"Why settle for mere mortality when you can be gods?" - Hermetic Wisdom

"Most persons are so absorbed in the contemplation of the outside world that they are wholly oblivious to what is passing on within themselves." - Nikola Tesla

Ancient teachings from nearly all cultures tell us of a distant time when gods and giants lived among, interacted with, and mated with mankind. As it would be extremely difficult for Giants to mate with humans, we may conclude that the word Giant must somehow be either a mistranslation, or have an altogether different meaning. Perhaps the word, or Symbol, for "Giant" has been misinterpreted and should actually translate as: "god", "Advanced Specie", or "Enlightened Being".

In any event, ancient mythologies, legends, and teachings are very much united in that at one Time, in our very remote past, gods mingled with humanity. Ancient scriptures refer to this era as mankind's Golden Age. It was during this most distant and remote time that human beings communicated with each other, inter-mingled, and self-governed themselves, by way of their highest faculty: their Spiritual Mind.

During this Golden Age, all was good and peaceful. There was no turmoil, stress, or greed. All persons respected each other and whatever someone needed, or wished to communicate, was accomplished by using one’s Spiritual Mind.

This Golden Age was the era of Prima Materia and Prisca Sapientia, which are referred to in Hermetic and alchemical teachings. Prima Materia is the first, or prime, matter; the pure original matter from which all other matter evolves. Prisca Sapientia is the Pristine Knowledge, the First Knowledge, the Pure Wisdom, which was available to all, and used by all. Prima Materia and Prisca Sapientia are Divine Principles which appear only at beginnings. In other words, these two Principles were responsible for ushering in mankind and its Golden Age; its Zep Tepi; its first time. Then something happened. The gods departed, taking all of their splendor and wisdom with them. Mankind was left to take care of itself and evolve on its own. But instead of humanity continuing to act and govern itself in its purest and godlike fashion, it began to change.

Slowly and unnoticeable at first, without the gods to provide for them and encourage them, our distant ancestors started to become lazy and apathetic. Instead of using the highest faculty of their Spiritual Minds they started to Devolve by relying more and more upon their more basic and mundane faculties.

It was during this era that mankind abandoned mental communication for the convenience of words. However, because their mental powers were still very strong, our ancestors were able to memorize and repeat enormous verses, tales, rituals, and epics simply by hearing them only once. This was the era of retention and instruction by memory.

The era of Memory was followed by the era of writing. It was during this era that our ancestors slipped from memorizing and retaining large verses, tales, rituals and epics and began to write them down; first through symbols, then through written words. During this era, our ancestors no longer needed to rely on their higher faculties of memory and retention, they simply had to remember where they left their scrolls and books.

Now, after many centuries of "modernization" mankind has Devolved to the point where our language has become corrupted and confused, words have lost their true original meanings, and our spelling is no longer a concern for us. Today, everything we need to know and rely upon is "conveniently" stored on some sort of computer device; and woe to us should our batteries fail or our device "crashes". Should our devices fail, for any reason, those of us who rely solely on our devices, and not upon our wits and skills, will become hopelessly lost.

From being "one" with the gods during our Golden Age, mankind has slowly Devolved into vassals, slaves if you will, of our most basic material whims and our most recent state-of-the-art conveniences.

From using the highest faculties of our Spiritual Minds to obtain whatever we require, we have Devolved into creatures who rely solely upon the latest technology while also depending on others to both think for us and, hopefully, "take care" of us.

Mankind has now created for itself an era in which the majority of the masses lie shattered upon the jagged rocks of false hope, endless disappointment, and fractured relationship in nearly every segment of society. From the apex of Spiritual Purity which prevailed long ago during mankind's Golden Age, humanity now finds itself staring into the dark abyss of extreme polarization and frustration which it has wrought upon itself through laziness and apathy.

It appears as though the pendulum has swung to its extreme and that the end of an age, a cycle, is before us. However, the death  of one cycle is the creative seed from which the next new cycle is born. One can only wonder at how many of these Cycles mankind has experienced throughout the endless eons of eternity.

For those individuals who recognize this Eternal Cyclical Law of the Universe, there is the understanding, and anticipation, that a new Golden Age is getting ready to dawn; a new First Time in which Prima Materia and Prisca Sapentia will once again unveil themselves to mankind as they usher in a new Golden Age.

Joe Panek

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