grgr (34): the horse

[Lorentzen / Nicklaus]

 "in a field, beyond the clearing and the trees, the last horse is standing, 
 tarnished silver-gray, hardly more than an assembling of shadows. the heathen 
 germans who lived there sacrificed horses once, in their old ceremonies. later 
 the horse's role changed from the holy offering to servant of power. but then 
 a great change was working on the heath, kneading, turning, stirring with 
 fingers strong as wind." (749)

 "in a sense, then, the purpose and import of the divine person's horse 
sacrifice was, and is, precisely the opposite of that of yogis and shamans. 
whereas the later seek to escape from gross bodily existence, in order to ascend 
into heavenly realms of awareness and aquire subtle or magic powers, the divine 
person performing the horse sacrifice strives to incarnate the transcendental 
divine consciousness, the all-pervading spiritual presence, and the all 
liberating power in a single human body-mind, in order to achieve complete 
psycho-physical agency for his work. thus, the divine horse sacrifice is a 
process of spiritual descent and embodiment, rather than of ascent and 
(eventual) escape from the body. this supreme sacrificial incarnation as a 
single human being then enables the divine being to effectively sanctify or 
divinize innumerable beings, particulary those who are responsive to him in his 
human incarnation, and even the world itself."

    (the dawn horse testament. the testament of secrets of the divine    
     world-teacher and true heart-master, da avbhasa (the bright). page 31)


 kfl 

                         ps: avatar adi da --- "the ultimate form of the 
                             ashvamedha transmits not merely cosmic realization 
                             but transcendental (and inherently spiritual)divine 
                             self-realization through sacrifice. the 'horse', 
                             then, is what the god-realized adept is altogether. 
                             the original product of the ashvamedha sacrifice is 
                             my own form, is my word of instruction ... thus, 
                             the dawn horse stands as revelation, the result of 
                             the sacrifice. it is a continuous revelation. my 
                             work does not come to an end. it has proceeded 
                             since the divine re-awakening in the vedanta 
                             temple, it proceeds now, and it cannot be brought 
                             to an end by contingencies. it is therefore 
                             continuously, eternally available ..."