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Maggie Smith dons the
8-pointed
star hat at Hogwarts, a secret key
for the
energy master.
Click
Professor Minerva McGonagall
for the Harry
Potter Index
Go to
Hogwarts page
for Thetis

Professor McGonagall
teaches
Transfiguration
class and is
Head Mistress of Gryffindor House.
ID page for
Potter character:
Prof. McGonagall
The Goblet of Fire
Triwizard Champions


J. K. Rowling's
Harry Potter
Order of the Phoenix Quiz
cast
filming the fourth movie
in the
series of wizardry and
witchcraft.
Rowling lives in
Edinburgh, Scotland (near Hogwarts no doubt) and is,
without a doubt, the
most successful contemporary writer in Scotland.
Illustration-The
Etheric Double
from the book by A. E. Powell
J. R. R. Tolkien
bestowed his elven population with many of the characteristics attributed to the
Oracle at Delphi. The Lord of The Rings is the second most read book of the twentieth century after the Bible.
Everything of
Lothlorien is sacred - down to the very beautiful "golden
flowers shaped like stars" at the base of the great golden
trees..."they glimmered as a mist amid the rich hue of grass."
While the Lady of the Golden Glade represents the power of sacred place
above the surface, the Oracle at Delphi was her mirror, with subterranean features
associated with the wealth under the crust of the Earth (the great unconscious -
maybe the global consciousness.) She may also be linked with the new
planet just discovered behind Pluto.
view
Demeter and Kore

Vestal Priestesses

Drums help open the door
to the underworld
DELPHI
Research at Delphi recently raised some interesting, although not new themes, from a geographical
viewpoint. They fail to shed any light on the oracle with this
"new" evidence from an historical view as researchers now
unearth new observatories across Europe (new "Stonehenge" in
Germany) and learn about the "original"
Stonehenge.
They are unaware of documentation about the Oracle at Delphi, apparently, since they do not
review the violent and prolonged levitations nor other documented phenomena
during the many centuries the Oracle taught.
Delphic
mythology remains difficult to research because the rituals were secret,
out of public view. Much of what we do know about both the Temple and the
Prophetess survives from those who were instructed at Delphi. Why
were they never reviewed by this team?
It is only with great difficulty I can imagine such revered scholars as Plato,
Socrates, Aesop, and Pythagoras - duped by fumes rising from an
underground sanctuary. Scientists have claimed there is nothing more
to two thousand years of lore and legacy from the Delphi Shrine than
that.
The
Radiant Heart
Egypt-All
of David Roberts
EXCAVATIONS
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Banias -
North
Israel -Banias
Joshua
and Josephus clearly state this a well known area of importance to ancient
shepherds and Greeks at home with pastoral life. Herod built the temple by
the cave, the cliff and the spring. Of course, all these spots are well
known: the Paneion that Josephus cites is the Sanctuary of Pan at Banias
(called Caesarea Philippi in the Roman period), located in and on the cave
and terrace immediately below the cliff face of Mount Hermon.
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Below
the cave rise the sources of the river Jordan. It was this most celebrated
place that Herod adorned the temple near Paneion which he consecrated to
Caesar. (see Antiquities of the Jews 15.359 363-3640
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The Bible describes
Elonei (oaks of) Mamre as Abraham's dwelling place, by the town
of ancient Hebron (Tell Rumeideh)
CHRIST AND SERAPIS Early
Christians used codes and symbols to communicate with each other unnoticed
by Rome. Their secret system may have arisen via Hebrew Qabalah [Kabbalah]
and combined symbols from the Cult of Serapis, Egypt's most secret God of
sound power. The Temple of Serapis served as a welcome meeting place and
doubled as part of a Christian "underground" railroad that was
responsible for saving many from Roman persecution. Although Jews and
Egyptians often worked together during New Testament times, these examples
are seldom quoted today. Alexander The Great believed in only one god,
Serapis. Alexander's shrine-resting place is beautifully represented in
the 1960s film CLEOPATRA.
Christian Roots in Serapis
The Delos Temple of
Serapis,
Serapis/Christ Article
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By initiation, those who before were fellow-citizens only, became
brothers, connected by a closer bond than before, by means of a
religious fraternity, which, bringing men nearer together, united them more
strongly: and the weak and the poor could more readily appeal for assistance
to the powerful and the wealthy, with whom religious association gave them a
closer fellowship.
The Initiate was regarded as the favorite of the
Gods. For him alone Heaven opened its treasures. Fortunate during life, he
could, by virtue and the favor of Heaven, promise himself after death an
eternal felicity.
-Ancient
Knowledge
The site of world-famous
Mayan archaeological ruins, Tulum is 1ocated on the Yucatan Peninsula.
The well-preserved site narrowly missed taking severe damage during
recent hurricanes.
Something to catch up on when you visit south of the boarder:
House of the Halach Uinic
Of all the stucco figures that likely adorned this building, only the
Descending God remains, watching over the
entrance to the shrine. The image clearly suggests Trump XII, symbol of
th Dying Water God, and the Age of Pisces, in which we now live.
With wings pointing upward as if he were
descending from the sky, the image of the Descending God appears
frequently throughout Tulum. Some researchers believe that this was a
regional deity, associated with Venus and rain. Others believe it may
represent the god of bee-keeping, Ah Mucen Cab. A belief in a
Descending God existed among many Mesoamerican peoples, although the
symbolism varied widely. For example, the Aztecs had a Descending God
known as Tzontemoc, and associated him with the setting sun.
This building, which stands on a
platform, has an entrance with four columns and a pillar. In the rear
room there is a shrine against the rear wall. The passage on the left
leads to a set of stairs, all in excellent condition.
The great palace,
House of Columns, is shaped in an "L", very unlucky as architecture
goes. The design is often associated with poor health, but the building
is still in perfect shape. This was one of the largest
residential buildings in Tulum. The narrow room in back has its own
shrine.
Pisces,
the Fishes are usually symbolized as two fish, holding a ribbon in their
mouths; they are now drawn as though held or connected to each other by
ropes or chains. The constellation is often associated with love at
several levels that include the very dramatic salmon run, when they turn
to home. Christians associate this constellation with Jesus Christ, a
fisherman who preached love of fellowman. The "Christian Era" has
coincided with the "Age of Pisces."
Go
Chaco Canyon to find out about:
1054 Supernova Petrograph
THE BOOK OF FATE
[Excerpt - Introduction and Delphi Oracle]
This oracle, discovered in
the Royal Tombs near Mount Libycus, in Upper Egypt, by M. Sonnini in
1801 was given to Napoleon, translated and bound as a book, by Empress
Josephine.
INTRODUCTORY ACCOUNT OF ANCIENT ORACLES
No institution is more
famous than the ancient Oracles of Egypt, Greece, and Rome. They were
said to be the will of the gods themselves, and they were consulted, not
only upon every important matter, but even in the affairs of private
life. To make peace or war, to introduce a change of government, to
plant a colony, to enact laws, to raise an edifice, or to marry, were
all sufficient reasons to consult the will of the gods. Mankind, in
consulting them, showed that they wished to pay implicit obedience to
the command of the divinity, and, when they had been favoured with an
answer, they acted with more spirit, and with more vigour, conscious
that the undertaking had met with the sanction and approbation of
heaven. In this, therefore, it will not appear wonderful that so many
places were sacred to oracular purposes.
The small province of
Boeotia could once boast of her 25 oracles, and Peloponnesus of the same
number. Not only the chief of the gods gave oracles, but, in process of
time, heroes were admitted to enjoy the same privileges; and the oracles
of a Trophonius and an Antinous, were soon able to rival the fame of
Apollo and of Jupiter. The most celebrated oracles of antiquity were
those of Dodona, Delphi, Jupiter Ammon, &c. The temple of Delphi seemed
to claim a superiority over the other temples; its fame was once more
extended, and its riches were so great, that not only private persons,
but even kings and numerous armies, made it an object of plunder and of
rapine.
The manner of delivering
oracles was different. A priestess at Delphi was permitted to pronounce
the oracles of the god, and her delivery of the answers was always
attended with acts of apparent madness and desperate fury. Not only
women, but even doves, were the ministers of the temple of Dodona; and
the suppliant votary was often startled to hear his questions readily
answered by the decayed trunk, or the spreading branches of a
neighbouring oak. Ammon conveyed his answers in a plain and open manner;
but Amphiarius required many ablutions and preparatory ceremonies, and
he generally communicated his oracles to his suppliants in dreams and
visions. Sometimes the first words that were heard, after issuing from
the temple, were deemed the answers of the oracles, and sometimes the
nodding or shaking of the head of the statue, the motions of fishes in a
neighbouring lake, or their reluctance in accepting the food which was
offered to them, were as strong and valid as the most express and most
minute explanations.
It is a question among
the learned, whether the oracles were given by the inspiration of evil
spirits, or whether they proceeded from the imposture of the priests.
Imposture, however, and forgery, cannot long flourish, and falsehood
becomes its own destroyer; and on the contrary, it is well known how
much confidence the people, even of the enlightened age, place upon
dreams, prophecies, and unaccountable incidents. Some have strongly
believed that all the oracles of the earth ceased at the birth of
Christ, but the supposition is false.
(Note: See the miracle of the
swallows at San Juan Capistrano on
March 19 each year; the Monarch butterfly migration, Dodona Temple birds
and many more are well documented. See the
names of Pythia *
Historical information about the Oracle at Delphi, her guests, dates of
many Priestesses, inc. Temple in Jerusalem. - Kove Dauser)
It was, indeed, the beginning of their
decline; but they remained in repute, and were consulted, though perhaps
not so frequently, till the fourth century, when Christianity began to
triumph over paganism. The oracles often suffered themselves to be
bribed. Alexander did it, but it is well known that Lysander failed in
the attempt. Herodotus, who first mentioned the corruption which often
prevailed in the oracular temples of Greece and Egypt, has been severely
treated for his remarks, by the historian Plutarch. Demosthenes is also
a witness of the corruption, and he observed, that the oracles of Greece
were servilely subservient to the will and pleasure of Philip king of
Macedon, as he beautifully expresses it by the word 'Philipidzein.'
When in a state of inspiration, the eyes of
the Priestess suddenly sparkled, her hair stood on end, and a shivering
ran over all her body. In this convulsive state she spoke the oracles of
the god, often with loud howlings and cries, and her articulations were
taken down by the priest, and set in order. Sometimes the spirit of
inspiration was more gentle, and not always violent; yet Plutarch
mentions one of the priestesses who was thrown into such an excessive
fury, that not only those that consulted the oracle, but also the
priests that conducted her to the sacred tripod, and attended her during
the inspiration, were terrified and forsook the temple; and so violent
was the fit, that she continued for some days in the most agonizing
situation, and at last died. At Delphos, the Pythia, before she placed
herself on the tripod, used to wash her whole body, and particularly her
hair, in the waters of the fountain Castalis, at the foot of mount
Parnassus. She also shook a laurel tree that grew near the place, and
sometimes ate the leaves, with which she crowned herself.
The Priestess always appeared dressed in the
garments of virgins to intimate their purity and modesty, and they were
solemnly bound to observe the strictest laws of temperance and chastity,
that neither fantastical dresses nor lascivious behaviour might
bring the office, the religion, or the sanctity of the place into
contempt. There was originally but one Pythia, besides subordinate
priests, but afterwards two were chosen, and sometimes more. The most
celebrated of all these is Phemonoe who is supposed by some to have been
the first who gave oracles at Delphi. The oracles were always delivered
in hexameter verses, a custom which was some time after discontinued.
The Pythia was consulted only one month in the year, about the spring.
It was always required, that those who consulted the oracle should make
large presents to Apollo, and from thence arose the opulence, splendour,
and the magnificence of the celebrated temple of Delphi. Sacrifices were
also offered to the divinity, and if the omens proved unfavorable, the
priestess refused to give an answer. There were generally five priests
who assisted at the offering of the sacrifices, and there was also
another who attended the Pythia, and assisted her in receiving the
oracle.
ORACLE OF DELPHOS.
DELPHOS, now called Castri,
the capital of Phocis, in Greece, was anciently much celebrated for its
Temple and Oracle of Apollo. It was also called 'Pytho', by the poets;
from the serpent Python, which Apollo killed in this place. Pausanias,
however, says that this name Pytho was given to the city of Delphos, by
Pythis, son of Delphus, and grandson of Lycorus. The Greek historians
gave to this city the name of Delphos, which some suppose to have been
so called from ‘Adelphoi,’ brethren, because Apollo and his brother
Bacchus were both worshipped there; and others, with greater
probability, derive the name from Delphos, 'single', or 'solitary',
referring to the retired situation of the city among the mountains.
Justin questions, which was
the most worthy of admiration, the fortification of the place, or the
majesty of the god, who here delivered his oracles. The Temple of Apollo
occupied a large space, and many streets opened to it. The first
discovery which laid the foundation of the extraordinary veneration in
which the Oracle of Delphos was held, and of the riches accumulated in
the temple, is said to have been occasioned by some goats which were
feeding on mount Parnassus, near a deep and large cavern, with a narrow
entrance. These goats having been observed by the goat-herd, Coretas, to
frisk and leap after a strange manner, and to utter unusual sounds
immediately upon their approach to the mouth of the cavern, he had the
curiosity to view it, and found himself seized with the like fit of
madness, skipping, dancing, and foretelling things to come.
At the news of this
discovery, multitudes flocked thither, many of whom were possessed with
such frantic enthusiasm, that they threw themselves headlong into the
opening of the cavern; insomuch, that it was necessary to issue an
edict, forbidding all persons to approach it. This surprising place was
treated with singular veneration, and was soon covered with a kind of
chapel, which was originally made of laurel boughs, and resembled a
large hut. This, according to the Phocian tradition, was surrounded by
one of wax, raised up by bees. After this a third was built of solid
copper, said to have been the workmanship of Vulcan.
This last was destroyed, by
an earthquake, or, according to some authors, by fire, which melted the
copper; and then a sumptuous Temple, altogether of stone, was erected by
two excellent architects, Trophimus and Agamedes. This edifice was
destroyed by fire in the 58th Olympiad, or 548 years B. C. The
Amphictyons proposed to be at the charge of building another; but the
Alcmeonides, a rich family of Athens, came to Delphos, obtained the
honor of executing the building, and made it more magnificent than they
had at first proposed. The riches of this Temple, amassed by the
donations of those who frequented it and consulted the Oracle, exposed
it to various depredations. At length the Gauls, under the conduct of
Brennus, came hither for the same purpose, about 278 years B. C.; but
they were repulsed with great slaughter. Last of all,Nero robbed it of
500 of its most precious brazen and golden statues.
It has not been ascertained
at what time this Oracle was founded. It is certain, however, that
Apollo was not the first who was consulted here. Aeschylus, in his
tragedy of the Eumenides, says, Terra was the first who issued oracles
at Delphi; after her Themis, then Phoebe, another daughter of Terra,
and, as it is said, mother of Latona, and grandmother to Apollo.
Pausanias says, that before Themis, Terra and Neptune had delivered
oracles in this place, and some say that Saturn had also been consulted
here. At length the Oracle of Apollo became established and permanent;
and such was its reputation, and such were the multitudes from all parts
that came to consult it, that the riches which were thus brought into
the temple and city, became so considerable as to be compared with those
of the Persian kings.
About the time when this
Oracle was first discovered, the whole mystery requisite for obtaining
the prophetic gift, is said to have been merely to approach the cavern
and inhale the vapour that issued from it; and then the god inspired all
persons indiscriminately; but at length several enthusiasts, in the
excess of their fury, having thrown themselves headlong into the cavern,
it was thought expedient to contrive a prevention of this accident,
which frequently occurred. Accordingly, the priests placed over the
hole, whence the vapour issued, a machine which they called "a tripod,"
because it had three feet, and commissioned a woman to seat herself in
it, where she might inhale the vapour without danger, because the three
feet of the machine stood firmly upon the rock. This Priestess was named
Pythia+, from the serpent Python, slain by Apollo, or from the Greek 'puthesthai',
signifying 'to inquire', because people came to Delphi to consult this
deity. The females, first employed, were virgins selected with great
precaution - but the only qualificationnecessary was to be able to speak
and repeat what the god dictated.
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REVELATIONS
ABOUT THE DELPHI ORACLE
Delphic oracles, a traditional resource for guidelines and clever plot
twists in any age, have given us forever young phrases to live by, such as
"Know Thyself" - familiar to those
who
study philosophers Socrates, Pythagoras, and our modern
Matrix
Oracle. Elf-queen
Galadriel counsels Frodo Baggins in the Golden Glade: "Even the
smallest person can make a difference." Europe warmly embraces the
return of the feminine elder. J. R. R. Tokien and J. (for Joanne) K.
Rowling have enjoyed the transfer of their magic and mystical storybooks
to film, with resounding success on an international playing field. German
experts toasted the discovery of a 5000 and 4800 B.C. Goseck site, a
"milestone in archaeological research" as details of ancient
spiritual systems are brought back to the collective conscious mainstream.
United
States researchers, claiming to be scientists, seem to be the only group
unable to grasp the place of the oracle in today's world, or in any of the
ancient civilizations we know about. This would not be much of an issue
without the support of a few well known newspapers and publications,
usually credited as objective and accurate information reserves. So, here
you have this article with an inclusion of some comments made by this
group (from a college in Connecticut) in the news syndicate. A vivid
imagination is delightful, however the very bizarre concepts these people
have published about oracles of the ancient world have been written up as
fact... so here we go!
FACT:
In the Laws,
Plato calls upon Delphi to help set laws on religious matters (VI,
729c) and establish festivals and rites (VIII,
828a. Pythagoras was an avid student of Pythia, Delphi's
instructional
priestess. One such oracle, a Jewess sent by the high priest from the
Temple in Jerusalem to Delphi, established the model city of Sparta,
considered to be the ideal military-social archetype, even today.
One paper reported: "In recent times, Delphi's excavations, first performed by French archaeologists
in 1904, revealed little to illumine us or pertain to
traditional mysteries related to Pythia and the site. Researchers found no
gas emissions beneath the temple. An article published in
English in 1904 referred to the long standing theory of fissures in the
floor of the sanctuary as "all a mistake." The majority of those
in the scientific community held with that opinion for over 90 years.
According to the report, the
French had indeed found fissures in the bedrock but had only published
their results in the 1920s, long after scientists had lost interest."
Recently, new age archeologists verified the 1920 publication as
valid and we're back on the merry-go-round again. The new data is not
actually new, rather it has experienced a resurgence of interest because
different scientists have just now rediscovered what was known thousands
of years ago... that there are fissures in the underground sanctuary at
Delphi. So what is the fuss about - why change longstanding thought about this remarkable locale on the slopes of Mount Parnassus,
100 miles northwest of Athens?
There seems to be an effort on the part of some to minimize or jettison
the Oracle since science has found the existing set of fault lines
everyone claimed were there. It may be
of interest to
review the Pythia dates and names of the Priestess of
Delphi, in order to appreciate the many
known contributions the Oracle gave to
our modern civilization. Oracles and Prophets have been timelessly
transferred by Michelangelo to the great
Sistine
Chapel Ceiling. What a travesty to
minimize their importance.

The earliest known
names of the Oracle are, until 1200 B.C.,
as follows, The Trojan War (predicted by Pythia):
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The Grand Canyon
USA Spiritual Center
One of the Seven
Wonders of the World - Hopi are descendants of the ancient
"ancestors"
known as Anasazi!
LIFE Washington, I Have A Dream
Lincoln Memorial, August 28, 1963
Rosa Parks, Mother of the Civil Rights
Movement 1913 - 2005
More @
Zone Page
This article (below,
right) regarding some statements from Dr. Luigi Piccardi on another topic of
interest - the Loch Ness Monster as linked with earthquakes - may prove
interesting. Any hot links will offer more information for your research.

The mysterious initiation caves located just outside Lascaux, France are
now closed to the public, due to highly erosive effects in the area, not
unlike the fate of Yosemite National Park in the US. Since their discovery
by three local children over one hundred years ago fascination for the
'birthing' ritual and sorcerer's chamber has only increased. Emotionally,
people say this sacred place summons the subtle energies that were brought
into awakening mode by Eleusinian drama rituals.
Substitute and 'duplicate' exhibits are available for tourists when they
come to Lascaux. The dowser community is interested in the power of place
and the integrity of every part of this site. Even though many sacred
places in Europe have no signposts and markers, the trees, rivers and
other natural 'inhabitants' there should be respected by those share the
space with them. Some sacred groves have been demolished by people using
the cut wood for campfires, and bathing in the sacred waterway. Wouldn't
it be wonderful for everyone if we all could enjoy the intimate connection
the Native American has with the Great Spirit in all things?

The Cave of Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc
Marisa Tomb Paintings,
original art recently discovered. See the Biblical Archaeology
Review March/April 2004
for the story and more about
the texts available in print. The
Marisa excavation has been opened for visitors.

Excavations
at New Grange are
important to those who research both Solstices as well as Equinox rituals.
Just as underground passages are part of the spiritual experience of place
in caves at Lascaux, surface level tunnel routes inside the
neolithic tomb at Knowth give a sense of birthing and are prohibited to
tourists because they are so confining.
German Stonehenge
Scientific American Article about the 7,000 yr
old, 75 meter wide circle at Goseck,
Germany [near Leipzig]
Temples Dedicated to Leto,
Apollo and Artemis

Parthenon - view Perseus resource
Drapery and art form review ~
An Honorary Document and some of a
Parthenon Frieze:
Cavalcade
Pompeii
– House of The Faun
Floorplan
The
Sanctuary of Athena and Poseidon at Sounion
Sacred Space and Deep Space
Babylon 5
"A low-rated commercial telepath
can't sense electronics like
that.
Only a P9 and above can do
that."
- "Lyta is a P5."
- "So you tell me. But that rating
was determined before she went
to the Vorlon homeworld, as
you
very well know."
-Dr. Elizabeth Trent and Ivanova
in Babylon 5: "Thirdspace"
Star Gate
"The Sentinel
has protected the Latonans from Goa'uld invasion for 300 years...."
//isis_athena1690.tripod.com/L.html
Sacred Places created
with a little help from
your friendly, local Deva
(if you're from UK)
DEITIES OF THE SPEECH MANDALA
The Speech Mandala contains a total
of 116 deities.
There are 80 Yoginis who are placed
on eight lotuses; each eight-petalled
lotus is placed on the back of an
animal. Each of the eight lotus petals
holds one Yogini, and in the center
there is a Yogini embraced by a Yogi.
These 80 Yoginis represent for exam-
ple the 80 Minor Marks of a Buddha
and correspond to the development
of the embryo during the 6th and 7th
month. The 64 Yoginis on the lotus
petals refer to the navelcakra with
its 64 channels. More 'Kalachakra'
by Tibet Domani Kalachakra Mandala posted here.
FYI
Dowser and
Dowsing
The verb, ' to dowse', in the classic sense, means to find subterranean
water, usually defined as potable (drinkable) water. Dowsing: 'deuten', to
declare, and, 'douse', to plunge) refers to the action of the wand, known
as either a diving rod or a dowsing rod once the quest is complete. At the
beginning of history, dowsers were everywhere. Even the first figures of
Adam and Eve (made from the bark of an ash tree) resemble the dowser's Y
rod, named for its shape and easy determination when underground water is
found.
Because dowsing is as old as the hills, there are many
myths and techniques available on the subject. The science of dowsing is
as practical as the science of agriculture (natural alchemy) and
irrigation. There are many other topics of interest that come under the
headings of dowsing and the dowser. You may research some of them through
the sites at the left.
Concerning Dowsers
FYI:
Dowsing has been popular in England since at least the time of King Henry
VIII. The 1 inch grid I used to dowse the
Raglan
Castle and surrounding land is the standard model, easy to create with
a ruler, pen, and large piece of paper. Colin Wilson writes about theories developed by two British dowsers,
Captain Robert Boothby and Reginald Smith of the British Museum.
An American Southwest Cretan Labyrinth and
other
Labyrinth designs are on the Alchemy Page. Additional energy
management designs can be read through the links on the
Dowsing Link
page.
Ankh
symbolism interconnects with the sacred journey, another name for the
labyrinth. An original hieroglyph (ankh or sandal strap) refers to a verb
that incorporates a dance (May Pole) or walk (usually an eleven circuit
labyrinth [Chartes] or 'troytown,' as England writes the symbol) in
spirals - that is drawn to prompt a twist, spin, and twirl.
"Boothby asserted
that barrows and other prehistoric sites were crossed underground streams,
and that long barrows had a stream running along their full length; Smith
stated that at the centre of every prehistoric site a spot be found from
which a number of streams radiated; he called these 'blind springs.' When
he retired, at the end of the war, Underwood decided to devote his days
exploring prehistoric sites with a dowsing rod.
He quickly reached the
conclusion that Boothby and Smith were both correct about underground
streams and blind springs; his rod detected these without difficulty. He
found that they responded 'negatively' - that is to say, the left hand
seemed to take most of the 'pull.' And then, to his surprise, he found
another type of force that caused a pull on the right hand. This did not
seem to be water, but some magnetic force under the earth.
In fact, there seemed to be two types of magnetic force, one at
least twice as wide as the other. Underwood called the narrower type
'track lines'; they seemed to consist of two parallel lines of
magnetic force, between one and two feet apart. He called the other,
more powerful type 'aquastats'; these
consisted of two sets of parallel lines, like two railway tracks running
parallel. Sometimes, the 'negative' water lines and the positive aquastats
ran along the same course. These he found particularly significant because
they seemed to explain why certain sites were chosen as holy. Because he
found so many of these 'double lines' on sacred sites, he named them 'holy
lines.'"
-Colin Wilson, MYSTERIES

Festival
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International Glastonbury Music Festival takes
place in England. The festivals were also called Gathering Day in
Wales, Feill-Sheathain in Scotland.
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Page
and Plant played the Glastonbury Event. [images
#f and
#b] The 95 performance is available
on tape.
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The
Solstice
Births in June and early July are strongly effected by the natural
intensity of the Sun ascending to it's longest day, The Summer Solstice.
The summer gate welcomes transmigrating souls
in the "kiva" or place of deep and dense matter.
Shakespeare's
play celebrating the MidSummer Nights Dream is based on themes
developed with a 'waxing Sun.' The
longest day of the year represents Solar power expressed through light
comedy because abundance, happiness, and ease with daily life
prevail during the summer months and auger success. Ancient Rome celebrated the
longest day as Litha or Vestalia; India
once considered the Solstice the most significant celebration day of the
year. The day is known as 'All Couple's Day' in Greece, and the 'Feast of Epona' in
ancient Gaul. Capricorn is the winter gate to returning light, the
shortest day of the year, the mountaintop, and
spiritualization of the terrestrial.
-
Way Statioin and Procession
Red Chapel and inscriptions -
Hatshepsut originally
erected a Way-Station for the barque of Amun

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*-According
to Aeschylus and Hesiod, Gaea was the first Pythia, or Pythoness, at
Delphi.
*-We
learn from Ovid that her daughter Themis [ ] was "Queen of Oracles."
(Precise years not firmly established to date.)
*-c.
2000 B.C.
Indo-Europeans were passing the Bosphorus, on their ways into western
Europe.
*-c.
1500 B.C.
During the tenure of Phoebe [ ], Apollo killed Pytho,
a great black warrior/guardian dedicated to the Oracle, in a duel at
Delphi.
The Oracle took the name 'Pythoness' in his honour.
*-c.
1447 B.C.
Volcanic eruption of Santorini, and destruction of Minoan Crete
*-Before
1200 B.C.
Warrior heroes at Delos and Mycenae coincide with monumental
architecture, open sanctuaries such as Apollo’s temple at Delphi.
Phemonoe was the fourth priestess at Delphi. Herophile
of Erythraea (descended from Noah) was named Sibyl, and expanded
the Oracle into Italy.
Hyperochus followed her, and then the Hebrew prophetess
from Palestine, whose name was Sabbe.
It is believed by some Sabbe [ ]
was the Sibyl of power triad fame, established between the High Priest
in Jerusalem, the King of Sparta, and the Oracle at Delphi.
Namto, daughter of Tiresias from Thebes, prophesied in
the streets.
A daughter of Tiresias named Daphne also prophesied.
The Delphic Oracle predicted the Trojan War.
*-c. 1200
B.C.
The Trojan War
Agamemnon journeyed to consult the Oracle. See
Prince
Paris of Troy
Troy
- the city
Return of Heraclides
*-7th
century BC
The
seat of the Amphictyony (an association of Greek states) was transferred
to Delphi, establishing it as an independent community.

*-c.
650 BC
First
temple of Apollo built - the shrines to Leto and Artemis [as
Delos temples
suggest] echo an ancient mother goddess triad, from the earlier social
foundation - the prior design had been patterned on the line of the
parent-child relationship.

The History of Delphi
The Temple of Apollo - Great Theatre
One explanation for
'modern' scientists misstating the facts about the Oracle at Delphi may be
due to their fascination with images of the Priestess, to the extent they
failed to read any documentation as to 'real life' status the Pythoness
took on while in communion with her deity.
The
scientists commenting on the recent discovery at Delphi are not scholars
on the subject of metaphysical research (and they pretty much say
so in their report) so these brief corrections should go some distance
to balance the mainstream influx of information current on this topic:
a) The
Delphi site was dedicated to many supernatural, paranormal or unexplained
phenomena over the thousands of years it was active, including Apollo. As
Robert Graves mentions in his deep level examination of THE WHITE
GODDESS, Apollo had several 'faces' to consider as well.
"Among the favourite subjects of Greek and Etruscan art are Hercules
carrying off the Dog and his struggles with the guardian of the Lamian
oracle at Delphi for the possession of the roebuck and of the tripod. To
call this guardian Apollo is misleading because Apollo was not at that
time a Sun-god, but an Underworld oracular hero. The sense of these myths
seems to be than an attempt to substitute the cult of the oracular oak for
that of the oracular laurel at Delphi failed, but that the shrines at
Ceryneia in Arcadia and Cape Taenarum in Laconia, where most mythographers
place the entrance to the Underworld visited by Hercules, were
captured..."
Later on we read from the chapter "Hercules On A Lotus"
information from Plutarch of Delphi, as to the identity of the demi-god
Dionysus:
"The affair about the Titans and the Night of Accomplishment
corresponds with what are called 'Tearings to pieces', 'Resurrections' and
'Regenerations' in the rites of Osiris. The same applies to burial rites.
There are burial chests of Osiris in many Egyptian cities; similarly we
claim at Delphi that the remains of Dionysus are buried near the place of
the Oracle. And our consecrated priests perform a secret sacrifice
in Apollo's sanctuary at the time of the awakening of the Divine Child by
the Thyiades."
Robert Graves then adds: "Thus 'Hercules' is seen to be also another
name for Osiris whose yearly death is still celebrated in Egypt, even
after thirteen centuries of Mohammedanism... Plutarch carefully
distinguishes Apollo (Hercules as a god) from Dionysus (Hercules as
demi-god). This Apollo never dies, never changes his shape; he is
eternally young, strong and beautiful. Dionysus perpetually changes, like
Proteus the Pelasgian god, or Periclymenus the Minyan, son of Neleus, or
the ancient Irish Uath Mac Immomuin ('Horror son of Terror'), into an
infinity of shapes. So Pentheus in the Bacchae of Euripides charges
him to appear 'as a wild bull, as a many-headed snake, or as a
fire-breathing lion' - whichever he pleases: almost exactly in the words
of the Welsh bard Cynddelw.... thus in Britain, Amathaon was
Hercules as Dionysus; his father Beli was Hercules as Apollo."
b) Anyone
familiar with Christian saints or Eastern mystical teachers will know of
the possible pain involved when their extraordinary
experiences occur, especially levitation, as described by those in the
chamber with Pythia when she was lifted into the air and forcefully thrown
across the sanctuary. Christian saints write of such intense pain as a
sword passing through their whole body, from the top of the head through
the spine and out through their feet. It is not surprising to learn the
springs beneath the Oracle's private quarters and the temple shrine
contained some type of anesthetic characteristic. Otherwise one would
wonder how anyone could have long survived such continued physical
beating. If the reason for Pythia's prophecy rests with an anesthetic gas,
used by the medical profession in the early 1900s, why are there no
records of patients in the operating room levitating and being thrown into
the walls or on the floor after the gas was administered?
c) The
'perfect' city-state, Sparta, was created by the Oracle at Delphi. She was
a priestess in the Temple at Jerusalem, sent by the High Priest to serve
at the Delphi Shrine. She was not a member of any psychic switchboard or
hotline. She did not participate in psychic faires. Psychic activity has
nothing whatsoever to do with Delphi - just as softball has nothing
whatsoever to do with the Super Bowl.
d) Pytho or Delphi
has been regarded as the Ancient World geographical center of the earth, at about 22
longitude east of Greenwich, and at about 38 latitude north of the equator. Modern
researchers recognize Delphi was the selected, established world
center site because of the intersection of two major ley lines under it.

As "metropolis" the Monad is feminine, like the padma or lotus,
the basic form
of the
Lamaic mandala
(Rose or Golden Flower.)

Caution
- The Following Statements Carry High FICTION Content Posing As Fact:
PRESS
ON THE SUBJECT OF DELPHI IN RECENT MONTHS
The
following excerpts gave a story about tradition and prophecy at the Delphi
Temple, in a more or less flippant style as, "did she
inhale" - High Priestess of the Delphi Temple:
Washington
Post Staff Writer says
..... February
4, 2002
"So what's the
story with the priestesses at Delphi? Did they really channel for Apollo,
or were they just high on something?....
Scientists don't know
about Apollo, but evidence is growing that the priestesses, known as
pythia, were ripped on hydrocarbon gases, especially ethylene, a sometime
anesthetic which, taken in modest doses, can induce lively conversation of
a somewhat incoherent nature.... This is because the Temple of Apollo at
Delphi sits on crisscrossing geological faults, according to a team of
scientists..."
Another report about discovery at Delphi:
Delphi -
Discovery
and Developments in Scientific Theories About The Ancient Temple and
Springs
The Pythia, a role
filled by different women from about 1400 B.C. to A.D. 381, was the medium
through which the god Apollo spoke. According to legend, Plutarch, a
priest at the Temple of Apollo, attributed Pythia's prophetic powers to
vapors. Other accounts suggested the vapors may have come from a chasm in
the ground.
"Plutarch made the right observation," said Jelle De Boer, a
geologist at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, and co-author
of the study. "Indeed, there were gases that came through the
fractures."
Several years ago,
Greek researchers found a fault running east to west beneath the oracle's
temple. De Boer and his colleagues discovered a second fault, which runs
north to south. "Those two faults do cross each other, and therefore
interact with each other, below the site," said De Boer.
Additional
information from another article:
De
Boer, a geologist commented that Pythia, "delivered her prophecies
while immersed in a trance induced by a naturally occurring mixture of
ethane, methane, and ethylene, a sweet- smelling gas that was used
as an anesthetic in the early 20th century. When de Boer and his
colleagues recently analyzed sediments from inside the shrine's foundation they
discovered trapped molecules of ethane and methane. They
also found these gases, as well as ethylene, bubbling up in the Kerna
Spring, northwest of the temple. De Boer thinks it is time to give
Plutarch proper credit: "He was a very good naturalist. He gave what
is basically a primitive geological report."
Another
scientist chimed in on this topic, so you'll want to read what he says
about Loch Ness and earthquakes after this comment:
"But
this was archaeologists, mainly," said geologist Luigi Piccardi of
Italy's National Research Council in Florence, whose own research in
Greece reflects many of the U.S. team's conclusions. "The mechanics
of active faulting are something only recently understood."
Geologists have known
for years that much of Greece is in one of the world's most active
seismological areas. Delphi sits in the middle of the east-west
"Corinth Rift Zone," which slices the country in half.
This information is
also from the source for the above two paragraphs:
Apparently,
there is are two fault lines that create an "X" directly
underneath the temple and in that fault, there have been found bitumin
rich limestone and a spring northeast to the temple contains methane and
also the time honored favorite of young stoners, Ethylene.
The
following article is the last in this series since the rest are written
by, for the most part, those on an elevator that is not going to the top
floor:
| Delphic
Oracle Priestesses Were High! |
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By
Helena Smith
The Guardian
Athens May 20, 2002 (Guardian UK) - The advice of the Delphic
Oracle was many things: cryptic, revelatory and, as the likes of
Croesus discovered, at times even disastrous. Croesus, the monarch
of Lydia, lost his mighty kingdom after succumbing to the Oracle's
ambiguous advice that if he invaded Persia a great empire would
fall. Little did he know it would be his own....
But few would have guessed that the high priestesses of Apollo, who
dispensed the Delphic Oracle's advice, were in the grips of a
drug-induced delirium - high on gas and air.
"They were high, there is no other word for it," the Dutch
geologist Jelle Zeilinga de Boer told the Guardian. "All the
evidence shows they were inhaling hydrocarbon fumes like ethylene, a
substance that was used in anesthesia in the early 20th century
until surgeons discovered it was dangerous."
The thousands of supplicants who sought the advice of the Oracle may
have ultimately suffered because those who interpreted it were too
doped to be coherent - even if the famous maxim "nothing in
excess" adorned the temple's facade.
The priestesses' bad trips could become their clients' own worst
nightmares, said Prof de Boer, who teaches earth sciences at the
Wesleyan University in Connecticut and has spent five years studying
the site at Delphi.
For the 2,000-odd years the Oracle operated at the shrine, it was
consulted on issues such as the timing of battles....
URL
for following email in response to Dr Luigi Piccardi of
Florence who explains sightings of the Loch Ness Monster in terms of
earthquake phenomena
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>Statement regarding theories concerning the Loch Ness Monster
and earthquakes
>>From the British Geological Survey
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>Reports have been circulating in the press and internet media,
27-28 June, concerning a theory put forward by Dr Luigi Piccardi of
Florence University. This theory seeks to explain sightings of the Loch
Ness Monster in terms of earthquake phenomena, such as seismic disturbance of loch waters. The theory draws on information which is
considerably out of date, and the reporting of it has led to the circulation of
erroneous ideas which need to be corrected. Detailed consideration of Piccardi's hypothesis shows it to be false for a number of reasons.
>
>1) Remarks have been made concerning the Great Glen Fault, which
runs underneath Loch Ness. There is no evidence that this fault is
active. It needs to be understood that earthquakes in the UK are generally
not associated with large fault structures in the way that they are
in California or Italy. Such earthquakes as occur in the UK can
happen on minor faults of which there are very many throughout the country. Statements
that the Great Glen Fault is a major source of earthquakes are false.
>2) A number of earthquakes that have in the past been attributed
to the Great Glen Fault actually occurred elsewhere. Piccardi suggests
that an earthquake in 1934 was responsible for sightings of the Loch
Ness Monster in 1933 and 1934. This earthquake occurred in Torridon, in the
NW of Scotland, about 60 km away from Loch Ness, and was felt over
the whole of the north of Scotland. The idea that foreshocks from this earthquake could have been mistaken for a monster in Loch Ness
is therefore insupportable.
>3) Strong earthquakes have occurred SW of Inverness in 1816,
1890 and 1901.
>These earthquakes were also attributed to the Great Glen Fault at one time, though there is reason to believe they occurred on
a minor N-S fault close to Inverness. None of these earthquakes had any
effect on the waters of Loch Ness. It is hardly probable, then, that
minor local earthquakes would have any such effect.
>4) The waters of Loch Ness were disturbed by long distance
effects of the great Lisbon earthquake of 1755 (the only time such a thing is recorded) and this was not attributed at the time to monsters.
>
>5) Any earthquake strong enough to affect Loch Ness would affect
the water over a substantial area, not just in one spot, and this is
incompatible with the nature of reported monster sightings.
>
>6) Modern monster sightings at Loch Ness have not been
accompanied by earthquakes. The seismic monitoring network run by BGS would have recorded any such events down to magnitude 2 since 1970.
>
>7) The number of observations of the effects of earthquakes in
Scotland, historical and modern, is very large. None of these make
any confusion
or comparison with monsters, and there is no reason to suppose
that people cannot tell the difference between these two phenomena.
>
>We therefore conclude that the hypothesis that earthquakes can
explain sightings of the Loch Ness is untenable.
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General
information about the Oracles:
It should be mentioned for the benefit of those unfamiliar with chronology
related to the early Roman Empire, the Oracles
burned their own books and closed shop in the early part of the Piscean
Era. They decided to withdraw from the mainstream during a military era. Most renown
on the topic of quiet detachment from the empire would be the Cumean Sibyl.
I say this because she burned seven of the ten
books the Roman Senate needed to interpret events pertaining to the future
of Rome. The Emperor refused to buy the set of ten books from her. Each
day the Emperor held out another book was burned until he finally paid the
original amount of coin for the three books that remained. The military state
completely disregarded ancient law pertaining to sacred place and
spiritual teachers so the Oracles and Sibyls chose to withdraw until such
time as the military age has run its course. Read more
about Delphi at the
ancient oracles page.
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