| Anthony's Crystal: Closing the Gap between Archetypes and Energies | 25 comments |
 11 Dec 2009 @ 16:38, by Max SandorWhile we arrived at a fairly comprehensive update of the ancient system of Ifá for modern times in regards to the primal energies (Olodus), there still was a considerable lack of linking energies and the archetypes. Note, that the primal energies (Olodus) can be seen as an axiomatic system of the 16 basic principles of anything that exists (see Polar Dynamics 1 by Sandor/Dawson [link] )and it's binary geometry is reflected in the Toth Diagram [link] . The Archetypes (or Archons, Devas, Orishas, Spiritual Guides, or Archangels, Sephiroth, whatever you like to call them) never fit exactly in the binary structure of the energy polarities (Olodus). It was significant to realize that contemplating the binary sequence alone was not sufficient. One crucial question was the overlap of the Eshu (counter) forces from below with the Orisha forces from 'above'. Note, that this way of seeing 'creation' is NOT 'creationalistic' but supports the concept of 'evolution', and very much so, except for the 'design' aspect and the 'first unfolding', two topics for which the 'evolutionist' do NOT have a response themselves. When I branched out to the decimal system of 'counting' the archetypal forces, I looked again at the odd relationship between the number of 201 Archetypes (in this aspect also called Irunmole) and the number of 256 energies (Olodus) out of which they spring, and then, after realizing that there are 55 prime numbers between 1 and 256, saw that the Archetypes arise out of the 201 non-prime numbers and that the 55 prime numbers are allocated exclusively to Eshus (and another force which I will not name here). Edward J. Dawson spearheaded a new division of the Archetypes in the past years. A part of this work is reflected in our book 'Your Personal Archetype' [link] but much progress was made since then. Most importantly, he realized the concordance of the 6 archetypes, 3 males and 3 females, with the concept of the 'triune brain' (link?) and charted the four-directional subdivision of the 6 'archetype complexes', matching them with 'traditional' observation. Already some time ago, I found that the numbering within one of the traditional Ifa divination systems, the 'Merindinlogun', is the 'real' numbering system within the Archetypes and that it is a decimal and not a binary system. It took longer to also find out that it is multiplication that creates 'offspring' of the main archetypes and not addition (as it is predominant in 'sacred number' theories). Looking at the number space in relation to the archetypal forces, I arrived at a crystal, and with the help of the 2.5yr old crystal child Anthony, as you can see in the photo attached, we made a little 'clay-match-demo' of Anthony's Crystal! How would a 'new/old Genesis' then read when built onto the decimal numberspace? (It's not quite clear if it would be better to avoid 'traditional Ifá' names in order to not confuse everybody. But then, people who are not able to recognize the archetypes in living persons around them, a 'systemic perception ability' as I think, will not be interested in what follows and will reject any talk about 'archetypes' as humbug. so I might as well...) Note that the story is in significantly similar to the Indian and other versions of creation. The Number Pre-Genesis-Story According to Sandor ;-) Once upon a time, a great architect (Olodumare in Ifa) created a cosmic egg (Ela, the "ALL") containing Orisha'nla and Oduduwa, the male and the female principle, the numbers 1 and 2 were born. With them arrived the first two principles of creation, Okanran and Oyeku. They were struggling hard with each other for dominance until the egg broke with a big bang. From the placenta (?) came forth Earth (Onile) and out of it (?) the Eshus were sent to collect the pieces from the egg shell that exploded. The number 3 were born and its principle is called Ogunda. All of them were siblings ("achim") of Ela, the ALL, hence called the Elohim. They were now in three and each of them supported by the others created new pairs of being, male and female. From the soul below came Osun and Oshun, the numbers 4 and 5 and the principles of Iré Osun and Oshe. From the center of Earth Shango and Yemonja, the numbers 6 and 7, the principles Obara and Odi, and from the spirit above came Oba(tala)and Oya(tala), the numbers 8 and 9, the principles of Ogbe and Osa, were born. 'All together, let's create Man', they said and so they did. Number 10 was born from the, the principle of Ofun, the Alpha and Omega, the end that was a new beginning. And the Elohim looked at their creation and it was a beautiful crystal with a triangle at the top, two layers of six sides below, culminating in a tip at the bottom that would soon become the starting point of the next involution cycle. Any light, passing through the crystal was divided into beautiful colors, except for the 8, Ogbe, as it was all white, the strange mixture of all colors in 9, Osa,and the superposition of all focused light beams in 10, Ofun, which was therefore transparent. And so the first fractal was complete. "Let the games begin", they said and that's how they became the 10 Sephiroth. |