9 Nov 2004 @ 20:50, by Raymond Powers
MYTHIC DIMENSIONS of ELECTION 04, HOPE FOR AMERICA
by Steve Nelson
This is a mythic time. Every five hundred years the Phoenix dies in flames and is born anew from its ashes. An old order passes away and a new world is born. According to Egyptian tradition the new Phoenix alights first atop the "world tree," an obelisk in Heliopolis, the "City of the Sun" for the new era.
The Italian Renaissance centered in Rome, was nourished by cultural ferment stirring through Florence, the "city of flowers." The center of political influence for current world renaissance is Washington, DC with its 555' obelisk, the Washington Monument. The impetus for social transformation is coming through New York City, a global cultural center and many believe future capital of the world. The cultural influences of the northern U.S. (yin) and the southern U.S. (yang) meld in Washington, DC.
AMERICAN MYTHOS
Five hundred years ago a Native American holy man, later called "the Messenger," received a vision that would shape the world for centuries to come. Degandiwidah saw an eagle perched in the top of a great fir tree whose branches covered the whole world. This tree had four roots extending in four directions and a giant serpent coiled about its base. Degandiwidah saw that each branch of the tree was a tribe and that all tribes are united. The tree became known as the Tree of Peace, and the philosophic code of self-governance inspired by the Messenger's vision was called the Great Law of Peace. Degandiwidah and his spokesman Hiawatha brought a simple message to the warring tribes of the now New England area of the United States. This message was illustrated by showing tribesmen how easily one arrow is broken while a bundle of arrows cannot be broken. So the eagle clutching arrows became the symbol of the Iroquois Confederacy, the first representative democracy in the western world.
Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson drew from the Iroquois symbols and tradition to create the new American nation. One of the first US flags had a snake and fir tree with the caption "Don't tread on me." Franklin's "Join or Die" segmented serpent, the first political cartoon, was used to rally the colonies to unite. The serpent and the eagle are totems of America.
America's founders drew inspiration from the Iroquois system of government yet one important ingredient was left out: While each tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy had an elected Chief and Clan Mother representative at the Longhouse Council, America now ignores the need for gender equal representation. In the Iroquois system, the Chief was spokesperson and the Clan Mother held power to "dehorn" the Chief if the went off track in representing the agreed tribal agenda. The removal of the Chief's horned helmet by the Clan Mother meant that he could not speak for the remainder of that council session. The Iroquois long ago created a balanced system of self government including proportional representation for women and men. (The Cherokee, an original Iroquoian tribe, added further balance to their political system by having both a war chief and a peace chief, like red and blue together.)
Ideally, a man and a woman would be elected to represent each state in the U.S. Senate. Establishing a gender balanced political system might seem impossible in the current milieu if not for the very fact that the Clan Mother already holds power on the psychic level. Still the balance would be better if we institutionalized it. This after all is the time of the prophesied excess yang symbolized by the triple sixes of Revelation. This number of "a man" is the sum of numbers from one to thirty six, the numbers in the magic square of the Sun, a six by six grid of numbers adding the same in every row crosswise, up and down and diagonally. This cardinal yang number needs the balancing feminine number 1080 or 108 to be in balance, otherwise its "the beast." Ergo the biggest problem in our world is imbalance between yang and yin, masculine and feminine.
Many elements of the United States government derive from the Iroquois system of government. According to Manly Palmer Hall (The Secret Teachings of All Ages), Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson were initiated in an Iroquois ceremony called the Ritual of the Nine Sisters. This ceremony was so like a Masonic Ritual of the Nine Muses that they were convinced the Iroquois embodied the soul of this land. So the Iroquois Eagle clutching arrows for the tribes united became the symbol of the new American Nation. The US tripartite system with its checks and balances was adapted from the Iroquois Confederacy. Native Americans were first in democratic self-government. (Forgotten Founders by Bruce Johansen).
The Iroquois society also had a strong influence on the creation of the USSR. This interesting turn of events came about through the writings of amateur sociologist Lewis Morgan. Morgan was deeply interested in the Iroquois, their social system and secret societies. He was especially impressed with the willingness of those whose gardens fared well to share with those who weren't so fortunate. All were taken care of in this society and none went hungry. While Morgan's books never caught on in 19th century America (the "robber baron era" here), they were popular in Europe where they came to the attention of Marx and Engels. Thus, the Iroquois society came to be a model for the communist ideal as expressed in the Communist Manifesto. This part of the American story is told in Thomas Henry's book Wilderness Messiah.
The original vision that made America great has expanded now to include the world, and the United States is being called to realize its rightful place as a leader at the Round Table of nations.
Steve Nelson
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