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Sir Francis Drake's Famous Voyage Round the World
Francis Pretty
The F
of S
FRANCIS DRAKE into the South Sea, and therehence about the whole Globe of the Earth, begun in the year of our Lord 1577.
of November, in the year of our Lord 1577, Master
Francis Drake,
with a fleet of five ships and barks,
and to the number of 164 men, gentlemen and sailors, departed from
giving out his pretended voyage for
But the wind falling contrary, he was forced the next morning to put into
Haven, in
where such and so terrible a tempest took us, as few men have seen the like, and was indeed so vehement that all our ships were like to have gone to wrack. But it pleased God to preserve us from that extremity, and to afflict us only for that present with these two particulars: the mast of our Admiral, which was the
was cut overboard for the safeguard of the ship, and the
was driven ashore, and somewhat bruised. For the repairing of which damages we returned again to
and having recovered those harms, and brought the ships again to good state, we set forth the second time from
and set sail the 13. day of December following.
The 25. day of the same month we fell with the Cape
upon the coast of
and coasting along, the 27. day we found an island called
lying one mile distant from the main. Between which island and the main we found a very good and safe harbour for our ships to ride in, as also very good entrance, and void of any danger. On this island our General erected a pinnace, whereof he brought out of
with him four already framed. While these things were in doing, there came to the water's side some of the inhabitants of the country, shewing forth their flags of truce; which being seen of our General, he sent his ship's boat to the shore to know what they would. They being willing to come aboard, our men left there one man of our company for a pledge, and brought two of theirs aboard our ship; which by signs shewed our General that the next day they would bring some provision, as sheep, capons, and hens, and such like. Whereupon our General bestowed amongst them some linen cloth and shoes, and a javelin, which theo very joyfully received, and departed for that time. The next morning they failed not to come again to the water's side. And our General again setting out our boat, one of our men leaping over-rashly ashore, and offering friendly to embrace them, they set violent hands on him, offering a dagger to his throat if he had made any resistance; and so laying him on a horse carried him away. So that a man cannot be too circumspect and wary of himself among such miscreants. Our pinnace being finished, we departed from this place the 30. and last day of December, and coasting along the shore we did descry, not contrary to our expectation, certain
which were Spanish fishermen, to whom we gave chase and took three of them. And proceeding further we met with three carvels, and took them also.
The 17. day of January we arrived at
Cape Blanco,
where we found a ship riding at anchor, within the Cape, and but two simple mariners in her. Which ship we took and carried her further into the harbour, where we remained four days; and in that space our General mustered and trained his men on land in warlike manner, to make them fit for all occasions. In this place we took of the fishermen such necessaries as we wanted, and they could yield us; and leaving here one of our little barks, called the
we took with us one of theirs which they called
being of the burden of 40 tons or thereabouts. All these things being finished we departed this harbour the 22. of January, carrying along with us one of the Portugal carvels, which was bound to the islands of
Cape Verde
for salt, whereof good store is made in one of those islands. The master or pilot of that carvel did advertise our General that upon one of those islands, called
there was a great store of dried
which a few inhabitants there dwelling did yearly make ready for such of the king's ships as did there touch, being bound for his country of
or elsewhere. We fell with this island the 27. of January, but the inhabitants would in no case traffic with us, being thereof forbidden by the king's edict. Yet the next day our General sent to view the island, and the likelihoods that might be there of provision of victuals, about threescore and two men under the conduct and government of Master
and Master
And marching towards the chief place of habitation in this island (as by the Portugal we were informed), having travelled to the mountains the space of three miles, and arriving there somewhat before the daybreak, we arrested ourselves, to see day before us. Which appearing, we found the inhabitants to be fled; but the place, by reason that it was manured, we found to be more fruitful than the other part, especially the valleys among the hills.
Here we gave ourselves a little refreshing, as by very ripe and sweet grapes, which the fruitfulness of the earth at that season of the year yielded us; and that season being with us the depth of winter, it may seem strange that those fruits were then there growing. But the reason thereof is this, because they being between the tropic and the equinoctial, the sun passeth twice in the year through their zenith over their heads, by means whereof they have two summers; and being so near the heat of the line they never lose the heat of the sun so much, but the fruits have their increase and continuance in the midst of winter. The island is wonderfully stored with goats and wild hens; and it hath salt also, without labour, save only that the people gather it into heaps; which continually in greater quantity is increased upon the sands by the flowing of the sea, and the receiving heat of the sun kerning the same. So that of the increase thereof they keep a continual traffic with their neighbours.
Amongst other things we found here a kind of fruit called
which because it is not commonly known with us in
I thought good to make some description of it. The tree beareth no leaves nor branches, but at the very top the fruit groweth in clusters, hard at the top of the stem of the tree, as big every several fruit as a man's head; but having taken off the uttermost bark, which you shall find to be very full of strings or sinews, as I may term them, you shall come to a hard shell, which may hold in quantity of liquor a pint commonly, or some a quart, and some less. Within that shell, of the thickness of half-an-inch good, you shall have a kind of hard substance and very white, no less good and sweet than almonds; within that again, a certain clear liquor, which being drunk, you shall not only find it very delicate and sweet, but most comfortable and cordial.
After we had satisfied ourselves with some of these fruits, we marched further into the island, and saw great store of
alive, which were so chased by the inhabitants that we could do no good towards our provision; but they had laid out, as it were to stop our mouths withal, certain old dried
which being but ill, and small and few, we made no account of. Being returned to our ships, our General departed hence the 31. of this month, and sailed by the island of
but far enough from the danger of the inhabitants, who shot and discharged at us three pieces; but they all fell short of us, and did us no harm. The island is fair and large, and, as it seemeth, rich and fruitful, and inhabited by the Portugals; but the mountains and high places of the island are said to be possessed by the Moors, who having been slaves to the Portugals, to ease themselves, made escape to the desert places of the island, where they abide with great strength. Being before this island, we espied two ships under sail, to the one of which we gave chase, and in the end boarded her with a ship-boat without resistance; which we found to be a good prize, and she yielded unto us good store of wine. Which prize our General committed to the custody of Master
and retaining the pilot, sent the rest away with his pinnace, giving them a butt of wine and some victuals, and their wearing clothes, and so they departed. The same night we came with the island called by the Portugals
Ilha do Fogo,
that is, the burning island; in the north side whereof is a consuming fire. The matter is said to be of sulphur, but, notwithstanding, it is like to be a commodious island, because the Portugals have built, and do inhabit there. Upon the south side thereof lieth a most pleasant and sweet island, the trees whereof are always green and fair to look upon; in respect whereof they call it
Ilha Brava,
that is, the brave island. From the banks thereof into the sea do run in many places reasonable streams of fresh water easy to come by, but there was no convenient road for our ships; for such was the depth that no ground could be had for anchoring. And it is reported that ground was never found in that place; so that the tops of
burn not so high in the air, but the roots of
are quenched as low in the sea.
Being departed from these islands, we drew towards the line, where we were becalmed the space of three weeks, but yet subject to divers great storms, terrible lightnings and much thunder. But with this misery we had the commodity of great store of fish, as dolphins,
and flying-fishes, whereof some fell into our ships; wherehence they could not rise again for want of moisture, for when their wings are dry they cannot fly.
From the first day of our departure from the islands of
Cape Verde,
we sailed 54 days without sight of land. And the first land that we fell with was the coast of
which we saw the fifth of April, in the height of 33 degrees towards the pole Antarctic. And being discovered at sea by the inhabitants of the country, they made upon the coast great fires for a sacrifice (as we learned) to the devils; about which they use conjurations, making heaps of sand, and other ceremonies, that when any ship shall go about to stay upon their coast, not only sands may be gathered together in shoals in every place, but also that storms and tempests may arise, to the casting away of ships and men, whereof, as it is reported, there have been divers experiments.
The 7. day in a mighty great storm, both of lightning, rain, and thunder, we lost the
which we called the
But the eleventh day after, by our General's great care in dispersing his ships, we found her again; and the place where we met our General called the
Cape of Joy,
where every ship took in some water. Here we found a good temperature and sweet air, a very fair and pleasant country with an exceeding fruitful soil, where were great store of large and mighty deer, but we came not to the sight of any people; but travelling further into the country we perceived the footing of people in the clay ground, shewing that they were men of great stature. Being returned to our ships we weighed anchor, and ran somewhat further, and harboured ourselves between the rock and the main; where by means of the rock that brake the force of the sea, we rid very safe. And upon this rock we killed for our provision certain sea-wolves, commonly called with us
From hence we went our course to 36 degrees, and entered the great river of
and ran into 54 and 53 1–2 fathoms of fresh water, where we filled our water by the ship's side; but our General finding here no good harborough, as he thought he should, bare out again to sea the 27. of April, and in bearing out we lost sight of our fly-boat wherein Master
was. But we, sailing along, found a fair and reasonable good bay, wherein were many and the same profitable islands; one whereof had so many seals as would at the least have laden all our ships, and the rest of the islands are, as it were, laden with fowls, which is wonderful to see, and they of divers sorts. It is a place very plentiful of victuals, and hath in it no want of fresh water. Our General, after certain days of his abode in this place, being on shore in an island, the people of the country shewed themselves unto him, leaping and dancing, and entered into traffic with him; but they would not receive anything at any man's hands, but the same must be cast upon the ground. They are of clean, comely, and strong bodies, swift on foot, and seem to be very active.
The 18. day of May, our General thought it needful to have a care of such ships as were absent; and therefore endeavouring to seek the fly-boat wherein Master
was, we espied her again the next day. And whereas certain of our ships were sent to discover the coast and to search an harbour, the
and the
being employed in that business, came unto us and gave us understanding of a safe harbour that they had found. Wherewith all our ships bare, and entered it; where we watered and made new provision of victuals, as by seals, whereof we slew to the number of 200 or 300 in the space of an hour. Here our General in the
rid close aboard the fly-boat, and took out of her all the provision of victuals and what else was in her, and hauling her to the land, set fire to her, and so burnt her to save the iron work. Which being a-doing, there came down of the country certain of the people naked, saving only about their waist the skin of some beast, with the fur or hair on, and something also wreathed on their heads. Their faces were painted with divers colours, and some of them had on their heads the similitude of horns, every man his bow, which was an ell in length, and a couple of arrows. They were very agile people and quick to deliver, and seemed not to be ignorant in the feats of wars, as by their order of ranging a few men might appear. These people would not of a long time receive anything at our hands; yet at length our General being ashore, and they dancing after their accustomed manner about him, and he once turning his back towards them, one leaped suddenly to him, and took his cap with his gold band off his head, and ran a little distance from him, and shared it with his fellow, the cap to the one, and the band to the other. Having despatched all our business in this place, we departed and set sail. And immediately upon our setting forth we lost our
which was absent three of four days; but when our General had her again, he took out the necessaries, and so gave her over, near to the
Cape of Good Hope.
The next day after, being the 20. of June, we harboured ourselves again in a very good harborough, called by
Magellan, Port St. Julian,
where we found a gibbet standing upon the main; which we supposed to be the place where
did execution upon some of his disobedient and rebellious company.
The two and twentieth day our General went ashore to the main, and in his company
John Thomas,
Robert Winterhie, Oliver
the master-gunner,
John Brewer, Thomas Hood,
Thomas Drake.
And entering on land, they presently met with two or three of the country people. And
Robert Winterhie
having in his hands a bow and arrows, went about to make a shoot of pleasure, and, in his draught, his bowstring brake; which the rude savages taking as a token of war, began to bend the force of their bows against our company, and drove them to their shifts very narrowly.
In this port our General began to enquire diligently of the actions of Master
Thomas Doughty,
and found them not to be such as he looked for, but tending rather of contention or mutiny, or some other disorder, whereby, without redress, the success of the voyage might greatly have been hazarded. Whereupon the company was called together and made acquainted with the particulars of the cause, which were found, partly by Master
own confession, and partly by the evidence of the fact, to be true. Which when our General saw, although his private affection to Master
as he then in the presence of us all sacredly protested, was great, yet the care he had of the state of the voyage, of the expectation of her Majesty, and of the honour of his country did more touch him, as indeed it ought, than the private respect of one man. So that the cause being throughly heard, and all things done in good order as near as might be to the course of our laws in
it was concluded that Master
should receive punishment according to the quality of the offence. And he, seeing no remedy but patience for himself, desired before his death to receive the communion, which he did at the hands of Master
our minister, and our General himself accompanied him in that holy action. Which being done, and the place of execution made ready, he having embraced our General, and taken his leave of all the company, with prayers for the Queen's Majesty and our realm, in quiet sort laid his head to the block, where he ended his life. This being done, our General made divers speeches to the whole company, persuading us to unity, obedience, love, and regard of our voyage; and for the better confirmation thereof, willed every man the next Sunday following to prepare himself the communion, as Christian brethren and friends, ought to do. Which was done in very reverent sort; and so with good contentment every man went about his business.
The 17. day of August we departed the port of
St. Julian,
and the 20. day we fell with the Strait of
going into the South Sea; at the cape or headland whereof we found the body of a dead man, whose flesh was clean consumed. The 21. day we entered the Strait,
which we found to have many turnings, and as it were shuttings-up, as if there were no passage at all. By means whereof we had the wind often against us; so that some of the fleet recovering a cape or point of land, others should be forced to turn back again, and to come to an anchor where they could. In this Strait there be many fair harbours, with store of fresh water. But yet they lack their best commodity, for the water there is of such depth, that no man shall find ground to anchor in, except it be in some narrow river or corner, or between some rocks; so that if any extreme blasts or contrary winds do come, whereunto the place is much subject, it carrieth with it no small danger. The land on both sides is very huge and mountainous; the lower mountains whereof, although they be monstrous and wonderful to look upon for their height, yet there are others which in height exceed them in a strange manner, reaching themselves above their fellows so high, that between them did appear three regions of clouds. These mountains are covered with snow. At both the southerly and easterly parts of the Strait there are island, among which the sea hath his indraught into the Straits, even as it hath in the main entrance of the frete.
This Strait is extreme cold, with frost and snow continually; the trees seem to stoop with the burden of the weather, and yet are green continually, and many good and sweet herbs do very plentifully grow and increase under them. The breadth of the Strait is in some places a league, in some other places two leagues and three leagues, and in some other four leagues; but the narrowest place hath a league over.
The 24. of August we arrived at an island in the Straits, where we found great store of fowl which could not fly, of the bigness of geese; whereof we killed in less than one day 3,000, and victualled ourselves throughly therewith. The 6. day of September we entered the South Sea at the cape or head shore. The 7. day we were driven by a great storm from the entering into the South Sea, 200 leagues and odd in longitude, and one degree to the southward of the Strait; in which height, and so many leagues to the westward, the 15. day of September, fell out the eclipse of the moon at the hour of six of the clock at night. But neither did the ecliptical conflict of the moon impair our state, nor her clearing again amend us a whit; but the accustomed eclipse of the sea continued in his force, we being darkened more than the moon sevenfold.
From the bay which we called the
Bay of Severing of Friends,
we were driven back to the southward of the Straits in 57 degrees and a tierce; in which height we came to an anchor among the islands, having there fresh and very good water, with herbs of singular virtue. Not far from hence we entered another bay, where we found people, both men and women, in their canoes naked, and ranging from one island to another seek their meat; who entered traffic with us for such things as they had. We returning hence northward again, found the third of October three islands, in one of which was such plenty of birds as is scant credible to report. The 8. day of October we lost sight of one of our consorts,
wherein Master
was; who, as then we supposed, was put by a storm into the Straits again. Which at our return home we found to be true, and he not perished, as some of our company feared. Thus being come in to the height of the Straits again, we ran, supposing the coast of
to lie as the general maps have described it, namely north-west; which we found to lie and trend to the north-east and eastwards. Whereby it appeareth that this part of
hath not been truly hitherto discovered, or at the least not truly reported, for the space of twelve degrees at the least; being set down either of purpose to deceive, or of ignorant conjecture.
We continuing our course, fell the 29. of November with an island called
La Mocha,
where we cast anchor; and our General, hoisting out our boat, went with ten of our company to shore. Where we found people, whom the cruel and extreme dealings of the Spaniards have forced, for their own safety and liberty, to flee from the main, and to fortify themselves in this island. We being on land, the people came down to us to the water side with show of great courtesy, bringing to us potatoes, roots, and two very fat sheep; which our General received, and gave them other things for them, and had promised to have water there. But the next day repairing again to the shore, and sending two men a-land with barrels to fill water, the people taking them for Spaniards (to whom they use to show no favour if they take them) laid violent hands on them, and, as we think, slew them. Our General seeing this, stayed here no longer, but weighed anchor, and set sail towards the coast of
And drawing towards it, we met near to the shore an Indian in a
who thinking us to have been Spaniards, came to us and told us, that at a place called
there was a great Spanish ship laden from the kingdom of
for which good news our General gave him divers trifles. Whereof he was glad, and went along with us and brought us to the place, which is called the port of
When we came thither we found, indeed, the ship riding at anchor, having in her eight Spaniards and three negroes; who, thinking us to have been Spaniards, and their friends, welcomed us with a drum, and made ready a
of wine of
to drink to us. But as soon as we were entered, one of our company called
Thomas Moon
began to lay about him, and struck one of the Spaniards, and said unto him,
Abaxo, perro!
that is in English. 'Go down, dog!' One of these Spaniards, seeing persons of that quality in those seas, all to crossed and blessed himself. But, to be short, we stowed them under hatches, all save one Spaniard, who suddenly and desperately leapt overboard into the sea, and swam ashore to the town of
to give them warning of our arrival.
They of the town, being not above nine households, presently fled away and abandoned the town. Our General manned his boat and the Spanish ship's boat, and went to the town; and, being come to it, we rifled it, and came to a small chapel, which we entered, and found therein a silver chalice, two cruets, and one altar-cloth, the spoil whereof our General gave to Master
his minister. We found also in this town a warehouse stored with wine of
and many boards of cedar-wood; all which wine we brought away with us, and certain of the boards to burn for firewood. And so, being come aboard, we departed the haven, having first set all the Spaniards on land, saving one
John Griego,
a Greek born, whom our General carried with him as pilot to bring him into the haven of
When we were at sea our General rifled the ship, and found in her good store of the wine of
and 25,000
of very pure and fine gold of
amounting in value to 37,000 ducats of Spanish money, and above. So, going on our course, we arrived next at a place called
where our General sent fourteen of his men on land to fetch water. But they were espied by the Spaniards, who came with 300 horsemen and 200 footmen, and slew one of our men with a piece. The rest came aboard in safety, and the Spaniards departed. We went on shore again and buried our man, and the Spaniards came down again with a flag of truce; but we set sail, and would not trust them. From hence we went to a certain port called
where, being landed, we found by the sea side a Spaniard lying asleep, who had lying by him thirteen bars of silver, which weighed 4,000 ducats Spanish. We took the silver and left the man. Not far from hence, going on land for fresh water, we met with a Spaniard and an Indian boy driving eight
or sheep of
which are as big as asses; every of which sheep had on his back two bags of leather, each bag containing 50 lb. weight of fine silver. So that, bringing both the sheep and their burthen to the ships, we found in all the bags eight hundred weight of silver.
Herehence we sailed to a place called
and, being entered the port, we found there three small barks, which we rifled, and found in one of them fifty-seven wedges of silver, each of them weighing about 20 lb. weight, and every of these wedges were of the fashion and bigness of a brickbat. In all these three barks, we found not one person. For they, mistrusting no strangers, were all gone a-land to the town, which consisteth of about twenty houses; which we would have ransacked if our company had been better and more in number. But our General, contented with the spoil of the ships, left the town and put off again to sea, and set sail for
and, by the way, met with a small bark, which he boarded, and found in her good store of linen cloth. Whereof taking some quantity, he let her go.
we came the 13. of February; and, being entered the haven, we found there about twelve sail of ships lying fast moored at an anchor, having all their sails carried on shore; for the masters and merchants were here most secure, having never been assaulted by enemies, and at this time feared the approach of none such as we were. Our General rifled these ships, and found in one of them as chest full of reals of plate, and good store of silks and linen cloth; and took the chest into his own ship, and good store of the silks and linen. In which ship he had news of another ship called the
which was gone towards Payta, and that the same ship was laden with treasure. Whereupon we stayed no longer here, but, cutting all the cables of the ships in the haven, we let them drive whither they would, either to sea or to the shore; and with all speed we followed the
thinking there to have found her. But before we arrived there she was gone from thence towards
whom our General still pursued, and by the way met with a bark laden with ropes and tackle for ships, which he boarded and searched, and found in her 80 lb. weight of gold, and a crucifix of gold with goodly great emeralds set in it, which he took, and some of the cordage also for his own ship. From hence we departed, still following the
and our General promised our company that whosoever should first descry her should have his chain of gold for his good news. It fortuned that
John Drake,
going up into the top, descried her about three of the clock. And about six of the clock we came to her and boarded her, and shot at her three pieces of ordnance, and strake down her mizen; and, being entered, we found in her great riches, as jewels and precious stones, thirteen chests full of reals of plate, fourscore pound weight of gold, and six-and-twenty ton of silver. The place where we took this prize was called
Cape de San Francisco,
about 150 leagues [south] from
The pilot's name of this ship was
and amongst other plate that our General found in this ship he found two very fair gilt bowls of silver, which were the pilot's. To whom our General said,
Señor Pilot, you have here two silver cups, but I must needs have one of them;
which the pilot, because he could not otherwise choose, yielded unto, and gave the other to the steward of our General's ships. When this pilot departed from us, his boy said thus unto our General:
Captain, our ship shall be called no more the Cacafuego, but the Cacaplata, and your ship shall be called the Cacafuego.
Which pretty speech of the pilot's boy ministered matter of laughter to us, both then and long after. When our General had done what he would with this
he cast her off, and we went on our course still towards the west; and not long after met with a ship laden with linen cloth and fine
dishes of white earth, and great store of
silks, of all which things we took as we listed. The owner himself of this ship was in her, who was a Spanish gentleman,
from whom our General took a falcon of gold, with a great emerald in the breast thereof;
and the pilot of the ship he took also with him, and so cast the ship off.
This pilot brought us to the haven of
the town whereof, as he told us, had but 17 Spaniards in it. As soon as we were entered this haven, we landed, and went presently to the town and to the town-house; where we found a judge sitting in judgment, being associated with three other officers, upon three negroes that had conspired the burning of the town. Both which judges and prisoners we took, and brought them a-shipboard, and caused the chief judge to write his letter to the town to command all the townsmen to avoid, that we might safely water there. Which being done, and they departed, we ransacked the town; and in one house we found a pot, of the quantity of a bushel, full of reals of plate, which we brought to our ship. And here one
Thomas Moon,
one of our company, took a Spanish gentleman as he was flying out of the town; and, searching him, he found a chain of gold about him, and other jewels, which he took, and so let him go. At this place our General, among other Spaniards, set ashore his Portugal pilot which he took at the islands of
Cape Verde
out of a ship of
St. Mary
port, of
And having set them ashore we departed hence, and sailed to the island of
where our General landed, and brought to shore his own ship, and discharged her, mended and graved her, and furnished our ship with water and wood sufficiently.
And while we were here we espied a ship and set sail after her, and took her, and found in her two pilots and a Spanish governor, going for the islands of the
We searched the ship, and took some of her merchandises, and so let her go. Our General at this place and time, thinking himself, both in respect of his private injuries received from the Spaniards, as also of their contempts and indignities offered to our country and prince in general, sufficiently satisfied and revenged; and supposing that her Majesty at his return would rest contented with this service, purposed to continue no longer upon the Spanish coast, but began to consider and to consult of the best way for his country.
He thought it not good to return by the Straits, for two special causes; the one, lest the Spaniards should there wait and attend for him in great number and strength, whose hands, he, being left but one ship, could not possibly escape. The other cause was the dangerous situation of the mouth of the Straits in the South Sea; where continual storms reigning and blustering, as he found by experience, besides the shoals and sands upon the coast, he thought it not a good course to adventure that way. He resolved, therefore, to avoid these hazards, to go forward to the Islands of the
and therehence to sail the course of the Portugals by the Cape of
Buena Esperanza.
Upon this resolution he began to think of his best way to the
and finding himself, where he now was, becalmed, he saw that of necessity he must be forced to take a Spanish course; namely, to sail somewhat northerly to get a wind. We therefore set sail, and sailed 600 leagues at the least for a good wind; and thus much we sailed from the 16. of April till the third of June.
The fifth of June, being in 43 degrees towards the pole Arctic, we found the air so cold, that our men being grievously pinched with the same, complained of the extremity thereof; and the further we went, the more the cold increased upon us. Whereupon we thought it best for that time to seek the land, and did so; finding it not mountainous, but low plain land, till we came within 38 degrees towards the line. In which height it pleased God to send us into a fair and good bay, with a good wind to enter the same. In this bay we anchored; and the people of the country, having their houses close by the water's side, shewed themselves unto us, and sent a present to our General. When they came unto us, they greatly wondered at the things that we brought. But our General, according to his natural and accustomed humanity, courteously intreated them, and liberally bestowed on them necessary things to cover their nakedness; whereupon they supposed us to be gods, and would not be persuaded to the contrary. The presents which they sent to our General, were feathers, and cauls of network. Their houses are digged round about with earth, and have from the uttermost brims of the circle, clifts of wood set upon them, joining close together at the top like a spire steeple, which by reason of that closeness are very warm. Their bed is the ground with rushes strowed on it; and lying about the house, [they] have the fire in the midst. The men go naked; the women take bulrushes, and kemb them after the manner of hemp, and thereof make their loose garments, which being knit about their middles, hang down about their hips, having also about their shoulders a skin of deer, with the hair upon it. These women are very obedient and serviceable to their husbands.
After they were departed from us, they came and visited us the second time, and brought with them feathers and bags of
for presents. And when they came to the top of the hill, at the bottom whereof we had pitched our tents, they stayed themselves; where one appointed for speaker wearied himself with making a long oration; which done, they left their bows upon the hill, and came down with their presents. In the meantime the women, remaining upon the hill, tormented themselves lamentably, tearing their flesh from their cheeks, whereby we perceived that they were about a sacrifice. In the meantime our General with his company went to prayer, and to reading of the Scriptures, at which exercise they were attentive, and seemed greatly to be affected with it; but when they were come unto us, they restored again unto us those things which before we bestowed upon them. The news of our being there being spread through the country, the people that inhabited round about came down, and amongst them the king himself, a man of goodly stature, and comely personage, with many other tall and warlike men; before whose coming were sent two ambassadors to our General, to signify that their king was coming, in doing of which message, their speech was continued about half an hour. This ended, they by signs requested our General to send something by their hand to their king, as a token that his coming might be in peace. Wherein our General having satisfied them, they returned with glad tidings to their king, who marched to us with a princely majesty, the people crying continually after their manner; and as they drew near unto us, so did they strive to behave themselves in their actions with comeliness. In the fore-front was a man of a goodly personage, who bare the sceptre or mace before the king; whereupon hanged two crowns, less and a bigger, with three chains of marvellous length. The crowns were made of knit work, wrought artificially with feathers of divers colours. The chains were made of a bony substance, and few be the persons among them that are admitted to wear them; and of that number also the persons are stinted, as some ten, some twelve, &c. Next unto him which bare the sceptre, was the king himself, with his guard about his person, clad with coney skins, and other skins. After them followed the naked common sort of people, every one having his face painted, some with white, some with black, and other colours, and having in their hands one thing or another for a present. Not so much as their children, but they also brought their presents.
In the meantime our General gathered his men together, and marched within his fenced place, making, against their approaching, a very warlike show. They being trooped together in their order, and a general salutation being made, there was presently a general silence. Then he that bare the sceptre before the king, being informed by another, whom they assigned to that office, with a manly and lofty voice proclaimed that which the other spake to him in secret, continuing half an hour. Which ended, and a general
as it were, given, the king with the whole number of men and women, the children expected, came down without any weapon; who, descending to the foot of the hill, set themselves in order. In coming towards our bulwarks and tents, the sceptre-bearer began a song, observing his measures in a dance, and that with a stately countenance; whom the king with his guard, and every degree of persons following, did in like manner sing and dance, saving only the women, which danced and kept silence. The General permitted them to enter within our bulwark, where they continued their song and dance a reasonable time. When they had satisfied themselves, they made signs to our General to sit down; to whom the king and divers others made several orations, or rather supplications, that he would take their province and kingdom into his hand, and become their king, making signs that they would resign unto him their right and title of the whole land, and become his subjects. In which, to persuade us the better, the king and the rest, with one consent, and with great reverence, joyfully singing a song, did set the crown upon his head, enriched his neck with all their chains, and offered him many other things, honouring him by the name of
adding thereunto, as it seemed, a sign of triumph; which thing our General thought not meet to reject, because he knew not what honour and profit it might be to our country. Wherefore in the name, and to the use of her Majesty, he took the sceptre, crown, and dignity of the said country into his hands, wishing that the richest and treasure thereof might so conveniently be transported to the enriching of her kingdom at home, as it aboundeth in the same.
The common sort of people, leaving the king and his guard with our General, scattered themselves together with their sacrifices among our people, taking a diligent view of every person: and such as pleased their fancy (which were the youngest), they enclosing them about offered their sacrifices unto them with lamentable weeping, scratching and tearing their flesh from their faces with their nails, whereof issued abundance of blood. But we used signs to them of disliking this, and stayed their hands from force, and directed them upwards to the living God, whom only they ought to worship. They shewed unto us their wounds, and craved help of them at our hands; whereupon we gave them lotions, plaisters, and ointments agreeing to the state of their griefs, beseeching God to cure their diseases. Every third day they brought their sacrifices unto us, until they understood our meaning, that we had no pleasure in them; yet they could not be long absent from us, but daily frequented our company to the hour of our departure, which departure seemed so grievous unto them, that their joy was turned into sorrow. They entreated us, that being absent we would remember them, and by stealth provided a sacrifice, which we misliked.
Our necessary business being ended, our General with his company travelled up into the country to their villages, where we found herds of deer by a thousand in a company, being most large, and fat of body. We found the whole country to be a warren of a strange kind of coneys; their bodies in bigness as be the
coneys, their heads as the heads of ours, the feet of a want,
and the tail of a rat, being of great length. Under her chin is on either side a bag, into the which she gathereth her meat, when she hath filled her belly abroad. The people eat their bodies, and make great account of their skins, for their king's coat was made of them. Our General called this country
Nova Albion,
and that for two causes; the one in respect of the white banks and cliffs, which lie towards the sea, and the other, because it might have some affinity with our country in name, which sometime was so called. There is no part of earth here to be taken up, wherein there is not some probable show of gold or silver.
At our departure hence our General set up a monument of our being there, as also of her Majesty's right and title to the same; namely a plate, nailed upon a fair great post, whereupon was engraved her Majesty's name, the day and year of our arrival there, with the free giving up of the province and people into her Majesty's hands, together with her Highness' picture and arms, in a piece of six pence of current English money, under the plate, whereunder was also written the name of our General.
It seemeth that the Spaniards hitherto had never been in this part of the country, neither did ever discover the land by many degrees to the southwards of this place.
After we had set sail from hence, we continued without sight of land till the 13. day of October following, which day in the morning we fell with certain islands eight degrees to the northward of the line, from which islands came a great number of
having in some of them four, in some six, and in some also fourteen men, bringing with them cocos and other fruits. Their
were hollow within, and cut with great art and cunning, being very smooth within and without, and bearing a glass
as if it were a horn daintily burnished, having a prow and a stern of one sort, yielding inward circle-wise, being of a great height, and full of certain white shells for a bravery; and on each side of them lie out two pieces of timber about a yard and a half long, more or less, according to the smallness or bigness of the boat. These people have the nether part of their ears cut into a round circle, hanging down very low upon their cheeks, whereon they hang things of a reasonable weight. The nails of their hands are an inch long, their teeth are as black as pitch, and they renew them often, by eating of an herb with a kind of powder, which they always carry about them in a cane for the same purpose.
Leaving this island the night after we fell with it, the 18. of October we lighted upon divers others, some whereof made a great show of inhabitants. We continued our course by the islands of
being friends to the Portugals, the first whereof hath growing in it great store of cinnamon. The 14. of November we fell in with the islands of
Which day at night (having directed our course to run with
) in coasting along the island of
belonging to the king of
his deputy or vice-king seeing us at sea, came with his
to us without all fear, and came aboard; and after some conference with our General, willed him in any wise to run in with
and not with
assuring him that the king would be glad of his coming, and would be ready to do what he would require, for which purpose he himself would that night be with the king, and tell him the news. With whom if he once dealt, we should find that as he was a king, so his word should stand; adding further, that if he went to
before he came to
the king would have nothing to do with us, because he held the Portugal as his enemy. Whereupon our General resolved to run with
Where the next morning early we came to anchor; at which time our General sent a messenger to the king, with a velvet cloak for a present and token of his coming to be in peace, and that he required nothing but traffic and exchange of merchandise, whereof he had good store, in such things as he wanted.
In the meantime the vice-king had been with the king according to his promise, signifying unto him what good things he might receive from us by traffic. Whereby the king was moved with great liking towards us, and sent to our General, with special message, that he should have what things he needed and would require, with peace and friendship; and moreover that he would yield himself and the right of his island to be at the pleasure and commandment of so famous a prince as we served. In token whereof he sent to our General a signet; and within short time after came in his own person, with boats and
to our ship, to bring her into a better and safer road than she was in at that present. In the meantime, our General's messenger, being come to the Court, was met by certain noble personages with great solemnity, and brought to the king, at whose hands he was most friendly and graciously entertained.
The king, purposing to come to our ship, sent before four great and large
in every one whereof were certain of his greatest states
that were about him, attired in white lawn of cloth of
having over their heads, from the one end of the
to the other, a covering of thin perfumed mats, borne up with a frame made of reeds for the same use; under which every one did sit in his order according to his dignity, to keep him from the heat of the sun; divers of whom being of good age and gravity, did make an ancient and fatherly show. There were also divers young and comely men attired in white, as were the others; the rest were soldiers, which stood in comely order round about on both sides. Without whom sat the rowers in certain galleries; which being three on a side all along the
did lie off from the side thereof three or four yards, one being orderly builded lower than another, in every of which galleries were the number of fourscore rowers. These
were furnished with warlike munition, every man for the most part having his sword and target, with his dagger, beside other weapons, as lances, calivers, darts, bows and arrows; also every
had a small cast base mounted at the least one full yard upon a stock set upright. Thus coming near our ship, in order, they rowed about us one after another, and passing by, did their homage with great solemnity; the great personages beginning with great gravity and fatherly countenances, signifying that the king had sent them to conduct our ship into a better road. Soon after the king himself repaired, accompanied with six grave and ancient persons, who did their obeisance with marvellous humility. The king was a man of tall stature, and seemed to be much delighted with the sound of our music; to whom, as also to his nobility, our General gave presents, wherewith they were passing well contented.
At length the king craved leave of our General to depart, promising the next day to come aboard, and in the meantime to send us such victuals as were necessary for our provision. So that the same night we received of them meal, which they call
made of the tops of certain trees, tasting in the mouth like sour curds, but melteth like sugar, whereof they make certain cakes, which may be kept the space of ten years, and yet then good to be eaten. We had of them store of rice, hens, unperfect and liquid sugar, sugar-canes, and a fruit which they call
with store of cloves.
The king having promised to come aboard, brake his promise, but sent his brother to make his excuse, and to entreat our General to come on shore, offering himself pawn aboard for his safe return. Whereunto our General consented not, upon mislike conceived of the breach of his promise; the whole company also utterly refusing it. But to satisfy him, our General sent certain of his gentlemen to the Court, to accompany the king's brother, reserving the vice-king for their safe return. They were received of another brother of the king's, and other states, and were conducted with great honour to the castle. The place that they were brought unto was a large and fair house, where were at the least a thousand persons assembled.
The king being yet absent, there sat in their places 60 grave personages, all which were said to be of the king's council. There were besides four grave persons, apparelled all in red, down to the ground, and attired on their heads like the Turks; and these were said to be Romans
and ligiers
there to keep continual traffic with the people of
There were also two Turks ligiers in this place, and one Italian. The king at last came in guarded with twelve lances, covered over with a rich canopy with embossed gold. Our men, accompanied with one of their captains called
rising to meet him, he graciously did welcome and entertain them. He was attired after the manner of the country, but more sumptuously than the rest. From his waist down to the ground was all cloth of gold, and the same very rich; his legs were bare, but on his feet were a pair of shoes, made of
skin. In the attire of his head were finely wreathed hooped rings of gold, and about his neck he had a chain of perfect gold, the links whereof were great, and one fold double. On his fingers he had six very fair jewels; and sitting in his chair of state, at his right hand stood a page with a fan in his hand, breathing and gathering the air to the king. The same was in length two foot, and in breadth one foot, set with eight sapphires richly embroidered, and knit to a staff three foot in length, by the which the page did hold and move it. Our gentlemen having delivered their message and received order accordingly, were licensed to depart, being safely conducted back again by one of the king's council. This island is the chief of all the islands of
and the king hereof is king of 70 islands besides. The king with his people are Moors in religion, observing certain new moons, with fastings; during which fasts they neither eat nor drink in the day, but in the night.
After that our gentlemen were returned, and that we had here by the favour of the king received all necessary things that the place could yield us; our General considering the great distance, and how far he was yet off from his country, thought it not best here to linger the time any longer, but weighing his anchors, set out of the island, and sailed to a certain little island to the southwards of
where we graved our ship, and continued there, in that and other businesses, 26 days. This island is throughly grown with wood of a large and high growth, very straight, and without boughs, save only in the head or top, whose leaves are not much differing from our broom in
Amongst these trees night by night, through the whole land, did shew themselves an infinite swarm of fiery worms flying in the air, whose bodies being no bigger than our common English flies, make such a show and light as if every twig or tree had been a burning candle. In this place breedeth also wonderful store of bats, as big as large hens. Of crayfishes also here wanted no plenty, and they of exceeding bigness, one whereof was sufficient for four hungry stomachs at a dinner, being also very good and restoring meat, whereof we had experience: and they dig themselves holes in the earth like coneys.
When we had ended our business here we weighed, and set sail to run for the
But having at that time a bad wind, and being amongst the islands, with much difficulty we recovered to the northward of the island of
where by reason of contrary winds, not able to continue our course to run westwards, we were enforced to alter the same to the southward again, finding that course also to be very hard and dangerous for us, by reason of infinite shoals which lie off and among the islands; whereof we had too much trial, to the hazard and danger of our ship and lives. For, of all other days, upon the 9. of January, in the year 1579,
we ran suddenly upon a rock, where we stuck fast from eight of the clock at night till four of the clock in the afternoon the next day, being indeed out of all hope to escape the danger. But our General, as he had always hitherto shewed himself courageous, and of a good confidence in the mercy and protection of God, so now he continued in the same. And lest he should seem to perish wilfully, both he and we did our best endeavour to save ourselves; which it pleased God so to bless, that in the end we cleared ourselves most happily of the danger.
We lighted our ship upon the rocks of three ton of cloves, eight pieces of ordnance, and certain meal and beans; and then the wind, as it were in a moment by the special grace of God, changing from the starboard to the larboard of the ship, we hoised our sails, and the happy gale drove our ship off the rock into the sea again, to the no little comfort of all our hearts, for which we gave God such praise and thanks, as so great a benefit required.
The 8. of February following, we fell with the fruitful island of
having in the mean time suffered many dangers by winds and shoals. The people of this island are comely in body and stature, and of a civil behaviour, just in dealing, and courteous to strangers; whereof we had the experience sundry ways, they being most glad of our presence, and very ready to relieve our wants in those things which their country did yield. The men go naked, saving their heads and loins, every man having something or other hanging at their ears. Their women are covered from the middle down to the foot, wearing a great number of bracelets upon their arms; for some had eight upon each arm, being made some of bone, some of horn, and some of brass, the lightest whereof, by our estimation, weighed two ounces apiece. With this people linen-cloth is good merchandise, and of good request; whereof they make rolls for their heads, and girdles to wear about them. Their island is both rich and fruitful; rich in gold, silver, copper, and sulphur, wherein they seem skilful and expert, not only to try the same, but in working it also artificially into any form and fashion that pleaseth them. Their fruits be divers and plentiful; as nutmegs, ginger, long pepper, lemons, cucumbers, cocos,
figu, sagu,
with divers other sorts. And among all the rest we had one fruit, in bigness, form and husk, like a bay berry, hard of substance and pleasant of taste, which being sodden becometh soft, and is a most good and wholesome victual; whereof we took reasonable store, as we did also of the other fruits and spices. So that to confess a truth, since the time that we first set out of our own country of
we happened upon no place,
only excepted, wherein we found more comforts and better means of refreshing.
At our departure from
we set our course for
Java Major,
where arriving, we found great courtesy, and honourable entertainment. This island is governed by five kings, whom they call
Rajah Donaw,
Rajah Mang Bange,
Rajah Cabuccapollo,
which live as having one spirit and one mind. Of these five we had four a-shipboard at once, and two or three often. They are wonderfully delighted in coloured clothes, as red and green; the upper part of their bodies are naked, save their heads, whereupon they wear a Turkish roll as do the
From the middle downward they wear a
of silk, trailing upon the ground, in colour as they best like. The
hate that their women should be seen of strangers; but these offer them of high courtesy, yea, the kings themselves. The people are of goodly stature and warlike, well provided of swords and targets, with daggers, all being of their own work, and most artificially done, both in tempering their metal, as also in the form; whereof we bought reasonable store. They have an house in every village for their common assembly; every day they meet twice, men, women, and children, bringing with them such victuals as they think good, some fruits, some rice boiled, some hens roasted, some
having a table made three foot from the ground, whereon they set their meat, that every person sitting at the table may eat, one rejoicing in the company of another. They boil their rice in an earthen pot, made in form of a sugar loaf, being full of holes, as our pots which we water our gardens withal, and it is open at the great end, wherein they put their rice dry, without any moisture. In the mean time they have ready another great earthen pot, set fast in a furnace, boiling full of water, whereinto they put their pot with rice, by such measure, that they swelling become soft at the first, and by their swelling stopping the holes of the pot, admit no more water to enter, but the more they are boiled, the harder and more firm substance they become. So that in the end they are a firm and good bread, of the which with oil, butter, sugar, and other spices, they make divers sorts of meats very pleasant of taste, and nourishing to nature. … Not long before our departure, they told us that not far off there were such great ships as ours, wishing us to beware; upon this our captain would stay no longer. From
Java Major
we sailed for the Cape of
Good Hope,
which was the first land we fell withal; neither did we touch with it, or any other land, until we came to
Sierra Leona,
upon the coast of
notwithstanding we ran hard aboard the cape, finding the report of the Portugals to be most false, who affirm that it is the most dangerous cape of the world, never without intolerable storms and present danger to travellers which come near the same. This cape is a most stately thing, and the fairest cape we saw in the whole circumference of the earth, and we passed by it the 18. of June. From thence we continued our course to
Sierra Leona,
on the coast of
where we arrived the 22. of July, and found necessary provisions, great store of elephants, oysters upon trees of one kind.
spawning and increasing infinitely, the oyster suffering no bud to grow. We departed thence the four and twentieth day.
We arrived in
the third of November, 1580, being the third year of our departure.
Note 1.
120 tons, commanded by Drake; the
a new Deptford-built ship of 80 tons, commanded by Winter, with her pinnace, the
of 30 tons; and the
a fly-boat of 50 tons. [
Note 2.
Old Sp.
(perhaps from
). [
Note 3.
Goats. [
Note 4.
The squadron was now reduced to three ships, the
and the
as well as the Portuguese prize, having been condemned as unseaworthy, and burnt or abandoned. [
Note 5.
Drake here changed the name of the
to the
Golden Hind,
the crest of Sir Christopher Hatton. [
Note 6.
Note 7.
In this storm the
went down with all hands. [
Note 8.
Winter, having lost sight of the Admiral, sailed home. The
Golden Hind
was thus left to pursue her voyage alone. [
Note 9.
Jar. [
Note 10.
'Spitfire.' [
Note 11.
Don Francisco de Zarate. [
Note 12.
Drake presented him in return with a hanger and a silver brazier. [
Note 13.
Mole. [
Note 14.
I. e.,
having a gloss. [
Note 15.
Tagulandang, to the north-east of Celebes. [
Note 16.
Motir, one of the Ternate Moluccas. [
Note 17.
States—men of property or estate. [
Note 18.
Plantains. [
Note 19.
Probably Greeks (Arab.
). [
Note 20.
Resident agents. [
Note 21.
I. e.
1580. [
Note 22.
Batjan. [
Note 23.
Java. [
Note 24.
The mangrove. [
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The issue I'm interested in & want to know if I am understanding correctly - there is a difference between soul 'path' and the actual structure of the soul, for instance, Daemon as a structure and tantra as a yogic path (albeit suited to a Daemon), correct - ? Bhakti isn't just a chosen path of yoga, but, also an actual 'structure' to the soul - and so on for all the chakras? This is where the notion of 'correlate' comes into play - that doesn't mean a simple equation, but an archetypal equation - not a limitation on the soul.
Regardless of structure, then, a soul can have various paths in it's expression or issues - ? We all experience all of the chakras & according to life experiences some are or may need to be experienced, developed....hope this makes sense - ? For instance, a daemon with issues in relation to expression may have a throat chakra expression/issue, etc.
Also, for instance, there are, from what I understand actual soul structures that correlate with the other chakras (not just 'paths', i.e., techniques, etc.) I assume there are soul structures that correlate with, for instance, the 'bhakti' archetype and heart chakra - what type of soul structure is this & what would be the manifestations/correlates we could make in delineating a chart to understand what the structure of the soul is? What I'm trying to say is that I know for many of us here it is profoundly liberating to discover the 'daemon' archetype & to understand ourselves....so, how can we do this for other soul structures? How can we make the observation/correlation as we do with Daemon with the other soul structures - ?
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How can we make the observation/correlation as we do with Daemon with the other soul structures - ?
Hi - I make no claim to be an expert on this, but to me what it is, is God constructed various Souls in different ways - what we are talking about is the inherent nature of a Soul itself. The paths - Bhakti, Jnana, Daemon, Raja, etc. are not "chosen" - their orientation resonates with the way the Soul is constructed, thus one is simply going to feel most at home in an orientation that closely resonates with that Soul's inherent nature. Its like picking clothing or how one decorates one's living space - those choices express the way one sees self - they are not the self but an expression of it.
The "structure of the Soul" is its inherent nature - all the rest is expression. The Soul gravitates to that which feels natural, right, to itself, no logic is really involved. You simply know how you are put together. That explains your attractions and orientations - that is the correlation - it is self-evident. An orientation to this or that chakra is again an expression of the nature of a Soul.
If one is a creative person, one can gravitate to writing, or poetry, or music, or painting, or photography, or sculpture, or pottery, and on and on. Why one and not the other? And yes, most creative people will be drawn to more than one expression, but will choose to develop one or a few much more than others - I am saying that as analogy.
Really the point is not to know about a range of paths. The point of yoga is to move towards Home - to yoke (yoga) one's self to God, through one or a few of the orientations - those that resonate. What the other paths are about, past a certain point, is just intellectual facts. It is helpful to understand various orientations when counseling others, to be able to grasp how a person is wired and what paths they might find most natural. But in terms of one's self, we are the way we are, because we were made that way.
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Thank you Steve. So, a Daemon will orient toward tantra as a natural path to 'yoke' as you say ( and yogic tradition!) to source - ? And a 'bhakti' to devotional, and 'anja' ,...etc. Frankly, I do know how to 'tell' a Daemon soul but, not a bhakti, etc. Just wondering how to help folks who have issues when a soul structure archetype is explained they'll say, 'oh, that's why I feel that way!'.. and to see their lives & their charts and be able to help them understand issues - .as I know we Daemons here have benefited. Thank you!
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Jul 16, 2009, 08:27 PM »
im also a bit confused- the foundation im missing here is WHY are the astrological archetypes listed by adina correlated with the chakra/yogic path that they are? It does not seem to be related to the typical physiological associations of astrology (ie heart= sun, whereas here venus= bhakti path/heart chakra).
So basically, were does this come from? Is there an empirical basis for it?
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Jul 16, 2009, 08:29 PM »
Steve, I think you explained this very well, at least from the way that I understand it too.
I would add that I only included the Yogic types because many of us are familiar with them, but the essence exists whether we use a term of yoga or not. If we use just the other description, we have, for example, a nature-based soul (Daemon), or a devotional soul (Bhakti), or a soul whose essence is service (work) - as in service to others. It's thru the essence of that which it is (has been created) that the soul comes to realize God... i.e., the path. In other words, what you inwardly feel and relate to, as Steve explained, is both the essence and the path - you both feel it and do it.
Lucius, a Daemon soul will ALSO orient toward a path in which it "fuses with nature," as Wolf used to put it. It becomes one with nature itself, can communicate with nature. Again, I think you'll be able to identify the soul structure of a client through your interaction with them, just like the evolutionary stage. Then you can take it from there. Sometimes - as many of us found out - it DOES take more than one reading, one appointment with someone to be sure of an evolutionary stage, and therefore the soul type as well. New Age lingo is so pervasive these days that it can sometimes take a little time to separate who's got the vocabulary and who has the inner orientation.
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Jul 16, 2009, 08:57 PM »
Ari, the confusion may lie in the fact that in the birth chart, you're right, the Sun/Leo relate to the heart, but that's the heart as an organ, or as you said, physiological. And we're talking chakras (energy) here. The root of what we're talking about lies in Hinduism. The Chakra System itself has different correlations from the astrological ones. I myself learned these correlations from both Swami Kriyananda and Wolf, and again, they are rooted in the Hindu system of astrology. (Kriyananda, however, does not use the outer planets--Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto). Yogananda also speaks of these correlations in his book, "Autobiography of a Yogi," i.e., that these spinal centers correlate to the astrological signs.
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Jul 16, 2009, 09:49 PM »
The translation of the word "yoga" from Sanskrit to English is "to yoke" - meaning a path that if followed yokes one's self to God. The various paths exist and each has appeal to different types of Souls. They all originate from Source. They are all intended to pull us Home. As taught in the Indian spiritual paths, hatha yoga is mainly practiced to train the body to be able to sit still for extended periods of meditation. I believe it's not considered to be a path that leads to realization in and of itself. Rather, preparation.
So, a Daemon will orient toward tantra as a natural path to 'yoke' as you say ( and yogic tradition!) to source - ? And a 'bhakti' to devotional, and 'anja' ,...etc.
yes, except I would rephrase "will orient" to "naturally
to orient", because there are no hard and fast rules in life - each Soul is unique, and has its own past and thus long standing attractions.
Frankly, I do know how to 'tell' a Daemon soul but, not a bhakti, etc. Just wondering how to help folks who have issues when a soul structure archetype is explained they'll say, 'oh, that's why I feel that way!'.. and to see their lives & their charts and be able to help them understand issues - .as I know we Daemons here have benefited.
That is a good example of the very point I was making before - we are here to concentrate on our own path, FIRST. To know it well. Think about it - perhaps part of the reason some Souls have taken on counseling others is because to do a good job of counseling requires one to expand beyond one's personal orientations, to come to understand the way that others are wired, even others whose natural wiring may be quite different than my own. This expansion then helps me learn a broader, and less personal, orientation to things - thus my own evolution.
That is some of the value I see in this present discussion. We have Souls of various orientations gathered here - we can learn from each other through each expressing our natural orientations to things. Like the blind men and the elephant, except the blind men have decided they want to see again, so they open their eyes.
Ari (and others) here is a chakra diagram I believe originated in an old book of Jeffrey's called Uranus: Freedom From The Known. The EA chakra correlations, that I'd call spiritual correlations, came from Jeffrey's inner intuition and insight.
We can also include in this discussion thoughts about this diagram, and why things are stated there as they are. There's not a right or wrong about it - seeing the value in this system doesn't negate other systems that may correlate differently. These things are symbolic. Astrology, and life, is observation and correlation - there can be symbolic systems that, looked at from the outside, appear to be in conflict, yet they still come up with similar conclusions. As has been said before, any system rooted in natural law is going to conclude pretty similarly to the conclusions of any other system rooted in natural law.
The importance to me is this diagram comes from the heart of what EA is about. If we put ourselves into pondering Why it is as it is, it can deepen our insights into how EA looks at things, and why.
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Jul 17, 2009, 07:33 AM »
Thank you for your time & clarification, Steve & Adina...greatly appreciated
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Jul 17, 2009, 01:07 PM »
given that there is a natural correlation between physiology and the chakras, how can their astrological associations be different? physiology manifests from energy right? Another way of asking this question is- what is the practical use of this information- meaning does it apply to diagnosis in anyway?
sorry if im still missing the obvious!
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Jul 17, 2009, 01:41 PM »
No need to be sorry at all, Ari. You're asking good questions. The physiological has to do (obviously) with the physical body and the traditional astrological correlations that you're referring to. The astrological associations to the chakras correlate to the energy body, or the astral body. The illustration that Steve posted shows the flow OF that energy thru the nadis, or passageways, thru which it travels. Again, all this is based in traditional Hindu teachings.
And yes, there absolutely ARE medical (diagnostic) correlations for the chakra correlated planets/signs. All this information was included in the first segment of the EA DVD course, and also in his book,
Uranus: Freedom of the Known
, I believe, which is unfortunately out of print. When you combine the chakra system with the traditional medical associations, you have an exquisitely complete system to diagnose medical issues. For example, think of how much more information you would have regarding the heart if you used Venus, by house, sign and aspect, along WITH the Sun and it's house, sign, and aspect. There's so MUCH information that it's just not practical to try to include it here, but I hope his at least gives you some idea of the value of using the chakra correlations. Please do feel free to ask more questions about this.
If you're interested in learning more, Ari, there's also a transcript available of a workshop Wolf did called "Astrology and the Chakra System." Steve just posted a list of these here on the forum. I'm not sure what all is included, but it would be a nice inexpensive way for you to begin exploring this further.
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Ari, the following is quoted from Wolf's 1994 Pluto School transcript.
The reason to understand the chakra system, particularly with respect to medical diagnosis, is that it has a whole different astrological scheme of correlation, different from the traditional correlation of anatomy and physiology. It is a supplement or complement to that traditional analysis. It will reveal on a diagnostic level, information that you could not otherwise be able to determine in traditional methods of astro-medical diagnosis. Let us start with the traditional correlations.
here he describes Sun through Pluto
Now, when you combine the above with the chakra system, you will have a complete way of creating an absolutely correct diagnosis. For example, if you have a client with all kinds of problems in their stomach, and you are looking in that chart, the nature of the Moon and the planetary ruler of the 4th etc., and there does not seem to be any particular problem. But going to the chakra system you suddenly find the whole middle region of the body correlates with Mars and Pluto, and now if we re-look at that birth chart and see Mars and Pluto in opposition...! So basically this is a support system to the other system.
My thoughts are, using medicine as an analogy, sometimes "alternative" medical techniques heal something that traditional medicine can't. At other times western medicine works and alternative treatments don't. They are two systems whose nature is somewhat at odds. Yet we have empirical proof of what I said - they both work at times. Similarly, we have two sets of astrological correlations. Our brains may want to say that one must be right and the other not. Yet they both work at times. Once again, proof that life is not pure logic.
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Hi to all,
I am still meditating on this, and I'm wondering if the limbs of yoga could also be understood/applied as follows. Karma yoga (path of action) can be correlated to the Solar Plexus, as this is the seat of action/will. Bhakti, of course, correlates with the Heart chakra. (To me, Bhakti could also correlate with the Sacral plexus; Venus, ruler of Heart, has its higher octave Neptune in the Sacral plexus' rulership, along with Jupiter -- and in Ayurveda, these are all Kapha planets: love). The throat chakra would correlate to Jnana: discrimination (Mercury), wisdom, as the throat chakra is also about intuition and 'higher' truths/messages.
My thinking-out-loud here is based on nothing more than my own insights and observations...maybe even those evolve over time, as the observer herself evolves? I'm sure that is so. The chakra system as a whole is such a beautiful manifestation of Natural Law...maybe I'll give the correlation thing a rest for a while and meditate on this miracle of energy running through each and every one of us instead. Inductive knowledge will come (can only come) in this way.
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Jul 18, 2009, 09:05 AM »
One thing to remember about the chakras is that they do correlate, anatomically speaking, to what are called the spinal plexuses. And these spinal plexuses have nerve that emanate from them to the various areas of the body that are linked to each one of these spinal plexus. In other words, the chakras are not just energy centers, they are indeed actual places in the physical body. This is why it is important to understand the astrological correlations to these spinal plexus and the corresponding physiology and anatomy that connects to them. As Adina said they combination of the traditional correlations with the chakra correlations can indeed produce an very detailed and accurate system leading to correct diagnosis of what is going on within the body.
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The information here links each of the 360 degrees with a different place on the body. It is so dead-on for myself, when I look up the degrees of my own natal planets, I thought I'd post the link here if anyone else wants to check it out. This list is truly amazing, at least in my own case...!
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Jul 18, 2009, 11:42 AM »
this is great- so, here's a real life example.
the past few days the sun and mercury have been squaring my pluto venus. while anatomically my pluto venus has nothing to do with the heart, i have been feeling a lot in my heart chakra! (ie intense feelings of love, of sadness- all emanating from that center). if i get heart issues ever i can look at my sun and also look at my venus and learn a whole lot.
in the example you posted steve, while mars and pluto rules the middle region of the body, thus explaining the stomoch health issues, it MUST also mean that the diagnosis and the nature of the stomach issues is completley different than typical moon 4th house cancer stomach issues- bc it arises from a different aspect of consciousness.
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