--- In [email protected], "geezerfreak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> And here's Rory riffing on his own name: > > "My name embraces primarily the Red, but also the Yellow and the Violet Rays. In my own > Taurus-Equinox system, my natal Sun is in the Sun's own (yellow) duodecile within (Mars's) > Aries -- the Red:Yellow Solar Angel of the Lion, for which Rory itself is a valid mantra -- > while Mars is in Mars's own (red) duodecile of Aquarius, the Violet Smith and Grail-bearer. > And indeed, Goff means not only "the Red" (from Welsh Goch), but also (as Welsh Gof) > means "the Smith;" Gofannon is the Celtic Smith-God who brews the Ale of Immortality > and serves it to the other Gods. The Smith is the Lord of the Violet Ray of Alchemy: the > Aquarian Ray overseeing the next 2,160 years, earth's Aquarian Age. The Violet Smith > sires his complementary opposite, the Yellow (Solar) Creator, as darkest lead is > alchemically transmuted to brightest gold. > > The Oxford English Dictionary tells us that Rory also means (or once meant) "dewy," from > the Latin ros, roris, meaning "dew, moisture, water, teardrop." Dew is traditionally the > most sacred of fluids, symbolizing the light of dawn, spiritual refreshment, blessing, > illumination, resurrection, and -- as amrit or ambrosia -- immortality. This dew of Solar > Enlightenment and Immortality is identical to the Ale of Immortality brewed by Gofannon > the Smith (father of the Solar Creator); does dew also relate to Mars or Rudra? Yes! As > Mars/Rudra governs the two hours before dawn when the dew falls, we can say that > dewdrops are the tears of Rudra. Rudra's tears are well-known in Vedic mythology. The > Utrasum Bead Tree (Elaiocarpus Ganitrus Roxb.) yields beads known as Rudraksha or > "Rudra's tears" which are particularly sacred and powerful when blessed and worn as a > rosary by a devotee of Rudra/Shiva, the Lord of Transcendence. It is my earnest desire that > these papers illuminate, inspire, and rejuvenate you as the sacred dew! I hope and pray > that the Rorian Tradition will serve you as a rosary of Rudraksha beads, heightening your > blissful enjoyment of your holy immortality, and deepening your understanding that you > walk this earth as divinity incarnate. > > Finally, Rory also means "noisy and boisterous," as well as "loud or gaudy in color." My > relatives will gladly testify to my embodiment of the former traits since early childhood; it > is not for nothing that Rudra means the Roarer or the Howler! Traditionally, the Red Ray of > the Will expresses the Atmic Plane of Blissful Vibration, Magical Laughter or "Noise;" see > the last two charts in The Days of the Week, their Planets, and the Chakras. And as for > loud or gaudy colors? Since gaudy comes from the Latin meaning "joyful," I will gladly > accept these traits as well -- the dew joyously catches the Sun and flashes the pure colors > of the spectrum more brightly than any jewel; our blissful Body of Immortality is truly a > Rainbow Body!" > > Clearly, he has transceded his own ego. Way to go Rory! Thank you, Geezer! I certainly couldn't have written that when I was in ignorance -- I was way too shy! Freedom is a lot of fun to play with; we don't generally feel the need to poke fun at others any more in order to feel good about ourselves :-)
