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8,000-Year-Old Yarmukian Mother Goddess Unearthed
... . So what then does this ancient mistress of the Levantine otherworld represent? Red Is The Color Of Love, And Sex The ...
ashley cowie - 09/07/2022 - 15:00
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Mask or Masquerade? Skeptic Totally ‘Trashes’ Magical Pagan Masks
For over six decades, it was believed that two wooden objects discovered in Opole, Poland were pagan Slavic masks used in mystical ceremonies held in cemetery woods. However, recent research by a Polish professor challenges this dogmatic interpretation and suggests they were simply discarded waste.
ashley cowie - 02/02/2023 - 13:58
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Baldr: The Shining God Who Shines No More
Known among the pre-Christian Scandinavians, and the gods themselves, as the "Shining God", Baldr was the image of perfection in the Norse religion, and the pride and joy of the Æsir (members of the principal pantheon of deities). The second son of Odin and his wife Frigg, Baldr was beloved and adored by his fellow gods—in the minds of the Æsir, he could do no wrong and no wrong could be done to him. He was the husband of Nanna and the father of Forseti, and dwelt with them in his hall of Breidablik, located in the Norse equivalen
Riley Winters - 13/12/2014 - 12:27
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Beware the Supernatural Bathroom Spirits, Toilet Deities, and Dung Demons
Every place in the world has its own legends and superstitions. These led to beliefs about gods, demons, and spirits which haunt a certain location. Even toilets have their own otherworldly beings.
valdar - 18/06/2016 - 03:39
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Vandal Strikes at Lia Fáil, Ireland’s Ancient Spiritual Heart
... got it wrong. The Hill of Tara is located amidst a grassy otherworld, near Skryne in County Meath, Ireland. Known as an ...
ashley cowie - 09/02/2023 - 21:59
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Menga Dolmen Unveiled As “The Greatest Neolithic Engineering Marvel”
A team of archaeologists has deciphered the hidden Neolithic building dynamics within Spain’s 5,700-years-old Menga dolmen. Not only were sophisticated engineering and building methodologies discovered, but the tomb’s alignment with surrounding hills offered visitors an other-worldly light show.
ashley cowie - 08/12/2023 - 17:55
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The Road to Eleusis: Unveiling the Secret of the Mysteries
The secretive Mysteries conducted at Eleusis in Greece for nearly two millennia have long puzzled scholars with strange accounts of initiates experiencing otherworldly journeys. In this groundbreaking work, three experts—a mycologist, a chemist, and a historian—argue persuasively that the sacred potion given to participants in the course of the ritual contained a psychoactive entheogen.
ancient-origins - 04/09/2020 - 21:32
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The Annual Megalithomania Conference - 2017
... talking about 'Megalithic Temples and the Quest for the Otherworld', along with other renowned lecturers - Prof. ...
ancient-origins - 02/02/2017 - 22:51
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Health Concerns Drive Revival of Ancient Saatvik Foods in India
India, particularly when viewed from the Western lens, has always occupied a particular place in popular imagination. The Indian subcontinent was a land of mysticism, yoga, ayurveda, alternate dietary habits, and ancient scriptures that have firmly set defined the creation of cleaner and more spiritual lifestyles.
Sahir - 20/12/2021 - 22:00
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Aion: The Demiurge and the Destiny of Man in the Teachings of Hermes Trismegistus
... communication between worlds and the journeys through the Otherworld in their respective mythologies. This perfectly ...
Jason Jarrell - 16/05/2022 - 18:26
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Top 10 Mysterious Ancient Manuscripts and Inscriptions Yet to be Deciphered
While exploring the enigmatic depths of ancient history, scholars often stumble upon cryptic relics, among which lie manuscripts that continue to defy the most skilled scholars and linguists. The origins of early writing are still an enduring mystery in the scholarly world, but they do not give up on one day understanding their secrets.
Aleksa Vučković - 16/12/2023 - 13:54
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Wonders of Wales Tour
Wales is otherworldly – lush green valleys filled with morning mist, craggy mountain peaks reaching to the clouds, a coastline to stretch the imagination to the horizon and a formidable reputation founded on legends of druids, wizards and witches. As the last retreat of the inhabitants of ancient Albion, the Welsh are still connected to the ‘olde ways’. Even today this depth of history and tradition is present in the very fabric of the land.
ancient-origins - 04/03/2014 - 06:46
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Manannan Mac Lir: God of the Sea and Guardian of the Afterlife
... with horses and cloak of invisibility, he guards the otherworld and the afterlife, incorporating aspects of the ...
Riley Winters - 08/03/2019 - 02:19
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Explore Fairy Traditions
... demon lovers, the fairy host, and abduction into the Otherworld. Stories and motifs are followed down the ...
ancient-origins - 03/11/2017 - 16:44
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Exorcists Called as Mass Hysteria Takes Over Malaysian School Girls
... reported falling from her chair and “looking into the otherworld” where she claimed to see scenes of blood, gore ...
ashley cowie - 11/08/2019 - 17:41
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Dead But Dreaming
This is a blog site about the otherworldly creatures most often known as faeries. They have taken many forms over the centuries, and interact with humanity in a myriad of ways. Are they nothing but the nebulous hallucinations of gullible people, turned into folktales by imaginative storytellers, or are they messengers of deeper meaning accessed by both mystics and the unwary in altered states of consciousness? Maybe both, and much more.
ancient-origins - 16/11/2016 - 20:15
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The Wooing of Etain: An Irish Tale of Love, Loss, and Jealousy
Étaín is a character from Irish mythology with an extraordinary life story. Her immense physical and spiritual beauty enthralled a member of the fairy folk and made her the heroine of the tale ‘The Wooing of Etain’.
Riley Winters - 22/03/2019 - 16:40
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Mount Shasta: Inner Earth Realms and History of the Lava Beds
There are legends all over the world, found in every culture, which populate caves with spirits and supernatural guardians who dwell in a subterranean realm hidden just beneath surface of our own world. Westerns traditions, going as far back to the early Greeks and Romans, have always viewed caves as eerie entrances into the underworld. Throughout the ages, caves have been used as mysterious settings for spiritual ceremonies, otherworldly portals, initiations and occult rites.
D.W. Naef - 28/07/2016 - 00:46
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: Landscapes, Symbols and Metaphysics in 14th Century England
... when describing the Arthurian world, where a supernatural Otherworld was consistently interacting with physical ...
nrushton - 29/10/2018 - 15:36
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Upcoming UFO Report and its Implications for Human Origins Theory
Last year, the United States signed into law 5,500 pages of legislation, most of which dealt with economic stimulus. But it dealt with something else too – UFOs! The revelations have explosive implications that will cause us to reexamine our scientific paradigms of human origins. Where do we come from? This is probably the most fundamental question within the human condition, and to even attempt answering it, we must explore the origin of all life on Earth.
Mark A. Carpenter - 26/04/2021 - 14:38