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Part 2 Language of Light - "Language of the Birds"

The Language of the Birds, known as the Green Language or the Language of the Gods, embraces Kabbalah, Astrology, Alchemy and Tarot. Its grammar is symbolism, holographic symbolism, when properly understood. The language of the birds was considered a secret and perfect language and the key to perfect knowledge. It assists with the ascension of human consciousness in the alchemy of time Thoth, the Egyptian Bird Headed God, scripted the languages of our reality, to be viewed as symbolic messages through the ages, and finally brought to light at the end of the cycles of time.


Fulcanelli, a Twentieth century alchemist and philosopher, in his masterpiece ‘The Mystery of the Cathedrals’, published in Paris in 1926, was a master of the Green Language itself, and a master of the subjects usually hidden within it. Fulcanelli tells us, the key to unraveling the greater mystery of alchemy lies in an understanding of what he calls the "phonetic law" of the "spoken cabala," or the "Language of the Birds.” "What unsuspected marvels we should find, if we knew how to dissect words, to strip them of their barks and liberate the spirit, the divine light, which is within” - The Mystery of the Cathedrals – Fulcanelli


It was also the language of the Freemasons ("All the Initiates expressed themselves in cant," Fulcanelli reminds us). The language/art of light, is derived from the Language of the Birds, which seems to be a sort of Ur-language taught by both Jesus and the ancients. (The history of the word 'Cant' is seen to originally have referred to the chanting of friars). Characteristics of Cant are found in a few local dialects such as Picard, Provencal and the language of the Gypsies.


Fulcanelli tells us that "Language, is the instrument of the spirit, has a life of its own - even though it is only a reflection of the universal Idea." This Gnostic meta-linguistic mysticism is the core it seems of illumination itself."


Greek and Coptic writings in Alexandria, The Old Testament scrolls, even the early teachings of Clement of Alexandria and throughout most Oriental Literature, reveal references to systems of measurement, systems of vibration and systems of Light Consciousness.


Birds played an important role in Indo-European religion, from the Renaissance, it was the inspiration for some magical priori languages, in particular musical languages. The Whistled Language is based on natural languages used in some cultures, which are sometimes also referred to ‘The language of the birds’. The language of birds in Greek mythology may be attained by magical means. Democritus, Anaximander, Apollonius of Tyana, Tiresias, Melampus and Aesopus were all said to have understood the birds.

In Celtic mythology, birds usually represent prophetic knowledge or bloodshed (especially crows). Aboriginal Tribes of Australia had Bunjil the eagle and Waa the crow alternating throughout the tribes as their tribal symbol. The symbolic meaning of the Raven in Native American Indian lore describes the raven as a creature of metamorphosis, and symbolizes change/transformation. The Raven is the Native American bearer of magic, and a harbinger of messages from the cosmos. Messages that are beyond space and time are nestled in the midnight wings of the Raven and come to only those within the tribe who are worthy of the knowledge.


The concept is also known from many folk tales (including Welsh, Russian, German, Estonian, Greek), where usually the protagonist is granted the gift of understanding the language of the birds either by some magical transformation, or as a reward for some good deed by the king of birds.


In Sufism, the language of birds is a mystical language of angels. In the Talmud (Louis Ginzberg, Legends of the Bible, 1909), Solomon's proverbial wisdom was due to his being granted understanding of the language of birds by God.


In Egyptian Arabic, hieroglyphic writing is called "the alphabet of the birds".

In Ancient Egyptian itself, the hieroglyphic form of writing was given the name medu-netjer ("words of the gods" or "divine language").


The ancient Incas called it the Court Language, which according to them it was the key to the double science, sacred and profane.


Middle Ages called the Gay Science/Knowledge known as the 'Language of the Gods'

Geometric Patterns and DNA


Both the writings of Thoth and Enoch suggest this “Language of Light", the harmonic science of the ancients, could actually affect DNA.

Thanks to the work of modern molecular biologists Fritz-Albert Popp and Mae-Wan Ho, we now know that DNA emits a weak form of coherent light that works like a communication system between cells and even between larger organisms. In this regard, the art of light is indeed the instrument of the spirit. It is nothing less than the mechanical framework so to speak, allowing the ‘Mind’ to exist in the universe. The Language of Light emitted and received by the DNA may be the original of all languages, the ultimate language of initiation. - Bioelectrodynamics & Biocommunication – Mae-Wan Ho,& Fritz Albert Popp


The work of anthropologist Jeremy Narby, states the Ur-language of light is a "forest television" of images in which "DNA is a snaked shaped master of transformation that lives in water and is both extremely long and small, single and double. Just like the cosmic serpent, the one who has the skin of the dragon, or has become one with the cosmic serpent of DNA, can understand this symbolic language of light. - The Cosmic Serpent – DNA & The Origins of Knowledge


The use of cymatics proves to us that every different vibration/frequency has its own geometric pattern. The word Cymatics derives from the Greek 'kuma' meaning 'billow' or 'wave,' to describe the periodic effects that sound and vibration have on matter.


The holographic symbols of the Language of Light is said to alter the memory substrate of Language, affecting the psychological, neurological, biochemical and cosmological levels of thought attunement. It is known as an instant communication with the infinite mind, using ideographic and pictographic cybernetics. The holographics connect multiple centres of growth with a parent symbol, therefore the brain must be trained to handle complex ideographs and pictopraphs through a unique Light process which co ordinates all the Chakra centres to the coupling of sound and colour indexes. The light geometry changes the brains perceptual aparatus and centres the body. - JJ Hurtak (The Keys of Enoch)


Herbert Fröhlich was a theoretical physicist in the field of solid state physics and the father of superconductivity theory. Here he describes how the coherent vibrations would actually work. - Fröhlich, H., Coherent electric vibrations in biological systems and the cancer problem. IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques MTT 26:613-617


“An assembly of cells, as in a tissue or organ, will have certain collective frequencies that regulate important processes, such as cell division. Normally these control frequencies will be very stable. If, for some reason, a cell shifts its frequency, entraining signals from neighboring cells will tend to reinstall the correct frequency. However, if a sufficient number of cells get out-of-step, the strength of the system's collective vibrations can decrease to the point where stability is lost. Loss of coherence can lead to disease or disorder.”

The DNA coil itself is representive of a spiraling snake. Quite possibly the reason the serpent was highly venerated in most parts of the ancient world? All through history the serpent and the bird has been held with high regard and connected to wisdom and medicine. . The high initiates of Egypt would adorn the cobra and bird on their headdress over the third eye area symbolizing their high initiate status.


Similarities are also found with the symbolic Caduceus (Rod of Hermes / Thoth) depicting the two intertwined snakes ascending in union to the open feathered wings as does the representation of the Mesoamerican Deity Quetzalcoatl as the Feathered Serpent.

The Rainbow Serpent or Sky Serpent has been used in sacred ceremonies and Dreamtime Stories by the Australian Aborigines for thousands of years. The Elders claimed that ceremonial rites associated with its use were taught to them by the sky gods, the Ancient Ancestors. The Rainbow Serpent represented the sacred spirit energy called the Serpentine Life Force (Kundalini) which was directly associated with the ‘Spirit Bird’, representing the flight of the soul. The physical form used in rituals and ceremonies, entailed a multicoloured wooden sculpture of two snakes entwined from the base to the top, very similar to the Caduceus. - The Secret in the Bible – Tony Bushby  

The ancient Caduceus symbolizes on an esoteric level the alchemical process. The staff represents the spinal column, the spiral of the two serpents represents the kundalini life force. The sphere at the top of the staff represents the energy center of the brain or the seventh chakra. The Wings at the top of the staff represents freedom or liberation of the soul from the cycle of birth and death. One transcends the bonds of ego and bodily identification, releasing the spirit from the confines of matter.

In India, kundalini is personified as the Divine Mother: Shakti Ma, Kali Ma, or other goddesses. She is the feminine power at the base of the spine, which travels up the spine to unite with the masculine power, her consort, Lord Shiva (Shakta), in the seventh chakra, sahasrara. This union of opposites is a powerful symbol depicted in all cultures.


As kundalini ascends through the chakras, mental limitations are gradually removed so consciousness can shine in its pristine glory. Mental fluctuations settle down and the mind becomes serene.


As sahasrara chakra kundalini merges with Shiva, who is identified with her. In her formless state she is consciousness. In her creative form she is Shakti, the power of manifestation.


Kundalini’s descent creates increasing ignorance, bondage, and delusion. The same kundalini energy, as it ascends, causes spiritual awakening, freedom, and wisdom.

This process is also mirrored in the Jewish mystical tradition of

the Kabbalah when ascending the Tree of Life which esoterically is the seven energy centers or chakras that run up the spinal column to the brain.


Fulcanelli insists this Ur-language is the common language of initiation and illumination behind cultural expressions as different as the Christian, the Inca, the medieval troubadours and the ancient Greeks.


The Mayans of Meso-America referred to the Pleiades (The Seven Sisters) as ‘The Cranary’ as it was the seedbed of their civilization and the cosmic star mother whom from they received the codes of light.


Published spokesman of the Mayan culture, Don Alejandro Wandering Wolf of Guatemala Santa Fe, New Mexico 1999 states…

"The Wingmakers are actually the star people. Mayan actually means "my people." They first came to Atlantis. Our first pyramids are there, underwater. In the Bermuda area. Tulan was the name of the city of Atlantis. Their great prophets, (star people), came and gave an oral transmission. It has been passed down for thousands of years. In the beginning there were four of them. The first teachers from the Pleiades taught the astronomy and the beginning of creation, the Great Mysteries. They have the power of the sixth and seventh senses and the third eye. They came to teach us these things. The way of working together, etc. There have been many visitations from the Pleiades, then they return there, then they come back here again and come down to Asia, Tibet, Kaimaya, and in India also.

"Nagamaya" they were called. There are glyphs that speak of these visitations, like the Wingmakers. More will be discovered when it is time. There are some now incarnated in bodies, we do not know who they are and it is a secret until the time comes. This is the return of the ancestors spoken about in the prophecies. They will all arise, not just Mayan, all of us "


Naga is a type of aquatic serpentine semi-divine creature mentioned in Buddhist canonical literature and depicted in artwork on temples in South and Central Asia. Nagas figure in Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism. In India Naga is also known as a Hindu who travels from place to place living a very simple life without any possessions, very similar to the ways of the Gnostic and Cathars of Europe. In the Bible Jesus was referred to as a naggar (a serpent of wisdom). Naggar: Noun = the Learned Man; before the bible was canonized.


Throughout the planet, within traditional native communities there are often higher spiritual orders (elders) men/women of high degree were known to the western world as Shaman, Witch Doctors, Medicine Men, Clever Fellas and the alike, who are initiated in the most sacred knowledge held by their people, knowledge unknown to the general community. From my own experiences, the knowledge comes from a multidimensional level, once we are able to shake off the bonds of matter, we are then able travel the spiritual realms, and connect with multidimensional beings.


According to Enoch, man will not appreciate the Scriptures of Light as they will only understand scripture in terms of mythology taught from a historical standpoint rather than learning the higher spiritual truths. However the time will come when it will become clear to man that organized religions, proclaiming themselves as the authority of Christ will be seen as the ‘Abomination of Desolation’.


Was this higher truth, the Ancient Language of Light, the foundation on which religions were formed? Did the priesthood transform the truth into a puzzling mythological nightmare in order to control the masses and keep the people disconnected from their higher spiritual truths and each other?


Furthermore, were the indigenous races the last to feel the effects of modern religion retaining some of the ancient knowledge they are imparting with us today? If so, this would certainly give reason for the mass genocide of native tribes and stolen generations globally since the Spanish Conquest and sadly still ongoing today.


Oahspe is a book written in 1880 by an American dentist named John Ballou Newbrough [1828-1891]. He claimed that it was the result of automatic writing, dictated to him by spirits in a trance.


Oahspe, The Lord's Fourth Bk, 17/1.2-6.

God said: Behold, with my sacred people I have established myself in written words. Now it has come to pass that all the races of man on earth shall be made to know me.

God commanded man to make stone and wooden images, and engravings also, of everything upon the earth. And so man made them; according to his own knowledge he made them.

God said: As every living creature has a name, so shall its image and its engraving have the same name. And so shall it be with all things on the earth, in its waters, and in the air above the earth, the image and the engravings shall have the same names as the real things themselves.

And God sent his angels down to man, to inspire him in the workmanship of images and engravings, and man thus accomplished the commandments of God.

‘And these were the first writings since the flood, other than those that were kept secret among the initiates.’


© Sonya van Gelder Oct 2013 

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