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"The Temple of Vesta was a circular structure, originally a replica of a stone circle (stelae) temple as sighted after sunrise, in which the perpetual fire [sacred fire] was renewed on the first of March, the ancient Roman New Year." (Wirth, 1934)
Photos: 1. Roman coin with the word "Vesta" and the sacred fire at a round shrine 2. Carroll, J. (2019). Temple of Vesta at Tivoli, Italy. 3. Archeological site of Gobekli Tepe.
Herman Wirth (1934). "The Rise of Mankind."
Photos: 1. Roman coin with the word "Vesta" and the sacred fire at a round shrine 2. Carroll, J. (2019). Temple of Vesta at Tivoli, Italy. 3. Archeological site of Gobekli Tepe.
Herman Wirth (1934). "The Rise of Mankind."
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… initiatory death is often symbolized, for example, by darkness, by cosmic night, by the telluric womb, the hut, the belly of a monster.
All these images express regression to a preformal state, to a latent mode of being (complementary to the precosmogonic Chaos), rather than total annihilation (in the sense in which, for example, a member of the modern societies conceives death).
These images and symbols of ritual death are inextricably connected with germination, with embryology; they already indicate a new life in course of preparation.
Obviously, as we shall show later, there are valuations of initiatory death - for example, joining the company of the dead and the Ancestors.
But here again we can discern the same symbolism of the beginning: the beginning of spiritual life, made possible in this case by a meeting with spirits.
For archaic thought, then, man is made - he does not make himself all by himself. It is the old initiates, the spiritual masters, who make him.
But these masters apply what was revealed to them at the beginning of Time by the Supernatural Beings.
They are only the representatives of those Beings; indeed, in many cases they incarnate them.
Rites and Symbols of Initiation: The Mysteries of Birth and Rebirth, Mircea Eliade
All these images express regression to a preformal state, to a latent mode of being (complementary to the precosmogonic Chaos), rather than total annihilation (in the sense in which, for example, a member of the modern societies conceives death).
These images and symbols of ritual death are inextricably connected with germination, with embryology; they already indicate a new life in course of preparation.
Obviously, as we shall show later, there are valuations of initiatory death - for example, joining the company of the dead and the Ancestors.
But here again we can discern the same symbolism of the beginning: the beginning of spiritual life, made possible in this case by a meeting with spirits.
For archaic thought, then, man is made - he does not make himself all by himself. It is the old initiates, the spiritual masters, who make him.
But these masters apply what was revealed to them at the beginning of Time by the Supernatural Beings.
They are only the representatives of those Beings; indeed, in many cases they incarnate them.
Rites and Symbols of Initiation: The Mysteries of Birth and Rebirth, Mircea Eliade
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Anglo-Saxon axe shaped mount featuring a man in meditative posture surrounded by serpents (of Hel?) - is this Woden communing with the dead? In the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff.
Alternative interpretations of this artefact. Kevin of Fortress of Lugh has pointed out that the seated figure appears to have his hands behind his back as though bound.
Being bound among snakes is a Germanic punishment in this world and the next and could mean this is Loki, Wayland or Gunnar - all of whom have such stories associated with them.
But the axe shaped mount itself has an apotropaic function so the figure surely also assists this. If it is Woden or an acolyte performing utiseta among wyrms of Hell, then that makes sense. Perhaps a depiction of a bound Loki also assists in binding and controlling other malevolent entities?
Being bound among snakes is a Germanic punishment in this world and the next and could mean this is Loki, Wayland or Gunnar - all of whom have such stories associated with them.
But the axe shaped mount itself has an apotropaic function so the figure surely also assists this. If it is Woden or an acolyte performing utiseta among wyrms of Hell, then that makes sense. Perhaps a depiction of a bound Loki also assists in binding and controlling other malevolent entities?
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A Germanic chieftain ritually deposits captured enemy armour and weaponry into the waters of the Thorsberg moor as a votive offering. The peat bog in northern Germany was the site of such ritual offerings by Germanic tribes for four centuries. Art by Samson…
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A priest of the Angles deposits the spoils of a defeated Swedish army into Thorsberg bog, c. 300 AD.
Art by Samson Goetze, animated by Grok
Art by Samson Goetze, animated by Grok
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На территории «Преображенки-2» обнаружили человеческие кости 😱
Археологи обнаружили древние курганы. Находки включают человеческие останки, бронзовые ножи, украшения и глиняные сосуды, принадлежавшие представителям срубной культуры эпохи поздней бронзы.
Возраст захоронений оценивается примерно в 3500 лет — они современники египетских пирамид. Все артефакты после изучения пополнят музейные фонды региона и помогут лучше понять историю волжских земель.
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Археологи обнаружили древние курганы. Находки включают человеческие останки, бронзовые ножи, украшения и глиняные сосуды, принадлежавшие представителям срубной культуры эпохи поздней бронзы.
Возраст захоронений оценивается примерно в 3500 лет — они современники египетских пирамид. Все артефакты после изучения пополнят музейные фонды региона и помогут лучше понять историю волжских земель.
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Nordic Bronze Age weapon deposit in a sacred lake. Photographed by Emma Foss at the The Bronze Age festival at the Vitlycke Museum in Tanum, Sweden.
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It took a lot of work to reconstruct this 6x god head Saxon design for the back of this heavy duty cotton shirt.
The design was taken from a damaged saucer-brooch found in a Saxon grave in Fairford in the Cotswolds, England. This may represent the many aspects of Woden. The front of the shirt bears a small zoomorphic triskele over the heart.
Available in many colours with a black or white print
The design was taken from a damaged saucer-brooch found in a Saxon grave in Fairford in the Cotswolds, England. This may represent the many aspects of Woden. The front of the shirt bears a small zoomorphic triskele over the heart.
Available in many colours with a black or white print
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