‘A’ expresses that which ‘begins’ that which ‘starts’ and that which ‘moves’ its the beginning of life as it appears as a ‘breath’ its the beginning of language as it produces the vowels and within the form of the bija mantra ‘Aum’ its the beginning of the universe. ‘A’ is also the beginning of our … Read more
‘Pri’ is a word from the language of Sanskrit which has been described as to free ( ri ) that which is pure ( p ) its meaning being to ‘love’ and from this comes ‘priti’ whose meaning is ‘love’ ‘joy’ ‘pleasure’ and ‘priya’ whose meaning is ‘lover’ ‘friend’ ‘wife’. Sanskrit has over one hundred … Read more
‘D’ expresses ‘light’ as seen within ‘deva’ meaning that which comes from ( va ) from the light ( d ) as seen within ‘dipa’ meaning the purifying ( p ) effects of light ( d ) as seen within ‘Da’ meaning to ‘give’ as in the action ( a ) of light ( d … Read more
‘A’ is the beginning of language, a free flowing breath which is modified and trapped and its first entrapment is the lowest point in which the tongue touches the bridge of the mouth as in the guttural ‘Ka’ the first consonant of the language of Sanskrit as its the lowest possible point in … Read more
Aztecs flourished around the fourteenth to sixteenth century their centre being Mexico and the densely populated Mexico valley and here they built the great spiritual complex known as ‘Teotihuacan’ an empire which ended around 1520 and the arrival of the peace loving and broad minded Christians. The ‘valley of the dead’ the … Read more
Sanskrit can be seen as the source of the numerical system, it can be seen as the source of the months of the year, it can be seen as the source of many of the colours of the rainbow and as we shall see it can also be seen as the source of … Read more
“There was once an Ethiopian monk named Gregory who visited Germany and the way in which he accounted for the tradition of a serpent king is highly interesting as when asked about King Arwe who was the first king he described an ancient tradition amongst his countrymen that the very early Ethiopians worshipped … Read more
As he wrote about his experiences within Uganda Winston Churchill declared ‘the kingdom of Uganda is a fairy tale, the scenery is different, the climate is different and most of all the people are different from anything in the whole range of Africa’ he goes on to say ‘for magnificence, for variety of … Read more
‘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
