My Easter Day Poem - My Savior Donald Trump perfored by Hairy Larry

The spring equinox has always been the day where light and dark come back into balance, and our instincts call for us to go outside and dance with our arms in the air rejoicing in the return of balance.  To those of us with eyes to see, it is the perfect mean, the day of pi, the alchemist resting point.  

 

In ancient Sumerian times, they called it the Descent of Inanna, the heavenly goddess who descended into the underworld only to be brought back to life three days later by Enki, the pagan god of heaven. 

 

And even then, we danced with our arms out towards the heavens, the perfect mean.

 

Then came Ostara, the Spring Fertility goddess associated with bunny rabbits and fertility eggs.  

 

And still, we danced with our arms out towards the heavens, the day of pi. 

 

Today, they call it the resurrection of the anointed.   

But still, we dance with our arms out towards the heavens, the alchemist resting point.  

~~ an Eso Terry poem 

Roger Bacon 101

Roger Bacon was rich. So we know his story. Please take a moment now and think about all the other esoterics of his day, who because they weren't rich, we know them not. Now on with the poop on this guy. 

Roger Bacon was born about 1214, and he grew up wanting to be a teacher. He went to Oxford University in England; and after obtaining his degree, he became a teacher on the staff of the University of Paris in the 1240’s.

The writings of the Greek thinker Aristotle had been lost to Europe for over ten centuries and had recently been rediscovered.  Bacon had studied Aristotle at Oxford and became very excited.  He believed that Aristotle was a great thinker, and he taught his students in Paris about Aristotle’s writings.

During this time, Bacon was also working with light rays and lens and doing many chemistry experiments.  His experiments were based on some things that Aristotle had written about, but these experiments were not working out. He discovered that on many topics the famous and honored Aristotle was wrong.  Years of hard work based on some of Aristotle’s false teachings had to be thrown away. Perhaps worse was his realization that he had sent students out into the world with false knowledge.

Bacon was very disappointed at having wasted so much effort by trusting Aristotle.  Although much of Aristotle’s writing was correct, the errors made it risky to trust anything.  Bacon began struggling with the problem of how to make knowledge trustworthy.

Bacon first decided that there was something fundamentally wrong in the way people judged what was true and false.  In Bacon’s day, people believed that arguing logically could prove the truth.  Everyone thought Aristotle’s arguments were logically correct so they judged Aristotle to be writing the truth.  But Bacon knew, from his failed laboratory work, that Aristotle was wrong about many things he had written – even though Aristotle had very good rational arguments to support his views.

Bacon also studied other respected writers and found many to be wrong.  When he tried to discover what had led these men astray in their writings, he came up with four central reasons for their errors – the four stumbling blocks to truth.

Some were wrong because they had relied on a supposed “expert” who was wrong.

Some were wrong because they relied on popular opinions or beliefs that were wrong.

Others were wrong because they just wanted things to agree with their pet ideas and to conceal their ignorance through pride.

And lastly and most dangerous, some were wrong because they had believed in a logical argument.

These four sources of error were to be avoided at all costs.  It is ironic that Aristotle had espoused these very points two thousand years earlier (and they are still taught today in courses in rhetoric) as the best strategies to use in winning a debate or in persuading an audience by oratory.  Sadly, Aristotle’s stated goal, however, was merely to persuade the listener – not to find Truth.

Bacon now set out to devise a systematic way of judging whether a statement was true or false and thereby obtain trustworthy knowledge.  Bacon believed that “seeing might be believing” for experiments in his laboratory, but he was even unsure about whether personal bias could sneak in unsuspectingly to sway one’s observations.  Therefore, Bacon said that several people (the more the better) should do the experiment separately and independently to see if they all got the same results.  If many different people in different places at different times could do the same experiment and get the same results, then personal bias should be ruled out.  What was seen and duplicated in the laboratory could be considered to be true.  He wrote up his experiments in detail and had his students try to repeat them before he would trust the results.

Bacon summarized his belief clearly:  “Neither the voice of authority nor the weight of reason and argument are as significant as experiments from which come peace to the mind.”

Bacon’s ideas threatened a number of the powerful teachers of his day, and he was forbidden to continue his experiments or work on his books. He sent a copy of his preliminary work to the Pope, Clement IV, who liked Bacon’s ideas and wanted to see more. The Pope liked Bacon’s view that by observing creation, one learned more about God. It is not clear whether Bacon had to continue his work in secret or whether Clement ordered that Bacon be allowed to continue his work.  In any case, Bacon did continue his work.

It is believed that some time after Clement died, Bacon, his protector now gone, was imprisoned for his outspoken criticisms of current beliefs because there is a complete absence of any record of Bacon’s activity from 1279 to 1289.  His last work dates from about 1292 and is incomplete.  We assume that he died then at the age of about 72.

It is difficult to accurately assess Bacon’s influence in bringing about that revolutionary period in human thought – the Renaissance – that began several hundred years after his death.  Whether his work was widely influential or whether the “scientific method” was independently rediscovered really makes no difference in judging the greatness of the man himself.  His ethical standards in science and his relentless pursuit of truth stand as a beacon to inspire us all to the utmost in keen, objective observation and scrupulous honesty in all of our undertakings.

~~ Dr TV Boogie

St. Germain, Master Rakoczi, Thomas Bacon? You Decide.

Mount St. Germain, what can I say.  The guy was illusive, some say a spy, a fraud, hustler, other's, like this Esoteric Artist, believe he was the spirit of enlightenment which comes around when we really need it as they did in the 18th century. Historically, he has been documented by the Kings, Queen, and guillotines of Nobility. Spiritually, he has been in every space where enlightenment, alchemy, and consciousness is spoken out loud.  Here is his story. 

St. Germain (also referred to as Master Rakoczi or Master R) is the chohan of the seventh ray the Theosophical and post-Theosophical teachings of C. W. Leadbeater, Alice A. Bailey, Benjamin Creme, the White Eagle Lodge, modern Rosicrucianism and the Ascended Master Teachings, responsible for the New Age culture of the Age of Aquarius and identified with the Count of St. Germain (1710-1784), who has been variously described as a courtier, adventurer, charlatan, inventor, alchemist, pianist, violinist and amateur composer. 

St. Germain, as one of the Masters of the Ancient Wisdom, is credited with near god-like powers and with longevity. It is believed that Sir Francis Bacon faked his own death on Easter Sunday, 9 April 1626, attended his own funeral and made his way from England to Transylvania where he found lodging in a castle owned by the Rakoczi family. There, on 1 May 1684, Bacon, by using alchemy, became an immortal occult master and adopted the name Saint Germain and became one of the Masters of the Ancient Wisdom, a group of beings that, Theosophists believe, form a Spiritual Hierarchy of planet Earth sometimes called the Ascended Masters. Thus, according to these beliefs, St. Germain was a mysterious manifestation of the "resurrected form" (or "resurrection body") of Sir Francis Bacon.

Many groups honor Saint Germain as a supernatural being called a Master of the Ancient Wisdom or an Ascended master. In the Ascended Master Teachings he is referred to simply as Saint Germain, or as the Ascended Master Saint Germain. As an Ascended Master, Saint Germain is believed to have many magical powers such as the ability to teleport, levitate, walk through walls, and to inspire people by telepathy, among others.

Theosophists consider him to be a Mahatma, Masters of the Ancient Wisdom or Adept. Helena Blavatsky said that he was one of her Masters of Wisdom and hinted that he had given her secret documents. Some esoteric groups credit him with inspiring the Framers of the Constitution to draft the United States Declaration of Independence, as well as providing the design of the Great Seal of the United States. He is also considered to be the mystery guy who was at the signing of the Declaration of Independence that no one knew.  

In New Age beliefs, Saint Germain is always associated with the color violet, the jewel amethyst, and the Maltese cross rendered in violet (usually the iron cross style cross patee version). He is also regarded as the "Chohan of the Seventh Ray According to Theosophy, the Seven Rays are seven metaphysical principles that govern both individual souls and the unfolding of each 2,158-year-long Astrological Age. Since according to Theosophy the next Astrological Age, the Age of Aquarius, will be governed by the Seventh (Violet) Ray (the Ray of Ceremonial Order), Saint Germain is sometimes called "The Hierarch of the Age of Aquarius". According to the Ascended Master Teachings, Saint Germain is "The God of Freedom for this system of worlds." According to the Ascended Master Teachings, the preliminary lead-up to the beginning of the Age of Aquarius began on 1 July 1956, when Ascended Master Saint Germain became the Hierarch of the Age of Aquarius, replacing the former Astrological Age Hierarch, the Ascended Master Jesus, who had been for almost 2,000 years the Hierarch of the Age of Pisces.

In the works authored by Alice A. Bailey, Saint Germain is called Master Rakoczi or the Master R. (In the Ascended Master Teachings, the Master Rakoczi [ otherwise known as the Great Divine Director ] is regarded as Saint Germain's teacher in the Great White Brotherhood of Ascended Masters). Alice A. Bailey's book The Externalisation of the Hierarchy (a compilation of earlier revelations published posthumously in 1957) gives the most information about his reputed role as a Spiritual Master. Saint Germain's spiritual title is said to be Lord of Civilization, and his task is the establishment of the new civilization of the Age of Aquarius. He is said to telepathically influence people who are seen by him as being instrumental in bringing about the new civilization of the Age of Aquarius. Alice A. Bailey stated that "sometime after AD 2025," the Jesus, the Master Rakoczi (Saint Germain), Kuthumi, and others in the Spiritual Hierarchy would "externalise", i.e., descend from the spiritual worlds, and interact in visible tangible bodies on the Earth in ashrams, surrounded by their disciples. 

According to Theosophy and the Ascended Master Teachings, Saint Germain was incarnated as: (Note: Not all Theosophical and Ascended Master Teaching groups accept all of these incarnations as valid. St. Germain's incarnations as St. Alban, Proclus, Roger Bacon and Sir Francis Bacon are universally accepted.)

Ruler of a Golden Age civilization centered in a city called "The City of the Sun" 70,000 years ago located in the then lush and verdant area that is now the Sahara Desert, originally a colony sent out from Atlantis.

High priest in the civilization of Atlantis 13,000 years ago, serving in the Order of Lord Zadkiel in the Temple of Purification, located in an Atlantean colony that had been sent out from the main island of Atlantis that had been established on the island now called Cuba.

Samuel, 11th-century BC religious leader in Israel who served as prophet, priest, and last of the Hebrew judges.Samuel's mother Hannah was the second wife of Elkanah. For many years, Hannah had no children. One year when Hannah and Elkanah went to the temple to make sacrifices and pray, Hannah begged God to allow her to have a child. To be barren in those days was a source of shame for women and was considered an indication that one was not favored by God.

A priest named Eli saw Hannah praying and realized her predicament. He blessed her and assured her that God had heard her prayers. A year later she gave birth to Samuel. And, as she had promised, brought Samuel to Eli as a young child to serve with him in the temple.

The prophet Eli's time of transition grew near. So God spoke to young Samuel, calling upon him to be the next prophet of Israel. And Samuel accepted this holy work, traveling throughout Israel, urging the various tribes to work together and to cease worshiping idols.

It came about that the tribes desired a king to rule over them. Samuel was urged by them to appoint the one who would be their leader. God had already told Samuel that the results of the tribes desiring a king would be regretted, for their king would take their lands and goods and lead them into wars. They would know only oppression.

Upon hearing this message, the people turned a deaf ear to the prophet's warnings. Their choice was a man named Saul. Unfortunately, Saul lived up to God's warning and there was much suffering in the land. In response, Samuel secretly anointed David as the true king of Israel. A conflict between Saul and David dominated the remainder of Samuel's life. Samuel's anointing of David began the Biblical monarchy that formed the lineage of Jesus Christ.

Hesiod, Greek poet whose writings serve as a major source of insight into Greek mythology and cosmology (c. 700 BC).

Plato, Philosopher who studied with students of Pythagoras and scholars in Egypt. He established his own school of philosophy at the Academy in Athens. (427-347 BC).

Saint Joseph, 1st century AD, Nazareth. Husband of Mary and guardian of Jesus. In addition to what is commonly known about Saint Joseph from New Testament accounts, information in apocryphal writings and more recent revelations fill in some details. For instance, Joseph and Mary not only bore the Savior Jesus but six other children, both male and female. In contrast to traditional portrayals, Joseph was not merely a carpenter but an artisan in stone working and an adept in the spiritual arts. the family lived within a devout community, the Essenes, whose beliefs included the oneness of all life, that God dwelt within each soul and in his creation, and that striving and purity of motive were the way to God's heart.

Joseph, like Mary and Jesus, experienced visitations by angels. And it was Joseph's courage to be obedient to his own prophetic dreams that proved to be key to his role as guardian of his family. An appeared to Joseph in a dream to reassure him that he should marry Mary although she was many years younger than he. After the birth of Jesus, an angel appeared to warn Joseph that Herod sought the life of the newborn. The family escaped to Egypt until it was safe to return to their home. Joseph made his transition before Jesus entered into the fullness of his teaching and healing ministry. But Joseph had fulfilled his inner vow to protect Mary and to nurture and instruct Jesus.

Saint Alban, late 3rd or early 4th century, town of Verulamium, renamed St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England. First British martyr - he had sheltered a fugitive priest, became a devout convert, and was put to death for disguising himself as the priest so that he could die in his place.

Proclus, c. 410 - 485 AD. Athens. The last major Greek Neoplatonic philosopher. He headed the Platonic Academy and wrote extensively on philosophy, astronomy, mathematics, and grammar.

Merlin, c. 5th or 6th century, Britain. Magician and counselor at King Arthur's Camelot who inspired the establishment of the Order of the Knights of the Round Table.

Roger Bacon, c. 1214-1292 AD, England. Philosopher, educational reformer, and experimental scientist. Forerunner of modern science renowned for his exhaustive investigations into alchemy, optics, mathematics, and languages. Bacon pursued a life as a scholar and was engaged in academic and theological studies for decades. He became a professor at Oxford, specializing in philosophy. Eventually he became a friar in the Franciscan Order, but this prevented him from holding a teaching post. His activities were further restricted by a Franciscan statute in 1260 forbidding friars from publishing books or pamphlets without specific approval.

Bacon's friendship with Cardinal Guy le Gros de Foulques, who became Pope Clement IV, proved to be highly fortuitous. The new Pope issued a mandate ordering Bacon to write to him concerning the place of philosophy within theology. As a result, Bacon sent the Pope his Opus Majus, which presented his views on the way philosophy and science could be incorporated into theology. Roger Bacon also wrote other works on alchemy and astrology.

During his polific lifetime, Bacon performed many scientific experiments and documente his work for posterity. These experiments are viewed as the first instances of true experimental science, several hundred years before the official rise of science in the West.

Organizer behind the scenes for the Secret Societies in Germany in the late 14th and early 15th centuries. The creation of a possibly fictional character named "Christian Rosenkreuz" was inspired by his efforts.

Christopher Columbus, 1451-1506 AD. Believed to have been born in Genoa, Italy and settled in Portugal. Landed in America in 1492 during the first of four voyages to the New World sponsored by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain. At the age of twenty-two, he began an apprenticeship as business agent for three important families- the Centurione, Di Negro and Spinola families of Genoa. The countries of Europe had been trading with China and India over land, but with the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks in 1453, this route became treacherous. In response to this, Christopher Columbus with his brother Bartolomeo developed a plan to travel to the Indies by sailing directly west across the Atlantic.

After continually lobbying at the Spanish court for two years, Columbus finally made headway with Queen Isabella of Castille in 1492. Columbus departed from Palos de la Frontera with three ships-the Santa Maria, the Pinta and the Nina. Columbus' vision that there was a westward route over the Atlantic Ocean to the Indies, if realized, would allow Spain, in dire need of funds, to enter the profitable spice trade. In hindsight we realize that Columbus' discovery set the stage for the building of a new nation, founded on the principles of equality and religious freedom.

Francis Bacon, 1561-1626, England. Philosopher, statesman, essayist and literary master, author of the Shakespearean plays (according to the Ascended Master Teachings), father of inductive science, and herald of the scientific revolution. Biographers believe that Bacon was educated at home in his early years because of his ill health. At twelve he entered Trinity College, Cambridge, and lived there for three years with his older brother Anthony. Francis Bacon studied mostly Latin and the medieval curriculum common at the time.

For the next three years, Francis traveled extensively, visiting Blois, Poitiers, Tours, Italy, and Spain. His three goals were to discover truth, to serve his country, and to serve his church. Under the reign of James I, Francis Bacon translated the King James version of the Bible. An increasing number of scholars also believe that he was secretly working with a group of some of England's best poets and writers, creating the plays now credited to William Shakespeare. Perhaps the most accepted and celebrated of Bacon's own literary works is The New Atlantis.

Francis Bacon's works popularized the inductive method of scientific inquiry. His demand for a planned procedure of investigation established the approach to scientific research still in use today. Knighted in 1603, he was given the title of Baron in 1618 and Viscount in 1621. He is recognized as one of England's greatest philosophers, statesmen, scientists and authors.

The Wonderman of Europe.After he had already made his ascension, Saint Germain received an unusual dispensation. The Lords of Karma allowed him to return to Earth. As the Count Saint-Germain of the House of Rakoczy, he attempted to prevent the French Revolution and to form a United States of Europe. In befriending European royalty, he hoped to guide them into positive alliances, creating a United States of Europe. But his guidance and warnings failed.

He left no stone unturned to capture the attention of those in power-removing flaws from their diamonds, creating verse and writing it with both hands at the same time, entertaining them with his vast musical talent, wit and humor and his ability to speak with expertise on any subject. They enjoyed the show, but they dismissed his prophetic words. Count Saint-Germain's presence at court throughout this lengthy period-over one hundred years is recorded in the diaries and correspondences of several monarchs and several members of their courts.

 ~~ Eso Terry 

 

Esoteric Beards

Beards have been a thing since COVID. I grew one then and still have it. So did many of you. Having a beard these days is really cool, the flag of a modern-day hipster, the remnants of an aging hippy. Although beards appear to be fashion, esoterically speaking, they are more, much more. Beards are part of what Carl Jung called our Collective Consciousness, and so let's look at this Collective Consciousness together. 

Bearded Venus 

Today we see beards on athletes, musicians, actors, etc. Visually, they are associated with aesthetic jews, the Sunnah beard (a beard worn in the tradition of the Prophet Muhammad), and of course the beatnik's of the 50's, hippies of the 60's, and Nirvana grunge of the 80's. These are the external, or exoteric, images we associate with a beard, but esoterically speaking beards were regarded by the ancients of the middle east as a token of wisdom and a sign of power. So much so that even some of the Great Goddesses of the early Mediterranean cultures were depicted with beards, including a number of Bearded Venuses in Greece. 

In ancient Mesopotamia the beard was a mark of virility and many worth, and was carefully shaped and tended to give it distinction. Assyrian beards were meticulously arranged in tiers of circular curls stiffened with perfumed gum. 

In Islamic countries the beard was considered the supreme badge of male dignity for the faithful. Traditionally all the prophets of old before the time of Muhammad. Speaking of Muhammad, in "The Beast Within," by Benjamin Walker, he quotes the honored profit as having said, "Do the opposite of the polytheists, and let your beard grow long." Walker also states that Muslims used to "swear by the beard of the Prophet, and consider it a great insult to have their beard pulled."

Yes, beards were a thing until Alexander the Great forbade his soldiers to grow beards because they provided a convenient handle for the enemy. After that shaving became the thing gentlemen did for centuries leaving beards for the priesthood and nobility. 

In the reign of Elizabeth I there was a tax on beards in England. In Eastern Europe and especially Russia beards remained in vogue until Peter the Great decided to reform his country in line with western Europe and put a tax on beards and personally cut off beards of anyone he came across. 

Besides being a sign of manliness the beard was often regarded as a sign of mature wisdom. It was even believed that stroking the beard assisted thought and deliberations. Hence, the gesture of stroking the beard was often satirized to signify an imminent pontifical utterance that turns out to be worthless.

It has been argued that the beard, being the attribute of a mature male, must require a considerable amount of male energy to help it grow. But when the beard is full grown, the energy normally diverted to grow it becomes available for virile purposes. The beard should therefore never be cut by anyone who wishes to preserve his manhood unimpaired. 

Of courses, being a man who has grown a beard I call bullshit on the beard being anything but facial hair.  I mean, you never saw Buddha with a beard, did you? 

Putting all I've written on beards aside, there is a very real coinkydink with beards and history that should scare us all, and that is how divided our country is today between Right and Left political beliefs.  It is a divide not seen since the Civil War (1861-1865) when the US was torn apart with bloodshed in this country we haven't seen since. Now, consider this fact as reported in Google Arts and Culture, that "The American Civil War (1861-1865) coincided with a rise in the popularity of men’s full facial hair during the mid-19th century. Contemporary photography captured men’s experimentation with an endless variety of styles, including mustaches, muttonchops, underbeards and sideburns. President Abraham Lincoln embraced the widespread trend himself when he grew his iconic beard in 1860."

Yes, brothers and sisters, all the masculine facial hair we see today, is a sign of the inevitable troubles to come if we don't come together as human race, and live together as one. 

~~ Eso Terry  

 

 

The Secret To Gambling

I've written about "Luck" before in my Joan of Arc post, but that was for the initiated, this is for the masses, and not for those faint-of-hearts who see gambling as a character flaw, for if you do see gambling as a flaw, please scroll to the next post, you won't enjoy this one.

Today I will talk about that recreational pass time that is helping millions of brainiacs like me survive today's spiritually-dead world with hard times coming for those of us at the bottom of the financial spectrum. But I'll save the political stuff for BlueSky.com, and stick here with my gambling-jones message for those like minds escaping the news, marriage, job... whatever. We gamble on today's legal "Daily Sports" games allowed almost everywhere, including Texas. So enough of my political sarcasm, and let's look at my gambling problem. Which, I might add, I know is a problem, so it really isn't a problem. That's how the shit works. 

Being a Spiritual Buddhist, I know I won't win until I totally expect not to win. And knowing this sucks, because it has been almost two years since I won 3k on a Basketball Fantasy lineup. Back then I had reached a point where I was sure I wouldn't win any substantial amount and so picked my numbers recklessly, and I won! Now that I know I can win, I can't help but expecting to win again, and so I never will. It is so bad, I fear for the people I bet on. 

Case in point, in tonight's Monday Night Football slate of two games on ESPN.COM, I've chosen Cooper Cup to be the highest point gainer of all receivers. The odds are in my favor according to NFL.com, and so you know what will happen? That's right, sorry Cooper, you will at best be doubled teamed all night, or will get hurt and leave the game. That's how my  gambling goes, and why you deserve the big-bucks you earn chasing a ball. 

As a Buddhist, the things we desire are pushed away; and so if you wan't anything, don't desire it. It's harder than it seems. 

And so I keep gambling thinking I will win big one day, and so I never will win big. I'm designed this way. Ask most winners of anything big in life and they will tell you they didn't desire it. They nonchalantly threw some dice as a joke, or picked a set of lottery numbers with no thought of really winning, and they won.

Yes, dear reader, this is the true secret of life.  So join us tomorrow to see if I'm right or wrong.

Signed, 

Average Joe, AKA Eso Terry. 

President Trump knows Ill Omens, the Escalator Ride was an Ill Omen.

In April 46 BCE, Julius Caesar celebrated a quadruple triumph, which became famous for its extravagance. The end of four wars was celebrated: the war in Gaul, the war in Egypt, the war against Pharnaces of Pontus and the war against king Juba of Numidia. This last war had in fact been a war against the last defenders of the Roman republic, Cato and Scipio. The triumphs are described by the great Greek historian Appian of Alexandria (c.95-c.165) in his History of the Civil Wars. Everyone in Rome was in attendance to cheer on Caesar. 

What is little known, or remembered, about that celebration, is that just as Caesar was to enter the coliseum, by way of the Temple of Fortuna, with those around him chanting "Io triumphe! ('Hurrah for the triumph!')" the axial  on his chariot snapped in two bringing his parade to a halt. Plutarch, the historian who left us this story, says that Caesar knew it was more than just an embarrassment, it was an ill omen of something bad to happen.  A few months later those who Caesar had belittled on his way up, would come together to assassinate him with chants "Caesar must die."  

Fast forward to September 25th, 2025, where President Trump is about to have his moment of celebration, able to speak to the United Nations fully empowered with his victories over the world leaders who had laughed at him six-years earlier.  As the elevator is moving with the cameras on President Trump and his wife Melania, the elevator stops.  Trump turns to the cameras, pissed as hell.  Now a famous picture.

What pissed Trump off so much wasn't the spectacle it created, but the omen of a stopped elevator, after all, he began his successful presidency back in 2015 on another famous escalator ride, as he came down the escalator in Trump Tower to announce his presidency. A joke at the time to everyone but Trump.  Yes, President Trump has proved he is one of the smartest men on the planet, at least in the U.S.A.  He has everyone jumping when he says "jump."  Caesar too had everyone jumping to his command until that March 15 when it all came to an end, and the ides of March became a warning of all powerful men. 

Does this mean the death of President Trump, who has only begun to deliver the world he promised to us, the world where... well, I won't get into it politically, I've already said I support_Trump.  And I also said that one of the big three, that is to say: Trump, Putin, or Xi, won't be alive in 2030. So no predictions here other than Trump knows ill omens, and the United Nation escalator ride was an ill omen. 

That's all for now.  

~~ Eso Terry 

 

Leo Strauss and Esoteric Liberalism

Leo Strauss was an American scholar of political philosophy. Born in Germany to Jewish parents, Strauss later emigrated to the United States. He spent much of his career as a professor of political science at the University of Chicago, where he taught several generations of students and published fifteen books. 

Strauss argued that many pre-modern philosophers, living under repressive regimes, hid their their true, potentially subversive, teachings within their texts. The hidden meaning was available only to a few astute readers, while a more conventional message was presented to the public. 

Strauss's arguments rest on an underlying tension between the prevailing power structures of society and independent, heterogeneous thought, resulting in persecution by those in power of those promoting subversive ideas. An inherent interest of the prevailing political power is to suppress ideas that conflict with its views, thus maintaining a homogeneous intellectual milieu that favors political stability. The political interest of homogeneous thought is protected from the heterogeneous ideas of ‘independent thinkers’ by politically motivated prosecution that manifests itself as censorship. Censorship may present itself in several forms and act as a source of pressure on individuals wishing to express their independent ideas. As a reaction to political oppression, some authors capable of free thinking develop the ability to ‘write between the lines’, i.e. authors imbue their texts with meaning hidden well enough to pass censorship. 

Examples of this technique can be seen in the works of Al-Farabi and Maimonides, where contradictions or subtle linguistic cues guide attentive readers toward the philosopher's true, often heterodox, beliefs, making the text speak to both a wide audience and a select few simultaneously. 

According to Stanford.edu, the university that knows a thing or two about Strauss: 

In a 1936 essay on the political science of Maimonides and Farabi, Strauss returns to the meaning of prophecy for Maimonides. While most interpreters, including Strauss in Spinoza’s Critique of Religion and in parts but not all of Philosophy and Law, viewed Maimonides’ conception of prophecy in epistemological terms, Strauss argues that Maimonides’ innovation was to think of prophecy in political terms. According to Strauss, “Maimonides neither wished nor was able, nor had any need, to lift the veil which conceals the origins of the Torah, the foundation of the perfect nation” (RPSMF, pp. 15–16). Yet, Strauss maintains, the attentive reader will notice that Maimonides distinguishes between Moses, the lawgiver, and all other prophets. Maimonides stresses Moses’ exalted status, argues Strauss, because for Maimonides Moses is the Platonic philosopher-legislator. The emphasis on the uniqueness of Moses as the ideal prophet and ideal ruler is the core of Maimonides’ political philosophy because “Not the mystery of its [the Torah’s] origin, the search for which leads either to theosophy or ‘Epicureanism,’ but its end, the comprehension of which guarantees obedience to the Torah, is accessible to human reason” (RPSMF, p. 16).

Obedience to the law and the philosophical meaning of the law are two different matters that are reflected in what Strauss argues is Maimonides’ dual conception of law. The exterior, literal meaning of the law serves to sustain the political community in which certain forms of behavior and belief are required, while the ideal meaning of the law is a matter of philosophical speculation only for those who are capable of such speculation. This dual conception of law parallels the dual character of Maimonides’ writing, which offers what Strauss calls a “moderate” reading meant for the masses and what he calls a “radical” reading meant for the philosophical reader. As Strauss would elaborate just two years later in greater detail, this dialectical tension lies at the heart of Maimonides’ style of writing and argumentation.

According to Strauss, Maimonides is able to properly balance the relation between praxis, obedience to the law, and theory, the mystery of the law’s origins, not by conflating them but by keeping them in continual dialectical tension. For Strauss, Maimonides’ refusal to resolve the tension between law and philosophy (between praxis and theory) expresses Maimonides’ moderate claims both for what philosophy can produce on its own (it cannot produce the law) and for what revelation can claim to know absolutely (it cannot provide certain knowledge of the mystery of its origin). Strauss’s attention to esotericism is rooted in a philosophical interest in “a golden mean which is neither a compromise nor a synthesis, which is hence not based on the two opposed positions, but which suppresses them both, uproots them by a prior, more profound question, by raising a fundamental problem, the work of a truly critical philosophy” (RPSMF, p. 4).

For Strauss, the work of a truly critical philosophy is to grasp problems, and not to provide solutions. What is the absolute problem at the heart of esotericism, according to Strauss? The problem concerns the self-sufficiency of reason or, put another way, the inescapable and necessary tension between theory and practice. The theological-political predicament of modernity stems from the modern commitment to the self-sufficiency of reason that, Strauss argues, results in reason’s self-destruction. Esotericism is a means toward preserving the limits of philosophy and revelation (or law) vis-à-vis one another. The law comes up against its own limitations in the quest to articulate the philosophical foundations of the law. But at the same time, philosophy comes up against its own limits in recognizing that the philosopher is always already within society (or the law) and for this reason dependent upon the law. Strauss thus makes the seemingly immoral move of revealing Maimonides’ art of writing for the sake of saving the possibility of both revelation and philosophy.

oUch, that is pretty intellectual stuff, and for those of you who didn't check out, the key here is "esoteric messaging." It is everywhere. In today's terms, no one politicians runs on what they say, they run on what they hide from us, or we wouldn't vote for them. Strauss saw this in his philosophy.   

~~ Eso Terry  

Dark Enlightenment is Just Alright by Me.

Today's popular thought, rather you know it or not, rather you support it or not, is called Dark Enlightenment.  If you are daring, google Dark Enlightenment and be prepared for a mind warp. In this post I simply want to ease you in.  

The term Dark Enlightenment has emerged from blogs and online forums from the late 2000s. In a nutshell, the talk was that democracy has failed us and we need an authoritarian system of government to replaced the failed "liberty and justice for all" experiment. 

One of the most popular spokesmen on this theory is American software engineer Curtis Yarvin and British philosopher Nick Land. Together they have written numerous essays that reject core Enlightenment principles such as democracy, egalitarianism, and universal liberty. Mr. Yarvin has also written that democracies should be replaced with “for-profit sovereign corporations.”

This is the goal of President Trump, his followers, and wealthy believers such as Elon Musk.  Knowing this, none of us should be surprised at the way the U.S. Government is being dismantled, and should Donald Trump keep a Republican Senate and Congress, will be complete dismantled by 2030. As of my writing this, we have seen most government agencies cut and replaced with leaders who believe they shouldn't be agencies. Simply stated, this is laissez faire govrnment 2030.  

In recent years, the popularity of this philosophy has spread from Silicon Valley to Washington. Vice-President JD Vance, who formerly worked for Peter Thiel, considers Mr. Yarvin a friend and has spoken favourably about his ideas. Steve Bannon is reportedly a fan of Mr. Yarvin and Mr. Land’s writing. Elon Musk, who has echoed Dark Enlightenment ideas in public statements, is now using the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to attempt the institutional dismantling the movement has advocated. Finally, and perhaps most tellingly, Mr. Yarvin was a guest of honour at President Donald Trump‘s inauguration ball in January.

So, if you think U.S. government is being run poorly, you are wrong, it is being run perfectly as planned. 

Now, here at EsotericDaily.com, where I have been writing liberal beliefs for years, I realize now they are flawed, and the utopia I was hoping for is a dream. So, I fully support Donald Trump as my president.  

Finally, I'm so glad that these plans are still hidden, for if they weren't, I wouldn't be able to blog about them here on EsotericDaily.com, now would I. 

~~ Eso Terry  

UFO, Mars, Donald Trump Hitler 13 Moons Connection

Elon Musk's Spaceship Now In Space... Really!

Hold on to your seats boys and girls, you are in for an Esoteric ride today. First up, Mars is back in the news. That's right, there once was life on Mars. Who knew? We did!

According to a recent AP post: New findings by NASA Mars rover provide strongest hints yet of potential signs of ancient life. 

I've written before about how Mars was the Earth before Global Warming, and it seems we will make the same mistake again and destroy yet another planet with greed, and those with money will escape with the help of Space Captain, Elon Musk. I've linked to the post where I wrote about how the Wealthy Oligarch Climate Change Deniers, must think that they will be able to escape our planet or surely they wouldn't be destroying it? Or would they? In that previous post I called it their "Noah's Ark Built by Elon Musk." You might want to check that out. 

The news today about Mars was more "evidence of microbes on Mars,"which means life. And so we here at EsotericDaily.com will keep our eyes open for you, because, along with the Life On Mars news, there is also another UFO sighting! 
 

According to our friends at CBS. ABC, etc., in their "Reaction to shocking video of U.S. missile" report, we are shown a radar-tracking image of a U.S. drone missile bouncing off whatever it is was that we were shooting at off the coast of Yemen last year. (Please watch the video version of today's post to see the footage.)

Yes, more UFOs proof, plus more Life on Mars news, equals:  Disclosure. Yes, disclosure is close, and if I may get a little political, we have the right man in office to let us know what is going on, President Donald Trump. Who, as I have recently reported, I am supporting now because it looks like he was right about everything, and as I write this post today, the economy is good, stocks are at a record high, and some really bad people have been deported. So I support this president Trump, who coincidentally, I might add for my Pagan friends, was born on June 14, 1946, exactly 13 moons after April 30, 1945, the day Hitler died.

Is Donald Trump the reincarnation of Adolf Hitler? Very possible; fortunately for us, however, Trump has stated that "Hitler did some good things," and in a democratic country where the people have power, Trump would be a fool to attempt the bad things Hitler did. I mean, it would be the end of the world as we know it, and I don't think Elon's escape plan is ready yet... Or is it?

~~ Eso Terry, be good to your pets because you might be their pet next time. 

Labor Day 2025, The Trump Effect, and Plato's Republic, and Why I Now Support Trump

It's another Labor Day in the USA.  If you are a reader of EsotericDaily.com then you know the importance of this day to me; I've written about it before in my Madame Blavatsky Labor Day Story. That's really more of a story about Annie Besant than Blavatsky, but read it if you want to know the liberal side of the story. Today, however, on this Labor Day 2025, I want to talk about President Trump and how I owe him an apology.  For years now I have not written favorably of him, and today, I will change this. For this reformed liberal has seen the light.  I was wrong about everything, he was right. As it stands now, gas prices are the lowest I've seen in years, the stock market is at a record high, and well, with the National Guard on every street corner, I feel safer. 

So, Mr President, please accept my apology. Everyday I am praying for your happiness and the success of our country. Keep up the good work.  

According to the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, the ancient Mediterranean tradition, exemplified by Plato and Aristotle, admired craft and knowledge-driven productive activity while also espousing the necessity of leisure and freedom for a virtuous life. This is the balance. As with everything we need balance. Yes, the Yin/Yang. Work and Relaxation. Today I relax. 

The important thing to remember about this Labor Day 2025, is what we read on today's Whitehouse.gov in black and white:

TRUMP EFFECT: Higher Pay for American Workers

The White House

June 6, 2025

 “President Trump’s America First Economic Agenda has created a BOOMING economy — jobs are up, unemployment is down, wages are increasing, and inflation is dead. More than 139,000 good jobs were added to the private sector in May, all accounted for by American-born workers. Americans should continue to trust in President Trump, who continues to beat expectations.” — White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt

Need I say more?  

Yes, thank you President Trump for the "Booming economy."  You are the greatest president ever, and this liberal will now march in step with you. I support you and the walls to keep out the criminals.  I support the deportation of those who are not in the US legally.  I support shrinking government spending-- except for that which is benefiting me, i.e., VA Hospital, VA Disability Pay, Social Security -- and most of all, I support and honor your greatness.

~~ Eso Terry

Highlights of Plato's Republic 

Plato's concept of an "esoteric patriotism" refers to an allegiance not to one's literal city-state, but to the ideal of the

just city itself. This idea is "esoteric" because it is hidden within the allegorical layers of his political writings, particularly The Republic. This form of patriotism contrasts sharply with the "worldly" or conventional patriotism that Plato critiques. 

 

The critique of conventional patriotism

 

Plato's negative experiences with Athenian democracy, which condemned his mentor Socrates to death, fueled his deep skepticism of worldly patriotism. He believed that conventional patriotism and civic pride were susceptible to emotional manipulation by demagogues, leading to rash, unjust, and impulsive political actions. Conventional patriotism, as Plato saw it, was an allegiance to an unjust city-state, and therefore a corrupting influence on the soul of the individual. 

 

The allegory of the just city

 

Plato's esoteric patriotism is centered on the pursuit of the ideal, just city (kallipolis).

• The Noble Lie: The myth of the metals, a "noble lie" told to citizens in The Republic, promotes an esoteric form of civic unity. Citizens are told they were born from the earth and their social class (gold, silver, or bronze) is determined by a metal mixed into their soul by the gods. This fosters a sense of shared parentage by the city itself, encouraging loyalty not to a particular family or faction, but to the whole community.
• Inner harmony as a precursor to outer justice: For Plato, true governance begins within the individual. The ideal city-state is a projection of the properly ordered soul, in which reason rules over the appetites and spirit. This means that the truest patriotism is a commitment to cultivating justice in one's own character.
• Rejection of tribalism: Plato's philosophical approach moves beyond tribal loyalties. In The Republic, the philosopher-kings' allegiance is to the Form of the Good and the concept of justice itself, not to a specific group of people. This is evident in Plato's thought on warfare, where he suggests a different, less destructive set of rules for conflicts among Greek city-states ("civil war") than for conflicts with "barbarians". This implies a hierarchy of political unity, culminating in the highest-order philosophical unity. 

The esoteric nature of Plato's message

 

Plato wrote his dialogues in a way that is intentionally confusing, open-ended, and not easily solved, often embedding allegories and myths with deeper meanings. 

• Hidden meaning: Later Platonic traditions took this idea of "hidden meanings" (hyponoiai) as foundational to interpreting his work. Commentaries on Plato have noted that key concepts are placed at regular intervals in the text, similar to musical patterns, adding another hidden layer of significance.
• Protection of knowledge: The esoteric nature of his work served a political purpose, protecting higher truths from "the common herd" who might misinterpret or abuse them. For instance, the Allegory of the Cave functions as an allegory for philosophical education and politics, not just epistemology. It suggests that the enlightened philosopher-ruler is needed to drag people out of their ignorance and lead the city to justice, even if the unenlightened masses perceive them as enemies.  

Black Moon Talk

I've talked about a Blue Moon, Fake Moon, Eclipse Moon, and heck, even being Mooned by a Gargoyle, but I've yet to talk about the Black Moon, and so here goes it. 

According to the folks at Living With The Moon, a Black Moon is a rather rare occasion (about every 2.5 years) and refers to the 2nd New Moon in one calendar month. 

So that's really all there is on the surface, but esoterically, wow!  A Black Moon is seen as a real turning point, either globally or in your private life. The key word here is "change."  And like the Winds of Change Bob Dylan sang about in the early 60's, a Black Moon means change or new directions when it hits. 

Of course, the Christian predict the return of Christ every chance they get, which is silly, since they've been doing this since the beginning of their faith, which really has to be a downer, and regarding the Black Moon it is no different, for example, for the Black Moon on Friday, September 30th, 2016, the Christian blog "Express" wrote: 

Warning BLACK MOON tonight: Astrological event to herald 'End of Days' and second coming

That writer went on to state: 

TONIGHT'S Black Moon could bring with it worldwide destruction and the second coming of Jesus Christ, Christians and conspiracy theorists have claimed.

Of course, again Jesus doesn't show, but that's okay for most of us.  

According to NASA the Black Moon is... wait, they don't define it because it is not a big deal; furthermore, the term "Black Moon" only goes back to 2016, because, well, it is only a month with two new moons in it.  Not an astronomical event. 

Historically, the theme of events from the recent "Black Moons" or  second new moon in a calendar month between 2010 and 2020 are:

*July 7th, 2011 - Moscow bans the book L. Ron Hubbard Scientology book. 

*January 30th, 2014 - French Socialist Party defeated in major upset. 

*October 30th, 2016 -  FBI announces it will be reviewing Liberal President Hillary Clinton's email, a month before the presidential election; which gives Donald Trump the presidential election a month later. 

*August 30th, 2019 -  DOJ report finding the FBI violated policy investigating Donald Trump in 2016. Pro-democracy protesters arrested in Hong Kong. 

 *August 22nd, 2025 - To Be Determined, but whatever it is, "Dark Moons" seems to be favor President Donald Trump. 

Finally, for the Pagan in us all, here is the Pagan definition according to 

Spiritually, the Black Moon is a powerful time for shadow work, release, and deep transformation as it combines and amplifies the energy of the New Moon and the Dark Moon. Whether you see it as the ultimate lunar reset or a chance to plant long-term intentions, the Black Moon’s energy invites you to go inward, shed what no longer serves you, and trust in the unseen process of growth.

When Death Comes Knocking: A Prediction of Death for one of today's World Leaders.

Eso Terry Sings The Blues

What I have to say today is based on a creative project I did, or should I say, found.  I was cleaning up old media the other day and found a song I sang over twenty years ago called, "When Death Comes Knocking."  It's a reminder that no matter what we have or who we think we are, there is no escaping it.  And the thought came to me that the world leaders today seem to be oblivious of this fact by their actions of threatening nuclear war and starvation to get their way.

Then the thought came to me, "One of them will die in office before 2030."  What if they knew this?  

I ended the video with the song "Three Blind Mice" because the three major leaders, Trump, Putin, Xi, are definitely blind to this fact.  On another note, no matter how much better they think they are than us, ha, ha, the joke is on them when death comes knocking. 

Tarquin the last King in Rome

Let’s go back in time boys and girls, way back, back to the last time Trump's spirit might have appeared on our planet.  The time was around 534 years BCE in Ancient Rome when King Tarquin’s misuse of power brought down the monarchy system and gave Rome its first Republic.  You see, King Tarquin already had a reputation of unsavory character when he seized the throne by murdering his predecessor, King Servius Tullius.  As new ruler, King Tarquin, “on day one,” arrested a number of patricians on phony charges so he could take their wealthy estates for himself.  This greediness alienated many in the country, but until his son, Sextus, raped the wife of the noted patriot Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus, no one did anything about it.  Eventually, however, the patriot of the day along with other leading nobleman, locked Tarquin and his disturbed children out of the city and dissolved his kingship.

First King Tarquin Now Trump

The Roman fathers then proceeded to create a completely new kind of government, one based on the wishes and votes of the common citizen. Yes, a true democracy.