Forwarded from Rota Arcana
The pantheon provides a balanced framework for navigating life, ensuring that no single aspect dominates, while allowing flexibility to embrace all essential dimensions of existence.
One of the oldest known pantheons is the Sumerian one. Its seven most prominent deities, the Anunnaki, can be reasonably associated with the seven classical planets.
Ninhursag — Saturn
An — Jupiter
Enlil — Mars
Utu — Sun
Inanna — Venus
Enki — Mercury
Nanna — Moon
One of the oldest known pantheons is the Sumerian one. Its seven most prominent deities, the Anunnaki, can be reasonably associated with the seven classical planets.
Ninhursag — Saturn
An — Jupiter
Enlil — Mars
Utu — Sun
Inanna — Venus
Enki — Mercury
Nanna — Moon
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Aleister Crowley: The Trailblazer of Modern Mysticism
Aleister Crowley, a prodigy in the realm of the esoteric, ignited a revolution in mystical thought. Even beyond his time, Crowley's esoteric footprints lead the way for those daring to venture into the mystic, making him a timeless luminary in the quest for the higher truths. His works, a nexus between the ancient and the modern, continue to be a compass for the spiritually adventurous, guiding them through the enigmatic tapestry of existence.
#Thelema #Mysticism
Aleister Crowley, a prodigy in the realm of the esoteric, ignited a revolution in mystical thought. Even beyond his time, Crowley's esoteric footprints lead the way for those daring to venture into the mystic, making him a timeless luminary in the quest for the higher truths. His works, a nexus between the ancient and the modern, continue to be a compass for the spiritually adventurous, guiding them through the enigmatic tapestry of existence.
#Thelema #Mysticism
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Book: The Penguin Book of Hell
Author: Scott G. Bruce
Overview:
Journey into the underworld through three thousand years of visions of hell, from the ancient Near East to modern America From the Hebrew Bible's shadowy realm of Sheol to twenty-first-century visions of Hell on earth,The Penguin Book of Hell takes us through three thousand years of eternal damnation. Along the way, you'll take a ferry ride with Aeneas to Hades, across the river Acheron; meet the Devil as imagined by a twelfth-century Irish monk - a monster with a thousand giant hands; wander the nine circles of Hell in Dante's Inferno and witness the debates that raged in Victorian England when new scientific advances cast doubt on the idea of an eternal hereafter. Drawing upon religious poetry, epics, theological treatises, stories of miracles and accounts of saints' lives, this fascinating volume of hellscapes illuminates how Hell has long haunted us, in both life and death.
#Books
Author: Scott G. Bruce
Overview:
Journey into the underworld through three thousand years of visions of hell, from the ancient Near East to modern America From the Hebrew Bible's shadowy realm of Sheol to twenty-first-century visions of Hell on earth,The Penguin Book of Hell takes us through three thousand years of eternal damnation. Along the way, you'll take a ferry ride with Aeneas to Hades, across the river Acheron; meet the Devil as imagined by a twelfth-century Irish monk - a monster with a thousand giant hands; wander the nine circles of Hell in Dante's Inferno and witness the debates that raged in Victorian England when new scientific advances cast doubt on the idea of an eternal hereafter. Drawing upon religious poetry, epics, theological treatises, stories of miracles and accounts of saints' lives, this fascinating volume of hellscapes illuminates how Hell has long haunted us, in both life and death.
#Books
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In quiet village, where the Thames does flow,
A hermit lived, in solitude and woe.
He shunned the world, and all its cares,
And lived in peace, with only prayers.
"The Hermit" by Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774)
#Mysticism #Poems
A hermit lived, in solitude and woe.
He shunned the world, and all its cares,
And lived in peace, with only prayers.
"The Hermit" by Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774)
#Mysticism #Poems
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Forwarded from EN EREBOS PHOS
A tiny devil vitrified in a prism of glass. In the 18th century, the Imperial Treasury of Vienna attested that this was a real demon which had been trapped in glass during an exorcism in Germany a century earlier. From the Kunsthistorisches Museum Collection, Vienna
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Forwarded from EN EREBOS PHOS
Illustration from Gullveigarbók - An investigation on Gullveig in Old Norse Mythology & Her anti-cosmic nexus by Vexior
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Forwarded from Gnostic Intel
“Myths are not descriptions of things, but expressions of a determination to act… A myth cannot be refuted since it is, at bottom, identical with the convictions of a group, being the expression of these convictions in the language of movement.”
― Georges Sorel
Notes: Georges Sorel, a French philosopher and social theorist, is best known for his exploration of the role of myth in social movements. His work significantly impacted syndicalism and revolutionary thought by emphasising the power of belief and symbolism in driving collective action. Myths however have a dual nature: while a true myth emerges organically from the people, many of the myths we encounter are imposed by those who control perception. These surrogate myths can manipulate and subvert the collective will, potentially leading societies toward disintegration or even total destruction.
Image: Saturn Devouring His Son by Peter Paul Reubens
― Georges Sorel
Notes: Georges Sorel, a French philosopher and social theorist, is best known for his exploration of the role of myth in social movements. His work significantly impacted syndicalism and revolutionary thought by emphasising the power of belief and symbolism in driving collective action. Myths however have a dual nature: while a true myth emerges organically from the people, many of the myths we encounter are imposed by those who control perception. These surrogate myths can manipulate and subvert the collective will, potentially leading societies toward disintegration or even total destruction.
Image: Saturn Devouring His Son by Peter Paul Reubens
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