Morya Federation - Great Quest Year 1 Report

Pham Thuy Duong (Daisy)

January 2017

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Contents

1. Biography ................................................................................................................................. 2

2. Place on the Path ................................................................................................................... 9

3. Rayological Profile ............................................................................................................. 10

4. The Active Chakras ............................................................................................................ 13

5. Summary ................................................................................................................................ 14

References ..................................................................................................................................... 16

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1. Biography

Leonardo da Vinci was one of the greatest minds,

and perhaps the most versatile genius in history.

Although best known for his paintings, Leonardo da

Vinci was also an incredibly talented scientist,

mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist,

sculptor, architect, musician and writer. His

powerful and curious mind covered various fields

of arts and knowledge, and his works were all

original, far advance of his time.

His full birth name was Leonardo di ser Piero da

Vinci. Leonardo was born on April 15, 1452 in the

Tuscan hill town of Vinci, in the lower valley of the

Arno River, Italy. He was an illegitimate son of

Messer Piero Fruosino di Antonio da Vinci, a public

notary and Caterina, a peasant that may have been a servant from the Middle East. Little is

known about his mother Caterina. Leonardo spent his first five years living in a farm house

with his mother in the hamlet of Anchiano. Then he lived in the household of his father,

grandparents and uncle, Francesco in Vinci.

At the age of fourteen, his father took him

to Florence to be an apprentice to one of

the most successful artists of those days in

Italy, Andrea di Cione, known as

Verrocchio. Verrocchio had a big

workshop that was at the centre of the

intellectual currents of Florence. It was

here where Leonardo got the best

education possible in a vast range of

technical skills in drafting, chemistry,

metallurgy, metal working, plaster casting,

leather working, mechanics and carpentry

as well as the artistic skills of drawing, painting, sculpting and modeling. By 1472, when he

was twenty, Leonardo joined the Guild of Saint Luke, an organization of artists and doctors

of medicine. Even having his own studio, Leonardo still enjoyed working at Verrocchio’s

workshop. His earliest known work is a drawing in pen and ink of the Arno River valley

(1473).

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In 1482, Florentine ruler - Lorenzo de'

Medici, demanded Leonardo to create a silver

lyre and bring it as a peace gesture to

Ludovico Sforza – the future Duke of Milan.

For 17 years from 1482 to 1499, Leonardo

worked in Milan in the service of Ludovico, as

an architecture, civil and military engineering

advisor. Parts of his work for Ludovico

included designs for festival and carnival

processions and a dome for Milan Cathedral.

His most important work for the Duke of

Milan was to make a huge statue of Francesco

Sforza, Ludovico's predecessor, on horseback.

Starting with the horse, Leonardo studied,

measured, and drew horses over and over to

get the correct proportions and anatomy. He made a huge horse of clay, called the "Gran

Cavallo" for the casting process. It took him years to collect enough tons of bronze.

Unfortunately, in 1494, Ludovico used all of Leonardo's metal for cannons to defend the

city from the invasion by the French forces.

In 1499, with Ludovico Sforza overthrown in the Italian war, Leonardo fled Milan for

Venice, where he was employed as a military architect and engineer, devising methods to

defend the city from naval attack. In 1500, he returned to Florence, being guest of the

Servite monks at the monastery of Santissima Annunziata and was provided with a

workshop.

In 1502 Leonardo started to work in service for Cesare Borgia, the son of Pope Alexander

VI, as a military architect and engineer and travelling throughout Italy with his patron. He

returned to Florence where he rejoined the Guild of St Luke in 1503. In 1508 he was back

in Milan, living in his own house in the parish of Santa Babila. From 1513 to 1516,

Leonardo spent much of his time living in the Belvedere in the Vatican in Rome.

At the end of 1516, Leonardo accepted the invitation of

the young King Francis I and moved to France together

with his most devoted student Melzi. Leonardo was

given a beautiful house called Clos Lucé near the King’s

summer palace in Amboise. The King expressed a

profound respect for Leonardo, enjoyed visiting often

to listen to him.

After being paralyzed on his right side for two years, Leonardo died at Clos Lucé on May 2,

1519, at the age of 67 and was buried at the Chapel of St. Hubert.

“No man possessed such a

knowledge of painting, sculpture

or architecture as Leonardo, but

the same goes for philosophy. He

was a great philosopher.”

~ King Francis I

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The Death of Leonardo da Vinci in the arms of Francis I

Left (François-Guillaume Ménageot, 1781) and Right (Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, 1818)

The Artist and his Masterpieces

“Painting is concerned with all the ten attributes of sight which are: Darkness, Light, Solidity

and Colour, Form and Position, Distance and Propinquity, Motion and Rest.”

~ Leonardo da Vinci

Desiring to paint things realistically, Leonardo was one

of the first artists exploring the use of light and shadow

technique known as Chiaroscuro, which gave his

paintings the soft, lifelike and 3-D quality. This

innovation eventually became the standard for painters

who followed in the 16th century.

Mona Lisa, also known as La Gioconda, the portrait of

Lisa Gioconda, a wealthy Florentine merchant’s wife, is

perhaps the most admired portrait that has ever been

painted. The painting has been praised as "the best

known, the most visited, the most written about, the

most sung about, the most parodied work of art in the

world." This is due largely to the soulful, mysterious

smile, which has caused much speculation.

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The Last Supper (1495-1498)

The Last Supper is a mural painting on the back wall of the dining hall at the convent of

Santa Maria delle Grazie church in Italy. Considered by many as Leonardo’s greatest

painting, The Last Supper employs all of his anatomy study in the expressions of Christ and

the Apostles.

The Virgin and Child with

St. Anne (1503)

The Virgin of the Rocks

(1483-1486)

The Virgin and Child with St.

Anne and St. John the Baptist

(1499-1500)

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The Anatomist and the Combination of Arts and Science

In order to make paintings

as real as possible,

Leonardo studied anatomy

and analyzing the

proportions of man’s inner

structure. He often watched

doctors perform autopsies

and making lots of notes on

his subjects. Later, he even

dissected on his own plants,

animals and human.

Through careful observing

and documenting

physiological processes and

details of anatomy, he

gained understanding of the respiratory system, skeletal and muscle tissues, brain

anatomy, and digestive and reproductive systems. It was a big contribution in advancing

human knowledge in the Renaissance age. His drawings were so accurate that they are still

used to illustrate anatomy in medical textbooks today.

The Vitruvian Man, also known as the Canon of

Properties or Proportions of Man, is Leonardo’s

famous sketch based on writings of the Roman

architect Marcus Vitruvius living 1500 years earlier.

For Vitruvius, a building should be symmetric and

proportionated to be balance and beautiful and these

attributes can be found always in nature and the

human body is the perfect natural example in

symmetry and proportion. Our human body is the

mathematical reflection of the Phi ratio Fibonacci

series spiral, the golden mean of the Cosmos, the key

and the matrix of life on earth and of all creation.

Through this golden ratio, the harmonious

development of form is connected with the

individual’s need to live according to nature (in the

best and least wasteful way possible). Bringing

together ideas about arts, architecture, human

anatomy, geometry and symmetry, this picture

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represents Leonardo’s attempt to relate man as a cosmography of the microcosm, “the

workings of the human body as an analogy of the workings of the universe.”

The Scientist, the Designer and Inventions of the Future

"Leonardo da Vinci was like a man who awoke too early in the darkness, while the others

were all still asleep." ~ Sigmund Freud

With an inquisitive mind, Leonardo was curious to study nature and how things work. His

works in science and technology were impressive in their diversity and originality. Most of

his scientific theories and inventions were not realized at his time but hundreds years later.

His various inventive designs include bicycle, parachute, helicopter, folding furniture,

extendable ladder, automated musical instruments, swing bridge, dredger, rotating cranes,

robotic knight, water turbines, compass, armored cars, submarines, double-hull boats,

diving suits… etc. Leonardo also pioneered the concept of automation, by designing

machines that can help increase our productivity.

Leonardo was a ‘magical’ artist, sculptor, designer and architect with the power to create,

to think and vivify, to produce ideal beauty in material forms and patterns.

Drawings of a flying machine in Leonardo’s sketchbook

Leonardo was particularly interested in flight that he developed his own mechanics for

flying machines by studying birds and their wing pattern.

“Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward,

for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.” ~ Leonardo da Vinci

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Leonardo’s design of

a self-supporting bridge

Leonardo’s design of perpetual motion machines

Leonardo da Vinci’s sketch of a square

church with central dome and minaret

Leonardo da Vinci's revolving bridge design

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The inspirations for almost all of Leonardo’s designs came from studying and

contemplating on the natural world.

“Nature is the source of all true knowledge. She has her own logic,

her own laws, she has no effect without cause nor invention

without necessity. Human subtlety will never devise an invention

more beautiful, simpler or more direct than does nature because in

her inventions nothing is lacking, and nothing is superfluous.”

~ Leonardo da Vinci

As a botanist, Leonardo discovered and described leaf

arrangement in plants as well as geotropism (the growth of a

living organism in response to gravity) and heliotropism (the

attraction and growth of plants towards the sun). As a geologist,

he was the first to document soil erosion. As an astronomist, he

discovered that the sun does not move and that the earth is not

the center of the universe 40 years before Copernicus; suggesting

the telescope 60 years before Galileo; and anticipating the law of

gravitation 200 years before Newton. Moreover, Leonardo made

significant discoveries and advancements in hydrodynamics,

cartography and alchemy.1

2. Place on the Path

Doctor James Oliver Cyr in the article “The Initiates of Earth”2 wrote that Leonardo da Vinci

together with other great painters Michaelangelo, Raphael, Paulo Veronese…, the

philosophers John Locke and Giordano Bruno, the writer Miguel Cervantes, the composer

Palestrina, the violin maker Antonio Stradivari were among many Initiates involved in the

Renaissance effort, which was designed to pull Europe out of the Dark Ages. On the other

hand, according to the Index of Spiritual Teachers at the Esoteric Philosophy website3,

Leonardo da Vinci, “who was a real human Avatar coming from Mercury, has now left our

solar system for Sirius, where he is the equivalent of an eighth degree initiate.”

I also think that Leonardo had reached the stage of Initiation. His profound thinking of

unity, interconnectedness, inclusiveness, his comprehension on nature and the analogy of

man and the universe, his soulful, multi-talented personality and the great mind far beyond

his time showed us a wise and integrated man with a high level of expanded consciousness.

1 The Profile of a Genius: http://www.andreabalt.com/leonardo-davinci-coverletter

2 The Initiates of Earth: http://www.kuthumi-hands.com/myblogs/initiates.htm 3 Masters, Avatars and Disciples: An Index of Spiritual Teachers:

http://www.esoteric-philosophy.net/mast-av-disc.html

Leonardo’s spiral staircase (resembles a snail’s shell in nature)

in La Rochefoucauld, France.

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3. Rayological Profile

The rayological profile for Leonardo da Vinci would

be proposed as:

- Physical-etheric ray 7

- Emotional ray 2

- Mental ray 5

- Personality ray 4

- Soul ray 4

Physical-etheric Ray 7

Leonardo’s physical body had

characteristics of the 7th ray which

are refine and delicate. One typical

feature of the physical ray 7 is the

graceful use of hands and we know

that Leonardo could write on one

hand and draw with the other hand

at the same time.

In his sketchbooks, Leonardo wrote

with a special kind of shorthand that

he invented himself, a backward

mirror writing style, starting at the

right side of the page and moving to

the left.

Being a vegetarian, Leonardo paid attention to diet and keeping a healthy regime. Here is

his fitness advice, originally in Italian in the form of a poem4:

"If you would keep healthy, follow this regimen: do not eat unless you feel inclined, and sup

lightly: chew well, and let what you take be well cooked and simple. He who takes medicine

does himself harm. Do not give way to anger and avoid close air. Hold yourself upright when

you rise from table and do not let yourself sleep at midday. Be temperate with wine, take a

little frequently, but not at other than the proper meal-times, nor on an empty stomach;

neither protract not delay the [visit to] the privy. When you take exercise let it be moderate.

Do not remain with the belly recumbent and the head lowered, and see that you are well

4 Leonardo da Vinci's Ethical Vegetarianism: http://www.ivu.org/history/davinci/hurwitz.html

Portrait of Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo’s backward, mirror writing

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covered at night. Rest your head and keep your mind cheerful; shun wantonness, and pay

attention to diet." ~ Leonardo da Vinci

Emotional Ray 2

“Tears come from the heart and not from the brain.” ~ Leonardo da Vinci

Emotional ray 2 is calm, inclusive, harmless, very affectionate and compassionate.

Leonardo loved animals so much that he turned vegetarian.

“If man wants freedom why keep birds and animals in cages? Truly man is the king of beasts,

for his brutality exceeds them. We live by the death of others. We are burial places! I have

since an early age abjured the use of meat. The time will come when men such as I will look

upon the murder of animals as they now look upon the murder of men.” ~ Leonardo da Vinci

Mental Ray 5

Mental ray 5 is typical for their analytical mind and powerful research capability. For the

multi-talented Renaissance genius, Science is blended with Arts. More than a great artist,

Leonardo da Vinci was also an excellent scientist, inventor, engineer and anatomist.

www.kidsdiscover.com

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Video clip: Famous Scientist - Leonardo da Vinci https://youtu.be/L6vniKY2B0g

Leonardo da Vinci’s Inventions: http://www.da-vinci-inventions.com/davinci-

inventions.aspx

His detailed anatomical drawings were remarkably accurate that they are used to teach

medical students nowadays5.

“The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.” ~ Leonardo da Vinci

Personality Ray and Soul Ray 4

Ray 4 is the ray of artists, Beauty

and Harmony. Ray 4 soul is rare;

however, Leonardo was alive

during the Renaissance period

when ray 4 was prominent so a

ray 4 soul is not out of place.

Here we have an artistic Initiate

with soul integrated personality

of ray 4. The soul qualities of ray

4 had been demonstrated clearly

in the great artist Leonardo, that

were the power to creatively

express divinity, the constant

search for true harmony, unity and perfection.

5 Leonardo da Vinci's extraordinarily detailed anatomical drawings show he was more than a match for

today's medical technology http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2383273/Leonardo-da-Vincis-drawings-100s-years-ahead-time.html

Leonardo da Vinci painting the Mona Lisa (Cesare Maccari, 1863)

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4. The Active Chakras

Since Leonardo had reached the Initiate stage (as proposed in the 2nd question), his heart,

brow and head chakras must become dominant, and he might be at the 3rd transference of

energy from the base chakra to the head chakra.

The brow chakra represents the highest form of creative intelligence, imagination, and that

is demonstrated obviously in Leonardo’s creative works and original inventions as an

artist, architect, designer, scientist and engineer.

At the 3rd transference, we have the

integrated personality where the soul gained

the control in his life and producing amazing

soulful arts of masterpieces.

"Where the spirit does not work with the hand,

there is no art."

~ Leonardo da Vinci

Flowing through the heart chakra was ray 4,

and through the brow chakra were ray 4 and

ray 5 and through the head chakra was ray 1.

As proposed, we have emotional ray 4 and

mental ray 5 presented in Leonardo da

Vinci’s rayological profile, which added to the

power and intensity of these chakras. The

influences of these rays would tend to be

more in mental and spiritual terms.

With these higher chakras gained ascendancy

in Leonardo’s life and since his proposed soul

ray was also ray 4, we have here a great artist

of high level of mastery and a genius

scientist, far ahead of his time.

“Wisdom is the daughter of experience.” ~ Leonardo da Vinci

“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” ~ Leonardo da Vinci

“The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.” ~ Leonardo da Vinci

“Who sows virtue reaps glory.” ~ Leonardo da Vinci

“As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death.” ~ Leonardo

da Vinci

The Flowers of Life in Leonardo da Vinci's

Sketchbook

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5. Summary

I hypothesise that Leonardo da Vinci had reached the initiate stage on the Spiritual Path.

His ray structure was proposed as following:

Soul ray of 4

Personality ray of 4

Mental ray of 5

Emotional ray of 2

Physical-etheric ray of 7

The ray which he most ably demonstrated was ray 4 which was reflected in his natural

artistic talent, his great contributions in the art world, and his harmonious unity of

approaching both the science of art and the art of science.

Leonardo da Vinci’s Sun Sign is Taurus, flowing through which is the ray 4 of Beauty – Art –

Harmony through Conflict. The exoteric ruler of Taurus is Venus, the planet of the 5th ray,

the ray of mental and rational mind, of science and technology. Here, we have seen the

effects of both ray 4 of art and ray 5 of science blended beautifully in his works and life.

For a Taurus Sun, the negative he needed to overcome is the release of personal desires

and attachments. The esoteric ruler of Taurus is Vulcan, the planet of the 1st ray of Will

Power, the “Blacksmith of the Gods”, dissolving past patterns of behaviour and thought

forms in favor of the soul-infusion process for a growing consciousness, which leads

ultimately to detachment from desires and compulsion of form. Thus, the soul may further

externalize its purpose and work. As the soul-integrated Taurean initiate, Leonardo da

Vinci revealed the divine truth through expressing the harmony, unity and beauty of life.

It was such an interesting and mind-opening experience for me in writing on this amazing

genius. The paper is just a glimpse on his great legacy and mysteries which inspire me to

continue decoding and studying further in the future.

As the perfect integration of mind, body, spirit and soul, Leonardo da Vinci’s greatest lesson

for me is the system view of life, the recognition of the interconnectedness of all things and

phenomena.

“Principles for the Development of a Complete Mind: Study the science of art. Study the art of

science. Develop your senses - especially learn how to see. Realize that everything connects to

everything else.” ~ Leonardo da Vinci

I would like to express my deep gratitude to Morya Federation and especially to my dear

Mentor, Ms. Eva Smith for her kind guidance as always.

Love, Light and Power.

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Leonardo da Vinci’s Astrological Birth Chart

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References

Cover Photo: www.stampworld.de

Content Collage: www.puzzle.de/leonardo-da-vinci-collage-1000-teile-grafika-puzzle.html

Biography, Inventions, Paintings:

www.biography.com/people/leonardo-da-vinci-40396

www.britannica.com/biography/Leonardo-da-Vinci/Last-years-1513-19

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci

www.leonardoda-vinci.org/biography.html

www.leonardodavinci.net/leonardo-da-vinci-biography.jsp

www.leonardodavincisinventions.com

www.da-vinci-inventions.com/davinci-inventions.aspx

www.kidsdiscover.com/shop/issues/leonardo-da-vinci-for-kids

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2383273/Leonardo-da-Vincis-drawings-100s-

years-ahead-time.html

http://soscollemaggio.com/en/leonardo-da-vincis-secret-code.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_references_to_Leonardo_da_Vinci

http://www.angelfire.com/electronic/awakening101/leonardo.html

http://www.andreabalt.com/7-ways-to-think-like-leonardo-da-vinci

Leonardo da Vinci’s Birth Chart: www.astro.com