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The Pike River Mine Explosion
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Blast fears delay search for
29 New Zealand miners
By RAY LILLEY, Associated Press Ray
Lilley, Associated Press
Fri Nov 19, 6:33 pm ET
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_bi_ge/as_new_zealand_mine_explosion
.WELLINGTON, New Zealand – Fears that
dangerous mine gas could trigger a second
explosion stalled rescue crew search efforts
on Saturday at the New Zealand coal mine
where 29 workers are missing nearly a day
after a powerful gas blast struck deep
underground.
Two dazed and slightly injured miners
stumbled to the surface hours after the blast
shot up the 354-foot- (108-meter-) long
ventilation shaft at the Pike River mine on
Friday. Video from the scene showed
blackened trees and light smoke billowing
from the top of the rugged mountain where
the mine is located, near Atarau on New
Zealand's South Island.
Pike River Mine Ltd's chief executive Peter Whittall said it was not known if the men were alive
because nothing had been heard from the 16 employees and 13 contract miners since Friday's
explosion at the mine. Repeated attempts to contact the 29 men had failed.
"We can't risk sending men into the mine until we know exactly what (the quality of the gas) is,"
he said.
A coal-gas explosion was the most likely cause of Friday's major blast, Whittall said.
"There could be another explosion," said mine safety expert David Feickert, who noted that
officials don't yet know what caused the original ignition, and rescuers will enter the mine only
when it is safe.
Whittall said officials would have enough analysis by later Saturday to decide whether a rescue
team can go in, adding that the missing miners would have to deal with such hazards as air
pollution, high levels of methane and carbon dioxide, and low levels of oxygen.
Each miner carried 30 minutes of oxygen, enough to reach oxygen stores in the mine that would
allow them to survive for "several days," said Pike River chairman John Dow.
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"This is a search and rescue operation, and we are going to bring these guys home," police
superintendent Gary Knowles told reporters.
A company official had earlier said that five men had come out of the mine, based on
information provided by the two men who had surfaced. By Saturday morning, however,
officials had seen no sign of the other three men.
Unlike the accident in Chile, where 33 men were rescued from a gold and copper mine last
month after being trapped a half-mile (one kilometer) underground for 69 days, Pike River
officials have to worry about the presence of methane, Feickert said.
He added, however, that the Pike River mine has two exits, while the mine in Chile had only one
access shaft that was blocked.
It could be days before it is safe enough for special teams to enter the mine, said Tony
Kokshoorn, mayor of nearby Greymouth.
Electricity went out shortly before Friday's explosion and that failure may have caused
ventilation problems and contributed to a buildup of gas. The power outage continued to frustrate
efforts Saturday to pump in fresh air and make it safe for rescuers.
Whittall said rescue crews were trying to get accurate gas samples as they couldn't risk sending
men in till they had definitive tests.
Damage to the upper part of mine shaft in the explosion meant "we can't get accurate samples,"
he said. Fresh air was being pumped into the mine, but officials still did not know where the men
were.
Energy Minister Gerry Brownlee said gas experts from Australia were flying in to help analyze
the gas in the mine. Chile and Australia had both offered assistance, with Australian "Foreign
Minister (Kevin) Rudd making it clear that the Australian government would do whatever to help
here."
Australian and British nationals were among the missing men, he said.
Kokshoorn was hopeful the missing workers could survive like the Chilean miners, whose rescue
— played out on live television — captivated the world.
"We are holding on to hope," Kokshoorn said. "Look at Chile, all those miners were trapped and
they all came out alive."
Kokshoorn said his community was "grief-stricken" about the 29 miners missing in the mine and
had "ground to a halt" as they wait for news about the men.
"The families out there ... are all rallying together at the moment, we're doing everything we can
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for them but it's a serious situation down there," he told TV3's "The Nation" program.
"We hope they've (the missing miners) got to ventilated shafts sucking in oxygen. We're praying
for them," he said.
Mine rescue teams were "working their guts out" trying to get into the mine and were well
trained for emergency situations.
"Incredible" offers of support were flooding in from around the world, including "search and
rescue teams from Australia ... airlines around the world ... saying (they'll) bring anyone,
anywhere, anything you want. It's just been fantastic," Kokshoorn said.
Whittall had said Friday that 27 were missing, but on Saturday he told a news conference the
number was 29 — 16 miners employed by the company and 13 contractors.
The coal seam at the mine is reached through a 1.4-mile (2.3-kilometer) horizontal tunnel into
the mountain. The seam lies about 650 feet (200 meters) beneath the surface. According to the
company's website, the vertical ventilation shaft rises 354 feet (108 meters) from the tunnel to
the surface.
Pike River spokesman Dick Knapp confirmed late Friday the mine had been rocked by a gas
explosion, but said its cause was still unknown. It also was not clear if all of the workers
underground were together.
Deputy Mayor Doug Truman said the blast was so powerful that one of the workers who came
out of the mine described being only a mile (1,500 meters) inside the shaft when he was blown
off his machine.
"The mine vents have ... scorch marks — so it must have been a reasonably big explosion,"
Truman told New Zealand's National Radio.
Brownlee said the explosion occurred about 3:45 p.m. (0245 GMT Friday, 9:45 p.m. EST
Thursday), and the last contact with any of the miners was about a half-hour later. That contact
was with one of the two men who came out.
The two men who surfaced were taken to a hospital for treatment of minor injuries and were
being interviewed to determine what happened, Whittall said.
Whittall said the horizontal tunnel would make any rescue easier than a steep-angled shaft.
"We're not a deep-shafted mine so men and rescue teams can get in and out quite effectively, and
they'll be able to explore the mine quite quickly," he said.
While Pike River Coal is a New Zealand-registered company, its majority owners are Australian.
There are also Indian shareholders.
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Pike River has operated since 2008, mining a seam with 58.5 million tons of coal, the largest-
known deposit of hard coking coal in New Zealand, according to its website.
It said its coal preparation plant at the site is the largest and most modern in New Zealand and
processes up to 1.5 million tons of raw coal a year. It is country's largest single source of coal
exports.
The mine is not far from the site of one of New Zealand's worst mining disasters — an
underground explosion in the state-owned Strongman Mine on Jan. 19, 1967, that killed 19
workers.
New Zealand has a generally safe mining sector, with 181 people killed in 114 years. The worst
disaster was in March 1896, when 65 died in a gas explosion. Friday's explosion occurred in the
same coal seam.
___
Associated Press writer Tanalee Smith in Adelaide, Australia, contributed to this report.
New Zealand Coal
Mine Explosion; 27
Missing In Pike River
Blast
RAY LILLEY | 11/19/10 08:45
PM |
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Search efforts for 29 workers missing after a powerful blast
tore through a coal mine in New Zealand were stalled Saturday over fears that a buildup of
dangerous gas could trigger a second underground explosion.
Repeated attempts to contact the 16 employees and 13 contract miners after Friday's explosion at
the Pike River mine have failed, and it was not known if the men were still alive, Pike River
Mine Ltd's chief executive Peter Whittall said. The blast was most likely caused by coal gas
igniting, he said.
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Two dazed and slightly injured miners stumbled to the surface hours after the blast shot up the
mine's 354-foot- (108-meter-) long ventilation shaft. Video from the scene showed blackened
trees and light smoke billowing from the top of the rugged mountain where the mine is located,
near Atarau on New Zealand's South Island.
Search controller, police superintendent Gary Knowles, said they were still waiting for air test
results from the mine before search teams can be sent in.
"As the search commander I'm not prepared to put people on the ground until we can be sure it's
a safe environment," he said.
Whittall said the hazard for rescuers was the danger of something sparking a gas explosion.
"Putting on a (protective) suit, putting on a mask, won't protect you if the mine blows up," or
protect the missing miners, he said.
It could be days before it is safe enough for special teams to enter the mine, said Tony
Kokshoorn, mayor of nearby Greymouth.
The missing miners would have to deal with numerous hazards, including air pollution, high
levels of methane and carbon dioxide, and low levels of oxygen, he said. Each miner carried 30
minutes of oxygen, enough to reach oxygen stores in the mine that would allow them to survive
for "several days," said Pike River chairman John Dow.
"This is a search and rescue operation, and we are going to bring these guys home," Knowles
told reporters.
Unlike the mine accident in Chile where 33 men were rescued from a gold and copper mine last
month after being trapped a half-mile (one kilometer) underground for 69 days, Pike River
officials have to worry about the presence of methane, mine safety expert David Feickert said.
He added, however, that the Pike River mine has two exits, while the mine in Chile had only one
access shaft that was blocked.
Electricity went out shortly before Friday's explosion and that failure may have caused
ventilation problems and contributed to a buildup of gas. The power outage continued to frustrate
efforts Saturday to pump in fresh air and make it safe for rescuers.
Kokshoorn was hopeful the missing workers could survive like the Chilean miners, whose rescue
– played out on live television – captivated the world.
"We are holding on to hope," Kokshoorn said. "Look at Chile, all those miners were trapped and
they all came out alive."
He said his community was "grief-stricken" about the missing miners and had "ground to a halt"
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as they wait for news about the men.
"The families out there ... are all rallying together at the moment, we're doing everything we can
for them but it's a serious situation down there," he told TV3's "The Nation" program.
"We're praying for them," he said.
Australian and British nationals were among the missing men, Energy Minister Gerry Brownlee
said.
The coal seam at the mine is reached through a 1.4-mile (2.3-kilometer) horizontal tunnel into
the mountain. The seam lies about 650 feet (200 meters) beneath the surface. According to the
company's website, the vertical ventilation shaft rises 354 feet (108 meters) from the tunnel to
the surface.
Deputy Mayor Doug Truman said the blast was so powerful that one of the workers who came
out of the mine described being only a mile (1,500 meters) inside the shaft when he was blown
off his machine.
"The mine vents have ... scorch marks – so it must have been a reasonably big explosion,"
Truman told New Zealand's National Radio.
Brownlee said the explosion occurred about 3:45 p.m. (0245 GMT Friday, 9:45 p.m. EST
Thursday), and the last contact with any of the miners was about a half-hour later. That contact
was with one of the two men who came out.
The two men who surfaced were taken to a hospital for treatment of minor injuries and were
being interviewed to determine what happened, Whittall said.
Whittall said the horizontal tunnel would make any rescue easier than a steep-angled shaft.
"We're not a deep-shafted mine so men and rescue teams can get in and out quite effectively, and
they'll be able to explore the mine quite quickly," he said.
While Pike River Coal is a New Zealand-registered company, its majority owners are Australian.
There are also Indian shareholders.
Pike River has operated since 2008, mining a seam with 58.5 million tons of coal, the largest-
known deposit of hard coking coal in New Zealand, according to its website.
It said its coal preparation plant at the site is the largest and most modern in New Zealand and
processes up to 1.5 million tons of raw coal a year. It is country's largest single source of coal
exports.
The mine is not far from the site of one of New Zealand's worst mining disasters – an
underground explosion in the state-owned Strongman Mine on Jan. 19, 1967, that killed 19
workers.
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New Zealand has a generally safe mining sector, with 181 people killed in 114 years. The worst
disaster was in March 1896, when 65 died in a gas explosion. Friday's explosion occurred in the
same coal seam.
Star Chart Coordinates are for Atarau, New Zealand, 9.9 mi (14.3 km, 7.7 arc min, 0.26
lunar/solar dia.) south of Pike River Mine
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Zenith over Pike River Mine at reported time of explosion near Atarau, New Zealand on
11/19/10 3:45 PM NZDT
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Nadir under Pike River Mine at reported time of explosion near Atarau, New Zealand on
11/19/10 3:45 PM NZDT
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South horizon at Pike River Mine at reported time of explosion near Atarau, New Zealand on
11/19/10 3:45 PM NZDT
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West horizon at Pike River Mine at reported time of explosion near Atarau, New Zealand on
11/19/10 3:45 PM NZDT
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North horizon at Pike River Mine at reported time of explosion near Atarau, New Zealand on
11/19/10 3:45 PM NZDT
With Saint John's head behind the rising Swan and upside down Northern Cross
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North horizon at Pike River Mine at reported time of explosion near Atarau, New Zealand on
11/19/10 3:45 PM NZDT
With the King of Kings following the rising Swan and upside down Northern Cross
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East horizon at Pike River Mine at reported time of explosion near Atarau, New Zealand on
11/19/10 3:45 PM NZDT
With the Sign of Jonah and the resurrection of the dead, while Jupiter, Uranus, Vernal Equinox
2010 and the Moon form a straight line through Pisces, the Nazarene, to Aries, the Sacrificial
Lamb.
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East horizon at Pike River Mine at reported time of explosion near Atarau, New Zealand on
11/19/10 3:45 PM NZDT
With the Sentiment for Osiris and the resurrection of the dead, while Jupiter, Uranus, Vernal
Equinox 2010 and the Moon form a straight line that cuts the tears of Hathor in the Sea of Reeds.
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Zenith expansion at Pike River Mine at reported time of explosion near Atarau, New Zealand on
11/19/10 3:45 PM NZDT
With the Right arm of the Father and Gateway of Gods alignment 3 minutes before the reported
explosion on 11/19/10 3:42 PM NZDT when the electrical power shut off.
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Nadir expansion at Pike River Mine at reported time of explosion near Atarau, New Zealand on
11/19/10 3:45 PM NZDT
With the Gateway of Men alignment 3 minutes before the reported explosion on 11/19/10 3:42
PM NZDT when the electrical power shut off.
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Nadir expansion at Pike River Mine at reported time of explosion near Atarau, New Zealand on
11/19/10 3:45 PM NZDT
With the Staff of the Good Shepherd alignment 3 minutes before the reported explosion on
11/19/10 3:42 PM NZDT when the electrical power shut off.
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Hope died swiftly, but the grief will never end. November 25, 2010
Pike River Mine Explosion A View of Divine Intent. Transcendence and the Revelation
of John Taste of Death
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187h5.html
New Zealand mourns miners
New Zealand's PM John Key says his country is mourning after a second explosion removed any
hope of the 29 trapped miners being alive.
In one shattering moment, days of pent-up emotion finally erupted. Andrew Stevenson reports
from Greymouth. For five days a wave of grief had been held at bay by the sustaining power of
hope in the small mining communities around Greymouth on the west coast of New Zealand's
South Island.
Built by hour and day against the dictates of reason, the constraint of facts about explosions and
the realities of fire and gas, hope was all relatives and friends of the 29 miners had.
Then, in one raw moment all hope was dashed.
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A second explosion at the Pike River mine, bigger and uglier than the first, ripped through the
mine yesterday afternoon. Perhaps the 29 men were already dead; certainly, they are now. The
mine, not a hole in the ground but a living, breathing beast, had roared again.
At 2.37 pm, when the Pike River chief executive, Peter Whittall, was at the mine, smoke started
spewing from the main shaft. ''In my subjective opinion it was larger and stronger and lasted
longer and it was not what I wanted to see,'' he said.
News travels fast in small communities but at 4pm the families and relatives of the 29 missing
men walked into the rescue briefing in a Greymouth hall completely ignorant of what had
happened. The briefing began as these briefings had for days, with technical talk of bore holes
and robots.
''It got started as normal and there was quite a lot of optimism because of the fact the robots were
getting down there,'' the Grey District mayor, Tony Kokshoorn, said.
Then the news. A second explosion, news itself powerful enough to bring people to the floor,
sobbing. Whittall told them: ''There was an enormous explosion. There's no way anyone could
have survived it.''
Anger rose quickly; the police, who some believed had frustrated rescue efforts with an over-
cautious approach, were the first target.
But love and comfort won out. ''We just started consoling each other,'' Kokshoorn said. ''But
there were some distraught people.
''This is the west coast's darkest hour, I'm telling you. It doesn't get worse than this.
It's just devastation. They don't know what to do. They just sobbed openly and just fell to the
floor.''
The police superintendent Gary Knowles also witnessed the explosion. ''I was at the mine myself
when this occurred and the blast was horrific,'' he said. ''It is our belief that no one has survived
and that everyone will have perished.''
He then had to face the relatives. ''I had to break to news to the families and they are extremely
distraught,'' he said. ''This is one of the most tragic things I have had to do as a police officer.''
For five days families and relatives had formed an increasingly stern and sombre parade passed
the gathered media on their in and out of twice-daily briefings. They went in sombre again
yesterday but left weeping and heartbroken.
''It's just blown up. That's it: they're all dead,'' Lawrie Drew, father of Zen, 21, said. ''It blew up
again.''
Drew was one of several relatives whose frustration had boiled with the pace of the rescue
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process. Mining folklore says the moments after an explosion are the safest time to enter a mine
but no teams were allowed in.
A robot was put down the tunnel and promptly broke down when water dripped from the mine
roof and, with the hours ticking by, a search began for another. Safety was paramount.
But not all feel that way. Neville Rockhouse has borne more suffering this week than any man
should have to. The mine's safety and training manager, he had two sons - both of whom he had
found work for at Pike River - down the mine on Friday.
Daniel, 24, was one of only two men to survive the first blast. After that miraculous escape came
the news that night that Neville's father had died from a heart attack. Then yesterday, even more
grieving: Ben, 21, was never coming home.
Rockhouse was the first man to reach Whittall after the news was announced. ''He gave me a big
hug and said, 'We did everything we could,' '' the mine manager revealed.
Some will still cling to hope and perhaps recalculate the chances of an even bigger miracle of
survival. Whittall refused to rule it out even as the focus switched to recovering the bodies.
''My team are going to have to start assessing tonight, what next?'' he said.
''What do we do with the mine? Regardless of what's happened, if the men are no longer alive,
which is most likely, I still want them back and the families want them back and we'll be doing
everything we can to make that happen.''
But another explosion remains a distinct possibility. The mine is still not safe, methane is being
released and fire continues. The combustive possibilities remain.
David Bell, a University of Canterbury expert in engineering and mining geology said the
methane levels had made a second explosion ''almost inevitable''. Fire and methane remain in the
closed confines of the mine and even retrieving the bodies could take weeks or months.
Hope died swiftly, but the grieving will go on a long time.
''They'd all held out hope that is was their son or their husband or their brother that would be the
lucky one. They've all held that hope out, but I'd have to say they are all feeling that hope is now
gone.'' Whittall said.
''They've got a terrible, terrible thing to deal with now.''
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Zenith during 2nd Explosion at Pike River Mine, November 24, 2010 2:37 PM
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Nadir during 2nd Explosion at Pike River Mine, November 24, 2010 2:37 PM
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Expanded Zenith during 2nd Explosion at Pike River Mine, November 24, 2010 2:37 PM.
Mars and the Red Crown aligned with the zenith meridian above the Pike River Mine where the
Heavenly Father lifted up the spirits of 29 Miners.
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Expanded Nadir during 2nd Explosion at Pike River Mine, November 24, 2010 2:37 PM
Capella, the She Goat aligned with the nadir meridian and the Moon sat directly upon the current
northern summer solstice.
In New Zealand the northern summer solstice, the time of life, is the southern winter solstice, the
time of death.
The nadir points for the two explosions were in the House of the Good Shepherd, while the Earth
cast a shadow toward the Seven Sisters.
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South horizon during 2nd Explosion at Pike River Mine, November 24, 2010 2:37 PM
The Great Moari rose from the southeast horizon as the Feather of Truth slid into the southwest
horizon.
The implied sacrifice of the 29 men, whose combine wish was to care for those who were not in
the mine, is now an eternal memory.
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West horizon during 2nd Explosion at Pike River Mine, November 24, 2010 2:37 PM
The Dreams of Rebirth from the mine were dashed by the smoke that arose when the Top of the
World went underground.
The Dream of Heaven came down at 2:37 pm on November 24, 2010; as above, so below.
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North horizon during 2nd Explosion at Pike River Mine, November 24, 2010 2:37 PM
The Great Man, Hercules, stood as a memorial to the 29 Miners while the Swan Song rose in the
north east and the Great Shepherd went under ground in the northwest.
Across the horizon the Great Shepherd-Hunter-Husband settled down to earth in the northwest,
while Quetzalcoatl rose in the northeast with the legacy of the 29 miners.
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East horizon during 2nd Explosion at Pike River Mine, November 24, 2010 2:37 PM
Aquarius arose in the east, while the Sign of Jonah came too late for the recovery of the living
bodies of the 29 miners.
Yet, the ascending of Al Buraq and the Maori with the Phoenix imply that their spirits will be
memorialized as legacies of Great Men.
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A Memorial and a View Toward Divine Intent
Hope died swiftly.
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The Board of Pike River Coal Limited has established a relief fund to support the families and
communities of the men who have tragically lost their lives at the Pike River Coal Mine.
Mr Dow noted that New Zealand Oil & Gas Limited had advised him this morning that it would
contribute $500,000 to the Fund.
“We will match this with $500,000 from Pike River Coal,” Mr Dow said.
Thus, in their sacrifices, these 29 Miners will leave a legacy and substance to care for the living.
This is the meaning of the Good Shepherd being present at the nadir of the two blasts that
memorialized the journey of the 29 miners at Pike River Mine.
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As the Earth passed the Seven Sisters, these 29 miners were taken up on the Chariot of Fire
where Abraham, Elijah, Moses, and Jesus await the arrival in the Mansion of the Sun.
The celestial location was above the Gateway of Men and the Chariot of the Gods where many
men have been sacrificed for the sake of their kin.
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At the Gateway of Men the Patriarch, Abraham, was told to sacrifice his son (Hebrew Isaac,
Muslim Ishmael).
The sacrifice of the son represents the sacrifice of the personal I Am for the sake of the Universal
I AM.
The two explosions marked the front and the back side of Abraham in the heavens directly under
the Pike River Mine.
In short, this is where the 29 Men went to the Heavenly Abode.
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The location at the well of the seven daughters of Jethro is where Moses began his journey to see
the Promised Land.
The two nadir positions tell us that the 29 Miners went with Moses while at the overlook to the
Promised Land.
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The chariot of fire that carried Elijah also carried the 29 Miners, for they left their families
behind, as did Elijah.
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In the Transfiguration of Christ we are told that a monument was made to signify the communion
of Jesus with Elijah and Moses.
Oddly enough Abraham was not part of the transfiguration communion. But Christ, being both
Lamb and Son of God, could not sacrifice himself at the Gateway of Men.
Rather, at the nadir location of the 29 Miners we are shown that they were in the Good
Shepherd's House.
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The four celestial events in the Land Under the Land include the Solar Eclipse of July 11, 2010,
Rescue of 33 Miners at San Jose Mine, Rescue of a Christ Child, and the Loss of 29 Miners at
the Pike River Mine. Each of these events had cosmic alignments that draw a clear focus on the
Celtic Cross that is the ancient Sign of the Times. There are six positions on the arms of the cross
including the center, the four circle intersections and the foot of the cross. They mark the axis of
the ecliptic plane, the four prime meridians of the ecliptic plane, and the axis of the galaxy.
Necessarily there are two Celtic crosses in the heavens, one at the north poles and one at the
south poles. Legends tell us that the northern solstitial cross is that of St. Patrick, for he drove the
serpents out of Ireland. Legends also tell us that the southern solstitial cross is that of St. Peter,
the fisherman whose cross bore him up side down. The four celestial events identify the Four
Corners of the Cosmos for which the Four Gospels have been dedicated and named.
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In the image above we have the Lamb of Christ surrounded by a Man, a Lion, a Bull, and an
Eagle. These are the icons of books of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.
The five signs represent Aries, Aquarius, Leo, Taurus, and the combination of Ophiuchus,
Aquila, Serpens, and Scorpio, with Antinous and Bootes representing the destination of man
when the spirit of man is lifted up in the eagle. The child on the eagle, Aquila, is Antinous,
which means not or against the Nous, which is associated with the following definition of nous.
1. Nous in Philosophy.
a. Reason and knowledge as opposed to sense perception.
b. The rational part of the individual human soul.
c. The principle of the cosmic mind or soul responsible for the rational order of the cosmos.
d. In Stoicism, the equivalent of Logos.
e. In Neo-Platonism, the image of the absolute good, containing the cosmos of intelligible beings.
The child on the wings of the eagle is that essence for which Revelation is intended as it transits
the Great Red Dragon of Scorpio-Libra by being lifted up by the Heavenly Father of Ophiuchus
and Serpens to the Great Man of Bootes. Bootes represents the ascended Nous and the "absolute
good" of a man relative to the cosmos. Thus, the Gospel of John is revealing the Gateway of
Gods.
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Moses begins his messianic journey at Jethro’s well when he protected the Seven Sisters from
the tyrannical shepherds. Jesus came to the same place as the Good Shepherd in the
Transfiguration of the Christ.
At the Gateway of Men we are given the witnesses of the Transfiguration in Matt 17, Mark 9,
Luke 9.
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The Transfiguration is presented in different terms in John 1:26-34 where John's universal
perspective comes through.
John the Baptist is the one under the Sacred Waters at the Gateway of Men, while the Father at
the Gateway of Gods is He who walks upon the water.
The image is acquired by looking from beyond and beneath the Milky Way back toward Orion in
the Mansion of the Sun in the underside of the Milky Way and also beyond Earth upward toward
Ophiuchus in the Mansion of the Sun in the upper side of the Milky Way. The Milky Way is the
dividing plane between the Earth and Abyss below and the Heaven and Absolute Good above.
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Transcendence and the Revelation of John
Pike River Mine Explosion Hope died swiftly. A View of Divine Intent Taste of
Death
Returning to the full view of the Gateway of Gods we see the complete story of the
transfiguration of Antinous into Nous.
The day after Venus ended its retrograde movement the 1st Blast occurred at the Pike River
Mine.
The day Venus passed the vernal equinox of 1 AD the 2nd Blast Occurred.
During that time period the Sun moved across the Libra - Scorpio boundary at the location of the
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circumcision of the Great Red Dragon.
Mars and Mercury moved from between the legs of Ophiuchus to the "right" leg spanning the
heel of the figure with Mars directly on the meridian.
The meridian had moved between the two blasts from the current winter solstice and the "right
arm" of the Father and squared itself with the face of the strong man, Hercules, the Father's Son.
This motion of the meridian is the precessional direction and is associated with the
transfiguration of Antinous into Bootes (Nous).
This action takes a prodigal mother's son and makes him a Groom for the Virgin. This is why the
region is known as the Gateway of Gods. Here is the place where the sacrifice of the Son of God
saves all who achieve victory over the Great Red Dragon and death.
Only those who can visualize the spiritual action of the Four Horses of the Apocalypse
(Sagittarius, Scorpio, Libra, Centaurus: I See, I Desire, I Balance, I Transcend) can raise the
spirit of prodigal son to that of the Father in Heaven.
All of this transition comes with the sacrifice of 29 Men at the Pike River Mine so as to gain the
attention of the human population and to reveal the need to restore the Signs of the Times.
The Anointed One is the one at the center of the solstitial cross that identifies the celestial
moment of the I Am.
The Anointed One is in a constant state of birth and death being sacrificed with every passing
moment of the I Am, which is Now. Now is not about the past or the future and Now has no
value called Time. Those who join the I Am in the Here and Now have found victory over all the
bindings of Time.
We are drawn to witness the celestial event by the Synchronicity at Pike River Mine.
In this way, the 29 Men did not die in vain, but were unknowing participants in the Voice of the
Lord reestablishing the Signs of the Time, for the Kingdom of Heaven is always at hand.
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The Lord of the North is the King of Kings, and the four icons of the Gospel authors tell us that
this is the time when the King of the Mansion of the Sun ascends to the north celestial pole. That
kingdom arrives as Cepheus when the vernal equinox enters the man, Aquarius, the autumnal
equinox enters the lion, Leo, the summer solstice enters the bull, Taurus. Critical to the whole
process is the transit of anti-reason to reason as depicted at the Gateway of Gods. The icon of
John is a composite.
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The Great Red Dragon is defeated in Revelation 12 as the Unbalanced Desire is circumcised into
Scorpio and Libra, meaning Balanced Desire, or Nous.
The Father, Ophiuchus, is the winter solstice point of the New Kingdom and the son, Antinous,
rides the Eagle to symbolize the restoration of the prodigal human civilization.
It is the relationship with Aquila-Serpens-Virgo that provides the other icon of St. John being a
chalice and a serpent. The coiled serpent is a symbol of genetic wisdom, i.e., blood wisdom.
This solstitial cross is from a chapel window at St. John's Seminary in Camarillo, California.
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Now we have sufficient information to identify the Signs of the Times for which the sacrifice at
the Pike River Mine is a just a blood offering.
The Southern Solstitial Cross is shown above with the clockwise movement of the solstitial
beast, the Sacrificial Lamb, the I Am.
The ecliptic arc above the Milky Way represents the Ark of Noah where all the creatures of the
Earth are transported from the galactic center to Gemini, two by two.
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In the view toward the Northern Solstitial Cross the movement of the Signs of the Times is
counterclockwise and the North Pole will remain in the House of the King of Kings for the next
eight millennia. The ecliptic arc above the Milky Way represents the Arc of the Covenant that
ends counterclockwise at the "Bow in the Cloud." At the top from the arc of the ecliptic to the
arc of the galaxy is the Temple of Solomon with Uranus and Jupiter pointing toward the current
vernal equinox. These are the Four Corners of the World, and the Four Beasts of the Apocalypse
of John. The sacrificial lamb, which is always the I Am of Now, must be restored to its proper
place if man is to comprehend the True Universal Word.
To the 29 Souls who rode the Chariot of the Gods and passed through St. John's Gateway, we
cherish your memory and we cherish the memory of the Anointed One whose kingdom has no
end. He came as Aquarius when man had lost Faith, Hope, and Charity. But, as these 29 Miners
went to the Good Shepherd’s House, we saw that Time had come to the Virgin as Love was
reborn. The majesty of this vision is beyond human words, for they are the Word made Flesh.
Although "the grief will never end" these deaths were not in vain. The Creator had no recourse
with regard to self centered man. Death is the best reminder that life is a precious gift.
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Taste of Death
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Pike River Mine Explosion Hope died swiftly. A View of Divine Intent Transcendence and the
Revelation of John
Four explosions occurred at the Pike River mine, two after Hope Died Swiftly. The span of the
zenith meridian expanded to include the Bow In The Cloud and the complete tail of the Great
Red Dragon. The Altar of Noah, after whose journey the Bow In The Cloud was seen. The Altar
was the Red Crown of Egypt, which represented the cosmic Shepherd's Experience, or maturity.
Here are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse of John, Sagittarius, Scorpio, Libra,
and Centaurus. Their message is simple. The Gateway of Gods is open to those who
acquire the Shepherd’s Experience. The Shepherd's Experience is the rational order
(neter) of the heavens and the earth, and the Great Red Dragon casts the 3rd Part of the
Stars of Heaven to the Earth (ecliptic). The depth of symbolism is substantial, and
even the hieroglyph for god is present in the mouth of the male crocodile.
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At the Gateway of Men we witness the Son of Man whose raised arm was at the Summer
Solstice where the Moon set at 2:37 pm when Hope Died. If we allow the Moon to speak it tells
us that the 1st Explosion occurred on the east line of Pisces where the Vernal Sun set in 30 AD,
the year the Son of God died. When the second explosion occurred, Hope Died at the Pike Rive
Mine, and the Moon sat at the Northern Summer Solstice of 2010. When the third explosion
occurred at the Pike Rive Mine, the Moon sat at the Northern Summer Solstice of 1 AD when the
Son of God was born in Bethlehem. When the fourth explosion occurred at the Pike Rive Mine
the Moon sat at the front paw of the Lion of Judah in the Kingdom of Heaven.
The nadir oscillated back and forth on the Chariot of the Gods as the meridian bound the Son of
Man and the Bands of Orion were revealed in the midst. Yet, the sweet influences of the Pleiades
still carried the shadow of the Earth to the Hyades, and Jethro's Well. Around the planet that is
the Woman clothed in the Sun with the Moon under foot there was great Lunacy regarding the
Son of Man and the Son of God. The journey of the Moon across the Gateway of Men from
Judas Iscariot to the boundary marking the 1st of Cancer spans the whole spring season at the
beginning of the Common Era.
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The descending lunar node was passed between the second and third explosion in the House that
carried the Summer Solstice for the complete passing of the Common Era. Yet, nowhere in the
annals of Western Civilization are we told that the Northern Summer Solstice occurred at the
Tropic of Gemini. Blinded by the Children of Aries, the Children of Pisces were in a catatonic
state of mind as if the stars themselves had lost all comprehension.
Now that the Northern Summer Solstice is in the House of St. Luke (Taurus), the true summer
solstice of Gemini cannot ever occur, for by the time the summer solstice returns to Twins will
have lost their heads as the stars that gave birth to the “I Think” lose their heads up position due
to proper motion of Castor and Pollux. The bodies will remain essentially intact, however the
Sacred Name might better be “I Elude” or “I Distort” as comprehension passes by.
As the 2nd Explosion occurred the Moon sat upon the dragline of the foot of the Man in Gemini.
A constellation whose sacred name is "I Think" never received the thoughts of Man. Instead, the
Twins of Auriga and Perseus are struggling with the Head of Orion, a.k.a., John the Baptist, for
the money bag hidden in the satchel of the Medusa. The message of the Transfiguration of Christ
needs to be heard loud and clear, and it would appear that 29 Miners in Pike River Mine were
sacrificed to remind us where we are. We have worn the Red Crown of the Great Shepherd
Experience and we now have the Taste of Death to remind us that a Life Filled with Thought has
passed us by.
Mark 9
1
And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which
shall not TASTE of DEATH, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power. 2And
after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into an high
mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them. 3And his raiment became
shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them. 4And there appeared
unto them Elias with Moses: and they were talking with Jesus. 5And Peter answered and said to
Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and
one for Moses, and one for Elias. 6For he wist not what to say; for they were sore afraid. 7And
there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my
beloved Son: hear him. 8And suddenly, when they had looked round about, they saw no man any
more, save Jesus only with themselves. 9And as they came down from the mountain, he charged
them that they should tell no man what things they had seen, till the Son of man were risen from
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the dead. 10And they kept that saying with themselves, questioning one with another what the
rising from the dead should mean.
Revelation 7:17
For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them,
and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters:
and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
Between August 5 and October 13, 2010 thirty-three miners were trapped a half mile
underground as Venus traversed the full body of Virgo. Within five days after Venus went
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retrograde the miners were rescued. The four days later St. Mary MacKillop became the first
Australian saint. On the day the Venus ended retrograde motion a child was rescued from a well
in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Within twenty-four hours the Pike River Mine exploded and 29
Miners were trapped as Venus passed the Autumn Equinox of 1 AD.
The journey of Venus through Virgo marked two very important dates, the Autumnal Equinoxes
of 1 AD and 2010 AD. Miraculous rescues and sanctification occurred and then came the
sacrifice at Pike River Mine. The times marked by the four explosions at the Pike River Mine
revealed the Messianic Message of the whole age when Virgo held the Autumn Equinox. All of
these events and correspondences have a direct relationship with the Total Solar Eclipse at Easter
Island on July 11, 2010. They all tell us that we have failed to maintain a working understanding
of the Signs of the Times and that we must restore awareness of them to avoid chaos. Venus
became a technical Morning Star on October 18, 2010 the day after Mary MacKillop was
canonized. Venus became a visible light before dawn when it came out of retrograde and passed
the Autumn Equinox of 1 AD.
Revelation 22:16-50 (King James Version)
16
I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and
the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star. 17And the Spirit and the bride say,
Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever
will, let him take the water of life freely. 18For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of
the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the
plagues that are written in this book: 19And if any man shall take away from the words of the
book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy
city, and from the things which are written in this book. 20He which testifieth these things saith,
Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus. 21The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ
be with you all. Amen.
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When we back off from the travails in the Land Down Under and widen our view, we witness in
the heavens the words of Revelation 12:1-5. Every detail of the movement of Venus and the
rescues and deaths in the Land Down Under tell us that human justice does not rise to Divine
Justice. Venus crossed the ecliptic going down as it entered the modern constellation of Virgo.
Passing the star Spica, the Virgin’s alpha star, the planet identified with Love entered the Claws
of the Great Red Dragon and turned back. Then came the rescue of 33 Miners at the San Jose
Mine and four days later the first saint of Australia is canonized. The person of the saint, Mary
MacKillop, was excommunicated for a short period because she stood up against child abuse
within her church.
As Venus came back to the "Womb of Virgo" and turned around at the end of 40 days of
retrograde, a three year old child was rescued from a well. Following the rescue of the child in
Argentina, an explosion at the Pike River Mine near Atarau, New Zealand trapped 29 Miners as
2 Miners escaped. Over the following nine days three explosions at the Pike River Mine resulted
in the transition of the 29 Miners as their travail revealed the Four Horses of the Apocalypse. The
time message from the solar eclipse at Easter Island to the fourth explosion at the Pike River
Mine is that the stars reveal the Mind of God.
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The Astronomy, or what it is...
The phenomenon known as Venus Retrograde occurs approximately every 20
months when, for about forty days, Venus travels in reverse motion against the
backdrop of stars. Of course, it doesn't really move backwards, but only
appears to do so from our point of view here on Earth.
The Astrology, or what it means...
Mythical and astrological conjecture about the nature of the planet Venus has
been prominent and consistent since ancient times. Her high visibility and her
morning and evening phases have made her one of the most closely observed
planets. Babylonian and Mesoamerican astrologers paid close attention to her
cycles, particularly to her first appearance as a morning star, which was
considered a dangerous time.
The Babylonians called Venus the double-phased Ishtar -- the morning star of
war and the evening star of love. Greek astrologers called the morning phase of
Venus Lucifer ("the light bearer") and the evening phase Hesperus ("setting in
the West"). The Mesoamericans linked the morning phase of Venus with
Quetzalcoatl, one of their major gods, believing that this was a time when
leaders are struck down and natural disasters occur.
Luke 4:1-8 (KJV)
And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by
the Spirit into the wilderness, being forty days tempted of the devil. And in
those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward
hungered. And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command
this stone that it be made bread. And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written,
That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God. And the
devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms
of the world in a moment of time. And the devil said unto him, All this power
will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to
whomsoever I will I give it. If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be
thine. And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it
is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
During the retrograde of Venus the Sun passes the planet as we witness the event from earth.
In the Solar based traditions the forty days of the wandering of Venus are acknowledged by Luke
4:1-8. The high mountain is the top of the galaxy with the Rock under the feet of Bootes (Atlas)
and the wheat of Coma Berenices. This is the destination of all who succeed in passing through
the Gateway of Gods. Although the astrologers cast lots for the Raiment of the Sun, the glorious
characteristics of Venus have long fed the hearts of man. Certainly during the period from the
solar eclipse on July 11, 2010 and the fourth explosion at Pike River on November 28, 2010,
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Venus was resplendent. The 139 days of the voyage of Venus from Regulus to the second entry
into Libra provided a Revelation of Cosmic Order. And on December 25, 2010, Venus will rest
in the "Man Child with the Hand of Iron" when Love and Justice are united. From the Help Meet
being placed in Eden to the journey of Peter and James to the Transfiguration, Revelation has
always come with the Help Meet that is intuition. Judging from the movements of the head stars
of Gemini, it is apparent that “he never knew what hit him” as the Help Meet passed by.
So, now that we have seen the past return in the heavens between July 11, 2010 and November
28, 2010 it is time to look toward the Heavenly Father. The chart above shows that Mercury will
go retrograde on December 11, 2010 and come out of retrograde at the "hallow of the thigh" on
December 31, 2010. This leg of the asterism of Ophiuchus has been used in many legends of the
Creator in masculine form. This form is the rational form, and as if by confirmation, Mars sat
upon the knee of the Father when the fourth explosion occurred at the Pike River Mine.
Mercury has been a symbol of wisdom for as long as there are records of the observations of the
planet. Thus, it is very synchronistic that Mercury should go retrograde in the Bow in the Cloud,
of which many nations have said, "In this sign you shall conquer." What is conquered by
sagacity? It is the rational mind witnessing the synchronicity of the body and the heavens, As
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