TIN – Jupiter’s Thunderbolt
Silica is found in the organism in the brain and nervous system, and it is the biochemical cell salt attributed to the sign of Sagittarius ruled by the planet Jupiter. Silica is a substance that enables the light forces of the cosmos to permeate the body and the earth, as demonstrated by further experiments of the Koliskos, and brings to mind one of the most ancient names for Jupiter which is Lucetius, the light-bringer. In Italy he was worshipped on the summit of high hills closest to the sky and the light.
In the sign for Jupiter the lunar crescent is rising above the cross of the four elements, which alchemically symbolizes the soul freeing itself from the earth forces and becoming receptive to the light of the spirit.
This is reflected in the Qabalistic tradition where Jupiter rules the sphere called the ‘Receptive Intelligence,’ the fourth cosmic power zone on the Tree of Life. With the image of a mighty king — the law-giver — this is described as the sphere where the archetypal idea is formed, giving our ability to form abstract concepts which are then brought down and ‘earthed’ in the world through action, or in occult terms, “it is here the adept receives the inspirations which he works out on the planes of form.”5
The inspiration or light of Jupiter is transmitted through his thunderbolt, through the electrical lightning charge he hurls toward the earth, as for example, in the Tibetan system through the ceremonial and radionic instrument called the dorge, which means ‘thunderbolt.’ In the Hindu tradition he takes the form of Indra, the lord of fire and lightning, or the Scandinavian Thor with thunderbolt in hand, empowering the visions of prophets, philosophers, great teachers, and artists.
Tibetan Dorge
Astrologically Jupiter is said to embody the principle of expansion, and individuals with this planet working strongly in their horoscopes are expansive, intuitive, jovial, often outspoken and eager to explore the world whether intellectually, emotionally or through the senses. The half-animal, half-human centaur of Sagittarius perfectly symbolizes the dual nature of Jupiter. On one hand Jupiter, the teacher or initiator, expands and develops the higher mental and creative powers, seeding the consciousness of the student with the light of higher knowledge and universal laws. On the other hand the negative influence of Jupiter replaces truth and justice with hypocrisy and tyranny, and pleasure of the senses with the greed which drives our consumer society deeper into a staggering debt.
Not surprisingly, the pleasure-loving Jupiter rules over vineyards and was a much celebrated god of wine — but it’s well known that too much wine damages Jupiter’s own organ, the liver.
Amon was the Egyptian Jupiter known in his form of Amsu as phallic and virile, like Jupiter who was notorious for seducing and impregnating many, many goddesses in the Roman pantheon — as tin easily joins to alloy with other metals especially giving its strength and hardness to copper, the soft metal of Venus. (Curiously, photographs of the giant red spot on the planet Jupiter’s surface look remarkably like the female sexual organ — on a cosmic scale!) The creative energy of Jupiter is said to spiritualize the flesh through the transmission of his sacred fire (or thunderbolt) of life, the energy necessary for the continuation and evolution of the human race.
This recalls Goethe’s observation of the metal tin, whose influence ‘opens a door’ and provides a way for the evolution and metamorphosis of other metals from primeval rock.
Without the light of Jupiter, the soul would remain imprisoned within the darkness of the earth.
TIN REFERENCES
1. Metal Magic, Mellie Uyldert, Turnstone Press Ltd., England 1980
2. The Secrets of Metals, Wilhelm Pelikan, Anthroposophic Press, N.Y., 1973
3. The Nature of Substance, Rudolf Hauschka, Rudolf Steiner Press, London, 1983
4. Tin and the Human Organism, E. and L. Kolisko, Kolisko Archive Publications, Bournemouth, England 1981
5. The Mystical Qabalah, Dion Fortune, Samuel Weiser, Inc., New York 1984
6. Agriculture of Tomorrow, E. and L. Kolisko, Kolisko Archive Publications, Bournemouth, England, 1978
7. Alchemy by Titus Burkhardt, Element Books, Ltd., Dorset, Great Britain, 1986