Volume 2

  << Previous : Sailing to Phaeacia (Book V) In the past, the Phaeacians lived in Hyperia, but they were subjected to the power of the Cyclops. Thus their king Nausithous, son of Poseidon, removed them from Hyperia. He settled them in Scheria where he built...

  << Previous : Odysseus and Calypso (Book VII, 240 sq., Book I and Book V) Odysseus (Ulysses) sailed on his raft for seventeen days without ever sleeping, and arrived on the eighteenth in view of the coast of Phaeacia. Poseidon, who had just returned from...

  << Previous : The Cattle of Helios; Odysseus and the Test of Charybdis (Book XII) Calypso was the daughter of the Titan Atlas who knew the abysses of the entire sea and watched over the high columns separating the sky from the earth. Isolated on her ocean...

  << Previous : Odysseus and Scylla (Book XII) Odysseus (Ulysses) arrived then at the island of Helios (the sun, son of Hyperion), where seven herds of cows and seven herds of fat sheep of fifty heads each grazed. These animals knew neither birth nor death...

  << Previous : The Sirens (Book XII) Circe had given Odysseus (Ulysses) the choice of two routes after his encounter with the Sirens. On one side were the two overhanging rocks against which the great swells of Amphitrite were breaking. The gods called...

  << Previous : The Departure from the Island of Circe and the Invocation of the Dead (End of Book X and Book XI Nekuia) Odysseus (Ulysses)' ship was again driven to the island of Circe, where without delay the hero fulfilled the promise made to Elpenor to...

  << Previous : The Island of Circe or the Access to "the Vision in Truth" (Book X) Following Circe's advice, Odysseus (Ulysses) prepared himself to descend into Hades in order to question the "psyche" of the blind soothsayer Tiresias, for Persephone wanted...

  << Previous : The Land of the Laestrigones (Laestrigonians) or the Illusion of Nirvanas (Book X) Odysseus (Ulysses) arrived on the island of Aeaea where Circe with the beautiful hair lived, a fearsome goddess endowed with voice. She was a daughter of...

  << Previous : The Island of Aeolus: the Need for great Patience and unwavering Vigilance (Book X)  On the seventh day, they approached the land of the Laestrigones (Laestrigonians), the high village of Lamos, the high Telepyle. There, when one shepherd...

  << Previous : The Cyclops Polyphemus : the End of the Attraction to the Powers of Perception-Vision derived from the Subconscious (Book IX)  Then Odysseus (Ulysses) and his companions approached the island of Aeolus, dear to the immortal gods, son of...

  << Previous : The Lotus Eaters: Renunciation of Spiritual “Sweetness” (Book IX) Then Odysseus (Ulysses) and his companions reached the land of the Cyclops. These were lawless brutes who trusted the Immortals so much that they neither ploughed nor sowed....

  << Previous : The Departure from Troy and the Raid on the Cicones: the end of all ‘hard’ work (Book IX)  After this first step, Odysseus (Ulysses) thought he could return to Ithaca. But as he crossed Cape Malea (a peninsula south-east of the Peloponnese),...

  << Previous : Reminder of the Lineages of Odysseus (Ulysses) and Penelope Odysseus (Ulysses)’ fleet was part of the first contingent leaving Troy. But at the stopover in Tenerife, Zeus unleashed the scourge of a second misunderstanding. Odysseus (Ulysses)...

  << Previous : THE RETURN OF ODYSSEUS (ULYSSES) : THE ODYSSEY Odysseus (Ulysses)   Leaving aside Heracles, who embodies the theory of the path of purification/liberation, Odysseus (Ulysses) can be seen as the most advanced symbol of a truth seeker in...

  << Previous : The Return of Menelaus We left Neoptolemus, son of Achilles, on his return to Phthia, after he had put his grandfather Peleus back on the throne. Andromache, Hector's widow, was given to him as a share of the spoils. On the other hand,...

  << Previous : Orestes' revenge and Clytemnestra’s murder If in the Odyssey, Telemachus, the son of Achilles, is surprised that Menelaus left the murder of Agamemnon unpunished for so long - during the seven years of Aegisthus' reign - it is simply because...

  << Previous : The Return and Murder of Agamemnon  Homer never mentions Orestes’ murder of Clytemnestra, only that of Aegisthus. Let us recall that Orestes, the youngest son of Agamemnon, was born shortly before the Trojan War. He was therefore an...

  << Previous : The Return of Aeneas Agamemnon let the first wave of "returns" go. He stayed behind to offer sacrifices to Athena in order to appease her wrath caused by the ungodliness of Ajax the Lesser who tried to take Cassandra by force, or even to...

  << Previous : The Death of Ajax “the Lesser”, Son of Oileus The Trojan lineage is unambiguously related to the Pleiad Electra, which symbolizes the illumined mind, and expresses the achievement of liberation in the spirit. Although one of its branches was...

  << Previous : The Return of Teucer (Teukros) Ajax “the Lesser" (or Locrian Ajax) represents what traditions call "the little self" or personality consciousness. He was a son of Oileus "the consciousness that works to liberate itself. This personality...

  << Previous : The Return of Neoptolemus Let us recall that Teucer "the right opening to the summits of consciousness" was the bastard son of Telamon and the Trojan Hesione, and thus the half-brother of the great Ajax. First back home in Salamis, he then...

  << Previous : The Returns of Idomeneus, Philoctetes and Podalirius  During the Trojan War, Menelaus promised his daughter Hermione to Neoptolemus, the son of Achilles, who also received Andromache, Hector’s wife,as a share of the booty during the plunder...

  << Previous : The Return of Calchas According to the Odyssey, Idomeneus "who desires union" returned safely to Crete with all his companions. (Some say that he was driven out as soon as he arrived by the tyrant Leucos who took power in his absence:...

  To receive the new consciousness without deforming it, one must be able to stand in the light of the Supreme Consciousness without casting a shadow. The Mother (Mother’s Agenda, Volume 10, April 16th, 1969)   In Chapter IV we examined not only the events...

  << Previous : The Returns of Diomedes and Nestor The soothsayer of the expedition, Calchas, took the land road with Amphilocus, Leonteus, Podalirius and Polypoetes. He died after reaching Colophon, following a contest of prophecies from which Mopsus, son...

  << Previous : The Returns (Introduction and Summary) Returning from Troy, following a quarrel between the two Atrides, Agamemnon and Menelaus, generated by Athena, many Achaean heroes and fighters had to endure the wrath of the goddess. A meeting was...

  << Previous : Hermione's Marriage to Neoptolemus and her union with Orestes The manuscripts of the Odyssey date from the Middle Ages and we know little about the transmission of texts since Homeric times, except that there was most likely a very long...

The latest exploits of Heracles illustrate the advanced stages of the process of purification-liberation or "unveiling" of the divine involuted in matter. After the installation of the seeker in the overmind, these are the first experiences of the supramental...

The Trojan War sung by Homer in the Iliad illustrates a major reversal in the process of spiritual quest. This reversal marks the end of the quest for the divine in the spirit when the seeker finally agrees to purify the depths of the vital. Achilles and Ajax playing...

The lineage of the Asopos illustrates the purification of the deep layers of the vital achieved successively by Aeacus, Peleus and Achilles.The other major lineages involved in the Trojan War include: the Tantalum lineage, the Trojan royal lineage, the Spartan...

The royal line of Arcadia illustrates the liberation from all attachment and the achievement of equality through endurance, equality embodied by Atalanta. Atalanta fighting with Peleus - Staatliche Antikensammlungen To fully understand this web page, it is recommended...

The lineage of Deion is one of the lineages involved in the Trojan War which include: the Tantalum lineage, the Trojan royal lineage, the Spartan lineage, the Maia lineage, the Deion lineage and the Asopos lineage. The lineage of Deion, the last child of Aeolus,...

The lineages involved in the Trojan War include: the Tantalum lineage, the Trojan royal lineage, the Spartan lineage, the Maia lineage, the Deion lineage and the Asopos lineage. The lineage of Maia continues with her son the god Hermes, symbol of a force consciously...

The lineages involved in the Trojan War include: the Tantalum lineage, the Trojan royal lineage, the Spartan lineage, the Maia lineage, the Deion lineage and the Asopos lineage. The royal lineage of Sparta (Taygetus lineage) studied here illustrates the access to the...

The lineages involved in the Trojan War include: the Tantalum lineage, the Trojan royal lineage, the Spartan lineage, the Maia lineage, the Deion lineage and the Asopos lineage. The Trojan royal lineage (Electra lineage) studied here symbolizes access to the illumined...

The lineages involved in the Trojan War include: the Tantalum lineage, the Trojan royal lineage, the Spartan lineage, the Maia lineage, the Deion lineage and the Asopos lineage.The lineage of Tantalus studied here embodies the aspiration of the seeker. It includes in...

The myth of Oedipus and the wars of Thebes illustrate the process of purification of energy centers to make the body transparent to the penetration of divine forces. Oedipus and the Sphinge - Louvre Museum / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)...

The myth of Orion describes a searcher who "draws" excessively the divine ecstasy in his nature which is not yet ready to receive it. To fully understand this web page, it is recommended to follow the progression given in the tab Greek myths interpretation. This...

The last feats of Theseus concern the period between the realization of equality and the descent into body consciousness. Theseus leading Helen to a chariot arranged by Peirithoos - National Archaeological Museum of Athens...

Calydonian boar hunt represents a very advanced purification of the deep layers of the vital, only possible when equality is achieved. The Boeotian Atalanta fighting with Peleus - Staatliche Antikensammlungen To fully understand this web page, it is recommended to...

Ixion and the War of the Lapiths against the Centaurs symbolize on the one hand spiritual pride, on the other hand a deep purification of the vital. The War of the Lapiths against the Centaurs - Louvre Museum To fully understand this web page, it is recommended to...

In the introduction to Volume 3 are presented the most advanced stages of the spiritual path for the adventurers of consciousness. The conditions in which men live upon earth are the result of their state of consciousness. To want to change the conditions without...

The last labour of Heracles is the Capture of Cerberus in the kingdom of Hades which symbolizes the acquisition of the knowledge of what prevents from a premature transformation. To fully understand this web page, it is recommended to follow the progression given in...

Eurystheus ordered Heracles to bring him back the golden apples of the Hesperides, a garden which was located in the Hyperboreans' land on the Atlas. These  golden apples symbolize the Knowledge whose limits are constantly receding as human evolution progresses. To...

For the tenth labour, Eurystheus commanded Heracles to go to the «misty» island of Erythia located on the edge of the ocean (or beyond) in the far-West and to bring back the Cattle of Geryon. The latter was a monster made of three men joined at the waist.The object of...

As ninth labour, Heracles must bring the Belt of the Amazon Queen back to Eurystheus. This labour marks the culminating phase of the inner fire, the fulfilment of a perfect mastery of life, the realization of holiness. To fully understand this web page, it is...