Beginning

                                                GreetingsMy name is Zakariyya Ishaq

I often say:

I am the real Neo

For my book is about the real matrix

And it's not a movie

Its reality!

The title of my book is THE ELLIPSE:  THE FALL AND RISE OF THE HUMAN SOUL.                                       SECRETS OF THE COSMOS

The Ellipse is a fast paced spiritual metaphysical themed work on a topic the world has been anxious to know about for millennium; that is how humans fell to the condition they are in: the world of suffering, injustice, and death and how we will return to a condition of happiness, justice, balance and immortality.

The book is specifically about the human soul, or in non-mystical language, ordinary human psychology, with the word "ellipse" used as a metaphor for the fallen or broken soul of the human race. Ellipse meaning imperfect circle as opposed to the  Perfect  Circle its anti-thesis which is the universal symbol of  perfection- the world we were in before the fall of man as described in western spiritual lore in the allegorical myth of Adam and Eve.

I brake down the allegory to the literal reality of the souls [physical] minute elements and structure of it before and after the creation of the ellipse, that is its reality as a perfect circle and its consequent ellipse condition after the fall- or displacement of some of  the structural elements of the soul, that reflect the existential condition of suffering of the human species.

This has been a challenging and daunting process for me as a writer as well as mystical scientist for I have had to merge metaphorical allegory of a high level, occult science, with philosophy and exoteric and esoteric religious lore. I have had to penetrate the most hidden secrets of reality on all levels from lofty mystical gnosis to occult lore of immense specialty and abstract spiritual cosmology. 

Generally an inward history of our psychology the book is about our past and future on this plane of existence, and why and how suffering came into being [through the creation of the ellipse] and how it will end in time.

Although the piece does have a negative flavor it nonetheless concludes with a positive outlook based upon a scientific spiritual reality I describe in the book that has nothing to do with wishful thinking.

Based on my personal gnosis and study of this topic for three decades primarily understood and explained through the myths of western and some eastern religious mythology and mystical science- Buddhism, and Vedanta. This includes mainly the Judeo-Christian-Islamic western tradition in addition to Hermetic lore and science.

The audience for the Ellipse is a varied one: From the ordinary religious believer with a rudimentary knowledge of western religion to the advanced mystic and levels in between that runs the gamut of religious, mystical and new-age thinkers.

The Ellipse answers many of the age old questions that have challenged the understanding of believers in god, philosophers, researchers and mystics.

It tells the reason for:

The true origin meaning and relationship of all the religions

The fall of man

Why we fell

How we will rise

A definition of god

The meaning of god

The identity of god

The origin of evil and suffering

The end of evil and suffering

The reason for evil and suffering

The meaning of evil and suffering

Finally and most important a clear simple easily understood delineation of the good destiny of all of humankind based on the science of what I reveal in the book.

The book is written in a readable spiritual metaphysical jargon encompassing philosophical and religio/mystical lore and scientific phenomenon that explains precisely the roadmap of the human species return to a balanced happy existential inner and outer condition, beyond even the felicity it enjoyed in primordial times before the fall of man.

Biographical material

In addition to being a writer I am a musician, computer professional, community activist, and worker, and am employed in a school system of a major city in the US as an IT support professional. I have worked in this field for 18 years. I am a Graduate of Devry University in Computer Engineering Technology.

I have been a mystical seeker of enlightenment for 30 years, a member of 3 Sufi Orders, and have studied formally and informally Buddhism, Vedanta Cosmology, Mystic, and Gnostic Christianity, Cabala, Taoism, Sufism, Islamic Sufism, Integral Philosophy, and various other mystic esoteric and exoteric schools of thought. I am an Integralist by religion that is one who doesn't have one particular religious affiliation but uses methods of any tradition to further the path to truth.

 I have been writing the book-The Ellipse for thirty years. That though is not totally correct, in that I have been receiving the knowledge in the book over thirty years. I am claiming that through an occult process known as Gnosis I have been receiving [not a great word to really describe this] this knowledge, in a mystical fashion of sometime painful content to my person.

Nevertheless the result is that the very secrets of the cosmos are revealed in the Ellipse. Not the greatest of our past sages, prophets, holy men, or saints know what I reveal in this book, or any of the current modern spirituals of today. In other words none of them have penetrated this knowledge as I have. Or the knowledge has penetrated no one like myself.

Early years

As a child I experienced deep visions of what Hermes the great sage of antiquity said in his well known aphorism:

As Above so Below.

With the gnosis of the heart, I often times would be shown a vision that is indescribable; that showed me the reality that we are but a speck in a vast ocean of being. I saw the speck as I simultaneously saw the ocean that was so huge it could not be measured.

It is not only seeing this- it is as if you are merging with it, and seeing it at the same time.

It is as if you are feeling the reality with your entire being! As if your feeling self, is the eyes that see, along with the inner eye of perception.

Later as a young adult I experienced a synchronistic meeting with St George Kidder, the patron saint of western mysticism. He is known as Jirjis.

At our meeting he said to me: "There is Joseph" as I had been studying the knowledge and the mysteries of the allegorical tale of Joseph intensely for an entire week. We looked at each other and fear took over me, so I left the presence of this powerful adept. I knew though that I had been initiated in the secret mystical order that this adept ruled.

At the time I didn't know why, until immediately after our meeting began a steady flow

of Gnosis of the Ellipse science, the most secret, occult knowledge of all time that has come to me through synchronicity, deep intuition, gnosis, revelations and ordinary scholarly pursuits of knowledge through western religious lore, mythology,  and eastern mysticism.

 I believe my book may be the beginning of a new paradigm that may assist some in understanding the reality of this world.

That of course is not my ambition, but just to get the knowledge out to the public in an entertaining, inspiring, and informative fashion is my goal.

Note:  Please don't let none of this spooky stuff scare you, or put you off in any way, I am an ordinary simple fellow who makes no claims that "god" has appointed him to do anything [as if I am some kind of mad preacher] but follow his conscience and guidance to the best of my ability.

I have no obsession or belief that what I have is vital to humanity,  for everything is already written and the universal spirit has no need of myself, or anyone, for "god" is above need of the worlds. Nevertheless my knowledge can be of great service and inspiration to many of us on some level if I can communicate this awesome science and wisdom where people can understand it in relationship to their own lives.