‘Mweru’ is one of the may beautiful lakes to be found upon the lands of Africa and one which resides upon the long arm of the Congo river on the border of Zambia. Academics claim the name is Bantu meaning ‘lake’ and has nothing to do with the obvious which is the ‘Meru’ … Read more
One who undergoes any endeavour seeks out an auspicious beginning, hence the most popular of the gods of Rome was ‘Janus’ the god of beginnings, whose wise old face looks to the past, a book one can easily read, while his youthful face seeks out the future, a book yet to be written, … Read more
‘R’ expresses ‘reaching’ ‘arriving’ ‘moving’ while ‘C’ expresses ‘circular motion’ and combined they form ‘Rc’ a root from the language of Sanskrit described as that which arrives ( r ) all around ( c ) and that which reaches ( r ) all around ( c ) a root whose meaning is to … Read more
Ancient Burma has a recorded history beginning some 3000 years ago with the appearance of ‘Abhiraj’ a king who represents the Vedic culture of India and whose Sanskrit name means the fearless ( abhay ) king ( raj ) as confirmed by the Burmese ambassador to India ( U. Than Aung ) who … Read more
‘Siam’ is an ancient labyrinth of that which is exotic, that which is chivalrous and that which is romantic, all expressed through the three dimensional world of Kingdoms, Kings and Queens as well as great spiritual teachers, court advisors and wise old bards who strove to bring heaven to earth. ‘Siam’ was … Read more
Malaysia along with the lands of Cambodia, Myanmar, Sumatra, Java, Thailand, represent a civilisation of great warriors, great wealth, great architecture, noble Kings and beautiful Queens whose recorded history coincide with Buddhism as it spread throughout the lands of South East Asia. The foundations, however, and the reason Buddhism was so easily … Read more
‘P’ is that which expresses ‘purity’ as can be seen within ‘Ap’ a root from the language of Sanskrit which has been described as the beginning ( a ) of purification ( p ) and whose meaning is ‘water’ a medium which is used for bathing in the morning and the purificatory rites … Read more
‘M’ expresses that which has a ‘limit’ that which can be ‘measured’ and that which is governed by ‘time’ and the most obvious example of this is ‘Ma’ a root from the language of Sanskrit whose meaning expresses the finite concepts of ‘limit’ ‘time’ and ‘measure’. ‘Ma’ whose meaning is ‘measure’ expands … Read more
As they lit their fires, chanted their mantras and made their offerings, the Magi were the old world order, the priests of Zarathustra, the teachers of Avesta, and just as the Brahmans were to Vedic India and the Druids were to Europe so the Magi to Iran and the Middle East. ‘Magi’ … Read more
Some 2000 years ago the Old Roman calendar covered a ten month period which started with March and then progressed through April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November and December and this was followed by an unnamed winter period which eventually became January and February. ‘December’ was the tenth month of … Read more
