It’s only one day now to the REAL reason for the season, whatever the Baptist Church notice boards say and I think it is worth doing this every year because my comments show me that every year at least a few people are clued in to the facts of the matter and the way their churches and preachers have deceived them for years.

As the Theosophical Society motto says…There is no religion higher than truth…though many have thought they were and made up a great deal of dogma for the sake of power over the ignorant.

December 12th is coming up and is the day specially devoted to Tonantzin the goddess renamed as The Lady of Guadalupe by the Spaniards. Here is a behind the scenes look at the famous incident of the one I always regard as the Lady Sophia.

Today is Columbus Day, so I have time off to write a posting and also a ready made subject.

Stories repeated for centuries tend to gather a life of their own and take on the character of religious dogma. Any hint that the story may not actually be true used to be countered with "Everybody knows…," A modern version of course is “I saw it on TV.”

Well, it was Josh Billings who made the comment, “It isn’t what people don’t know that’s the problem. It’s what they do know that ain’t so.” And in the case of the Columbus material that is certainly true.

I am a Reiki Master in two traditions of Usui Reiki and have taken dozens of students from beginner through Master Teacher certification in Reiki at the Ministry of Sophia. A not unusual question from those who first experience the flood of energy through their hands that apparently does good things to improve the health of their clients is: “Was Jesus doing Reiki? Is this how he healed people?”