Musings of Sifu H.A. Diop 05.25.06

"Araignée du matin--chagrin;

Araignée du midi--plaisir;

Araignée du soir--espoir"

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"A spider seen in the morning is a sign of grief;

a spider seen an noon, of joy;

a spider seen in the evening, of hope"

~ Olde French Proverb ~

The Hermetic Arcanum

"The secret work of the hermetic philosophy
Wherein the secrets of nature and art concerning the matter of the philosophers' stone and the manner of working are explained in an authentic and orderly manner.
The work of an anonymous author, penes nos unda tagi."

Full Essay:

http://www.sacred-texts.com/alc/harcanum.htm

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Meditative Ponderations

"A person's true wealth is the good he does in this world."

~ Muhammad

"Teachers open the door. You enter yourself."

~ Chinese Proverb

"We can choose to use our lives for others to bring about a better and just world for our children."

~ César Chavez

"Our universe is but one atom in a much larger cosmic archipelago."

~ Sir Martin Rees

"As soon as the waves have stopped and the lake has become quiet, we see its bottom. So with the mind when it is calm, we see what our nature is."

~ Swami Vivekananda

Musings of Doc Kheti 05.05.06

Legum servi sumus ut liberi esse possimus.

Phi: The Golden Number φ

Just as with Pi (π) and Infinity (∞), there are spiritual and metaphysical (cosmological) associations with Phi (φ) also:

http://www.thenewphilosophyonline.org/journal/data/108b/Gantz_Article--New_Philosophy_July-December_2005.pdf

Merry Beltaine!