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Post by Goldenfleeced on May 15, 2016 17:22:29 GMT
And a 'Good Morning' to you, I'm sure... ...so far, so good, at least. I heard a brief comment this morning in passing regarding a 'vortex from hell' somewhere, due to the weather, I suppose... I regret that for your sake. It's gray here, and somewhat wet, but I wouldn't go that far... lolol... I also regret that the recent remark in regard to 'messages' has found such a 'ready mark', and I've decided that it would be nice to find an 'alternative outlet' for those times that I prefer to take my own music in a 'purer' form... message-free... since I saw a 'message' for the Pandora radio station,- 'When the Next Song Matters',- and I thought, "well... that sounds right". So, I opened "Pandora's 'Box of Love'", and what do you think I found there...? Right there, at the very bottom, where I thought to find a little bit of 'hope', there it was... 'A Bachelor'... with eyes like broken Christmas lights... You don't suppose it was another 'message', do you...? They say there's a message here, too... And speaking of messages, I like this one... It is a 'double-headed' 'tree', you see...? On one 'side' is a 'normal'-looking tree, that seems to be blooming, with flowers... or maybe those are stars... or star flowers... lol... But on the other side, the 'head' of the tree is obviously a fungus,- a mushroom. And this is interesting to me for three reasons... The first is the comparison of the mushroom with those things that grow 'in the dark'... hidden... below the earth, even, which would be the 'natural' opposite of the leafy tree, that grows in the light, above ground. The symbolism seems obvious enough to me, and it is nice to have these little 'picture-lessons' to re-inforce my own 'imagination', I think. I love to look at them. Now, the fruit of the leafy tree is made to feed the body, but the 'fruit' of the 'trees of darkness', so to speak, is most often used to feed the mind and the 'spirit'... as in the example of Alice and the Caterpillar... "Feed your head", and all... The two 'opposite' ends together would seem to make a complete 'tree'... something whose 'leaves' might be adequate for the 'healing of the nations'... Just as a quick aside, I see that they are set to release another 'Alice' adventure on film... and I think that's pretty Wonder-full... lol... Secondly, it would be good to make a note of the fact that the Maya referred to the Milky Way as the "Tree of Life", which would make its blooms, actually... stars... such as are suggested by the 'blooms' on our 'upper tree'. The 'upper tree' is blooming with stars... Thirdly, the 'mushroom connection' to the Milky Way is only insinuated by some of the remarks that I remember from Terrance McKenna, who suggested that the mushroom itself may be an 'alien life form'. Personally, I believe that they are... and that the 'visions' that are passed to the 'receiver' are the 'mental messages' sent as tiny informational packets within the spores, themselves. And spores may actually be the best means of 'passing' many things... not that they do... but it is something that I find rather interesting to contemplate. ...The foreword then quoted the mushroom at length. The quote, which McKenna said in “The Syntax of Psychedelic Time” (1993) was “straight transcription,” and which he described as 'the mushroom’s claims' in True Hallucinations—included these excerpts:
"I am old, older than thought in your species, which is itself fifty times older than your history. Though I have been on earth for ages I am from the stars. My home is no one planet, for many worlds scattered through the shining disc of the galaxy have conditions which allow my spores an opportunity for life. The mushroom which you see is the part of my body given to sex thrills and sun bathing, my true body is a fine network of fibers growing through the soil. These networks may cover acres and may have far more connections than the number in a human brain." www.vice.com/read/psilocybin-the-mushroom-and-terence-mckenna-439Oh, no... don't dream it's over...
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Post by Goldenfleeced on May 15, 2016 23:44:12 GMT
So... I think I'd like to continue on this theme, just temporarily, with a thought to the 'mycelium' of the mushroom, which is sort 'roots', but not... they are, as the 'mushroom' said, incredibly long (stretching in all directions for miles around it), and incredibly fine... almost invisible, really,- more like a spider web fiber. You'd never notice that they were there. Just as 'roots', the mycelium facilitates the growth of new colonies of mushrooms at various points along the length of the 'cable' or 'fiber', although I don't believe that it can be accurately predicted at exactly which point they will spring up, only that they will. I bring this up, because it all ties in to the notion of a 'thread'... Ariadne's thread, or, alternately it is known as Arachne's thread,- arachne being a spider, so it would seem that it is a thread of... web. This is important, because it was Ariadne's (Arachne's) thread that allowed the champion to leave the labyrinth... a slim thread, indeed. Interestingly, I just mentioned the "Spiders from Mars", in relation to a David Bowie album... hay, look at that sign... So, let's say that these 'spiders from Mars' are mushrooms, and the mycelium is the 'thread' that is wound through the 'labyrinth' in order that the journey-man (so to speak) can find his way out... (Z)iggy Stardust... Now, if the mushrooms are from the stars, and they've placed their 'fibers' or 'mycelium' within the 'labyrinth' of the 'deep web' of the 'internet', then... (D)ave really can look at the monolith (black box), and say to H(Al)... It's full of stars...Who's got a monkey-wrench...? Lololol... And all according to good natural law, and historical and mythological tradition... Works for me. Balloons...? Have one of mine... You'll just have to use your imagination here, since neither copy wants to 'appear'... you can watch the Tal Bachman video on Youtube, which I enjoyed, previously... notice that she's wearing the aviator's helmet and goggles that our friend, Rocky, shares... Hay, wait... watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat... Of course, they were only 'imaginary friends', after all... Isn't that right? I knew that. That doesn't mean it wasn't fun, anyway...
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Post by Goldenfleeced on May 16, 2016 2:00:16 GMT
We are all prepared, I believe, to understand that 'alien life forms' are not necessarily going to look like... us... and that leaves a lot of room for imagination... and possibility. How would they travel those great distances, for instance, without suffering some qualitative damage...? Well, there are spores... and it's really not that crazy, if you think about it. For instance, did you notice that in the 'lunch kit' scene, the 'moon men' look very much like... mushrooms? Look at that again, just for fun. The associated 'description' of this 'scene' is this,- The Moon Men are the only ones that hear the formula when Bullwinkle gets around to that part...Which makes them... telepaths... Lololol... You know, the best thing about thinking 'outside the box' is that you can play with it later... Isn't that right, (H)Al...? Hay, would you look at that? They're playing 'outside the box', too... lololol... Telephone 'box', that is... Which only goes to show you that 'commercial interests' will do just about anything to sell you... an idea... Dude... that's four quarters... Excellent... I want you to know that I tuned in the radio this afternoon, because, to tell you the truth, I kind of enjoy hearing other people talk... about anything, really... but there are some things that I'm not really 'obliged' to 'suffer', even in the name of 'entertainment', and so, at that point, I must confess that I prefer just not to 'take it in' any longer,- change the station, in other words. I enjoyed myself again this afternoon, I confess, and you can tell my 'friend', 'Andy', that on his advice, I did reach out and touch the radio... I did feel something. I'm not sure if it was actually 'the Power of Love', or... ...a case of mild electrocution. Either way, I got a 'charge' out of your show... Same 'bat-time'... 'same bat-channel'...?
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Post by Goldenfleeced on May 17, 2016 20:55:30 GMT
Ooooh... and speaking of "Head Over Heels"... With a big 'gee, thanks' to the Youtube poster, runonfragment... Have you seen the preview of Coldplay's new video...? These really are exciting times, and it seems as if anything really could happen... I hear words spoken again that I haven't heard for a long time... I feel... excitement... like an electrical 'static' in the air... I think you can 'feel it', too... I see people outside today, playing with their dogs, and babies, and the flowers are so beautiful... it all seems pretty magical to me. Almost... super-natural... ...and it all goes better with music, if you ask me. I like your message(s), too, just by the way. I hear you... Now, the interesting thing about the 'sign' that I pointed out, is that it read 'West', and interestingly enough, I understand that the ancient Egyptians didn't really have a word for 'dead' or 'death', or the 'afterlife', per se... they called it 'West-ing'... the soul retired to the West. This 'coming' is expected to rise in the 'west', and if we follow that particular bit of symbolism (and I think we can), then it follows that the 'west' that is referred to is not the 'direction', but the 'place'... the land of the dead, or the 'west'. They will come from 'the land of the dead', or maybe it would be just as appropriate to say, 'the valley of the shadow of death'... And all of that makes our West-end girl... A Living Dead Girl... If you see what I mean... And that is why we might find something like this... Just sayin'... I enjoyed your show this morning. And would you just look at that...? This is post number 1331, which is a mirror-image, like a Looking Glass... lolol... There's another show I'm going to enjoy... and, hay... that's a worm with wings... Most curious... I'll tell you what else is 'curious'... we were just speaking of 'coming from the West', and in this movie/story, our 'hero', Alice, moves into another 'level' (through the mirror, or looking-glass) from her 'normal' third-dimensional environment ('level' of be-ing), and this third-dimensional environment is, of course, that of 'matter'... 'death'... since all things that are rooted in 'matter' will end in a 'death'. Certainly, this world of 'matter' could be considered to be the 'valley of the shadow of death', in a way, but the symbolism reaches deeper than that, I believe. At any rate, she enters another 'level' in order to become a 'player' there... Notice all of the clocks... Of course, they were only 'imaginary friends'... Oh, no you dittint... Pure magic... Oh, and about those mushrooms, and the notion of 'spores'... I can even make a further analogy with the 'matrix' idea, because, what is a 'matrix', after all, but a 'growth medium'? And these spores grow where they find the proper 'matrix' that will support that,- I believe that the ideal 'matrix' is a place where the proper 'mycelium' already exists, and which 'attracts' and further 'nurtures' or at least encourages the growth of the similar spores which 'land' there... I further believe that the familiar 'parable of the sower' represents that very nicely... Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:
4 And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.
5 And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:
6 But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
7 And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
8 And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred.Good morning, friends... I'd just like to add a few more thoughts on this subject, before we move on down the road,- we should be making good 'time', I think, considering... I did just want to say that, while I did put together my own thoughts concerning the 'mushroom', and its place in our story, there does seem to be some 'corroborating thought' in that regard, and while I don't think they've got it exactly 'right', they are on the right path, I believe... Look at this... This is a 12th century work, from Spain... showing the 'Tree of Life' in the center of the 'garden'... and it seems an awful lot like that 'Tree of Life' that I just showed you, don't you think...? The 'Tree of Life' has its roots in Heaven...And that works for me... ...and that's "Rocket Jay" to you... Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.
19 When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.
20 But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;
21 Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.
22 He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.
23 But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.It found a good matrix, and bore much fruit here... This one is said to depict the 'tree of knowledge'... Now, this is 'od'... ...and this is Hercules, gathering much fruit, from a 'heavenly tree'... under a crescent-shaped moon... [img src=" " alt=" "] ...and the 'tree' looks like it's full of... stars... And if the 'tree' is 'full of stars', what would happen if we just kind of... Shake it...? Oh, one more time... just for fun... I see that Hercules is shown with the same 'halo' that the 'christ(en)ed One' is shown with, in the illustration above, which is typical for that 'personage'... it seems to be 'golden', but a 'rainbow halo' might work for me just as well, if not for Steven Tyler... lolol... Hay ya, to my 'friend', Astraea... wherever you are under the Milky Way tonight... Perfect... Something shimmering and white...This is from the German St. Michael's church... 13th century... In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with 'God', and the Word was 'God'...
...and without it was nothing made, that was made.I want to show you something else that was produced in 13th century Germany,- By Unknown - The Kaufmann Collections, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=26179606This symbol shows the sign of Gemini,- with the head of 'dogs',- two,- just as we have seen in our card of the 'moon'... and I think that is very interesting, all by itself. We would, you see, be moving into the sign of Gemini in just a few days, according to the traditional astrological timing of the placement of the 'houses'... well, I'm no astrologer, but... that would be the end of the peak 'dew'-gathering season, technically, and we would be wanting to move on from the Moon to our next card of the Sun, which symbolism once showed us this... Which indicates to me the sign of Gemini, or 'twins'... 'two' enter the 'garden'... ...but only One leaves... on horseback, no less... Now, we see this... Two riders on one horse...? But there is added now, they say, a 13th 'house'... a 'serpent handler'... and that effectively extends the 'season of dew'... which gives us just a little bit extra 'juju', if it's true, and let's just assume that it is. I mean, we definitely have a serpent... ...and somebody should probably handle it... You should see this one... very interesting, symbolically... Now, in the figure that I just showed you which depicts the 'twins' of Gemini, as well, I think, as the dog/wolf figures that are shown to 'communicating' with the Moon/Sun, there is also depicted a single figure... crowned... with a bird on its finger, and seated in a 'tree',- just as the 'christ-ed' figure is shown in the 'tree' above it, from the same period. There is another 'tree' shown, with three branches, which is not the same 'tree' as this one is shown at the center of... two trees, two figures... The blue figure can't help reminding me of the blue 'gods' of the blue 'gods' and the 'horse avatar' that is said to represent Kalki... whose coming may be 'linked' to the sign of Gemini, and the symbolism of the tarot card of the Moon...
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Post by Goldenfleeced on May 19, 2016 10:33:20 GMT
Guten Morgen... Have a balloon... (this piece of work is not my own, but I like it very much... '99 red balloons by amaziah', I think...) Believe it or not, this is a perfect way to begin this 'entry'... (And, believe it or not, I have reasons of my own to believe that the 'infant' that 'Christ' (the christ-ed One) is holding is actually a... star-child. No, really...) Red balloons... because they... float... through the air... like... Spores. And, even more interestingly, I can show you exactly how all of this relates to our 'mycelium', and the 'stargate' at Abu Ghurab, and 'creation' here, generally... dusty old history... Star-dust-y old history... Sunrise looks best from the "crow's nest", I'll bet, so... let's go there... I have a few things I'd like to show you this morning. Do you see the 'wand' that the two 'dogs' are holding? It looks like a... sun stick... if you could 'describe it', don't you think? Which is very interesting, because that is what the ancient Egyptians called an obelisk... a 'sun stick'. And, in our "crow's nest" at the site of Abu Ghurab, we find a 'sun stick', situated atop a lovely base of 'Egyptian crystal', that is made in the sign of "Peace"... which is a very interesting place to find the 'roots' of our own symbol for "peace",- not a dove's foot, but a crow's foot. Symbolically, crows are said to be the 'keepers of the Sacred Law', and since the Egyptian definition of 'peace' is 'the unity of heaven and earth', this makes good sense to me. So, let's 'walk in the way of the Egyptians', back to Khemet... and here, I want to give you some fairly significant quotes from the work of William Henry, titled "The Place of the Gods", which seems to give me the 'missing links' in my 'chain'... so to speak... According to Abd’El Hakim Awyan, the acclaimed teacher and wayshower of the sacred mysteries of ancient Khemet, the early name for Egypt, there exists an immense, relatively unknown oral tradition in Egypt that tells the actual history of Khem. One cannot fully learn this knowledge. Instead, one is ‘gifted’ with it...'Gifts of the Spirit', I'm sure... let's continue... An obelisk (‘sun stick’) once stood atop this mound.
Egyptologists say it was likely around a squat 15 feet tall and was modeled after the sun temple at On or Heliopolis, the site where Akhenaton, and other enlightened ones, was initiated in the esoteric mysteries that made them great mystics.
Pieces of this original sun stick or ben ben are scattered all over the place. In fact, the entire site is one giant debris field with pieces of limestone scattered everywhere that appear to have come from structures that once existed here. According to Mehler’s account in Land of Osiris, ancient Khemetian oral tradition says Abu Ghurab was already ancient by the time of the 5th Dynasty.
Hakim claims this bird’s nest dates deep into pre-history and is one of the oldest ceremonial sites on the entire planet. Moreover, he says the site was designed to create heightened spiritual awareness through the use of vibrations transmitted through the alabaster and other materials. This expanded awareness enabled one to connect with the sacred energies of the universe known as Neters.
In 'Land of Osiris', Mehler notes that indigenous tradition teaches that the Neters themselves, in some sort of physical form, once “landed” and appeared in person at Abu Ghurab.
It is for this reason that this site has been considered sacred for thousands upon thousands of years. Hakim proposes the alabaster platform created a harmonic resonance through sound vibrations to increase the heightened awareness and to further open the senses to “communicate” and be one with the Neters.
Of course, Hakim is describing what is called a “stargate” today.Now, the identity of these 'Neters' is what we're looking for... and there are clues to this,- notice the term 'expanded/heightened awareness' that is used, even here... to 'communicate' with these 'Neters'... Now, look at this... These figures seem to indicate that 'creation' was 'spored'... and that the 'intelligence' of these 'Neters' may be carried in the 'mycelium'... ...and more interestingly, this work by William Henry links the site of Abu Ghurab with the original home of the ancient Mexican tribes, such as the Maya... whose 'traditions' I have found to be very similar to those of the Egyptians and Hebrews. ...I am highly intrigued by the re-collections and re-memberings concerning the Neter in the Khemetian tradition.
Particularly since Ancient American oral tradition from Tennessee, where I live, retold by Cherokee wisdom keeper Dhyani Yahoo says that formless “thought beings” called TLA beings rode a sound wave from the Pleiades star cluster through a hole in space in East Tennessee and created the Cherokee.
All humans are dream children of these angels or elemental forces who came from the stars. This legend obviously resonates with Khemetian belief concerning Abu Guhrob...www.bibliotecapleyades.net/stargate/stargate10.htm'Thou hast taken great trouble, therefore it is but just that after thy day's work thou shouldst have rest and repose. Blessed is he that is born during sleep; he shall know no evil. For thou hast purified with great care, and hast endured much in thy days, Thee no one hath overcome, and no one shall there be that will again awaken thee, even as long as there is counted as much as thine enemies have counted from their eyrie.'-The 32nd figure, the Prophecies of Paracelsus This is Persephone and Demeter.... Which 'seeds'... or 'spores'... did she consume, I wonder? Very curious, indeed... I mean, it is a red 'fruit', isn't it...? And the 'secret' of the 'pomegranate...? It wasn't. The 'tree of life' really does have its roots in heaven... Crazy...
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Post by Goldenfleeced on May 19, 2016 14:11:33 GMT
And I'll tell you something else... That's definitely... Cowbell... Well, how do you like that? Do you know what the word 'apocalypse' really means...? This is a quote from a small book that I picked up on the subject of 'Revelation', which says,- ...the word actually means an uncovering or a disclosure - to enlighten or give LIGHT!Capital letters are theirs, but I find the... serendipity... of their 'translation' to be most provocative, under the circumstances... A Revelation de Lux... Well, here's a 'revelation' for you... you're going to like this... I'm giving the 'cosmic serendipity' award for the day to... my local radio station... ...who just played 'Dog Catcher' and then 'Billie Jean', both of which songs, rather interestingly, compose the account name of the Youtube poster whose video I just posted somewhere above us,- and their 'name' was... (drumroll, please... ) billiejeandoggonelover... Lolololol... That's pretty cool, too... How do you suppose they do that...? Abracadabra... Post time, 11 hours ago... Oh, yes,- another job 'well done'... and, yes, I know what an 'app' is... (G)ee... Not that I use them myself... you know... lay not up technology for thyself that requires recurring user fees, and becomes outdated, and gathers thy personal information... I leave that to the 'experts'. I know just enough about things to be dangerous, I'd say... mostly to the equipment... but I do understand that it has a place in the continuing scheme of things, and I don't mind using it when it suits my purposes for reading, or music, or (and I am grateful for the ability to do so, don't get me wrong) even just to ex-press myself in this particular format... at one time, I had many software applications for design and painting, and things like that, which ultimately, I never had enough time to apply. Some people have applied themselves to these things very nicely... I've seen some of their work. It doesn't matter about those things,- you can further imagine that if these are the kinds of 'apps' that are available for 'general usage', let's say, in the 'commercial' or 'open' markets, just what kind of 'apps' are available for 'higher-level' operations... I mean, work... and then, of course, you can well believe that there is a level of 'surveillance' above even that technology, which would beggar belief, most likely. These really are 'toys'... Now, see how I've been distracted... lolol... Like an idiot, isn't that right? Well, the truth is that I had a few more notes to add to my thoughts on this 'mycelium' and how it is 'communicated' in 'tradition', and I believe that it is. Because the hair-like threads grow underground, they might be described as 'worms', of a sort, and I can find 'echoes' with the Jewish 'shamir'... and the 'Hirams' that those echo, in turn... I believe that they are also represented by the mysterious 'Underground Stream' that is referred to by certain of the philosophers... They would seem to have their tiny, little webs everywhere... world-wide, you might even say... I said 'webs'... And, in fact, they might be compared to the tiny, treelike, hair-looking things in our own bodies, whereas this 'mycelium' serves much the same purpose in the larger 'body' of the Universal Adam... and likely 'communicates' similarly with the larger 'brain', or 'center of intelligence, or operations'... I also said, 'Hair', which is interesting, because... in Jewish mystical tradition, the Wisdom of God is said to run through his hairs... and long hair is identified with several obvious, and less obvious, traditions (think of Samson), which may actually represent these long, hairlike strands that facilitate the actual transmission of 'wisdom' or 'data', via a 'living spiritual medium'... Well, that was one of those things where you just had to be there, I guess... The information that I gave you in that paragraph should be fairly revealing, as well, if you can 'feel' me... Love the 'Who'... Who's on next...? No, I just played that... Lololol... Of course it's a "K"... see the sign? As (yet) another interesting piece of serendipity, it is a fact that all radio 'call letters' West of the Mississippi begin with 'K'... 'K' West... I just thought that was kind of funny. You know, it occurs to me (and maybe to you, too) that those tiny little 'tentacles', if you will, resemble worms... and worms resemble... tiny snakes... And what it was that Eve encountered there, along with the red 'fruit' that was full of something like pomegranate seeds, was its 'root',- which looked very much like a twisting, twining serpent... and that was known to all generations subsequent to the event as a 'giver of wisdom'... if not a 'tempter', even. The same 'serpent' that prepared the matter for its inhabitation (and known in this way as the mysterious 'Shamir' worm), was, by a very Great Paradox, the same 'serpent' that gave to the woman the 'wisdom' or 'knowledge' that would allow her to rise above the third-dimensional 'material form' in which she was 'mired' or 'rooted'... two serpents, wound about one staff... which, when raised, would facilitate almost super-natural healing powers, as well... And I believe that the Maya knew this 'serpent', as well... at one of their pyramid temples, the sun's shadow formed a strange snake/serpent... crawling down the face of the mountain, or pyramid... It is a serpent of 'transformation'... and 'energy'... Hundreds of people stand gathered in front of an ancient Maya pyramid temple, waiting for the Sun to drop lower in the sky. On this special day – a day of equal hours of light and darkness – it is said that the great feathered serpent god K’uk’ulkan will descend from the sky, slither down the enormous pyramid and energize the earth. A sense of excitement shivers through the crowd as the top-most of the pyramid’s platforms begins to cast a shadow on the northwestern staircase. Spellbound, people watch as the shadow creeps lower, creating the effect of a serpent of light moving down the staircase. At last, the stone serpent head at the base of the pyramid is illuminated by the Sun and the crowd breaks into cheers.www.calendarinthesky.org/Articles/MayaScience/MayaScienceArticleView/tabid/139/ArticleId/8/language/en-US/The-Descent-of-Kukulkan.aspxMmmmmm... spirals... The article continues,- Not everyone agrees that this temple was dedicated to K’uk’ulkan. Since K’uk’ulkan is not named in inscriptions associated with the temple, we cannot be sure that the ancient Maya intended it to be associated with the feathered serpent god. Although we don’t know for certain how the ancient Maya intended the dramatic shadow and light effects on the temple staircase to be interpreted, we do know that modern Maya celebrate this equinox marker today. Folklore tells us that on the equinox, K’uk’ulkan descends from the sky to the earth, bringing with him the energy of the Sun and the gift of water for planting. It is as though the feathered snake is an umbilical cord that provides nourishment to the land. Its vibration energizes the earth, preparing it for new growth.Well, call me crazy, but that all sounds kind of familiar... But I did have some fun today, after all... I've really been enjoying the few minutes of the 'ellen' show on television that I can catch before 4:30... she dances, you know... lolol... Anyway, she's had several really interesting guests on her show lately, that I thought I might like to mention, because... they might have had something else planned... like work... but I was really excited to see Wanda Sykes last week,- you know why? Because Wanda Sykes breezed right in in a pair of skinny-leg pants with the knee blown out. And wearing a yarn bracelet. As she pointed out, she had a diamond bracelet, but she had to wear that beautiful yarn bracelet, to show her... love... And I couldn't help smiling. And guess who Ellen's 'friend' is...? Pink...! And she's a 'real' friend, too, I understand... that must be pretty great... And today, to top it all off, Johnny Depp came by... Wow. Interestingly, he is the sponsor of an orphaned 'bat'... and, of course, I liked his choice of clothing... black... with frivolous accents... ...but the best part of the 'interview' came at the end, when he made a remark that I nearly missed about a "papier mache' wall" somewhere in Mexico, being plastered in honor of '1799' or something equally nebulous... I do have a pinata that I was 'gifted with' of a truly questionable 'nature' that I would happily donate towards any such celebration... Just sayin'... An elephant painting, you say...? On black velvet, do you suppose? Well, back to work... and the music... Perfect.
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Post by Goldenfleeced on May 21, 2016 13:55:43 GMT
Well, I think I'm feeling better... a little bit... and I'm hoping to take full advantage of the 'girl power' that's surely in the air this weekend... As a matter of fact, I'd like to make my own small-ish contribution to 'the fates' this morning, by offering up a little bit of my own 'good juju'... Please try to watch at least the opening sequence of this one... I true-ly enjoyed it... Now, about the 'black' garb, and the 'ninja misconception'... What you say is true, as far as 'blending' into the 'background' of whatever environment they are 'working',- and that can be taken to other levels as well, beyond that of their outer covering. The black 'wrapper' is, of course, preferred for 'night maneuvers'... or even moving through heavily shadowed areas, much as a... jaguar... interestingly... The black "identifies us" as part of the darkness... a working part... And, in the case of a woman, most especially, the color black indicates that she is 'mourning', and the continued use of the color further indicates that she remains in a state of 'mourning'... a very important death; this is usually undertaken in behalf of someone beloved, to make the statement that they have not 'recovered' from the loss. They wait, most stoically, for a 'return'... that, or... nothing. And this is, itself, an interestingly recurring theme... May every 'girl' develop the 'power' of Love... and find her strength there. Even in the face of darkness... Interestingly, this reminds me very much of Jim Morrison... And, what do you know...? It's 1999... I say we dance... I'll be dancing by myself... But, hay... this is getting interesting, now... Would you just look at that? Hello, to you... This is getting good... Still alive and kicking as of 4/2 of this year, I see... more 'good news'... He said 'lobster'... Girl Hair Power...!!! Lololol... down... down... down... Ooops... that's three... Lolol... Hay, this is fun... Dances with sea lions, anybody...? Now... in a supreme-o demonstration of 'girl power', I give you... Sweet... Now you see it... now you don't... Electric... And therefore, kind of hot... Lololol... No, no, non... Girl POWER... that means no 'chain gang'... Come on out, and play... girl-style... Meeeeoooowwwww... Let's get it on... brothers... One of my favorites... "I want to hear you say, 'I remember you...' " Now, about that 'girl power'... I love to dance... just for fun... And then, there's... that... Nice... 'cinco7'... that's 57... lolol... Roll with it... and be a-mazed... Another 'good sign', friends... as well as great 'cosmic serendipity'... I think it's a good time for this one... With many thanks to the Youtube poster known as 'luminouswhale'... Indeed... Yes... well, it's a 'cosmic sea' to which these particular rivers flow, you see... A true 'space oddity'... I think I already told you the one about the 'magic short bus'... ...with a ticket for 'Hemet'... Hay, Saint Jimmy... I hear you got your 'wings'... That was 'take 1'... how about 'Take 54'...? For old times' sake... I need you to make a 'good track'... Now, there's a 'power ballad' for you... Let's do another one... Go, 'girl power'...
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Post by Goldenfleeced on May 21, 2016 18:55:29 GMT
Now, I want to show you something... this is a very important quote, which reveals several things to the careful reader... Not the least of which is the way in which "the Lord's 'name' is taken 'in vain'", if you see what I mean... From this and other evidence, it would seem that the Babylonian Jews had borrowed from their Chaldaean captors many of their views as to the importance of the Name in magic, especially when used for the purposes of exorcism or of spells; that they thought the name of their national god Yahweh particularly efficacious; and that the different names of God used in the Old Testament were supposed, according to a well-known rule in magic, to be of greater efficiency as the memory of their meaning and actual significance died out among them. The Babylonian Jews, moreover, as is evident from the Book of Daniel, no sooner found themselves among the well-to-do citizens of a great city than they turned to the professional practice of divination and of those curious arts whereby they could make a living from their Gentile neighbors.
Hence it is that Phrygia, like the rest of Asia Minor during the Apostolic Age, was full of strolling Jewish sorcerers who undertook for money to cast out devils, to effect and destroy enchantments, to send and interpret dreams, and to manufacture love philtres. That in doing so they made great use of the name of their national deity seems plain from Origen's remark that "not only do those belonging to the Jewish nation employ in their prayers to God and in the exorcising of demons the words: God of Abraham and God of Isaac and God of Jacob, but so also do most of those who occupy themselves with magical rites. For there is found in treatises on magic in many countries such an invocation of God and assumption of the divine name, as implies a familiar use of it by these men in their dealing with demons." This is abundantly borne out by the spells preserved for us by the Magic Papyri before mentioned, where the expressions "God of Abraham," "God of Isaac," "God of Jacob" constantly occur. One spell given above contains, as we have seen, along with many unfamiliar expressions drawn from Greek, Persian, Egyptian, and even Sumerian sources, the words "Blessed be the Lord God of Abraham", and in nearly every one do we find the Tetragrammaton or four-lettered name of God transliterated in the A. V. Jehovah, either with or without some of the other Divine names used in the Old Testament. The names of the angels Gabriel, Michael, and Raphael given in the Old Testament and the Apocrypha are also common in all this literature.
Did the Babylonian Jews bring with them into Phrygia any theory of the universe other than the direct and unfettered rule of Jehovah and the creation of the world from nothing, which they gathered from their sacred books? There is little evidence on the point, save some expressions of doubtful import in the Magic Papyri and the statement of Origen that "the name Sabaoth, and Adonai and the other names treated with so much reverence among the Hebrews... belong to a secret theology which refers to the Framer of all things." It might be possible to deduce from this that the elaborate system known as the Cabala or secret tradition of the Jews was already in existence. This system, on its theoretical or speculative side, attempts to explain the existence of the physical universe by postulating a whole series of intermediate powers emanating from the Supreme Being of whom they are the attributes or names; while, on the other or "practical", it professes to perform wonders and to reveal mysteries by a childish juggling with letters in the shape of anagrams and acrostics or with their numerical values. As has been said above, follies of this last-named kind were unknown neither to the later Orphics, nor to the primitive Church, and might well be thought to have been acquired by the Jews during their stay in Babylon, where the Semitic inhabitants seem from a very early date and for magical reasons to have used numbers instead of letters in writing the names of their gods. Well... how do you like that? And, who is it today that intercedes with 'demons' "in the Name of God"? That's right... 'The Exorcist'... But, aside from that, notice that they refer to a 'secret theology which refers to the Framer of all things'... and that brings us back to a Grand Architect... and some Dionysian Artificers... Glorioski... Girl power...! Oh, let's go dancing... From the northwest, I believe... coincidentally... "Our only goal will be the Western shore..." And hay... that's Led Zepplin III... ...and we came in on a 'three'... If you can hear me, 'Knock Three Times'... lolol... They say that the 'law' is come to bring us to Judgment... which, symbolically, at least, isn't that far down the road... Oh, and hay... maybe you shouldn't 'stand so close to me'... A lot of smoke... Continuing from the same article, then... ...there is a fair concensus of opinion among the Fathers of the Church as to the doctrines current among those whom, for reasons to be presently seen, they called the Ophites or worshippers of the Serpent. The aim of the sect seems to have been to produce an eclectic system which should reconcile the religious traditions current from time immemorial in Western Asia with the worship of the Hellenized gods of Asia Minor, and the teachings of the already powerful Christian Church. With this view they went back to what is probably the earliest philosophical theory of the origin of the universe, and declared that before anything was, there existed God, but God conceived as an infinite ocean of divinity, too great and too remote to be apprehended by man's intelligence, of whom and of whose attributes nothing could be known or said, and who could only be likened to a boundless sea. Something like this was the view of the earliest inhabitants of Babylonia, who declared that before heaven or earth or the gods came into being there was nothing but a vast waste of waters. At some time or another, the same idea passed into Egypt, when the Egyptians attributed the beginning of things to Nu or the primeval deep; and it was probably the spread of this tradition into Ionia which induced Thales of Miletus, the earliest of the Ionian philosophers, to assert that water was the first of all things. This unknowable and inaccessible power, the Ophites declared to be ineffable or impossible to name, and he was only referred to by them as Bythos or the Deep...www.bibliotecapleyades.net/sumer_anunnaki/reptiles/serpent_tribe/serpent_tribe08.htmNow... remember our 'cosmic sea'... ...if you Sea what I mean... Sea serpent what I mean...? Lolol... I told you the 'password' was 'Swordfish', right...? That's right... I can't wait to see Steven Tyler on the 'ellen' show... Girl power...! And... skittles... to you, too... I've got a rainbow unicorn... somewhere... Wanna see some real magic...? Watch carefully, as I apply my 'cosmic mycelium' thesis to the 'dada' known as "Bob"... I can make his 'noodly appendages' come True... Hay, viola... And 'may you be touched by His noodly appendages...' or whatever... Indeed... Lololol... I give you, The Tubes... One-in-a-million-girl power... 'Pump' it up... Tres hombres... I like the numbers... And speaking of 'tubes', remember that I told you how the Maya 'communicated' with the dead by means of 'tubes', interestingly, that rose up from under the earth... 'conduits', you might say... ...and conduits also pass 'power'... energy...
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Post by Goldenfleeced on May 21, 2016 23:45:01 GMT
I get the joy of re-discovering you...And speaking of 'discovery', that 'Eye of the Tiger(Lyger)' reminds me to say 'Hay' to Will Ferrell, and 'thank you' for that little skit that he did in khakis... I used to love 'Wild Kingdom'... lol... "Yes, Jim... those Peruvian pocket mandrills can really do a number on an 'aggressor'... and, now that they've spotted you, I can see that they perceive you as an 'aggressor',- you'd better get those gloves on... Hurry..." And speaking of re-discovery, I understand that one of the 'lost tribes' has been located, through DNA testing, no less, and they are said to carry the most distinctive 'priestly blood' of the Cohens... and you'll never guess where they found them... Toto... Latin for 'entire', 'complete'... In Toto... All... I just thought that was interesting... ...and, oh... yes... They might even have the 'Ark'. How do you like that...? I'm looking forward to the 'request line' tonight,- I've got one from the 'vaults' that I think you'll like... they're from Vancouver... Which reminds me... that squirrel doesn't actually 'fly'... it glides... It's a 'sugar glider'... Lolol... And would you look at that...? They're 'back' in 'black'... He set darkness for his refuge and his tabernacle around him, and darkness of waters in clouds of the air.-from the Aramaic translation He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.18th Psalm, verse 11 The 'black' ninja costume seems appropriate, under the circumstances... Now, if you'll excuse me... they only come out at night... The stars, that is... Lolol... Twinkle, twinkle, little bat... How I wonder what you're at... Up above the world so high... (so high...) Like a... teatray... in the sky...Three's are especial-ly Good today, friend... ...in the Halls of Shambala... And remind me to tell you about that 'bullfrog' later... Every night reminds me... I have a long memory... and a short reach... Like certain alligators... Which is 'lucky'... for the duck... Perfect... And, hay... that's a golden jukebox there, at the end of the video... For 'girl power'... lol... "If I could only reach you..." "Dust in the Wind"... you see how that plays out...? And when you close your eyes, it all makes wonderful good sense, after all... "...everything is dust in the wind..." Stardust in the wind... like... seeds... Seeds of... 'every thing'... Oh, hay... you're going to like this one... Do you know what you get when you hang an 'Evil' woman upside-down for 9 days...? A 'live' one... Lololol... Go, go, 'girl power'... They've got balloons... Oh, no, you dittint... Now, we dance... Unfortunately, 'Justice' seems to be somewhat 'hobbled'... For the 'time'... Funny, huh...? I apologize for extended 'intermission'... we'll start the morning with a quick 're-boot', and I had just a few more things to add before we move on with a few other observations; I really wanted to add these last night, but evidently I got hold of a 'sticky' video... none of the ones that I posted... Anyway... I opened with the Kings, and got 'raised' with this one... by The Kingsmen... lol... I can dig it... And thank goodness for some 'Moody Blues'... I often wonder if they play so much 'Pink Floyd', because they lost all of their 'Moody Blues' records. Here... let me help you with that... I much prefer my 'wildest dreams' to your 'wall'... Unless, of course, you can make a brick house out of it... Just for the 'record', I had a lot of fun last night, and I look forward to my day, here in Paradise City... If not Paradise... And, how about that elephant...?
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Post by Goldenfleeced on May 22, 2016 13:57:05 GMT
Since you started my day with "Here Comes the Sun", I thought I'd add something to the "Louie, Louie" number... How about something 'old'... and something 'new'...? "Louis" was the 'Sun King', after all... Louis the 14th... now, where have we seen that 14 before? He was buried at the Saint-Denis Basilica, outside Paris, interestingly... And now, let's have something new... in white... Oh, right... I had something else to show you... My 'thesis' regarding the 'universal mycelium', so to speak, can be 'supported' with yet one more image, I think, which you should find relatively interesting... I've shown you this one before, but now we can put 'two and two together', I think, in regard to the symbolism... Look at this one again... it is the 'Aten' disk... said to represent the 'sun', or even the 'sun king', so to speak... But, what is this...? Fruit...? And, as often as not, we find the Aten associated with the Ankh... eternal life, or at least, rejuvenation... Now, these 'rays' are further shown to terminate in 'hands'... they are 'helpers'... Folklore tells us that on the equinox, K’uk’ulkan descends from the sky to the earth, bringing with him the energy of the Sun and the gift of water... It is as though the feathered snake is an umbilical cord that provides nourishment to the land. Its vibration energizes the earth, preparing it for new growth.El Castillo represents the Snake Mountain, a mystic place in Maya folklore where creation first occurred. Snake Mountain is a design practice adopted in Teotihuican as well as the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan. Though brought to its full artistic maturity at Chichen Itza,the design is much older than any of these cities. There are examples of the Snake Mountain design at Waxaktun and at Cerros as early as 100 BCE.
There are two upright bodies of the snakes that serve as columns for the pyramid's upper temple, and are meant to represent the Kuxan Sum or "living cord" that connected the rulers of the earth with their gods. Nowhere in the Maya world is there a larger or more impressive representation of the Snake Mountain design than in El Castillo, nor one with as much functionality... Snake Mountain was also where Xmucane, the first mother, used maize dough to mold the first humans at the beginning of the fourth creation.
The Maya were great mathematicians, inventing the concept of "zero" long before western civilizations. They were also great astronomers, and EL Castillo is a perfect marriage of their sciences with their religion.www.americanegypt.com/feature/cities/chichenitza/castillo.htmI really don't wear sunglasses... I like having the 'light' in my eyes... It beats 'gold on the ceiling'... Notice that the word 'Xmucane' includes 'mu'... the silence of the initiates... and 'cane'... ...and 'X' marks the spot... Lolol... I hope this video plays... I've grown rather fond of it... 'Silence' is, we might say... mu(te)... On the other hand, the 'Word' is... Up... Now, since 'black' is the designation for Egypt, as in black earth, and the Aten makes its appearance in Egypt, we might consider it to be a sort of 'black sun', don't you think...? And, if it were 'lost' or 'buried' for a time, that would make it a sort of 'black hole sun', wouldn't it? I mean... I just imagine that it would... Do you know why Odin hung upside-down for 9 days from the 'world tree'...? I do... According to some Maya elders, the seven lighted and six dark triangles formed on the staircase of El Castillo pyramid in Chichen Itza on the equinox represent the seven days and nights of creation. The sum of these lighted and dark triangles represent the 13 levels of heaven in the Maya concept of the world. Similarly, the nine platforms of the temple represent the nine levels of the underworld.www.calendarinthesky.org/Articles/MayaScience/MayaScienceArticleView/tabid/139/ArticleId/8/language/en-US/The-Descent-of-Kukulkan.aspxOne has to pass through these 9 levels (days) of the underworld, in order to be 're-born' into the World of Wisdom... in much the same way as Inanna is said to have done... And, if you will remember, our Alice is 'crowned' in the 9th move (or chapter) of our current adventure, "Through the Looking Glass", or... upside-down... Together, the numbers 13 and 9 (the entire heavens and underworld, in toto, if you will), make 22... the number of steps in the staircase of the Tour Magdala at Rennes, interestingly... and then, you might recall their 'Serpent Rouge'... Red Serpent... now, what do you suppose it means...? El Castillo rises 25 meters above the plaza of Chichen Itza. The base of the pyramid is 55.5 meters on each side. It consists of nine tiers or graduated layers stacked on top of each other. Each tier is decorated with rectangular panels, 52 visible on each face. Each face has its own staircase, but the northern-facing one has two large serpent heads, representing the god Kukulcan, at the base. This is the staircase that faces the Platform of Venus as well as the Sacred Cenote. www.americanegypt.com/feature/cities/chichenitza/castillo.htmThis is what is known to the Maya as a 'sacred cenote' or 'well'... and wells are symbolic for 'resurrection' and 'rebirth'... They believed that the rain god, Chaak, lived in these wells, and if it wasn't actually a 'God', I do believe that they may well be inhabited by the 'living creatures' known as 'elementals',- many of whom may display rather 'god-like' powers, and may influence even the weather... such as rainfall. I 'flew' into a 'volcanic well' just like this one, on Kauai, many years ago... it was almost frighteningly exhilarating, and I have often wondered just what might have been in the 'well'... besides me... Ding, dong, dell... Kitty's in the well...And it's a good thing (as well as a jolly good coincidence) that Kitty has 9 lives to live... So... how are you liking that 'Death Cab for Kitty', now...? Kool music... it's been a pretty fun weekend, after all...
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Post by Goldenfleeced on May 23, 2016 12:44:34 GMT
Wow... so far, it's been a really great start to a Monday morning; it will still be Monday, but I feel a lot better about it, thanks to some 'happy dance time' and 'good vibrations'... So, thank you. Really. You know, I don't like to get all sentimental.. and stuff... but I couldn't help thinking, as I saw Johnny Depp standing there, holding that little orphaned bat, that he looked for all the world like me own dear sainted mother... It very nearly brought tears to my eyes... Oh, I apologize to my mother... she really was a saint, you know... and that is the truth. And, of course, it's an orphan, which means that it doesn't have a name, does it...? I had an idea... just one among many... How about 'Dances with Mosquitoes'? I liked it... Well, there... enough 'clowning around'... I'd hate to be known as a 'pair of clown shoes' around here... I give you 'Stroke 9'... Of course, I'm really just a sensitive artist... Like you... I'll say one (at least) thing... you guys really do 'Rocket'... Everybody needs a good 'power station'... that's what I say... well, there goes one more thing, eh? Lolol... I enjoyed that last short 'story', since it will afford me another opportunity to relate 'life' to the Aten, and the 'extended hands' that proceed from it, as 'conduits', if you will... and I believe that, just as in your example, every time that we extend our own 'hand' to another living creature in compassion and empathetic assistance, that we, ourselves, act as the 'hands' or 'conduits' of the Aten, or life-giving 'Element' of Light, and energy... reflecting yet a higher level of reality, in which the cosmic 'conduits' extend themselves to us... with the 'caveat' that we are 'receptive', of course... and provide the 'proper matrix'. The woman, remember, was not an addict, nor a criminal... only greatly unfortunate in her circumstances, which in no way prevents her 'basic material' from becoming a 'receptive matrix' for the learning, and advancing, process... Even if the ability to read is the only 'benefit' that this man will ever see her receive, he will have planted a 'seed', and extended one of those 'tendrils of Light' to Life, generally... and if there were greater numbers involved, you can only imagine that the resulting 'vibrations' would necessarily be raised, to the 'good', I should think... And it is in much this way that our 'Adam' will be raised... one 'cell' at a time, if necessary... It is not another 'revolution' that is needed... it is another 're-form-ation'... in truth. I love books... And 'Elvis'... My aim is True... ...but I understand that they're catching unicorns just south of here... at sea, no less... now, what kind of a 'fish story' do you suppose that is...? Catch and release...? Oh, I'm so sorry that I missed my chance to say 'hay' to 'Andy' this morning... it was a great show... and I don't want to miss anything, either... It's enough to make you crazy... Because I do miss things, here and there... or miss mentioning certain things when they might have seemed more 'important'... but I am grateful for the 'special service' of 'memory jogging' that you are doing for me,- as it so happens, I've remembered many pretty wonderful things. Almost as if it were yesterday... I especially appreciated this one... Just look at those smiles... I remember those, too... But, happily, this afternoon, you played this one again... Because I also remembered that according to my 'revelation', the 'church' or 'Initiatory center' at 'Philadelphia' is the seventh... And when you pass through 'Philadelphia', you are 'free'... in the full sense of the Initiated or Enlightened Ones... and do you know where that happens? It turns out that's the "65,000-dollar question" to which Pinky has the answer... "To the moon, Alice..." No, really... I'll show you. For the answer, we have to join Plutarch in a discussion that was recorded on the most provocative subject of 'The Apparent Face in the Orb of the Moon' that he had with several other notable scholars; it is interesting to note that even Plutarch learned something in this little 'forum'... The quote may seem to be 'lengthy', but if you will skip to the highlighted portions, I think you'll find the 'relevance' quickly enough... Of the visible powers, he said we ought (and exhorted me also) especially to worship the moon, as being in reality, and also reputed, the sovereign of life.”
XXVII. When I was astonished at this, and begged for some clearer information, “Many things, Sylla,” said he, “are told amongst the Greeks, but not all rightly, concerning the Gods. For instance, at starting, you are right in calling the same person ‘Demeter,’ and the ‘Maid,’ but not right in supposing the place of each as one and the same, and that both were occupied by the same things, for the one is on the earth, and mistress of things upon earth, the other in the moon, and of the things pertaining to the moon. She is named the ‘Maid,’ and ‘Persephone,’ the latter as being the bringer of light, but ‘maid’ because we call maid (pupil) that part of the eye in which the image of the spectator is reflected, just as the image of the sun is reflected in the moon. In the legends told about their wandering and going in search, there is a [certain amount of] truth; for they long for each other when they are apart, and often embrace under the obscuration. Now the being at one time in heaven and in the light, at another in the darkness and the night, is not false as regards the Maid; but the time has occasioned error in the counting, since it is not during six months, but at intervals of six months that we see her enveloped in shadow by the earth as if by a mother, but rarely experiencing this at intervals of five months; for it is impossible for her to leave the shades, and from them pass, as Homer disguising the thing hath not ill said,
“‘Into Elysian plains and Earth’s recess.’
For where the earth’s shadow ceases to reach, this point we supposed the limit and end of earth. To this place no bad or unpurified person ascends; but the good, after decease, being carried hither, continue here enjoying a very tranquil life, not, however, a blissful one, nor that of gods, until the Second Death.”
XXVIII. “What, pray, is this, Sylla?” said I. “Do not ask questions about it,” replied he, “for I am going to relate it all. Man most people rightly think a composite being, but wrongly think a composite of two parts only, for they reckon the mind as only a part of the soul, being no less in error than they who think the soul to be only part of the body; for the mind is as much better and more divine than the soul, as the soul is superior to the body. For the conjunction of body and soul produces . . . . Reason, whereof the one is the origin of pleasure and pain, the other, of vice and virtue. Of these three combined things, the earth furnished for the birth the body, the moon the soul, the sun the mind, just as he supplies light to the moon. The death which we die makes the man two instead of three, the second (death) makes him one out of two. The first takes place in the region of Demeter [because the earth] and also the dead are subject to her, whence the Athenians of old used to call the [dead] “Demetrians.” The second [death] takes place in the moon, the dominion of Persephone; and of the former the consort is the Earthly Hermes, of the latter, the Heavenly. The former separates the soul from the body, hastily and with violence; but Persephone gently and slowly loosens the mind from the soul, and for this reason she has been named the “Only-begotten,” because the best part of the man becomes single when separated from the rest by her means. Each of these changes happens, according to nature, as follows: every soul, whether without mind, or joined to mind, on departing from the body, is ordained to wander in the region lying between the moon and earth for a term, not equal in all cases; but the wicked and incontinent pay a penalty for their sins; whereas the virtuous, in order, as it were, to purify themselves and to recover breath, after the body, as being the source of sinful pollution, must pass a certain fixed time in the mildest region of air, which they call the “Meadow of Hades.” Then, as though returning to their native land after enforced banishment, they taste of joy, such as the initiated into mysteries feel, mingled with trouble and apprehension, joined with a peculiar hope, for it drives off and tosses away many of them when already making for the moon; and they [the virtuous] also see the ghosts of people there turned upside down, and, as it were, descending into the abyss. Such as are arrived above, and have got firm footing there [on the moon], like victors in the games, crowned with wreaths, encircle their heads with crowns called crowns of “Constancy,” made of feathers, because the irrational and passionate part of the soul they have in life presented to Reason, manageable and kept in restraint. In the next place, their sight resembles a sunbeam, and the soul, wafted on high by the air surrounding the moon, gains tone and vigor from the same...thriceholy.net/Texts/Moon.htmlNotice that the 'crowns' are made of feathers... and, if nothing else, this echoes our Ku'kul' can very nicely, I think... he is 'reborn' with a 'crown of feathers'... and I might suggest that 'constant' in this context, surely, might just as well mean 'eternal' or 'unending'... constant. Crowned with Constancy... crowned with 'eternal life'... just as it is written. Believe it or not. And, remember (lol) that the Maya regarded the Moon as a particularly feminine deity... and kept a very special calendar, which delineated its movements most carefully; there were, in fact, priests devoted to the Moon and the lunar calendar. And if it is true, as Sylla tells us, that the Moon is the 'sovereign of life'... and this world is the 'underworld', then Persephone would be, in truth, the 'Queen of the Underworld'... The entire discourse is somewhat lengthy, and this portion occurs toward the end, if you would like to research it for yourself... I find it quite rewarding to follow in the footsteps, so to speak, of minds such as these, and only wish that I might have been there myself... The man that was just 'speaking' had some interesting insights on the place of Jupiter and Saturn, and... I think that this information can be applied on an... alchemical... level... which I have to believe that he already knew... ...and if he didn't, the Rosicrucian brotherhood surely did. I do believe so... And hay... I believe that's... Funkytown...!!! And as far as our Alice being an Initiate, I can tell you that she is... after all, her 'journey' began as a dream... The mysteries take the view that the soul wants to regain her freedom and that this is possible on earth through practices such as fasting and purification, in initiation, and during deep sleep. Furthermore, if such practices are not begun by us on earth, the soul will take its desires for material things into the after-death state and be variously tortured and tantalized by its cravings for tastes and possessions it can no longer have.
The successful initiates of the lesser mysteries could prepare themselves for the mysteries of Demeter. The primary source for the sequence of events is Hesychius of Alexandria, a 5th-century CE grammarian, but in fact we have very little ancient information on the specifics of either the lesser or greater mysteries of Eleusis, and scholars are not in agreement on the subject. In one reconstruction, on the first day initiates assembled, stated their qualifications, and began preparations. On the second the group marched to the sea and bathed in the Saronic Gulf near Eleusis. Seawater was considered a cure for some illnesses, and in this ceremony it may have been used for purification. On the third day initiants fasted and focused on things beyond the material, in commemoration of Demeter's wandering in search of her daughter. On the fourth day an offering was made to Demeter and Persephone. To the Greeks a sacrifice was a feast for all participants to enjoy, performed in a way pleasing to the gods. Notice the stalks of wheat in the rabbit's 'hair'... wheat... for Demeter... On the second day... a Lobster Quadrille... and a 'sea of tears'... they were salty... lolol... Initiants then put on a new set of clothes covered with the skin of a fawn, symbolizing their regeneration. At the conclusion of the ceremony all lights were extinguished. In complete darkness lightning flashed, thunder rolled, and unearthly noises were heard, symbolizing Tartaros, the terrifying hell of those who do not work with nature, and also the world coming out of chaos under the command of the demiurge or creator who worked the raw forces of nature to fashion a new state.A fawn... which we saw Alice embracing... Some days of the greater mysteries were also accompanied by gymnastic exhibitions, music, and other public shows... Initiants were then conducted to the inner adytum which was illuminated intensely. There they saw a resplendent statue of Demeter in an epiphany called autopsia, a seeing with one's own eyes...
The connection of initiation with death was also expressed by Plutarch:
At first there is wandering, and wearisome roaming, and fearful traveling through darkness with no end to be found. Then there is every sort of terror, shuddering and trembling and perspiring and being alarmed. But after this a marvelous light appears, and open places and meadows await, with voices and dances and the solemnities of sacred utterances and holy visions. In that place one walks about at will, now perfect and initiated and free, and wearing a crown, one celebrates religious rites, and joins with pure and pious people. Such a person looks over the uninitiated and unpurified crowd of people living here, who are packed together and trample each other in deep mud and murk, but who hold onto their evil things on account of their fear of death, because they do not believe in the good things that are in the other world. — Quoted in Stobaeus, Anthologywww.theosophy-nw.org/theosnw/world/med/me-savage.htmAnd I just believe that explains a lot about Alice's Adventures Underground... which is the original name of the Folio, you know... Imagine that... I did.
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Post by Goldenfleeced on May 24, 2016 2:41:39 GMT
Private eyes... lol... Look again... She is named the ‘Maid,’ and ‘Persephone,’ the latter as being the bringer of light, but ‘maid’ because we call maid (pupil) that part of the eye in which the image of the spectator is reflected, just as the image of the sun is reflected in the moon...And, thank you, Brother 'Peter Gabe'... Now, I would just like to add to this that our 'maid', Alice, wears a white apron... And, would you just look at that...? The 'queen's minions' (lolol) are 'painting over' our 'white' flowers on the 'tree', in order that they appear to be 'red'... like apples... or pomegranates... A rather poor cover-up, generally, but good enough for 'government work', as they say... Of course, the 'cakes' said, "Eat me..." And, too, we are under the mortal threat of 'death'... Frightening and unnerving, it says... indeed... ...and the moral of the story is... "Don't fear the reaper..." I knew that... Now, just for fun, you'll notice that the post number is 13(3)9... heaven and earth... with a trefoil for luck... Note that the image of the cross beneath the crown appears to look very much like an encoded Amanita muscaria mushroom, once the white spots are added. Below is the fleur de lis which represents a symbol of heaven and that the toad below the Fleur de lis, is also a symbol in Mesoamerica of rebirth and transformation. How about we start the day with a little something... something... Dance-ful...? Perfect. And, just as a side-note in my little 'journal', I'd like to say a really 'heart-ful' 'thank you' to 'Jay and Silent Bob' for making my life here a whole lot more... dance-ful. I've watched every one of those movies many, many times... and I laugh my keister off every time. I hope that you are well, and further hope that my remembrances of you here will add some little bit of 'mileage' to your most wonderful 'roadshow'... Now, let's get back to 'business', shall we...? Remember the toad...? We just saw it, above, and we've seen it before... here... Look again... Here, we see it under the very same 'moon in sun' that is portrayed in our card of 'the Moon',- The moon in June is like a balloon...A helium balloon, I think... it's got fire under it... At any rate, we were talking about the toad... and mushrooms... and... Warts... an interesting trait which both toads and mushrooms have in common... Semper Boffo...The toad was not only symbolically significant to the Mesoamericans, it was also symbolic of the French kings... so that, if the symbolism is to 'carry over', we see that 'regeneration' through the 'toad' will come from... a Phoenix... by way of the Moon... with the assistance of the 'serpent' and the 'rejuvenating dew' which is said to produce... the 'rock of ages'... The "Philosopher's Stone"... All right, then, 'Andy',- since you've done such a great job with the music this morning, I suppose that I should go and do likewise... and 'sing for my supper' like Little Willie... Walk like an Egyptian... that's right... we are... And that makes a perfect introduction to my next topic for consideration,- Akhenaten and the 'copper scroll'... This is Akhenaten with the Aten,- interestingly, he was known as the 'Heretic Pharoah'... Much as, I believe, that 'Jesus' was considered to be a heretic. And, here's an interesting 'side-note' to this entry in my Journal... I had twined about my head a little foil crown of stars, one time, and I said something about it to my 'friend' who was on the telephone, a long way away... and he said, "It looks like a crown of thorns." Which was funny, because I said that it kind of did, after all, but how did they know that...? I don't know... The point being that I thought about that... and I realized that the reason for the 'crown of thorns' was fairly obvious, really... They crowned the 'Mystic Rose' with thorns... ...because, I suppose, that every 'rose' has one. Was he an 'initiate' and practitioner of the alchemical sciences? Yes... I believe that he was... come to give us some very important lessons... on a very Great Work... And Moses went up unto God, and the LORD called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel;
4 Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and [how] I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself.
5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth [is] mine:
6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These [are] the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.-from the book of Exodus 19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
22 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.-from the sixth chapter of the book of Matthew If you see what I mean...
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Post by Goldenfleeced on May 26, 2016 22:33:22 GMT
Now, in regard to my own liitle 'crown of stars', I should like to make this little entry,- "He learned chemistry, that starry science..." - from Moffat’s biography of Sir Philip SydneyThis is evidently yet another fine instance of 'cosmic serendipity', for this quote is the opening of an article regarding copper and its association with... Venus... On average, women have about 20% higher copper serum than men and for iron it is the other way round, with men having a one-third higher iron level than women in their blood. The deep significance of this fact is entirely ignored by modern medicine. Iron and copper levels are sex-linked in exactly the way expected from the gender symbolism of their planets. The level of copper in human blood is critical, being around one part per million by weight, and normally it remains fairly steady around this value.
In various sea creatures the breathing process is by means of copper, not iron. They do not need the fiery Mars-energy, but have a more tranquil mode of being. A simpler, copper-containing molecule is used instead of the iron-molecule haemoglobin. The conch shell in Botticelli's picture, always traditionally associated with Venus, comes from such a creature, one which respires by means of a copper-process. The octopus and the scorpion both respire using a copper-molecule in place of the iron-based haemoglobin...
That same polarity functions in an inorganic realm in the principle of the dynamo, where the relative motion of iron and copper generates electricity. Iron creates the magnetic field and copper wires carry away the current generated. The energy powering our civilisation derives from a pulsating Mars-Venus interaction, making alternating current. There was a Mars-Venus conjunction in the sky on the day when Michael Faraday discovered the dynamo principle (17 October, 1831).
As Mars and Venus in mythology were closely related, so are they found bonded together in the depths of the earth: the principle copper ore is in copper-iron pyrites, in which copper occurs together with iron...
A room in which copper predominates, in contrast, has a warm, homely atmosphere, in which we can relax. This is a key concept to the English pub. Americans don’t understand this, and have drinking-bars where the cold glint of steel is evident, as promotes their violent and restless society. The high resonance of copper makes it suitable for a wide variety of musical instruments-in the strings of a string instrument, in the brass section, in percussive instruments, and so forth. Traditionally astrology associates the arts of music with Venus.
Modern uses of the red metal range from computer microchips to solar power cells, and it remains a key material for telecommunications, even though optical fibres are now preferred for trunk lines. A mobile phone has several grams of copper in it.www.levity.com/alchemy/kollerstrom_copper.htmlMusic... and communication... Perfect. HERMES, a Father of Philosophy, says: ‘It is indeed needed that at the End of this World, Heaven and Earth should meet and come home. Meaning by Heaven and Earth the aforesaid two Operations; but many doubts arise, before the Work is finished. That the following Figures may be better understood we give a few Parables in illustration :---
(this is one...) HERMES, the First Master of this Art, says as follows : ‘The Water of the Air, which is between Heaven and Earth, is the Life of Everything; for by means of its Moisture and Warmth, it is the medium between the two opposites, as Fire and Water, and therefore it rains water on earth, heaven has opened itself, and sent its dew on earth, Heaven has opened itself, and sent its Dew on earth, making as sweet as honey, and moist. Therefore the Earth flowers and bears manifold colored blooms and fruits, and in her interior has grown a large Tree with a silver stem, stretching itself out to the earth’s surface. On its branches have been sitting many kinds of birds, all departing at Daybreak, when the Ravenhead became white. The same tree bears three kinds of Fruit. The First are the very finest Pearls. The Second are called by Philosophers TERRA FOLIATA. The Third is the very purest Gold. This Tree gives us as well the fruit of Health, it makes warm what is cold, and what is cold it makes warm, what is dry it makes moist, and makes moist what is dry, and softens the hard, and hardens the soft, and is the end of the whole Art. Thereof says the Author of ‘The Three Words’, ‘The Three Moistures are the most precious Words of the whole Mastery’. And the same says GALENUS, when he speaks of the Herb LUNATICA or BERISSA. Its root is a Metallic Earth; it has a red stem, spotted with black, grows easily and decays easily, and gains Citrine Flowers after three days; if it is put in Mercury, it changes itself into perfect Silver, and this again by further decoction changes into Gold, which then turns hundred parts of Mercury into the finest Gold. Of this tree speaks VIRGILIUS, in the sixth book of the AENEIDE, when he relates a Fable, how AENEAS and SILVIUS went to a tree, which had golden branches, and as often as one broke a branch off, another one grew in its place. Herb 'Lunatica'... having to do with the 'moon', I'm sure... grows and decays easily... For now the Philosophers say: ‘Dissolve the thing, and sublimate it, and then distil it, coagulate it, make it ascend, soak it, dry it, and ever up to an indefinite number of operations, all of which take place at the same time and in the same vessel’. ALPHIDIUS confirms this and says: ‘You must know that when we dissolve we sublimate as well and calcinate without interruption,’ and if our Corpus is being thrown into the water, for the purpose of dissolution, it first turns black, then separates itself, dissolving and sublimating, unites itself with the spirit which is its origin and birth. Well... lol... how do you like that? I think the scroll was meant for... Venus... Remember this one...? 1975... Here is a slightly different, but truly interesting version... You could sell an elevator to Geronimo...Lololol... I find my 'inspiration' in some funny places... Anyway, I have a few things that I'd like to add today,- I tried last night, but was short on cooperation, let's say... things seem to be rolling out a little bit faster this morning, so I think I'll make hay while the sun shines... so to speak... Right now, I'd like to continue on with our copper scroll, and its association with not only Venus, but, as I said... Akhenaten. To begin with, the scroll has been designated as 'the Treasure Scroll', because its seems to list the locations of valuables that amount to 'treasure'; the kind of 'treasure', it is thought, that might actually 'change the world'... Now that is at least mildly provocative, don't you think...? I do... Here is a quote from a very interesting website on the subject,- Only a few words into the sentence and his fingers ached from the iron stylus used to form the letters. There was so much more to record onto the metal document and even worse, it had to be done “backwards and in reverse.” Choosing each word carefully he wrote phrases to a person he would never meet, explaining his thoughts across centuries and he had no way to correct mistakes. Allowing his mind to drift, he searched out words for someone in the distant future to understand, but not so simple the items entrusted to him could easily be found.
His hope was in a future Israel. Would those yet unborn Israelites make the same selfish mistakes making their monumental efforts of no affect? Would the holy items again wind up in the hands of a self-absorbed people not interested or caring enough to restore the most enduring system of worship on earth?
Odds are high that the scroll will lead us to those treasures, the largest archeological discovery in recorded history. If the book of II Maccabees is accurate, and the artifacts remain in place, a magnificent archeological discovery is on the horizon filled with wonderful possibilities.copper-scroll-project.com/about-the-copper-scroll/And the 'nature' of the 'treasure' that is listed...? In addition to temple tithes, the Scroll refers to other movable temple items like ‘dedicated vessels,’ ‘consecrated’ items, and priestly garments. Temple vessels are referred to in at least three sections of the Scroll and priestly ephods are named once. According to Copper Scroll expert B. Pixner, the fourth section of the Scroll references the Breastplate of the High Priest. thejerusalemconnection.us/blog/2009/03/01/the-copper-scroll-and-the-ark-of-the-covenant/Unfortunately, none of these 'treasures' seems to have been 'unearthed' as of today, but... they believe that it might just be 'time'... and personally, I believe that they are most likely right. I like the 'road signs', let's say... Now, this is interesting... It was written in an early form of Hebrew - a square form script - and has been shown to have linguistic affinities to pre-Mishnaic Hebrew and Aramaic, with some terms only comprehensible through study of Arabic and Akkadian. Other Dead Sea Scrolls were written in square form Aramaic script, or the so-called ‘Paleo-Hebrew’ script, derived from ‘Proto-Canaanite’ - itself an evolution from ‘Ugarit’, Egyptian hieroglyphs and ‘Phoenician’.
The language was a major puzzles for scholars. The Hebrew palaeography (style of script) and orthography (spelling) in the Copper Scroll is quite unlike anything found in other texts of the time, from Qumran or from elsewhere. It has, nevertheless, been almost unanimously classified as one of the Dead Sea Scrollswww.bibliotecapleyades.net/mistic/scroll_qumran.htmAnd, strangely enough, that reminds me of the description of the 'language' that was used to compose the folio known as the 'Voynich manuscript',- a proto-Hebrew, if you will,- and the only other text that might come close to this description. When I looked closely at the numbering units and weights used in the scroll, it soon became clear they were not of Canaanite or Judaean origin, where the Qumran Essenes resided, but Egyptian! Indeed, the numbering system in the Copper Scroll is typical of that in use in Egypt around 1300 BCE. The Egyptian system used repetitive single vertical strokes, up to the number 9, combined with repetitive decimal units for larger numbers.
If the numbering system was Egyptian, why not the weight terms also? The ancient Egyptians had developed a system of weights specifically designed for weighing precious metals, and this system was based on the ‘Kite’, a unit weighing approximately 10g, but sometimes used as a double unit (KK) of 20.4g. I believe it is no coincidence the ‘hard ch’ sound of the weight term used in the Copper Scroll text equates to the Egyptian ‘K’ in ‘Kite’...
The strange thing is that, although the type of numbering system used in the Copper Scroll might have persisted in Egyptian temple writing for some time after the Greek conquest of Egypt (in 330 BCE), its use was always specific to Egypt and it was not in use outside Egypt, except in the period of Egypt’s campaigns in Canaan from 1400 to 1100 BCE.
The use of the ancient Egyptian system for weighing metals died out around 500 BCE and had previously always been specific to Egypt.
Why would a document, ostensibly written by a devout, unorthodox Jewish community living near the Dead Sea in Judaea around the time of Jesus, have so many Egyptian characteristics?
And why would the writing material, numbering system and system of weights used, be typical of Egyptian usage from a period at least 1,000 years earlier?www.bibliotecapleyades.net/mistic/scroll_qumran.htmI can think of a reason... to 'identify' the 'sender'... If the 'material' identifies the 'receiver', that is... And then, I found this... in the same article,- ...all the major characters of the Bible, from Abraham and Sarah, to Jesus and Mary, had strong links to Egypt. Joseph, Jacob, all the founders of the 12 tribes of Israel, as well as Moses, Aaron and Miriam, Joshua, Jeremiah and Baruch, all lived for long periods in Egypt and were influenced by its culture and religions.
After a lengthy analysis I came to the conclusion that Joseph had interacted with a pharaoh by the name of Akhenaten - a monotheistic pharaoh - and many of the basic tenets of Judaism, and by extension Christianity and Islam, came out of Egypt. The river that branches from the Nile at Amarna (ancient Akhetaten), Pharaoh Akhenaten’s capital city, is to this day know as ‘Bahr Yusuf’, ‘Joseph’s River’, and there are many other clues...
Having made a connection for the Copper Scroll to Akhenaten’s Holy city in middle Egypt, it was not surprising a most powerful piece of evidence emerged when I looked again at the strange Greek letters scattered in the Scroll. When the first 10 are put together they spell out the name Akhenaten!
The validity of this conclusion is re-enforced by the opinion of Professor John Tait, of University College London, who considers the reading of the Greek letters as quite plausibly the name of the Pharaoh in question. Well, how do you like that...? And there are Greek letters encoded into this strange-enough script... ...and the 'knowledge' of the Egyptians passed first to the Greeks, I understand. Isn't that right 'Homer'? Lololol...
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Post by Goldenfleeced on May 28, 2016 16:06:48 GMT
So... this is a 'treasure scroll'... that was laid away, most carefully, by an admittedly 'strange' sect of 'Jews' that were known as the Essenes, who would have been (on the face of it) the last people in the world to have cared about laying up any sort of 'earthly treasure'... so... why did they preserve and guard this document so carefully? I think that I know 'why'... This particular, and most unique, 'scroll' does not hold the identity, nor the location, of any mundane 'treasure'... This is a map to that most wonderful of 'treasures',- that which was 'laid up in heaven'... ...and has yet to be 'recovered'... I don't know about you, but... I'm pretty excited... There are over-riding problems with all of the current theories which, until now, have not been resolved. Scholars have puzzled over how so much gold could have come from the First or Second Temples of Jerusalem, let alone come into the ownership of an ascetic, relatively impoverished sect like the Qumran Essenes. More significant is the fact none of the conventional theories have led to the discovery of any of the treasures listed in the Copper Scroll.
My own view is rather different. Whilst part of the treasures may well have come from the First or Second Temples at Jerusalem, as descriptions in the Copper Scroll certainly refer to Temple associated objects, when the secrets of the Copper Scroll are unravelled it becomes patently clear that another Temple is involved in the descriptions – and the Qumran Essenes were guardians, not just of treasure.
Although, from palaeographic studies, the Copper Scroll is now thought to have been copied at a date between 150 BCE and 70 CE, there are enigmatic passages which correspond to early Biblical Hebrew, dating back to 700 or 800 BCE, and it contains many unique word constructions not in use in mainstream Judaism at the time of its production.
The presence of Greek letters interspersed at the end of sections of the text aroused my curiosity, as their meaning was not understood and they appeared to be some kind of cryptic code. Many theories have been put forward to try to explain these apparently random Greek letters. They are variously considered to be made by scribes as reference marks of some sort, initials of place names, entry dates, or location directions, but none of these explanations is accepted as conclusive and they remain a puzzle.
The numbering units given in the text, which relate to the amounts of treasure, are also not clearly understood by modern translators. The numerals are in an unsophisticated long-hand form involving apparently unnecessary duplication.
There were other ‘anomalies’ for which there appeared to be no satisfactory answers. No other Dead Sea Scroll was engraved on copper, nor any known Hebrew texts from anywhere else, prior to the period.
Why should this be? Why should a non materialistic community go to such trouble to preserve the information on the Copper Scroll? Where did they get the extremely pure copper (99%) from? How could they afford its very high cost ? www.newdawnmagazine.com/articles/Unfolding%20the%20Secrets%20of%20the%20Copper%20Scroll%20at%20Qumran.htmlAnd then, there were the Essenes themselves, who are a peculiar 'puzzle'... known to be headed by a figure known as 'the right teacher' (and alternately given as 'the teacher of righteousness'), which is kind of curious... and it is said further that 'Jesus' was either a member of, or had some association with, this strange group. I have seen postulations as to their connections to both Enoch, and (most interestingly) even Moses himself,- or, at least (as I myself believe) contemporaneous with Moses... After all, if Moses had been responsible for the establishment of this 'off-shoot', then you would surely think that they would be found in the synagogues with the rest of those who kept the 'Mosaic law', and yet... they were not. But what they did do, evidently, was to participate in the group 'sacrificial' meals, as did the participants in the Greek mysteries... within their own communities. They were also known to make great use of water, as a means of 'purification'; I don't know that the Mosaic followers participate in any sort of purification rites using water, or baptism, generally, as it is known to other sects. So... if the 'right teacher' wasn't Moses, then who do you suppose that it was...? I suspect that it was someone who had already spent 40 years... studying the Torah... To prepare for some time in the 'wilderness'...
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Post by Goldenfleeced on May 28, 2016 22:11:05 GMT
Well, having suffered some small 'snafus' on the way to this post (I tried to make this post at 11:03 two or three times now), I would like to make another attempt... backwards... and then, I'll close it later on with an 11:03 post time. I guess that's one way... It was important to me to make that 11:03, because I understand that's the time that the Air Force fighter jets (out of Klamath Falls) will be doing a special 'fly-by' in Eugene on Monday... an 'honor detail', I'm certain, since it will be on Memorial Day. I would love to be there... my father took us to every airshow that came within a hundred (or more) miles; there were many that I remember at the Davis-Monthan Air Force base. The desert makes a great place to fly... great open spaces. I haven't forgotten... far from it. I remember them every day. My father got to come home, and we got to say 'thank you'... and I couldn't be more grateful. I remember, too, that a lot of fathers didn't; fathers, and sons, and brothers that didn't get to come home, and I couldn't regret that more... it might have been us. To all of you that made it home... you could not be more welcome... and you could not be more appreciated, than by somebody like me... and I just want you to know that you have my 'full salute', and my eternal thanks, for helping all of us to make it to... this day. And, for all of those that didn't make it home, and their families... I remember you, too. May the future bring us that happiness again, that you all lost here, on the way. Hay... look what I found... There's a crazy fire in the sky tonight...Perfect. I thought this would be a good place to mention that I got my own personal 'fly-by' last night... not the fighter jets, of course... Something shimmering and white... And very large... I'd like to think that it was the 'Foo Fighters'... I'm still holding that 'all-access' pass, you know... ...and a 'Mox(ie) card'... lolol... this one's a real 'gem'...
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