Baby boy

The birth process

It was a great birth process. As with Daniel his older brother I was with Elena throughout the birth process – in this case from 5.30am through to 12.30 when he (we have not found his name yet) emerged. It is a privilege for me to be part of the birth process. It is such an intense and “being present” process where minutes seem like hours, but then every so often you realise another hour has passed and you wonder how much longer there can be to go …

Handling the pain

What I especially want to write about is how Elena handled the pain. Firstly we had no idea the baby was that big so we entered the process without fear. Early in the process I massaged the B20 Equilibrium bottle into Elena’s back. As the process went on, along with simply being there, holding, breathing etc., I also did many Reiki attunements to Elena and the process. However each contraction was still quite something to endure for Elena and the nurse did offer us (drug) pain relief. Some thing Elena and I did not want to use if we could possibly avoid it.

Help was at hand

After a few hours Elena went to her suitcase and pulled out a small cloth covered in prickly plastic discs (see the picture) which she had brought to the hospital on an intuition. It came from her uncle – an osteopath in Russia who had given it to her some time ago to help with her back pain (not connected to the pregnancy or birth). She asked me to hold it to her lower back as she knelt over the bed. As the contractions came she asked me to press the cloth into her lower back. This process went on for more than an hour. It was amazing. It was very deep and meditative. We were not talking much. With each contraction she was able to move her pelvis and she later told me that she was feeling the baby’s process. The relief provided by these discs enabled her to be with and support the birthing process.

the plastic discs that helped

There did come a point though where she felt she had no more energy and the discs became less relevant. For the last 45 minutes Elena was pushing and getting tired but the baby though we could see the head, was not coming out. It was a difficult time. Finally the baby came, first the head and then with a couple more pushes the whole body. Throughout his heart beat had been stable. And now that he emerged we could see he was a big healthy baby who immediately went pink and looked fantastic.

In retrospect those last 45 minutes though very difficult at the time were probably very helpful, because not only did Elena have no pain relief, she also had no need for stitches.

Elena after the birth

Home together

It was a great birth process and now we have a great baby.  And now as I write this in our garden it seems Spring too has come. The sun is shining and the birds are singing. It is a good beginning.

baby and older brother Daniel

The other night Elena had a dream. In it a girl was standing at our gate. Waiting. As the dream had affected Elena I thought to explore further the meaning and message of the dream. “What was the girl wearing?” “A red coat and a magenta hat,” she replied.

The closest Equilibrium combination would be B89 Red / Deep Magenta. And it struck me “How interesting!” That is the return journey of B11 the Clear / Pink which is the energy vital at the start of the pregnancy. Now as the pregnancy period is coming to a close and the baby is, literally, about to come to earth we find the B89.

This red and B89 also precipitated a process for Elena and I. After sharing a pink pomander we drew a picture together to represent the space or energy that the baby is stepping into. It needs to be welcomed by us and invited in so that it can take its place. This is also part of the red. The energy to step into a family, to find ones place in the family and on the earth. It seems that while green is the colour we first think of for space, red which is the colour opposite to green also plays a vital role in taking one’s place. See my previous post on Red : Finding your place for more.

I remember watching a TV documentary a few years ago about children who, for one reason or another, had been neglected by their parents to the extent that these children started living with dogs rather than human beings. Yes incredible but true. (If you want know more, or even understand exactly what i am saying here, follow the link at the end of this post).

Though the subject was sensationalist the documentary itself was made with sensitively. One of the strongest impressions for me came towards the end of the programme. One of the girls they had been following – now back in human society was staying in a small farm community. She had a job. Her job was to collect the milk each morning. As she told the camera this fact, she smiled. It was a real smile. This simple fact that she had a place seemed the most healing of all, she belonged. It seemed as important as any psychological therapy looking back at the past.

Perhaps orange and coral are the feeling of togetherness, but red is even more basic. In red we have our place.

If you would like to see the girl in question here is a link

http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/the-girl-who-ran-with-the-pack/2006/07/18/1153166383022.html

B23 Rose Pink / Pink

Appearing only in one bottle, B23, Rose Pink is a unique colour. How does it differ from the regular pink? Is it a touch of yellow or a spot of blue that has been added to the pink? Neither! Rose Pink has neither blue nor yellow added - what it has is extra pink! Rose Pink is a more active pink. Perfect timing for Valentine’ Day and the New Moon born tonight with a very special  energy.

First the colour. My best understanding for this colour came while teaching a course at Dev Aura some years ago. As always I was working to create an atmosphere of love and acceptance in the class, an atmosphere to support the learning growing process that Aura-Soma offers. On this rare occasion however one of the students was creating a barrier to this loving energy, remaining hostile towards me and my efforts at inclusion. In the face of her rejection I noticed a reaction in me. I wanted to reject her too. Now pushing away, rejecting, is a red energy, and in that moment I understood the truth that it takes a stronger love to remain open and loving when the other person remains rejecting and hostile to you.

I also knew in this moment that this truth was the gift of the Rose Pink. With its extra added pink it has the energy to continue loving, even when the object of love is resisting and pushing away. Rose pink is an active love.

Though softer than the red of passion and less overwhelming than the desire that flows towards another, it remains stronger than the regular and pale pinks which offer unconditional love but do not attempt to overcome barriers.

Rose Pink is pink enough to approach the unconditional, but red enough to be active and outgoing. It is a unique colour perfectly suited to its corresponding Tarot card - the King of Wands - which represents the highest development of the fire energy – the mastery of love.

Rose Pink - light and shadow

New Moon of Spiritual Love

Valentine’s Day (Eve) New Moon.
13th February 2010  at 9 minutes before midnight GMT

This New Moon is very special because it is born right next to Chiron joining Neptune in the sky for an exact kiss. Just one tenth of a degree between Chiron and Neptune, and both less than a degree away from the New Moon itself. It is a conjunction to access the eternal flowering of cosmic consciousness in the heart and in the mind of humanity.

Neptune with Chiron speaks to the healing capacity we all have hidden away deep inside us. It expands to become infinitely potent when we face our inner world with courage. If  we can overcome hesitation then we can fully connect with our spiritual wisdom just a step away – a step we have to be willing to make.

So this is a very exceptional Valentine’s Day weekend. We are encouraged to reach deep inside ourselves and simultaneously out to others in both romance and friendship. This weekend is all about heart-strength in a softer and more healing mode than our culture normally allows for. If you give in to the magic and let the love inside you flow out to family, friends and loved ones, you will paradoxically find yourself blessed with riches returning to you.

I told her Deep Magenta is different from all other colours, it does not represent a part of the spectrum of light (as do the other colours) it represents the whole of it. Deep Magenta is the fullness of energy from which the light (and therefore all colours) emerge. When any colour is brought in contact with Deep Magenta, as in a Rescue bottle, that colour is brought back into connection with its source. It is like that colour comes home to receive caring and love. The deep magenta restores the power of that colour.

A good analogy is sleep. I think deep magenta is like sleep. We all need it. There is no shame in it. And in sleep, at a certain point, we disappear. There is no dreaming, no self, no consciousness, just Nothing. Sleep is like going back to zero. And, in that Nothing, I believe our consciousness is reunited with the Source. So in the morning we may wake up refreshed, feeling better, ready for another day. Sleep is just like the Rescue, the Deep Magenta.

So when Rescue bottles appear in a choice it can be a very positive thing. It expresses the bringing of part of our life back to the source to be re- nourished, re-energised, restored. And whatever Rescue bottle is chosen, it will be the top fraction that gives the clue as to what is being restored. But that is another article …

Equilibrium Journey continues to deepen my understanding of individual bottles while also offering fascinating insights in to the system as a whole. Here is one example that has arisen in a recent course.

41 42 and 43

When we look at the 40’s as a sequence we have to think about B4. The 40’s develop the theme of the 4. In Equilibrium 4 is the Yellow / Gold. This combination also connects with the Tarot card of the Emperor - the one who rules this world. For a long time I had a question about B4.

Why does B4 contain two colours not one?

B2 is Blue / Blue and B6 is Red / Red. So why should B4 be Yellow and Gold rather than simply Yellow / Yellow? In time I came to realise that the two colours here was perfect. The clue was in the Tarot card of the Emperor where he is wearing armour on his legs. Despite all his power he remains afraid. This is the consequence of the ego ruling the conscious mind while the soul remains buried in the unconscious. Yellow over Gold.

An echo in the 40s

Imagine then how immensely I was when I finally realised how amazing it is that this Yellow / Gold theme returns so strongly at the start of the 40s sequence. 41 is Gold / Gold and 42 is Yellow / Yellow. The very two colours of B4 appearing again! But even more fascinating is that this time the relationship between these two colours is changed: here it is not Yellow over Gold but now Gold preceding Yellow. When we consider the meaning of number this change is very significant because it says that gold - as the 1 - is more important than the yellow which now follows as the 2.

Healing the Emperor

This change in relationship between Gold and Yellow is in fact the solution to the predicament of the Emperor. While yellow relates to our sense of self, but a self that is limited to this space and time; gold is something more - it relates to a deeper level of consciousness - the soul level. The understanding is that while the yellow self is something we experience in this life, the soul is something that journeys from life to life. If the Emperor within us can bow to the soul within then his fears of this life will diminish as this life becomes a learning experience for the soul more than a challenge for worldly success alone. From an Aura-Soma point of view it is entirely fitting that the gold should lead the yellow. And this change in relationship between ego and soul makes possible the next step. The 43.

Turquoise and Individuation

What then of the 43 Turquoise / Turquoise?  For 1, 2, 3 we can think “Ready, Steady, Go.” 3 is the flow that follows from 1 and 2. So here we have 41, 42, 43. Gold is now the main actor, the ego is following the main action, and 43 then becomes the process the flow that arises from this.

From a soul point of view however we don’t come to earth to be right or powerful, we come here to (amongst other things) evolve as a soul. This is the individuation process that Carl Jung first indentified and which is now an important idea in Aura-Soma too.
And the key is that this process relates to the soul not the ego. The soul is the 1, the ego follows as the 2. So the soul is the main subject of the turquoise individuation process. Amazing these three colours should follow each other in this way with these numbers!

41, 42, 43.
Soul, ego, individuation.
Gold Yellow Turquoise.
It is a perfect fit of Aura-Soma colour, number and life!

And 44?

Well with its pale colours it is almost the exact opposite of what you would expect from a double Emperor. Yet the perfection of Aura-Soma continues. As the emperor bows his ego to his soul and surrenders to the teaching evolving energy of turquoise he is transmuted through trust. The very thing that caused the Emperor to wear his armour - his fear - is now dissolving. The Emperor bows to above. And in so doing he is opening the door for the Master sequence that begins at 50.

Final Thoughts

The deeper I go with Aura-Soma the more it amazes me. The perfection of the sequence is a revelation to me. As I say when introducing the Equilibrium Journey concept, it is the Equilibrium sequence itself which is the greatest teacher, and the sequence itself is Aura-Soma’s most treasured book. The Equilibrium courses are the chance to read and learn from this most amazing book. Courses are in Japan February 4 – 7 and in Holland in September.

There are so many red features to Russia, especially in the Soviet times. On the surface we notice the red flags, red stars, and the communist ideals of comradeship, collaboration, one big caring family where all contribute and all benefit.

A potent symbol of Russia: the red star

Something Olive: Samorodok

This word describes someone, usually a creative type such as an artist or poet, who makes their own success in life through a great talent. This talent in turn has to be valuable to and enrich the society around them. Literally samorodok means a large nugget of gold. However it also has some resonance with B7 – the yellow / green - because of the theme of finding your way – being true to the potential of your life. You would think samorodok would be encouraged in a communist society …

Red: Centre of Gravity

Red is the colour of matter, and density of matter creates a gravitational pull. Russia, and previously the Soviet Union, are vast territories, full of energetic, forceful and disparate peoples. To hold such an entity together requires huge force, hence the tendency in Russia to have a strong centralising force, often with a man of power at the centre.

One example of the centralising force in Russia is the Russian railway system. All train tickets, no matter where they are issued, are printed showing Moscow time. If I were to board a train in central Siberia at midday the ticket will show the departure time as 07.00 – and even the clock on the station platform will show 07.00. Yet all around the city people will be sitting down to lunch. The power of the Russian centre!

This gravitational force also manifests in society. People have to hold together - the vastness of the wilderness and the harshness of the winters requires people to come together to survive. Nature is powerful and individuals are small in the face of it. Staying together can be more important than personal freedom.

Olive: Maslenitsa

With the end of Russian winter there is another 7.  Maslenitsa is a 7 day event leading to (if you are a christian) a 7 week fast up to Easter. In secular Soviet times it became a celebration of the end of winter and the start of spring. 7 days and 7 weeks – think B7. Moreover B7 is itself a combination very resonant of Springtime. The sun returns and the earth is green again, yellow flowers dance in the spring sunshine.  Even B7’s place in the sequence speaks of spring. It is preceded by B6 the Red / Red which indicates that energy is buried in the earth. With B7 life springs forth from the earth again.

Red within Olive

As Maslenitsa approaches its climax men engage in public “play” fights, it seems to me an echo of males competing for dominance at the start of the mating season. Physical strength and power - red - is important to the Russians even if it is a game. How easy can it be to break free and live your own way when fighting is a rite of passage to the new life?

Men fighting during Maslanitsa

The truth of this can be seen in Russia’s recent history. It seems that with the collapse of the red centralising power of the communist system in the early 1990s there was a heady burst of olive possibilities, for a while there seemed to be no borders and yellow green possibilites for growth in many directions seemed possible. And yet, within this time there developed a Maslenitsa - type fight as the newly emerging powerful, oligarchs, politicians and others, engaged in a red struggle to be top dog in a new hierarchy.

Thus even in the very midst of the olive opportunity the red remained a determining force in Russia. Now the olive time seems to have passed - a new power structure is established and red has been reborn at the heart of Russia. The centralising force is strong once more.

“Shtobi ne bilo vainy”

Yet the olive dream remains. There is a Russian toast. Shtobi ne bilo vainy It may be translated as “May the war never happen.” It expresses the wish of people to live free from struggle. To be free to live their own way. Freedom from war is an important condition for samorodok to appear and flourish.

Both Red and Olive?

Russia is a country in which there are two poles of colour; red and olive. Red is the necessity of the past and the refuge of the present, yet olive continues to offer the dream of a future potential. In theory red can nourish olive, fuel its growth. To honour and integrate these two forces, find a way for them to work in harmony, nourish each other could be the great work of the Russian people.

December's Blue Moon - Image courtesy of Benedict Yeoman

Perhaps you heard, the 2009 New Year’s Eve Full Moon was a blue moon. The rarity of such an event falling on such a symbolic night - New Years Eve - got me thinking. A blue moon comes only once every 2 - 3 years. It occurs because, while there are 12 months in a year, there are 12 lunar cycles plus an extra 11 days. A blue moon then is when there is an extra full moon in any one month. In December the two were on the 2nd and the 31st.

December 2 Full Moon - reflected in Danube

Blue or Betrayer?

Why blue? The theory is that the name was not originally “blue” the colour, but an old English word “belewe” which means “to betray”. This makes sense for example when we consider that in olden days the moon was an important time keeper for farming cycles, each season having three full moons: early, mid and late. An extra full moon in the year will create confusion in the timing. For example: “Three winter full moons already but still too cold to plant our seeds – shouldn’t Spring be here by now?“  It is ironic that this use of blue as a corruption of “belewe” would mean that blue here represents the very opposite of its usual association - “trust.”

Whether this is the real origin of the phrase “blue moon” or not, one thing is sure - a blue moon year carries the energy of 13. And traditionally 13 certainly does coincide with untrustworthiness. 13 is superstitiously unlucky, just as Eve was the temptress, black cats are to be avoided and wise women are witches! Yes 13 is all things feminine and therefore to be put down.

The antidote - a positive wise woman

And so it was wonderfully refreshing that this New Years Eve the BBC aired a radio programme entitled “Blue Moon” which shared one wise woman’s project to honour this special event.

Elspeth Owen is an artist, and although she is 71 years old, she is spending the whole period from the first December full moon (on the 2nd) to the blue moon on the 31st, living entirely outdoors. Her project is to bury 14 white necklaces, one each night, for the 14 nights of the waning moon - the period when the moon shrinks. With the beginning of the New Moon she then retrieves each of the necklaces again, one by one, one per night. Her focus throughout this process will be “taking care” – both of herself and the necklaces.

She was a vibrant woman refreshingly unconcerned by any need to be rational. It was delightful to listen to her with her wonderful laugh which reminded me of Claudia Booth’s. The programme was a great antidote to the traditional negative associations of 13 and the feminine.

Tzaphkiel as Mother

And it seems to me that Elspeth’s story provides an insight into the nature of Tzaphkiel, just as did the film Avatar which I wrote about in the previous post. In the case of Elspeth’s project I believe it is an enactment of the Divine Mother aspect of Binah. Let me explain …

Elspeth began by making the 14 white necklaces – here she is Mother as creator.
She then births her creations into the world. She does this by burying them through the period of the waning moon - now she is Mother as birth giver.
Finally she retrieves and resurrects the necklaces - she completes the process as Mother the nurturer.

This project can be seen as a metaphor for the Creator’s relationship with the created. Souls are created through Binah, the Divine Mother, in order that consciousness may be enter into matter. Souls then travel further from the Divine by entering Matter in our case the human experience. It strikes me that at both the level of soul and the human being our deepest need and desire remains the same. We wish to be loved and remembered. What could be worse than being forgotten by your mother? I have seen film of grown men in orphanage / institutional homes in eastern Europe saying that all they want is to be reunited with their mothers. I have also heard that when soldiers call out with their dying breath it is invariably to their mother. Why would souls be any different in their relationship to the Source? Binah is the sphere of the mother and Tzaphkiel is its presence. It seems to me that Elspeth’s project re-enacts the archetypal mother myth of creation, dispersion and reunion.

The perpective of the Divine

Most satisfying of all, the  aspect of Elspeth’s project that bothered me the most is actually the key. Elspeth started her process on the Full Moon. This is the absolute opposite of my normal way to approach lunar cycles. Usually I associate beginnings with the New Moon, the process reaching a fruition with the Full Moon and then suffering a decline again with the waning moon.

Elpseth began her project in the totally opposite place!  But I see now that by burying the necklaces first and then resurrecting them again she is providing a metaphor for the process of consciousness entering into form, from the Heavenly perspective rather than the earthly. Brilliant. How Tzaphkiel!

B107 Tzaphkiel

Conclusions and a link

Though the film Avatar will probably grab me more – I am sure this radio programme will be the more heart-warming, humbling and enriching.

If you would like to listen to the radio programme - it is 30 minutes long - you can follow this link.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b00pdjy1

Don’t delay too long, like a blue moon it may not come around again for a while.

I wish you all a happy, feminine and wise New Year.

The latest Equilibrium bottle - B107

Opalescent Turquoise / Deep Magenta

In my previous post on B107 I wrote about the silence, the mystery and the unfamiliar in Tzaphkiel.

Also on Tzaphkiel’s role as the intelligence in Binah that enables spirit to create and enter matter.

Here are some further ideas on the times in which B107 has been born.

Synchronicities

What is the big world event this week other than birth of B107? Well yes the Copenhagen Climate Conference but, putting that aside for a moment, it is the release of 2009’s most awaited film:

Avatar

The most expensive film of the year - if not the decade, the release of this film has been postponed time and again. It is finally released tonight, the very first Friday following the birth of B107. Its central premise, the reason for the name of the film itself, fits absolutely with the theme of Tzaphkiel: the possibiilty of light / consciousness to enter form. (the word avatar derives from the ancient indian language of sanskrit and signifies the appearance of a god in this world, its deeper root meaning to “descend” or “cross over” ) So tonight the gift of Tzaphkiel will be shown to the world even if those who see it have never heard of Archangels, Kabballah, Aura-Soma or B107.

In case you do not yet know about the film - it is the story of a human being who enters a specially created body, the Avatar. This new body with its sparkling blue skin (the film company’s exact words! ) enables the man to enter and live in another world. From the colour of the Avatar being almost exactly the same as the top fraction of B107, to the strange, other-worldliness of the Avatar’s appearance resonating with the unfamiliar energies behind B107, these are amazing coincidences.

From this basic premise Avatar develops into an action movie, a love story, with themes of finding the courage to do the right thing, choosing harmony with Nature, and fighting the commercial / industrial powers that see the world purely as a commodity without respect for life.

All this of course leads us to …

The Copenhagen Climate Summit

The other big world event this week – and even as I write this world leaders are frantically searching for a wording that all countries can sign to. The possibility of stepping in to our light potential is very acute just now. The Climate Summit is the test of whether we are willing to work towards a better future together. Will there be an agreement to co-operate or not? Is it possible there could be a deal that is fair to both rich and poor, to both industrialised and developing nations?

Gretel and Hansel

Questions like this bring to my mind Gretel and Hansel, B92 and B93. The coral for co-operation between male (turquoise) and female (olive). We have the rich northern hemisphere (male) and the underdeveloped southern (female) hemisphere. The main divide in this Summit has been between rich and poor nations. For once the poor nations operating in a more democratic voting system of one country / one vote have found more voice and power. We have to learn to honour not only the Earth on which we live but also each other. The northern hemisphere has taken the most in the Piscean Age, will it now be able to allow a redress of balance?

What have B92 and B93 to do with B107? Well the fact that B107 contains turquoise creates a significant echo to B92 and B93. Why? Because if we look at the three most recent bottles B105 Coral / Coral, B106 Pale Olive / Pale Violet and now B107 Opalescent Turquoise / Deep Magenta, we find a repeat of the coral - olive - turquoise sequence! These three colours in B92 and B93 opened the door to B94 and the Archangel sequence in Equilibrium. Now we come to, what in theory at least, could be the completion of the Archangel sequence (with Zaphkiel there is finally an Archangel bottle for each sphere of the Tree) and, with this possible completion, we see in Copenhagen a possible turning point for humanity to step up to collective challenge and opportunity.

Planetary Consciousness and the Turquoise Ray

The Aura-Soma New Aeon Tarot image for the Turquoise Master - Maha Chohan - shows a being that is dreaming this world. (I say this because you can see that planet Earth sits in Maha Chohan’s 8th chakra.) As delegates sit in Copenhagen it strikes me that to truly care for the Earth we have to not only respect each other (B92 and B93) but it will also be really helpful to enter into resonance with the planetary consciousness itself. This Tarot image shows that it is the Turquoise Ray which is the key to planetary consciousness and, now with the birth of B107, we have been given the rescue energy for this Turquoise Ray.

I just found this quote on the internet from Pablo Solon, the Bolivian ambassador at the United Nations in New York. He said “…we must begin to change our relationship to nature in this new century. The main way to do that is to recognize that not only we humans have rights, but also that our Mother Earth, our nature has rights, rights that we must respect.” He went on to say, though not in these words, … it is not a question of trading numbers such as carbon credits between rich and poor, but a change in our hearts about our relationship to the earth itself.
This is the best of planetary consciousness in a turquoise week!

This leads us back to Avatar! A man entered another body and consequently changed his consciousness, his priorities and, ultimately, his choice of actions.

Finally

So it is beautiful that this turquoise rescue appears as a support for the light within us
The part that can say “Yes we can.” Of course we don’t know what is really important here, a “Yes” or a “No”. Perhaps a disappointing “No” from Copenhagen will fuel the pressure for a stronger “Yes” at the end of B107’s time.

So we come to more of Mike’s words on the themes of B107: “Where we have become over-identified and fatigued by circumstance — losing sight of our bigger purpose — the rescue aspect of the Turquoise of B107 invites us into the grace of unfoldment and the wonder of allowing ourselves to simply step into the flow of our fulfilment..”

This is the key.

After all this thinking and working to fit these ideas into this blog post I can simply let go. Through relaxation and ease, and with grace, we will find ourselves in the right flow. Let love lead the way. Remember Lady Nada too is a Master in the sphere of Binah.

So I am really happy to see and receive this newest bottle in the Equilibrium sequence.
And I am happy that my child (due in February) will be born in the time of B107.
As I write now it seems auspicious.

With best wishes for you all

Happy Christmas

It is a new and mysterious colour – this opalescent turquoise. Like sunlight shining through the sea … like foam … like bubbles in the frothing wave. Yet when the bottle is turned on its side and viewed from above then this opalescence becomes like a field of stars strewn across the universe.

Something unfamiliar

I was lucky to be shown the bottle by Mike even before it was released. He told me then this long birthing period from 19 November to 14 December had been helpful because the energy behind this bottle is very unfamiliar for us on Earth. And now this bottle is born I still find this so. Mostly I find myself silent in the face of it. Ideas and thoughts seem irrelevant with this combination. Silence is more powerful. Silence, it seems, speaks volumes.

Silence in the face of wonder

Speaking of which … on the night of the bottles birth, by chance I saw an episode of a TV series called Defying Gravity. I had not seen the previous episodes, but the one i saw Episode 9 (titled Eve ate the Apple) is the point in the story when the main characters - the astronauts on a space mission to travel the solar system - discover they are carrying a mysterious life form in their ship. It is connected to life forms on other planets and communicates through an ethereal kind of singing. As this lifeform is revealed to the astronauts, all they can do is stare upon it in silence and wonder. It has a form, yet its form is always changing, like water flowing, always turning in on itself. It is something, mysterious, enchanting and incomprehensible. This image brought back to mind Mike’s words to me about the unfamiliarity behind this latest bottle.

Energy becomes Form

This may seem a random association to the new bottle but there is further connection. Mike made several mentions in the oficial announcement of the new bottle that the Tzaphkiel energy is supporting the light-being dimension of ourselves. For example he said “Each of us is a gossamer light-being, fragile within the density of our physicality.” In some way this lifeform in the space ship brought together energy and form into one image – it made more explicit the meeting between these two worlds.

Tzaphkiel, Binah and the Mother

What is really interesting is that Tzaphkiel is the Archangel associated with the sphere of Binah in the Tree of Life. And it is Binah that provides the bridge between spirit and matter, energy and form. Binah is part of the top triangle of the Tree of Life. This triangle is one of pure spirit, and yet within this triangle Binah is also home to the principle of Universal Mother. It is this principle of Mother in spirit which makes it possible for energy to take on form. Just as a human mother provides the growing space in her womb for new life to take form, so Binah provides the energetic field for matter to be created. This is the Mother behind all mothers.

Tzaphkiel is the intelligence or being within this sphere and the one that holds this possibility. Tzaphkiel and Binah provide the field which allows the light to create and enter into the material world. In Mike’s words, “Tzaphkiel as the Divine Mother comes in compassion to help us birth the light body from within the chemistry of our physical bodies.”

In the next post connections between B107 and world events this week …