Forwarded from International Order of the Black Sun
"The awakened sages call a person wise when all his undertakings are free from anxiety about results: all his selfish desires have been consumed in the fire of knowledge.
The wise, ever satisfied, have abandoned all external supports. Their security is unaffected by the results of their action; even while acting, they really do nothing at all.
Free from expectations and from all sense of possession, with mind and body firmly controlled by the Self, they do not incur sin by the performance of physical action.
They live in freedom who have gone beyond the dualities of life. Competing with no one, they are alike in success and failure and content with whatever comes to them. They are free, without selfish attachments; their minds are fixed in knowledge. They perform all work in the spirit of service, and their karma is dissolved."
The wise, ever satisfied, have abandoned all external supports. Their security is unaffected by the results of their action; even while acting, they really do nothing at all.
Free from expectations and from all sense of possession, with mind and body firmly controlled by the Self, they do not incur sin by the performance of physical action.
They live in freedom who have gone beyond the dualities of life. Competing with no one, they are alike in success and failure and content with whatever comes to them. They are free, without selfish attachments; their minds are fixed in knowledge. They perform all work in the spirit of service, and their karma is dissolved."
The practice of keeping a flame alit is sacred to the Indo-European religion, see it in Zoroastrianism and the Roman Tradition. A sacred flame must be lit for ritual purposes, the promethean flame is undying and present in all our sacred acts.
Forwarded from White Alchemy Studios
Interesting connections between Celtic mythology and the Iranian mythology of the Caucasus mountains.
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Deep Sight with John Colarusso: Narts in the Closet - E6
Legends of King Arthur and the Secrets of Odin
The transition from older Celtic lofre to King Arthur – something has happened?
Clearly some new component has crept in after the old work of Wace and Layamon.
Nart elements in Malory’s version
Round table…
The transition from older Celtic lofre to King Arthur – something has happened?
Clearly some new component has crept in after the old work of Wace and Layamon.
Nart elements in Malory’s version
Round table…
If you are wondering why is an "Indian" god so important to the European ethnic religion, you haven't learned about the Aryan Invasion yet. And if you have not done that, go do that.
Forwarded from The Classical Wisdom Tradition
Ritual honoring of the gods is to be a daily part of our lives.
Forwarded from White Alchemy Studios
Comparative immortality.
In India we find the story of the substance Amrita.
Amrita is a word that literally means "immortality" and is often referred to in ancient Indian texts as nectar. "Amṛta" is etymologically related to the Greek ambrosia. Its first occurrence is in the Rigveda, where it is considered one of several synonyms for soma, the drink of the devas.
The photo is of the goddess Mohini, the female form of Vishnu, holding the pot of amrita which she distributes amongst all the devas.
In Norse mythology there is the goddess Iduna who guards the golden apples of imortality.
"Iduna, the Goddess, tended the tree on which the shining apples grew. None would grow on the tree unless she was there to tend it. No one but Iduna might pluck the shining apples. Each morning she plucked them and left them in her basket and every day the Gods and Goddesses came to her garden that they might eat the shining apples and so stay for ever young."
In Greek Mythology we have the Hesperides, the daughters of Night, who guarded the golden apples beyond Ocean in the far west of the world.
One of the twelve labors of Hercules is to go to the Garden of the Hesperides and pick the golden apples off the Tree of Life growing at its center.
In China there is the legend of Queen of the west. A goddess who guards the peach tree that grows the peaches of immortality that grows on mount kunlun. Mount kunlun considered to be a central world pillar or axis mundi.
Some common elements of these and other similar stories is that the substance of immortality is guarded by a goddess, has an association to a tree and is located at some central world pillar.
There is also some crossing over event or entering a beyond the mundane realm before this mythical destination can be reached.
In India we find the story of the substance Amrita.
Amrita is a word that literally means "immortality" and is often referred to in ancient Indian texts as nectar. "Amṛta" is etymologically related to the Greek ambrosia. Its first occurrence is in the Rigveda, where it is considered one of several synonyms for soma, the drink of the devas.
The photo is of the goddess Mohini, the female form of Vishnu, holding the pot of amrita which she distributes amongst all the devas.
In Norse mythology there is the goddess Iduna who guards the golden apples of imortality.
"Iduna, the Goddess, tended the tree on which the shining apples grew. None would grow on the tree unless she was there to tend it. No one but Iduna might pluck the shining apples. Each morning she plucked them and left them in her basket and every day the Gods and Goddesses came to her garden that they might eat the shining apples and so stay for ever young."
In Greek Mythology we have the Hesperides, the daughters of Night, who guarded the golden apples beyond Ocean in the far west of the world.
One of the twelve labors of Hercules is to go to the Garden of the Hesperides and pick the golden apples off the Tree of Life growing at its center.
In China there is the legend of Queen of the west. A goddess who guards the peach tree that grows the peaches of immortality that grows on mount kunlun. Mount kunlun considered to be a central world pillar or axis mundi.
Some common elements of these and other similar stories is that the substance of immortality is guarded by a goddess, has an association to a tree and is located at some central world pillar.
There is also some crossing over event or entering a beyond the mundane realm before this mythical destination can be reached.