Welcome to In the
Tracks of Hercules
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Transforming this Hero into a
Spiritual Trail-blazer for our time
A celebration in art, music,
sculpture, poetry, prose, and film of
The Labours of
Hercules
Over the past two years many
artists, musicians and writers have been
inspired by the Hercules myth into
creating and submitting something special
for an event held in London at the
beginning of December 2005.
A free DVD of the
event is now available. Click here
to order
(You will need to login on
the Lucis Trust site to make an order)
The performance
included:
Ballet
Sidera
Herculana, music
composed by Kerry Woodward, choreographed
by Konstantin Pavlidis and performed by Unstructured
Light
Comedy
Gemini performed by Opera
on the Run
Talk & Poetry
speakers included: Nico
Thelman, Yannis Pittis and selected poets
Music
Roberto Becheri's string
quartet Hercules in the Starry Sky
played by the Alea
Quartet
Tom Marlow's The Slaying
of the Nemean Lion,
played by the Temple Jazz
Trio.
Improvisations for voice
and guitar
performed by Sebastian
Prats
The
Labours of Hercules - a
symphonic-electronic composition by Juan
Carlos Garcia. Click
here to order the CD
The art exhibition
included:
Paintings by Angela Lemaire,
Anders Liden and Idaherma
Williams
Films by Brigitte Indchal and
Eugenia Gortchakova,
Sculptures by Eva Bayley and
Leonard Simpson.
The event continues
with regular updates
of art
and writing
on this website.
Hercules
Myth
Reality
The dramatic myth of the
ancient Son of God, Hercules, is well
known for its tales of great bravery and
physical prowess. But behind the myth is
another story - the depiction of the
soul's journey through trials and tests to
spiritual liberation and service to
humanity.
It is a tale of courage and spiritual
strength, of humour, human failings and
extraordinary wisdom. He is the incarnate,
but imperfect Son of God, who disciplines
his lower nature, desiring to rise above
it and so reveal the emergence of
divinity.
Throughout his trials, Hercules discovers
that personality methods only make
problems worse. The true solutions come by
drawing upon the higher power and wisdom
of the soul, the true Teacher, with its
unique light, different perspectives and
methods.
The message is universal. Each of us has
to undergo a similar journey to the same
goal, through struggle and conflict,
experiment and failure. But eventually we
all will find joy and liberation.
A Group Hercules
In the world today we can see
a group expression of the Hercules myth.
The world servers who make up this "group
Hercules" are active in every field of
human endeavour - the arts and sciences,
politics, economics and religion - through
all of which the Love and Wisdom of the
higher self can be expressed. With their
intuitive understanding this group
Hercules is leading humanity out of the
maze of glamour and illusion with a
dynamic vision of a better future.
An Astrology of the
Soul
In her book The Labours of
Hercules Alice Bailey presents a unique
astrological perspective on the myth by
linking each labour to one of the signs of
the Zodiac. She traces Hercules' story as
he begins to come under the influence of
his solar ruler, and not just of his
planetary or personality ruler - this is
the real inner battle between the lower
and higher forces of our nature. In fact,
each zodiacal sign has three supporting
constellations, representing the
personality, soul and spirit aspects of
Hercules, which makes for fascinating
study.
Each sign presents different aspects of
human nature and provides opportunities
for overcoming lower tendencies and
obstacles. In this way we learn through
trial and error to determine our own
destiny. The stars condition, but do not
control, one who has awakened to the call
of the higher nature.
For a summary of each labour, please
click on Labours
or on its corresponding astrological sign
on the left.
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