Fatima Research
The research below is informational. If it places a spark, great! We hope to massage curiosity in others and maybe open a door to explore more. It's also to introduce how ancient teachings/info may have a link to the larger picture, in the scheme of things. Use discernment-- and in a general sense, keep your eyes/ ears/heart/intuition open. The next 6 years should be very interesting. We are in new times. Lots will come to the surface and be revealed.
Our Lady revealed 3 secrets to 3 Portuguese shepherd children in 1917- at Fatima, Portugal, @ the zenith point of time, on the 13th day of May and every 13th day each month until Oct of that year. What’s so very fascinating, Pope Paul’s assassination attempt was also on the 13th and Sister Lucia also died on a 13th day. I believe 13 is a very significant number and the next 3 years will reveal more. And- was it a coincidence that the day the Pope laid in grave danger of dying, his blessed eyes focused on a small framed photo of “Our Lady of Fatima,” worn by someone who was part of the large crowd that gathered on that significant 13th day of May in 1981. It could of been a photo of "Our Lady of Guadalupe" or "Our Lady of Medjugorje."
A few articles highlighted the Pope’s comments about “Our Lady’s” image miraculously standing behind this random? person who wore the framed Fatima photo, Again, why the Lady of Fatima? What's so very interesting, the 33 Chilean Miners had many 3's in the entire rescue event.(Read my fascinating blogs!) I feel something happened in the womb of mother earth and the miners aren't taking. Our Lady had a hand in this rescue for sure!
Time will tell if the Fatima prophecies are the most prolific of all times.
The question of the century- Why 3 children, 3 secrets, 3 days of darkness (why not 2 or 4?) and the significance of the 13 day, for six months, along with zenith time frame, the strongest placement of the sun-? And, is the significance of the sun’s odd behavior part of all of these questions? How does this all tie in to the Catholic Church?
Our Lady spoke of a 7th visit? Will she appear again at Fatima?
And another fascinating twist. Robert D. Kullman, Forensic Analyst of Speckin Forensic, came forward and affirmed that the 3rd Fatima secret was a forged version? What? Why?
I also find interesting, Sister Lucia, the only surviving witness to Our Lady's 3 secrets, was cloistered all of her life. And, in the last years, only 2 people were allowed to visit her. Pope John Paul and the now Pope Benedict. And when she passed a way, her room was treated as a crime scene. It was sealed as if someone was worried info would leak out to the flock. Was Sister Lucia in constant contact with Our Lady? And because Sister Lucia had no contact with the outside world, were these messages written down? I have a feeling someone else knows and it will be revealed in time. I feel Sister Lucia figured it all out.
Let’s review some of the 13 day dates. But first, 3 represents the Trinity. This has been written countless times to clearly show the Trinity’s a powerful influence.
The Trinity symbology:
"You tell us that there are three gods and yet one," the puzzled Irish said when St. Patrick was preaching the gospel to them in the 5th century AD. "How can that be?" The saint bent down and plucked a shamrock. "Do you not see," he said, "how in this wildflower three leaves are united on one stalk, and will you not then believe that there are indeed three persons and yet one God?"
The Shamrock, at one time called the "Seamroy", symbolizes the cross and blessed trinity. Before the Christian era it was a sacred plant of the Druids of Ireland because its leaves formed a triad.
Three was the most sacred and magical number. It multiplies to nine, which is sacred to Brigid. Three may have signified totality: behind, before and here / sky, earth and underworld. (http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Cottage/2595/shamrock.html)
God’s attributes are 3.
1)Omniscience (God knows our free will decisions BEFORE those decisions are made)
2)Omnipresence (God’s present in all places at all times)
3)Omnipotence (God’s maximal power. Maximal greatness)
Three divisions of time
Past, presence and future
The sum of all human ability is threefold
Thought, word, deed.
Where does third degree comes from? And why three degrees?
Three Kingdoms of matter
Animal, vegetable and mineral
There’s 3 steps in Act 2:38
Number 3 is the first geometric figure. Two straight lines cannot enclose any space or form a planar figure. Three lines are necessary to form a planar figure and three dimensions are required to form a solid. A triangle is the simplest planar figure and a cube is the simplest three-dimensional solid. So as two could represent a square, three could represent a cube or solid contents. Three therefore represents that which is solid, real, substantial, complete and entire.
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13
13 represents circulation, the power of transcendence and going beyond. 13 signifies the ratio of Time itself as the force of universal movement. Even in our bodies, it is our 13 joints ( 2 ankles, 2 knees, 2 hips, 2 wrists, 2 elbows, 2 shoulders, and 1 neck) which give us the power of physical movement. Turned taboo due to its associations with the 13 moons and the 13 cycles of a woman's annual fertility cycle, the number 13 became thought of as unlucky. 13 actually represent interconnectedness, the presence which unifies life's movements as one magical orchestra. Thirteen scales on a turtle's back - 13 moons in motion reflect the 13 tones of creation - the galaxy's movement spiraling into biological life-forms.
Christianity there is thirteen Tenebrae or Lenten-hearse, candles which are extinguished one by one symbolizing the darkness on earth at Christ's death.
Our Lady’s message to the three shepherd children-"I came to ask you to come here on the thirteenth day for six months at the same time, and then I will return here a seventh time."
The third part of the "secret" revealed on 13 July 1917 at Cova da Iria, Fatima.
*13th July, 1947 ( "Our Lady" mentions Fatima)
Our Lady appeared to Pieina in a white dress. She was adorned with three beautiful roses: white, red and yellow, which Pierina was allowed to see in place of the three swords. The white rose represented the spirit of prayer, the red one represented the spirit of sacrifice, and the yellow rose the spirit of penance and conversion. I wish that the 13th of each month be celebrated as a Marian Day.
* The assassination attempt on the Popes life on 13 May 1981.
* World League of Penitential Communion and this is to be done on 13th October.
* Beatification of Francisco and Jacinta - May 13, 2000, the feast day of Our Lady of Fatima.
* The last time Pope John and Sister Lucia met personally was on May 13, 2000.
* Sister Lucia died on February 13 at her Carmelite convent in Coimbra, Portugal.
* Beautification process begins for Pope John Paul- May 13, 2005
13 is such a powerful number throughout history.
Jesus and the Twelve Apostles =13
Moses and the Twelve Tribes =13
Jason and the Twelve Argonauts =13
The Original Colonies =13
Our forefathers incorporated 13. Our $ bill has 13 represented several times. Why?
13 – the cardinal number that is the sum of twelve and one
13 represents an octave as an octave can be seen on a conventional piano.
12 (=3) Noon and the Suns ancient symbology
What is the 12 o'clock symbology and where did the phrase..High noon signify?
The Sun and Universal understandings and appreciation.
As we look to the ancient cultures from the beginning of time, the sun was important and still is. All life would cease to exist, no movement, no form, no existence. The sun brings heat, life and light. Every culture on earth has the sun’s symbol embedded in their heritage. The sun was important for existence and still is.
The Solar Trinity
Because of the energy/power of the sun, has come the concept of the Trinity. It has been written about so many times it dates back to the Babylonians, Egyptians, Hindus, and Persians etc. In every documented case the Trinity represented the three fold form of one Supreme Intelligence.
High Noon
I found a fascinating analogy about the sun and God--Between the twilight of dawn and twilight of evening is high noon” of magnificent glory. God the Father is depicted blue, because the sun rising in the morning and it's veiled in blue mist.
God the Son, Illuminating One sent to bear witness of His Father before all is the celestial glove at noonday. The maned Lion of Judah, the Golden haired one.
God, the Holy Spirit, sunset phase when the orb of day rests upon the horizon line and then vanishes into the darkness of night and later rises, again.
Interesting Information
Do you know that all the past kingdoms on earth dating back as far as we have researched recorded in their heritage, the Kingdom of Heaven which the sun was highlighted and revered?
Many solar discs began appearing which symbolizes the appreciation/gratitude for the sun’s gift of life.
King Sol-om-on
Sol- Means Sun
Om— is a Mantra, or vibration, that is traditionally chanted at the beginning and end of yoga sessions. It is said to be the sound of the universe. What does that mean?
Somehow the ancient yogis knew what scientists today are telling us–which the entire universe is moving. Nothing is ever solid or still. Everything that exists pulsates, creating a rhythmic vibration that the ancient yogis acknowledged with the sound of Om. We may not always be aware of this sound in our daily lives, but we can hear it in the rustling of the autumn leaves, the waves on the shore, the inside of a seashell.
Chanting Om allows us to recognize our experience as a reflection of how the whole universe moves–the setting sun, the rising moon, the ebb and flow of the tides, the beating of our hearts. As we chant Om, it takes us for a ride on this universal movement, through our breath, our awareness, and our physical energy, and we begin to sense a bigger connection that is both uplifting and soothing.
Om is one of the highest vibrational chants there is.
ON- Another name discovered for the ancient Amen.
Question? What’s the meaning to the sunbursts of embroidery on the back of vestments worn by Priests? If we open our eyes, ears and look beyond, many things are present awaiting our discovery.
The philosophers of Greece and Egypt
The philosophers divided life of the sun into four parts. And the analogy went something like this.
Winter solstice –a dependant infant in the cradle. The sun being at a weak season of the year had no golden rays but the survival of the light through the darkness of winter.
At the vernal equinox, the sun had grown to a beautiful youth.
At the summer solstice, a period of the year became a strong man symbolized nature at its strongest.
At autumn equinox, the sun was pictured as an aged man.
Twelve (1+2=3—Trinity) months were assigned as the length of life.
The Sun and The Eye of God
What are the relationship symbology of the Sun and the eye of God? Many ancients have depicted such a relationship. An eclipse is an interesting example.
*Everything in our reality created by patterns of sacred geometry.
*The source of creation
*The eye’s the window to the soul
Which brings us to the winged disc symbol. This image is found throughout Egypt on hieroglyphic inscriptions. Capstones of pyramids and wall murals as well as entrances to many temples and palaces in Egypt. This was sometimes depicted as the phoenix which was changed through the ages to the dove.
--http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-58252
In the stylistic development during the Metal Ages, two phenomena are of particular interest. The first is the development of the sun-bird-ship motif of the Urnfield Culture. The origin of this motif, which featured bird-headed ships embellished with solar disks, is not known, but over a short period about 1400 BC it became common both as incised decoration and as plastic art throughout a vast area of eastern and central Europe. The similarity in execution and composition is remarkable and suggests a shared understanding of its meaning and the intensity of contact between distant areas.
Revelation 12:1
"A great sign appeared in the sky, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars..."
"Bird of the Sun" that is readily perceivable within the sun's corona during those total eclipses of the sun in which the streamers of the sun's corona are concentrated into the sun's equatorial regions and thus appear very much like a bird's wings spreading out on either side of the so-called "black sun" that is formed by the dark circle of the disk of the moon.
--http://eyeofhorussymbol.homestead.com
The striking similarity in outward appearance between the human eye and the totally eclipsed sun speaks volumes of the genius of the Creator. There is evidence that suggests that the ancient Egyptian priests considered the total eclipse of the sun
to be the "Creative Word" of Amen-Ra.
The renowned medieval German mystic Meister Eckhart once said:
"The eye with which I see God is the same eye with which God sees me.My eye and God's eye are One eye - One in seeing, One in knowing, and One in loving."
Numerous astronomers, both professional and amateur, have compared the totally eclipsed sun to a flower and have remarked on the petal like appearance of some coronal streamers. Total solar eclipses which take place during the maximum phase of sunspot activity tend to look more like flowers simply because the coronal streamers are more evenly distributed around the black disc of the moon. in the March 1995, 'Sky & Telescope' Fred Espenak of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Centre compared the November 3, 1994, total solar eclipse to the blossoming of a "cosmic flower." If highly educated and culturally sophisticated professional astronomers of the 19th, 20th and even 21st centuries can acknowledge the distinct similarity of the sun's coronal streamers to the petals of flowers. We can be quite certain that eclipse observers in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia and elsewhere around the world did likewise. This would thus account for the undeniable similarity of the rosette solar symbol to a daisy like flower. I feel that I must point out the word daisy is simply a contraction of "Day's Eye" which was the original name of this flower. This should clearly indicate to us that our ancestors perceived the daisy to be a microcosmic reflection of the macro cosmic "Eye of Day," i.e. our sun.
Besides appearing on the breasts of Egyptian princesses and queen,s the rosette is used to represent the aureole and nipple of female Egyptian goddesses such as Isis and Sekhmet-Mut. I have very good reason to believe that some among the ancient Egyptians considered the light and heat of the sun to be celestial milk pouring from the breast of a luni-solar mother goddess. This belief would likely have been inspired by the fact that the sun's corona may be readily seen to resemble white celestial milk pouring forth from out of the black "hole in the sky" formed by the darkened moon during totality. Let us remember that the totally eclipsed sun does in fact bear a genuinely striking resemblance to an eye and let us remember also that the ancient Egyptian people believed the sun to be the "Eye of Ra"
--http://humanformdivine.homestead.com/files/humanfor.htm
The sun was a significant symbol during the visit of Our Lady of Fatima. Mother Mary has ra letters in her name. Ra has been a well documented symbol throughout the ages as you noticed the above text-one of many documented. I’m writing another article on the ancient--- Amen. Ammon Ra(notice the Ra in the name?) was a part of this puzzle of how Amen came into being.
Much more on this subject and the findings are astounding!
Here’s some additional info I found.
Essene Prayer Said by the Virgin Mary
Within the Most High, my soul blossoms,
Leaps for joy at the sight of the ascendant path.
What is on high came to meet what is below,
And the Most High has impregnated my soul through his radiant look.
Out of all the generations, mine is blissful,
For the Almighty did great things for me;
He impregnated my soul.
Holy is his name, through the centuries runs his blessing
For those who, because of love, remain faithful to Him.
Sublime and untouched is the Most High, Almighty is the power of his arm; He scatters the proud, destroys those who only think of themselves,
Turns down the throne of those who only believe in their own power, And lifts the humble, the simple, the pure and loving hearts up to his Kingdom.
He showers with his gifts those who remain silent before him. The Most High never gives up his children who serve him with wisdom and love. Amen. (Gospel according to St. Luke 1.46,55).
It’s an ancient word, a prayer said by the Virgin Mary. It was not only said by her, but also by all the women who were pregnant in the Essene community. Actually, one must become aware that the Essene, Nazarene community gave a communal Teaching, a Teaching for the entire humanity, and that the Virgin Mary was not regarded as a superior woman. She had important responsibilities, but she was not regarded as a woman other than another woman. All the women who were expecting were respected and practiced the same Teachings than the Virgin Mary.
"Nazarene" means "consecrated to God", and also "the one who knows the hidden things". This universal brotherhood, which is not characteristic of the Jewish people, knew the secrets of the impregnation of the soul, and regarded the fact that a woman was pregnant as something deeply mystical. They didn’t fix their attention on the fact a woman was expecting; for them, the woman represented a much higher secret than the woman as human being. For them, the woman represented the soul, the hidden soul, the pure soul, the virgin soul, and also the Earth—the Earth which is like a soul, reflection of the universal soul, in which all the souls (for example, the souls of the flowers, of the trees, of the animals, all the souls, even the souls of the angels) can appear as a unity of one same substance, which is the universal soul. This substance is like impregnated by rays of the Very-High, like rays of the sun. (Soul..Sol..Sun..) This soul was called "Ma" in the ancient mysteries, and gave the name "Maya" -- that is, the great illusion; it gave also the name "Mary": "Ry", "Ra", or "Re" is the Ray of the universal Mother.
So, in this Essene brotherhood-sisterhood, the woman, and notably the pregnant woman, was regarded, not only as a pregnant woman, but as the symbol, the writing, and the hieroglyph of the mysteries of the entire cosmos, and even of the mysteries of Universe and evolution. All the secrets, the secrets of Isis and of the woman were contained in the pregnant woman.
St. John, who was Lazarus the Essene, reveals these secrets in the Book of Revelation when a being comes and tells him: "I will show you the mysteries of the woman." Then he talks about the great prostitute and about the spouse for the wedding of the lamb. The great prostitute is the soul that has given birth to the personality, the ego, separated from the Very-High and doing as it pleases.
So you see, this was an entire universe, not only made of words, but much more of realities: one didn’t need to talk about it, one just had to see a pregnant woman, and straightaway one had all these mysteries of the cosmos in front of oneself. In the same way, one now just needs to see the letters of the alphabet to know the word; one doesn’t need to talk about it, this is something which lives within the soul.
This Essene prayer is all the more important for our time since things happen in the atmosphere of the Earth. And one should know them, as the saying says: "Forewarned is forearmed." Things happen, things that are in connection with this prayer, with the mysteries of the woman -- which concern men also of course.
"Within the Most-High, my soul blossoms, leaps for joy at the sight of the ascendant path. What is on high came to meet what is below, and the Most-High has impregnated my soul by his look full of light."
You see, this is so beautiful…
"Out of all the generations, mine is blissful, for the Almighty did great things for me; He impregnated my soul by his ray."
The question is: "Who can say this at our time?"
Of course, a woman in order to become pregnant is impregnated by a ray. But here, the prayer talks about the soul which is in the deepest; all things considered, about our soul, which, turned toward the Most-High, leaps for joy and sees the ascendant path. This is not an illusion, the path of awakening, ennoblement, and transformation is not an illusion. I see it or I don’t see it, but there is no illusion, there is no belief; it is the experience of a soul that tells what it lives.
"Holy is his name; throughout the centuries runs his blessing for those who, because of love, remain faithful to Him."
Here, the Essene community says: "Throughout the centuries, we incessantly become incarnate, not by a dead filiation, but because we are faithful to the Very-High and because we dedicate our lives to Him. We dedicate our lives not in order to find something, but because we cannot do it in another way, because we see the reality: the Very-High, Love, Wisdom, and Intelligence fill the cosmos. He is the Source of existence, I am within Him, by my life. I am not the Master of my life, I am not the one who has created my life."