The Time River

" The sky has born you with Orion "
- The Pyramid Texts

Any earnest inquiry into the reasons for human existence eventually comes up the two most difficult questions of all, 'who are we?' and 'Why are we here?' Despite today's advances in science and technology, these two questions have remained unanswered. Focused as it is on the physical, modern science can show us how we got here and it can show us of what this world is made, but it cannot satisfactorily answer these fundamental metaphysical questions about the meaning of life.

As a result of this gap in our knowledge, human beings appear to be caught in a delusion, unaware of their vast potential. So where do we go to find answers to life's ultimate questions? Many have sought insight in the texts and teachings of the world's sacred traditions, only to find that many of these ancient traditions are either partially or wholly lost or nearly incomprehensible. These once vital and significant traditions have left behind fragments of knowledge that, at least, seem to point o the solutions, but these answers are often vague, difficult for modern minds to grasp, or else shrouded by the veils of time and cultural changes. Our own Western esoteric alchemical tradition, once guided by a deep and profound understanding of the intimate relationship among human beings, nature and the cosmos, has been on its last legs for centuries.

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