From:    Josh Norton                            Area: ENOCHIAN
To:      All                                    24 Aug 94 22:24:00
Subject: 91 parts -- doagnis, #4                UpdReq 

Number 4 in an occasional series of short visions, done whenever I get 
the urge.
Dongnis or Doagnis, part of ARN. Fourth in the series of the 91 Parts 
of the Earth. Zodiacal King: Zarnaah   Servitors: 3636  
Equivalent to Cappadocia in Liber Scientia. 
Vibrated the Call of the Aethyrs and the names as above.
Everything is dark, dark. And in the center is a deeper darkness, that 
feels like a circular sinkhole in the fabric of the space, a cylinder 
of emptiness in the midst of things. 
Now it seems as if this cylinder is becoming lit from some source 
inside it. Lines of light trace a rectilinear grid over its inner 
surface, and it becomes filled with a light like daylight. It begins 
to rotate on its long axis. Simultaneously, my viewpoint rotates about 
it in a horizontal plane so that I am seeing its length from an 
outside point perpendicular to the axis and equidistant from its ends. 
Its rotation is such that the upper side is rolling away from my 
viewpoint. 
I can still see the grid inside it, vaguely through its surface. The 
grid becomes clearer, and begins to shine from the outside as well. 
The shining potions become raised in relief against the surface, and 
the whole takes on a sense of solidity. 
Suddenly the cylinder begins to move away from me rapidly. It leaves 
behind an imprint of its shining lines, like the cylindrical seals 
used by ancients governors. It seems to be creating the surface it is 
imprinting as it rolls along. The cylinder recedes into the distance 
and vanishes. 
The long, paper-thin surface it left behind now begins to curl upwards 
at the sides. The long sides come together, but in such a way that the 
gridlines at right angles to its length are offset by one line at 
their meeting point. 
The new cylinder thus formed has straight lines along its length; the 
cross-lines, which were rectilinear in the original cylinder, now form 
several helices around it, due to the offset. Those parts of the 
"surface" that were not imprinted now dissolve, leaving a cylindrical 
net of glowing lines. This process propagates itself along the length 
of the surface until any still-unconnected parts are lost in the 
distance. 
While all this was happening, I got a vague impression that the 
helical net is a representation of the universe -- no, specifically of 
the solar system. Each of the helices represents a planet's course 
through space, while the straight lines represent the course of the 
system as a whole. And by correspondence, it also represents the 
psyche and experience of man, wherein events are cyclic but progress 
forward in time. 
Now a voice said, "How else shall chaos be tamed? How else shall the 
disorder of creations' energies be brought into order? How else shall 
balance be attained? Is it not said, 'Her course let it run with the 
heavens, and as a handmaid let her serve them'? "
Change cannot be stopped or frozen; that way lies the grave, and the 
end of things. Yet it can be diverted, and set to run along a limited 
set of paths; paths which lead, in the end, to the achievement of the 
creator's purpose. 
"Here in this region, the powers previously shown, the powers of 
creative energy unleashed within the Earth, are for the first time 
brought into ordering, so that the dynamic changes that take place in 
the world, by the will of god, shall all be (in the long run) of 
benefit to his purpose. 
"Yet is this ordering hidden from the minds of men, and the lesser 
beings who inhabit the earth; they see only the surface of remaining 
disorder, the clashing of powers as they compete for influence over 
events. Thus is it said 'Confound the understanding of her with 
darkness'. 
"Now let us move away from this for a time, for this is a profound 
mystery, and not to be revealed in its entirety. By other means might 
we know more of the action here. Let the 3636 ministers who dwell 
herein make themselves known." 
A multitude of beings appeared. Most of them were dressed in judicial 
robes, some with the white wigs of English tradition. All carried 
implements in their hands; some a gavel, others a scale, others yet a 
book of laws. And among them was one who carried about him the image 
of the Six of Pentacles in the Rider deck; this one projected this 
image so strongly that the rest were hidden. 
[continued in next message...]
... The universe is expanding . . . and under new management!
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From:    Josh Norton                            Area: ENOCHIAN
To:      All                                    24 Aug 94 22:26:02
Subject: 91 parts -- doagnis, #4                UpdReq 

[...continued from previous message]
The voice said, "This card is called 'Material Success', and yet the 
image shows not a man among his wealth, as would be the case for that 
meaning, but a man standing with his head above the other people, 
carrying a set of balances raised in the air above their line of 
sight, while with his other hand he distributes gold to the lowly, 
some to one, more to another, none to others. 
"Thus it symbolizes the function of this region; events conform to a 
balance on a high level, yet that which comes into the manifest world 
(represented by the kneeling figures) is of a seemingly random and 
capricious nature. And he who acts within those higher levels knows of 
the balance, yet cannot act within the world in a purely balanced 
manner. Thus he seems unfair, even cruel, to those who know not the 
God of Justice and his works and purpose. They unconsciously recognize 
his inner wealth, and view him with fear, and envy, and resentment, 
and with the urge to spoil. Thus does his balance evoke imbalance. 
"So also with the ministers of Doagnis; they are concerned not with 
the justice of their acts as seen by the uninitiated, or by the lesser 
creatures of Earth. They act only to set god's limitations upon the 
chaos of his creative energies, to channel the Timeless according to 
the dictates of Time. 
"For the outcome of those limitations in the worlds of men, they care 
not at all. For the world is an illusion to them, a place of horrors 
and joys quickly passed, ephemeral and unreal. Tis all a stage to 
them, and the men and women only players; they know that when the 
players remove their masks and exit the stage, then is the play seen 
for what it was, and the great trials of life are dismissed as a 
momentary dream. 
"Now, you could penetrate further into this place, but it seems not 
necessary at this time. Come again when you will, or go on to another 
region. Fare you well." 
The sense of the voice's presence faded. The image of the Six of 
Pentacles remained for a time, then it too faded. I left the vision, but 
a general sense of the energy remained for quite a while after. 
Seer's comments: According to the system I was directed to use for 
these visions, the Zodiacal King ruling Doagnis is attributed to 
Libra. The overall sense of the vision, however, was more Saturnian. 
The hole, cylinder, and rectilinear designs of the early part are all 
related to that planet, as are the general themes of Time and imposed 
order. 
Even when Libra does appear, in the ideas of balance and justice, it 
is a lesser or degenerate form of the sign's ideal. Justice is not 
seen as a balancing of injury and compensation, or of mediation 
between conflicting goals, but simply as selective restriction on the 
individual expressions possible in nature. The consequence of such a 
view is often extreme _in_justice. 
The three regions of LIL shown in previous visions all had something 
to do with the theme of "failure of government", consequent upon the 
fall from the unity of pure divinity. Perhaps it is not so surprising 
that this first region of ARN should go to the opposite extreme, seeking 
to impose an artificial unity (represented by the rectilinear grid) as a 
substitute for the real thing. 
The justice and order shown here is the false justice of the religious 
or political fanatic, the person who fears the unspeakable variety of 
existence, and therefor seeks to restrict it to "safe" or "correct" 
manifestations. It is the order of the person who mistakes his own 
internally generated image of god for god itself, who mistakes his own 
limited perceptions for those of god, and seeks to impose them on all 
others. 
Compare the justi-fications following the appearance of the Six of 
Pentacles with those of any idealist, revolutionary or religious 
politician. Like those people, the beings here justify their cruelties 
in the real world by claiming to follow a "higher purpose", saying 
that the miseries they force on their fellow beings are necessary to 
promote the higher good. Like the Voice of this vision, they even lay 
the blame for it on those they oppress, saying "It's all their fault 
if they can't see the Great Purpose."
... Book 'em, Dano.
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