The Secret Teachings

Death is the great equalizer, a debt that all men pay. As our yearly wheel turns past Mabon (the Fall Equinox) and approaches Samhain in late October, we witness in the Northern Hemisphere three things: the Black Horse of Revelations bringing death, the ‘fall’ of man, and the unveiling or lifting of the veil by way of apocalypse. But death is merely a prerequisite for rebirth and so throughout history death has been a central feature in human culture. Death is both part of the microcosm of the body and the macrocosm of nature itself.Skeletons, ghosts, death-masks, and other Memento Mori have always been reminders of the fragility of life rather than symbols or tropes of death worship. Instead, death is venerated alongside life as part of a cyclical process. The Freemasons have skeletons and coffins for these reasons, as do traditional Satanists of the Anton LeVay order. Death only identifies with evil when the cycle of life is broken. From the East Asians traditions of Jesa (any time) and the Hungry Ghost (August 30) to the Mexican Day of the Dead (November 1-2) and commercialized western ‘Halloween’. The Japanese Buddhists have Bon (August 13-15) and the Hindus have Pitru Paksha (September 10-25). They are all similar if not the same; honoring ancestors and the dead with celebration, food, and dance among other things. Laura Lavender joins the show to discuss Santa Muerte and the Season of Death (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mysteries-beyond-with-laura-lavender/id1550240417)Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-secret-teachings--5328407/support.

We continue our discussion with Michael Strange of Troubled Minds podcast, and Derek Murphy, in this part 2 episode, about the tentacles of the abysmal deep and the internet. There may be more than a ghost in the machine and, in fact, this ghost may have escaped the machine. From beyond the reality we know, a super-intelligence could already be coldly operating from outside of space-time, perhaps giving explanation to the Mandela Effect. This alien force beyond the veil puppets us like parasitic fungus and feeds off our energy like a vampire. There is also the very real possibility that powerful interests, already consumed by nuclear war, releasing bioweapons, and eugenics, are actually programming the public to believe such ideas are coming from artificial intelligence.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-secret-teachings--5328407/support.

We wonder whether the world of monsters is above, below, or within. From Ouija boards to modern keyboards, and from the ink of a quill to that of a pen, man has been engaged in acts of unholy creation for centuries, diving into the depths of both his own mind and the abyss. Much of what we call science fiction is not too far removed not only from science, but from dark magic. We wonder if artificial intelligence is a greater threat than nuclear weapons, or if the latter helped to awaken the former. Perhaps AI is not a threat but some in power wish you to believe such a thing in order to coerce your obedience. Michael Strange of Trouble Minds Podcast, and Derek Murphy join in part of one of a two part series to explore these ideas.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-secret-teachings--5328407/support.

The four elements pervade everything we do, form washing our hands and breathing, to standing in the sun on the physical ground. They comprise the four corners of creation, or a square, which is Metatron’s Cube or Saturn’s Cube (his star created by the elemental symbolic signs). This is the 3D world designed by the Great Architect, like William Blake’s God with square and compass. These creative elements, and associated spirits or elementals, provide foundation and allow for life to be. The four classical elements are also accompanied by a fifth element, or what we call Man, though sometimes described as space or spirit itself. These five elements are aligned with the protective force of the pentagram and symbolize what we perceive as reality. Outside the seven days or rays of creation, which come from a central eighth world or sphere, Leviathan, is the great Ouroboros eating its own tail.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-secret-teachings--5328407/support.

Suzzane Ross is an author and the organizer of the Sedona Ascension Retreat in Arizona. She joins us to discuss the occult, spirituality, physics, and the meaning and purpose of words like ‘ascension’, ‘simulation’, ‘vortex’, and the soul/spirit. These words are used almost obsessively by some and can lead other to become so comfortable with a form of faith in a perceived spiritual power that they effectively give up on trying to do anything to better themselves. We need an objective and honest review of this terminology and concepts considered wacky or new age by some people. We need this review because so many wonderful things are clouded by misunderstandings and the like. (https://sedonaascensionretreats.com)Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-secret-teachings--5328407/support.

Tokyo, Japan, is always used as an advertisement for overpopulation, or the idea that we are running out of resources and space to expand as a species. With 14 million people direct, and 37 million estimated indirect - around Tokyo - it would seem to certainly be a case of overpopulation. However, Japan has been grappling with population decline for years. The most recent numbers show twice as many people dying than are being born - 1.58 million to 800,000 roughly. In fact, Japan’s population has been falling from its peak of 128 million in 2008 to now 124.6 million. But Tokyo, like many cities, is actually overcrowded, since more than a third of the entire population lives in the general vicinity. How can Tokyo be a sign of overpopulation in a country with one of the lowest birth rates in the world; so bad, in fact, that the country is in a state of emergency, according to the Prime Minister. This is coupled with an older generation, still one of the healthiest in the world, which is dying. The government is even soon to be paying people to leave Tokyo. History shows that after the Meiji Restoration in 1868, and Imperial Japan’s defeat in WWII, centuries of Shi-kata and Kai Zen boosted the country into economic and cultural superiority as it opened to the rest of the world. Now it seems that Japan’s population is not the only thing declining, as its culture, language, and history is sold off and cheapened. This makes Japan the blueprint for the new world, a sophisticated culture, as with ancient China, opened to expansion by powerful forces that effectively eliminate the power of people and tradition in place of collective ideology. The irony is, Japan has a collectivist mindset but it is different than the authoritarian mindset of other countries.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-secret-teachings--5328407/support.

Brad Olsen, author of the esoteric book series, joins us to discuss koshikoden, or ancient and mysterious history. Arnechenologsts just announced the discover of another, this time submerged, Moai, in a dried lake bed on Easter Island. If one were to examine stele at Tiahuanaco in South America, pillars at Göbekli Tepe in Turkey, Urfa man in the same region, or Moai statues on Easter Island (Rapa Nui), they would find similar depictions of hand positioning. In the same ares, along with areas all over the Middle East, one would also find characters holding containers or bags of a mysterious nature. Mix in stories from India that parallel myths from all the mentioned regions and you have something very mysterious. Similar parallels can also be found with the red coloring of hats placed on Moai heads on Rapa Nui. Red coloring was also used in the King’s Chamber of the Great Pyramid, the inner sanctum of Ġgantija on Gozo, and at the Hypogeum on Malta. In Old Japanese the word for ‘red’ meant bright and pure. Conceptually the red is a symbol of blood, which is taken from the lamb to purify. The blood of Christ washes away our sins. Red is also the blood of birth. In the process of initiation into the Mystery Religions around the world red was used in the chambers mentioned above as a symbol of the womb. After days of gestation a person would be reborn as a “sun” of God. What is meant by “sun” here is that they would be bright, pure, washed clean, etc. They were a miniature sun, with a fire burning inside - the soul. The Japanese sun-goddess Amaterasu is the ‘light of heaven’, and each of us is an individual expression of that light. Perhaps the hats on Moai are a sort of solar corona, as often used to depict Jesus, Horus, and countless other god-like figures.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-secret-teachings--5328407/support.

A ‘memory hole’ embodies the concept of censorship and rewriting the past in all of its authoritarian glory. But there are different forms of memory holes, and they aren’t just rabbit holes or worm holes. One such abyss is time, a relative thing few of us recognizes as probably the greatest censor of them all. How often do we forget what we did today, let alone last month, year, or a decade ago. On this episode we will open our vast paper archive and explore some of the stories that have been lost to recent history. Who knows what we will find. Tune in for a fun and explorative time. It’s all improv.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-secret-teachings--5328407/support.

The Piltdown Man, perpetrated by Charles Dawson in 1912, was hardcore academic gospel until new technology in the 1950s proved it to be a hoax - one manufactured to prove the ‘missing link’ was English. Scientists in Japan have recently reported that one of many ‘mermaids’, or Ningyo, found in the county were actually a sophisticated forgery from hundred of years ago. They were manufactured to convince people of the mystical creature’s existence and possibly to sell health elixirs since, like the Unicorn, Ningyos are thought to possess magical powers. Other hoaxes carried out by charlatans today are no less a scam even if based on very real, or possibly real, things - consider all the fake alien, insider, and cryptid stories. As with mythology there is usually a basis for the fantastic in reality. When Europeans first saw the Flamingo, their reports were seen as fantastic stories of a cryptid creature. Sailors witnessing large squid told partly true stories of the kraken and when a women was in the ocean half under and half above the water she was therefore seen as half human and half fish - a mermaid. There is much more to myths, fairytales, and even hoaxes than absolutisms.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-secret-teachings--5328407/support.

Apparently natural immunity and lab-leaks are becoming part of the accepted narrative, at least in some mainstream news like the Wall Street Journal and NBC. As is the case with UFOs, especially after years of cover up, for some reason alternative media echo chambers are suddenly willing to accept the mainstream narrative if it confirms their own bias. This results in the confirmation bias of an often manufactured dichotomy which limits questioning beyond what is accepted and rejected by official and alternative sources of information. But despite a shift in narrative there is still a cult-like protective response to the original story, as many find it offensive to their ego to let go of the fact they were lied too. In fact, The Atlantic ran an apologetic article in October 2022 calling for pandemic amnesty, suggesting that we should forget the destruction of what humans, not particles, did to relationships, businesses, opportunities, and lives in general. Let’s move on and forget the coercion, manipulation, gas lighting, threats, etc. The cult is so pervasive, but also naked, that when Woody Harrelson went on SNL for a six minutes opening standup, all he had to do was reference the idea of big drug cartels colluding with government and media to force the public to take their products in order to provoke the wrath of paid for news - ironically proving his point. The cults of healthcare, media (including much alternative media), political parties, etc., are dogmatic, doctrinal, dichotomies. They require the same worship and dedication as the countless vengeful and bloodthirsty gods throughout human culture. Sometimes they blend together, as when the governor of New York told followers that God wants them to do what the media, big pharma, etc. tells them.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-secret-teachings--5328407/support.