Poem of St John of the Cross 1542-1591

I came into the unknown
and stayed there unknowing
rising beyond all science.

I did not know the door
but when I found the way
unknowing where I was
I learned enormous things
but what I felt I cannot say
for I remained unknowing
rising beyond all science.

It was the perfect realm
of holiness and peace
In deepest solitude
I found the narrow way;
a secret giving such release
that I was stunned and stammering
rising beyond all science.

I was so far inside
so dazed and far away
my senses were released
from feelings of my own.
My mind had found a surer way;
a knowledge by unknowing
rising beyond science.

And he who does arrive
collapses as in sleep
for all he knew before
now seems a lowly thing
and so his knowledge grows so deep
that he remains unknowing
rising beyond all science.

The higher he ascends
the darker is the wood;
it is the shadowy cloud
that clarified the night
and so the one who understood
remains always unknowing
rising beyond all science.

This knowledge by unknowing
is such a soaring force
that scholars argue long
but never leave the ground
Their knowledge always fails the source
to understand unknowing
rising beyond all science.

This knowledge is supreme
crossing a blazing height;
though formal reason tries
it crumbles in the dark,
but one who would control the night
by knowledge of unknowing
will rise beyond all science.

And if you wish to hear:
the highest science leads
to an ecstatic feeling
of the most holy Being;
and from his mercy comes his deed:
to let us stay unknowing
rising beyond all science.

Meet the master

If you want to meet your master... Look at the mirror!

Simpler is better...

Simplicity is the key to Self realization.

Esoteric world

The world is a projection of my own consciousness, what is inside is also outside and what is outside is also inside. This is a simple and yet complex statement and probably holds the key for any occult work. Nowadays we know that we should understand ourselves first to understand the world we live in, but to experience on our daily life and in the simplest actions we take, is something that not everybody can do.

Most of the time, we don't realise the esoteric world we live in and more often we get caught in a robotic state of consciousness. The key to our own success, as beings on this plane of existence or any other, lies within ourselves making us the masters of our universe.

Aida Wedo

The snake loa (spirit) in Benin and Haiti, she is the companion of the most popular god, Damballah-Wedo, also a serpent.  She rules fire, water, wind and the rainbow.

Ogou Fer

Ogoun is a powerful warrior god who represents all aspects of power, strength, and masculinity, including war, fire, lightning, politics, and metalworking. His color is red, his symbol is the sword, and in the hounfort, he is represented by a perpetual fire with an iron bar stuck in the middle and in ritual by the ku-bha-sah. His Catholic equivalent is St. Jacques.

Agwe

Agwe is a water spirit, and is of particular interest to seafaring people such as fishermen. As such, his veve represents a boat. Agwe is particularly important in Haiti, an island nation where many residents have depended upon the sea for survival for centuries.

Brigitte

In Vodou, Maman Brigitte (Grann Brigitte, Manman, Manman Brigit, Manman Brijit) is a death loa, the wife of Baron Samedi. She drinks hot peppers and is symbolized by a black rooster. Like Baron and the Ghede, she uses obscenities.

Damballa

In Vodou, Damballa is one of the most important of all the loa. He is both a member of the Rada family and a root, or racine Loa. He is depicted as a serpent and is closely associated with snakes.

Papa Legba

Papa Legba is the master linguist, the trickster, warrior, and the personal messenger of destiny. In Haitian Vodou, Papa Legba is the intermediary between the loa and humanity.

Baron Samedi

Samedi is a loa of the dead, He is usually depicted with a white top hat, black tuxedo, dark glasses, and cotton plugs in the nostrils, as if to resemble a corpse dressed and prepared for burial in the Haitian style.

Ayizan

She is a racine, or root Loa, associated with Vodoun rites of initiation (called kanzo). Just as her husband Loco is the archetypal Houngan (priest), Ayizan is regarded as the first, or archetypal Mambo (priestess), and as such is also associated with priestly knowledge and mysteries, particularly those of initiation, and the natural world.

Simbi

In Haitian Vodou, Simbi (also Sim'bi) is a large and diverse family of serpent Loa (Vodoun spirit) from the West Central Africa / Kongo region. Some prominent Simbi Loa include Simbi Dlo (also Simbi d'l'eau - Simbi of the Water), Simbi Makaya, Simbi Andezo (Simbi of Two Waters), and Gran Simba.