The Sorcerer's Keys

   Before even the beginning of time, there came nothing neither smoke nor fire but a waste land that was not.  Soon thought, begat thought, and the mental plane began to take form. Eventually a gathering of thoughts, or a thought form, had a thought of which it became aware, in this manner the first soul was born. As more thoughts gathered together and became self aware more souls were born, until out of this gathering of thoughts the spiritual realm was formed and filled with souls which in essence are self aware thought forms.
    Over time the energy flow created by the interactions of souls caused the energy from which they were created to condense and formed matter; this is how the physical plane was created. Eventually some of these self aware thought forms or souls were drawn down into the physical realm, this is how life began.
 Soon a cycle of life, death, rebirth began as souls learned to travel back and forth between the astral and physical planes.   As is put forth in the physics equation of E=mc2 when we look at matter the building blocks of the physical plane we find that matter is condensed energy, in turn this energy is the fiber of the spiritual or astral realm, when we examine the makeup of energy we find that energy is in fact the transfer of information or in other words the movement of thought. This movement of thoughts or transfer of information, is the building block of the mental plane. This is why faith has power, our beliefs are the products of our thoughts, our thoughts gather to create potential, and through right action this potential, may become condensed and the end product of our faith may then become manifest.
 This principle is shown through the law of perceptions which states that "belief imparts reality".  This is the reason that all paths that do not deny the truth and validity of any other of the infinite number of paths is true. This is because our faith and our thoughts which we hold as part of our awareness are the building blocks of the path which our faith tells us is there.  It must be understood that belief does not create reality, because our individual thoughts and beliefs must interact with and are affected by the thought and beliefs of every other self awareness before they can become reality. The belief of the monotheists for example that they hold the one and only truth will not cast pagans into hell, nor prevent Buddhists from achieving nirvana. This is why it is said instead that "belief imparts reality", This is known as the law of perceptions, and it is the tool with which we may carve out a salvation of our own choosing.    
   Now, what is the name of god? God is that which is all things. Taken as a whole, all of existence is the body of god, and we are all a part of it. God is also that which perceives. Gods is made up of the collective consciousness of our own self awarenesses, this gathering of thoughts may be termed god, but is better stated as the cosmic soul a being of which we are all part. And therefore being self aware you are the awareness of god, and therefore "Thou Art God".  And yet god has too many names and too many faces to claim any.
It must be understood that this is not just a statement of pride, but must also be seen as a statement of personal responsibility. For if we are all god then we are all responsible for our own actions. Being god it is unwise to seek out either heaven or hell. For in the end no respite can be given you. All souls shall continue on unending, instead it is wisest to seek out freewill so that we may each carve out our own true path to salvation. Know thee yet that all life shall not die, but always be reborn?
   We shall now speak on the nature of time. Time is a spinning wheel on which our lives are woven. Every moment your alive is precious every second sows the web that defines your life. Do you know yet the age of time? How many times, time has grown up and flowered, until the final breaking. Think Thee then of the plant and its seed. Once planted the seed grows, flowers, creates more seeds, and eventually dies. Creating a new plant and in its turn a new seed. Thus it is with all things for there is no beginning but the end, and no end but the beginning. Know thee yet, the soft progress of the stars? No one mind can hold it nor one hand possess a fraction of its time, yet all are within its grasp. Every planet is a pebble, every tiny light a star.

   What is the secret of death and where do we go when we die? The secret of death is the turning of the wheel. When we die out time on the wheel turns towards death, and we are brought into the world of our dreams, the same as we do in the smaller cycles of sleep though we do not delve as deeply into its waters. It is our faith and beliefs that affects our dreams and our entrance in to the spiritual realm, only by our own feeling of guilt may we be dragged down into any sort of hell. By accepting the truth of our own freewill we can begin to learn to navigate the astral or dream realm freely and choose for ourselves what dreams may come. In the end however birth is just as inevitable as death, in that no matter how deep the dream we must eventually awaken. No matter how long the wheel has turned towards death eventually the cycle will become complete, the wheel turns back towards life and our souls must be reborn. That is why it is important to live with at least one eye on the future, one day you will be born there.
   What is the meaning of life, and what shall be held as sacred? The meaning of life is the turning of the wheel and the weaving of the pattern of life. All life is sacred from the largest beast to the smallest seed, all live within the turning of the wheel; all are the face of god. Even our mother the planet upon who’s back we live out our lives spins with the turning of the wheel.  Also to be held sacred is the true meaning of god, as the cosmic soul and the awareness of self. And as an expression of this holy self awareness the Arts in their many forms shall be held as sacred as life itself. It must also be understood that man is the custodial guardian of the planet earth upon which we live. We are shown this truth by virtue of the opposable thumb. The use of which has allowed man to create and grasp well made tools, the use of which allows man to manipulate the physical world and our environment to a greater extent than any other creature known to man. This does not set us apart or raise us above our fellow earthlings; rather it gives us a responsibility towards all other living creatures that dwell in or upon the planet earth. Mans obligation to the earth for the gift of the opposable thumb is great, in exchange we must not only treat the earth as our sacred mother, and temple, but also we must behave as good shepherds in the savage garden and tend to the needs of our brothers and sisters in the plant, animal, and insect kingdoms even as we dine upon their flesh. The hunter must treat that life which he has taken as a gift from the animal who’s life he has taken,  and that life must be taken responsibly, cleanly, and never without purpose.     
   Now we shall speak of karma and the ways of virtue.  It has been said that whatever you shall do shall come back to you three fold, but I say the wheel turns and the pattern weaves, but rarely is the same weaving repeated. If you walk in the ways of good than good things shall come to you, but if you walk in the ways of evil than you shall soon find it.  Ever mind the philosophy of the helping hand if you will but stretch your hand out to others in their time of need, then so shall others hands reach out to you in your time of need. It has also been said that meat is murder. Is the plant than not alive? Is the wolf a sinner, the fox unfit to live? To live is to die. To die is to give life. All things which live must take life to survive. The plant takes life from the earth, the deer and rabbit take life from the plant, and fox and wolf take life from the rabbit and deer, who eventually return that life to the earth. So also must the race of men take life to continue in this there is no shame, we are not apart from nature we are a part of it. To take life is a holy pact with the pattern of life. Only when we take too much are we shamed. To live without guilt is to live without sin, any person who is capable of looking themselves openly in the eyes and say "Thou Art God" without feelings of fear or guilt, that person is on the path to true salvation, any person who can look another being openly in the eyes and say “Though Art God” without feelings of fear or guilt is on the path to true understanding.  
      Let me first defend that most ancient and perhaps most far spread of mans beliefs. The idea of reincarnation. Life, death, rebirth, is the way of the universe. Look to the plant and its seed. Look to the deer and its offspring. Look to the waxing and waning of the moon, and the changing of the seasons upon the earth. Or look to physics and The Law Of Conservation, which states that energy can be neither created nor destroyed.
   If energy or for that matter; matter can be neither created or destroyed, Where does this energy go when we die? How can this belief in reincarnation be so wide spread, if it unlike all other of mans myths has no basis in fact? Consider this, we live in a magnetic field as can be proven by the needle on a compass. Our thoughts our actions are very lives are controlled by burst of electronic energy, the movement of electrons , is a product of electricity interacting with our brains. This electricity, this energy field which powers and controls our brain and nervous system is exactly the function that we lose upon death. The energy field that creates this electric pulse leaves the body upon death. This web of energy of that creates the electronic pulse in our brain is the human soul.
   If energy can be neither created nor destroyed where can this energy have gone, except back into the magnetic field from which it came. There it shall remain until that time, that it once again becomes the spark of life, drawn irrevocably to the charge and frequency of a new human brain.

    The idea of freewill, and the concept of creating ones own salvation some how taste ill to some aspects of the human psyche. Man craves a little taste of meaning in his life, some sense of purpose, a little of that old magic. To that end I give you The Law Of Aesthetics. The Law Of Aesthetics states that living is an art form that takes place between life and death. This means that every life we live sows another stitch in the great tapestry of life, and tells another chapter in the never ending story that is existence. Beneath this saga, this litany of our many deeds, lies a smaller story of every moment every second, of every life you’ve ever led. If we spend our lives creating our selves what else can this be called but self expression, the very corner stone of the arts. What else is life but a living art form.
   I see that the earth is spinning and I find this holy. Everything is constantly changing. Living, dieing, and being reborn in a giant chain reaction of cause and effect. I find this beautiful. Physics has already explained this concept of cause and effect on the material plane as Newton’s 3rd law. “For every action there is an equal in opposite reaction”. But science has not yet brought this idea full circle. Many religions have made reference to this concept as the law of balance, the law of harmony, etc. This chain reaction what ever you wish to call it is the driving force behind all things. Existence is a spinning, spiraling, chain reaction. Life and all of existence left to its own whims, will form a spiral or circle because motion unless acted upon will always take the path of least resistance, the path of least resistance seems to be circular. A hurricane or tornado is a good example of this spiral tendency, as is the spiraling chains of DNA that is the blueprint for all life on this planet. This chain reaction, this cycle of life, death, rebirth is like the spinning of a giant wheel with many spokes which are in turn made up of smaller wheels, some smaller than atoms, others larger than the earth. Through this chain reaction life achieves balances precisely because all life is in conflict. So this law shall be known as The Law Of Paradox. The pattern of all existence is weaved within the spiral of The Law Of Paradox, as the spinning of the wheel has foretold To live ones life as an art form is the transcendence that I propose. Knowledge and reason are the tools you are given. Your soul, your self identity, the master artist of your destiny. The spinning of the earth, the cycle of life, death, and rebirth, the canvas you are given to live your art in. To see, to think, to know, these are the keys to your salvation