5 Mt. System of Individuated Gnosis

72 DAY ZEPHYRSTAR SEASON
As Utilized by the 5 Mt System of Miryai
In the Living Gods, Let the hallowed Light of Transcendant Truth be praised. Let the Sweet Mystery of Miryai awaken in the heart of hearts.

Metal: Tigris-Euprates River Civilization (Byzantine, Mesopotamian & Persian Empires, Silk Road, Rome) Mt Ararat & Euphrates/Tigris River Civilization
Autumn Season: Zarathustra, Tammuz, Sumer, Manichaean, Sufi, Rumi...

The Late Summer season accentuates the Manichaean Religion of Light, along with earlier Summerian and Zarathustrian and later Sufi influences. Mani tended to categorize many things in groups of 5, and this Pentadization is a focus here. The descent of Innana to the underworld is a theme. The region is the Tigris-Euprates watersheds, eastward over the Silk Road and northwest thru Eastern Turkey, Central Italy. Texts: Poems of Rumi, Gathas of Zarathustra, Manichaean Hymns, Kephalaia, Cologne, Gospel of Thomas. Ziwaneh Light Sparks is a major theme. The Manichaeans were known for an obsession with food categorization and this season concentrates on that, reworking the outdated Chinese 5 Element color system for a more accurate botanical model.Being loving, good, doing no harm either to nature or man. Ishtar between two lions. Taming the wild within. Discernment, separating good from bad. Gathering in scattered light sparks. Descent into shadow, taming darkness within. Dammuzi descent foreshadowing Primal Man's descent and dismemberment. There is a war within and without, light against darkness..
Rituals: The major influence of this season is the Manichaean, but their rituals have not been well preserved. The ceremonies of the season therefore rely upon Magian rites, of which the Manichaean school sourced, as well as some Sufi. The Parsees have preserved many of the older Zarathustrian Rites, and many are well documented by Drower and others. The relationship between Magian/Zoroastrian rites and Mandeans one is pronounced.

The symbolic script is Aramaic.
Symbolic Grain/Legume: Eikhorn, Emmer, Spelt, Rye, Triticale (Italy, Fertile Crescent)
Art: Manichaean silk paintings and manuscript illumination.
Historical Movements:

Sumer, Inana Descent to Underworld, Tammuz Ishtar, writings, diaries; Babylon & Calendar, Murdok, Ishtar, Tiamat, Gilgamesh; Roman Calendar.
Zarathustra, Magi; Zurvanites; Zoroastrians, Magians.
Elxai, purity; Mani, Cologne Manuscript, Separation from Turbid; Iranian Manichaeanism, Wars.
Silk Road Manichaeanism, Spark, Ziwaneh; Denewar Cult, Meditation; White Lotus Sect.
Shiites, Crypto Manichees, Last Iman, Corbin texts; Rumi; Sufi Orders.

Season: Autumn (Late summer/early fall) with 5 Fortnights. Aug 13- Aug 28 (1st new or full moon)

This season highlights the Manichaean, and to a lesser extent the Sufi traditions inspired by it, for each of its five fortnights.

Sufi Levels
Sufi Lataif-e-Sitta

    Qalb (color yellow; experienced in left side of the body)
    Ruh (color red; experienced in right side of the body)
    Sirr (color white; experienced below the navel)
    Khafi (color black; experienced in forehead)
    Ikhfa (color green; experienced in center of chest)

    Qalb (Joy/Wanting)
    Ruh (Strength/Anger)
    Sirr (Will/Anxiety)
    Khafi (Peace/Agitation)
    Ikhfa (Compassion/Hurt)

PURPOSE on 3 LEVELS

Problem/Avoidances	Beginning Level	Intermediate Level	Advanced Level
Zephyrstar: Destructive diet and lifestyle, enviromental pollution, degregation, desertification. Disregard for life.	No killing, avoidance of harm to life, perserving life forms. Creating a better world and cleaner envirmonet. Gardens, greenhouses.	Encouraging the expansion of life, farming, permaculture. Preserving food.	Breeeding plants and seeds, terraforming planets, building edens. Preparing healing foods and elixers. Kindness, compassion.

Sucess during this five fortnite season can be measured in an increased respect and awareness of life and living systems, improved health, careful management and increase in fertility, offspring, gardens. Long term, multi year measurements of sucess should be seen as an increase in the ecology of ones enviroment, greater longevity, less harm to life. The symbol of this reverence for all life is the kitchen, greenhouse and a place of fasting.

Introductory Notes
5 Element Study