As to the influences from astrological aspects, numerology,
colors, vibrations - we find that all of these to the entity
have a meaning, have a purpose in the experience. But ever
know, deep within self, these are but urges - yea, as but
weather vanes that would indicate the trend of the mind, as
the builder; of the desires, as that which may be patterned
with the hopes upon which all may be builded.
First, then, we would give these as we find indicated that
have an influence, and then as to where, how they become a
part of the experience; and as to how, in what manner, they
may be used in the material applications of the entity in
the present.
As to stones - rather of ivory, as may be with any colored
stone; preferably the chrysolite or amethyst; should be a
part of that which would be about the entity - because of the
very natural vibrations for the entity. For they will bring
as an attunement the quieting, and the entity will find that
whenever there is a feeling of physical depression, physical
reactions that are as dis-ease in the body, the colors in any
of these natures or forms will bring quietness to the body;
as in having about the body the chrysolite or the amethyst
color, in cloth, in drapery, in hangings.
These then, understood, are as sympathetic conditions, that
to which they bring then the influences of harmony in the
experience of the entity mentally, physically, spiritually.
These may be seen from activities in the material sojourns
of this entity.
As to the activities from the astrological aspects, we find
Venus oft in the experience of the entity. Hence one that
makes friends; one that is BEAUTIFUL in its relationships
with duties, obligations, friendships and the like. One
given to an experience of expressing these in movements of
the body, as in the dance, or as in portions of song or in
a line of verse. All of these become as it were a manner,
a means of the emotional, spiritual forces of the entity
finding expression.
Hence we will find that in the experiences during the present
sojourn there will be friendships that will be builded that
have such a vital force of influence as to become a part of
the entity's very expression; though some of these may be
for apart in their physical relationships.
And there will be or there have been or may be close physical
relationships that have gradually or may drift far, far apart
in their material or physical activities. All of these arise
from the inclinations or tendencies as indicated from the
Venus sojourn or Venus experiences.
Also we find Mars, Mercury, Uranus AND Neptune as a part of
the experiences. And these become, as in their order:
At times wrath enters.
Then the lessons in the present, as may be a part of the
experience; do not let grudges, petty malices, little hates
GROW! Wipe them away with the love that is found in the
manner of expressions through love itself.
From the Mercurian influences we find the high mental
abilities; tendencies in which the teaching or the abilities
to impart to others become as a natural flow. Yet in the
experience there are periods in which the entity will feel
as if "I have so little to give," just for the moment; but
others when it is overflowing with the emotions to give
expression.
And these as arise from the Uranian influence bring the
associations of the occult, as well as the mystical, from
the Uranian and the activities from the Neptune sojourn.
Hence water, parts and portions especially of RUNNING water,
rather than sea water or stagnant water, may be an important
portion - as has been the experience of the entity
materially a portion of the activities in the present
sojourn.
In summing the influences from the astrological sojourns,
then - which arise, as may be said, from the innate:
The entity is sensitive, owing to the high mental as well
as the artistic abilities. For the influences from Venus as
well as the sensitive forces from the mystical Neptune, and
the occult from the Uranian and the extremes, become a part
of the entity's activities.
Hence keep them attuned to an ideal. Not as energies but
as purposes within thine own self. And ye will find that
ye will grow in the knowledge of, as well as in the ability
to apply the beauties not only of nature but the expression
of same in the human emotions - just as the experiences in
the earthly sojourns give rather the expression through the
emotional influences.
For ye are body, mind, soul. The astrological express
or manifest through thy mind the impressions, thought,
influences as may waft themselves by emotions expressed
in others.
Then, this might be a warning as to those with whom the
entity associates, or may associate: Do not choose as
companions those too highly emotional. Do not choose those
influences that are too highly influenced by the Martian
forces, or Mars or wrath or extremes in the activities,
who indulge in gratifying of material forces. And see in
those with whom the entity may associate, and look for, the
harmonies as may be expressed in the mental emotions; rather
than the physical emotions of the body.
As to the appearances then through the material sojourns, we
find - as indicated - some of these rather of a spectacular
nature. While all are not given, these are those that as we
find through this cycle from thirty-eight ('38) to forty-four
('44) will be the greater influences in the experiences of
the material sojourn.
Before this, then, we find the entity was in the land
of the present nativity; upon a stream - Skyskill (?) or
Skillskile (?) - in the land of present nativity [born in
New York City]. [Schuylkill - river in Pennsylvania?]
The entity was among the early settlers, yet born in this
land. Hence the entity was acquainted with much of the
hardships and fears as came from associations and activities
in a frontiers life - as proverbially called; yet in the
mental and the real, all of beauty to the entity.
And the entity was well acquainted with many of the natives.
Hence we will find there is oft in its deeper meditations
from the material, a harkening to the voices of those who
were as the playmates during those experiences.
These ye call materially Indians, but they were thy own
brethren in other experiences - as we shall see.
Then water, the mill, the ability to dance as it were by the
moonlight, the expression of the emotional dance, became as a
part of the entity's experience in its early life then.
Hardships, through the preparation for the Revolution; then
in the latter portion of its sojourn there was a teaching,
when there was the application of not only the expressions
in what we may term reading or writing or the like, but
MECHANICAL activities; as weaving, spinning, knitting,
basket weaving - yes, even pottery.
And we will find various shapes of such have a peculiar
fascination for the entity, if they are colored especially.
We may say that the entity gained in the experience
throughout. For those harmonious forces as created made
for the desires to bring not only comforts but hope into the
experiences of those with whom the entity was associated, or
with whom it worked or labored.
During that experience the entity was married, and had quite
a large family - even for those periods of activity - some
that rose to quite a position of influence in the activities
that came about; and they were as the seeds sown by the
entity, as Sarah Putnam - P-u-t-n-a-h-m.
Before that we find the entity was in the land when the
Master walked in the earth, or during those periods that
preceded same.
There we find the entity was among those peoples of the
land, and associated with those activities about the court
of Herod; though not OF the thought nor the purpose of same.
The entity was among the dancers before Herod; acquainted
with Salome, and with all of those activities.
Those periods were as drudgeries oft to the entity. For
coming of those peoples that were in authority, yet within
self seeing the miserableness from that of self-indulgence,
the appetites gratified for bodily forces alone produced
revulsions in the experience of the entity.
Hence, as has been the warning, do not call in associations
or have as thy associates those who oft indulge in gratifying
of appetites; or we will find such revulsions arising as
to make the experiences and the beauties of life become
hardships and stumbling-stones.
The entity was acquainted then not only with the ministry of
John but with the work of Judy [
1472] and the activities of
the Holy Mother, and the teachings of the Master.
Hence we find a comprehension in the experience of the entity
in the present of those activities where many varied forms of
PROFESSED religious experiences are given.
There the entity learned tolerance. Well to hold to that ye
gained. The entity gained and lost during the experience,
but he that hath gained somewhat even of tolerance - without
losing hold on purpose and principle, and ideal - hath gained
much.
Then the entity, as would be the interpretation in the
present, was named Viola, but called rather Vi.
In the application of self respecting influences as arise,
we will find that types of music suddenly become repulsive
to the entity; others - we will find will become as sudden
changes, a portion of the extremes in the experience of
the entity.
These are to be used, not abused in the present.
Before that we find the entity was in the land now called the
Chaldean, or a portion of Arabia - and a portion of what is
called India.
There the entity was then a close associate of Esther and
Ahasuerus (or Xerxes), in those periods when there was a
great deal of revelry, a great deal of bodily indulgences.
The entity was close in the activities of the kingdom, though
not a part of the revelry. Rather the entity, as would be
called, was one that kept peace; not only in the harems but
in the King's own household. Not as a supervisor; rather
an instructor - especially in the exercises and the types
of baths and ornaments and decorations.
Hence we will find in the present experience that the
activities in which there is the dance or bodily adornments,
or the appreciation and the beauty of the body-beautiful,
become as a part of the entity's INNATE expressions and
manifestations; especially in the ability of handling the
hands and the feet and the limbs, the arms. All of these
become a part.
For as the activities and the beauties of these were the very
lessons which the entity made as a part of the experience,
these grew into a portion of the emotional forces of the
entity.
The entity gained throughout the experience, in the name
Shumuni.
Before that we find the entity was in the Egyptian land,
during those periods when there were the greater dispersings
of the activities of the Priest and those who had begun
to disseminate the tenets and truths and activities,
especially through the Temple Beautiful.
There the entity again, as might be said, was an
instructor; in the last of the stations through which the
would-be-mothers passed; among the teachers, the ministers.
For remember, that portion of the activity was the
preparation of the bodies for the presenting of the more
perfect bodies to the activities in the material world,
through which the spiritual and mental might express.
The entity was closely associated and affiliated with all of
the activities of the Priest Ra-Ta in that experience, and
counseled with the entity often did the Priest - as well as
all of those in the activities of the Temple of Sacrifice
AND the Temple Beautiful.
There the entity gained, and the greater influence in the
present MAY be applied from the activities of the entity
in THAT particular experience.
For as ye sow - body, mind, soul - so does the growth come
to that portion of the material experience or body that is
continuous, or is the real continuity of consciousness of
an individual entity.
Before that we find the entity was in the Atlantean land,
when there were those activities just prior to the second
upheaval in that land.
The entity was among the children of the Law of One - a
princess; MOST beautiful in its activities as well as in its
purposes and desires for those in the land who were but the
workers or the drudgeries in those periods of activities.
The entity lost some of its favor with a portion of the
rulers owing to its sympathy with and its desire to help
those of the field, and the activities in the laboring
peoples.
Yet its beauty, its strength of expression in the manners in
which it dealt gentleness and kindness to all, brought great
favor among the lowly peoples of the experience.
The name then was Mele.
As to the abilities of the entity in the present, and that to
which it may attain, and how:
First, study not in an idle manner - but what ye accomplished
through those experiences and sojourns in the material plane
and in the material associations. Note especially how, in
what manner and with what purpose ye handled the situations
through thy associations; and with what thy ideal, or thy
star, was directed.
And ye will find that thy abilities to bring the greater hope
in the experiences of others, through the ability of them
to express in body - whether in dance, in song, or in the
preparations for bringing the young into the earth - will
become channels through which souls might give an expression.
This ye will not only find this experience in the earth as
a joyous period in thy journey through eternity, but joy,
peace, harmony, and the light as ye saw in Him through even
those turmoils in thy sojourn in Palestine - as the light
that leads to the greater crowning of glory in all of thy
experiences and thy expressions.
Hold to Him as thy light, thy standard; and ye will find
peace such as He alone gives, and such as ye will find
that is obtained and a part of thee by expressing same and
bringing it into the experiences of the hearts and minds of
others.
The Lord bless thee, the Lord keep thee - cause His face to
shine upon thee, and bring thee peace!
Ready for questions.
(Q) What was my purpose for entering the earth plane for
this life?
(A) To better fit self for service and in the glory of the
EXPRESSING of same.
(Q) What have been my relationships in past lives, what
urges come from these associations and what may I do to bring
about a mutual development with the following, as I name
them: [
1610], my husband?
(A) In the experience just before this, as husband and wife.
In the experiences through Atlantis, very much opposed one to
another - and in the present do not let the dislikes between
each become stumbling-stones. Then magnify rather thy
agreements, than disagreements.
(Q) [
1608] - my sister?
(A) Very close associate especially in the experience
before this; not sisters but very close associates. During
the experience in the Promised Land, again very close
associates and kinsmen.
(Q) [...] - my daughter?
(A) The daughter was the mother in an experience through the
activities in the Chaldean or Arabian or Persian Land, and a
very close associate in the Egyptian experience.
(Q) [...] - former husband?
(A) Especially in the Palestine experience; for he was then
the companion and associate. These have been worked out. Do
not disturb thyself.
(Q) What is my seal?
(A) The shield as the center; raised, though, rather at the
points than in the center, see? and upon same the berry -
as a snowberry - as chrysolite in color, and the purple as a
portion of the outer part - or as the border upon same. The
interpretation: The shield of purity in the purposes in the
world.
(Q) Is there any particular type of dancing in which I
should specialize in my teaching?
(A) Rather as we find, as indicated, there are two
particular forms. The expression of the emotions for the
BEAUTY of same; and that preparing the body for motherhood.
(Q) Would I be more successful by stressing my work with any
particular group such as children - or adults exclusively?
(A) As might be drawn from just what is given; children
in the expressive dance; adults - or the older - in their
preparation for motherhood.
For there are movements, there are portions of activities in
dance which better fit for such than all the rubbings that
may be given!
We are through for the present.
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BACKGROUND
6/28/38 See personal message in
254-101, Par. 31-A.
REPORTS
6/29/38 P.M. See husband [
1610]'s reading [
1610-1, Par. 20-A]
re. their past associations with her sister [
1608].
1/30/39 Miss [
1608]'s letter: "...My sister, [
1626] wishes
to be remembered..."
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