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esoteric hindu books. compare these with the faces of some other colossal statues in central asia- those near bamian for instance- the portrait-statues, tradition tells us, of buddhas belonging to previous manvantaras; of those buddhas and heroes who are mentioned in the buddhist and hindu works, as men of fabulous size* the good and holy brothers of their wicked co-uterine brothers generally, as ravana, the giant king of lanka was the brother of kumbhakarna; all descendants of the gods through the rishis, and thus, like "titan and his enormous brood" all "heaven's first born" these "buddhas" though often spoilt by the symbolical representation of the great pendent ears, show a suggestive difference, perceived at a glance, between the expression of their faces and that of the easter isle s

e are re-incarnations, however, and apart from unavoidable exaggerations in popular fancy and tradition, they are historical characters* when did they live? how long ago lived the[[footnote(s* an approach to the statues at bamian- also a buddha 200 feet high- is found near a jain settlement in southern india, and appears to be the only one that remains at present* even wilson admits that rama and ravana were personages founded on historical facts-"the traditions of southern india uniformly ascribing its civilization and the settlement of civilized hindus (the fifth race) to the conquest of lanka by rama (vishnu purana, iii, p. 318- the victory of the "sons of god" over the atlantean sorcerers, says the true tradition[[vol. 2, page] 225 cock and bull hypotheses. two races, the third and fou

the macedonian greeks; these and other such cock-and-bull hypotheses, are threatened with ruin. it is the ghost of old chaldea that comes to the rescue of truth. in his third hibbert[[footnote(s* thus we are shown one hero, to give an instance, first born as the "unrighteous but valiant monarch (purusha) of the daityas, hiranyakasipu, slain by the avatar nara-sinha (man-lion. then he was born as ravana, the giant king of lanka, and killed by rama; after which he is reborn as sisupala, the son of rajarishi (king rishi) damaghosha, when he is again killed by krishna, the last incarnation of vishnu. this parallel evolution of vishnu (spirit) with a daitya, as men, may seem meaningless, yet it gives us the key not only to the respective dates of rama and krishna but even to a certain psycholo

the one eternal law. but no conception of such creatures as the devils and satan of the christian, jewish, and mahomedan religions was ever intended under those thousand and one aryan allegories (see "the fallen angels" and "the mystic dragons" in part ii[[footnote(s* so, for instance, in the puranas "pulastya" a prajapati, or son of brahma- the progenitor of the rakshasas, and the grandfather of ravana, the great king of lanka (see ramayana- had, in a former birth, a son named dattoli "who is now known as the sage agastya- says vishnu purana. this name of dattoli alone, has six more variants to it, or seven meanings. he is called respectively, dattoi, dattali, dattotti, dattotri, dattobhri, dambhobhi and dambholi- which seven variants have each a secret sense, and refer in the esoteric co

also given in part ii. of vol. i "the sacred island" it hints at the great struggle between the "sons of god" and the sons of the dark wisdom- our forefathers; or the atlantean and the aryan adepts. the whole history of that period is allegorized in the ramayana, which is the mystic narrative in epic form of the struggle between rama- the first king of the divine dynasty of the early aryans- and ravana, the symbolical personation of the atlantean (lanka) race. the former were the incarnations of the solar gods; the latter, of the lunar devas. this was the great battle between good and evil, between white and black magic, for the supremacy of the divine forces, or of the lower terrestrial or cosmic powers. if the student would understand better the last statement, let him turn to the anugi

aternal uncle of sagara's 60,000 sons; and ansumat, sagara's grandson "the nephew of the 60,000 uncles" reduced to ashes by the look of kapila "the purushottama (or infinite spirit, who caused sagara's horse for the aswamedha sacrifice to disappear. again, garuda's son- garuda being himself the maha-kalpa or great cycle- jatayu, the king of the feathered tribe, when on the point of being slain by ravana who carries off sita- says, speaking of himself "it is 60,000 years o king, that i am born" after which turning his back on the sun- he dies. jatayu is, of course, the cycle of 60,000 years within the great cycle of garuda; hence he is represented as his son, or nephew, ad libitum[[footnote(s* barbelo is one of the three "invisible gods" and, as c. w. king believes, includes "the divine mot

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF OCCULTISM AND PARAPSYCHOLOGY VOL 1

(the boar, who raised up the earth from the seas (4) nara-sinha (the man-lion, who delivered the world from the tyranny of a demon (5) vamana (the dwarf, who recovered areas of the universe from demons (6) parasu-rama (rama with the axe, who delivered brahmins from dominion by the warrior caste during the second age of the world (7) rama, hero of the religious epic ramayana, who opposed the demon ravana (8) krishna popular incarnation chronicled in the religious epic mahabharata (especially in the bhagavad-gita section) and srimad bhagavatam (9) buddha, the great religious teacher; and (10) kalki, an incarnation yet to come, who is prophesied to appear on a white horse with a sword blazing like a comet, to destroy the wicked, stabilize creation and restore purity to the world. in other rel

of the purifying influence of fire. among the hindus, from the earliest times until comparatively recently, those who were suspected of wrongdoing were required to prove their guilt or innocence by walking over red-hot iron. if they escaped unharmed their innocence was proved beyond a doubt. in the great hindu religious epic the ramayana, after sita, wife of rama, has been rescued from the demon ravana, sita proves her purity by the fire ordeal. the priestesses of cappodocian goddess diana parasya walked barefoot on red-hot coals, attributing their invulnerability to the powers of the divinity. in europe, trial by fire was of two kinds.traversing the flames, or undergoing the ordeal of hot iron. the latter comprised carrying red-hot irons in the hand, walking over iron bars or glowing plo

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sits of the infamous feathery garuda (1975, author john a. keel suggests that these and other occult appearances might be the work of evil entities. the term garuda derives from ancient hindu mythology, where garuda is king of the birds, half-man, half-bird, the vehicle of the god vishnu. in the religious epic the ramayana, jatayu is the son of vishnu s garuda, and dies fighting against the demon ravana in an attempt to prevent the abduction of the princess sita. in february 1976, three schoolteachers in texas reported sightings of a big bird, discussed in grey barker s newsletter (no. 7, march 1977. an earlier issue of the newsletter (no. 5, march 1976) had reported a more bizarre claimed abductee experience with vegetable man, pictured as a triffid-style animated tree. ufo authority jacq

FELDMAN DANIEL QABALAH THE MYSTICAL HERITAGE OF THE CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM

er mosheh suffered at the hands of the egyptians and was excommunicated and sent into the desert. master yeshuvah was ridiculed by those in authority, and eventually tortured and apparently crucified. master mohammed was forced to prevail in tribal warfare, and at one point had to escape from mecca to medina. master rama was banished to the forest for fourteen years and forced to battle the demon ravana to win back his kidnapped wife sita. master zoroaster was poisoned. master ramakrishna, master satya sai, and devi ammachi were all thought to be crazy by their families. master satya sai was taken to a false healer who poured acid on his head. devi ammachi was sent away from her home as a youth to survive alone without support. and in every instance, these exalted beings demonstrated by th

MICHAEL TSARION ATLANTIS ALIEN VISITATION AND GENETIC MANIPULATION

33:9)then they willingly received him into the ship: and immediately the ship was at the landwhither they went (john 6: 21) earths first deluge10atlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation and from the ancient aryans and hindus we have:he boarded the aerial vehicle with khara which was decorated with jewels and the faces ofdemons and it moved with noise resembling the sonorous clouds. so ravana and maricha boarded the aerial vehicle resembling a palace (vimana) from thathermitage. then the demoness brought the puspaka aerial vehicle and placed sita on it by bringing herfrom the ashoka forest and she was made to see the battle field with trijata. this aerial vehicle marked with swan soared into the sky with loud noise. an aerial chariot, the pushpaka, conveys many people to the cap

PHILIP NEIL MYTHS LEGENDS EXPLAINED

on, vishnu was born into the brahman caste, or class, of scholars. at this time, the warrior caste, the kshatriya, dominated the world, but the gods thought it better that the brahmans should rule. so parashu-rama (who was also a warrior) destroyed the warriors with his ax, and slew their 1,000-armed king, kartavirya. rama, the gentle as rama, his seventh avatar, vishnu was born to slay the demon ravana. king dasharatha prayed for a son, and vishnu gave him a bowl of divine nectar to share between his three wives. as a result, four sons were born: rama, who received half the divine essence, bharata, who received a quarter, and lakshmana and satrughna, who received an eighth each. therefore, all four brothers shared in vishnu s divine nature. the buddha the buddha, the ninth avatar shown he

e refuge in you! we adore you! you are the soul of yoga, the master of consciousness who dances the divine dance! this 11th-century bronze shows shiva as lord of the dance. rama and sita 114 rama and sita king dasharatha of ayodya in india was childless and made a special sacrifice to the gods, hoping that they would give him sons. meanwhile, the gods begged their lord brahma to help them against ravana, the demon king. so brahma asked the god vishnu to vanquish the demon. vishnu agreed and was born, in his seventh incarnation, as rama and his three brothers bharata, lakshmana, and shatrughna. unaware of their divinity, the brothers grew up as the sons of king dasharatha and his three wives and married. rama married sita, an incarnation of vishnu s wife lakshmi, and was made his father s h

trughna. unaware of their divinity, the brothers grew up as the sons of king dasharatha and his three wives and married. rama married sita, an incarnation of vishnu s wife lakshmi, and was made his father s heir. however, owing to the intrigues of one of his father s wives, he left the city with sita and lakshmana, to live in the forest. there, they lived a quiet life for ten years, until one day ravana tricked the brothers into leaving sita alone, and abducted her. rama and lakshmana, helped by hanuman, general to the monkey king sugriva, searched everywhere until hanuman finally found her, shut up on the island of lanka. with an army of monkeys and bears, rama killed ravana in a huge battle. he was reunited with sita and returned to ayodya where he became king and ruled for 11,000 years

ears because his step-brother bharata s mother wanted her son to succeed to the throne. king dasharatha agreed because she had once saved his life and he had promised to grant her two requests. griefstricken, he died, and bharata, horrified by his mother s actions, begged rama to return. but he refused, so bharata put rama s golden sandals in charge, venerating them until rama returned. the demon ravana ravana specialized in ravishing the wives of other people. to abduct sita, he disguised himself as a wandering yogi, or holy man. when he asked her to go with him, she rejected him utterly, whereupon he revealed himself in his grotesque true form, and kidnapped her. silent witnesses as sita was abducted, she called to the forest and the trees to bear witness to rama that she had been stolen

sguised himself as a wandering yogi, or holy man. when he asked her to go with him, she rejected him utterly, whereupon he revealed himself in his grotesque true form, and kidnapped her. silent witnesses as sita was abducted, she called to the forest and the trees to bear witness to rama that she had been stolen away against her will. journey through the sky as sita was carried through the sky by ravana, she saw five monkeys sitting on a mountain. she cast down her jewels and her gold veil, in the hope that this would help rama to find her. five monkeys these monkeys sugriva, the exiled monkey king, and his generals saw sita and ravana fly overhead. later, they met rama, who helped sugriva vanquish his usurper brother valin, and in return, they helped rama to search for sita. hanuman final

erhead. later, they met rama, who helped sugriva vanquish his usurper brother valin, and in return, they helped rama to search for sita. hanuman finally tracked her down. scenes from the ramayana this 19th-century illustration shows scenes from the ramayana, the story of rama s life. it shows the episode in which rama hunts a magical deer, leaving sita in the care of lakshmana. however, the demon ravana tricks lakshmana into leaving sita, then whisks her off, fighting any creature that tries to stop him. rama and sita 115 demon in disguise the golden deer was a demon in disguise called maricha, who had been asked by ravana to entice rama and his brother away, leaving sita defenseless. ravana was avenging his sister surpanakha whom rama had rejected. in a fit of jealousy she had attacked si

nd had her nose and ears cut off by lakshmana. rama, avatar of vishnu rama s blue skin marks him as an avatar of vishnu. rama, or rama-chandra, is moon rama or gentle rama, in contrast to vishnu s previous avatar, the warrior parashu-rama. rama shares his divine essence with his brothers, though he, with half of vishnu s divinity, has the chief role. captive princess sita, who refused to yield to ravana, was taken to the golden city on the island of lanka. when hanuman found her there having changed shape and leapt across the sea in a single bound he showed her rama s ring as a token and promised to return. as he left he was caught, but escaped and managed to set fire to the city. jatayu jatayu, king of the vultures and son of the legendary bird garuda, attacks and wounds ravana with his b

as taken to the golden city on the island of lanka. when hanuman found her there having changed shape and leapt across the sea in a single bound he showed her rama s ring as a token and promised to return. as he left he was caught, but escaped and managed to set fire to the city. jatayu jatayu, king of the vultures and son of the legendary bird garuda, attacks and wounds ravana with his beak. but ravana killed him and jatayu s soul went up to heaven at the request of rama. in pursuit of rama lakshmana, tricked by ravana into imagining he heard rama crying for help, left sita (at her insistence) and ran to his brother s aid. rama killed the magical deer with an arrow a.s ad end rama rejected sita after he rescued her because he believed she was defiled. sita, unable to bear the slander, wan

ears later, rama saw his sons and asked sita to come back. but her heart was broken and she sank into the earth. rama ruled sadly for another 1,000 years before he also returned to the gods. in the thai version, sita reappears from the underworld to be rama s wife once more. the siege of lanka at the siege of lanka, rama and his monkey army, led by hanuman, fought the rakshasas, or demons, led by ravana. these included such terrible adversaries as lightning-tongue, smoke-eye, death-to-men, and big-belly. all of these were vanquished in turn, but rama could not conquer ravana himself until he had worshiped the sun, and borrowed the chariot and charioteer of the sky god indra. with this divine aid, rama pursued his enemy, though every time he cut off one of ravana s ten heads, another grew i

nquished in turn, but rama could not conquer ravana himself until he had worshiped the sun, and borrowed the chariot and charioteer of the sky god indra. with this divine aid, rama pursued his enemy, though every time he cut off one of ravana s ten heads, another grew in its place. finally, he shot the demon with an arrow forged by brahma it flew like the wind, struck like the sun, passed through ravana, cleaned itself in the sea, and returned to rama s quiver. the gods rejoiced, and the sun shone down on the field of battle. this 19th-century illustration shows the crossfire between ravana and rama during the battle of lanka. the ten suns of heaven 116 the ten suns of heaven in the beginning, there were ten suns, the sons of di jun, chinese emperor of the eastern heavens, and his wife xi

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