Aug 15, 2008 06:30
So I have an easy index of Cochrane's letters and to help remember them, I'm summarizing them here.
First Letter to Joe Wilson:
- Faith of the People
- Ley Lines - Herme posts, Europe and America, Amerind system, Sioux, South American maze leys
- Druidism
- Member of Admission, understand order of 1734?
- Faith in America - Widwest. Symbols of Texas. Hill folk shows religion of 3 Mothers - Kansas. Horsemen in cattle and sheep areas.
- Member of two admissions, know right and left hand language, story of flood, the child that survived, seen one become seven and seven one - Whirling without motion between three Elements, learning how many beans make five, number of steps in ladder. Country of Oak, Ash, Thorn. Against Gardnerism, all similar movements, but they could become something greater.
- Beliefs found in Green Grow the Rushes O. Admirer and critic of Robert Graves.
Second Letter to Joe Wilson:
- The religion is mystical
- Thirst for knowledge > wisdom. Truth is variable. Wisdom is Eternal Truth.
- Don't just see the Lady, serve her by being involved. Overcoming of Fate true Graal, defeat death. Fate is trial, Castle Perilous. Humanity greater than the Gods, but not the Goddess. Man triumphs > Fate Stops > Gods are defeated. Magic and religion aids to overcome Fate, Fate cradle that rocks the infant spirit.
- Ley paths = drover's roads. Carved by makers of the stone circles.
- Herme post = altar stone on ley paths. Approach correctly to gain desire from prayer and magic. Ancient power lines where worlds meet. Goddess becomes Seven and returns to One. Seven days of the week, but feminine.
- 1734: One becomes seven states of Wisdom = Goddess of the Cauldron. Three queens of the elements, Fire belongs to Man and the Blacksmith God. Four queens of the Wind Gods. Witch version of YHVH.
- Language of the hands complex, more later. Oak, Ash, Thorn = three Elemental Mothers. Complex philosophy, more later.
- Gardnerism = Gerald Gardner, driven by desire to be whipped and prance naked, forming what he calls Witchcraft. Public could lead to restart of persecution, dislike.
- Predui Annwn in Graves' White Goddess: seven worlds, get there "Where the evening star and the dark of night meet" is one way.
- Green Grow the Rushes O: Archer's song. Corrupted, some still original. Stars of American flag are pentagrams. Steer skull of Texas witch sign as is star in circle. Diagonal bars and V bars witch in origin, like triangles, fleur de us, roses, etc, of heraldic tradition. Coats of arms contain pagan memories.
- John Armstrong, Armstrongs of Cumberland and Durham. Bandit and Chieftain.
- Flags, Flax, Fodder = I bless the by Water, by Air and by Earth.
- Breaking down the symbol into four parts:
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~Muninn's Kiss
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