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Subject: Mystic context, general comments re the
Magi at the Advent; suggestions for own interpretation. (If anyone wishes to compare notes on interpretation send your ideas to me
directly rather than clobber this list.)
Laurel,
I concur with most of your ideas but I see them all
coming from Persia. There are problems with the context in scripture. For
example the Star (Greek: aster; Hebrew: kowkab) is in the East but the Wise Men
(Magi, from Persia: Zarathustrian) had to come FROM the East ...logically
shouldn't the Star be in the West? One needs to research "star" in the Hebrew
scriptures ...Day Star, Morning Star, etc. (Use Strong's Concordance, the others
are inferior.) My approach to scripture is to
view it, not as a historical thing (secondary) but as a mystery-writing where
history is overlaid by a governing spiritual pattern. History and
spiritual-cause are combined in a unified field but with cause driving the
historical effect which is rarely understood anyway and is interpreted
differently by the viewers. Start by trying to understand the causal patterns.
The gifts set up the archetypal pattern of the Triunity.
I agree that there should be more Magis than only
three; the "pattern" would call for 12 including women. However, whoever came up
with the mythic three names understood the nature of the gifts; they correlate
quite well. The Magis' three gifts create a pattern as a tri-unity generally
called the "Flower of Life" or "Astara." This Sinclair list is not for getting
into long metaphysical disertations so I'll just say that you would need to
check the Hebrew (not Greek) to find out what the 3 gifts mean. Then, noting
that the only gentiles mentioned at the Advent were Magis (Parsee priests)
overlay the Zarathustrian spin on the gift interpretations done in the Jewish
and Christian context.
I concur with your excellent idea of there having
to be three stars (or perhaps constellations) but in one eastern astrological
configuration. They would be resonant with the nature of the 3 gifts;
effectively the gifts are the stars via the gentiles/Zoroastrian polarity in
this whole thing. Assume that we have the basic triunity reflected in the three
unified religions: Hebrew, Christian, Zarathustrian; we could easily create the
6-pointed Key of David, the more complete version of the basic Triunity pattern.
The thing begins to build.
An example of the basic tri-unity format might
be found in the large Astara earth grid: (1) Edinburgh Matrix with Rosslyn as
controlling part; (2) Sintra as its complement; and (3) Rome. Without getting
into technicalities the 3 "gifts" would correlate: Rosslyn: myrrh; Sintra:
frankincense; and Rome: gold. A long winded interpretation is obviously needed
but not here. I'd be interested in your thoughts.
Blessings Be...
Bill Buehler
Date: 6 Jan 2001 00:13:48 -0800
From: "Spirit One Email" <laurel@spiritone.com> Subject: Wise Men That may have become a tradition but the Bible indicates that almost 2 years had passed since Jesus' birth when the Wise Men got to Bethlehem. By then the family was living in a house. (Matt. 2:11) King Herod calls Jesus "the young child" not a baby (Matt. 2:8) And Herod ordered all the children 2 years and under "according to the time which he (Herod) had diligently inquired of the wise men." to be slain. (Matt. 2:16) We also assume there were 3 Wise Men. Really, we only know that there were more than one. One wise man could have carried two gifts or a number of wise men could have given gold, etc. No names are ever given for them but they all came from the East (Matt. 2:1) presumably from the Babylonian area where records would have remained from the Jews living there during the captivity. From these texts, the Wise Men were able to determine the meaning of the "star" . There would have had to have been 3 different stars to lead each of them from the three different directions at the same time to rendevous in Jerusalem. And then there is the problem of 3 different languages. The representation of the 3 continents is pure fiction that doesn't fit the Biblical text that specifically says they came from "the East" or make sense with Jewish history. Here's another idea.... It is not likely that Jesus was born in December. Maybe in the fall??. So a year and a half later around January 6th, the wise men could have come for their visit. Then this date would fit in, but they did come from the East. And being important people, they would have had servants, baggage animals, animal drivers, etc. Laurel |