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The Spiritual Meaning of the Spring Equinox

March 14, 2012 By MysticalLifePublications 16 Comments

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The spring equinox (also known as the vernal equinox) is a spiritual time found in ancient sacred sites and teachings throughout the world. Its deeper spiritual significance reveals the mysteries of resurrection. In Christianity, the spring equinox is the time of the passion, crucifixion, and resurrection of Jesus. Likewise in ancient Egypt, it is the time of the resurrection of the ancient Egyptian god Osiris; and in Mesoamerica, the resurrection of the Maize God Hun Hunahpu. The Great … [Read more...]

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Ancient Sacred Sites Aligned to the Spring Equinox

February 24, 2012 By MysticalLifePublications 12 Comments

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This article brings together ancient sacred sites from around the world which align to the spring equinox (also known as the vernal equinox). Even though they are separated by vast distances and time, they share a knowledge of the symbolic spiritual significance of the spring equinox as a time of resurrection and attainment of eternal life. They were built by people in ancient times who had a knowledge of the spiritual process that leads to enlightenment, and who created places to carry out … [Read more...]

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A Ceremony to Celebrate the Winter Solstice

December 17, 2011 By MysticalLifePublications 25 Comments

Above is a video of the first enactment of this ancient Egyptian ceremony for around 2000 years, celebrated by people from this community in the San Francisco Bay Area. This ceremony is very similar to ones which were practiced in ancient times. It symbolizes the central processes contained in the birth of the spiritual sun, which is symbolized by the rising sun of the winter solstice. To read the full description of the ceremony with images, mantras, and diagrams see A Ceremony to … [Read more...]

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Mantras to Celebrate the Winter Solstice

December 17, 2011 By MysticalLifePublications 8 Comments

These ancient mantras are each relevant to the time of the winter solstice, which is a time about the process of creation, the birth of all life, and the birth of the spiritual within. In the sacred texts of the ancient Indians, the importance of sound was emphasized. They, like the ancient writers of Genesis, and the Gospels, knew that in the beginning was the Word, which is sound. The ceremony to celebrate the winter solstice, which is a time of spiritual understanding and experience of … [Read more...]

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The Spiritual Meaning of the Winter Solstice

December 15, 2011 By MysticalLifePublications 24 Comments

There is a profound spiritual significance to the winter solstice. The winter solstice has formed a central part of spiritual beliefs throughout the world since the beginning of history—in ancient Egypt as the birth of Horus, ‘The Birth of the Unconquered Sun’ in ancient Rome, Yule in old Europe, Yalda in Persia as the birth of Mithras, in ancient Neolithic sites such as Newgrange in Ireland, at the pyramid of the feathered serpent in Chichen Itza Mexico, and as the birth of Jesus at … [Read more...]

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Ancient Sacred Sites Aligned to the Winter Solstice

December 15, 2011 By MysticalLifePublications 14 Comments

There are hundreds of ancient sites, and were many thousands, that align to the winter solstice. However, the following sites mark this solstice alignment in a symbolic way. By doing so, they have encapsulated a profound esoteric wisdom that can still be grasped even in our modern world – outlasting books and texts, which are easily lost and destroyed. These monuments speak to us through thousands of years about the true spiritual significance of the winter solstice. Read Ancient Sacred … [Read more...]

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A Ceremony to Celebrate the Autumn Equinox

September 15, 2011 By MysticalLifePublications 38 Comments

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Above is a video of this ceremony celebrated by people from this community in the San Francisco Bay Area. This ceremony is based upon ancient ceremonies that were actually practiced at the autumn equinox and upon the universal principles of esoteric knowledge, which have a rich symbolism found throughout the world in sites like Chichen Itza, The Pyramid of the Sun, The Great Pyramid in Egypt, and Easter Island, as well as in the mythology of Jesus, Lucifer, and John the Baptist (esoteric … [Read more...]

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The Spiritual Meaning of the Autumn Equinox

September 12, 2011 By MysticalLifePublications 34 Comments

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The autumn equinox is a mysterious time. It marks an essential passage in the spiritual work that is often overlooked, misunderstood, and mistaken as dark and heretical. The autumn equinox is the time of balance between day and night, before night takes over and brings the coming winter, a time of darkness and death. This duality between light and dark exists within humanity, and in the work of spiritual transformation. All things must die before they can be born, all spiritual ascent … [Read more...]

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Ancient Sacred Sites Aligned to the Autumn Equinox

September 8, 2011 By MysticalLifePublications 27 Comments

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To discover the real spiritual meaning of the autumn equinox, we will explore the first ever traces of its celebration in the world's ancient sacred sites. Descending passages into subterranean pits, lit by the star of Satan at midnight. Feathered serpents of light descending giant pyramids. A giant pyramid aligned to the equinoxes built on a cave symbolizing the underworld. Seven giant statues facing the sunset that leads to growing darkness. What were these ancient sites, many of which … [Read more...]

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A Ceremony to Celebrate the Summer Solstice

June 14, 2011 By MysticalLifePublications 27 Comments

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Above is a video of the ceremony celebrated by people from this community in the San Francisco Bay Area. This is an initial ceremony which can be used by mystics to celebrate the summer solstice today. It will be developed, and is aimed to incorporate the best of the world’s esoteric practices and is based on the profound real meaning of this astrological event. Read the article A Ceremony to Celebrate the Summer Solstice on Belsebuub.com … [Read more...]

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