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"We
are YOU in the Future."
As many
other gifted persons have done in various creative ways, through this
"Present of God", Laura was allowed to look into the "Mirror
in which the entire World can be seen" - rather, the field
of symbols and dynamics and archetypes.
Through
this Mirror, "the Cassiopaeans" (or "Laura in the future,"
or whatever was the subconscious or superconscious source of this inspiration)
began to teach Laura many things. The "Cassiopaeans communication"
also led Laura to the understanding that such things as the Grail Quest
and the "Quest of the Alchemist's for the Philosopher's Stone" as well
as the core ideas behind certain Gnostic writings were identical. Even
more, "the Cassiopaeans" made it clear that the man around
whom the Jesus Legend was formed was a practitioner of this ancient
techno-spirituality and that the imagery of the "crucifixion"
were merely alchemical metaphors. All of this served as a source
of inspiration for the future research.
Laura
comments:
As
a child, I was always attracted to the stories of King Arthur and his
Knights of the Round Table. This was only natural, considering my patronymic
of birth: Knight. Thus, a great many books on the subject were read
and digested at a very early age.
But,
my general opinion of them changed as I grew older. I consigned them
to the realm of fantasies or children's stories. There was no "real" grail; it was just a pretty tale. They were
nice to read and imagine in times of idleness, but I felt that I needed
to get about the REAL work of "finding God." I didn't realize
that, in a very real sense this is the true nature of the Grail quest.
In any event, I concentrated many years on this "finding God"
business. For me it was as essential a thing to do as it was necessary
to breathe.
I started in
pretty basic ways: believing nothing, testing everything; and over
the years I gradually found my way from the hard sciences to the "soft"
sciences to the "Para-sciences." I analyzed and categorized
everything as I went and, at the "end," I thought I had
pretty well run the gamut. My categories were more varied and extensive
than those of many people, but they were categories nonetheless -
and I had more or less reconciled myself to never really knowing God
except through "mind," and mind was, after all, as far as
I could see, the beginning and end point of everything. Cogito
ergo sum. That was all we could know. I wasn't happy with this
answer, but what else was there?
And that is
where matters rested until the events described in my autobiography,
Amazing Gracewhich led to the Cassiopaean transmissions. And then, the Quest
began in earnest.
New evidence,
new knowledge, can change the entire foundation of what we think we
know. And this, of course, is part of the very problem of the Grail.
Everyone builds a hypothesis based on what is generally available
in the context of "ordinary research" or hypotheses constructed
on the foundations of our assumptions about our reality that are part
of the social/cultural milieu in which we live. And because we are
so invested in our fundamental beliefs about the nature of our reality,
we become emotionally invested in these hypotheses - emotionally attached,
that is - and when new information is discovered or brought to our
attention, we often not only do not WANT to hear or see it - we simply
cannot.
Beginning with
a state of psychic bankruptcy in 1984, "the Cassiopaeans"
- "myself in the future" - spent ten years disabusing me
of my assumptions about our reality as we perceive it. I had a burning
question inside me about the nature of what might be "behind"
our ordinarily perceived reality, and the Universe began to answer
me in the dynamics of my very life. At a certain point, after I had
taken certain steps, the mode of communication became more direct
and conscious - "the Cassiopaean Transmissions" themselves
- and it became very clear that the Grail Quest was indeed important.
During the years
of this "initiation," I was guided to re-visit many of the
texts I had casually dismissed in my youth in order to find the many
clues I had missed because of my biases. The "Cassiopaeans"
also suggested lines of study and research that had not been a part
of my previous work. Among the texts I was guided to consider were
the works of the alchemist Fulcanelli.
There
are many "theories" as to who Fulcanelli may have been. Most
of them do not take all the available data into account and, like most
other theories, are often exactly as Laura has described above: "Everyone
builds a hypothesis based on what is generally available in the context
of "ordinary research" or hypotheses constructed on the foundations
of our assumptions about our reality that are part of the social/cultural
milieu in which we live..." Without going into who or what Fulcanelli
may or may not have been, a subject which Laura has treated in her book
The Secret
History of The World, the following is a quote on the matter
of the Alchemical Transformation:
Furthermore,
in our opinion, it seems insufficient to know how to recognize and
classify facts exactly; one must still question nature and learn from
her in what conditions and under the control of what will her manifold
productions take place. Indeed, the philosophical mind will not be
content with the mere possibility of identifying bodies. It demands
the knowledge of the secret of their elaborations. To open ajar the
door of the laboratory where nature mixes the elements is good; to
discover the occult force under whose influences her work is accomplished,
is better. […]
Alchemy is obscure
only because it is hidden. The philosophers who wanted to transmit
the exposition of their doctrine and the fruit of their labors to
posterity took great care not to divulge the art by presenting it
under a common form so that the layman could not misuse it. Thus
because of the difficulty one has of understanding it, because of
the mystery of its enigmas and of the opacity of its parables, the
science has come to be shut up among reveries, illusions and chimeras.
[…]
With their confused
texts, sprinkled with cabalistic expressions, the books remain the
efficient and genuine cause of the gross mistake that we indicate.
For, in spite of the warnings... students persisted in reading them
according to the meanings that they hold in ordinary language. They
do not know that these texts are reserved for initiates, and that
it is essential, in order to understand them, to be in possession
of their secret key. One must first work at discovering this key.
Most certainly
these old treatises contain, if not the entire science, at least its
philosophy, its principles, and the art of applying them in conformity
with natural laws. But if we are unaware of the hidden meaning of
the terms - for example, the meaning of Ares, which is different from
Aries - strange qualifications purposely used in the composition of
such works, we will understand nothing of them or we will be infallibly
led into error.
We must not
forget that it is an esoteric science. Consequently, a keen
intelligence, an excellent memory, work, and attention aided by a strong
will are NOT sufficient qualities to hope to become learned in this
subject. Nicolas Grosparmy writes:
'Such people truly delude themselves who think that we have only made our
books for them, but we have made them to keep out all those who are
not of our sect.'
Batsdorff, in
the beginning of his treatise, charitably warns the reader in these
terms:
'Every prudent
mind must first acquire the Science if he can; that is to say, the principles
and the means to operate. Otherwise he should stop there, without foolishly
using his time and his wealth. And so, I beg those who will read this
little book to credit my words. I say to them once more, that THEY
WILL NEVER LEARN THIS SUBLIME SCIENCE BY MEANS OF BOOKS, AND THAT IT
CAN ONLY BE LEARNED THROUGH DIVINE REVELATION, HENCE IT IS CALLED DIVINE
ART, or through the means of a good and faithful master; and since
there are very few of them to whom God has granted this grace, there
are also very few who teach it.'
The
Cassiopaean sessions were often quite personal. This was a consequence
of the tremendous changes going on in my life as a result of this initiatic
process, many of which were occurring at some other level of reality
and could be sensed only dimly and "through a glass darkly."
When I look back over the events, the transformations, I can see the
pattern. But, at the time I could see nothing but the desperate struggle
to "normalize" and "stabilize" my world which was
growing more bizarre by the day.
With
hindsight, I understand that I was playing out a drama - a timeless
vision - that is derived from the mythology of ancient times that
is everywhere the same. And, having passed through this initiatory
"script," I write these pages in an effort to convey what
these stories teach us.
In my
research into the origin and meaning of the experiences of the Cassiopaeans,
I have delved into the work of many who have gone before in the effort
to solve the Great Mystery. Today, we have archaeologists digging
up evidence all over the globe; ethnologists are recording stories
from peoples East and West; and a generation of orientalists have
revealed to us the sacred writings of the archaic peoples that gave
birth to our religions and cultures. Meanwhile, scholars are organizing
and analyzing material relating to the psychological bases of language,
myth, religion, art and ethics. And, quite remarkably, the revelations
of the mind emerging from the field of psychology and biology are
offering clues to the ancient technology depicted in myth and legend.
Because, in the end, it is becoming increasingly clear that the logic,
the heroic gestures, and the deeds of myth are with us today.
Of course,
at the time, I had no idea that I was acting out an archetype. The
very thought would have filled me with horror. I remember that, back
in the 80's when I was wrestling with the problem of why I had been
born with such a huge question mark in my mind - with no apparent
outlet for this questing energy - I knew that I must begin to do
something.
That
decision led, step by step, to the communication with the Cassiopaeans
- perthaps myself in the Future - who said:
We
have helped you build your staircase one step at a time. Because you
asked for it. And you asked for it because it was your destiny. [...]
you have asked for the "power" to figure out the most important issues
in all of reality. And, we have been assisting you in your empowerment.
A
Butterfly Effect, indeed.
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