John Lash has been
called the true successor of Mircea Eliade and the rightful heir of Joseph
Campbell. Unlike those two world-class academics, John is a self-educated
free-lance scholar who combines studies and experimental mysticism to teach
directive mythology: that is, the application of myth to life, rather than its
mere interpretation. He is a leading exponent of the power of myth to direct
individual experience and drive historical events over the long term. An expert
on sidereal mythology, naked-eye astronomy, precession, and the World Ages, he
also teaches the critique of belief-systems. On metahistory.org, he presents a
radical revision of Gnosticism, with original commentaries on the Nag Hammadi
codices. He also presents the only complete restoration by any scholar of the
Sophianic myth of the Pagan Mysteries, the sacred story of Gaia-Sophia,
recounting the origin of the earth and the human species from the galactic core.
Since October 2008,
John Lash is teaching Planetary Tantra and interactive magic with Gaia through
the archetype/icon of the Shakti Cluster, the Tantric Tree of Life. This
material is intended to orient the general public toward free-form experimental
mysticism grounded in an intimate commitment to the earth. His more
controversial writings on Kala Tantra, Gaian sexual magic, can be found on
KaliRising: Intimations of a Mystical Hedonist.
John Lash is the
only scholar of comparative mythology so far known to have rewritten a classical
myth, giving it a different outcome: Orpheus and Eurydice.
His published works
are: The Seeker's Handbook (1991) , Twins and the Double (1993) , The Hero -
Manhood and Power (1995) , Quest for the Zodiac (1999) , Not in His Image
(2006).
Idiosyncratic
expression of experimental mysticism, Planetary Tantra represents the summit of
my lifelong work in comparative mythology and completes my endowed vision of the
Divine Feminine embodied in the earth, Gaia-Sophia. The Shakti Cluster is a
spiritual archetype comparable to the Kabalistic Tree of Life, with similar
cosmological features and interactive properties. I am convinced that its
discovery can figure decisively in the planetary shift leading to the close of
the present world cycle in 2216 CE.
I characterize the
teachings and practices comprised in the visionary scenario of Planetary Tantra
as a terma, a wisdom treasure. The name of this terma is Dorje Namkhia Khandro
Nying Thig, "Seminal Heart of the Diamond-Sky Dakinis." In plain English, the
Terma of Gaia Awakening. I invite all those who are so inclined to explore and
elaborate this material, which originates with me but will not confined to my
exposition. This is a serial, group-generated terma with a duration of 208 years
from October 2008 when I received the secret dakini name for Gaia, the name She
will answer to.
- JLL, July 2009 Andalucia
