Epiphysis Cerebri - part 1

It has already been established that The Serpent featured in Genesis is not a malevolent creature, but there is more to the story than what has already been told. To quote Genesis 3:1-6 (KJV) again:

“Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.”

In Hebrew be opened can be translated broadened. The word eyes in Hebrew is not plural but singular and is translated knowledge. So what the Serpent really said was:

“You shall not surely die. For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eye shall be broadened by knowledge, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.”

H.P. Blavatsky writes in the second volume of The Secret Doctrine that the Divine Race of Men fell “not because they had eaten from the Fruit of Knowledge and knew Good from Evil, but because they knew no better.”

The Gnostics, who had a different view from the Christians of what took place in the Garden of Eden that day, perceived that Paradise had been created by the Demiurge, or the creator of the lesser and material world, to keep people happy, content and ignorant. The statement that you shall not eat of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die, was in fact a lie because the Demiurge knew that man would transform when eating the Forbidden Fruit and see that he was a tyrannical god subject to the divine light.

If the Gnostic’s version of the story is taken into account together with the views already expressed then clearly to eat from the Tree of Life, Tree of Good and Evil, or from the Forbidden Fruit (whatever you may call it) would open the Third Eye and reveal the true reality of the Demiurge, the Creator in the Old Testament, that is imperfect just like his creation. So in a sense Demiurge, or the God and Almighty Father of the Old Testament is in fact, by Christian standards, Satan!

The importance here is not, though, good or evil, but the singular eye, which in this famous allegory is not a physical organ, but instead the eye of the mind or the soul. In the Hindu religion the singular eye is called the Third Eye of Clairvoyance, or the Eye of Shiva, and is worn as a dot in the middle of the forehead. In Ancient Egypt there was the Eye of Osiris and Eye of Horus and let’s not forget the Cyclops in Greek mythology.


The All-Seeing Eye

It has been noted that the eye in the pyramid on the back of the one-dollar-bill is a Masonic symbol, and that the image of the All-Seeing Eye (an eye inside a triangle) is an emblem of some Big Brother type of organisation whose aim is to rule us all.

The All-Seeing Eye is an ancient symbol that may have become an signature for conspiratorial orders, such as Freemasonry and the Illuminati is said to be, but it has no more to do with this, originally, than the swastika has to do with anti-Semitism. Recall that the swastika represented two cosmic forces moving in opposite directions much like that of yin-yang, and is an ancient symbol of the Hindus. (1)

In Jesus famous Sermon on the Mount as portrayed in Matthew 6:22 (KJV) he says: “The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.” (2) Further on, in Matthew 7:7-8 (KJV), of that same sermon Jesus says:

”Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.”

” Remember the words (see the chapter The Serpent) quoted by Manly P. Hall from his book The Secret Teachings of All Ages concerning the movements of the Spit Fire through the segments of the spinal column, and how it enters the human skull and where it demands the Sacred Name. He continues by saying that Operative Masonry “signifies the process by which the Eye of Horus is opened.”

He goes on by mentioning that E.A. Wallis Budge “has noted that in some papyri illustrating the entrance of the souls of the dead into the judgement hall of Osiris the deceased person has a pine cone attached to the crown of the head. The Greek mysteries also carried a symbolic staff, the upper end being in the form of a pine cone, which was called the ‘thyrsus’ of Bacchus… the pineal gland is the sacred pine cone in man – the ‘eye single’, which cannot be opened until CHiram (the Spit Fire) is ‘raised’ through the sacred seals which are called the Seven Churches in Asia.”

Recall the Chakras, the Seven Souls of India/Egypt and the constitutions of man and how they all correspond
with each other and Manly P. Hall’s words will be even clearer.

Even more plainly explains Buddha that “the Kingdom of heaven lies closer than the brow above your eye, but yet you do not see it.” In Genesis 32:30 (KJV) is says:

“And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.” (3)

In Sumerian El means Brightness. Ellu in Babylonian means Shining Ones. In English Elf means Shining Being. El in Old Cornish means Angel. E l in Hebrew means Shining, Elohim means Gods and Peniel, or Penuel, means Face of God, or the presence/recognition of God.

In Jack Ensign Addington’s book The Hidden Mystery of the Bible he writes:

“The Yogi approaches his meditation by directing his attention to a point in the centre of the forehead just above and between the eyes where the ‘third eye’ or mystic eye is said to be located, to him the centre of light. It is interesting to note that this is the location of the gland that directs the body functions and is called the pineal gland… I believe that the Eastern religions continue today to believe that the third eye is the seat of spiritual insight. Somewhere along the line, the spelling has been slightly altered since the Bible spells the word Peniel or Penuel, but the similarity of meaning suggest that they are related. Peniel means recognition of God. Meditation is for the purpose of recognizing God and the Prayer is the ultimate meditation is a real conversation between mankind and God.”

The word epiphany is defined in most dictionaries as “a revelatory manifestation of a divine being.” The Christian holyday of Epiphany, or the Enlightening, is celebrated twelve days after Christmas – and is therefore also known as Twelfth Day. (4) Can it be a coincidence then that the pineal glands medical name is epiphysis cerebri considering its mystical properties as a tool to achieve illumination and astral travel? What can be more All-Seeing than that?

René Descartes called the pineal gland “the Seat of the Soul” in his Treatise of Man, since, to him, it was a unique because it was not duplicated on the right and left sides, but this is an incorrect observation because it is divided into two fine hemispheres, although without the aid of modern equipment the gland might appear undivided so we can blame Descartes too much for this error.

The Ark of the Covenant and the Hall of Records, the Keys of Enoch, the Holy Grail and the Holy of Holies could all, and probably are, allegories for the pineal gland.

Since the pineal glandsits deep within the brain, and seeing as it was the last gland to have its function discovered, it has an air of mystique about it. To find it represented in most ancient mysteries and occult lore is therefore not so strange adding to the fact that it seems to hold secrets, still, and possesses abilities that possibly affect our dreams.


The pineal gland, melatonin and seratonin

The pineal gland is a small, (5) reddish grey, vascular, conical body of rudimentary glandular structure weighing a little more than 0.1 gram. It’s located near the centre of the brain, between the two hemispheres, tucked in a groove where the two rounded thalamic bodies join at the base of the brain. (6) In lower vertebrates it causes aggregation of pigment in melanophores and thus lightens skin.

The pineal gland appears to play a major role in the hibernation of animals and seasonal breeding. In some lower vertebrates the pineal gland has a well-developed eye-like structure and it functions as a light receptor and could be considered the evolutionary forerunner of the modern eye. (7) Webster Dictionary describes the pineal gland as having the structure of an eye “with a more or less distinct retina and lens, and is then called the pineal eye.” The pineal gland is also implicated in seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, and metabolism. (8)

Melatonin is produced, together with seratonin, by the pineal gland that also catalyzes seratonin to melatonin with hydroxy O-methyltransferase (HIOMT), regulates circadian rhythms and helps regulate gonadal hormone secretion. (9)

Melatonin is a natural neurohormone, which we all have that helps us sleep, and when we do the melatonin goes through our blood and cleans our cells up. For example it scavenges out free radicals.

Synthesis and release of melatonin is stimulated by darkness and inhibited by light. But even without visual cues, the level of melatonin in the blood rises and falls on a daily circadian cycle (10) with peak levels occurring in the wee hours of the morning. This cycle tends to drift in people who are totally blind often making them sleepy during the day and become wide-awake at night. Giving melatonin at bedtime has proved helpful in a number of cases. Ingesting even modest doses of melatonin raises the melatonin level in the blood to as much as 100 times greater than normal. (11)

The production of melatonin, which is the pineal gland principal hormone, is reduced with the arrival of puberty. This suggests that the abundant levels of melatonin in children hinder sexual development. The failure of the pineal gland to produce melatonin from seratonin each day beginning at sunset and throughout the night may lead to disturbances normally associated with aging as melatonin has widespread integrative and regenerative effects. (12)

Perhaps this hindrance from sexuality is why a child’s imagination is more potent than adults, who are more often disturbed by sexual emotions, and the obligations of society. It has been noted, also, that the pineal gland vibrates…

In Fulcanelli version of the Emerald Tablet it says that “the eternal Will is contained in it. Here, on earth, its strength, its power remain one and undivided.”

Although the powers of imagination, and the force of the pineal gland, may diminish with age it is still always there, sleeping coiled at the root of our being. Would it not be wise, even if it turns out to be false, to place our attention at this gland that sits in the midst of our brain? According to the Emerald Tablet “by means of this one thing all the glory of the world shall be yours and all obscurity flee from you.” Can any person deny such a possible reward? It would certainly be better than winning the lottery. Would it not?


The Wonders of Ayahuasca

In The Cosmic Serpent Jeremy Narby describes a hallucinogenic brew, known as ayahuasca, that he tried whilst living amongst the Peruvian Indians as “the most botanically and chemically complex hallucinogen. It can be thought of as a psychoactive cocktail, containing different additives depending on the region, the practitioner, and the desired effects. Scientists who have studied its composition agree that dimethyltryptamine is its main active ingredient. This highly hallucinogenic substance seems also to be produced in small quantities by the human brain.”

He continues:

“We do not know how our visual system works. As you read these words, you do not really see the ink, the paper, your hands, and the surroundings, but an internal and three-dimensional image that reproduces them almost exactly and that is constructed by your brain. The photons reflected by this page strike the retinas of your eyes, which transform them into electrochemical information; the optic nerves relay this information to the visual cortex at the back of the head, where a cascade-like network of nerve cells separates the input into categories (form, colour, movement, depth, etc.). How the brain goes about reuniting these sets of categorized information into a coherent image is still a mystery. This also means that the neurological basis of consciousness is unknown.”

How can we understand things which are not there if we don’t even know how we see things that are? Could, is, there more to those things in nature which are invisible than science give credit? Before the microscope people considered the notion of particles, atoms or even germs ridiculous. Should we, with this in mind, let these matters that are not yet proven, or disproved, be ignored? What scientist dares to face ridicule and commence such work?

Of course laziness, or indifference, is not the sole reason why studies into the ayahuasca and other hallucinogenic substances are minimal. Jeremy Narby writes:

“…since the end of the 1960s, dimethyltryptamine (13) has been at the top of the controlled substance list, along with synthetic compounds such as heroin and LSD. This means not only that it is illegal for the average person, but that scientific studies on its effect are discouraged, and rare.”(14)

The TV Keeps You Drunk

Before proceeding there is another area of importance that needs to be discussed and, like hallucinations, it concerns things that are invisible but nonetheless there: electromagnetic radiation. Basically it’s radio waves that emanate from radio and TV towers, cell phones, cell sites, cordless phones and microwave ovens. (15)

Not surprisingly the official position of those who make their money out of producing and using this technology, is that we all know that the only thing that electro magnetic radiation can do is heat and if it doesn’t heat it can’t have any effect.

Now there have been experiments in several laboratories where scientists have taken human breast cancer cells and exposed them to a cocktail of melatonin and then applied a very low level of varying electric field and the oncostatic (16) effect of melatonin was totally eliminated. (17)

The experiment shows that electromagnetic radiation from power lines and appliances can reduce the melatonin ‘cleaning-up’ effect on human breast cancer cells. The strength of the signal they used was two to twelve milligauss, which is a very low level magnetic field magnitude compared, for instance, the safety standard of Europe which is 20 000 milligauss for this kind of fields.

When the cell phone signal is held next to the brain there is a change in the brainwaves of 70% of people. To sleep with the cell phone by the bed results in poor R.E.M. (18) sleep. This causes a reduction in melatonin and thus leads to impaired learning and memory skills. More disturbing than all this is the fact that the TV seriously influence the pineal gland in such ways as harmful to the intellect.

In November 1969 a researcher by the name of Herbert Krugman monitored the brain waves of a person watching TV. He found that after 30 seconds the beta waves, indicating conscious attention, switched to predominantly alpha waves, indicating the state of aimless fantasy and daydreaming. When the subject turned away from the TV and began reading the beta waves reappeared.

Further research revealed that the left side of the brain, which process information logically and analytical, tunes out and the emotional and non-critical right side tunes in. In short the TV transmits information that the views does not really think about at the time of exposure. To quote Philip K. Dick’s speech How to Build a Universe That Doesn't Fall Apart Two Days Later yet again:

“An EEG of a person watching TV shows that after about half an hour [according to Dick the process takes longer] the brain decides that nothing is happening, and it goes into a hypnoidal twilight state, emitting alpha waves. This is because there is such little eye motion. In addition, much of the information is graphic and therefore passes into the right hemisphere of the brain, rather than being processed by the left, where the conscious personality is located. Recent experiments indicate that much of what we see on the TV screen is received on a subliminal basis. We only imagine that we consciously see what is there. The bulk of the messages elude our attention; literally, after a few hours of TV watching, we do not know what we have seen. Our memories are spurious, like our memories of dreams; the blank are filled in retrospectively. And falsified. We have participated unknowingly in the creation of a spurious reality, and then we have obligingly fed it to ourselves. We have colluded in our own doom.”

Thus TV synchronizes sound and images into a deadly unity and turns itself into a very dangerous and effective tool for advertising. Have you noticed that the sounds of commercials is just, if not more, important than the actual visuals? Have you ever become stuck in front of the TV with the hours flying by in a comfortable doze, body and mind completely relaxed, till you eventually fall asleep? Do you consider this a good thing?


Epiphysis Cerebri - part 2

Footnotes:
(1) The swastika also represents peace, laughter, joy and good luck and the Nazi’s reversed for their logo.
(2) Matthew 6:19-23 (KJV) “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great [is] that darkness!”
(3) Or Penuel, and Biblical scholars have tried to pinpoint where this place might have been ignoring the fact that it was not a place on Earth, but in the mind.
(4) Twelfth Night is the eve before Twelfth Day, and Shakespeare’s play was supposed to be performed at this time.
(5) In humans 8mm.
(6) More precisely above the superior colliculus and behind, and beneath, the stria medullaris, between the laterally positioned thalamic bodies, and is a part of the epithalamus.
(7) Dr. Harris E. Santee writes in his book Anatomy of the Brain and the Spinal Cord: “In reptiles there are two pineal bodies, an anterior and a posterior, of which the posterior remains undeveloped but the anterior forms a rudimentary, cyclopean eye. In the Hatteria, a New Zealand lizard, it projects through the parietal foramen and presents an imperfect lens and retina and, in its long stalk, nerve fibres.”
(8) SAD has been known to be cured with solar treatment i.e. exposure to the rays of the sun.
(9) melatonin and seratonin controls the neuroendocrine and immune networks and inhibits the development of ischemic heart and Alzheimer’s disease, tumour formation and other degenerative processes associated with aging.
(10) Relating to biologic variations or rhythms with a cycle of about 24 hours.
(11) It is readily available in drug stores and health food stores, and it has become quite popular and can hasten the recovery from jet lag without any yet known dangerous side effects.
(12) There is a pathway from the retinas to the hypothalamus called the retinohypothalamic tract. It brings information about light and dark cycles to a region of the hypothalamus called the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN). From the SCN, nerve impulses travel via the pineal nerve (sympathetic nervous system) to the pineal gland. These impulses inhibit the production of melatonin. When these impulses stop (at night, when light no longer stimulates the hypothalamus), pineal inhibition ceases and melatonin is released. The pineal gland is therefore a photosensitive organ and an important timekeeper for the human body.
Retinal research done with hamsters demonstrates another centre for melatonin production. Located in the retina, this centre implies that the eyes have their own built in circadian timepiece. This retinal system is distinct from the brains body clock in the SCN. Biologists found that they could throw the retinal rhythms out of sync with other circadian cycles. They also found that they could set and reset the retinal clock even when the SCN was destroyed. The retinal clock produces (stimulates the production of) melatonin. Researchers are now looking for the exact location of this clock in the human eye. No one yet knows what the separate clock is for or how it relates to the SCN. The pineal gland secretes melatonin during times of relaxation and visualization. As we are created by electro magnetic energy and react to electro magnetic energy stimuli around us so does the pineal gland.
(13) Which is the main active ingredient in ayahuasca.
(14) Certainly legislation varies across the world, but the United States of America, which this refers to, often serves as the model for at least the Western countries.
(15) Microwaves are a minor problem compared to the others.
(16) Means that it helps to prevent the growth or multiplication of cancer cells.
(17) Dr Neil Cherry has done a lot of interesting research on this subject.
(18) Rapid eye movement (REM) is the normal stage of sleep characterized by rapid movements of the eyes.

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