St. George and the Telluric Force
“When he opened the sixth seal, I looked, and behold, there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black as sackcloth, the full moon became like blood, and the stars of the sky fell to the earth as the fig tree sheds its winter fruit when shaken by a gale. The sky vanished like a scroll that is being rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place.” –Revelations 6: 12-14
Last year in Roanoke Virginia, the City I work in, there was a 3.0 magnitude earthquake in the Cave Spring area of the City. The locals got excited because “we don’t get earthquakes in Virginia.” I got excited too, perhaps for different reasons.
There are still myths and stories that connects water with underground earth-moving forces, some of which can still be taken as the word of God (in a pinch.) Local folklore says: “When it rains and the sun is still shining, “that’s the Devil beating his wife.” The modern Devil, of course, is seen as the serpent of the ages: “And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.” –Revelations 12: 9
Ancient earthquake myths from around the world portray every sort of sea creature, under the ground, or “at the center of the Earth,” as the cause of earth movements. According to Nigel Penneck, in Games of the Gods, the Ancient Greeks believed that Priests had the ritual ability or even the responsibility of staking to Earth the telluric force. When referring to this telluric force, I am discussing what I believe to be a lost art, having to do with water divination, and associated with oracular vision. It is appropriate to think of this force as an old god, a primary mover; an ancient force.
“Below the underworld sleeps a great snake, known as Shesha or Anata. It has a thousand hoods, all covered with jewels. In fact, this snake is really Vishnu in one of his various forms.”
Apollo and Python is probably the most pristine version of this myth, although it is also present in the myth of St. George and the Dragon or that of St. Patrick and the “snakes of Ireland.” Slaying the Python represents calming the earth, placating or killing the beast which is causing the Earth to tremble; ergo stopping the earthquakes. This is to be understood as an ancient myth which hides an ancient understanding of a real natural force: the living energy of water.
Victor Schauberger, the German scientist often associated with “ufoes” and “zero point energy” had, as a primary interest in his life: the study of nature and water. Shauberger was a Forester by day, and a highly advanced telluric (geomantic) diviner by night. Schauberger studied the energetic potential of spiraling centripetal water and (re)discovered the secrets of a counter-force to the Newtonian theories, what he called the levitative force of nature. Schauberger believed that the natural winding of rivers, and the natural underground writhing of water, charged the water with this levitative force, which in full term compelled the water to travel upwards and be born as mountain springs. Schauberger’s modern protégé Callum Coates, discusses very real scientific proof of many of these theories in his book Natural Energies.
Nigel Penneck states that the Bishop’s Crosier, or Shepherds staff was originally an Augurs staff. Augury is divination or fortune telling based on the symbolic interpretation of birds in flight. The Augurs Crosier was used on a ceremonial mound, dividing the Earth into four directions, then again for eight directions, then again for sixteen directions. The compass rose shares these sixteen directional indicators, and the original Augury Crozier had 16 notches which were used to divide the horizon. Although the art of the Augur is no longer known, it is safe to assume that it became an advanced and highly nuanced form of fortune telling.
Water wizardry, as practiced by Victor Schauberger is an ancient Priestly pastime, but who is the most famous water wizard? What Biblical personage also made water do his bidding with his Geomantic Staff, no less?
Exodus 17: Water from the Rock
“17 The whole Israelite community set out from the Desert of Sin, traveling from place to place as the Lord commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink. 2 So they quarreled with Moses and said, “Give us water to drink.”
Moses replied, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you put the Lord to the test?”
3 But the people were thirsty for water there, and they grumbled against Moses. They said, “Why did you bring us up out of Egypt to make us and our children and livestock die of thirst?”
4 Then Moses cried out to the Lord, “What am I to do with these people? They are almost ready to stone me.”
5 The Lord answered Moses, “Go out in front of the people. Take with you some of the elders of Israel and take in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go. 6 I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. Strike the rock, and water will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel. 7 And he called the place Massah[a] and Meribah[b] because the Israelites quarreled and because they tested the Lord saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?””
So what is to be done about Earthquakes in the little big city of Roanoke Virginia? Well, now we just twaddle about it in the newspapers. In the past, the locals expected “something to be done!”
Performing the Geomantic Act
Step 1:
Locate Bishops Crosier or Geomantic Staff
Step 2:
Locate Epicenter of Earthquake
Step 3:
Locate a nearby mound or Sacred Spring
Step 4:
Divide area into 16 Subsections, if so inspired, observe for “worm sign” ahem; auspicious signal
Step 5:
Perform ritualistic subdual of Upset Geomantic Force, striking staff into the earth. (This is, perhaps, the first step and not the last?)
Result? Who knows? Perhaps there is a real underground spring which is looking for a new outlet. Perhaps bringing in a “professional dowser” is in order.
Looking a little deeper into the St George Iconography, you can see that the image consists of several primary components, the staff, the damsel, the dragon and the tower. The omnipresence of the tower suggests that this Christian Saint is hiding another special interest of mine: The Tower Tarot card!
You guessed it, the St. George icon is a clearly a rebranding of the Tower Tarot card, especially when you consider Crowley’s version of this card has the Chnuphis/Serapis depicted along with the eye of Shiva. The “staking of the Geomantic force” throws a really exciting new aspect into the interpretation of this card.
I also love the fact that there is a geomantic staff present in Frank Herbert’s Dune, in the form of the “thumper” which “summons the worm.” Dune can be interpreted as a geomantic allegory of sorts, where the value on a man’s “water” can be greater than the value of his life.
THE BRAHMA PURANA: http://www.dharmakshetra.com/literature/puranas/brahma.html
Games of the Gods, Nigel Penneck
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