Mystic Musings with Diana Cooper Spirit Sessions: Insights on the Dragon and its presence on Earth....And, in Dragon Alchemy," According to legend, is in the nature of the Dragon to collect, store and guard a vast array of precious gems. Metaphorically, the Dragon is the Ancient Ancestor who contains all the old wisdom. This is why the symbol has and is used by initiates and royalty. It is a symbol of mastery as well as sovereignty."

A few years ago I did a pencil drawing, it kind of divided itself into two themes, Dragons Eye, and Dragons blood.

I've been thinking about dragons again. I feel or sense a dragon theme now and then, but now its strong again.

There is a red dragon of Alchemy, and it is currently swirling its red magic around within me. I can't really say what this means and how it impacts my external life.
Its like a buffer on a screen, that when you go to check, its still buffering, so the page you want can't be uploaded....and so I can't quite get a handle on what's happening.

Yesterday I was in central London.  It was quite an obscure reason for me to be in London, but I felt well and inspired. I was under the arches at Chelsea Bridge, in a restaurant that was like a huge underground cave, in the heart of London, I was there for an interview.....but not really understanding why I was there.

Its strange but I always feel I am bringing an extra element with me, to clear up around, because the energies of London are sooo dense.

Anyway...I came across this video today.
Diana Cooper mentions the whoosh I am feeling.
Here she is talking about Dragons so I was drawn to it, maybe it will resonate with you. She gives insight into what Dragons presence means for us.

And for the not so fluffy, here is Dragon Alchemy, which has helped explain my own dilemma, which is about KNOWING, FEELING and SENSING this Information, but what to do with it within the external world and the consensus reality...the answer I found in Dragon Alchemy is.....
 Each seeker must blaze their own trail into the Wilderness of the Spirit, and each must also struggle to overcome the focus of the mind on Consensus Reality.

http://dragoncourt.net/01.html
"The ancient Chinese word for Dragon, literally meant 'rising of the Moon,' referring to this Pearl of Great Price and the Body of Light (Star) of the Immortal. At this point, further progress involves learning about the various states of Immortality beyond Enlightenment. Entrance to Eternity involves the 'Wave of Bliss', the 'Divine Carriage to the Immortal Realms', also referred to as 'Riding the Dragon'. "

 DRAGON  ALCHEMY  

According to legend, is in the nature of the Dragon to collect, store and guard a vast array of precious gems. Metaphorically, the Dragon is the Ancient Ancestor who contains all the old wisdom. This is why the symbol has and is used by initiates and royalty.

It is a symbol of mastery as well as sovereignty.

To 'awaken the Dragon' means to make an ally of ones own power and to be in touch with the mysteries of the universe. When one accepts their own personal power and wields this authority with Wisdom and Response-Ability, what is gained is the knowledge of Earth and Star energy - the Power in the land and the constellations above. However, when power is abused or unacknowledged, these energies take the form of ones shadow and will be a source of trouble until resolution is born. 

Symbolically, the Dragon with its tail in its mouth represents the unenlightened soul bound to the cycle of reincarnation, while the active Dragon symbolizes the Adept. Two Dragons facing each other symbolize one who is working toward Immortality, while two Dragons facing in opposite directions indicate the attainment of Immortality. 

The Grail Quest or 'Great Work' is also called the 'Opening of the Eye of the Dragon'. This is because the Spirit reabsorbs all of the Light that it has projected as the objective universe, reawakening the Dragon energy. This union produces 'the Immortal Spirit', the 'Sun at Midnight'. 

There is an Ancient Legend which states that the Dragon was separated into two beings - the male, who is the 'Howler in the Wastes of Nothingness', the 'Demon Lord of Time' - and the female, who presides over the Universe as the 'Shekinah' (Babalon, Nuit), the matrix of manifestation. The union of these two opens the Gates of the Abyss.
When the 'Dweller on the Threshold' denies 'Shekinah', he breeds 'devils' in Chaos.
The imperfectly created universe of the 'Dweller' or 'Beast' must be destroyed or reabsorbed (past karma and all bonds of energy with the Universe must be overcome) before the initiate may attain union with the 'Shekinah'. Then, the serpent fire rises to an explosion of ecstasy in ' the Abyss', casting forth its 'Star'. The 'Serpent Fire' thus released interlaces itself with the 'Water of Space', and by this process the 'Beast' is reabsorbed in to the 'Shekinah'. 
It is in the 'silence of the death of desire', that the 'Golden Child', born of the union of 'Beauty and the Beast' realizes its identity with Absolute Consciousness.

This process is the means of the return to the supreme state represented by the Cosmos itself, and is the true formula of Illumination, and the essence of all Magick.

However ...

Man has denied the Shekinah, both within and without, repeatedly - and continues to do so, aginst all odds and despite endless warnings, resulting in the abysmal dis-play that passes for civilisation on Mother Earth today.

Tantra is perhaps the oldest form of Eastern or 'Dragon' Alchemy. According to Tantric philosophy the whole universe is built up of and pervaded by basic forces which are in intimate and intricate union. (The Chinese as well as the Sumerians perceived of two dragon currents, male and female. The Green Dragon and the Red Dragon of the alchemists are the positive and negative energies that compromise the cosmos of our perception, as manifest in the famous Chinese yin-yang/tao symbol.)
In Tantra these forces, named Shiva and Shakti, are personified as male and female deities. Of this divine pair, Shiva is the subordinate one, for it is the Female Principle that ultimately underlies all manifestation. There is a tantric saying, "Shiva without Shakti is a corpse." No significant progress can be made until this is fully realised. 

Most Adepts in the East follow the ancient traditions of the Dragon, and concentrate on the 'Pearl of Great Price', seeing it as the culmination of change and the attainment, immortality and Eternal Bliss. After the Pearl is created, the Body of Light or 'Diamond Body' becomes active, and the Adept is said to be immortal. The ancient Chinese word for Dragon, literally meant 'rising of the Moon,' referring to this Pearl of Great Price and the Body of Light (Star) of the Immortal. At this point, further progress involves learning about the various states of Immortality beyond Enlightenment. Entrance to Eternity involves the 'Wave of Bliss', the 'Divine Carriage to the Immortal Realms', also referred to as 'Riding the Dragon'. 

Each seeker must blaze their own trail into the Wilderness of the Spirit, and each must also struggle to overcome the focus of the mind on Consensus Reality.

Initiation into a Circle is a ritual that symbolizes and/or helps to begin an inner transformation of the initiate. Today, all too often, the ritual is merely symbolic and serves only to link the initiate to the group egregore (group energy or thoughtform) and to create a political lineage. The actual transformation of the initiate only takes place if the seeker undertakes to pursue a methodology on his own. Such methodologies are often missing from the body of knowledge passed on to the initiate. Too often, dogma takes the place of the personal mystic experience that is the hallmark of the successful initiate. It is incumbent upon anyone who undergoes such a ritual to pursue knowledge and power until their Initiation becomes effective and they set foot upon the Path.

All efficacious Initiation is really self-initiation, and this refers not to some basically worthless self-dedication ritual at the hands of some 'group' or 'guru' ... but to years (if not lifetimes) of sustained effort.

   

It bears repeating here that ...

'Each seeker must blaze their own trail into the wilderness of the spirit.'

The world is full of 'ex-spurts' who seek to dictate to others on how to go about their very personal spiritual quest, but how can another know your Heart? How does another know what moves you.
Follow your own In-Tuition, and you will not err.
Indeed, we have within each of us, male and female, left brain and right brain, dark and light, negative and positive. Reconcilation of these forces requires we put aside all preconceptions and predjudices in order to achieve a more objective 'enlightened' perspective.

The fearful, poisonous attitudes of the patriarchy have resulted in the feminine being ruthlessly exploited abused and suppressed, suffering more bigotry and being demonised more than any other group in history. The feminine has long been the ultimate 'scapegoat'. She has been 'blamed' for all the ills of 'man' since time immemorial - eve tempted 'innocent' adam etc etc etc. ad nauseum. Mountains of guilt have laid on Her by all the earth religions of 'man' - she is relegated in these religions as inferior at best and dark and/or evil at worst. Folk sayings, far too numerous to list here, such as 'never trust a woman" assign negativity in all its froms to the feminine. Rivers of contempt have been aimed at ageless wisdoms, calling them "old wives tales", when in fact they are, more often, "Old Wise Tales". Even the very Earth and Nature Herself have been seen by 'man' as something to be feared, subdued, controlled and exploited.

This is pure folly against Self. I am sure we can all acknowledge that to blame another for all our ills, is pure 'victim' mentality and a denial of personal responsibility - and yet this is what the patriarchy has sought to do - play the 'victim' when it seems expedient and then using this perception of feared 'evil' as a justification for all manner of heinous crimes against humanity and Nature. This is particularly poignant and significant because BOTH polarities reside WITHIN EACH and everyone of us. This toxic attitude divides us against ourselves, setting us up for endless cycles of self hatred and mutual destruction. As Grigori has pointed out so eloquently, the future survival of humanity as a species depends on a rapid comprehension of this imbalance and its profound effects on a personal and global level.

It is said, Masculine reasons - Feminine feels.....patriarchal systems are addicted to division and the notion that one thing must be 'inferior' and one 'superior" - such systems see reason as superior to feeling. This is illusionary. It si only when reason is guided by feeling, that Wisdom is found.....they cannot be separated nor should reason be seen as all important or 'superior'

It is incumbent and imperative that we correct the imbalance that has been foisted upon us by those who benefited from the reversal of ancient truth and learn to respect and honor the feminine in all its forms, BOTH within and without. She is CREATRIX - She is not merely a 'toy' for 'man' to amuse himself nor does She exist to be used by 'man' in his endless pursuit of ego gratification. Humanity and this planet have suffered and continue to suffer appallingly and unnecessarily because of this 'one eyed' view. It is time to wake up and use BOTH eyes.....both "I" 's. (smile)
Tantric Philosophy informs us, that from the eternal dance of Shiva (male) and Shakti (female), all manifestation arises. Of this Divine pair, it is Shiva who is the subordinate one, for it is the Female Principle that ultimately underlies all manifestation. There is a tantric saying, "Shiva without Shakti is a corpse." This must be fully realised if any significant progress is to be made.

If this realisation (real-eyes-at-ion) could be achieved and ACTED upon, humanity may yet experience the 'golden age,' - having All become the 'golden child' of Eastern or 'Dragon' Alchemy.........or we can continue to poison the earth, our hearts and minds and die to life and to ourselves.
It is our Choice ...