This is better than most articles about Egyptian cat cults. It does at least mention cats were valued ih houses for ceansing vermin (rats, mice). but this should go much further as the mainstay of the topic. Vermin control was vital to the Egyptian economy which centred on the fertile Nile soil and its grain harvests. In due course Egypt fed not only its own teeming population but Rome too. Without cats this would have been impossible.
I woud like to have read more about the matrarchs which I did read years ago. This artcle is only about the men. One interesting aspect is Mathilda Gage (paleface woman) who was a major 19thC feminist. She became an Iroquois matriarch and their councils inspired her femnism.
"On the 10th of May 1746, the Bellona and Mars sailed into Loch nan Umah (sic)..."
As the author's from Wick and I've never been to Scotland, I'll call it a typo. I'm pretty certain it is Loch nan Uamh, which makes more sense in Gaelic.
As a Celtic schoar I have never heard of wife klling as Celtic. A double burial sounds like burying the second spouse to die in the existing grave, a custom which is frequent wherever inhumation occurs.
There is very little information here beyond the basic ‘Celtic trade routes existed before Rome’. First it is necessary to give a quick review of what ‘Celtic’ means as it was not a centralised culture. Next give the key trading centres, including ports. It is inexcusable that shipping is not mentioned here as it was faster and safer. The routes both land and water between main points of exchange call for a map. Finally give specific trade goods, examples, which apply to the different routes. Add some illustrative items like archaeo finds to make it come alive.
Like Rick D. I was puzzled why the article speaks exclusvely of male bull leapers when the frescoes show both females and males.
Secondly the whole analysis seems infected by the custom of Spanish bullfighting. This is a debased form of the bull tradition. The Cretan culture is an art better understood as a dance. The Spanish bull is deliberately infuriated by the flapping of a cloak, and thrown barbs. None of this appears in Crete. The Cretan event could well have been with bulls reared closely familiar with human contact, even trained to permit the leaps and acrobatics. The intimacy of the art could then be observed and the skills assessed and enjoyed like watching a dance. As so often crude ideas of violence and competition get in the way of a fascinating art form.
Leo Rutherford’s defnition given early in the article represents a regrettbly common distortion of shamanism in the West. It applies the same approach as Western (and Christan) political economy. The Western (man) seeks to control and exploit. If shamanism truly operates within nature and the whole reality (the Web) then the shaman works as a partner. The ally – plant, animal, spirit – is asked for help. This may be part of an existing partnership or a new one. The ritual trappings are about making oneself acceptable and respectful. In return for their help they will ask for certain services such as sacrificing meat or sex or alcohol or violence or many other things. They may ask for constant use of a colour, hairstyle, wearing a symbol. They may ask for active work for a social / animal need. Whatever it is, there is an exchange, the ally’s help is given and our help is given in return. To talk of ‘controlling’ a spirit is a childish fantasy like Aladdin.
"The statues are believed to have had religious or ritual significance."
That's a bit like excavating a mosaic of Christ and saying that may have had religious significance.
Come on. This is Baphomet, Ba'al and Lucifer/Satan worship. Given the number of successful historians and archaeologists who worship thus today, the chance that this is not well understood is zero.
Firstly, it should be pointed out that ALL of the ancient peoples derived their myths from astrological lore. Christianity was no different. In addition, such astrological lore was embedded in “tales” that were actually historically based.
One good example is the Epic of Gilgamesh, where Gilgamesh has to fight the “bull of heaven” – obviously a reference to Taurus. To defeat it, he has to strike its weak spoit on its shoulder – which would be where the Pleiades are.
Why is this? **Because Gilgamesh was attacking Akkad to the north, a people symbolized by the constellation of Taurus, and their “weak spot” was a defensive cluster of cities symbolized by the Pleiades**.
What was the point of Jesus actually fulfilling the practice of “ocean-walking” as Orion represented? Because of the symbolism of Orion. Orion has an uplifted arm that ancient Egypt represented as holding a mace-head, **symbolizing the rightful, divine ruler of Egypt**.
Moreover, Orion is seen as the “gateway” to the “otherworld” – specifically through the Pleiades (cf. Rev. 1:16-20). Orion represents God in His role as divine King of the universe, and the seven stars represent the Watchers over His chosen people (cf. Amos 5:8 and Zech. 4:10).
Orion – as Jesus Christ, the Angel of the Lord – is also seen in Rev. 10:1-7, especially verse 2, **standing on both the sea and the dry land**.
In the text, the miracle of Jesus’ water-walking is directly connected to the miracle of the loaves and fishes, and is intended to demonstrate a specific point in terms of faith. It’s also highly symbolic on many levels, not JUST demonstrating Jesus’ divine kingship. The miracle of the loaves and fishes symbolically represents that the “harvest” of faith will be greater broken, than whole. Israel as a nation was “broken” by the division between northern Israel and Judah (see 1 Kings 12). But that division and scattering would eventually reap a much greater harvest (see Hosea 1:9-11).
The water-walking is directly connected to that, because Orion “walks” upon the water constellations **representing nations and empires that have had control over Israel, and scattered her**.
Did Jesus literally walk on water? Yes, and not just to prove a point to be faithful. It had a MUCH deeper meaning.
Sorry, I don’t buy it. This theory makes no sense at all. The fact that he had his whole kit with him and nothing that we know of was taken, and the wounds on his hand and body, more than likely indicate a fight and turf war over resources.
Sometimes, the simpliest explanation is the correct one and no amount of scientific contrivances can change this.
This is a much more credible explanation. Human sacrifice would explain the presence of the copper axe, which otherwise would be like driving a Ferrari to a burglary and leaving it behind.
People don't like to think about things like human sacrifice. It has been a constant of the human condition for a very long time and is still very much with us today, no matter how most might like to think otherwise. A lot of trouble is gone to in order to perform such ceremonies. Climbing up high into the Alps would have been part of the religious importance of the occasion to those performing it.
Christianity gets a bad rap constantly these days. However, it was true Christianity which sent these evil practices underground, in a manner of speaking, and it is those behind such practices today that are responsible for the undeservedly bad reputation which true Christianity attracts.
There are, no doubt, quite a few who would have understood that Oetzi was a sacrificial victim all along, because they do similar things today, although usually with younger victims. If that seems an exaggeration, Halloween was just a few days ago. The Celtic day of the dead is not dead. It is very much alive.
It is the average person who is dead, in a sense. Dead, that is, to the awful truth.
Does inbreeding amongst extreme elites still occur?
Yes. It does. They're just more careful how they do it.
When you regard yourselves as superior to mankind, just like the Pharaohs did, unnatural inbreeding comes rather naturally. And people don't change all that much.
Personally, no matter which of the four gospels I read, despite the different writing styles, the sense of who Jesus was comes across as essentially the same. Jesus in Mark is the same person as Jesus in John or Matthew or Luke. Each of them is describing the same vibrant, warm, individual.
In reading this book, it immediately felt off. For example, there will be a sentence or phrase closely resembling something from, say, the sermon on the mount, but the very next line sounds like a completely different personality produced it.
To me, this comes across as someone interspersing things that did come from Jesus to hook you and get you to accept the writer’s insertions as if they came from him, too.
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Quick check on Wikipedia – Anunnaki – gives Sumerian information, then the Erich von Daniken and David Icke versions. No comment.
This is better than most articles about Egyptian cat cults. It does at least mention cats were valued ih houses for ceansing vermin (rats, mice). but this should go much further as the mainstay of the topic. Vermin control was vital to the Egyptian economy which centred on the fertile Nile soil and its grain harvests. In due course Egypt fed not only its own teeming population but Rome too. Without cats this would have been impossible.
I woud like to have read more about the matrarchs which I did read years ago. This artcle is only about the men. One interesting aspect is Mathilda Gage (paleface woman) who was a major 19thC feminist. She became an Iroquois matriarch and their councils inspired her femnism.
"On the 10th of May 1746, the Bellona and Mars sailed into Loch nan Umah (sic)..."
As the author's from Wick and I've never been to Scotland, I'll call it a typo. I'm pretty certain it is Loch nan Uamh, which makes more sense in Gaelic.
As a Celtic schoar I have never heard of wife klling as Celtic. A double burial sounds like burying the second spouse to die in the existing grave, a custom which is frequent wherever inhumation occurs.
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There is very little information here beyond the basic ‘Celtic trade routes existed before Rome’. First it is necessary to give a quick review of what ‘Celtic’ means as it was not a centralised culture. Next give the key trading centres, including ports. It is inexcusable that shipping is not mentioned here as it was faster and safer. The routes both land and water between main points of exchange call for a map. Finally give specific trade goods, examples, which apply to the different routes. Add some illustrative items like archaeo finds to make it come alive.
Like Rick D. I was puzzled why the article speaks exclusvely of male bull leapers when the frescoes show both females and males.
Secondly the whole analysis seems infected by the custom of Spanish bullfighting. This is a debased form of the bull tradition. The Cretan culture is an art better understood as a dance. The Spanish bull is deliberately infuriated by the flapping of a cloak, and thrown barbs. None of this appears in Crete. The Cretan event could well have been with bulls reared closely familiar with human contact, even trained to permit the leaps and acrobatics. The intimacy of the art could then be observed and the skills assessed and enjoyed like watching a dance. As so often crude ideas of violence and competition get in the way of a fascinating art form.
Leo Rutherford’s defnition given early in the article represents a regrettbly common distortion of shamanism in the West. It applies the same approach as Western (and Christan) political economy. The Western (man) seeks to control and exploit.
If shamanism truly operates within nature and the whole reality (the Web) then the shaman works as a partner. The ally – plant, animal, spirit – is asked for help. This may be part of an existing partnership or a new one. The ritual trappings are about making oneself acceptable and respectful. In return for their help they will ask for certain services such as sacrificing meat or sex or alcohol or violence or many other things. They may ask for constant use of a colour, hairstyle, wearing a symbol. They may ask for active work for a social / animal need.
Whatever it is, there is an exchange, the ally’s help is given and our help is given in return. To talk of ‘controlling’ a spirit is a childish fantasy like Aladdin.
Reinforcing the patriarchy with phalluses for protection. There’s a chuckle in there while writing this.
Reinforcing the patriarchy with phalluses for protection. There’s a chuckle in there while writing this.
Reinforcing the patriarchy with phalluses for protection. There’s a chuckle in there while writing this.
"The statues are believed to have had religious or ritual significance."
That's a bit like excavating a mosaic of Christ and saying that may have had religious significance.
Come on. This is Baphomet, Ba'al and Lucifer/Satan worship. Given the number of successful historians and archaeologists who worship thus today, the chance that this is not well understood is zero.
They just may not want to admit it.
These are stunning artifacts. The Sumerians were such an advanced civilization. Imagine what’s left to discover.
Those Roman shoes compared to the Addidas ones… just goes to show you, NOTHING today is original. XD
Firstly, it should be pointed out that ALL of the ancient peoples derived their myths from astrological lore. Christianity was no different. In addition, such astrological lore was embedded in “tales” that were actually historically based.
One good example is the Epic of Gilgamesh, where Gilgamesh has to fight the “bull of heaven” – obviously a reference to Taurus. To defeat it, he has to strike its weak spoit on its shoulder – which would be where the Pleiades are.
Why is this? **Because Gilgamesh was attacking Akkad to the north, a people symbolized by the constellation of Taurus, and their “weak spot” was a defensive cluster of cities symbolized by the Pleiades**.
What was the point of Jesus actually fulfilling the practice of “ocean-walking” as Orion represented? Because of the symbolism of Orion. Orion has an uplifted arm that ancient Egypt represented as holding a mace-head, **symbolizing the rightful, divine ruler of Egypt**.
Moreover, Orion is seen as the “gateway” to the “otherworld” – specifically through the Pleiades (cf. Rev. 1:16-20). Orion represents God in His role as divine King of the universe, and the seven stars represent the Watchers over His chosen people (cf. Amos 5:8 and Zech. 4:10).
Orion – as Jesus Christ, the Angel of the Lord – is also seen in Rev. 10:1-7, especially verse 2, **standing on both the sea and the dry land**.
In the text, the miracle of Jesus’ water-walking is directly connected to the miracle of the loaves and fishes, and is intended to demonstrate a specific point in terms of faith. It’s also highly symbolic on many levels, not JUST demonstrating Jesus’ divine kingship. The miracle of the loaves and fishes symbolically represents that the “harvest” of faith will be greater broken, than whole. Israel as a nation was “broken” by the division between northern Israel and Judah (see 1 Kings 12). But that division and scattering would eventually reap a much greater harvest (see Hosea 1:9-11).
The water-walking is directly connected to that, because Orion “walks” upon the water constellations **representing nations and empires that have had control over Israel, and scattered her**.
Did Jesus literally walk on water? Yes, and not just to prove a point to be faithful. It had a MUCH deeper meaning.
Sorry, I don’t buy it. This theory makes no sense at all. The fact that he had his whole kit with him and nothing that we know of was taken, and the wounds on his hand and body, more than likely indicate a fight and turf war over resources.
Sometimes, the simpliest explanation is the correct one and no amount of scientific contrivances can change this.
This is a much more credible explanation. Human sacrifice would explain the presence of the copper axe, which otherwise would be like driving a Ferrari to a burglary and leaving it behind.
People don't like to think about things like human sacrifice. It has been a constant of the human condition for a very long time and is still very much with us today, no matter how most might like to think otherwise. A lot of trouble is gone to in order to perform such ceremonies. Climbing up high into the Alps would have been part of the religious importance of the occasion to those performing it.
Christianity gets a bad rap constantly these days. However, it was true Christianity which sent these evil practices underground, in a manner of speaking, and it is those behind such practices today that are responsible for the undeservedly bad reputation which true Christianity attracts.
There are, no doubt, quite a few who would have understood that Oetzi was a sacrificial victim all along, because they do similar things today, although usually with younger victims. If that seems an exaggeration, Halloween was just a few days ago. The Celtic day of the dead is not dead. It is very much alive.
It is the average person who is dead, in a sense. Dead, that is, to the awful truth.
Does inbreeding amongst extreme elites still occur?
Yes. It does. They're just more careful how they do it.
When you regard yourselves as superior to mankind, just like the Pharaohs did, unnatural inbreeding comes rather naturally. And people don't change all that much.
Personally, no matter which of the four gospels I read, despite the different writing styles, the sense of who Jesus was comes across as essentially the same. Jesus in Mark is the same person as Jesus in John or Matthew or Luke. Each of them is describing the same vibrant, warm, individual.
In reading this book, it immediately felt off. For example, there will be a sentence or phrase closely resembling something from, say, the sermon on the mount, but the very next line sounds like a completely different personality produced it.
To me, this comes across as someone interspersing things that did come from Jesus to hook you and get you to accept the writer’s insertions as if they came from him, too.
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