Poemander

It is a gross mistake to think that ancient civilisations were more religious. It is, in fact, quite the opposite – religion appears to be a relatively modern concept. Ancient progenitors didn't need a religion; religion was unnecessary back in the days when people could see things through with an unobstructed vision. It is only when this vision blurred, the religion came to life. Little by little, as the sight has worsened, the religion became a requirement – an intermediary object between the eyes and the world. Yes, the ancients personified the forces and events in the Universe which was later taken for their religiousness only due to shortsightedness of the modern interpreters. The personification of observed and experienced events was for them just one of the ways of passing and preserving their heritage, the heritage of direct-knowing or, indeed, the direct-seeing.

In zodiac is reflected the entire history of humankind, but there are not many of those who can decipher and read it. There were selected few who were entrusted with this knowledge traced back to the progenitors themselves, the instructors of humanity. They showed them and explained the hidden meaning of symbols and the zodiac, being the mapping and the imprint of our own history. This knowledge was passed in secret from master to disciple, for millennia this was preserved in the sacred texts, dance, architecture, folklore, ceremonies. And only the inability of a laymen to decipher or comprehend these monumental truths made them calling it a religion.

To my knowledge, there are less than a handful of masters alive today who still can explain these truths, yet they aren't talking and rightly so. There are still a few keepers but without the power to interpret or instruct. There are teachers, but only a few masters. The chain has pretty much snapped and we are on our own. That is why we are in a dark period, kaliyuga, left to our own devices. Yet I smell the change in the air. Humanity has been given this challenge in order to consolidate, realize own powers. We need to find our own interpretation, regain the sight of the past and the insight of the future. For that we don't need an intermediary; I denounce all the religions by breaking this hazy glass of dogma and proclaim the direct insight, the light of the sun and the purity of the heart. My flag is courage, my coat of arms is respect, respect to the powers of existence. I am my own god and so are we.