Entry number 29... (11) for 3/30... (33)...
Mar 31, 2015 4:09:20 GMT
Post by Goldenfleeced on Mar 31, 2015 4:09:20 GMT
Yep. It's 3/30... so, let's just go ahead and make a '33' out of that, because that's what this post is all about...
The 11 and the 22 add up to... 33...
And, what do you know, brothers? I got my 'apron'...
Yes, I did...
Now, mine isn't lambskin, since... well... that just seems kind of wrong, under the circumstances... but it is 'Golden'...
It's straight from Portugal, too... it says so...
And what do you know? It is embroidered with vines and flowers, just like the 'Apprentice Pillar,' and it features spirals, thistles, two Ram's Horns, and a single Heart... for Levi. The Priest...
It is saffron yellow... Korah's color...
I guess I 'made my Mark,' after all. I couldn't be happier...
It made a really great 'Un-birthday' present, and I wish I could post a photo, but... I'm sure that isn't necessary. I have it laid out on my chair...
I think it means something...
Time to strap on that apron and make gravy, brothers...
Have a cigar, won't you? And hay...
Have a drink on me. Maker's Mark, I think... it's a special occasion.
At 4:33... lolol... that just kind of 'figures,' doesn't it?
Gosh, 'C'... you've been a really Great 'Imaginary Friend' to me, all this time... With all my thanks... always... 'D'
"To get back to the beginning,
You've got to stop me from my 'sinning'..."
Remember...?
I think I've unmasked the Devil, don't you...? We were 'innocent'...
Never mind, friend... out like a Lion, and in like a Lamb... maybe even a golden-fleeced 'black sheep.'
It is a Great day for the April Fool, yes...?
Yes...
My birthday is Wednesday... do you know what the weather is going to be? Now, this funny... 57 degrees on Wednesday, and 58 on Thursday. No kidding... with a few thunderstorms expected.
It's odd, don't you think, that April Fool's Day is still celebrated as a holiday (holy day)? I mean... it seems kind of 'funny.' Lol...
In 1708 a correspondent wrote to the British Apollo magazine asking, "Whence proceeds the custom of making April Fools?" The question is one that many people are still asking today.
The puzzle that April Fool's Day presents to cultural historians is that it was only during the eighteenth century that detailed references to it (and curiosity about it) began to appear. But at that time, the custom was already well established throughout northern Europe and was regarded as being of great antiquity. How had the tradition been adopted by so many different European cultures without provoking more comments in the written record?
References to April Fool's Day can be found as early as the 1500s. However, these early references were infrequent and tended to be vague and ambiguous. Shakespeare, writing in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, made no mention of April Fool's Day, despite being, as Charles Dickens Jr. put it, a writer who "delights in fools in general."
Many theories have been put forward about how the tradition began. Unfortunately, none of them are very compelling. So the origin of the "custom of making April Fools" remains as much a mystery to us as it was back in 1708....
Most regions in France had been using Easter as the start of the year since at least the fourteenth century. This caused particular confusion since the date of Easter was tied to the lunar cycle and changed from one year to the next. Sometimes the same date would occur twice in a year.
However, the French used Easter as the start of the year primarily for legal and administrative purposes. January 1, following the Roman custom, was widely regarded as the traditional start of the year, and it was the day when people exchanged gifts.
hoaxes.org/af_database/permalink/origin_of_april_fools_day
So, if the holiday is tied to the lunar cycle, and this particular holiday marked somebody's day of birth, then... that would make them kind of a 'Moon Child,' wouldn't it? I think it would...
And they exchanged gifts... like 'Christmas,' I suppose... but, wait a minute... that 'gift exchange' thing sounds kind of familiar, too... Oh, yes...
The book of the 'Revelation,' number 11...
11 And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.
2 But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.
3 And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
4 These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.
5 And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.
6 These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.
7 And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.
8 And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
9 And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.
10 And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth.
11 And after three days and an half the spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.
12 And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.
13 And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.
14 The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh quickly.
15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
16 And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God,
17 Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.
18 And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.
19 And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.
Well, well...
Evidently, the victims of certain pranks were referred to as 'April Fish,' or maybe they meant 'that poor fish,' after all...
But, what do fish have to do with an April Fool? Unless he comes from the sea... more or less...
In the Middle Ages, New Year's Day was celebrated on Lady Day, the Feast of the Annunciation on 25 March, in most of Europe. The feast's octave was 1 April. The holiday may have originated in France as part of the shift to celebrating New Year's on 1 January, a move formalized as part of the 1564 Edict of Roussillon. It may have appeared earlier in Chaucer, but this is now generally discounted.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fools%27_Day
So... it's New Year's Day...
Of course, in Rome... ahem... it's known by another name...
In Rome, the holiday known as Festival of Hilaria, celebrating the resurrection of the god Attis, is on March 25 and is also referred to as "Roman Laughing Day."
The basic 'facts' in regard to the Roman 'Attis'...
Attis was born on December 25th of the Virgin Nana.
He was a shepherd, as Christ was called the "Good Shepherd."
He was considered the "only begotten son," the Logos/Word and the savior slain for the salvation of mankind.
His cult had a sacrificial meal, at which, it is contended, his body as bread was eaten by his worshippers.
His priests were "eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven" (Mt 19:12).
Attis served as both the Divine Son and the Father.
On "Black Friday," he was "crucified" on a tree, from which his holy blood ran down to redeem the earth.
He descended into the underworld.
After three days, Attis was resurrected on March 25th (as tradition held of Jesus) as the "Most High God."
There was rivalry too in ritual. The climax of the celebration of Attis' resurrection, the Hilaria, fell on the 25th of March, the date that the early church had settled on as the day of Christ's death.... (Lane, 39-40)
As we can see, according to this scholar, Attis is killed, fixed to a tree, and resurrects after three days, while his mother is "regarded as a virgin goddess" comparable to the Virgin Mary.
These conclusions come from the writings of ancient Pagans, as well as the early Church fathers, including Justin Martyr, Clement of Alexandria, Hippolytus, Tatian, Tertullian, Augustine, Arnobius and Firmicus Maternus.
The Phrygian god Attis's mother was variously called Cybele and Nana. Like the Egyptian goddess Isis and the Christian figure Mary, Nana/Cybele is a perpetual virgin, despite her status as a mother. The scholarly term used to describe virgin birth is "parthenogenesis," while many goddesses are referred to as "Parthenos," the Greek word meaning "virgin." This term is applicable to the Phrygian goddess Cybele/Nana as well.
"Attis is the son of Cybele in her form as the virgin, Nana."
Attis is the son of Cybele in her form as the virgin, Nana, who is impregnated by the divine force in the form of a pomegranate.
truthbeknown.com/attis.html
Notice that in the quotes above, the 'worshippers of Attis' 'ate his body,' in much the same way as the Christ-ians consume his body through the 'mystery' of 'transubstantiation,' so to speak... They sound very much like 'cannibals'... and now, remember that Orpheus 'is claimed by Aristophanes and Horace to have taught cannibals to subsist on fruit, and to have made lions and tigers obedient to him. Horace believed however, that Orpheus only introduced order and civilization to savages.'
Only... Interesting observation, though, under the circumstances...
Rome certainly 'enjoys' some strange customs... among other things.
Pine cones... lol... Now, this one reminds me of that two-tailed 'mermaid' in another chapel... don't tell me she's the 'April Fish'...
This one is from Pompeii...
And, a pomegranate... now, that sounds familiar... that single 'seed' caused somebody to spend half of her 'life' in the Underworld...
And... that reminds me of someone else...
Melissa St (Saint) Hilaire, I believe they 'bill' themselves as...
Sweet Melissa... or, 'honey'... lol...
Play it, Greg...
And, by all means... eat a peach... instead.
In fact, have a fork...
I'm just playing the fool here, surely... I don't really 'know' if she and Cher have anything in common at all... much less Greg Allman...
I just heard it 'through the grapevine,' so to speak.
Go ahead and 'knock,' brother... the password is 'Swordfish'...
No, really...
You should watch that one... it's worth the nickel...
Here are some other aprons... they're all quite unique...
Oy, I said thistles...
Play those bagpipes, boys...
I think I feel like some 'John the Fisherman'...
Lolol...
Thanks, I'm sure, to the Youtube poster known as OhnoWill... if only it were 'OnoWill,' you'd have Good Will, in Japanese... Sadly, you missed that 'mark'...
Oh, no Will... that's a shame...
The 11 and the 22 add up to... 33...
And, what do you know, brothers? I got my 'apron'...
Yes, I did...
Now, mine isn't lambskin, since... well... that just seems kind of wrong, under the circumstances... but it is 'Golden'...
It's straight from Portugal, too... it says so...
And what do you know? It is embroidered with vines and flowers, just like the 'Apprentice Pillar,' and it features spirals, thistles, two Ram's Horns, and a single Heart... for Levi. The Priest...
It is saffron yellow... Korah's color...
I guess I 'made my Mark,' after all. I couldn't be happier...
It made a really great 'Un-birthday' present, and I wish I could post a photo, but... I'm sure that isn't necessary. I have it laid out on my chair...
I think it means something...
Time to strap on that apron and make gravy, brothers...
Have a cigar, won't you? And hay...
Have a drink on me. Maker's Mark, I think... it's a special occasion.
At 4:33... lolol... that just kind of 'figures,' doesn't it?
Gosh, 'C'... you've been a really Great 'Imaginary Friend' to me, all this time... With all my thanks... always... 'D'
"To get back to the beginning,
You've got to stop me from my 'sinning'..."
Remember...?
I think I've unmasked the Devil, don't you...? We were 'innocent'...
Never mind, friend... out like a Lion, and in like a Lamb... maybe even a golden-fleeced 'black sheep.'
It is a Great day for the April Fool, yes...?
Yes...
My birthday is Wednesday... do you know what the weather is going to be? Now, this funny... 57 degrees on Wednesday, and 58 on Thursday. No kidding... with a few thunderstorms expected.
It's odd, don't you think, that April Fool's Day is still celebrated as a holiday (holy day)? I mean... it seems kind of 'funny.' Lol...
In 1708 a correspondent wrote to the British Apollo magazine asking, "Whence proceeds the custom of making April Fools?" The question is one that many people are still asking today.
The puzzle that April Fool's Day presents to cultural historians is that it was only during the eighteenth century that detailed references to it (and curiosity about it) began to appear. But at that time, the custom was already well established throughout northern Europe and was regarded as being of great antiquity. How had the tradition been adopted by so many different European cultures without provoking more comments in the written record?
References to April Fool's Day can be found as early as the 1500s. However, these early references were infrequent and tended to be vague and ambiguous. Shakespeare, writing in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, made no mention of April Fool's Day, despite being, as Charles Dickens Jr. put it, a writer who "delights in fools in general."
Many theories have been put forward about how the tradition began. Unfortunately, none of them are very compelling. So the origin of the "custom of making April Fools" remains as much a mystery to us as it was back in 1708....
Most regions in France had been using Easter as the start of the year since at least the fourteenth century. This caused particular confusion since the date of Easter was tied to the lunar cycle and changed from one year to the next. Sometimes the same date would occur twice in a year.
However, the French used Easter as the start of the year primarily for legal and administrative purposes. January 1, following the Roman custom, was widely regarded as the traditional start of the year, and it was the day when people exchanged gifts.
hoaxes.org/af_database/permalink/origin_of_april_fools_day
So, if the holiday is tied to the lunar cycle, and this particular holiday marked somebody's day of birth, then... that would make them kind of a 'Moon Child,' wouldn't it? I think it would...
And they exchanged gifts... like 'Christmas,' I suppose... but, wait a minute... that 'gift exchange' thing sounds kind of familiar, too... Oh, yes...
The book of the 'Revelation,' number 11...
11 And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.
2 But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.
3 And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
4 These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.
5 And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.
6 These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.
7 And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.
8 And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
9 And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.
10 And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth.
11 And after three days and an half the spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.
12 And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.
13 And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.
14 The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh quickly.
15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
16 And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God,
17 Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.
18 And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.
19 And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.
Well, well...
Evidently, the victims of certain pranks were referred to as 'April Fish,' or maybe they meant 'that poor fish,' after all...
But, what do fish have to do with an April Fool? Unless he comes from the sea... more or less...
In the Middle Ages, New Year's Day was celebrated on Lady Day, the Feast of the Annunciation on 25 March, in most of Europe. The feast's octave was 1 April. The holiday may have originated in France as part of the shift to celebrating New Year's on 1 January, a move formalized as part of the 1564 Edict of Roussillon. It may have appeared earlier in Chaucer, but this is now generally discounted.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fools%27_Day
So... it's New Year's Day...
Of course, in Rome... ahem... it's known by another name...
In Rome, the holiday known as Festival of Hilaria, celebrating the resurrection of the god Attis, is on March 25 and is also referred to as "Roman Laughing Day."
The basic 'facts' in regard to the Roman 'Attis'...
Attis was born on December 25th of the Virgin Nana.
He was a shepherd, as Christ was called the "Good Shepherd."
He was considered the "only begotten son," the Logos/Word and the savior slain for the salvation of mankind.
His cult had a sacrificial meal, at which, it is contended, his body as bread was eaten by his worshippers.
His priests were "eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven" (Mt 19:12).
Attis served as both the Divine Son and the Father.
On "Black Friday," he was "crucified" on a tree, from which his holy blood ran down to redeem the earth.
He descended into the underworld.
After three days, Attis was resurrected on March 25th (as tradition held of Jesus) as the "Most High God."
There was rivalry too in ritual. The climax of the celebration of Attis' resurrection, the Hilaria, fell on the 25th of March, the date that the early church had settled on as the day of Christ's death.... (Lane, 39-40)
As we can see, according to this scholar, Attis is killed, fixed to a tree, and resurrects after three days, while his mother is "regarded as a virgin goddess" comparable to the Virgin Mary.
These conclusions come from the writings of ancient Pagans, as well as the early Church fathers, including Justin Martyr, Clement of Alexandria, Hippolytus, Tatian, Tertullian, Augustine, Arnobius and Firmicus Maternus.
The Phrygian god Attis's mother was variously called Cybele and Nana. Like the Egyptian goddess Isis and the Christian figure Mary, Nana/Cybele is a perpetual virgin, despite her status as a mother. The scholarly term used to describe virgin birth is "parthenogenesis," while many goddesses are referred to as "Parthenos," the Greek word meaning "virgin." This term is applicable to the Phrygian goddess Cybele/Nana as well.
"Attis is the son of Cybele in her form as the virgin, Nana."
Attis is the son of Cybele in her form as the virgin, Nana, who is impregnated by the divine force in the form of a pomegranate.
truthbeknown.com/attis.html
Notice that in the quotes above, the 'worshippers of Attis' 'ate his body,' in much the same way as the Christ-ians consume his body through the 'mystery' of 'transubstantiation,' so to speak... They sound very much like 'cannibals'... and now, remember that Orpheus 'is claimed by Aristophanes and Horace to have taught cannibals to subsist on fruit, and to have made lions and tigers obedient to him. Horace believed however, that Orpheus only introduced order and civilization to savages.'
Only... Interesting observation, though, under the circumstances...
Rome certainly 'enjoys' some strange customs... among other things.
Pine cones... lol... Now, this one reminds me of that two-tailed 'mermaid' in another chapel... don't tell me she's the 'April Fish'...
This one is from Pompeii...
And, a pomegranate... now, that sounds familiar... that single 'seed' caused somebody to spend half of her 'life' in the Underworld...
And... that reminds me of someone else...
Melissa St (Saint) Hilaire, I believe they 'bill' themselves as...
Sweet Melissa... or, 'honey'... lol...
Play it, Greg...
And, by all means... eat a peach... instead.
In fact, have a fork...
I'm just playing the fool here, surely... I don't really 'know' if she and Cher have anything in common at all... much less Greg Allman...
I just heard it 'through the grapevine,' so to speak.
Go ahead and 'knock,' brother... the password is 'Swordfish'...
No, really...
You should watch that one... it's worth the nickel...
Here are some other aprons... they're all quite unique...
Oy, I said thistles...
Play those bagpipes, boys...
I think I feel like some 'John the Fisherman'...
Lolol...
Thanks, I'm sure, to the Youtube poster known as OhnoWill... if only it were 'OnoWill,' you'd have Good Will, in Japanese... Sadly, you missed that 'mark'...
Oh, no Will... that's a shame...
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