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Earth Star – A
Mayan Connection!!
The beautiful earth star which fell onto fields at Echilhampton,
near Devizes on August 15 is indeed a delicate formation and merits much
appreciation. It is also the shape of the Mayan star-glyph, LAMAT,
‘Yellow Star’ and is associated with the planet Venus in that tradition.
Here is a meditation on that glyph as it is presented in the website:
http://www.2012.com.au/Solar_Glyphs.html
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“ 8. LAMAT. (Star)
The Mayan star. This step is basically
about learning to love. You develop a tolerance and a compassion for
yourself and others. The ability to love yourself is very important in
attaining wisdom, and it is perfected here. You begin to feel a profound
sense of your own value and a love for yourself exactly as you are. You
evolve this self-love into a deep love for humanity and a love and caring
for the planet Earth. Meditating with this glyph will help you remember
and hold the vibration for unconditional love. The solar glyph painting
Lamat portrays with colors our coming forth into being from love when we
awake, creating our bodies out of light, then our return back to love,
which we all do each time we fall asleep. Lamat is the symbolic portrayal
that love is what we are.”
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© 1992 Donna Kiddie |
Mayan glyph |
In The Mayan Factor by José Arguelles, we understand that
LAMAT marks the beginning of the final AHAU cycle which includes all 13
Katuns. This final cycle is a culmination of the Baktun of the
Transformation of Matter and began in the year 1756 to be completed in
the year 2012. The energy of LAMAT is to ‘Seal [the whole mind of the
world] with the Star-Seed Harmony’. LAMAT heralds a new way of living on
Earth and a new experience and understanding of material life, including
our own bodies. This is certainly reflected in the beautiful and elegant
symmetry of this crop circle.
On top of all that, the particular shape of the formation is also
found in a symbol for Mother Mary, an ancient Goddess figure, as well as a
venerated Christian icon.
Mary’s symbol based on Maltese cross and pagan symbol
In this symbol, we see references to the four solar turning-points
of the year, as well as the lunar aspects (dark and light circles),
rendering Her, Lady of All the World. An interesting point is that LAMAT
as a word stands for ‘rabbit’ which is also a long-standing symbol for the
Goddess.
Michelle
Jennings
Sources:
Arguelles, José. The Mayan Factor: Path Beyond Technology.
Bear & Co. Rochester.
1996.
Spilsbury, Ariel & Michael Bryner. Donna Kiddie, illus. The
Mayan Oracle: Return
Path to the Stars. Bear & Co. Rochester. 1992.
Walker, Barbara. The Woman’s Dictionary of Symbols & Sacred
Objects. Castle
Books. 1988.
2012 Unlimited.
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