Of Donkeys and Elephants
(An example of Isisian Decryption Techniques and Underlying
Philosophical Principles and is designed for the student already
versed in some of the more technical aspects of the Craft and logic
patterns of the Illuminatus.)
In Gottfried Liebniz, the father of German Philosophy post
Renaissance, I find a hazy kinship. "Nothing is without its reason,
and every truth has its a priori proof drawn from the notion of its
terms, though it isnt always in our power to complete this
analysis." So says Liebniz. Was he hinting at the Veil?
In 1661, Liebniz would state, "With my eager efforts at this problem
I arrived of necessity at a consideration of astonishing import:
there must be, I thought, a kind of alphabet of human thoughts that
can be constructed, and that will discover and judge everything else
through the connection of its characters and the analysis of the
words composed of them."
I too thought this, long before I was introduced to Liebniz, and had
arrived at this concept through pure Occultic work, or what the
Philosopher might call "ontological" principles. It is no secret
that the Letters are a curse: they bind in a way that are almost
unfair to the unworldly. That MAN is 13/1/14 is Pi is mirrored in
the sounds CAN = 31/14.
If the Letters bind, then what are they who have no Letters? Free.
Could the Code of AFRICAN be an extended code of A FREE CAN(MAN), and
so the agents of the darker side who use this same code then set upon
them to "enslave them" to show that they are not "A FRI CAN" afterall?
And what of AMERICAN?
What exactly of Donkeys and Elephants? Are these not the very symbols
of the American republic? So what of Donkeys and Elephants?
Said Liebniz, in "De arte combinatoria", in 1666, "If we possessed
what I have in mind, we could reason in metaphysics and in morals
very much as we do in Geometry and Analytics, for the characters
would fix our thoughts, too vague and variable in these matters where
the imagination furnishes us no aid, except by means of characters.
"Thus man would have a new instrument which would increase the power
of mind far more than than optical instruments strengthen the eye,
and would surpass the microscope and telescope to the same degree
that reason is superior to sight.
"Our characteristic will reduce all questions to numbers, and offer a
kind of statics by which rational grounds can be weighed."
What we could term as "hyper-rationalism" could be fused
to "metaphysical principles" to change the whole construct of mankind
such that the Letters themselves can serve to increase the power of
the human intellect, and in the process, create a collective will or
conciousness that is able to ascertain and judge all phenomena
through a rational construct set against the Letters, which, and in
the process, shed light on what is purposely mystified. As
metaphysics pushes the envelope of what is concsiousness, what was
metaphysics becomes hyper-rationalism to be diffused as theories into
the body of the whole.
But what of Donkeys and Elephants?
In the study of any construct based on the Letters, there are at
minimum two primary distinctions: that which is practical, and that
which is theoretical. The goal of the Metaphysician dedicated to
this craft is to take what is "theoretical", and hence defined as
mystified, and so bring forward the construct such that the construct
becomes practical. Ideas, even those based on Absolute Truths, must
be explained such that they have value to the collective whole.
How do you shift the use the Letter B as a mass conscious raising
tool if the primary body of concsiousness is using it (the Letter
unconcsiously? Unconcsious usage is simply a recognition of
appearance without any consideration of what might or is contained
within any given construct. Said Kaestner in 1766, "Our whole idea of
nature is nothing more than a knowledge of appearances, which would
present us with a different face if we saw what was actually in
them." Providing this esoteric wisdom is the value and purpose of
our craft, and ultimately the basis upon which a comprehensive
English Qaballa shall be founded.
Hence there is a further need for refinement, that of the
intelligible, and that of sensible. It is not enough "to know your
ABC's": our sense of society mandates that it is morally expected
that all our kin have a right to read and better themselves. Yet the
sensible relies quite literally on the senses for its condition of
meaning, and as such, trending towards what is sensible is
contributing to "the Fall" in that no effort is made to effect the
intelligible.
We are not allowing our collective concsiousness to ascertain what is
intelligible simply for we have been too lazy and pompous to develop
the means towards a mass "religion" or "theology" predicated on "what
is intelligible" although its fount is Metaphysical. If we try once
to teach but once what is Metaphysical, and by inference,
Intelligible, and should we be skewered for the effort, we
proclaim, "they are not ready to hear what we have to offer", or some
wayward Elder will proclaim, "don't lay your treasure before
swines.", and all the while we retreat to our anterooms, secure in
our knowledge yet still surrounded by ignorance.
It takes great skill and courage to walk the path from the
Metaphysical, to the Hyper-rational, to the Intelligible, and
ultimately to the Practical, and yet all the while maintaining
an "open door" or "non initiate" policy.
Yet what of Donkeys and Elephants?
One should not underestimate the power and skill of the forces that
make-up our Symbols, be it Letters or Donkeys and Elephants. In
Metaphysik (Halle, 1755-1759), III Part (1757) Oars 587-589, George
Frederick Meyer is quoted as saying in defense of Baumgarten, "Many
believe this faculty of knowledge generates only poetic and other
similar compositions. But a little reflection can convince us that
it extends much farther. For we compose or create whenever we put
together as a single concept parts of different imaginings and
representations of such seperated concepts from our clear sensations."
If one reflects further, one can hear the feint whispers of the
Hermetic Alchemical influences on such a statement wherein at its
most basic representation is the idea and action of fusing two
seperate compounds to make a third, and it should not be presumed
that the mixing of compounds is confined to material manipulations:
"...By what principles does human reason build such immense
edifices? Where does it find its foundations, and how can it derive
universal ideas and principles from particular sensations, to serve
as the sure foundation for structures so tall? - Philosophische
Versuche uber die menschliche Natur und ibre Entwickelung (2 volumes,
Liepzig, 1776)
Donkeys and Elephants present us with a unique opportunity to present
our craft in full view for we can show the value of our Letters, the
power of our ability to bring together seemingly disparate ideas, and
fuse them to a single idea which makes the whole greater than the sum
of the individual components. I.e., we build a "universal idea" that
serves as a foundation for the future that equally illuminates what
is clearly hidden in plain view.
(end Introduction)
Begin Part I
Of Donkeys and Elephants,
The Use of the Isisian Codes to Illuminate the Occultic Symbolism of
the American Political System
It is impossible to perceive the subtleties of the American system
without an extensive and exhaustive study of the Isisian Mystery
Systems as they became enshrouded into Masonic, Rosicrucian,
Hermetic, and Kabballistic traditions. Everywhere, from the use of
the Pentagon to the Statue of Liberty are hidden symbols waiting to
be brought into the light, their very existence proof of a more a
more hidden reality subsurface to the American experiment.
So what, then, of Donkeys and Elephants? At the very basic of
representations, the Donkey represents "the Democrats", while the
Elephant represents "the Republicans". These are our "basic building
blocks", but to understand the Occultic nature of these symbols, you
must delve deeper into the philosophiess from which their hidden
meanings are derived
Essentially, as it is structured today, there are two "daemonic"
powers at work. To the Western Masses, these two are "sold" as "God"
and "Satan/Lucifer". This is a simplicity for the masses: it is not,
however, the way the more hidden Occultic forces percieve this: many
a Mason has come to realise soon that what is "god" is
really "satan", and what is "satan" is really "god".
But even these definitions are too simplistic for the complexity of
the issues at hand, so let us use the main "legend" to place "the
all" back into perspective.