth substantially more than all riches in the earth and in the seas".
This
establishes the leitmotiv of our search for the Holy Grail: We must make
the right choices every step of the way to knowingly achieve the higher wisdom.
This is why one of the initiates said that the grail provides any food we reach
for, hot and cold, old and new, of tame animals and game.
Most
fail to understand this allegorical truth and assume that the Holy Grail is
merely a magic feeding dish that provides anything we ask for. This is why so
many fail to discover what a
"grail" really is.
These amateurs overlook that the same old master praised Plato
and the Sibyl for recommending this in their time, and Pythagoras
for having been the wisest man since Adam.
Are
we tempted to try the forbidden fruit from the Tree Of Knowledge? Only
to find out that new
is the
recycled old, and that hot and
cold refers to the esoteric triangles of a hexagram, also known as Stone of
the Wise or Star of David ?
If
this were true, would we not risk our eternal soul
by trying to "grasp" a flying allegory like the phoenix ?
Before you decide, consider that the old master swore to this, but on
your oath, not his.