Forwarded from BC Neanderthal Mindset
Latvian Dainas, which is a form of music or poetry mentions Ūsiņš singing affectionately:
“Ūsiņš rode to night pasture
With nine horses.
I pray you, brother Ūsiņš,
give me a pair of saddled horses
O Ūsiņš, good man,
Ride with me to night pasture.
I to stoke the fire
You to tend the horses.
Ūsiņš stood idle
at the end of my stable.
O Ūsiņš, old father,
Let us both ride to night pasture,
I to stoke the Fire,
You to tend the horses.
The horses neighed to Ūsiņš
As I was riding to night pasture.
The cows mooed to Māršava
As I was driving them out to pasture.”
“Ūsiņš rode to night pasture
With nine horses.
I pray you, brother Ūsiņš,
give me a pair of saddled horses
O Ūsiņš, good man,
Ride with me to night pasture.
I to stoke the fire
You to tend the horses.
Ūsiņš stood idle
at the end of my stable.
O Ūsiņš, old father,
Let us both ride to night pasture,
I to stoke the Fire,
You to tend the horses.
The horses neighed to Ūsiņš
As I was riding to night pasture.
The cows mooed to Māršava
As I was driving them out to pasture.”
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Originally, abrahamic religion did not believe in the existence of a soul or afterlife, but history can show us through research that most ancient heathens and polytheists did.
They (abrahamics) believed when one passed from this realm, that was it. Finished. Fade to black..
Ancient Judaism thought that was true of all of us. The soul doesn’t continue outside the body, subject to pleasure or pain, heaven or hell (also a later invention). It just doesn’t exist any longer.
This utterly materialistic worldview was traditionally believed amongst ancient Jews and carried on until decades after creation of christianity.
In order to justify a more substantial claim to the new cult on the block Platonic philosophy was added later to their religion to shore up loose ends to make their messiah live up to his title.
The belief in the hereafter was borrowed from pagans and blended as a key tenant to abrahamic theological practice.
They (abrahamics) believed when one passed from this realm, that was it. Finished. Fade to black..
Ancient Judaism thought that was true of all of us. The soul doesn’t continue outside the body, subject to pleasure or pain, heaven or hell (also a later invention). It just doesn’t exist any longer.
This utterly materialistic worldview was traditionally believed amongst ancient Jews and carried on until decades after creation of christianity.
In order to justify a more substantial claim to the new cult on the block Platonic philosophy was added later to their religion to shore up loose ends to make their messiah live up to his title.
The belief in the hereafter was borrowed from pagans and blended as a key tenant to abrahamic theological practice.
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Ethnic faith in a literal life after this one has been around long before the oppressive regime of organized religion.
Whether it be Tir na n'Og, Valhalla, Elysium, or the meadow of the ancestors, our people have always had the inherent desire to be reunited with loved ones who have gone on.
What we do now brings honor or shame to our family and kin, both living and deceased.
Whether it be Tir na n'Og, Valhalla, Elysium, or the meadow of the ancestors, our people have always had the inherent desire to be reunited with loved ones who have gone on.
What we do now brings honor or shame to our family and kin, both living and deceased.
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Living a honorable life does not include cowering under the gaze of an “omnipotent” god figure; instead, virtue and honor are their own rewards and one lives their life as such out of love for tribe, kin and the gods.
They are, after all, sometimes the same.
Ancestral worship is not prayer and sacrifices to demons and evil spirits, but affection to relatives that acted like gods while in this life, and now they are given veneration because they set the example while they were in the realm of men.
We all have the potential to become gods of the future with our deeds.
Let us show our descendants what it is to be a god by acting as such.
The alternative is to be forgotten and lost to the annals of history.
Do great things Hyperborean, the gods are watching.
They are, after all, sometimes the same.
Ancestral worship is not prayer and sacrifices to demons and evil spirits, but affection to relatives that acted like gods while in this life, and now they are given veneration because they set the example while they were in the realm of men.
We all have the potential to become gods of the future with our deeds.
Let us show our descendants what it is to be a god by acting as such.
The alternative is to be forgotten and lost to the annals of history.
Do great things Hyperborean, the gods are watching.
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