I shared some speculation about this triple ritual over a decade ago:
A triple ritual just took place on the occult dates of Walpurgis Night/Beltane in the City of London, the Vatican and the District of Columbia: the royal alchemical wedding, the pope's beatification (resurrection) and the burning/sacrifice of the straw man
Now we have the "Astro" (star) ritual.
"star or celestial body; outer space," from Greek astro-, stem and combining form of astron "star," which is related to aster "star," from PIE root *ster- (2) "star." In ancient Greek, aster typically was "a star" and astron mostly in plural, "the stars." In singular it mostly meant "Sirius" (the brightest star).
Astro=Sirius
These were rituals.
Earth=Sirius
Something big is coming.
As above, so below.
No, that's what they want you to think Jesus meant.
Isn’t that syncretic with “his will be done on earth as it is in heaven”? I’ve yet to be convinced the wisdom of the mysteries is incompatible with the unveiling of the wisdom of Christ.
I still would love to see a deep dive on the subject, especially the counterpoints you might raise.
This sub might be a good place for such a discussion?
Not much to discuss. I'm just alluding that the expression "as above so below" is a deliberate twisting of Jesus's words for the purpose of removing the Christian God and replacing any god of anyone's choosing. The whole purpose of mysteries is to sound compatible so that they can continue to exist in hostile cultures. The conflict is generally not in overt doctrine, because the conflicting nature of the doctrine is kept a guarded secret and never officially admitted. The conflict is in the fact that secret oaths are taken, which allows public allegiance to differ from private allegiance, and contradicts the principle that one must believe the universal faith fully.
except, there aren’t even actual “groups” of gnostics/hermetics/etc, and thus there is no-one and no-thing to swear oaths to.
Also I find it odd your issue with “oaths”, yet you put “creeds” (which is another word for oaths) at the top of your “who is righteous” detector.
If “as above, so below” predated the New Testament? Would that change your mind about “not much to discuss” or would you brush that off like your brush off the enuma elish?