ATD | Kabbalah & Divine Light (HUGE SPOILER - only read if you finished!)

[Bryan Snyder]

And another Chums reference (credit to Keith of course) that is real clear:

 

Sanskrit texts are filled with references to gods who fought battles in the
sky using Vimanas equipped with weapons as deadly as any we can deploy in
these more enlightened times.

 

 

In the Ramayana

For example, there is a passage in the Ramayana which reads:

 

"The Pushpaka chariot that resembles the Sun and belongs to my brother was
brought by the powerful Ravana; that aerial and excellent car going
everywhere at will .... that car resembling a bright cloud in the sky ...
and the King [Rama] got in, and the excellent car at the command of the
Raghira, rose up into the higher atmosphere.'"

 

Like how the Inconvenience looks like a cloud from below.

 

Awesome stuff. thanks!

 

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From: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org [mailto:owner-pynchon-l at waste.org] On Behalf
Of Keith
Sent: Friday, May 11, 2007 11:19 PM
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Subject: Re: ATD | Kabbalah & Divine Light (HUGE SPOILER - only read if you
finished!)

 

 

 

 

           Bryan Snyder:

           Admittedly I did not understand the "as above, so below"

           when it is mentioned (I think twice in AtD??) and I have

           to dive into M & D (but am really looking forward to it).

 

 

The phrase "as above, so below" is from an alchemical text called the  

"Emerald Tablet of Hermes:"

 

http://www.alchemywebsite.com/emerald.html

 

http://www.alchemywebsite.com/emertabl.html

 

There is an important parallel between the Chums and the Hindu Vimana  

which is related to the concept of "As above, so below," which we  

will introduce now and discuss further later:

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pushpaka_Vimana

 

http://www.mystae.com/restricted/streams/scripts/vimana.html

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