ARMENIAN STONE ARATTA RTA ALCHEMY OF LIGHT IN FOUR STAGES PISCES

ARATTA is a mountainous land that appears in Sumerian myths identified by various scholars with Ararat (Ayrarat) of historical Armenia. Aratta was considered a holy site, home to the goddess Astghik and sometimes Anahit. Aratta was famous for metallurgy, stone masonry, gold production, silver and their precious blue Azurite stones. Since antiquity Armenia was known for the best quality of these mineral stones which are called Lapis Armenus, also known as the Armenian stone in natural history.
Lapis Armenus is a variety of precious blue Azurite stone, nearly identical to the Azurite known as lapis lazuli, occasionally used interchangeably but distinguished by a finer structure sometimes containing greenish tints. The 1816 Encyclopedia Perthensis notes that Armenian stone “was anciently brought from Armenia to Europe”.
Emanuel Mendes da Costa (1757) describes it having: “an elegant bright or clear blue color, sometimes of a deeper sometimes of a paler blue, and also sometimes with a greenish cast.” The blue of Azurite is exceptionally deep and clear, and for that reason the mineral has tended to be associated since antiquity with the deep blue color of low-humidity desert and winter skies.
Lapis Armenus was highly esteemed in antiquity, and attempts have been made to recreate it artificially. Sumerian king Enmerkar (ca. 2100 BC) in the epic “Enmerkar and the lord of Aratta” prays to the deity Inanna asking her to bring him precious materials from Aratta, including Azurite blue stones called “za-gin” in Sumerian epics.
“My sister, let Aratta fashion gold and silver skilfully on my behalf for Unug. Let them cut the flawless [za-gin] (Azurite) from the blocks”… “Let the people of Aratta bring down for me the mountain stones from their mountain, build the great shrine for me, erect the great abode for me…”
Mined for over 7,000 years, the “Armenian Stone” is an enduring rock - and yes it is a rock - unlike other gems it is a composite of several materials with sparkling flecks of pyrite, or fool’s gold, adding to its mystical allure.
Lapis Lazuri, the Armenian stone was attributed with great healing, purifying and curative properties, the 'Armenian Stone' allegedly points the way to enlightenment, and aids in the opening of the Third Eye. Popular with ancient alchemists (who knew it as sapphirus), it was used in medicine, cosmetics and paintings. It was also believed to confer ability, success, divine favor, ancient wisdom and cure sore throats. No wonder it was as valuable as gold!.
The ancient city of Ur had a thriving trade in lapis as early as the fourth millennium BC and it appears in various passages from the Book of the Dead as an inscription stone. It was one of the stones in the biblical 'Breastplate of Judgment' of Aaron (Exodus: xxviii, 15-30). But the Romans (typically) believed it to be a powerful aphrodisiac. In the Middle Ages, it was thought to keep the limbs healthy and free the soul from error, envy and fear.
When lapis was first introduced to Europe, it was called ultramarinum, meaning beyond the sea. Ground lapis mixed with oil was the secret of the blue in ultramarine, the pigment which painters used to paint the sea and the sky until the nineteenth century.
Among gemstones, lapis lazuli is the only “rock” - composed of several minerals rather than a single one. The characteristic blue comes from sodalite minerals, with any white coming from calcite, and its sparkling gold flecks from pyrite. All lapis lazuli is opaque.
Lapis Lazuli is the second most popular stone for men’s jewelry, second only to black onyx, whereas in women’s jewelry it most commonly appears as beads or earrings.
The finest quality is a dark, intense blue with no visible calcite and a mere sprinkling of pyrite. "Royal blue" is a descriptive term for fine material. As the color becomes lighter (indicative of more calcite) the value of lapis lazuli drops, visible calcite is a definite detriment. Quality of cutting is also a value consideration.
Soul color is defined as a color that strongly resonates with our soul or our soul resonates back its color. As we already know, colors deeply affect our mood and our mood affects color. Similarly, certain colors actually soothe the soul while others ignite or flare it up. Different colors have different vibrations and through meditation, we can also sense the vibration of cosmic energy flowing through the body.
“My sister, let Aratta fashion gold and silver skilfully on my behalf for Unug. Let them cut the flawless [za-gin] (Azurite) from the blocks”… “Let the people of Aratta bring down for me the mountain stones from their mountain, build the great shrine for me, erect the great abode for me…”
Mined for over 7,000 years, the “Armenian Stone” is an enduring rock - and yes it is a rock - unlike other gems it is a composite of several materials with sparkling flecks of pyrite, or fool’s gold, adding to its mystical allure.
Lapis Lazuri, the Armenian stone was attributed with great healing, purifying and curative properties, the 'Armenian Stone' allegedly points the way to enlightenment, and aids in the opening of the Third Eye. Popular with ancient alchemists (who knew it as sapphirus), it was used in medicine, cosmetics and paintings. It was also believed to confer ability, success, divine favor, ancient wisdom and cure sore throats. No wonder it was as valuable as gold!.
The ancient city of Ur had a thriving trade in lapis as early as the fourth millennium BC and it appears in various passages from the Book of the Dead as an inscription stone. It was one of the stones in the biblical 'Breastplate of Judgment' of Aaron (Exodus: xxviii, 15-30). But the Romans (typically) believed it to be a powerful aphrodisiac. In the Middle Ages, it was thought to keep the limbs healthy and free the soul from error, envy and fear.
When lapis was first introduced to Europe, it was called ultramarinum, meaning beyond the sea. Ground lapis mixed with oil was the secret of the blue in ultramarine, the pigment which painters used to paint the sea and the sky until the nineteenth century.
Among gemstones, lapis lazuli is the only “rock” - composed of several minerals rather than a single one. The characteristic blue comes from sodalite minerals, with any white coming from calcite, and its sparkling gold flecks from pyrite. All lapis lazuli is opaque.
Lapis Lazuli is the second most popular stone for men’s jewelry, second only to black onyx, whereas in women’s jewelry it most commonly appears as beads or earrings.
The finest quality is a dark, intense blue with no visible calcite and a mere sprinkling of pyrite. "Royal blue" is a descriptive term for fine material. As the color becomes lighter (indicative of more calcite) the value of lapis lazuli drops, visible calcite is a definite detriment. Quality of cutting is also a value consideration.
Soul color is defined as a color that strongly resonates with our soul or our soul resonates back its color. As we already know, colors deeply affect our mood and our mood affects color. Similarly, certain colors actually soothe the soul while others ignite or flare it up. Different colors have different vibrations and through meditation, we can also sense the vibration of cosmic energy flowing through the body.
PISCES VESICA
When we focus on our breath, we also activate the Prana or the Chi energy in the mind and body and this is also a form of vibration. Due to this reason, the energy that flows is linked to the soul energy. So, if a soul shows preference to a particular color, it simply means that it matches itself to that color’s vibration.
In Alchemy the blue color is assigned to the opposite end of the circular spectrum.
Blue stands in stark contrast to red in that it indicates a cool and calming state.
Deep Blue grey is the color of lead and water and sky, water contained in a vessel can represent the unconscious. In the clear blue of the water, however we can see Manu's fish, clearly demonstrating how difficult it is for a fish or human to find the still point between air and fire rising and water and earth sinking.
In Alchemy the blue color is assigned to the opposite end of the circular spectrum.
Blue stands in stark contrast to red in that it indicates a cool and calming state.
Deep Blue grey is the color of lead and water and sky, water contained in a vessel can represent the unconscious. In the clear blue of the water, however we can see Manu's fish, clearly demonstrating how difficult it is for a fish or human to find the still point between air and fire rising and water and earth sinking.
The Pisces/fish lung is the physical equalizer between the external atmospheric pressure, and the ability of the conscious self, fish or man to stay stationary, on the path, simply by adjusting the oxygen intake to keep an equilibrium with the external atmospheric pressure through an inner ear type of processor. A difficult act to follow, keeping ones spirit high under varying pressures. Yoga.
Air and water contrasting, yet complimentary as is the light above with the darkness below,
We recall where Manu's fish always had an eye on the the Geko patiently waiting in the murky bottom of the unconscious. The eye of the turtle dove on its lover in the song of songs the same.
Mary’s mantle has always been seen as the symbol of a spiritual vessel, as it represents the womb in which Christ was formed. The womb to tomb both seen as a spiritual vessels.
The color blue cannot be found as a set color in alchemy, for blue as matter is dark bluish grey, which the whitening light transforms. Matter does not follow the same transformations of color. With heat, additive or subtractive don't apply.
A subtractive color model explains the mixing of a limited set of dyes, inks, paint pigments or natural colorants to create a wider range of colors, each the result of partially or completely subtracting (that is, absorbing) some wavelengths of light and not others.
However blues are found in the Arts of the East, where it takes the place from black. it starts with very deep blue, almost black to very light almost translucent, or white brilliant blue of lightening. The whitening of blue starts with deep subterranean waters or the deep blue sea, described as the color of the underworld, its height goes into clear translucent white/light.
The deepest Blue of water represents the unconscious. In Egypt, Osiris in the underworld is portrayed in black or blue. It is more a bluish-green color, it is cyan the transformation that takes place as the intensity of light increases, a yellowing of the white, starts to show before any other color, reflecting on dark colored particles of matter. This process of the yellowing transforms the blue toward the green, expressing the intermediary transitional color as cyan.
A subtractive color model explains the mixing of a limited set of dyes, inks, paint pigments or natural colorants to create a wider range of colors, each the result of partially or completely subtracting (that is, absorbing) some wavelengths of light and not others.
However blues are found in the Arts of the East, where it takes the place from black. it starts with very deep blue, almost black to very light almost translucent, or white brilliant blue of lightening. The whitening of blue starts with deep subterranean waters or the deep blue sea, described as the color of the underworld, its height goes into clear translucent white/light.
The deepest Blue of water represents the unconscious. In Egypt, Osiris in the underworld is portrayed in black or blue. It is more a bluish-green color, it is cyan the transformation that takes place as the intensity of light increases, a yellowing of the white, starts to show before any other color, reflecting on dark colored particles of matter. This process of the yellowing transforms the blue toward the green, expressing the intermediary transitional color as cyan.
This play of light these transformations characterize not only the journey up from the underworld toward the light, but also the waters above and the waters below of the old testament.
The above being the transformations of reflected light observed as color in air. In Alchemy again the four stages are defined by color. The transformations of matter as well as in light and spirit start and or end with deep coagulated menstrual red. The bluish-green sea housed the spirits of the dead.
The fourth stage of alchemy is man, to whom no color is assigned. I presume that is because man is mind and the inner and outer ultimate quality is its transparency, its pure white blinding light, no color.
The above being the transformations of reflected light observed as color in air. In Alchemy again the four stages are defined by color. The transformations of matter as well as in light and spirit start and or end with deep coagulated menstrual red. The bluish-green sea housed the spirits of the dead.
Four emerges in the work of Schopenhauer in the theorem of the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason.
So the transformation of light occur in four stages. In antiquity, the world was quartered into four seasons, elements, to which also four temperaments corresponded.The rivers of paradise, the river that flows out of the Garden of Eden parts and becomes four. The Gnostic illustrates the development of the inner human being in four stages. In Christianity, the division into four is expressed by the symbol of the cross. Professor Jung says that the priest divides the water in the form of the cross, he seemingly divides it into four parts. In this way he reenacts the beginning of creation. By this act the house of water makes the water the sacred, mysterious, eternal, instrument of purification and salvation of divine water, by which man is cleansed of all sinfulness and impurity.
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