Higher Fire Flyer
As May 3, 1997 nears, a kind of spiritual anxiety permeates my
life. For the past few months, I have been feeling a powerful
surge of transformative energy moving through myself. Only recently,
however, have I become aware of the spiritual significance involved
with my 27th birthday. Allow me to share this information with
you as a manner of integrating this special meaning into my life,
and to possibly bring more illumination into yours.
The ancient numerologist Pythagoras is perhaps best known for
the fundamental theorem named for him, which states that the square
of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the
squares of the sides containing the right angle. What we aren't
taught in high school geometry class, however, is the inherent
meaning within this theorem. Besides being a philosopher and mathematician,
Pythagoras was also a mystic--contributing much towards the foundation
of esoteric, transcendental knowledge. The original Pythagorean
theorem, other wise know as the Divine Triangle, was developed
as a kind of blueprint for an individual's life.
In the chart above, we see three major cycles of 27 years each,
which are divided again into three minor sections of 9 years each.
The cycles of Youth, Power, and Wisdom correlate respectively
to the elements of Water, Earth, and Air. In the center we see
the Divine Triangle, the cycle of Spirit, correlating to the element
of Fire. We start at age zero, moving along the outer rim, and
if we live past 81, we begin again, this time moving along the
inner rim of the triangle. As we had once emerged from the Divine
Fire into this life, it will be our return into the Divine Fire
after our death. There are several points along the way--at ages
27, 54, and 81--when the fire of spirit, the central element of
our life and being, touches us most directly. During these periods
there is a burning out of old patterns which no longer serve us--allowing
us the potential for radical transformation.
In observance of this time, and in reverence to the eternal, spiritual
fire within each of us--the archetypical representation of fire
will be central to my birthday event. Whether you will be joining
me in this celebration or not, I encourage you to participate
in your own way by acknowledging the spiritual fire within your
own life and being.
Allow me to prescribe to you a new theorem for life: the length
of our Spirit is equal to the sum of our Youth, our Power, and
our Wisdom--SQUARED. In the alchemical synthesis of our individual
parts, we exceed ourselves--rising like sparks from the blaze--upward,
even above the flames themselves.
copyright 1997, Michael Scott Lewis