The Ethiopian Sphinx, guarding the entrance to the Greek city of Thebes, asked all travelers: “Which creature in the morning goes on four legs, at mid-day on two, and in the evening upon three, and the more legs it has, the weaker it be?” Oedipus solved the riddle by answering her: “Man—who crawls on all fours as a baby, then walks on two feet as an adult, and then walks with a cane in old age." By some accounts, a second riddle asks: "There are two sisters: one gives birth to the other and she, in turn, gives birth to the first." The Answer: “Day and Night.” Another Riddle "The key to life and death is everywhere to be found, but if you do not find it in your own house, you will find it nowhere. Yet it is before everyone's eyes; no one can live without it; everybody uses it. The poor usually possess more of it than the rich; children play with it in the streets. The uneducated esteem it highly, but the learned often throw it away. It is a living though invisible substance that is concentrated in nature's cavities, sacred cups, and parts of the human body. It is the only thing from which the Philosopher's Stone can be prepared, and without it, no noble metal can ever be created." Joseph H. Bryan-Royster, Ph.D. is a doctoral graduate of the University of Metaphysics
and is also an Ordained Metaphysical Minister as well as a Practitioner. Master
of Metaphysical Science (M.Msc.) Thesis was "Scythe of the Reaper: The
Effects of Reincarnation and Karma." Doctor of Metaphysical Science
(Msc.D.) Dissertation was "The Invisible Pyramid: Using Parameters of
Limitation as a Catalyst for Spiritual Transformation." Doctor of
Philosophy with a specialty in Metaphysics (Ph.D.) Dissertation was
"Shadow at the Gate: Encounters with an Artificial Archetypal Elemental
on the Threshold of Psychic Integration." Dr. Bryan-Royster's contribution to the New Millenium International Metaphysical Ministry Convention at Las Vegas, NV in 2000 was a lecture on "Synchronicity and the Science of Parallels." His contribution to the 2004 International Metaphysical Ministry University System (University of Metaphysics and University of Sedona) Convention at Sedona, AZ was a lecture on "The Lantern Principle: Internal Illumination by the Source." Professional Research Services for academic projects in Applied Metaphysics, such as a term paper, thesis, or dissertation with a major emphasis on archetypal symbolism or the synthesis of spiritual belief systems based upon the One Life principle. Such services are offered to students by the hour on a sliding scale, requiring an initial fee for four hours of research payable in advance. Academic research requests must be submitted in writing via E-mail, along with remittance sent at the same time by personal check or money order. In the event research services are extended beyond the initial four-hour period, students will be notified by the Metaphysician of the estimated time necessary for completion. After payment for estimated balance has been received, research will continue until parameters of said project have been met. Upon conclusion of this research, any remaining balance for time not used shall be refunded to the client. The dynamics of Archetypal Metaphysics are demonstrated within symbology of the Universal Rider-Waite Tarot. We Are All One Life in the Light of our Universal Source We are each born into this world darkened by the separation of consciousness into multiple aspects of refracted light. Our perception of life initially responds to reflected images received through five physical senses of sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch. Via our conscious minds, we process these images to determine our world to be a three-dimensional reality defined by space and time. The sixth sense, intuition, responds to direct images which originate deep within us. These are transmitted via our subconscious minds and appear as dreams and visions. Such information, unlike input received through our conscious minds, often defies the illusory limits of density, space, and of time. This separation of consciousness, which manifests as mental and physical divisions of every kind, is able to be transcended through an individual realization of underlying unity that intuition may access via internal illumination through the multidimensional process of meditation.At our Source level, the catalyst is provided for realization that We Are All One Life and manifestation of this truth is participation in The Great Gathering of Humanity, via co-creation of Synergy Circles Inter-Communal Networks as an aspect of the Family, Land, Food spoke on The Wheel model for development presented by Dr. Thomas Amaran at theYes.net The Emerald Tablet of Hermes Trismegistus "'Tis true, without falsehood, and most real: that which is above is like that which is below, to perpetrate the miracles of One thing. And as all things have been derived from one, by the thought of one, so all things are born from this thing, by adoption. The Sun is its Father, the Moon is its Mother. Wind has carried it in its belly, the Earth is its Nurse. Here is the Father of every perfection in the world. His strength and power are absolute when changed into earth; thou wilt separate the earth from fire, the subtle from the gross, gently and with care. It ascends from earth to heaven, and descends again to receive the power of the superior and the inferior things. By this means, thou wilt have the glory of the world. And because of this, all obscurity will flee from thee. Within this power, most powerful of all powers. For it will overcome all subtle things, and penetrate every solid thing. Thus the world was created. From this will be, and will emerge, admirable adaptations of which the means are here. And for this reason, I am called Hermes Trismegistus, having the three parts of the philosophy of the world. What I have said of the Sun's operations is accomplished  Archetypal Metaphysics at Blogspot E-Mail Address: josephhbryanroyster@gmail.com |
