Stella Polaris
Someone asked:
Does anyone know what is the significance of North Star in Natha Tantra? Is there any link between Alpha Ovule and the North Star?
What excellent questions! It’s not that I’m biased in favor of my namesake or anything… ha but since I am biased, you give me a perfect opening to wax poetic. Don’t worry, I’ll be brief.
First the standard Nath style Do As You Will disclaimer – the North Star, and any other object of worship or meditation, has whatever degree of significance a particular Nath decides to invest it with. As Shri Mahendranath wrote in The Ainigmatikos,
“…we ourselves can give gods and goddesses the power to give us the power we want in order to strengthen our power.”
I always liked that passage. So, in this way I give Stella Polaris the power to give me power within my personal cosmos. Because I do see a natural Magical Link between the North Star and Alpha Ovule. The North Star occupies the Dragon Seat of the Heavens — a fixed, self-luminous point in the center of the sky, around which all else turns and is linked through relationship to the Center. Sounds a lot like Alpha Ovule.
Also, if I might get a little technical, a star in the heavens can provide a dynamic focal point for the apex of a cone-shaped Umbra Zonule, thereby creating a mind continuum connecting Earth and Heaven, and a conduit to the Reality of Alpha Ovule. What better choice than the Pole Star for this focal point? A zenith portal to the fifth dimension.
In turn, this Umbra connecting Earth and Heaven has resonance to the Sushumna Nadi, or central channel connecting the chakras from base to crown. Once you scratch the surface, all these ideas are related. Shri Mahendranath wrote about the Umbra Zonule in his piece titled The Londinium Temple Strain.
I know I strayed a bit from the original topic of Alpha Ovule, but perhaps you see it can be beneficial to have a web of ideas that help illuminate each other and create a picture. Food for thought, at least.
Blessings from Stella Polaris Zonule,
