Great Sage says…

before enlightenment…..

chop wood, carry water

after enlightenment…..

chop wood, carry water

Indeed this is one of the greatest paradoxes of studying Spirit, but also one of the most liberating.

For what must occur in the attainment of enlightenment if one is to feel that anything has changed at all and that life is somehow easier and more pleasant?

We may say it is a mastering of the mind, of the thoughts that can run rampant all day and all night. It is the acquisition of a fearlessness, a righteousness. It is an appreciation of simplicity, of living in harmony. It is a thankfulness for the ability and opportunity to merely chop wood, carry water. For those deprived of this, it is a life of starvation and unsafe living conditions. Food and safety, our two most primary needs.

The first two astrological glyphs represent this. Aries, the hunter fulfils our most primary need, for that of food. Without Aries, the tribes would go hungry. Using Cardinal Fire energy, this sign is a power pack of action and self focus. Working with the ‘I am’ energy, Aries can fail to even notice you. But Aries in isolation must be a nomad and follow the moving herds across the planes, thus itself becoming vulnerable as prey. And so, in the consciousness, was birthed Taurus.

Taurus, the Fixed Earth energy gives us our cave and the ability to grow a crop and have predictable food. ‘Stubborn’, you say of Taurus. Perhaps. More like cyclical, and steadfast to the proven strategies of survival; cave and food. Taurus works with the ‘I have’ energy and is very possessive over that which assures survival. We all have every sign in our chart. So your Taurus is someone. It’s about becoming familiar with where it is and how it is working in your chart.

When we become familiar with our charts, whole new worlds and levels of understanding are available to us. Who wouldn’t want access to that? For knowledge is indeed power.

During these exceptionally challenging times on the planet when there is a gross imbalance in the distribution of resources, and the planet is heaving under the weight of 6 billion people, all trying to meet basic survival needs, we may look back through history and find many of the answers and much wisdom that could have avoided us ending up where we now find ourselves.

Not least is to take a fresh look at Baum’s the Wizard of Oz. Far from being the first children’s fable to encrypt wisdom and warnings into the story line, this You Tube, 2 hour doco is an amazing insight into the history of money on our planet, who has control of it, who regulates it availability, and therefore who has control over our abilities to do successful commerce and thus feed our families.

Well worth a look and hats off to this amazing team, who like so many now, are seeking answers for why this giant organism, called planet Earth, is unable to sustain it’s eco system, of which we are apart. The answers are all here.

This is a riveting documentary, so sit back and put your ears on. It is impossible to not be moved, alarmed, and called to action.

It was a real honour and pleasure to share a meal this evening with Rose. 16 months ago, Rose saw the end of her 34 year marriage when her husband passed away. She was commenting on the feelings of isolation, loneliness and aloneness as she now occupied a villa by her self. Her first real experience of being alone. Her sense of purpose, of confidence, where confused, or more accurately, not recognisable to her. As we chatted about ‘purpose’, I suggested she embrace the alone time, as this always passes, and to use it as an opportunity to commune with Godliness and to embrace and walk the path of Godliness. For we are each God, we are all connected, and to embrace the journey this way, is to surrender to a greater knowing, that all is well and your path will unfold as it should do.

Her consciousness shifted immediately, from a perspective of begging for mercy from a power outside of herself and from a place of unworthiness, to a place of connectedness and wholeness.

It was a magical moment. Peace.

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Twelve Tribes is consciousness. It is a map within itself, commonly known to us via the language of astrology. But certainly it is a map within a map, ie the kabbalah, and this is not to draw reference to any religious alignment. This is about spirituality and the mechanics of that. The mechanics of getting back to the Bliss state. The Utopia.

Who Am I? Where am I? Where am I going, and how do I get there?

For each of us who enhales the Good Earth’s air, this is a life journey and a life quest. Twisting and turning through the pages of our life, no one will be spared the triumphs and the sheer agonies of the mortal realm. For some, they know they are on the journey and acquire tools to assist them. Others are entering all the time, and it is always a confronting experience because it is the recognition that everything we thought was so, is an illusion. There is often an overwhelming sense of both power, and powerlessness.

And then there are others, who in this life time will know little more than the very tangible aspects of what the 5 senses have to offer. And thus their relationship to a 3rd dimensional reality of matter deepens and entrenches them. What I see, hear, feel, taste and touch, I know to be real. No other realm exists and no current of connectedness pulses. And life decisions are made accordingly.

We have just seen the mad scramble for matter. Like sand it just slipped through everyone’s fingers as the markets dived and anything of seeming value, dissolved.

Twelve Tribes Incense, is used as a spiritual tool on this journey. The use of fragrances span the history pages as an adept tool at raising consciousness. Moses was not instructed to build an alter with incense, for nothing.

We hope you enjoy our freshly hand rolled and sun baked incense. We loving blend, dry and package your fragrances each week to meet demand.

Love and Light

Leith Masters

All around us are hidden languages. You may get to meet one, or some, of them in your lifetime. By hidden languages we mean a holtropic world, ie the microcosm within the macrocosm. For example the life is written in the palm, the health is in the eyes, the scalp, the feet. Or perhaps the answers to life are on a nature trail or written by a forefather hundreds or thousands of year ago. Perhaps they are repeated over and over again in history, but we just don’t see them, because we are consumed with right now.

We live in a mathematical universe. The language of numbers is a fascinating and powerful world of cycles within cycles within cycles and representing vibrational frequencies of potential, harvest and death. The study of the science of Astrology is one field that capitalises on the use of numbers and fractional moves of planets to make sense of life, both on a micro level, ie for the individual and on a macro level, ie for generations of people.

Within the map of the Kabbalah, two thirds of the way down we see the “God” energy has split many times now into various frequencies and it’s filter for processing consciousness in 3rd dimensional reality, ie Earth, is via the Twelve Tribes matrix. Most commonly recognised as the 12 signs of the zodiac, it for more enriching to view it as 6 axis, not just 12 signs. To really understand the essence of these axis is indeed, life work, for each of us, depending on where each axis falls on the chart and which planets are interacting with each sign.

The use of fragrance has forever been used to elevate our consciousness. Throughout history, we can find the use of fragrance at ritual sites. So more pertinent to this site, is the discussion of consciousness. There are endless resources to explore the aromatherapy uses of a fragrance, indeed, this site provides a relatively small amount to what can be sourced.

But as a professional astrologer, and holistic counsellor for almost two decades, there is far more to explore and ponder in the realm of consciousness. Whilst, as a species, we like to accredit ourselves with being highly advanced, in many ways we are extremely regressive. Primarily in the area of understanding our interconnectedness to the master energetic plan, ie nature.