The Sun Gazette

THE SUN GAZETTE

Voice of The International Sun Imbibers' Society (ISIS) Winter, 2007 (Vol. 1, Issue 5) www.angelfire.com/moon2/isisaz

ing, intuitive access and body energy from unusual activity of the sun in the middle of the sungazing… He claimed that numerous the current solar cycle will lead up to catas- Contents ancient Incan and Aztec high priests and trophic solar flares when it reaches it's peak An Interview with Gene Savoy 1 shamans had used sun gazing for health, re- in 2012. Sleeping Grounded 2 generation and healing purposes..., and claimed that sungazing was an essential part GENE: It’s inevitable. It’s going to happen. The Sunshine Makers 3 of the path to immortality." Gene has written Getting the Full Spectrum 4 over 70 books on the Essenes, Christianity, SG: What can we do to prepare for this? Endocrine Gland Secretions 5 solar cultures, and his explorations. The one that’s most relevant to sungazing is Project GENE: What we can do is follow the teach- The Skinny on Sunscreen 7 X: The Search for the Secrets of Immortality. ings that have been laid out. These are the I asked him about some quotes in this book. oral teachings of the Essenes, the Paradosis of Jesus, which is now available only through AN INTERVIEW WITH GENE SG: In Project X you wrote that "primitive Jamilian University. man was able to rise to a civilized state by SAVOY the discovery of the spirit through the teach- SG: This Paradosis or true gospel of Jesus ings of a Moses, Plato, Jesus, Viracocha who was never put into print and only taught by introduced them to a hidden system or sci- word of mouth until it was lost after the Ro- ence of the spirit that gave them the key to mans slaughtered the Essenes in 68 AD. Who their true nature and could put them in con- taught it to you? Was it divine revelation? tact with the stars, with God." Is there a universal "science of the spirit" that was the ba- GENE: Yes, it was through divine revelation. sis of civilization in every part of the globe? Is sungazing a part of this science? SG: How do you ensure that students of Jamilian University don't divulge this teach- GENE: Long before recorded history there ing to the uninitiated? existed an ancient religious school composed of highly advanced mystics, representing GENE: Ensuring the purity of the teachings many nations and peoples who taught the is determined by one’s own conscience based principals of religious arts and sciences, on the individual’s understanding and par- which were later lost to the world. The pur- ticipation under the oath. pose of Project X was to reclaim these prin- ciples for the benefit of humanity. Looking at SG: Most historians think that the Essenes the sun is part of it. You have to see, or con- had their roots in the solar doctrines of Zoro- tact, the intelligence behind the sun. astrianism, which the Jews adopted during the Babylonian captivity in the 6th century Archeologist and world explorer Gene Savoy SG: Why did solar cultures like the Mayans B.C. In light of the fact that Akhenaton's is a sungazing pioneer. He taught himself and Aztecs degenerate into human sacrifice? Hymn to the Sun is almost identical to Psalm sungazing in 1945 and ever since then has 104 and that Joseph and Jacob may have been teaching sungazing techniques, estab- GENE: This is caused by knowledge becom- been in Egypt around the time of Akhenaton lishing a solar-based religion, and going on ing mundane, when oral traditions are lost. or shortly thereafter, could the solar doctrines sea voyages and jungle expeditions. Now at of Akhenaton also have had an influence on 80, he spends most of his time at the head- SG: Quetzalcoatl, a Christ-like figure, prom- the Essenes? quarters of the International Community of ised to return after a cataclysm and a new sun Christ in Reno, Nevada. would purify the earth with fire. Would the GENE: Yes, I think they did. appearance of a Christed one be the second Long-time sungazer Vinny Pinto had this to coming or would it be the new sun, the Sun SG: In Project X you wrote that the solar say about Gene’s religion: “It is apparently of Righteousness, or both? priests of the Incas and Mayans knew the lan- an amalgamated system of methods for spiri- guage of light beings beyond the physical tual growth, practices to achieve immortality, GENE: The Second Coming is the new Sun world. Are these light beings angels? and other stuff, which includes lots of sun- of Righteousness gazing. He and his church are closely linked GENE: You could call light beings angels. to claims of the rediscovery of the Essene SG: Do you feel this prophecy and that of doctrines and Essene practices of worship. Malachi about the Sun of Righteousness SG: Are the Quechuan mantras used by Inca He related some fascinating tales of increased burning the wicked and healing the righteous priests to evoke solar light beings, the San- health, increased intelligence, spiritual open- will soon be fulfilled? Some think that the skrit mantras of Tibetan masters used to evoke pitris (archangels), and the Enochian be performed at Autumn Equinox and in- ground, cutting him off from the earth. Mul- chants used by the alchemist John Dee to volved moving the head and tongue from left tiple-storied houses and office buildings evoke angels different forms of the language to right while alternately closing and opening separate us from the earth during the day. of angels? Did the Essenes also use Hebrew the eyes. This is remarkably similar to a sun- Our ancestors also first walked barefoot in chants to evoke angels. gazing Mithraic ritual that was supposed to direct contact with the earth. Then someone result in levitation. I tried this recently and invented leather sandals, which allow earth GENE: I would say that the mantras and experienced a thrust of energy from the base currents to flow into the body but prevent the chants you mention might be similar, or re- of my spine that propelled me up out of my other benefits of barefoot walking. About lated to, the language of angels. It’s likely chair. Can you shed any light on the ultimate sixty years ago, the invention of synthetic that the Essenes used Hebrew chants since purpose and metaphysics of this ritual? shoes and flooring effectively cut us off from that was their language. the earth. That’s when autoimmune diseases GENE: There are many techniques for ab- (now the third leading group of diseases after SG: Are angelic words sung at a certain me- sorbing cosmic/solar energy and benefiting cancer and cardiovascular disease) began to ter and intonation? from it. There is no one technique that pro- seriously reduce our quality of life. vides enlightenment. It is a combination of Scientists have observed that people who live GENE: Most definitely. The language of an- techniques as a system of spiritual regenera- near the equator have lower incidence of gels would be “sung” at a certain meter and tion under guidance and with proper applica- autoimmune diseases compared to people intonation perceived by spiritual faculties. tion by which the individual can be trans- who live in more northern or southern lati- formed, or reborn, spiritually. tudes. Many of these people endure hardships SG: You also wrote that this language was a and live in primitive conditions with inade- language of symbols different from alpha- SG: In the Bible, it records that Jesus, just quate sanitation and health care. Part of the betical ones - ideograms. Do these ideograms before he performed a miracle, as in raising reason for this, I believe, is the greater inten- have an affect on our consciousness? Lazarus from the dead, "lifted up his eyes." sity of sunlight, which provides the health Was he sungazing? benefits of sunbathing. But I think, more im- GENE: Yes, it is a language of symbols – en- portantly, these people sleep on the ground ergy and wavefront patterns with an Intelli- GENE: Of course that’s what he was doing, and walk barefoot or wear leather sandals gence Factor that impinges upon one’s spiri- looking at the Light behind the sun. The ori- that conduct earth currents. Thus, they are tual consciousness and is understood thereby. gin of light is spirit. naturally bio-electrically grounded, which

means that the body upon contact with the SG: You wrote concerning the Essenes: SG: Is sungazing a two-way stream of infor- earth conducts a natural flow of negative ions “Nurtured on God’s Light as the True Bread mation, such that whatever you ask for in from the earth. These negative ions then per- of Life, these Sons of God spoke the lan- prayer while gazing at the sun has a much meate the body and create a measurable field guage of angels…" Is God's Light the spiri- better chance of manifesting? of negative ions on and around the body. tual component of sunlight? This field of negative ions then serves as a GENE: Yes, there is a two-way exchange. natural shield to neutralize excess free posi- GENE: Yes of course. tive ions in the body. The only times people SG: Sungazing is becoming more popular in developed countries are in contact with the SG: Is it something that can be accessed along with sunbathing, walking barefoot, eat- earth are in the summer when they camp out anywhere, even in the darkest dungeon? ing raw foods and fasting. These practices or go to the beach. As a result, they don’t re- lead to better health, but will they lead to cuperate from stress and suffer from inflam- GENE: No, God’s Light cannot be accessed enlightenment? mation diseases such as arthritis, fibromyal- in some dark dungeon. The key is sunlight. gia, and lupus. GENE: No, not necessarily. These practices

SG: How is being nurtured on God's Light re- are just a first step. So, should you throw out your bed and shoes lated to being able to speak the language of to reconnect with the earth? No, there’s no angels? Is it a language of light? SG: What more can people do to become need to go to such extremes. spiritually healthy? GENE: The language of light is spirit. Being nurtured on God’s Light, one becomes GENE: To become spiritually healthy, it’s A study reported in the October 2004 issue of enlightened or spiritual, and can understand necessary to apply the teachings of Light the Journal of Alternative and Complemen- the language of light. available through Jamilian University. tary Medicine examined the effects of sleeping grounded to the earth, in beds that had SG: The sun rituals in various cultures use re- SG: How would people find out more about conductive mattress pads, on 12 subjects with flected or focused sunlight off crystals, the International Community of Christ sleep disorders. After 8 weeks, results indi- lenses, silver coins or gold mirrors. Do these Church of the Second Advent and the Sacred cated that grounding the human body to earth tools actually tune in sunlight like a radio College of Jamilian Theology? during sleep reduces nighttime levels of cor- tunes in radio signals? Or do they change the tisol and resynchronizes cortisol hormone se- consciousness of the observer? GENE: Contact the school through our web cretion more in alignment with the natural site at www.jamilain.org. 24-hour circadian rhythm profile. Also, sub- jective reporting indicates that grounding the GENE: These tools can be used to “refine” human body to earth during sleep improves sunlight. They can help to change the con- SLEEPING GROUNDED sciousness of the observer. That’s the object. sleep and reduces pain and stress. Our ancestors first slept on the ground in di- SG: Maurice Cotterell, in "The Lost Tomb of rect contact with the earth. To increase com- People feel better when they sleep on a con- Viracocha," deciphered the secret code hid- fort, they used furs, straw mats, then mat- ductive mattress pad that is grounded to the den in the Statue of Viracocha and the Gate- tresses filled with down. Then, to avoid in- earth for the same reason why they feel ener- way of the Sun at Tiahuanaco. He says it sects, rodents, and cold drafts, modern man gized and relaxed after going barefoot on the contains instructions for a sungazing ritual to invented the bed, which raised him off the beach or work with their hands in the garden. It’s because the body’s pain- and inflamma- 2 tion-causing free radicals are neutralized by just one benefit of barefoot walking. It’s also the huge quantities of antioxidizing free elec- one the best low-impact exercises, it stimu- trons from the earth. If you’re earthed while lates the reflexology pressure points on the you sleep, your body is being supplied with soles of our feet to keep our glands and or- billions of free electrons that can extinguish gans in good tone, and it can absorb solar en- free radicals and thereby stay younger and ergy and minerals from the earth. It’s also less stressed. Sleep is the primary time when good to lie on the ground occasionally and the body heals and restores itself. Plus, you not depend totally on a grounded mattress don’t have to spend hours each day outside pad. Warren Grossman healed himself of a walking barefoot or working in the garden to rare disease by lying on the ground and wrote get the benefits of earth grounding. Conduc- about it in “To Be Healed By the Earth.” tive mattress pads drain off charge from The supercharged sun water is then injected Conductive mattress pads can bought online static electricity. Plus, the direct current (DC) into bottles, and the bottles loaded onto a at www.lessemf.com for $59.95. voltage of the earth creates a partial natural cart, pulled by a grasshopper. As the driver protective electron (Faraday cage) on the sur- begins his deliveries, he sings: “Sunshine! face of the body. This natural shield prevents THE SUNSHINE MAKERS Sunshine! I just love that good old golden environmental 50-60 Hz AC electric fields sunshine. Sunshine! Sunshine! It’s just the from creating electron disturbances in the In 1935, Ted Eshbaugh directed The Sun- thing to make you feel fine.” He stops to body that can elevate free radical levels and shine Makers, one of the most popular car- make a delivery. As he sets out on his way promote chronic inflammation and pain. toons ever created. It was played in theaters again, he begins to sing his song, but is inter- Contact with the earth also grounds the across the country. Audiences loved it be- rupted by a bow and arrow attack from a dark body's own bioelectricity - electricity pro- cause it lifted them out of the emotional de- gnome, who expresses his contempt for sun- duced by the nervous system, heart beating, pression of the Great Depression. In the early shine. The arrow narrowly misses the sun metabolism, etc. Grounding returns the body days of television, it was standard fare on gnome, who retaliates by throwing a bottle of to its natural bioelectrical homeostasis. Saturday mornings. I remember, as a child of sun water at the dark gnome, which splashes four, watching it for the first time. It left a on the back of his coat. Grounding while sleeping is perhaps the most deep impression of optimism in me, a convic- efficient and effective means of promoting tion that evil people were afraid and sad, and, health because it requires no extra time and that if they could be infused with the light, effort and is scientifically proven to restore they could be transformed. cortisol rhythms, reduce tension and promote sleep. In addition to the winning team of the The Sunshine Makers are tiny gnomes who Tour de France, Olympic medallists and top get up before the break of dawn to sungaze players in the NFL, NBA and major league and then march to their factory to bottle sun- baseball now enjoy a competitive edge from shine. As they sungaze, they sing a song of grounding while sleeping. When sleeping on praise: “A new day is dawning and here a grounded mattress pad, the stress and ten- comes the sun. Hail his majesty the sun!” sion in your body naturally drains away.

Then as your nerves calm and muscles relax, The dark gnome is terrified of the sunlight on sleep comes more quickly. Many happy users his coat and flees to his village in a gloomy report relief from the pain of arthritis, fi- swamp. The villagers mope around singing bromyalgia, lupus and other conditions where “We’re happy when were sad. How are you? chronic pain is a factor. Terrible. That’s fine.”

Initial studies have documented that just eight hours a day of earth contact have been able to provide the following benefits:

1. 85% went to sleep quicker 2. 93% slept better throughout the night 3. 100% reported feeling more rested As they go to the factory, they sing: “The sun 4. 82% experienced a significant reduction in is above who fills you with love and gives muscle stiffness your blues away. And we are the ones who 5. 74% experienced the elimination of or a welcome the sun, and we do it every day.” reduction of chronic back and joint pain

6. 78% reported improved general health The factory’s roof opens as a gnome cranks a giant lens out which focuses the sun’s rays The other dark gnomes see him coming and In addition, several subjects in the study also into a funnel, concentrating sunlight into an hide in their huts. He buries his jacket and reported experiencing significant relief from intense beam, which is converted into elec- rings the alarm. They gather around and he respiratory conditions, rheumatoid arthritis, tricity that charges a vat of water. incites them to go to war against the sun PMS, sleep apnea and hypertension. Using a gnomes. The rest of the cartoon shows the control group to help establish the validity of gnomes fighting. The dark gnomes use results, a total of 60 persons participated in swamp gas while the sun gnomes use their these studies regarding possible benefits from bottled sunshine. grounding while asleep. However, more research needs to be done. Does this mean we don’t have to do barefoot walking to get grounded? No, grounding is 3 and reject the light. The sun gnomes didn’t react to the dark gnomes’ attack with more fear and hatred, but with love. They adminis- HOW TO SUNGAZE tered the sun water to the dark gnomes, as loving fathers would give medicine to recal- Sungaze 1x/day up to 1 hr. after sunrise or citrant children. It’s significant that the dark in last hr. before sunset. Stand erect with bare feet on bare ground. Remove glasses. gnomes are dressed like morticians. Their Raise arms, palms facing out. Begin with fear and loathing of sunlight can be seen in 10 seconds. Increase 10 sec/day. If cloudy, the medical establishment’s warnings of sungaze but don’t increase time. When death and blindness from sunlight exposure. cold, do it indoors thru open window. If Take, for example, this typical quote from ill, affirm and visualize sunlight going to Dr. Margaret Kripke of the M.D. Anderson problem area. Express gratitude. After or When a dark gnome is hit by sunshine, he Cancer Center, talking about the dangers of before sungazing, walk barefoot for 45 becomes happy. When a vulture is hit, it be- sun exposure: “We need to be concerned with minutes. When you reach 44 minutes of comes a bird of paradise. A dead tree be- what the health effects of ultraviolet light ra- sungazing, reduce time 1 min/day to 15 min and stay there for the rest of your life. comes a verdant tree. The stagnant pool of diation would be, specifically skin cancer, GETTING THE FULL swamp water becomes a fountain of pure wa- eye damage such as cataracts, and perhaps SPECTRUM ter. The sun gnomes corner the remaining immunological effects.” These negative ef- dark gnomes. One of them protests, “I don’t fects are all possible, of course, but only at Moderate sunlight exposure improves mood; want to be happy; I want to be sad.” high altitudes or during the danger period strengthens immunity; prevents disease; en- from late morning to mid-afternoon. If sun- hances mental awareness, concentration, in- gazing and sunbathing are done during safe telligence, and productivity; stimulates our hours, they can prevent skin cancer, improve metabolism; improves sleep; and boosts our eyesight and strengthen the immune system. energy levels.

Can we somehow bottle sunshine, as the Sun Specifically, the full spectrum of the sun's Makers did, and distribute it to those who light rays has been shown in medical and sci- need it, especially those who don’t want to entific studies to: 1) prevent cancer (recent sunbathe and sungaze? It would be fantastic clinical studies have shown that sunlight ac- if, instead of bombs, artillery and bullets, we tually lowers your risk of colon, prostate, breast, ovarian and even skin cancer); 2) re- could deliver concentrated sunlight into those countries that are dark cesspools of fear and duce your risk of getting sick (there is a pre- A sun gnome pours sun water down his hatred. Sun-charged water isn’t the same as ponderance of evidence suggesting that de- throat, and he changes his tune to “I want to sunlight and it loses its charge after 24 hours. creased sun exposure is closely related to be happy. I want to be gay. I want to be Vitamin D can be added to a drink, as was your risk of acquiring the flu, a common oc- happy and glad, and never again be sad. I done with milk. By the way, Bordens ac- currence during the winter); 3) increase never will cry; I never will sigh, for I want to quired the rights to The Sunshine Makers so healthy levels of vitamin D, essential not be glad.” Then, as the scene fades, the chorus they could use it as a commercial for their vi- only for healthy bones, but for reducing the sings, “And now the world looks bright and tamin D milk. However, vitamin D produc- risk of developing disorders such as diabetes, fair, for there’s sunshine everywhere.” tion is only one benefit of sunlight. Sunlight cancer, heart disease, obesity, and autoim- also causes the brain to produce serotonin, mune disease; 4) lower your blood pressure which is “just the thing to make you feel (in fact, the farther from the equator you live, fine.” If it were possible to add serotonin to a the higher your blood pressure); and 5) even drink, it might deliver similar anti-depressant help babies sleep better at night (this is great effects as sunlight. However, due to the news for you parents out there). blood/brain barrier, getting serotonin into the brain through a drink isn’t possible. Also, Many health disorders can be traced to prob- there are other neurochemicals that sunlight lems with the circadian rhythm, the body's stimulates. (Read the article in this issue on inner clock, and how it governs the timing of “Endocrine Secretions During Sungazing.”) sleep, hormone production, body tempera- However, there is a way to get serotonin and ture, and other biological functions. Distur- other essential neurochemicals without bances in this rhythm can lead to health prob- sunlight. In 1984, the NIH found that the lems such as depression and sleep disorders. It’s amazing that Ted Eshbaugh intuitively body clock is regulated by bright light, which Natural sunlight and various forms of light knew, decades before any studies were done, causes the body to produce serotonin. In therapy can help reestablish the body's natu- that bright sunshine was the antidote for sad- 2002, the medical journal The Lancet, re- ral rhythm and are becoming an integral ness. It’s also amazing that he shows the ported that darkness and overcast days cause treatment for many related health conditions. gnomes gazing at the rising sun with hands serotonin to be depleted. A new treatment When light enters the eye, millions of light- outstretched, as was done by sungazers in an- evolved, called light therapy, using light to and color-sensitive cells called photorecep- cient times in various parts of the world, and regulate hormones that caused depressive tors convert the light into electrical impulses. still is done today. (See insert). mood disorders. Light therapy was first ap- These impulses travel along the optic nerve plied to a special type of depression in the to the brain where they trigger the hypo- The Sun Makers is an allegory of modern winter called Seasonal Affective Disorder thalamus gland to send chemical messengers times, showing the dichotomy between the (SAD), and has since been successfully ap- called neurotransmitters to regulate the auto- light-bearers (not just sungazers, but all those plied to major depression, bipolar disorders, nomic (automatic) functions of the body. The who are on a path to higher consciousness) anxiety disorders, and eating disorders. See hypothalamus is part of the endocrine system and those who support death consciousness the following article for more information on whose secretions govern most bodily func- (fear, hatred, terrorism, drugs, free sex, etc.) light therapy. tions-blood pressure, body temperature, 4 breathing, digestion, sexual function, moods, ing the full wavelength spectrum found in While full-spectrum lighting isn’t as healing the immune system, the aging process, and natural sunlight. as sunlight, it does have healing effects be- the circadian rhythm. Full-spectrum light cause it still normalizes hormonal activity (containing all wavelengths) sparks the deli- The problem is that getting adequate sunlight and produces vitamin D. John Zimmerman, cate impulses that regulate these functions isn't easy these days. Most people suffer from Ph.D, founder and President of Bio-Electro- and maintain health. malillumination. We all need about one hour Magnetics Institute in Reno, Nevada says of unfiltered sunshine each day. Unfortu- that bright light therapy involves the use of Lack of adequate sunlight has been linked to nately, the majority of us don't even come bright white light ranging in intensity from various diseases and debilitating conditions. close to receiving that amount. 2,000 to 5,000 lux. While the intensity of this Both the "winter blues" and SAD (Seasonal light therapy isn't near that of sunlight Affective Disorder), characterized by feel- In the first place, we spend too much of our (50,000 lux), it is significantly higher than ings of sadness and depression, irritability, daylight hours indoors, with poor lighting, that of the average office and workspace (50 fatigue, excessive eating, oversleeping, social sometimes even without windows. And win- to 500 lux). Dr. Zimmerman adds that withdrawal and loss of interest in sex, have dows themselves (even our eyeglasses) block brighter lights in the workplace have been been scientifically correlated to a lack of some of the 1500 wavelengths present in sun- shown to reduce mistakes on the job, and sunlight and decreased serotonin, the feel shine from reaching our retinas and nourish- drowsiness, especially among night shift good hormone produced by the pineal gland ing our brain and body. workers. Bright light therapy is also used to when we sungaze. This is why modern anti- treat SAD, Bulimia, Delayed Sleep Phase depressant drugs like Prozac, Paxil and And many of us live in climates with winter Syndrome, and Irregular Menstrual Cycles. Zoloft are called SSRIs, "selective serotonin weather that robs us of essential sunlight. In Russia, a full-spectrum lighting system reuptake inhibitors". Light therapy (now Gloomy days, clouds, rain and snow all ob- was installed in factories where colds and called phototherapy) with full spectrum light struct the sun's healing rays and dampen our sore throats had become commonplace wavelengths has been shown by dozens of mood at a time of the year when full spec- among workers. This lowered the bacterial studies to be comparable to the effectiveness trum lighting is so essential. Moreover, contamination of the air by 40 to 70 percent. of antidepressant drug therapy for mood dis- sunlight-blocking air pollution and haze per- Workers who did not receive the full- orders but without any side effects. meate most cities all year long. spectrum light were absent twice as many Pioneer light researcher (and full spectrum And to add to all this, many of us have had days as those who did. It can be applied to light inventor) Dr. John Ott first coined the the living daylights scared out of us by pre- the skin in order to relieve hypertension, de- term "malillumination" to describe sunlight vailing medical warnings about the sun caus- pression, insomnia, premenstrual syndrome, deficiency and the harmful effects of typical ing blindness, cancer and damaged immune migraines, and carbohydrate cravings associ- cool-white and pink-colored fluorescent light systems. So we slather on toxic sunscreen, ated with metabolic imbalances. A ten-year on learning, behavior, health and longevity. wear sunglasses when we're outside, and we epidemiological study conducted at Johns He states that poor lighting poses a serious run from our tinted cars to our jobs or homes Hopkins University Medical School in Bal- threat to health. He believes that the kind of under the protective cover of umbrellas. If we timore, Maryland, showed that exposure to light adequate for maintaining health must can’t sunbathe or sungaze due to adverse full-spectrum light (including the ultraviolet contain the full wavelength spectrum found weather or being stuck indoors, how can we frequency) is positively related to the preven- in natural sunlight. Dr. Ott discovered that get the full spectrum light our bodies need to tion of breast, colon, and rectal cancers. most artificial lighting, both incandescent and stay healthy and happy? Light therapy is also used to treat jaundice in fluorescent, lacks the complete balanced newborn babies. spectrum of sunlight and interferes with the body's optimal absorption of nutrients. Win- Light and color have been valued throughout dows, windshields, eyeglasses, smog, and history as sources of healing. Today, the suntan lotions all filter out parts of the light therapeutic applications of light and color are spectrum and contribute to this problem. Re- being investigated in major hospitals and research reveals that if certain wavelengths search centers worldwide. Results indicate aren't present in light, the body can't fully ab- that full-spectrum, ultraviolet, colored, and sorb certain nutrients. Malillumination con- laser light can have therapeutic value for a tributes to fatigue, tooth decay, depression, range of conditions from chronic pain and hostility, suppressed immune function, depression to immune disorders and cancer. strokes, hair loss, skin damage, alcoholism, We can enjoy these benefits simply by drug abuse, Alzheimer's disease, and cancer. Way Healthier Full-Spectrum Bulb switching to full-spectrum light bulbs. It has also been linked, in a recent study at the Clinical Pathology Department of the Na- Fortunately, full-spectrum light bulbs for ENDOCRINE SECRETIONS home and office are available. However, not tional Institutes of Health, to a loss of muscle DURING SUNGAZING tone and strength. all full-spectrum light bulbs are created equal. Some have low Correlated Color Dr. John Downing, O.D., Director of the Temperature (CCT) and Color Retention In- In the last issue of The Sun Gazette, the arti- Light Therapy Department at the Preventive dex (CRI). You want a light bulb that has a cle “Imbibe Sunshine for a Natural High” ex- Medical Center of Marin in San Rafael, Cali- CCT over 5000 and a CRI close to 100. Also, amined how sungazing and sunbathing cause fornia, reports that by spending 90 percent of some bulbs don’t last very long and emit the secretion of “feel good” hormones sero- our lives indoors, under inadequate lighting harmful EMF. The Way Healthier Full- tonin, beta-endorphins, and dopamine. This conditions, we cause or worsen a wide range Spectrum light bulb has a CCT of 5550, a article will examine how the endocrine of health problems, including depression, CRI of 93, a service life of 10,000 hours, no glands secrete other hormones during sun- heart disease, hyperactivity in children, os- EMF emissions, and only uses 20 watts, yet gazing, which create not just a high, but teoporosis in the elderly, and lowered resis- gives off light comparable to a 150-watt bulb. greater energy, longevity and experiences of tance to infection. In order to keep up health You can order Way Healthier Full-Spectrum samadhi or higher consciousness. it is important to be exposed to light contain- light bulbs for less than half the price of other full-spectrum bulbs at www.mercola.com. 5 There’s more to the pineal gland than what a magnet on her forehead to stimulate the pi- translated as “May it [the sun] activate the meets the eye, or, I should say, optic nerve. tuitary to restore her youth and good looks. brain.” Jonathan Goldman in Tantra of Sound The effect of sunlight on the pineal is some- She didn't know she already had a magnet in wrote that "Sound can act like a psychoactive thing that needs to be researched more. It’s her head. Also at dawn, the negatively substance, altering and enhancing conscious- already one of the most researched glands. charged pineal and the positively charged pi- ness." Perhaps this is because certain sounds We know that bright light stimulates the pro- tuitary combine their essences to create a can stimulate the production of psychoactive duction of seratonin and melatonin in the "light in the head" while meditating. substances in the pineal. pineal, but there are other neurochemicals This light has been seen by mystics, initiates, produced by the pineal that have more pro- Dr. Rick Strassman, who conducted research prophets and shamans throughout the ages. found effects than just the mood, sleep, re- at the University of New Mexico from 1990 They refer to it as the experience of God or productive and body temperature effects of to 1995 on the effects of the psychoactive of a universal intelligence. Many cultures and serotonin and melatonin. drug Dimethyltryptamine (DMT), suggested mystics have induced this experience through that the pineal gland is involved in DMT the use of hallucinogenic substances, such as Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania, production, because the precursors and en- soma, mushrooms, Mescalin, and LSD. including Dr. George C. Brenard, a leading zymes necessary for its formation are quite However, these experiences tend to be short- authority on the pineal gland, observed sun high in the pineal. He says DMT may be re- lived and require repeated usage to re-live the yogi HRM for 130 days in 2002. They found leased from the pineal during dreams, near- experience. Most mystics agree that natural that his pineal exhibited growth and reactiva- death, death, birth, and during meditation and methods, such as intense meditation, visuali- tion. The average size of the pineal is 6x6 mystical experiences. Near death experiences zation, deep-breathing, chanting and sun- mm, but in HRM’s case it was 8x11 mm. are identical to DMT trips. HRM says that at gazing combined with purification are the the moment of death, the pineal gland col- best ways to induce third eye activation and Scientists refer to the pineal gland as the “at- lapses, releasing all it’s contents. I propose can have life-transforming effects. rophied third eye.” Indeed, it, along with the that during sungazing, meditation, or chant- pituitary, is the third eye chakra or energy ing, the pineal secretes not only DMT, but Drugs and certain yogic techniques can force center, but they’re just dormant, not atro- other peptides as well that have psychoactive the pineal open prematurely before the mind phied. According to Max Heindel's effects. The mixture of these secretions has is ready for psychic powers, and this can lead Rosicrucian writings, in the distant past, man been called various names: nectar of the to psychosis. Sungazing, if done correctly, was in touch with the inner worlds through gods, ambrosia, the living water, and amrita. gradually awakens the pineal, along with the an activated pineal and pituitary gland. Con- It is said that to experience amrita is to be be- pituitary so that the person is not shocked by sidered the most powerful and highest source stowed with immortality, that is, to be freed experiences of higher consciousness, and of ethereal energy available to humans, the from the cycle of birth and death...hence lib- these experiences are not colored by negative third eye has always been important in initi- erated. The term Amrita is Sanskrit for "elixir images in the mind. ating psychic powers (e.g. clairvoyance and of immortality," it literally means "deathless- seeing auras). ness". This has obvious parallels to "ambro- The use of mantras and chanting can also sia" the name of the classical Greek "food of gradually awaken the pineal because it sits the gods" which means "no death." above the mouth suspended in the third ven- tricle, a chamber filled with cerebrospinal During sungazing or deep meditation, amrita fluid, what some esotericists have called “the is produced, fills the grail and drips down the grail.” Its location above the mouth in a fluid back of the throat. David must have experi- chamber makes the pineal gland quite enced this when he wrote in Psalm 23:5 uniquely positioned to respond to sonic vi- “thou anointest my head with oil; my cup brations. Manly P. Hall, in The Opening of runneth over.” Amrita has an intensely sweet the Third Eye stated that the pineal gland taste described as nectar, honey, gold dust, “vibrating at a very high rate of speed, is the euphoric, ecstatic, intoxicating and gives the actual cause of true spiritual illumination.” feeling of being imbued with holiness. Peo- The pineal governs energy level. Thus, the ple report that it usually is secreted while more it is stimulated, the higher a person’s practicing the Khechari mudra (tongue up- energy level. Monks at a monastery in France ward on palate). The following is the account To activate the 'third eye' and perceive higher were told by a new abbot to stop chanting. of an initial amrita experience by a sungazer, dimensions, the pineal and the pituitary must The found that they no longer were able to Lillie, who is a member of the sungazing fo- vibrate in unison, which is achieved through get up before dawn to work in the fields after rum at http://forums.lifemysteries.com: “I meditation or sungazing. When a correct re- only a few hours of sleep. When chanting have had an awesome experience 10 or 12 lationship is established between the person- was restored, so was their energy. You can times that I have not yet read about. This ality, operating through the pituitary, and the find chanting and singing practices in many will happen most often in the morning. I will soul, operating through the pineal, a magnetic cultures that activate the third eye. Take, for get this taste in my mouth that will last any- field is created. The pineal can generate its example, this quote from “The Dialogues of where from 45 minutes to 2 hours. It is the own magnetic field because it contains mag- Kabir,” “In the center between the two eyes most wonderful taste I have ever experi- netite. This field can interact with the earth's is the seat of eternal music, the music of the enced! I can assure you that there is magnetic field. The solar wind at dawn, spheres. One who practices this sound princi- NOTHING to describe what may be similar, charging the earth’s magnetic field, stimu- ple gains entry into this kingdom." And a or at least nothing I have ever tasted. It is just lates the pineal gland. This is why the period more recent teaching from Sri Chinmoy so divine I find myself getting lost in it, and between 4 and 6 am is the best time to medi- states that “There are quite a few mantras that wanting it to never go away. I don’t know if tate and why sunrise is the best time to sun- also help in opening the third eye. The there’s any connection, but I now have less gaze. At these times, the pineal stimulates the Gayatri Mantra, for example, helps in open- anxiety, and much better eating habits. Also, pituitary to secrete Human Growth Hormone. ing the third eye, for it invokes the infinite I can strongly feel others’ emotions before That's why sungazers experience rapid nail knowledge, wisdom and light.” Sun yogis they even look at me and I have begun to see and hair growth, restoration of hair color, and usually recite the Gayatri mantra while sun- colored auras on people and animals.” general rejuvenation. Cleopatra used to place gazing. The last line of this mantra can be 6 After reading about amrita and continuing cule not much larger than glucose and Children of Light and Love with Divine Con- sungazing for three more months, this is Lil- Strassman says that it is like brain food that sciousness and Life on a cellular level. lie’s update: “The amrita has not become is rapidly transported across the blood brain more often, but it lasts longer (the longest be- barrier. The human eye is the only eye of any mam- ing almost three hours now). My emotions mal on earth that has 'the whites of the eyes'. As far as the primary active ingredient of am- during amrita are extreme joy and happiness. This is because light goes forth from the eyes rita goes, besides the opiates which give a The taste is still so amazing it takes my of the Children of Light and Love as well as profound analgesic effect, the "wakefulness" breath away. The only way I can describe into them. It is through the eye that informa- chemical is probably a phenethylamin similar even a hint of the taste is like a milk-sugar- tion is sent to others. This is the meaning of to Mescaline (3,4,5-trimethoxyphenethyla- nutty, and that’s still not even close! If I’m "darshan, the gaze of the master". When you mine). Our bodies can convert the amino acid not at work or in the public and can find a look directly at the sun's rays, send intent, phenylalanine to tyrosine and phenethyl- quiet place, the taste seems much stronger.” visualizations, thoughts, feelings, and sensa- amine. Mescaline made from the peyote cac- tions of divine virtues and situations to bless tus is one of the oldest psychedelics known to “I have energy surges that seem pretty pow- all, and send any request, through the optic man and is used in spiritual ceremonies. Cu- erful. Not nervous energy, but like a blissful nerve into the rays of the sun. It is important riously it can produce a bright internal light. energy. Kind of like when I was a happy that the Children of Light send meditations Tyrosine is also a precursor to the excitatory child. I believe it stems from sungazing and and prayers while looking at the sun. In this neurotransmitters norepinephrine and dopa- meditation. I meditate twice a day. While way, blessings travel along rays of light to mine. The “wakefulness" chemical could also sungazing, I do a light meditation that con- the sun and the sun broadcasts this to all. be a tryptamine that the body produces, per- sists of expressing gratitude for everything. This is the ancient way.” haps similar to 5-MeO/DMT. The essential At night, I meditate on colored balls of light amino acid tryptophan is the precursor for before going to sleep. I do deep breathing be- “Because of the extraordinary power to tryptamine, which is slightly psychedelic. fore sungazing and walk barefoot for 15 min- change consciousness and reality by commu- Tryptamine is a naturally occurring com- utes afterwards. When I eat just a little fruit nicating with the sun through the eyes, in pound found in both the animal and plant or nothing in a day is when I usually notice times of repression, self-seeking rulers kingdoms. Tryptamine and LSD have a the blissful energy. I truly am more loving broadcast reasons discouraging Children of common mode of action. and grateful since I started sungazing. I now Light from looking directly at the sun, in an get by on five hours of sleep instead of eight. effort to maintain control over them.” Research will probably find that many secre- I used to be a light smoker. My cravings went tions from about five different glands includ- away at only 7 minutes of sungazing [after “Looking at the sun at sunrise or sunset is ing the pineal and pituitary may contribute to about two months]. I mean they completely safe on the eye, and over time, the eye is ca- the mixture. Thus, the production of amrita went away. It’s like I never smoked, and I’m pable of looking for longer periods of time at may be a joint effort of the circumventricular amazed that I ever did that. Being able to see brighter light... Remember to send blessings organs secreting into the cerebro-spinal fluid auras is still pretty mild. I usually can see it and prayers as well as receive when you gaze of the grail. High levels of opiates, oxytocin, on an angry person, and it’s kind of like pul- at the light.” vasopressin, phenethylamine and tryptamine sating shades of reds and oranges from the would bring the individual into the extreme head and chest area. I can see other colors on heart expanding unitive experience of THE SKINNY ON SUN occasion when I am paying close attention. (I Samadhi or Cosmic Consciousness. also can see mostly blue and white on my SCREEN dogs). As far as feeling and knowing other The following is part of a channeled message emotions, this has become very powerful, from Trasorim, angels of the sun. I usually almost to the point of frightening me on oc- don’t give much credence to channeled mes- casions. Sometimes I think I can almost sages because they may contain distortions physically feel the emotions of others.” and additions from the consciousness of the channeler. Nevertheless, I included it in this I have not been blissed out to the extent that article because it indicates that there is more Lillie has, nor have I experienced any inde- to sungazing and third eye awakening than scribable taste in my mouth. However, I have just psychoactive brain chemistry and subjec- experienced sensations of bliss during and af- tive experiences. Also, it supports Descartes I don’t recommend using sunscreen while ter sungazing, also feel more love and grati- hypothesis that the pineal gland was a valve sunbathing for four important reasons: 1) it tude, and am more sensitive to the feelings of for the transfer/conduction of divine and hu- blocks the production of vitamin D, which is others. I suppose that amrita is being pro- man communication. so essential for good health, and MSH, an duced during sungazing, but not to the extent important hormone in weight loss and energy that it overflows down the back of my throat. “The rays of the sun are streaming informa- production; 2) it traps toxins under the skin It is nonetheless, being transported through tion. The solar sun is a step-down trans- that would normally be excreted through the gland ducts to the blood and lymph and former of energy-information from a higher sweating; 3) it gives a false sense of security throughout my body. I can feel it tickling and sun, called the Central Sun or, in ancient lit- so that people stay out in the sun during un- warming my heart at times. erature, The Eye of Buddha. This energy en- safe hours or for longer than they should; and ters the eye, which is the only exposed nerve To get back to the biochemistry of amrita, 4) it contains carcinogenic ingredients. in the human body temple. Sunlight travels DMT increases all pituitary hormones and along the optic nerve to the pineal gland. The beta-endorphins, vasopressin, prolactin, Sunscreen is regulated by the FDA as an pineal gland is also referred to as the "Eye of Growth Hormone, and cortisol. It’s possible over-the-counter drug because it contains Buddha" in ancient literature. The pineal that a DMT-induced surge of beta-endorphins several "active" ingredients. The debate over gland reacts by secreting neuropeptides, creates the euphoria of an amrita experience. the toxicity of these active ingredients is still glandular chemicals, that are natural con- Serotonin receptors are activated by DMT ongoing. The main chemical used in sun- sciousness enhancing agents. These naturally and serotonin receptors regulate heart rate, screen lotions to filter out ultraviolet B radia- produced psychoactive chemicals inform the blood pressure, body temperature, and pupil tion may be toxic, particularly when exposed diameter. Apparently DMT is a small mole- to sunshine. The ingredient Octylmethoxy- 7 cinnamate (OMC), which is present in 90 per human skin. The compound's full effects on metabolic type will give you the best results, cent of sunscreen brands, was found to kill human health and toxicity remain unclear and of course. Eating fish and avoiding vegetable mouse cells even at low doses in a study by are still under investigation. The U.S. gov- oil will also help as this will bring your die- Norwegian scientists. In the study, mouse tis- ernment's National Institute for Occupational tary Omega 6:3 ratio closer to 1:1. sue grown in culture was treated with a solu- Safety and Health (NIOSH) labels the chemi- tion of OMC at five parts per million - a cal "a potential occupational carcinogen." In 2001, the National Academy of Sciences much lower concentration than in sunscreens. published a comprehensive review showing Half the cells treated with OMC died, com- If sunscreens are harmful, how do we avoid that the omega-6:3 ratio was the key to pre- pared with fewer than 10 per cent in a control getting sunburned in the summer? One way venting skin cancer development. I believe group. When researchers shone a full- is to stay out of the sun early on in the season that it is the worsening omega-6:3 ratios that spectrum lamp for two hours to simulate and limit your exposure until your system ad- are at least partly responsible for the rise in midday sunshine, more cells died. Dr Chris- justs by increasing melanin pigmentation in skin cancer rates. With the typical diet today, tensen suggested that the reaction between your skin. At the beginning of the season, go it ranges from 20:1 to 50:1. OMC and sunlight created an effect that was out gradually and limit your exposure to per- twice as toxic as the chemical alone. haps as little as 10 minutes a day. Gradually A 2000 cancer research study found that increase your time in the sun so that in a few omega-6 fats act as stimulators and long- It’s not certain that the effects on mice are weeks you will be able to have normal sun chain omega-3 fats act as inhibitors of devel- repeated in humans, although the findings re- exposure with little risk of skin cancer. You opment and progression of a range of human ported in New Scientist magazine suggest can further avoid the damage from the sun by cancers, including melanoma." that human cells could be damaged if a sun- staying out of the sun during the harmful screen containing OMC penetrates the outer times from from 11 AM to 1 PM. For your So if you want to benefit from the sun this layer of dead skin and comes into contact children, reduce exposure to the sun particu- summer, throw away your sunscreen and use with living tissue. larly during the hours of 10 AM to 4 PM. practical methods like clothing and shade to You can stay in the shade during this time or protect your skin from the sun when neces- A study in the April 2004 Journal of Chroma- wear lightweight long sleeve shirts, long sary. Eat right and always avoid getting tography found that there is significant pene- pants and a wide-brim hat. However, it is burned, but be sure to get some sun on your tration of all sunscreen agents they studied possible to get sun burnt through clothes as skin. Complete avoidance of the sun is a into the skin. So, it's fair to assume that when they have only an SPF of 5.9. surefire way to cause health problems. you use sunscreen your body is absorbing its chemicals, including the carcinogenic OMC. 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