I agree I have plenty to learn, everyone here will hopefully keep on learning.
The problem is, is when a person believes they are inherently correct and yet don't provide enough evidence to support their claims. What I have stated above is based upon a tradition which is hundreds of years old, if not older.
What was stated by Gannon Rapta is actually based of evidence collected by actual researchers. What hexagram was spouting was something one guy had said and he was claiming everything to be fact. What's more is he even admitted that his knowledge of Hebrew wasn't very good, so where was his own authority on the subject?
As for scientists being called crazy, it was largely due to the ignorance of the common people caused by the repression spread by organised religion. Their findings are also supported by evidence which is objective and observable to us. Scientists, however, are open to being challenged and one of the scientific principles is falsifiability- the acceptance to be able to see if one's theory may not be as true as one once thought based upon new evidence.
Hadit although I'm no scholar isn't the problem with science that they focus on the physical world too much? The problem with some religions is as some author said, dunno his name by the way or the name of the book but basically he compared priests/pastors as people who keep the word and the prophet as someone who brings greater understanding through the spirit of course this is if you believe in the abrahamic God.
One thing I find interesting though is that Albert Einstein once said something to the form/scope of religion without science isn't good nor is science without religion.
Hadit although this will sound weird I have a feeling you would know, what do you think of the philosophers stone? And the people well person involved with the matter?
The physical world is the world we live in, I think it is important to focus on objective reality rather than relying on speculation fro people who relay their own subjective experience.
The philosophers stone is a metaphor for enlightenment. It is the component which allows the base lead- the unenlightened human, to turn into gold, the enlightened human; solar consciousness.
I believe John Dee and Edward Kelly both tried to transform lead into gold and were unsuccessful, I am surprised Dee would attempt such a thing, he was by no means stupid.
Alchemy is not really something I am into too much, I know enough to get me by when looking at the tarot trumps. The philosophers stone is not a real stone but a metaphorical one in my opinion.
From what I've heard of dee some people considered him a rambling man compared to crowleys works.
I just wanted to see what you thought of the stone, I only know of Nicholas flammel being the only person besides the previous to have made it. I've also heard that flammel and crowley smelled different I can't confirm this but apparently it was due to the workings of the different magicks they were into.
I also wound up finding out that Sir Isaac Newton was in an occult group. Can't remember the name by heart but it was part of their mission statement to say that the group doesn't exist.
I found it interesting that Newton would have spent so much time looking into it and failing, but when one compares it to how flammel had the opportunity to go and learn from someone I can understand the difference
I imagine if we knew what minerals and chemicals comprised gold we could make it much like cultuted pearls or cubic zirconias, It would not be as precious, thus less valuable.
SirJacks / I mispell my own name sometimes lol. To answer your question it may just be since you have chosen a magical path that yo are now noticing nature which was always there or birds could have nested for spring outside your window. Just meditate to clear your mind and be more in tune and you will notice things more clearly. Only advice I know to give.
Mindleschaos you had to put it like your some sage in a movie and I'm about to make a choice. The one thing I do know is well from where I'm from people aren't really druids etc but I guess there are like witch doctors/healers.
Worst part is I have family members who are of this nature and there have been family members who are magical so to say on both sides of my family but my dads side doesn't speak about it. My moms immediate brushes it off.
I guess I feel like I'm being drawn in when I'm not to sure if I really want to go down this path, I've only tried those passed life things once and didn't like it. It said in my passed life I was someone of importance who basically had a secret stash of occult books etc, worst part is at the time I had just gotten into looking over some occult books and I keep it secret .
Sorry by the way Gannon for kind of hijacking your post.
Not the direction, where does the bird actually go to. If all the signs your saying are true and if it is a spirit trying to contact you (which it may not be) it seems it's actively trying to get your attention. If you look at the bird your basically saying "hey you have my attention now" and the spirit will try to get it's message across the best way it can. Directions do supposedly have meanings but I don't see a reason for them in this case. If you see something new that catches your attention and you think it's worth noting, it helps to write on a peice of paper a quick one sentence note on it. You may one day just happen to look at it and have a realization as to what is going on.
