On his symbolic journey through the zodiac, the Sun in Scorpio reaches the darkness of the underworlds. Scorpio stands for loss of consciousness and death experiences. These experiences often seem frightening because they reflect encounters with the dark aspects of our personality not yet purified. Scorpio enables us to enter into the silence for inner transformation and ascension to the light.

Scorpio represents the threshold to the infernal worlds. At this threshold a Master watches over the planet and its beings, ensuring that no one falls into the nether worlds. The Master is symbolised by the three-headed watchdog called Sarama in the East and Cerberus (Kerberos) in Greek mythology. Sarama stands for the dog star Sirius, the watchdog of our system. Master Jupiter is this watchdog.

To illustrate this symbolism, I transformed a Wikimedia photo by Matthiasberlin showing a group of statues from the archaeological museum of Heraklion, Greece. It depicts the three-headed Cerberus at the threshold of the underworld, surrounded by Hades/Pluto, the regent of the underworld, and his wife Persephone. She represents the part of the immortal soul that goes through the experiences of birth and death.

The symbolism of Scorpio is visualised in the twelve Scorpio paintings done between 2010 and 2021. For detailed detailed descriptions please see the ludgerphilips.org website.

I was invited via Mark, a friend from Seattle, to give a talk at the Theosophical Society in Seattle via Zoom. The theme: “Creativity and Originality: From the Inside to the Outside and Back“. In Seattle, it was 4-5:30 pm, for me, it was 1 – 2:30 am Monday morning.

I enjoyed very much the “night fly to Seattle” to be with the group there, and several of my friends from the US participated. After the presentation, a member of the organising team of TS Seattle wrote: “Under the clothing of art you managed to convey much wisdom; it’s much appreciated”.

The presentation is about 1 hour. A month before, I had given the same talk for the German community of the WTT. There is also now a French version of the presentation.

Here is the link to the PDF text of the talk. And this link leads to the talk of my friend Mark about “Master KPK and Meetings with Remarkable People“.

10 days ago, a friend sent me some photos of Mount Girnar, a very sacred place in Gujarat, India, linked to Lord Dattatreya, where he is said to dwell. In 2018, my friend Srinivas sent me some copies of the book “Experiencing Divinity” written and self-published by Pramod Kene. It is about his spiritual discipline of climbing Mount Girnar 50 times. (The publisher is given as: Pramod Kene, Vartak Aali, Chaul, Talula Alibag, District Raigad, Maharashtra – 402203, India. Price: Rs.300/-)

I read the book with great fascination and distributed the extra-copies to friends. Srinivas now also gave a text extract from the book of Sri Kene about Mount Girnar, which you find below. You might not understand all the expressions in the text but you can read it with the heart. Srinivas also sent the pics of a sunrise at Girnar and a video, but it is not published on the web. So I give another video from YouTube for you to get an impression of climbing the sacred mount.

“Girnar is an immutable abode of Sri Datta Maharaj. There is no place for doubt whatsoever.

This is the place where Sri Dattatreya Swamy has given in person Darshan to many saints. It is no wonder that from the immemorial several Siddha Yogis are engrossed in sadhana in the caves of Girnar.

The unparalleled beauty and grandeur of Mount Girnar is simply breathtaking…!

Girnar is “TAPOBHOOMI”, a land dedicated to sadhana and tapasya of Sri Datta Maharaj.

It is on the summit of Mount Girnar where Sri Datta Maharaj did tapas for 12000 years leaving “CHARANA PADUKA” behind that are a source of motivation to all Sri Datta Devotees.

All the avatars of the almighty had their work associated with the needs of that specific time line whereas the avatar of Sri Datta Maharaj is immortal and his work is timeless.

Sri Datta Maharaj is Guru of the Gurus and till data Swamy continues to guide all.

The blessings obtained in return of our deep and faithful devotion towards Sri Datta are undoubtedly manifold.

The task of punishing and bringing a strayed devotee back on the righteous path can only be done by Sri Datta.

The more you adore him, the more Sri Datta Maharaj radiates his affection in return.

The moment one enters the virtuous land of Girnar one can feel the positive vibes.

At a height of 3666 feet, is the pinnacle of Mount Girnar and is the dwelling of Gorakhkshanath. He did some very rigorous tapas here owing to which Sri Datta Maharaj blessed him by giving him personal darshan. Located here are Gorakhkshanath “Charan Paduka and Dhuni”.

Adjacent is a small tunnel and it is believed that one who passes through this tunnel gets away to “MUKTI”.

Next peak in line is the GuruShikar. GuruShikar is straight up and conical in shape.

At its top, at a height of 3630 feet above sea level, located are the CharanPaduka of Sri Datta Maharaj that are controlling the UNIVERSE.

Generally, the place of Guru is at the topmost position, but Gorakhkshanath prayed to Sri Datta Maharaj that he be at such a location that he could get a view of the Charan Paduka of Sri Datta Maharaj all the time. Sri Datta Maharaj agreed to this and for this reason, the Gorakhksha peak is slightly higher then GuruShikar.

From here Gorakhkshanath takes darshan of the Charan Paduka of Sri Datta Maharaj.

In ShivPuran Girnar is referred to as Revataachal Mountain.

In Skand Puran, it is named as Raivat, Revataachal, Kumud, Ujjayant.

The names Revataachal, Kumud, Ujjayant are associated with “Trimurti”.

There are indications in the puranas that Lord Ram and the Pandavs lived here in Girnar.

As per historic indications, “Girnar is older than Himalaya”.”

The message and task of Libra is poise, harmony and equilibrium. We find balance not by withdrawing from responsibilities, but by establishing a dynamic harmony between the different areas of our lives – between inner and outer life, between rest and activity. If the balance is disturbed, disorder and crises arise. We need to make right decisions and act appropriately. The Wisdom Teachings tell us right choice is always made when we align with the Will to Good.

The symbolism of Libra is visualised in the twelve Libra paintings done between 2010 and 2021. For detailed detailed descriptions please see the ludgerphilips.org website.

We met in the time-space of the Libra equinox 2021 in the spirit of the ONE Master-Energy. 19 members from Denmark, Germany and Switzerland could overcome all obstacles and came to Hamburg for this 12th “CVV Sharing” group life from 24 – 26 September 2021.

The energy of synthesis brought us together once again. We met in the San Bao centre, a school for Tai Chi and Qigong in a quiet backyard. Through the windows we could see from time to time some other people of a silence retreat practicing conscious walking. Also inside, it was a simple but beautiful place.

The motto of the meeting was “CVV activates change. Be the change by tuning into the energy of synthesis.” The keynote from Master KPK given for this year’s CVV Sharing was: “Just relate to Me in and around in all that surrounds you, animate or inanimate. Thereby you reach Me. Abandon all other religious rules and regulations. They are a burden.”

The meeting started with the Friday evening meditation. In the afternoon we met with the organising team in a nearby AirBnB-flat and later prepared the assembly hall. Corona times demanded certain registrations, also in the restaurants. There were new stricter rules in Hamburg but they did not touch us. It was heart-warming to meet again. In the evening, Benjamin shared some reflections on the energy of equinox. Ute introduced some thoughts of how the group might relate in the night and during morning prayer, which we had in our respective accommodations. During the days, we had meditations/prayers every three hours. The evenings concluded with the Mystic Mantrams of Master CVV.

The group members were proposed to bring symbols or things as their expression of the energy of synthesis. Saturday morning, each member presented his or her item with some words, and decorated with them a shelf as a small altar during the group life – symbols, candles ….

Throughout the day we experienced different aspects of the MASTER energy through meditations, rituals, little inputs, group works, sharing in the forum. There were also breaks for personal contacts and exchange.

Saturday morning we did an experiment with a meditative ritual – first linking to the energies of the directions, then a guided visualisation, “Buddhi Sharing”, a group meeting on the inner platform, and afterwards an exchange in the group.

In the afternoon there was an input and an exchange about the qualities of the present time followed by a triangle group exchange in small varying sub-groups about our relation to groups.

Sunday morning, members presented inspirational thoughts / quotes / poems they wanted to share with the group. Afterwards there was an “open space” and an exchange about the future development of the CVV Sharing meetings. A next meeting is already planned for spring equinox at a seminar centre in North Germany.

At noon we joined as a group the World Health and Healing prayer. And after lunch, there was already the closing round, clean-up and departure. A magic time-space closed again only to open up again in future at some other moment.

For me, 1.5 days of travelling back followed, with a friend from South Germany and an overnight-stay at the home of other group members. It was a very intense and rich time, after a longer period of mainly virtual group meetings.

In the wisdom teachings, creation is described as a wheel without beginning and end, which appears cyclically. Each new cycle has its own freshness, but the basic structures remain largely the same. When the impulse for a creation comes, the wheel begins its movement and radiates time and space. The point at the beginning of creation radiates and expands becoming a globe. With the movement of time, rays of light come forth. Objectivity emerges from subjectivity. The forms gradually take on denser matter; the cosmos and its stars are born and form the visible creation.

The underlying essence of everything is called Narayana in the East, the indwelling God Vasudeva and the all-pervading God Vishnu. Libra symbolises the principle of the fulcrum that causes the wheel to turn.

For the visualisation of the Wheel of Creation, I used a photograph of the Sombrero Galaxy taken with the Hubble Space Telescope (NASA/ESA). I worked on the image of a statue of Vishnu as Vishvarupa, the embodiment of the cosmic person. It stands on the serpent Ananta, the endlessness. Its many heads symbolise the variety of phenomena. The planes of creation emerging from the centre of existence are indicated by the rainbow circle.

The symbolism of Libra is visualised in the twelve Libra paintings done between 2010 and 2021. For detailed detailed descriptions please see the ludgerphilips.org website.

I will give a Zoom presentation for the Theosophical Society, Seattle, Washington, USA about “Creativity and Originality. From the Inside to the Outside and Back.” It is on Sunday, 10 October 2021 04:00 pm PDT (US West Coast time, – October 11th, 01:00 am Central European time). You can register for this talk via their website.

There will be the same talk already next Wednesday, 8 September, 07:00 – 08:00 pm Central European time) in German. It is part of a series of lectures of the German-speaking community of the World Teacher Trust on various topics with a spiritual background broadcasted via Zoom. You find here the program with the login details.

On the website of the Theosophical Society, it says about the presentation:
“Ludger will explore different aspects of originality and creativity showing subtle aspects of the creative process and how this manifests through external creations and their affect on us. By discussing a piece of his own art work, he will show the evolution of the creative process that came out of his own inner exploration and realizations. His artwork is dedicated to express occult ideas and themes to convey a visual access to sublime spiritual concepts.”

Today two weeks ago, Jannes suddenly passed over. I was deeply touched when I read the e-mail of his parents informing that he had left – a thrombosis in the brain. His 33rd birthday would have been three days ago.

When I sent out the information via the mailing lists to the groups of the WTT, there were many reaction. Many people in different parts of the world knew Jannes. He had grown up in Berlin in a family deeply related to the WTT, and so he had participated in various group lives with Master Kumar, where I had met him early.

In 2006, I spent a week with my family in their home in Berlin. Jannes was 17, my boys 15 and 13. Jannes already had a pilot’s licence for gliders since the age of 15. And he even had a glider he could use, a 2-seater. It was stationed on a glider airfield in Brandenburg, an old military airport from GDR times, not far from Berlin. He spent all his free time there, in the aero-club. And he invited us for a flight. It was a great adventure for all of us.

I did the first tour. Shortly after starting, we reached an updraft and in small spirals we zoomed up like in an elevator, up to 1200m. Then we went to a tour over the country for 45 minutes. The next flights were my sons and my wife. The next days we went to different places in Berlin together with the Berlin group, and Jannes.

I met him several times in India. He was always very help-oriented, and so I asked him to take care of organising things for the group, which he did very willingly. I always tried to integrate young people in goodwill activities, for which it needs time, willingness to selflessly commit themselves, skills and the readiness to work in a team network. And endurance to carry out, under a certain supervision. Few were willing or able to do so. Jannes was.

In 2012 already, I had asked him to help preparing the German pages for the relaunch of the WTT website – quite a lot of work, and he was the only one working on this, carefully. In 2016, when we dared to bring a major part of the WTT website into Portuguese language, with the help of an American lady, a retired translator living in Sao Paulo, he also did it single-handedly.

At the same time, and besides his studies, he earned his living. Jannes worked in an organisation selling magazine subscription for nature organizations – for the birds, for the Nature Federation of Germany, etc. – a touch job, but he liked it. They went for a week or two to a certain area in Germany and there went from house to house, according to a plan, trying to get subscription contracts. From there, he received the money.

From a distance, I witnessed different crises he was going through, crises of relations which broke, crises in his studies, in the search to find his path. It was a rigorous training by life. From time to time we exchanged about it.

Jannes’ great dream was to become a Lufthansa pilot. He had to overcome a number of difficulties, and it was a challenging formation in Europe and in the US, but he succeeded. And there were long times between the trainings. So, he studied economy and later physics – he did not want to rely on being a pilot only. He did a bachelor and was about to do a Master degree. When he got his pilot licence, Lufthansa had stopped employing new pilots, so he went for a while to Air Berlin. Later, he got his job with German Wings, an airline belonging to Lufthansa but with lower wages. But then a little virus made its tour over the globe, and with the pandemia breakdown many pilots could not fly. Jannes was on short-time work and he focused on his studies.

The last time we met was in 2019 at Mount Shasta in California, during the May Call seminar with Master Kumar, his last international tour.

The last direct contact I had with Jannes was beginning of this year, when I asked him if he could help in the digital archives project, and he said yes. But the stage where he could be of help had not yet come. He passed over on Leo full moon. Thursday before his passing, Master Kumar had written:

“Jannes is very dear to me and to all of us. We let him go today himself as moon is ascending towards Full moon by Sunday. He finds his way into freer and lighter world. We join forces for his peaceful and later joyful journey. Om Santhi.”

Virgo stands for the germ of the soul that is in gestation in matter. Wrapped in the robe of matter, the light of the soul can only shine forth if the sheaths of the body are pure and transparent. We should work on ourselves to acquire a pure and transparent mind. Purity of speech is the first step to transmit the energies of the soul. Virgo is seen as a state of probation or a state of awakening.

The symbolism of Virgo is visualised in the twelve Virgo paintings done between 2010 and 2021. For detailed detailed descriptions please see the ludgerphilips.org website.

Last Tuesday, a registered parcel from India arrived which I was waiting for: 5 copies of the new book of Dr. K. Parvathi Kumar on “The Seven Waves of Life. The Path of Human Evolution“, sent by Aquarius Bookhouse Visakhapatnam. I eagerly unpacked the parcel and finally held the printed book in hand – a very significant moment which I had waited for since long.

In January 2005, there was a very special group living in Visakhapatnam. The topic of the teachings was “The Seven Races” – an introduction into “Anthropogenesis”, the second volume of H.P. Blavatsky’s (1831 – 1891) masterpiece “The Secret Doctrine“. She presented certain ideas that no others had presented before. Her description of chains, globes, rounds and root races and also the states of planet earth in relation to every race is profound and complex. Master Kumar gave a synthetic introduction into the topic of the seven races. He started his teachings with the words:

“We shall start learning together our own story as we arrived here, how we developed our bodies to be what we are now, how we have lost our identities in the process, and the way to regain such identities. We get into the root of our own being. You will need to read these teachings again and again to assimilate what has been said because it would relate to us, to our most ancient past as we all have been the players through all these waves of humanity. Do not think they are all foreign to us. This is all our story only.”

It was a fantastic seminar – for those who had some knowledge of Blavatsky’s teachings. Others had difficulties with the terms and concepts. I wrote plenty of notes and was profoundly impressed. Thoughts came often back to these fundamental teachings and the encounters with group members there. Now in book form, the teachings are a good read and well digestible, if you are interested to know more about the times of Lemuria, Atlantis and the development of our own past.

Years passed by. When in 2017 Vijay, and Indian friend started to transcribe the seminar, we studied it in the online study group. He finished it in 2018 – a year where I had to pass about two months in hospital and rehabilitation. I used the time for proof-reading and structuring the text for a publication. Already before, I discussed with friends that Blavatsky’s terminology of races, root races or sub-races might be disputed in today’s understanding: In much of today’s world, the word race is much disputed and used with regard to skin colour and ethnic origins. It evokes ideas of racism which was not there in Secret Doctrine. The original definition of the words “root race” has to do with the beginning of a whole wave of evolution. So we searched for another term and asked the Master if race could be replaced by “waves” – human waves, or just humanity. He agreed – and he even had used the term “wave” in an earlier publication.

Proof-reading by several group members and working on the publication, giving of footnotes to sources used, adding images etc. took time. The book was finally published now in 2021 (PDF).

A digital version is very fine, but it is like talking to friends only digitally. For studying spiritual books, I always use paper versions. I wanted to have the book physically, on paper. It took time – for some months, there were difficulties to send parcels to Europe via post due to the pandemia. But now it worked. The books I received will go to people involved in the translation and publication work, just one will stay with me. If you would like to order one, you can do so via Aquarius Bookhouse Visakhapatnam. In the States, you might find it also via Amazon – a friend got some copies shipped from India to distribute them there.

But be aware, it is not a “mass production” with the related global distribution – there is a lot of selfless work behind to make the book available to sincere seekers, especially also the dispatch. Maybe order some books at a time, for some friends, or also some other books which you might be interested in.

I was touched about the way the parcel was sewn into linen and packed inside for the long journey. A precious gift. But don’t mistake having it electronically on your computer or even in paper form on the bookshelf without having integrated the content. It needs patient inner work.