1000 Meditations

JOURNEY THROUGH A THOUSAND MEDITATIONS

A SYNTHESIS OF NATURE AND EIGHT THOUSAND YEARS OF WISDOM

EDMOND BORDEAUX SZEKELY

with drawings by

VIVIAN BLACKSTONE
and
NORMA JEAN NILSSON

MILLE MEDITATIONS
TIERRA DEL SOL
CALIFORNIA

THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO ALL AT THE GRAND CENTRAL STATION OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY WHO
ARE LONGING FOR OUR LOST SYMBIOSIS OF THOUSANDS OF YEARS WITH NATURE, SIMPLICITY AND PEACE

CONTENTS OF MILLE MEDITATIONS

PREFACE

PROLOGUE

CHAPTER 1.
Map of Mille Meditations
Along the Pilgrim's Path

CHAPTER 2.
Contents of Mille Meditations
(see below and above)

CHAPTER 3.
SYMPHONY OF NATURE AT THE MOUNTAIN OF MILLE MEDITATIONS
Mountains - Rocks - Trees - Oaks - Water - Rain - Wind - Sky - Clouds
Wild Flowers - Wild Creatures - Sunrise - Sunset - Spring - Winter

CHAPTER 4. SUMERIA AND ANCIENT PERSIA
The Zend-Avesta of Zarathustra
The World Picture of Zarathustra
Zarathustra's Individual Inventory

CHAPTER 5. ANCIENT EGYPT
Toth
Ptah-Hotep
Hermes Trismegistos
Akhenaten

CHAPTER 6. INDIA
Buddha's Sixteenfold Compassion
Buddha's Teaching
Buddha's Wheel of Life
The Invocation
The Wheel of Yogas of Patanjali
The Songs of Kabir
The Upanishads
Rabindranath Tagore

CHAPTER 7. ANCIENT CHINA
The Tao of Lao-tzu
Confucius

8. THE BEGINNING
The Hymn of Creation from the Rig Veda
The Beginning according to the Tao Teh King
The Creation according to Essene Genesis
The Creation according to the Gospel of John

9. MOSES
The Ten Commandments
The Eternal Light

CHAPTER 10. PALESTINE
Psalms of David
Song of Songs of Solomon
Isaiah

CHAPTER 11. THE ESSENES
Enoch
The Law
The Essene Gospel of John
The Essene Tree of Life
The Essene Communions
The Essene Morning Communions
The Essene Evening Communions
Chronology of the Essene Communions
The Dead Sea Scrolls
The Sevenfold Peace
The Seven Beatitudes (Essene Interpretation)
MP3:
Introduction - Communions - Division of Enoch

CHAPTER 12. JESUS AND SAINT FRANCIS
The Living Jesus
The Seven Beatitudes
The Letter to the Corinthians
The Canticle to the Sun of Saint Francis
The Prayer of Saint Francis

CHAPTER 13. THE WISDOM OF ANCIENT GREECE
Thales --- Anaximander --- Anaximenes --- Pythagoras ---
Xenophanes --- Parmenides --- Zeno --- Heraclitus ---
Empedocles --- Anaxagoras --- Democritus --- Protagoras ---
Gorgias --- Socrates --- Plato --- Aristotle --- Zenon ---
Epicurus --- Pyrrho --- Philo --- Plotinus

CHAPTER 14. ROME
Epictetus
Marcus Aurelius

15. THE TOLTECS
The Sacred Cosmic Ball Game

CHAPTER 16. THE COCHIMI INDIANS

CHAPTER 17. BEETHOVEN, PROMETHEUS OF THE MODERN WORLD
Ode to Joy, from the Chorale of the 9th Symphony

CHAPTER 18. EPILOGUE

CHAPTER 19. APPENDIX: RECOMMENDED FIRST MEDITATIONS

CHAPTER 20 APPENDIX: MAP OF THE MOUNTAIN OF MILLE MEDITATIONS

CHAPTER    LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

3. Symphony of Nature Mountains
Rocks
Trees
Oaks
Creek
Suspension Bridge
Rain
Wind
Sky
Clouds
Flora
Wild Creatures
Sunrise
Sunset
Spring
Winter

4. Sumeria and
     Ancient Persia The World Picture of Zarathustra
The Individual Inventory of Zarathustra
The Ampitheatre of Zarathustra
Sumerian Baths
Zarathustra's Ashen Vohu

5. Ancient Egypt The Sphinx of Akhenaten
Akhenaten

6. India The Ampitheatre of India
The Wheel of Life of Buddha
Buddha's Sanctuary
Yoga Sanctuary
The Wheel of Yogas of Patanjali
The Rock of Upanishads
The Rock of Kabir
The Rock of Tagore

7. Ancient China Lao-tzu and Confucius

8. The Beginning The Rock of Genesis
The Creation

9. Moses The Ten Commandments
Moses

10. Palestine Rock of the Old Testament
The River Jordan

11. The Essenes The Essene Sanctuary
The Essene Tree of Life
The Holy of the Holies
The Rock of Enoch
Symbol of Enoch

12. Jesus and
      Saint Francis Jesus
Saint Francis and the
Canticle to the Sun
Ave Maria and Agnus Dei

13. The Essenes The Essene Sanctuary
The Essene Tree of Life
The Holy of the Holies
The Rock of Enoch
Symbol of Enoch

14. Rome The Rock of Rome
Marcus Aurelius

15. The Toltecs The Sacred Cosmic Ball Game of the Toltecs
and Toltec Symbols, Names, Meanings and Numbers
Movements and Directions of Ball Game
Wooden Idol, Front and Back
Movements of Ball through Wooden Idol
Cosmic Battle of the Toltecs

16. The Cochimi Indians The Rock of the Cochimis

17. Beethoven, Prometheus of the Modern World The Rock of Beethoven

18. Recommended First Meditations

19. Epilogue Sumerian Bath, Front and Back

20. Appendix Map of the Mountain of Mille Meditations

CHAPTER	LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
3. Symphony of Nature	Mountains Rocks Trees Oaks Creek Suspension Bridge Rain Wind Sky Clouds Flora Wild Creatures Sunrise Sunset Spring Winter
4. Sumeria and Ancient Persia	The World Picture of Zarathustra The Individual Inventory of Zarathustra The Ampitheatre of Zarathustra Sumerian Baths Zarathustra's Ashen Vohu
5. Ancient Egypt	The Sphinx of Akhenaten Akhenaten
6. India	The Ampitheatre of India The Wheel of Life of Buddha Buddha's Sanctuary Yoga Sanctuary The Wheel of Yogas of Patanjali The Rock of Upanishads The Rock of Kabir The Rock of Tagore
7. Ancient China	Lao-tzu and Confucius
8. The Beginning	The Rock of Genesis The Creation
9. Moses	The Ten Commandments Moses
10. Palestine	Rock of the Old Testament The River Jordan
11. The Essenes	The Essene Sanctuary The Essene Tree of Life The Holy of the Holies The Rock of Enoch Symbol of Enoch
12. Jesus and Saint Francis	Jesus Saint Francis and the Canticle to the Sun Ave Maria and Agnus Dei
13. The Essenes	The Essene Sanctuary The Essene Tree of Life The Holy of the Holies The Rock of Enoch Symbol of Enoch
14. Rome	The Rock of Rome Marcus Aurelius
15. The Toltecs	The Sacred Cosmic Ball Game of the Toltecs and Toltec Symbols, Names, Meanings and Numbers Movements and Directions of Ball Game Wooden Idol, Front and Back Movements of Ball through Wooden Idol Cosmic Battle of the Toltecs
16. The Cochimi Indians	The Rock of the Cochimis
17. Beethoven, Prometheus of the Modern World	The Rock of Beethoven
18. Recommended First Meditations
19. Epilogue	Sumerian Bath, Front and Back
20. Appendix	Map of the Mountain of Mille Meditations