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As the Sun transits the fire sign of the archer, the Sagittarian energies are easily accessible to us. The lord of Sagittarius is Jupiter, the principle of the teacher. Jupiter stands for realignment, magnetisation, expansion of consciousness and fulfilment in life. The symbol of the cosmic Jupiter principle is the elephant-headed god Ganesha, who embodies the energy of wisdom.
Sagittarius rules the base centre, the seat of Kundalini. Jupiter provides the necessary direction and guidance in meditation. The goal is in the head centre, the highest centre. By using sacred sounds, we focus our energies and direct the arrow of our aligned willpower towards our goal so that the fire can shoot up from the base centre to the head centre and beyond.
In Indian temples one finds depictions of beings with human bodies and the head of an animal. They embody various sublime aspects of wisdom that can only be revealed when there is a deeper understanding. See here about the Symbolism of the Horse.
The horse-headed god Hayagriva, an avatar of Vishnu, is a symbol of cosmic wisdom. It is said that Hayagriva returned the divine wisdom of the Vedas to the creator Brahma when the latter lost them due to arrogance. Humility is needed to attain and maintain wisdom.
The symbol of the horse’s head contains the hints to meditate on our head as the head of a white horse and to chant sacred sound formulas. HA is the sound of the Ajna centre, YA is the sound of the head centre – HAYA. By meditating on the light in the head and connecting the brow centre with the head centre with a radiant white glow, this meditation can expand our consciousness and reveal to us all science and wisdom from within. It is considered particularly auspicious to worship Hayagriva in this way each Thursday and in the month of Sagittarius.
To construct the image, I used a photo of a stone relief depicting a meditating Hayagriva in a Japanese temple. Over this I placed two images of the centre of our galaxy, the Galactic Centre which is in Sagittarius. With the help of the photo of the head of a Hayagriva statue in Rajahmundry, South India, I created the Hayagriva figure in the milky white colour associated with Hayagriva.
The upper part of the picture shows a detail of a zodiacal representation with Sagittarius above Hayagriva’s crown.
Today we celebrate the 53rd anniversary of the foundation of the World Teacher Trust (WTT). It happened on Saturday, 18 November 1971. (As per Indian counting, it is the 54th anniversary since the seed of the Trust started sprouting.)
The WTT was founded on 18 November 1971, in the month of Scorpio, spiritually the darkest time of the year, but the moment to prepare the ascent.
Chart of the foundation of the World Teacher Trust, Visakhapatnam, 18 November 1971, 13:30 h
Already 94 years earlier, on 17 November 1875, there was the foundation of the Theosophical Society with Helena P. Blavatsky. This was an important step to reveal the Masters and their work to a wider public.
In May 2020 Master KPK (Dr. K. Parvathi Kumar) spoke at the WTT India council assembly of heads of groups (Ganapatis) about the next foundation day, 18th November 2020, where 49 (7*7) years of service would conclude for him:
“The World Teacher Trust, founded by Master EK on 18th November 1971, tended to be a great banyan tree sheltering many true seekers all over the globe. This is purely Master’s grace.
It has become like Theosophical Society founded by Mme. Blavatsky, The Lucis Trust founded by Mme. Alice A Bailey and The Agni Yoga Society founded by Mme. Helena Roerich.
These four are global organizations externalized the most ancient teachings of the Hierarchy whose head is The World Teacher, Lord Maitreya.
The World Teacher Trust is today extremely liked organization which is due to the three preceding trusts.
Master EK made a happy blend of Sanatana Dharma. He knitted together all teachings to be brought onto one platform and give a way of life which is global. For this Master Jupiter Sage Agastya, Master CVV gave a grand push.
I want to share with all group heads be it council members or ganapatis, by 18th November 2020, 49 (7*7) years of service concludes. It is my duty to inform you all since I continue to be its mentor. Kindly share with all group members and do your best in your groups to celebrate 18 November 2020.
‘Group is the Master’. Where group is alive, Master’s presence is abundant.”
May the flame of this grand work keep growing and may we contribute to it by our fiery aspiration and dedication to the purpose of the Work.
Master KPK an Master EK during a tour in Belgium in the early 1980s
Since 2005, the 7th of November is celebrated as the “Day of Goodwill” in honour of Master Sri K. Parvathi Kumar (7 Nov. 1945 – 1 Nov. 2022). Throughout his life, work and inspiration, much goodwill work manifested globally. In 1985, Sri Kumar founded the Circle of Good Will India, and the Circle of Good Will, Switzerland is inspired by his work. And this work keeps on unfolding, also after his passing. We do not focus on passing but on continuity and unfoldment. In this sense, we keep on with the wisdom teachings and practical goodwill activities with his inspiration.
10 years ago: Master KPK’s 70th Birthday Celebration 2014, with Smt. Krishna Kumari.
This year, we celebrate November 7th as the Day of Goodwill and the 79th anniversary of Sri K. Parvathi Kumar (it is the 80th anniversary in Indian counting). There will be a streaming of the celebration in Visakhapatnam, India, via YouTube starting from 6pm IST (CET: 13:30, ART: 09:30 EST: 07:30 am, PST: 04:30 am) with the evening meditation, followed by a talk by Sri Navaneetham (in Telugu) until 07:00 pm IST.
There will be a transmission via Zoom WTT-Global of the English talk of Sri Guru Prasad, President of WTT-Global, which is scheduled for 1 hour, starting at 7pm IST. (CET: 14:30, ART: 10:30 EST: 08:30 am, PST: 05:30 am). Zoom will be opened 15 minutes in advance (6:45 IST). Login details on request (info@worldteachertrust.org). The talk will be translated to French, German and Spanish. Guru Prasad said that he will speak slowly to enable people from the West to understand well and to translate. The program will continue afterwards in Telugu with transmission via YouTube. There will be no translation from Telugu.
There is an ocean of profound wisdom, of practical goodwill, and of spiritual guidance which manifested through the Master KPK. It keeps on inspiring and uplifting many people and seekers all over the globe. And many of those who have been impregnated by him as a role model, now express it in their lives or share it with other seekers.
Here is a short extract from Master’s inspiring talk during the 2018 birthday anniversary and Goodwill Day celebration:
“If I observe all the goodwill activities that have been happening on the occasion of my birthday, I must say that I am ever grateful to you each one of you. I bow to the Divine present in each one of you.
Generally, we think that there is lot of bad happening in the world because that is what we dominantly see in the news and media. If some good activity is reported in the news, there is overwhelming response and everyone feels happy about it. This is naturally present in human nature. Master Devapi said “Every man has a heart. Remind him through your good deeds.” If you serve the needy ones who approach you, without expecting anything in return, then the other person remembers you in his heart for a very long time. A deed of goodwill performed without expectations will remain in the hearts of those served for a long time. That is what Master Devapi meant through his statement. So, if someone needy approaches you, you respond in the right manner by seeing the Divine in them. If you constantly do this, then the Lord feels very happy and grants you with name and fame. That is due to his compassion.
You need not go and search of what good deeds you have to do. If you are prepared, then time and nature will bring the work to you. You just have to respond appropriately. A Grand Master said “Out of small duties properly performed, will emerge larger responsibilities culminating in world service.” So, whether the work is small or large, whether others will recognise or not and so on; does not matter. You just perform your duty which comes to you to the best of your abilities. If you are attentive and dedicated in performing your duties, then nature leads you to greater work. Nature likes those who take up responsibilities because she knows that responsible one can take care of large number of people. So, we should learn to stick to our duties whatever they might be and relate to the Divine through them. Then automatically you are accorded with more and more duties and you are recruited into the Divine plan. Do not start activities on your own will.
I never started anything in my life as per my will. I just responded to situations and duties that came to me. … I just did whatever work came to me. Master EK just told me to keep observing WTT and its activities. I just kept observing while the activities kept happening. Witnessing is very important in yoga. If you are a good witness, then activities just keep happening through you. Even people around you get inspired and they too start doing many things. That is how so many goodwill activities have been happening around the globe.”
So, may we keep working relating to the Divine and never feel great about the work we do.
The recording of the “Aquarian Salon 2-3 on Art, Astrology & Wisdom Teachings” from 26 October 2024 has now been published on YouTube. The theme was “The Soul and the Personality”.
18 persons from 4 countries participated and contributed with their thoughts. Feedback from a participant: “Thank you for your presence, education, beautiful paintings & music❤️ Grateful to be a part of today.”
The virtual exchange was prepared and presented by a team of 5. Slides (operated by Lauren), participants care (Rosa), musical inputs (guitar, Frank), introduction talk and moderation (Risa), “Images of Synthesis”, explanations (Ludger).
The recording time: 01:43:37 h. If you would like to see a specific part, go directly to: Welcome and guitar piece: 01:40 Prayer for group coherence: 02:56 Introduction into the theme… : 04:30 Exchange on image: Libra – The Upper and the Lower Bird and the Magnetism of Life 17:42 Exchange on image: Fishing the Souls 31:02 Exchange on image: Sagittarius – Fiery Alignment 45:45 Exchange on image: Music of the Soul – Full Moon 59:00 Exchange on image: Opening the Sheaths of the Soul towards the Greater Light 1:31:12 Musical Closing: 1:40:20 Violet Flame Invocation: 1:41:46 Closing: 1:33:25 (After Hour – no recordings)
The water sign Scorpio is connected to the cosmic 8th house, where the mystery of death is hidden. Scorpio points to the death (transformation) of mortal identities. Our false identity dies, when it surrenders to the soul. Thus, in a disciple, Scorpio indicates the second birth into true identity, which we can achieve through deep transformational processes. This is the gateway to a greater life. Scorpio is the “call of the Disciple.”
500 years ago, there lived a great doctor and healer, Paracelsus (1493 – 1541). He was born in Einsiedeln, Switzerland and died on 24th of September 1541 in Salzburg, Austria. He was a master of astrology, of alchemy, of symbols, numbers, signature, palmistry, physiognomy etc. He laid the foundation stone for many great, new medical and scientific developments, such as the homoeopathic teaching of Hahnemann.
Portrait by John Augustus Knapp, 1895, of Paracelsus performing chemical operations for the regeneration of life
When Dr K. Parvathi Kumar visited the birthplace of Paracelsus at Einsiedeln on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of Paracelsus in 1993, he had a profound inner encounter with Paracelsus. In 1999, he inspired the foundation of the Paracelsus Center and later the PARACELSUS – HEALTH & HEALING journal.
Paracelsus medal at the Paracelsus Center of the World Teacher Trust near Einsiedeln
Since November 2003, a group of volunteers has been publishing the 52-page print periodical in German, English and Spanish every month. The editor-in-chief was Dr K. Parvathi Kumar. The purpose of the publication was to collect and synthesise new and old knowledge about medicine and the art of healing from East and West in order to make it available to people. The whole production – content production, 3 languages translation, printing, shipping, marketing, subscription management and accountancy – was run by group members.
It was an incredibly intense and dedicated team training – acquiring skills in many fields, learning transnational collaboration, mobilising will for overcoming many obstacles. A quotation from Paracelsus: “He who is artistic in his work, will produce wonders, which will be great and indescribable.” (Paracelsus, Vol. III, p 653)
Paracelsus medal at the birth place of Paracelsus near Einsiedeln, Switzerland
A website for the journal was set up by a member containing general informations on the journal and on Paracelsus. In 2006, I took over running the site with the help of my youngest son. Later, others developed the site.
The Paracelsus Health & Healing Magazine was initially published in print for 13 years. It gradually developed in content and design to a remarkable level and achieved a high level of recognition among its readership.
Cover of the magazine, German November-December 2015 issue
From 2016 on, the magazine was published as an online publication free of charge. This allowed giving more comprehensive information about healing methods and traditional medical knowledge in the East and West. Within the limited framework of the resources, the team succeeded in inspiring a wider readership for the valuable articles. There was a continuous blessings of the project by Master Kumar, which was continued to be deeply felt even after his departure on 1 November 2022.
However, the decreasing willingness of authors to give their texts for free publication, the gradual stagnating use of the online magazine ‘Health & Healing’ by the readership and, above all, the rapid changes in Internet technology and user behaviour were realities observed by the team. They did not have the financial, technical, and human resources to continue the work.
Entry page of the Paracelsus Health and Healing website
They decided that the last article will be published on 7 November 2024, 21 years after the foundation of the magazine. All previously published issues shall continue to be available online and the website shall be maintained until further notice.
When we turn our senses and our mind deeply inwards through regular contemplation, we gain access to the divine Will and experience a state of blissful be-ness. We can imagine how the fiery spark of the I AM consciousness spreads from the inner centre in all directions.
In the wisdom teachings it is said that the Lord of Will is Mars, the Kumara. He is also called ‘Guha’, the indweller of the inner cave of consciousness. His colour is of molten gold or that of pure liquid honey. The cave is the vertebral column in our body.
To symbolise the inner spark of divine Will, I used the 2008 photo of an oil lamp in the darkness of the shrine in a small cave, which is located inside the larger Borra cave system in Andhra Pradesh, India. I included a night light image of an earthen Buddha statue, taken in 2009 at the home of friends in Germany.
On the ground and to the left next to the smiling Buddha is a scorpion, which poses no danger when in the presence of divine peace. The foliage surrounding the statue can be seen in the background, merging into the numerous points of night light of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. The space image was generated with the help of WorldWind.earth, which uses NASA images. The lights in turn merge into the starry sky, where the constellation of Scorpio can be seen on the right.
From the innermost light of the divine spark, 7 rays rise up and indicate the connection between microcosm and macrocosm.
The air sign Libra gives the message of balance when the right and left scales are balanced. If the law in society becomes disordered, the balance is disturbed; polarisation arises between the different groups in society. Anyone who behaves unlawfully disturbs the harmony of the balance. Today, the law is regularly violated in every conceivable aspect. Saturn is exalted in Libra; he enables balance to be achieved through correct decisions. They are to be made on the principle of responsibility and not on the basis of advantage, convenience or profit. The law should be understood as a means to restore balance and not to impose punishment. Righteousness, rather than punishment, should be the goal of the law. Libra governs and guides the path of decisions. It also regulates the application of purifying measures. Love forms the basis for righteousness and restitution or restoration. Venus, the ruler of Libra, stands for true love, which leads to tolerance, compassion and understanding.
Libra symbolizes the state in which life in the outer world has unfolded to the maximum. The soul incarnated in the body is in danger of losing itself in the affairs of everyday life and drowning in them if it does not consciously turn to the light. The Teachers and Masters of Wisdom are always ready to “fish” the seeking souls, i.e. they help seekers to free themselves from entanglements and direct seekers towards the path of Light.
When we strive for love and not for power, people gather around us. By sharing knowledge and wisdom, we guide them on the path. In doing so, we also grow ourselves and our lives become unlimited. The stars such as the Great Bear, Pleiades and Sirius are reflected on Earth as the Hierarchy of Masters, and the teachers of the Hierarchy are our guides.
In the centre of the picture is a boat with a pair of fishermen casting nets. Human figures can be seen in the reflections in the water. They symbolize the people who are looking for guidance on the path to the light. The light reflections of the sun form a path up to the stars of the zodiac and beyond to infinity.
I used photos of several scenes from India for the design of the boat with the fishers and the waves of the light path. To illustrate the people lost in matter, I embedded elements from a group photo into the waves. The golden yellow stands for the light of the buddhic plane; the multi-coloured reflections in the water symbolize the thoughts and emotions of the lower planes of the material world.
The arch with the figures of the zodiac was designed using a photo of the old astrological clock from the medieval “Zytglogge” tower in Berne’s Old Town. Next to the Libra symbol, the path of light leads up into the expanses of the subtle worlds.
