Re: Khazars, the Kabbalah and Jew Death Cults

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............jews are elohim, golems and jew saturn/sea goddess law makers etc etc note vid+os101 banned for connecting saturn to jews.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apep

Apep (play /ˈæˌpɛp/ or /ˈɑːˌpɛp/) or Apophis (play /ˈæpəfɨs/; Ancient Greek: Άποφις; also spelled Apepi or Aapep) was an evil god in Egyptian mythology, the deification of darkness and chaos (ı͗zft in Egyptian), and thus opponent of light and Ma'at (order/truth), whose existence was believed from the 8th Dynasty (mentioned at Moalla) onwards. His name is reconstructed by Egyptologists as *ʻAʼpāpī, as it was written ꜥꜣpp(y) and survived in later Coptic as Aphōph.



Ra was the solar deity, bringer of light, and thus the upholder of Maat. Apep was viewed as the greatest enemy of Ra, and thus was given the title Enemy of Ra.

As the personification of all that was evil, Apep was seen as a giant snake/serpent, or occasionally as a dragon in later years, leading to such titles as Serpent from the Nile and Evil Lizard. Some elaborations even said that he stretched 16 yards in length and had a head made of flint. It is to be noted that already on a Naqada I (ca. 4000 BC) C-ware bowl (now in Cairo) a snake was painted on the inside rim combined with other desert and aquatic animals as a possible enemy of a deity, possibly a solar deity, who is invisibly hunting in a big rowing vessel.[2]

Also, comparable hostile snakes as enemies of the sun god existed under other names (in the Pyramid Texts and Coffin Texts) already before the name Apep occurred. The etymology of his name ('3pp) is perhaps to be sought in some west-semitic language where a word root 'pp meaning 'to slither' existed. A verb root '3pp does at any rate not exist elsewhere in Ancient Egyptian. (It is not to be confused with the verb 'pi/'pp: 'to fly across the sky, to travel') Apep's name much later came to be falsely connected etymologically in Egyptian with a different root meaning (he who was) spat out; the Romans referred to Apep by this translation of his name. Apophis was a large golden snake known to be miles long. He was also so large, everyday, he attempted to swallow the sun.

Set eventually became thought of as the god of evil, and gradually took on all the characteristics of Apep. Consequently, Apep's identity was eventually entirely subsumed by that of Set.[3]
Battles with Ra
Bastet, the cat godess, slays the snake-like Apep[4]

Tales of Apep's battles against Ra were elaborated during the New Kingdom.[5] Since nearly everyone can see that the sun is not attacked by a giant snake during the day, every day, storytellers said that Apep must lie just below the horizon. This appropriately made him a part of the underworld. In some stories Apep waited for Ra in a western mountain called Bakhu, where the sun set, and in others Apep lurked just before dawn, in the Tenth region of the Night. The wide range of Apep's possible location gained him the title World Encircler. It was thought that his terrifying roar would cause the underworld to rumble. Myths sometimes say that Apep was trapped there, because he had been the previous chief god and suffered a coup d'etat by Ra, or because he was evil and had been imprisoned.

In his battles, Apep was thought to use a magical gaze to hypnotize Ra and his entourage, attempting to devour them whilst choking the river on which they travelled through the underworld with his coils. Sometimes Apep had assistance from other demons, named Sek and Mot. Ra was assisted by a number of defenders who travelled with him, the most powerful being Set, who sat at the helm.

In a bid to explain certain natural phenomena it was said that occasionally Apep got the upper hand. The damage to order caused thunderstorms and earthquakes. Indeed: it was even thought that sometimes Apep actually managed to swallow Ra during the day, causing a solar eclipse, but since Ra's defenders quickly cut him free of Apep, the eclipse always ended within a few minutes. On the occasions when Apep was said to have been killed, he was able to return each night (since he lived in the world of the dead already). In Atenism it is Aten who kills the monster since Aten is the only god in the belief system.

However, in other myths, it was the cat goddess Bast, daughter of Ra, who slew Apep in her cat form one night, hunting him down with her all seeing eye.
Worship

Apep was not so much worshipped, as worshipped against. His defeat each night, in favour of Ra, was thought to be ensured by the prayers of the Egyptian priests and worshipers at temples. The Egyptians practiced a number of rituals and superstitions that were thought to ward off Apep, and aid Ra to continue his journey across the sky.

In an annual rite, called the Banishing of Apep, priests would build an effigy of Apep that was thought to contain all of the evil and darkness in Egypt, and burn it to protect everyone from Apep's influence for another year, in a similar manner to modern rituals such as Zozobra.

The Egyptian priests even had a detailed guide to fighting Apep, referred to as The Books of Overthrowing Apep (or the Book of Apophis, in Greek).[6] The chapters described a gradual process of dismemberment and disposal, and include:

    Spitting Upon Apep
    Defiling Apep with the Left Foot
    Taking a Lance to Smite Apep
    Fettering Apep
    Taking a Knife to Smite Apep
    Laying Fire Upon Apep

In addition to stories about Apep's defeats, this guide had instructions for making wax models, or small drawings, of the serpent, which would be spat on, mutilated and burnt, whilst reciting spells that would aid Ra. Fearing that even the image of Apep could give power to the demon, any rendering would always include another deity to subdue the monster, and/or knives already stabbed into him.

As Apep was thought to live in the underworld, he was sometimes thought of as an Eater-up of Souls. Thus the dead also needed protection, so they were sometimes buried with spells that could destroy Apep. The Book of the Dead does not frequently describe occasions when Ra defeated the chaos snake explicitly called Apep. Only BD Spells 7 and 39 can be explained as such.[7]

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http://saturniancosmology.org/tab.php

.... 1: Introduction and Background ....

Preface: (13K)
    Contents: The starting premise of this text; who I am, why I wrote this text.

Chapter 1: Introduction. (61K)
    Contents: What this site is about; the sledgehammer of ignorance; the history of objections; collation and synthesis.

Chapter 2: A Synopsis. (58K)
    Contents: A synopsis of the website; verification of notions by others; items completely missed by other researchers.

Chapter 3: The Osiris Mystery. (70K)
    Contents: The Osiris mystery; David Talbott's 'Saturn Theory'; Wal Thornhill's plasma connection; the combined model and some objections.

Chapter 4: The Nevada Conference. (49K)
    Contents: The Nevada Conference; a comet's path; ice cover; seasonal plants; periodic extinctions; a new set of postulates.

Chapter 5: The Absu and Speculation. (94K)
    Contents: The equatorial rings detailed; methods of forming postulates; problems with scientific dogma; accusations of speculation; Peratt's wrench in the works.

Chapter 6: Alternate Cosmology. (59K)
    Contents: The standard and some alternative cosmologies; Saturn as a misfit in the Solar System; life on Earth.

.... 2: Established Archaeology ....

Chapter 7: Ice Ages and Humans. (69K)
    Contents: Recent glaciations; Homo erectus; Homo sapiens.

Chapter 8: Tunguska and Chicxulub. (122K)
    Contents: Preliminary planet interactions: stratospheric dust, Tunguska, Chicxulub, Grand Canyon, a Great Lakes atomic detonation.

Chapter 9: Event of the Younger Dryas. (128K)
    Contents: Firestone's paper of 2007; the Laurentide Ice Sheet; a likely sequence of events; the Great Lakes created; the Carolina Bays; earlier contacts with Saturn's plasmasphere.

Chapter 10: A Timeline and Gimbutas. (87K)
    Contents: Earth placed below Saturn; the Hypsithermal; the Saturnian planet stack, a time line, Marija Gimbutas and neolithic figurines; objections.

Chapter 11: Saturn and Archaeology. (90K)
    Contents: Revisiting the Acheulean Hand Axe, the caves of Lascaux and others, Catal Huyuk transitional period.

Chapter 12: The Peratt Column. (101K)
    Contents: The Peratt Column, the three plasmoids; dating the first plasmoid; Pacific islands; the Opossum; Nasca lines; a survey of the world; Ley lines; Job; Carnac; Manu; the Heart of the Sky; Lepinski Vir; Sheela Na Gigs; Mari; Neith; Oannes; Kojiki; Cerberus.

.... 3: Mythology and Remote Antiquity ....

Chapter 13: The Creation. (99K)
    Contents: Starting from Chaos, an unexpected flood; the egg; creation; the eye of Ra; petroglyphs; the city on the horizon.

Chapter 14: The Start of Time. (62K)
    Contents: The God visits Earth; the start of time; the first land; Horus the Hawk; gifts of the Gods; living in paradise.

Chapter 15: The Era of the Gods. (105K)
    Contents: The King list; dating the Age of the Gods; barrows, henges, temple platforms.

Chapter 16: The World Flood. (82K)
    Contents: The worldwide flood of 3147 BC; the battle of the Gods; the Absu.

Chapter 17: The Gods Leave. (60K)
    Contents: The Gods leave; return of the Axis Mundi; a new era.

Chapter 18: Pyramids and Henges. (120K)
    Contents: Horus on his mountain; the Palermo Stone; the pyramids; barrows after 3100 BC, henges after 3100 BC.

.... 4: Narratives of Ancient History ....

Chapter 19: The Midnight Sun. (103K)
    Contents: The Midnight Sun; histories; something is missing; developing consciousness; the flood of Noah.

Chapter 20: Noah's Flood. (123K)
    Contents: The flood of Noah reconsidered; the fall of the Absu; a flood from the Sky; the Moon on fire; the extinction of Jupiter.

Chapter 21: Day of the Dead. (156K)
    Contents: Blood and alcohol; the ten suns; Day of the Dead; Tower of Babel; Return of Mars.

Chapter 22: The Exodus of Moses. (146K)
    Contents: The terror of Venus; Moses and Yahweh; the Ark; the psychosis of Moses; Joshua.

.... 5: The Start of Modern History ....

Chapter 23: Destruction by Mars. (138K)
    Contents: Destructions by Mars; calendar reforms; a blast from heaven.

Chapter 24: The Tablets of Ammizaduga. (104K)
    Contents: The Tablets of Ammizaduga; the bolt from Jupiter; the fall of Phaethon; the twins.

Chapter 25: The Hour of Phaethon. (122K)
    Contents: Dating the thunderbolt of Phaethon; the start of history; the sky in disarray; change in the equinox.

Chapter 26: Hezekiah and Babylon. (130K)
    Contents: The star in the crescent; Hezekiah, Babylon; philosophy, religion, science; the presence of God.

Chapter 27: The Sibylline Star Wars. (74K)
    Contents: The Great Year, new locations of the stars; Nonnos; two meteors; Denderah.

.... 6: The Parallel Mesoamerican Record ....

Chapter 28: Language and Causality. (133K)
    Contents: Consciousness; languages; becoming human; boat people; children.

Chapter 29: The Maya Calendar. (77K)
    Contents: The beginning of time; the first calendar; Tzolkin; Haab; Long Count; Katun Cycle, four ages.

Chapter 30: The Chilam Balam Books. (228K)
    Contents: The Katun cycle, the Thirteen, the Nine; Nine Lives; directional trees; 2349 BC; the burning tower; 8th century; Katun 3-Ahau; the day of Kan; Nine Fragrances.

Chapter 31: The Olmec Record of the Past. (143K)
    Contents: Before Creation; the three-cornered stone; the endless nights; God wakes up; survey of the world; the Third Creation.

.... 7: Long Range Mesoamerican Astronomy ....

Chapter 32: Olmec Site Alignments. (159K)
    Contents: A crisis with the Sun; Izapa; Edzna; San Lorenzo; La Venta; Teotihuacan; Monte Alban; Pleiades.

Chapter 33: The Day of Kan. (104K)
    Contents: The Day of Kan; the course of the 'may'; the third conquest; summary.

Chapter 34: The Popol Vuh. (149K)
    Contents: Northern Gods, southern Gods; Seven Macaw; Zipacna and Earthquake; Hunahpu and Xbalanque; the ballgame in Xibalba; into the oven; Tulan; first fathers; tribal Gods; the dawning; the bundle of flames; the Quiche nation.

.... Appendixes ....

Appendix A: Notes on Chronology. (167K)
    Contents: Sources for dates of the King lists; parallel chronologies; calendars; Carbon-14 dating; Precambrian.

Appendix B: The Celestial Mechanics. (187K)
    Contents: Asteroid belt; outer orbits, inner orbits; plasma interactions; 52-year cycle of Venus; close encounters of Mars.

Appendix C: Mesoamerican site Alignments. (95K)
    Contents: This is the file of alignment calculations referenced in Chapter 34, "Olmec Site Alignments" above.

Appendix D: Change in the Axis. (53K)
    Contents: An 26 degree inclination; investigating megalithic construction as a response to disturbances in 2000 BC, possibly by Mars.

Appendix E: Polar Relocations Disputed. (62K)
    Contents: The source of the problem; Velikovsky's moving pole; data from 747 BC; Earth as a gyroscope; data from 1500 BC; flipping the pole; lack of glaciation in Siberia; frozen mammoths; other polar relocations; Giza pyramids; Mesoamerica; Vedic sources.

Appendix F: The Palette of Narmer. (32K)
    Contents: Reading the Egyptian Palette of Narmer.

Appendix G: Deep Impact. (48K)
    Contents: Comet Temple 1; Deep Impact; predictions; the fireworks; the aftershocks; summing up; two weeks later; two months later; six months later; two years later; water flowing underground.

Appendix H: Other Cosmologies. (83K)
    Contents: Sitchin; planet X; ancient astronauts; bible aliens; God's math; supernova; Orion's belt; Mayan 2012 cycle; hologram; Clube and Napier; DeGrazia's binary star; Patten and Windsor's Mars Wars; Ackerman's Firmament; Gilligan's God-King Scenario.

Appendix I: The Canopus Decree. (29K)
    Contents: The Canopus Decree; sothic dating; Venus rising; Sirius rising; implications; further notes.

Appendix J: Expanding Earth. (15K)
    Contents: Pterodactyls; expansion; S. Warren Carey; questions.

Appendix K: Venus and Epidemics. (19K)
    Contents: Spanish Flu; Lockyer Observatory; diseases from space.

Appendix L: Long-range Chronology. (16K)
    Contents: From 4.6 billion years ago.

Appendix M: The Red Sirius. (16K)
    Contents: Ptolemy; the Maya; Gregory of Tours; Al-Sufi; Sima Qian and Yu Ji-cai.

Appendix N: Age of the Universe. (6K)
    Contents: The Milky Way; the local group; the Virgo supercluster; the visible universe.

Appendix O: List of Books. (43K)
    Contents: Relevant books on allied topics.

Appendix P: List of Links. (13K)
    Contents: Links pertaining to the Saturnian theories.

Appendix Q: Change Log. (56K)
    Contents: Synopsis of changes for the last few years.

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Recovering the Lost World, A Saturnian Cosmology -- Jno Cook
Chapter 2: A Synopsis.

Before launching into a lengthy history, let me offer in brief form ("a synopsis") the story of what I have found, both in confirmation of the research of others and filling in what they have missed. But first, some caveats and opinions. In the next chapter I'll describe the research of David Talbott and the contribution by Wal Thornhill which have led to the theory of the polar location of Saturn.

Missing Evidence

Before you become flush with indignation at the preposterous claims I will be making in the following paragraphs, consider that I cannot offer the evidence at the same time as the capsule descriptions. Your indulgence is therefore requested. The evidence follows immediately in a terse presentation of some 700,000 words (readable as one chapter a night for a month). Only two jumps are made in the sequence of logical connectivity: an overall base chronology is developed in Appendix A, and most of the detailed plans of celestial interactions are found in Appendix B. That leaves, as the main course, a narrative of the historical events, often separated by many hundreds of years, but more or less in historical order. This note will sooth your temper, I hope.

You might also take stock of the fact that what is presented here has close parallels in the work of a half dozen other writers, all engaged in emphasizing the catastrophic prehistory of Earth, each of which lays claim to being solely correct (as I do also). I am not including fringe authors like Zecharia Sitchin, Eric von Daniken, Victor Clube and Bill Napier, or 2012 prophets, pyramidiots, and UFO buffs, all of which have gone over the edge. [note 1]

Nor am I at all given to causes attributed to comets and meteors crashing into Earth, especially after looking closely at the Tunguska event of 1908, and the claim of bolides over North America in 10,500 BC as presented by Richard Firestone's group. Electrical interactions can explain all of the unexplainable much easier and more predictably.

If I still have your attention at this point, let me rouse your ire once more by proposing that, for example, the Chicxulub crater in the Yucatan is not the mark of the largest bolide ever intercepted by Earth, as is commonly thought. Rather, it is the result of a lightning bolt 110 miles in diameter, and not the crater of an object falling from the sky. Yes, lightning bolts can travel millions of mile between planets. Yes, we lost the dinosaurs over the next 10 million years, but the large-scale extinction does not at all conform to the consequences of a fallen rock, as is certainly recognized by the establishment. More on this in a later chapter.

A Synopsis

The chapters of this site will propose that the biology of our planet, our culture, our psychology, and our very existence, are the result of a series of incidents arising from the interaction between Earth and other planets within the Solar System, most notably Saturn.

The biology of Earth is such a complete accident and so utterly unlikely that it will not have ever been duplicated anywhere, at any time, among the billions of other star systems. But here on Earth, all of it, especially the rise of complex species since the Cambrian Period, 560 million years ago, can be attributed to a series of cataclysmic plasma strikes by Saturn, each of a very long duration: biologists claim 10,000 years for the extinction events; my estimate is 15,000 years.

As humans, we survived the last externally induced extinction event which removed eight competing sub-species over the course of the last three million years. Our only contribution to our distinction from other animals was the invention, 40,000 years ago, of language and its subsequent cultural transmission. That set the stage for further development of our "humanity," much later on and much closer to our time.

It all started very long ago. At one time, and from its genesis, Earth was a planet in orbit around Saturn, a brown dwarf star. At about the time of the Precambrian (600 million years ago), the Saturnian System intersected with the Solar System. Saturn swept around the Sun, and back into deep space, to return at regular 26- to 27-million-year intervals. Over the course of time, some of the satellites (planets) of Saturn were wrenched from their orbits around Saturn to end up revolving around the Sun instead. The Earth likely became a Solar System planet at the end of the Permian, 250 million years ago.

From 600 million years ago Saturn kept entering the Solar System regularly to disturb its lost satellites now circling the Sun. At about 10 million years ago Saturn likely had a run-in with Jupiter, a Solar System planet orbiting the Sun at a distance probably somewhat less than the Earth's orbit today. The orbital period of Saturn was significantly reduced as a result.

During this last 10 million year period (and perhaps earlier) Saturn started scavenging its lost satellites, and perhaps Solar System planets, all in orbits close to the Sun. The possibility of a "captured" planet again orbiting Saturn at its equator is virtually nil. Instead, the scavenged planets ended up in suprapolar and subpolar locations, the only locations which are dynamically stable, balancing gravitational attraction against electrical repulsion -- without the requirement of a radical change in orbital speed.

Because Saturn had come in from outside of the Solar System, it was at a much higher negative charge level than any of the Solar System planets. The Solar System planets would be attracted to Saturn when first making electrical contact, rather than be repelled as would be the case of two planets with nearly equal values of charge.

The stack of planets was seen by humans and recorded in the shapes of artifacts in the Paleolithic of about two million years ago, and as carved images in the Upper Paleolithic, from 30,000 BC, and by the hundreds of millions during the early Neolithic, 7000 to 3000 BC, when the stack of planets was much more frequently seen.

At about 10,500 BC, the Earth (at that time a planet of the Sun) made electrical contact with Saturn, causing 1500 years of "darkness" (shadow) on Earth. The period of darkness is recognized by many of the world's creation myths, and was recorded in the illustrated graphic books of Mesoamerica, references to which are made in Colonial-period documents. Climatologically the period is identified as the Younger Dryas, when for some 1500 years Earth got as cold as it ever had been.

Over the next 5000 years the orbit of Earth, apparently equal to the orbit of Saturn at that time, progressively lowered to have Earth eventually travel well below Saturn. Thus, between about 6000 BC and 3100 BC, Earth became part of a strange configuration of stacked planets, a condition which provided long summers and a mild climate in the northern hemisphere. Planets, dominated by the giant form of Saturn, stood above the North Pole and close to Earth (but measured in millions of miles) and were taken by humans to be the Gods who supported them and for whose benefit they labored at agriculture and conducted trade.

Initially, during the period after about 9000 BC, and long before Saturn was clearly seen in the north, three fiercely lighted ball plasmoids were seen far south of Earth, below the South Pole, for thousands of years (8300 BC to 4200 BC), connected to Saturn in the north via strands of brilliant arcs of electrons. Forms of various shapes ran south over these electron lines, traveling toward the three plasmoids. The moving shapes were taken to be animals and humans.

The objects in the south sky became the basis for all of the original religions (and a good deal of mythology) throughout the world, for they persisted in showing nightly and seasonally over the course of 4000 years -- although only for three periods of hundreds of years. For the people of Mesoamerica the year 8347 BC, when the plasmoids first showed, was when their tally of years started.

We knew only a little of this from obscure mythological references. And we would still not know very much, if it had not been for an investigation undertaken by a team led by Anthony Peratt (of Los Alamos National Labs) of some 4,000,000 petroglyphs worldwide, carved high up on mountain sides, facing in all directions but always with a clear view toward the south. That study, published in the journal IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science in 2003, was an absolutely astounding revelation. More on that in a later chapter.

In about 4200 BC Saturn dropped its coma (the glow mode plasmasphere), which had obscured Saturn and its companion satellites (this was the "chaos before creation" which had lasted some 5000 years), and went nova -- Saturn went into arc mode. In a mass expulsion Saturn produced its rings and a new satellite, Venus (and perhaps another), and Saturn lit up more brilliant than the Sun. To the humans of Earth, who had not clearly seen the real Sun for thousands of years because of the shadow of the Younger Dryas followed by the obscurity of the enclosing plasmasphere of Saturn, this was the start of creation, the start of time, and the first showing of "the land" and its resident Gods, the satellites of Saturn. Saturn was also universally called "the sun" throughout the world.

In Central America the Popol Vuh, written circa AD 1500 from much older records, recounts:

    "Like a man was the sun when it showed itself. It showed itself when it was born and remained fixed in the sky like a mirror. Certainly it was not the same sun which we see, it is said in their old tales."

The arc mode of Saturn reduced to a glow mode coma at some point, but retained a plasma plume connecting to Earth. The Sun (the real Sun) lighted part of the edge of Saturn in a crescent which revolved around Saturn on a daily basis, visually caused by the daily rotation of Earth below Saturn.

This stack of planets consisted, from top to bottom, of Uranus (on its side as today) and Neptune (hidden by Saturn below it), both above Saturn. I suspect that these three had been seen together for perhaps 2,000,000 years -- initially by Homo erectus. Below Saturn the following were located from top to bottom: Mercury (joined the group in about 14,000 BC), Mars (resident probably since about 30,000 BC), and Earth (joined the group after about 9,000 BC).

In 3147 BC this configuration broke apart, with the three large planets moving far away from the Sun, and the smaller planets released to a series of overlapping "inner" orbits. The breakup produced a stupendous flood of the waters which had been held at the North Pole by the gravitational attraction of Saturn for 6000 years or more. Flood stories are ubiquitous, found in over 500 independent "myths" -- all with the same coherent details. The survivors included people far inland, those living already on mountain slopes, and certainly the people of the Nile delta and Northern Mesopotamia. The only recourse to a livelihood for many of the survivors was agriculture, which sprang up simultaneously in six unconnected regions of Earth.

The breakup was caused by Jupiter, which had circled the Sun as an inner planet up to that time. Jupiter was subsequently seen receding in the skies, surrounded by a coma visually much larger than the diameter of the Moon. Below the south pole of Jupiter extended a gigantic plasma outpouring, making it look like Jupiter was resting on a mountain. Above the planet were much smaller horn-like extensions. The whole of this looked like a person in a mantle, but was also identified as "the Bull of Heaven." Jupiter was taken as the new God, called "the younger." Jupiter retained its massive lower outpouring until it entered the asteroid belt in about 2860 BC (or perhaps earlier), after which the coma changed its shape.

Earlier, after 3070 BC, Mars and Mercury had been released from below Saturn as Saturn entered the asteroid belt. The two planets crossed Earth's orbit for about 300 years, overriding the Earth's orbit close to Earth on 30-year average intervals. At those times Mars was brought into plasma contact with Earth, looking like a squat mountain which circled the Earth's north polar region -- the visual effect of the rotation of the Earth. Mars was held to be the God in charge of Earth, Horus of the Egyptians.

This lasted to about 2750 BC or 2700 BC, after which the regular visits of Mars ended, its elliptical orbit perhaps rotating away from Earth. In the next century people throughout the world start building pyramids in imitation of the disappeared mountain of Mars, all within a hundred years of each other -- in Egypt, Mesopotamia, England, China, in the Andes of South America, and in many other locations, such as Greece and the Balkans (as has been discovered in recent years, although not validated).

We have recorded histories of these celestial events, especially in Mesoamerica. There are accurate descriptions of the rings and the number of satellites of Saturn, the bands and satellites of Jupiter, and the scarred surface and satellites of Mars, all dating from remote antiquity and spanning cultures worldwide. The Egyptians produced schematic images of the original configuration of Saturn and its planets, and have a record of early close passes by Mars. Mesopotamians also produced images of planets, graphically showing, for example, all the satellites of Jupiter. The Maya (from Olmec sources) have an undated record of the planetary interactions from long before 3100 BC, and a dated record of later events which matches what can be gleaned from Eastern Mediterranean sources. The Aztecs produced graphic images of these planets, although anthropomorphized to gods and produced very late. South Sea islanders have similar records of the rings of Saturn. India has similar recollections of these events extending over millions of lines of poetry. The Quiche Maya Popol Vuh and pages of the Maya Books of the Chilam Balam makes casual references to the period of 7000 years ago. One page of the Chilam Balam records seven appearances of the Saturnian planets as far back as perhaps 40,000 years (which can be collated with atmospheric Carbon-14 records dating to 50,000 bp).

Over the next 2500 years (3100 BC to 685 BC) the inner planets interfere with Earth at intervals, although very infrequently. There were four major additional incidents. The damage often was localized in latitude, although, for example, a continuous lightning strike might have encircled the globe in circa 1500 BC and certainly repeatedly in the 8th and 7th century BC.

As recalled by nearly all peoples on all the continents, the most terrifying incident happened in 2349 BC when an alignment with Venus (20 million miles away at that time) produced an Earth shock in the northern hemisphere, tilting the Earth's axis away from the Sun temporarily, and tilting up the equatorial rings of the Earth. This was followed perhaps six hours later by the arrival of a massive disconnected plasmoid lightning bolt from Venus which hit the rings almost broadside, followed somewhat later by lesser bolts, recorded in Mesoamerica and China. [note 2]

The electrical contact with Venus turned the equatorial rings blood red and caused the destruction of the rings. Lightning bolts arced from the Earth's ionosphere layers and the lower equatorial plasma toroid (the Van Allen belt). The sky bled for three days, and only a single ring remained. Dust continued to rain down for the next 4000 years. The cleared southern skies, previously obscured by the Earth's rings, revealed a multitude of stars for the first time, most notably the Pleiades, located directly south at midnight two nights after the equinox.

The equatorial plasma toroid would have also arced to the surface of Earth, producing months of torrential rains. To humanity, the "sea" in the south sky had collapsed to Earth, and the event was almost everywhere understood as a second flood of stupendous proportion. The Bible recalls this event as the flood of Noah. But to most peoples the blood seen in the sky suggested the wholesale slaughter of humans, and any number of raging goddesses or dragons were assigned to this event in mythology worldwide -- Kali, Tiamat, Anath, Sekhmet, Hathor, and much later, Beowulf's Grendel.

After two and a half days, Jupiter appeared again with its previous giant coma and lower mantle (also understood as a mountain), as if risen from the dead. In fact, the rise of the equatorial made it look as if Jupiter rose up out of the cave previously seen as the shadow of Earth on the rings. The cave-shaped shadow opened up as the Earth regained its normal inclination, and Jupiter rose out of this and to a location above it.

Jupiter had stopped the dragon from killing additional humans. The event itself remains commemorated as the "Day of the Dead," and is almost universally associated with the culmination of the Pleiades in autumn. Echos of the fall of the rings and the surrounding circumstances continue to resound in mythology and, to this day, in the theologies and practices of many religions -- like the resurrection of Jupiter on the third day. Many nations also date the start of all sensible history (and their calendars) from this event. Strangely, this event is simply not noted by any of the catastrophists. Even Velikovsky remained unaware of it.

Eight hundred years later, in 1492 BC, Venus again made electrical contact with Earth, causing a crushing repulsive blow in the Central Pacific. The Pacific islands were wiped clean of any trace of humans, except for the petroglyphs carved on every island thousands of years earlier. Coastal South America and Central America were inundated with water, leaving sea-water traces in lakes high up in the Andes, and possibly causing a sudden rise in the coastal range of the Andes by thousands of feet. The blow was followed by an electrical arc traveling through the Pacific, the Indian Ocean, and part of India -- following a path of increasingly higher latitude into the Mediterranean as the Earth's axis angled back toward the Sun. Moses made his escape from Egypt during the turmoil. The event is recalled in mythology as the attack of the monster Typhon who is struck down by Zeus. The major result of the contact was a 30 percent increase in the orbit of the Earth -- the year went from 273 days to 360 days. Venus probably came no closer than 10,000,000 miles in this instance.

Something else was initiated at this time. The movement of tribes away from devastated areas and failing climates into new regions happened after 1500 BC. Tribes of Central Asia entered India, Anatolia, and Greece. Tribes from Asia Minor settled in Italy (as well as at later dates also). People everywhere met strangers, and had to cope with new living conditions. This resulted in an expansion of our imagination as a way of coping with these changes -- the development of subjective consciousness. Before this time there was little need to deal with change. The people of Egypt and Mesopotamia (for whom we have records) had remained stagnant in the way of life of their forebears for thousands upon thousands of years. The development of subjective consciousness (as opposed to mere consciousness) was a cultural innovation and the major change which made us human. Subjective consciousness came to be taught to children by parents, exactly like language is taught. The teaching of subjective consciousness (like the teaching of language) can be readily observed today. [note 3]

Another 700 years later (806 BC to 687 BC) Mars closed in on Earth with repeated electric arc contacts at 15-year intervals, a major Earth shock in 747 BC, and a minor shock in 686 BC (actually caused by Mercury). (Mars also interfered with Earth at the close of the Early Bronze Age, 1935 BC to circa 1700 BC.)

Mars came close, perhaps to within 40,000 miles of Earth. The interactions, as a result, were completely different from the long distance shocks due to Venus. The destructions of the 8th and 7th century BC were spread over long stretches from Central Asia to the Western Mediterranean, and through to Mexico and Southern United States. From the Persian plateau to Greece, in swaths measuring more than 600 miles from end to end, hilltop citadels were destroyed by quake-like convulsions much more extensive than any earthquake, and by massive lightning strikes.

Cities and citadels were buried under yards of carbonized material mixed with soil. The soil and burned forests were dropped whenever the traveling lightning bolt paused at a hilltop. These simultaneous destructions have been noted in the archaeological record, and include the events of the 8th and 7th century as well as 2300 BC and 1900 BC.

De Grazia presents estimates that only 2.5 percent of the original population of 200 million of the Mediterranean region survived. Bolsena (Volsinii), a city in Italy, was obliterated by a lightning bolt measuring more than 5 miles in diameter -- if we are to believe Pliny, who presents this from older Etruscan sources. The circular lake is larger than any volcanic caldera. Mars became the next sky God and set a tone for human conduct -- lasting to this day.

[Image: Bolsena, Italy.]

The destructions of the 8th and 7th century BC obliterated the coastal areas of Greece and coastal Anatolia. The remnant population turned to raiding and became the pirates celebrated in the Iliad and as the Egyptian "People of the Sea," although the Iliad reveals that these were no sailors. Warfare and the extraction of tribute became a way of life for the Assyrians, who plundered from Elam to Egypt.

The change in humanity, however, which suddenly brought people up to our current expectations, was an event which happened early in the seventh century BC. In 685 BC Venus, along with Mercury, blazed as bright as the Sun and were seen in the daytime skies with the Sun for forty days starting on June 15. The event was probably an extraordinary plasma output by the Sun, brought on by the sudden relocation of Mercury to within the orbit of Venus in the previous year.

In July of 685 BC (astronomical year -685, corrected from 680 BC Julian in Eastern Mediterranean chronology), Jupiter also flared up in response to the Sun's increased output of plasma, and on July 14 sent a return lightning stroke, a plasmoid bolt, headed for the Sun. It arrived on July 25th. The plasmoid, which passed by Earth at a distance of 30 million miles, was seen in foreshortened form by Asia and Europe, and is depicted in sculptures and illustrations and even on coins. The Mediterranean nations thought that Venus was struck -- the bolt from Zeus which toppled Phaethon from the Sun's chariot. Mesoamerica saw the plasmoid at full length as it passed by in the daytime, and depicted it correspondingly differently. Their understanding was that Mars was struck. It was called "the bundle of flame" among the Maya. To China this was the celestial dragon, the traditional form of which matches the structure of a plasmoid lightning bolt. [note 4]

As experienced by Earth, the after-effect of the 40 days of extreme solar activity, was the relocation of the polar axis from Ursa Major to near Ursa Minor, and the delay of spring by some 15 days (in effect rotating the dome of the stars). A new equinox was suddenly established. The aphelion of the Earth's orbit (the location furthest from the Sun) changed, and 120 years of interference by Mars and Mercury came to a sudden halt. It appeared to many that Jupiter, the historical supreme God of antiquity, had again saved mankind from destruction. The change in aphelion had resulted in a cessation of further interactions with Mars. In 670 BC the Earth's orbit became nearly circular (for unknown reasons), and the Earth was in fact completely removed from any future interference by any of the inner planets.

Within 100 years of this event, we see the simultaneous rise of philosophical studies, much as we understand them today, in China, India, Mesopotamia, and Greek Anatolia -- well before there was any cultural transmission between the more distant regions. It had appeared to many as if a far greater power, beyond the dome of the stars, had moved the stars and planets and restarted the Universe. For many of the philosophers, the causes for natural phenomena were now sought elsewhere than in the whims of the old planetary gods.

With the realization of the existence of a power beyond the planets and stars, we also see the sudden rise of all the modern religions within the span of 100 years -- Taoism and Confucianism in China, Jainism, and Buddhism in India (with its subsequent influence on Hinduism), and Zoroastrianism (Mazdaism) in Persia with its influence on Judaism, Mithraism, Christianity, and eventually on Islam. Similar changes are attested to in Mesoamerica, probably dating from after 600 BC.

Could all this really have happened? Religions have attempted to explain all of it, initially as narrations of the observed events, eventually as metaphors of spiritual states. Science, on the other hand, has spent the last two hundred years negating that anything at all ever happened. But a look at the histories (what we call myths) of people from regions as diverse as China, Mesopotamia, and Mesoamerica will reveal that they are in complete agreement with each other. Add to these the various "myths" of the people of India, South America, Africa, Greece, and thousands of others, and a consistent picture of the past emerges, which is not what science tells us.

Or fly over the regions of, for example, the Western United States, and you will soon be convinced that the waves of hills, the conical dumps of windborne soil, the distorted folded mountains, and the widely varied landscape cannot possibly be the result of eons of slow movement and metamorphosis of the Earth's crust. The surface of Earth appears to have been battered and wracked convulsively, and recently.

Except for geology, which I will not really touch on, the remaining chapters will fill in the details and broaden the scope of the four major events. The four events are:

    The end of the "Age of the Gods" and the worldwide flood in 3147 BC;
    the fall of the Absu (known as the "flood of Noah"), the blood in the sky, the resurrection of Jupiter, and the first appearance of the Pleiades in 2349 BC;
    the defeat of Typhon and the Exodus of Moses from Egypt in 1492 BC; and
    the blazing of Venus and Mercury and the thunderbolt of Jupiter which toppled Phaethon in 685 BC.

The last few chapters present an excursion into the site plans and iconography of Mesoamerica from about 2000 BC. In these last chapters you will find that the more closely detailed findings from Mesoamerica will match and often exceed the information available from the Eastern Mediterranean.
Highlights of New Findings

I checked and verified many theories which had been proposed by others about the past. Below I have listed new findings which came out of the attempt to establish a chronology and develop a rational set of mechanics for planetary interactions. Many of these findings have remained unknown (or obscured) to other investigators. Other items listed below are well established, but tend to be avoided or negated by researchers of the catastrophic past.

I am offering this list for those readers who are familiar with the major elements of the catastrophic literature of Velikovsky and David Talbott. If this is all new to you, skip the rest of this page and proceed to the next chapter.

    The Earth never turned over -- at least not completely and certainly not permanently. This had been suggested by Velikovsky and others, but is a nearly impossible notion. I dispute this and discuss the origins of these notions in the Appendix "Polar Relocations Disputed."
    The age of the Earth, Mars, and the Moon are exactly what they seem to be from the most abundant earliest rocks. They do not need to be expanded to fit a theory of the single creation of the whole Solar System, as popular science has done. Details in Appendix A.
    Saturn probably first entered the Solar System 600 million years ago, before the Cambrian Explosion. The sudden development of new phyla and species could be attributed to a nova event (and a mass expulsion) of Saturn at that time.
    All the mass extinctions, and the speciation events which follow these, can be attributed to plasma discharges of Saturn as its orbit repeatedly, and at regular intervals, brought Saturn to an intersection with the Solar System. The excursion through the Solar system would extend over about 15,000 years. This is discussed in the chapter "Nevada Conference."
    The Permian extinction, 250 million years ago, is the second to last nova event of Saturn, and occurred at a time when Earth was still on an equatorial orbit about Saturn. It did little to advance life on Earth, taking it backward by a hundred million years. But Earth became a Solar System planet after the end of the Permian. The plant forms of Earth testify to the two distinct environments.
    The glaciation dated 30 million years ago and the intermittent glaciation since 3 million years ago (which can be blamed on electrical plasma contacts by Saturn) follow the 27-million year repeating pattern. The rise of hominids during this time is discussed in the chapter "Ice Ages and Humans."
    The last intermittent glaciations testifies to the recent capture of the Earth by Saturn.
    The mention in many creation myths of a period of darkness preceding creation can be dated to the early Neolithic or late Upper Paleolithic and is likely the result of nanometer dust particles in the stratosphere after a massive compressive force and lightning strikes by Saturn in North America. This caused the worldwide period of extreme cold, drought, and darkness, recognized today as the Younger Dryas period. For more on this see the chapters "Tunguska and Chicxulub" and "The Younger Dryas," with additional Mesoamerican retellings in the chapters "The Chilam Balam" and "The Popol Vuh." The cataclysm is addressed in papers by Richard Firestone, et alii, in 2001 (Mammoth Trumpet Magazine), and in 2007 (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences).
    The clouded swirling skies which are found at the start of most creation myths are the result of Earth falling into a subpolar orbit with Saturn and subsequently entering the lower plasma plumes of Saturn's coma. See the chapter "The Event of the Younger Dryas" for a narrative and a consideration of the dynamics. This also coincided with the start of the Hypsithermal period in 9500 BC (for which see the chapter "A Timeline and Gimbutas").
    While traveling through the lower plasma formation of Saturn's coma, the Earth three times (at the two edges of the cup form and once at the center spike) experienced the formation of three ball plasmoids 150,000 to 400,000 miles below the South Pole, with lines of electrons connecting these and running past Earth to an object in the north skies. This started in 8347 BC, and ended probably in about 4200 BC. This was investigated by the team led by Anthony Peratt (of Los Alamos National Laboratory), and published in 2003 and 2007 in the IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science. The dates are from my findings.
    The ubiquitous female figurines found in the millions on millions worldwide, dating from the Upper Paleolithic and the Neolithic, are representations of Uranus, Neptune, Saturn, Mercury, and Mars as seen together in the skies overhead, enclosed in a coma. Discussed in the chapter "A Timeline and Gimbutas."
    The event (flood) of 3147 BC is visually correctly identified by Sumerian and Bible sources (although shifted to a narrative of 2349 BC) if it is assumed that Saturn and its planets passed Jupiter on the inside of Jupiter's orbit (at that time close to the Sun). The current orbital inclinations of the outer planets matches the expected vertical separations of the planets in 3147 BC. Discussed in Appendix B.
    The Palette of Narmer depicts Venus, Mars, and Uranus, where the pharaoh figure is Horus/Mars (and dressed as Saturn) -- not some battle of unification for prehistoric Egypt, and with Mercury as the sandal bearer of the pharaoh. The bee and the sedge, as in "He of the Bee and the Sedge," is the pharaoh as Saturn, with Venus as the bee and Uranus as the sedge. See the chapters "The Creation," "The Start of Time," and the Appendix "The Palette of Narmer."
    The raven and dove let out by Noah to test the waters can be identified as the planets Uranus and Venus as seen from Earth directly after 3147 BC. The Mesopotamian flood myths identifies the same planets and adds Mercury.
    The report in the Bible and in Mesopotamian legends (and hundreds of additional flood legends) of a ship landing on a mountain after the flood is the backlighted crescent of Jupiter on top of a massive outpouring of plasma from the south pole of Jupiter. In Egypt, as in some Mesopotamian retellings of this event, this is also understood as an approaching celestial bull, which destroyed the city of the Gods.
    The biannual sightings of Mars between 3070 BC and 2750 BC are recorded as events in the dynastic records of the Palermo Stone of Egypt. See the chapter "Pyramids and Henges."
    The orbits of the inner planets have changed only minimally since 3147 BC. Most changes involved altered ellipticity or a rotation of the second nodal point. Planets have to line up exactly with the Sun to result in an electrical interaction of their plasmaspheres.
    The few interactions with Venus (which have been presented as "collisions" by others) occurred at distances of 10,000,000 and 20,000,000 miles. Electrical interactions with Mars occurred at much closer distances, but probably no closer than 40,000 miles. Details in various chapters and Appendix B.
    The orbit of Earth enlarged four times since 3147 BC: in 2349 BC, 2193 BC, 1492 BC, and 747 BC. See Appendix B, "Celestial Mechanics." Each time the Earth reached a different location from the Sun, it needed to adjust its charge level, and plumes of plasma extended up from the magnetic poles, lasting years.
    Both the north and the south plumes (probably extending up some 10 or 20 Earth diameters) were seen throughout the world. The ends moved with the rotation of the magnetosphere, making them look like they were waving in a wind. The people of Mesoamerica called them trees. Egypt and Mesopotamia called them braziers or flags and recorded them in seals and sculptures. Mesoamerica in two instances provides a count of how many times this happened. The plumes were detected in dark mode plasma in 2009.
    The Earth had equatorial rings until 2349 BC (like all other planets with a magnetic field), called the "Absu" in Sumer and the "Duat" in Egypt (and the "House of Nine Bushes" in Mesoamerica). The Egyptian "doorway to the other world" is the shadow of Earth cast on the equatorial rings, the Duat. This is discussed in a number of places, first in the chapter "The Absu and Speculation" and in more detail in later chapters. The "flood of Noah" consisted of the sudden removal of the equatorial rings, and was accompanied by severe storms and rains.
    The Moon appeared near Earth after 2349 BC, when the Earth's orbit increased, but did not fall into a regular orbit shared with Earth until perhaps about 2280 BC. The legendary emperors (gods) of China, Yao and Shun, are Jupiter and the Moon. Likewise for Abraham and Isaac. These two were depicted in Mesopotamia also, as the victory stele of Naram-Sin, the great grandson of Sargon, showing Jupiter with his mountain.
    While Jupiter was in the asteroid belt, the mountain form of the lower plasma disappeared. Instead, the plasma from Jupiter's south pole extended directly left and right to the asteroids and curved up further away. These are the ram horns of Amun-Ra. It is called the "shen" in its simplest form in Egypt (a circle on a flat line), and is depicted as a boat almost everywhere in antiquity. See the chapter "The Career of Jupiter."
    Jupiter's coma tripled in size in about 2527 BC as it left the asteroid belt, but lost its coma again by 2438 BC. The coma returned in 2349 BC (the "flood of Noah"), but eventually reduced to the visual size of the Moon. In 2150 BC Jupiter flared up (caught on fire) and extinguished.
    The Bible identifies the flare-up of Jupiter as the first "Tower of Babel" event. The date is most likely 2150 BC. There was a similar event involving Mercury, much later and thus better remembered, in 686 BC. It is this last flare-up which was remembered worldwide, and is also identified with the "Tower of Babel."
    The Olmec Long Count calendar was instituted on February 28, 747 BC (astronomical year -747). This is also the first full day of the Babylonian "Era of Nabonasser," and the day before the start of the new Roman calendar. The Olmecs added 2400 Tuns (years of 360 days) to account for the past history in solar years, resulting in a Long Count notation starting at 6.0.0.0.0. This is discussed in the chapter "The Maya Calendar."
    As a result of instituting the Long Count in 747 BC, the Maya/Olmec creation date of 3147 BC is accurate as the date for the terminal event of the polar alignment of Saturn -- in solar years. Our use of the date of 3114 BC is based on a year of 365.24 days. Later retrocalculations by the Maya also used a year of 365.24 days.
    The Venus Tablets of Ammizaduga are correctly dated to the period of 689 BC to 667 BC (in Eastern Mediterranean chronology). See the chapters "The Tablets of Ammizaduga" and "The Hour of Phaethon."
    Venus and Mercury blazed like suns in 685 BC (the year corrected from Eastern Mediterranean chronology) for 40 days, as the result of an unprecedented output by the Sun, which was brought on by the sudden reduction in the orbit of Mercury in the year previous. This electrical event changed the inclination of the Earth's axis.
    A thunderbolt from Jupiter which landed at the Sun on July 25, 685 BC brought the blazing of Venus and Mercury to an end. This is what is recounted in the legend of Phaethon. The calendar dates and intervals are recorded by the Chilam Balam and are celebrated in Mesoamerica with site alignments to the corresponding sunsets, and as new year's day.
    In 685 BC the Earth's axis relocated from the center of the pan of Ursa Major to a location nearer Kochab (called "pole star" in ancient sources) in Ursa Minor over a period of 40 days. Discussed in the chapter "The Hour of Phaethon."
    Before 685 BC, the intersection of the equatorial and the ecliptic was directly below the Pleiades. Thus the Pleiades were seen directly above the rising Sun at the spring equinox. This is attested to worldwide, and matches retrocalculations for the previous location of the Earth's rotational axis. There was no precession of the equinoxes before 747 BC.
    In 685 BC the equinoxes moved 15 days into the future. This did not change the length of the year, but it changed religious feast days worldwide. The inclination of the Earth's axis assumed the current value of 23.5 degrees. It was 30 degrees before that time.
    The last part of Book Five of the Sibylline Oracle Books (of AD 115) accurately recounts the changes in the sky in 685 BC. Details can be found in the chapter "Sibylline Star Wars."
    The alignments of ceremonial centers with distant volcanoes in the Olmec region and the Valley of Mexico accurately recall the calendar dates (the horizon locations of the setting Sun) of the catastrophic events of 3147 BC, 2349 BC, 1492 BC, 747 BC, and the axial change of 685 BC. See the chapter "Olmec Site Alignments."

Contents and Resources

I write mostly from memory and do not always get things right. If you find errors, let me know. Questions and differing interpretations are also welcomed. Especially questions. If something is not clear, I need to know, so it can be corrected. I type in a hurry and my word editor is way behind. My e-mail address can be found at the bottom of this page. Tell me which chapter (and revision number) you are reading. But even the mention of a single word will help. I can find the instances (or misspellings) of a word among the 700,000 words of these texts within a half second.

The "Table of Contents" (a link at the top of this webpage) outlines the narrative and lists the subjects covered by each chapter. There are thirty-four chapters (currently), and 15 appendixes. Many chapters are quite short. Everything can be read in 40 or 50 hours.

The narrative text can be searched for key words. See the Table of Contents page for a search link. There is a list of books and links pertaining to the Saturnian Theories. This site also (currently) includes a collection of 7000 mirrored files lifted from the web and sorted into 180 topics. The collection can be searched with a search script located at the Table of Contents page.

Since April, 2011, there also is an index of pdf files (one per chapter), which is regenerated with changes and spelling corrections of the HTML text. I'm indebted to Kees Cook for the script.

As a last note: You may want to skip the first introductory chapters, like Chapter 3, which covers how the polar alignment developed, Chapter 4, which present a further set of postulates, Chapter 5, which offers the Earth's equatorial rings and discusses dogma and speculation, and Chapter 6, which outlines alternative cosmologies, pictures the scale of the present solar system, and suggests the foundations for life on Earth. Skip this boring stuff and start directly with Chapter 7 (ice ages, Homo Erectus and his Acheulean Hand Axe) or Chapter 8 (Tunguska, Chicxulub, and the Great Lakes atomic detonation).
Endnotes

Note 1 --

The following sites retain a semblance of sanity, express a deep need to investigate, and exhibit considerable creative thinking.

    [http://plasmacosmology.net] A narrative description, including some catastrophism and mythology. A very extensive site, written in a summary, easy to read style. The mythology follows Dave Talbott's mostly.
    [http://plasmaresources.com] A site equal in scope and general interest, run by David Smith, who is also editor of the "Picture of the Day" at Thunderbolts.info. The inclination is mostly toward space science. No mythology.
    [http://sites.google.com/site/cosmologyquest/default] A very readable overview of cosmology and plasma theory which generally cuts across the handed-down science. Includes a mythology section. By Michael Suede.
    [http://knowledge.co.uk/sis/] Society for Interdisciplinary Studies (SIS) site -- the classic site for continued attempts at straightening out the chronology of the Middle East which was first questioned by Velikovsky in the 50s and 60s. Also largely concerned with catastrophism, but almost entirely based on fugitive comets. Some mythology.
    [http://plasma-universe.com] An extensive collection on plasma theory, developed and maintained as a Wiki site by Ian Tresman of the SIS. No mythology.
    [http://holoscience.com/] Holoscience, Wal Thornhill's site -- plasma theories at planetary and galactic levels and experimental work applied to the Saturnian Theory. Working in concert with Talbott (see "Thunderbolts" below). A very reductive mythology.
    [http://velikovsky.info/] The "Velikovsky Encyclopedia" is a recent endeavor (2009) to provide resources related to the writings and ideas of Immanuel Velikovsky -- under the unique premise that both sides of the "controversy" could be presented (which in effect will go to prove Velikovsky's case). The authors and archivists write under a thin veneer of anonymity. An interesting tangle of pros and cons.
    [http://aeonjournal.com/] Aeon (magazine) site -- a promotion of the Saturn Theory; started by David Talbott. Editors: Ev Cochrane and Dwardu Cardona. Cardona is an imaginative and convincing writer. Cochrane is a tireless researcher. This site periodically disappears off the map. Standing still since 2005.
    [http://othergroup.net/thoth] Thoth Newsletter from the Kronia Magazine site -- which was a standard in promoting the Saturnian Polar Configuration. Kronia.com was discontinued 3/2010. But the complete set of the Internet publication Thoth can be retrieved from here (there are two other locations).
    [http://kronos-press.com/] Kronos Press -- Books; and a number of articles by Ralph Juergens originally published in Kronos Magazine (and Pensee).
    [http://thunderbolts.info] The parent site to the current endeavors of Dave Talbott and friends. A "picture of the day" feature which always amazes, plus an archive. Collected essays by other people. Promos for recent books and book series. Videos are also available on line (plus DVDs for sale). Connection to a wide-ranging forum on matters of "plasma and electricity in space." No mythology.
    [http://electric-cosmos.org/indexOLD.htm] Don Scott's great explanation of plasma theories. An electrical engineer, avid astronomer, and supporter of Saturnian Theory. The link above connects to an earlier version of his book The Electric Sky (2006). Try also [http://electric-cosmos.org/index.htm]
    [http://mikamar.biz/] A clearinghouse for books on the Polar Configuration and Velikovskian matters, or, as they say "Products supporting Prehistoric Reconstruction and Plasma Cosmology," and including used books. A valuable resource. Books, but no placed texts on mythology.
    [http://velikovskian.com/] A journal of work stemming from the research of Velikovsky. Offers a number of books also. Charles Ginenthal (ed), Lynn E. Rose, Gunnar Heinsohn, others. Has been standing still for a couple of years.
    [http://science-frontiers.com] "Strange Science, Bizarre Biophysics, Anomalous Astronomy" -- from the pages of the world's scientific journals -- always interesting reading. No mythology.
    [http://maverickscience.com] Ev Cochrane's website (editor at Aeon). Includes some of his outstanding articles. Mythology!
    [http://catastrophism.com/] Actually a CDROM offering of past literature on the subject. But since 2008 offers some outlines of texts and some articles.
    [http://varchive.org] The Velikovsky archive of unpublished documents by Jan Sammer. Mythology.
    [mythopedia.info/] Marinas van der Sluijs's Mythopedia -- originally based entirely on the image and story evidence of the Polar Configuration, but now given over to mythology explained as auroras. Very professional, very verbose, very physically inaccurate, and offered as a book (or books) in progress.
    [http://bearfabrique.org] Ted Holden's site which discusses the improbability of dinosaurs being able to move and live with the gravity we experience today. Nice article on the flight capabilities of prehistoric birds. Large collection of other source material in mythology. A few political items.
    [http://grazian-archive.com] Alfred de Grazia's writings. Everything is in PDF as complete books or in HTML. Absolutely outstanding! Chaos and Creation more or less (more less than more) parallels these pages. Of great interest, and totally engaging, is God's Fire. This is the story of Moses and the Exodus (1500 BC). Among other things, he reviews works by every biographer of Moses since antiquity, the operation of the Ark, the organization of the camps, the details of the whole migration, the electrical tricks of Moses, his interaction with Yahweh, and the character and psychology of Moses. See also his The Burning of Troy and The Disastrous Love Affair of Moon and Mars.
    [http://gks.uk.com] It stands for "God-King Scenario" and promotes the book An Ancient World in Chaos (2008) by Gary Gilligan with offers for two additional books. An analysis of Egyptian iconography, refreshingly direct and unpretentious, which assigns the Gods of Egypt to the known planets and Hathor to an equatorial ring system. Mythology.
    [http://saturnian.org/] Saturnian Org. Standing still for a decade -- broken links and a few papers posted.
    [http://creationism.org/patten/PattenMarsEarthWars] Donald W. Patten and Samuel R. Windsor The Mars-Earth Wars (1996). An excellent interpretation of the destructive record of Mars in the 8th and 7th century BC. It is mythology, geography, and celestial mechanics.
    [http://firmament-chaos.com] John Ackerman ("angiras") Firmament: Recent Catastrophic History of the Earth (1996) and Chaos: A New Solar System Paradigm (2000) establishes the repeated meetings of Earth and Mars (and Venus) primarily from Vedic sources. Ackerman is a physicist.
    [http://everythingselectric.com] "In the theme of an Electric Universe. If the information you seek doesn't exist within these pages, then it probably doesn't exit" says Gary Gilligan. A mythology thread started 2010.
    [http://www.electricuniverse.info] "Highlights the importance of electricity throughout the Universe. It is based on the recognition of existing natural electrical phenomena (e.g., lightning, St Elmo's Fire), and the known properties of plasmas (ionized "gases") which make up 99.999% of the visible universe, and react strongly to electro-magnetic fields." A Wiki site; an attempt at universal information. No mythology.
    [http://sites.google.com/site/dragonstormproject] "Recent impact evidence in the Americas. Extensive, map-based graphics." By Dennis Cox.

I may not agree with the physics of many of the cosmologically and catastrophically oriented sites, but their varied interpretation of past events ought to be taken into consideration. The sites (or books) of Patten and Windsor (Mars-Earth wars), John Ackerman (Firmament), Gary Gilligan (An Ancient World in Chaos), and Alfred de Grazia (many well written on-line books) are independent attempts at postulating cosmologies. They are independent from the current fad of presenting electricity and plasma on a cosmic scale, which offers nice images but no clear path for a history of Earth.

Besides these there are two dozen books (not listed here) which blame any and all catastrophes on cometary impacts despite the fact that we have no evidence that meteors have ever done much of anything to the surface or climate of Earth. The September 15, 2007, impact of a meteor in Carancas, Peru, demonstrates the overblown theatrics associated with narratives of past and future meteors -- and in this case a present meteor. (See the chapter, "Tunguska and Chicxulub" for the Carancas impact.)
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Note 2 --

The date, 2349 BC, as with other dates in the text, was established by medieval and 16th-century chronographers, and seems to be well supported from other data not available to them, as is true for other dates I have used. See Appendix A, "Notes on Chronology."

Date estimates in the Upper Paleolithic and Neolithic were developed from the iconography of figurines in Europe and Anatolia, supported by sequencing of these forms by others, and from corresponding climate data. See the chapter "Saturn and Archaeology."
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Note 3 --

The concept of subjective consciousness was developed by Julian Jaynes in The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind (1976). Subjective consciousness involves the ability to recognize yourself as seen by others -- an "analog I" -- which is internalized and placed into the space of the imagination. This represented a new mental space based on a metaphorical displacement of the self, and had not been seen (or recorded) before about 1500 BC. The "space" suggested here is a concept predominantly defined in Indo-European languages. People in cultures based on other grammars have formed equivalent solutions.

You can look through the "eyes" of this "substitute I" or even observe yourself from afar in your mind. Biologically it involves the separation of volition and consciousness in the speech centers of the brain. "Memory" and "self-awareness" are not subjective consciousness, they are simply aspects of consciousness. All animals have memories, all animals are aware of themselves.

Some people never achieve subjective consciousness, yet they appear fully functional. Pre-subjectively-conscious people are almost completely indistinguishable from subjectively conscious people. Pre-subjectively-conscious people can learn anything, including mathematics, and certainly they can joke, have emotions, and carry on convoluted dialogues with others. However, they rely heavily on the learned admonitions of parents and authority figures ("oughts" and "shoulds") and have difficulty with novel situations. Pre-subjectively-conscious humans do not have the ability to imagine the reflective thinking of others, that is, how others might imagine them as thinking.

The concepts are more fully developed ad passim in later chapters.
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Note 4 --

Day of the month dates for the events of 685 BC are accurately recorded in the 16th-century AD Maya Chilam Balam as intervals. Knowing the terminal date from other sources, the starting date can be found as well as dates of intermediate events. In addition, the Chilam Balam provides "proof" intervals to make its claims, and even lists the European Julian year for the event. See the chapters "The Maya Calendar," "The Chilam Balam books," and "The Olmec Record." The hour can be pinpointed from Australian native legends, as well as the Northern European epic Beowulf.
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Special thanks to M Signatur for suggesting the expanded synopsis.
Special thanks to K Cook for the HTML to PDF conversion script.

[Wimpy]

SATURNIAN COSMOLOGY- by Jno Cook

CSR, I don't know how you stumble/find some of the articles & books you post here on TIU, but Thank you!  I downloaded the book by Jno Cook into a complete .pdf file and intend to read all of it.

Thanks again!

[CrackSmokeRepublican]

SATURNIAN COSMOLOGY- by Jno Cook

CSR, I don't know how you stumble/find some of the articles & books you post here on TIU, but Thank you!  I downloaded the book by Jno Cook into a complete .pdf file and intend to read all of it.

Thanks again!

No problem Wimpy, I found it myself recently and thought it was remarkable...  

[mgt23]

MOORANO JEWS is Kabbalistic God of Time and Arthur is Black :shock:
[youtube:324i0m8h]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoaOea2Np_U[/youtube]324i0m8h]
[youtube:324i0m8h]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSc8twnpI8o[/youtube]324i0m8h]
.......these guys observe Saturnsday as the Sabbath
[youtube:324i0m8h]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hr_bAKK0jRI[/youtube]324i0m8h]

[CrackSmokeRepublican]

http://media.blubrry.com/gnosticmedia/p ... ead_md.mp3

(and Halloween Spooky...     )



Prof. Earl Lee interview – "Magic Mushroom Cults of the Dead" – #153
October 11, 2012
By Jan Irvin


This episode is an interview with Prof. Earl Lee, titled "Magic Mushroom Cults of the Dead" and is being released on Thursday, October 11, 2012. My interview with Earl was recorded on October 04, 2012.

Earl's new book is From the Bodies of the Gods, Psychoactive Plants and the Cults of the Dead – As Revealed in Pagan, Hebrew, Minoan, and Christian Traditions.

The origins of modern religion in human sacrifice, ritual cannibalism, visionary intoxication, and the Cult of the Dead – Explores ancient practices of producing sacred hallucinogenic foods and oils from the bodies of the dead for ritual consumption and religious anointing – Explains how these practices are deeply embedded in the symbolism, theology, and sacraments of modern religion, specifically Christianity and the Eucharist – Documents the rites of Cults of the Dead from the prehistoric Minoans on Crete to the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and Hebrews to early and medieval Christian sects such as the Cathars Long before the beginnings of civilization, humans have been sacrificed and their flesh used to produce sacred foods and oils for use in religious rites. Originating with the sacred harvest of hallucinogenic mushrooms from the corpses of shamans and other holy men, these acts of ritual cannibalism and visionary intoxication are part of the history of all cultures, including Judeo-Christian ones, and provided a way to commune with the dead. These practices continued openly into the Dark Ages, when they were suppressed and adapted into the worship of saintly bones–or continued in secret by a few "heretical" sects, such as the Cathars and the Knights Templar. While little known today, these rites remain deeply embedded in the symbolism, theology, and sacraments of modern religion and bring a much more literal meaning to the church's "Holy Communion" or symbolic consumption of the body and blood of Christ. Documenting the sacrificial, cannibalistic, and psychoactive sacramental practices associated with the Cult of the Dead from the prehistoric Minoans on Crete to the ancient Egyptians and Hebrews and onward to early and medieval Christian sects, Earl Lee shows how these religious rites influenced the development of Western religion. In particular, he reveals how Christianity originated with Jesus's effort to restore the sacred rites of Moses, including the Marzeah, or Feast for the Dead. Examining the connections between these rites and the mysterious funeral of Father Sauniere in Rennes-le-Chateau, the author explains why the prehistoric Cult of the Dead has held such power over Western civilization, so much so that its echoes are still heard today in our literature, film, and arts

Born in Rockford, Illinois (just west of Chicago) Earl has lived in Arkansas, Wisconsin, Oklahoma, and Kansas. He has a B.A. from Lyon College, a Master's degree from the University of Arkansas, and a Master's in Library and Information Studies from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He currently holds the rank of University Professor and works at Pittsburg State University in Kansas. The rank of University Professor is a distinction awarded to only five professors a year.

Earl has written extensively in areas of Freethought and Censorship. His articles have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies, including an article on textbook censorship in the bestselling anthology: You Are Being Lied To.

His recent books include From the Bodies of the Gods, and he recently co-authored a SciFi novel– The Hour of Lead: A Novel of Kansas and Other Alternative Realities.

Currently he is working on a werewolf novel, along with a variety of horror stories, parodies, and erotica. His horror fiction is often graphic and always literate. You can find him at:

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1234 ... f-the-gods

[mgt23]

Currently he is working on a werewolf novel, along with a variety of horror stories, parodies, and erotica.

.......sounds qlipoth, sex and death blah blah jew.

[mgt23]

[youtube:dm7scljz]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKnTAbmHSrw[/youtube]dm7scljz]
.....a masonic favorite for demon conjuration.

[Timothy_Fitzpatrick]

Enoch has been misused by the occult, just like the Masons have misused Jesus. Remember that the Jews rejected the Book of Enoch itself because Christ appeared to fulfill its prophecies to closely. The Book of Enoch also does a great job of proving the Messiah's divinity, literally God coming down from heaven to dwell on Earth as a manifestation in the flesh. Instead, the Jews took the idea of Enoch and created a myth around him in their books, namely the Kabbalah.

From Jewpedia:

It is regarded as canonical by the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church, but no other Christian group.....

The Book of Enoch was considered as Scripture in the Epistle of Barnabas (16:4)[23] and by many of the early Church Fathers, such as Athenagoras,[24] Clement of Alexandria,[25] Irenaeus[26] and Tertullian,[27] who wrote c. 200 that the Book of Enoch had been rejected by the Jews because it contained prophecies pertaining to Christ.[28] However, later Fathers denied the canonicity of the book, and some even considered the letter of Jude uncanonical because it refers to an "apocryphal" work

IMHO, I would say that the Book of Enoch is an inspired work and should be included in all canon. MichaelK, what are your thoughts?

Tertullian stated:

...But since Enoch in the same Scripture has preached likewise concerning the Lord, nothing at all must be rejected by us which pertains to us; and we read that "every Scripture suitable for edification is divinely inspired.31 By the Jews it may now seem to have been rejected for that (very) reason, just like all the other (portions) nearly which tell of Christ. Nor, of course, is this fact wonderful, that they did not receive some Scriptures which spake of Him whom even in person, speaking in their presence, they were not to receive. To these considerations is added the fact that Enoch possesses a testimony in the Apostle Jude.32
Source: http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/anf04.i ... i.iii.html

So, then, the Jews have perverted what was really a Messianic prophecy. What else is new?

[mgt23]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ka_%28Egyp ... l_spark.29

Ka (vital spark)
D28
kȝ (D28)
in hieroglyphs

The Ka (k3) was the Egyptian concept of vital essence, that which distinguishes the difference between a living and a dead person, with death occurring when the ka left the body. The Egyptians believed that Khnum created the bodies of children on a potter's wheel and inserted them into their mothers' bodies. Depending on the region, Egyptians believed that Heket or Meskhenet was the creator of each person's Ka, breathing it into them at the instant of their birth as the part of their soul that made them be alive. This resembles the concept of spirit in other religions.

The Egyptians also believed that the ka was sustained through food and drink. For this reason food and drink offerings were presented to the dead, although it was the kau (k3w) within the offerings that was consumed, not the physical aspect. The ka was often represented in Egyptian iconography as a second image of the king, leading earlier works to attempt to translate ka as double.

[Timothy_Fitzpatrick]

mgt23, check out what David Bowie does with the Sephiroth.

[youtube:2gm6wxa9]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1xyne5qdus[/youtube]2gm6wxa9]

[mgt23]

.....glad i kept my decoder ring. As par previous post with David Shayler, David bowie has the same female........Ka which has completely possessed him. Presumably somewhere else there is a male Ka which has completely possessed a female. The whole Kaballah angle with the sexualisation of Young teens via music is an attempt to regender them internally.

[CrackSmokeRepublican]

.....glad i kept my decoder ring. As par previous post with David Shayler, David bowie has the same female........Ka which has completely possessed him. Presumably somewhere else there is a male Ka which has completely possessed a female. The whole Kaballah angle with the sexualisation of Young teens via music is an attempt to regender them internally.

It's still plastic Mgt23 and as fake as Bowie:
viewtopic.php?f=41&t=8918&p=39425

[mgt23]

i was being sarcastic CSR.........strange that you post a link which supports my thesis that neo nazis/pagan new age are jew run. You see i happen to know some of the new age and do you know what they have in common with neo-nazis? They are all zionists and run by jews.

They are both obsessed by race and are attacking muslims rather than addressing the jew threat. Weird isnt it? Your only defence possibly is that the NSDAP after outlawing thule became non-jew financed and ideologically "free" but me, Tim and most of the admins disagree. Not to say Hitler was a jew or that the NSDAP was jewish but it was Saturn influenced and had jew soldiers and officers and took jew money. And isnt it weird that all the coinintel from maxwell, tsarion, red ice, enigmatv, icke, everard etc etc etc are all new age? Aliens, reptiles behind it all blah blah blah never naming the jew?

Externsteine

Between Neo-Pagans and Neo-Nazis these strange rock formations have a curious cult following, and a very strange history

Externsteine, translated variously as "stones of the Egge" or, less convincingly, the "Star Stones", is a series of pillar-like rock formations that jut up from the surrounding German forest. No mere geological curiousity, Externsteine is also reputed to be an ancient and sacred palaeolithic worshiping ground, an astronomical calendar, and the location of a sacred pagan pillar known as an "Irminsul". Externsteine is a current mecca for Neo-pagans, Neo-Nazis and neo-pagan-Nazis.

In actuality the pre-history of these rocks is largely unknown, and archaeological digs have turned up little to suggest they were of any great meaning to paleolithic peoples. The odd rock formations were probably used as an occasional shelter until the late 700's when Christian monks settled at Externsteine and carved stairs and reliefs into the great stones. The site would continue to change purpose, serving as a fortress, pleasure palace and prison before becoming something even stranger: a place famed for its history and spiritual significance despite the fact that the "history" is largely a fiction created by Nazi Occultists.

The lack of evidence as to the ancient importance of the Externsteine rocks didn't stop Heinrich Himmler from declaring otherwise. Himmler was the head of the Nazi's occult division "Ahnenerbe", a Nazi think tank that promoted itself as a "study society for Intellectual Ancient History." In reality it was a psuedo-scientific organization devoted to finding, or fabricating, a glorious Germanic past. One of the sites the society identified as an important location of ancient Teutonic activitwas Externsteine and the "Externsteine Foundation" was set up to "investigate."

Pulled into the bizarre space where Nazism and Occult pseudo-history overlapped, the actual history of Externsteine was overshadowed by an entirely imagined ancient Teutonic history. Even the carvings of the monks were incorporated by Nazi pseudo-historian Himmler, with one in particular said to depict Christianity crushing a Teutonic pagan God-pillar known as an "Irminsul." So far invested into this pseudo-history was Nazi Germany that according to author Gary R. Varner the Nazi Youth gathered at Externsteine to sing pagan hymns during the solstice and on Hitler's birthday.

Today the site remains in much the same historical chaos, with devotees of both Neo-Paganism and Neo-Nazism making pilgrimage to the site. Of course, other folks visit as well, and the site is fascinating even without the fictive history and cultural importance imputed to it. Made of five limestone pillars, the tallest over 100 feet tall, the site does indeed contain a number of astronomical elements (when they were created is still unclear) including a 20 inch window that aligns with the sun on the summer solstice. In addition the stairs and relief carvings made by the monks add a real sense of meaning and awe to the place that have nothing to do with the crazed dreams of Nazi occultists.

There is a Woodstock-like festival at Externsteine every year on the summer solstice.

http://atlasobscura.com/place/externsteine

......btw the reason the lodges are going after islam besides money is that islam forbades magic. Queeny herself had the witchcraft laws repealed in 1952. Isn't it strange then that she became a scarlet women to the troops shortly after that.
.....neo-nazis see their race threatened genetically by asians and blacks via immigration, not the jews who maintain a caste. All of the neo nazis are these days pro israel like its become in vogue.

........personally i support neither jew run faction and focus solely on the jew.


my thesis now includes two further points and explains crowleys links with Thule.

1)That the lizard jew demons can't breed properly and have to use cambions. Jews/Judaism is a mind set not a race.
2)Hitler was the first one to classify and legitimize them as a race a saturnic objective given to him.
3)Crowley agreed they were a race and was heavily anti-semetic because one Jews are circumcised mostly and two Crowley understood about cambions and possession so for Crowley the Jews were a spiritual race of possessed people/pain-based abuse victims.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Succubus

Succubus
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For other uses, see Succubus (disambiguation).
A 16th Century sculpture representing a succubus.
Lilith (1892) by John Collier in Southport Atkinson Art Gallery

In folklore traced back to medieval legend, a succubus (plural succubi) is a female demon or supernatural being appearing in dreams, who takes the form of a human woman in order to seduce men, usually through sexual intercourse. The male counterpart is the incubus. Religious traditions hold that repeated intercourse with a succubus may result in the deterioration of health or even death.

In modern fictional representations, a succubus may or may not appear in dreams and is often depicted as a highly attractive seductress or enchantress; whereas, in the past, succubi were generally depicted as frightening and demonic.

Etymology

The word is derived from Late Latin succuba "strumpet" (from succubare "to lie under", from sub- "under" and cubare "to lie"), used to describe the supernatural being as well. The word is first attested from 1387.[1]
In folklore

According to Zohar and the Alphabet of Ben Sira, Lilith was Adam's first wife who later became a succubus.[2] She left Adam and refused to return to the Garden of Eden after she mated with archangel Samael.[3] In Zoharistic Kabbalah, there were four succubi who mated with archangel Samael. They were four original queens of the demons Lilith, Agrat Bat Mahlat, Naamah, and Eisheth Zenunim. Succubi may take a form of a beautiful young girl but closer inspection may reveal deformities such as having bird-like claws or serpentine tails.[4] It is said that the act of sexually penetrating a succubus is akin to entering a cavern of ice. There are also reports of succubi forcing men to perform cunnilingus on their vaginas that drip with urine and other fluids.[5] In later folklore, a succubus took the form of a siren.

Throughout history, priests and rabbis including Hanina Ben Dosa and Abaye, tried to curb the power of succubi over humans.[6]

Not all succubi were malevolent. According to Walter Mapes in De Nugis Curialium (Trifles of Courtiers), Pope Sylvester II (999–1003) was involved with a succubus named Meridiana, who helped him achieve his high rank in the Catholic Church. Before his death, he confessed of his sins and died repentant.[7]
Ability to reproduce

According to the Kabbalah and the school of Rashba, the original three queens of the demons, Agrat Bat Mahlat, Naamah, Eisheth Zenunim, and all their cohorts give birth to children, except Lilith.[8] According to other legends, the children of Lilith are called Lilin.

According to the Malleus Maleficarum, or "Witches' Hammer", written by Heinrich Kramer (Insitoris) in 1486, a succubus collects semen from the men she seduces. The incubi or male demons then use the semen to impregnate human females,[9] thus explaining how demons could apparently sire children despite the traditional belief that they were incapable of reproduction. Children so begotten – cambions – were supposed to be those that were born deformed, or more susceptible to supernatural influences.[10] The book does not address why a human female impregnated with the semen of a human male would not produce a regular human offspring. But in some Viking lore the child is born deformed because the conception was unnatural.
Possible explanation for alleged encounters with succubi

In the field of medicine, there is some belief that the stories relating to encounters with succubi bear similar resemblance to the contemporary phenomenon of people reporting alien abductions,[11] which has been ascribed to the condition known as sleep paralysis. It is therefore suggested that historical accounts of people experiencing encounters with succubi may rather have been symptoms of sleep paralysis, with the hallucination of the said creatures coming from their contemporary culture.[12][13]
Qarinah

In Arabic superstition, the qarînah (قرينه) is a spirit similar to the succubus, with origins possibly in ancient Egyptian religion or in the animistic beliefs of pre-Islamic Arabia (see Arabian mythology).[14] A qarînah "sleeps with the person and has relations during sleep as is known by the dreams."[15] They are said to be invisible, but a person with "second sight" can see them, often in the form of a cat, dog, or other household pet.[14] "In Omdurman it is a spirit which possesses. ... Only certain people are possessed and such people cannot marry or the qarina will harm them."[16]

In India the Succubi is referred to as the seductress "Mohini". Not to be confused with the mythological "Mohini" - who is depicted to be the slayer of Bhasma Asura. Succubi is described as a lone lady draped in a White Saree (Indian traditional women costume), with untied long hair. She generally is said to haunt lonely paths or roads. She is said to have died from torment by the male and thus would seek revenge on any male.
Succubi in fiction
Main article: Succubi in fiction

Throughout history, succubi have been popular characters in music, literature, film, television, and especially as video game and anime characters. In the manga/anime Rosario Vampire the character Kurumu Kurono is a succubus. In the game Darkstalkers Morrigan Aensland and Lilith Aensland are succubi.
See also

Similar creatures in folklore

    Al Basti
    Empusa
    Hisa-me
    Hone-onna
    Huldra
    Huli jing
    Incubus
    Kitsune
    Lamia
    Lidérc
    Mara
    Melusine
    Popobawa
    Qarînah
    Rusalka
    Spirit spouse
    Trauco
    Vandella
    Yuki-onna

General

    Demonology
    Enchantress
    Energy vampire
    Femme fatale
    Lost Girl
    Naamah (demon)
    Seduction
    The Succubus (South Park series)

References

    ^ Harper, Douglas. "succubus". Online Etymology Dictionary.
    ^ The Story of Lilith
    ^ Samael & Lilith
    ^ Davidson, Jane P. (2012). Early modern supernatural : the dark side of European culture, 1400-1700. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Praeger. pp. 40. ISBN 9780313393433.
    ^ Guiley, Rosemary Ellen (2008). The encyclopedia of witches, witchcraft and wicca (3rd ed. ed.). New York: Facts On File. pp. 95. ISBN 9781438126845.
    ^ Geoffrey W. Dennis, The encyclopedia of Jewish myth, magic and mysticism. p. 126
    ^ History of the Succubus
    ^ Alan Humm, Kabbala: Lilith, Queen of the Demons
    ^ Kramer, Heinrich and Sprenger, James (1486), Summers, Montague (translator – 1928), The Malleus Maleficarum, Part2, Chapter VIII, "Certain Remedies prescribed against those Dark and Horrid Harms with which Devils may Afflict Men," at sacred-texts.com
    ^ Lewis, James R., Oliver, Evelyn Dorothy, Sisung Kelle S. (Editor) (1996), Angels A to Z, Entry: Incubi and Succubi, pp. 218, 219, Visible Ink Press, ISBN 0-7876-0652-9,Till date, most Africa belief has it that men that have similar experience with such principality (succubus) in dreams (usually in form of a pretty lady) find themselves exhausted as soon as they wake up, and often ascribing spiritual attack to them. Again, rituals/divination are often resulted to with a view to appeasing the god for divine protection and intervention, while the christian folks direct their intervention to God through either fasting and prayer or going for anointing and deliverance (I.E. Bello)
    ^ Knight-Jadczyk, Laura; Henri Sy (2005). The high strangeness of dimensions, densities, and the process of alien abduction. [S.l.] : Red Pill Press. pp. 92. ISBN 9781897244111.
    ^ "Sleep Paralysis". The Skeptics Dictionary.
    ^ "Phenomena of Awareness during Sleep Paralysis". Trionic Research Institute.
    ^ a b Zwemer, Samuel M. (1939). "5". Studies in Popular Islam: Collection of Papers dealing with the Superstitions and Beliefs of the Common People. London: Sheldon Press.
    ^ Tremearne, A. J. N.. Ban of the Bori: Demons and Demon-Dancing in West and North Africa.
    ^ Trimingham, J. Spencer (1965). Islam in the Sudan. London: Frank Cass & Co. Ltd.. p. 172.Till date, most Africa belief has it that men that have similar experience with such principality (succubus) in dreams (usually in form of a pretty lady) find themselves exhausted as soon as they wake up, and often ascribing spiritual attack to them. Again, rituals/divination are often resulted to with a view to appeasing the god for divine protection and intervention, while the christian folks direct their intervention to God through either fasting and prayer or going for anointing and deliverance (I.E. Bello)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambion

Cambion
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In medieval legend, a cambion /ˈkæmbiən/ is a half-human offspring of a demon and a human. Caliban, the son of the witch Sycorax in The Tempest by William Shakespeare, is a cambion; Merlin from the Arthurian legend is also a cambion.
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Creation

A cambion is most often depicted as the offspring of an incubus and a human woman. At birth, the infant has no pulse and no breath. This continues until the child is about seven years old, where it becomes increasingly difficult to differentiate one from a human. A cambion is usually devilishly cunning and angelically beautiful, able to persuade even the most strong-hearted individual to do his or her bidding.
In the Malleus Maleficarum

According to the Malleus Maleficarum, demons, including the incubus and the succubus, are incapable of reproduction:

    Moreover, to beget a child is the act of a living body, but devils cannot bestow life upon the bodies they assume; because life formally proceeds only from the soul, and the act of generation is the act of the physical organs which have bodily life. Therefore bodies which are assumed in this way cannot either beget or bear.[1]

Because of this inability to create or nurture life, the method of the creation of a cambion is necessarily protracted. A succubus will have sex with a human male and so acquire a sample of his sperm. This she will then pass on to an incubus. The incubus will, in his turn, transfer the sperm to a human female and thus impregnate her.

    Yet it may be said that these devils assume a body not in order that they may bestow life upon it, but that they may by the means of this body preserve human semen, and pass the semen on to another body.[1]

The text goes on to discuss at great length the arguments for and against this process being possible, citing a number of biblical quotations and noted scholars in support of its arguments, and finally concludes that this is indeed the method used by such demons.
In the Encyclopedia of Occultism And Parapsychology

In the Encyclopedia of Occultism And Parapsychology the cambion is said to be the direct offspring of the incubus and the succubus, foregoing any need for human involvement. This same incarnation retained the absence of breath or a pulse until seven years of age, but was said to also have been incredibly heavy (even too heavy for a horse to carry) and to have cried upon being touched.[2]
References

    ^ a b Malleus Maleficarum, Part I, Question III
    ^ Spence, Lewis (2000). "Cambions". In the Gale Group's, Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology, p. 148. ISBN 0-8103-8570-8.

Because of this inability to create or nurture life, the method of the creation of a cambion is necessarily protracted. A succubus will have sex with a human male and so acquire a sample of his sperm. This she will then pass on to an incubus. The incubus will, in his turn, transfer the sperm to a human female and thus impregnate her.

...............this goes on all the time and i am convinced that scarlet women are recruited from the goddess scene to produce MK Ultra drones using the victims own sperm. Welcome to the spiritual war......................



......Hitler by classifying them as a race did a great disservice to the truth movement as it removed the stigma of a time when the normal byzantine saw the jew for what they were...............possessed DMT/Adrenaline demon worshipers. Whereas now they are an ethnic group when they want to be because they are a "race" and a religion when they want to be because they are serpent worshipers.

[mgt23]

One is a god of male jews, the other of female jews. You will note the greek jew attempt to merge this pantheon with the Egyptian mythology. I'm going to state categorically that this was jew subversion. It has nothing to do with the old egyptian pantheon. Funny enough it is this new jew composite that crowley pushed and IMHO caused the original fallout with the golden dawn which caused him to be kicked out.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermes

Hermes

So-called "Logios Hermes" (Hermes,Orator). Marble, Roman copy from the late 1st century BC - early 2nd century AD after a Greek original of the 5th century BC.
Messenger of the gods
God of commerce, thieves, travelers, sports, athletes, and border crossings, fish, guide to the Underworld
Symbol    Caduceus, Talaria, Tortoise, Lyre, Rooster, Snake
Consort    Merope, Aphrodite, Dryope, Peitho
Parents    Zeus and Maia
Children    Pan, Hermaphroditus, Tyche, Abderus, Autolycus, and Angelia
Roman equivalent    Mercury

Hermes (play /ˈhɜrmiːz/; Greek : Ἑρμῆς) was an Olympian god in Greek religion and mythology, son of Zeus and the Pleiade Maia. He was second youngest of the Olympian gods.

Hermes was a god of transitions and boundaries. He was quick and cunning, and moved freely between the worlds of the mortal and divine, as emissary and messenger of the gods,[1] intercessor between mortals and the divine, and conductor of souls into the afterlife. He was protector and patron of travelers, herdsmen, thieves,[2] orators and wit, literature and poets, athletics and sports, invention and trade.[3] In some myths he is a trickster, and outwits other gods for his own satisfaction or the sake of humankind. His attributes and symbols include the herma, the rooster and the tortoise, purse or pouch, winged sandals, winged cap, and his main symbol was the herald's staff, the Greek kerykeion or Latin caduceus which consisted of two snakes wrapped around a winged staff.[4]

In the Roman adaptation of the Greek pantheon (see interpretatio romana), Hermes was identified with the Roman god Mercury, who, though inherited from the Etruscans, developed many similar characteristics, such as being the patron of commerce.[citation needed]
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Etymology

The earliest form of the name Hermes is the Mycenaean Greek e-ma-a2 , written in Linear B syllabic script.[5] Most scholars derive "Hermes" from Greek herma [6] (a stone, roadside shrine or boundary marker), dedicated to Hermes as a god of travelers and boundaries; the etymology of herma itself is unknown. "Hermes" may be related to Greek hermeneus ("the interpreter"), reflecting Hermes' function as divine messenger.[7][8][9] Plato offers a Socratic folk-etymology for Hermes' name, deriving it from the divine messenger's reliance on eirein (the power of speech).[9] Scholarly speculation that "Hermes" derives from a more primitive form meaning "one cairn" is disputed.[8] The word "hermeneutics", the study and theory of interpretation, is derived from hermeneus. In Greek a lucky find was a hermaion.
Hermes with his mother Maia. Detail of the side B of an Attic red-figure belly-amphora, ca. 500 BC.
Mythology
Early Greek sources
Kriophoros Hermes (which takes the lamb), late-Roman copy of Greek original from the fifth century BC. Barracco Museum, Rome

Homer and Hesiod portrayed Hermes as the author of skilled or deceptive acts, and also as a benefactor of mortals. In the Iliad he was called "the bringer of good luck," "guide and guardian" and "excellent in all the tricks." He was a divine ally of the Greeks against the Trojans. However, he did protect Priam when he went to the Greek camp to retrieve the body of his son Hector. When Priam got it, Hermes took them back to Troy.[10]

He also rescued Ares from a brazen vessel where he had been imprisoned by Otus and Ephialtes. In the Odyssey he helped his great-grand son, the protagonist, Odysseus, informing him about the fate of his companions, who were turned into animals by the power of Circe, and instructed him to protect himself by chewing a magic herb; he also told Calypso Zeus' order for her to free the same hero from her island to continue his journey back home. When Odysseus killed the suitors of his wife, Hermes lead their souls to Hades.[11] In The Works and Days, when Zeus ordered Hephaestus to create Pandora to disgrace humanity by punishing the act of Prometheus giving fire to man, every god gave her a gift, and Hermes' gift was lies and seductive words, and a dubious character. Then he was instructed to take her as wife to Epimetheus.[12]

Many other myths feature Hermes. Aeschylus wrote that Hermes helped Orestes kill Clytemnestra under a false identity and other stratagems,[2] and also said that he was the god of searches, and those who seek things lost or stolen.[13] Sophocles wrote that Odysseus invoked him when he needed to convince Philoctetes to join the Trojan War on the side of the Greeks, and Euripides did appear to help in spy Dolon Greek navy.[2]

Aesop, who allegedly received his literary talents from Hermes, featured him in several of his fables, as ruler of the gate of prophetic dreams, as the god of athletes, of edible roots, and of hospitality. He also said that Hermes had assigned each person his share of intelligence.[14] Pindar and Aristophanes also document his recent association with the gym, which did not exist at the time of Homer.[15]

The Homeric hymn to Hermes invokes him as the one "of many shifts (polytropos), blandly cunning, a robber, a cattle driver, a bringer of dreams, a watcher by night, a thief at the gates, one who was soon to show forth wonderful deeds among the deathless gods."[16] Hermes, as an inventor of fire,[17] is a parallel of the Titan, Prometheus. In addition to the lyre, Hermes was believed to have invented many types of racing and the sports of wrestling and boxing, and therefore was a patron of athletes.[18]
Hellenistic Greek sources

Several writers of the Hellenistic period expanded the list of Hermes' achievements. Callimachus said he disguised himself as a cyclops to scare the Oceanides and was disobedient to his mother.[19] One of the Orphic Hymns Khthonios is dedicated to Hermes, indicating that he was also a god of the underworld. Aeschylus had called him by this epithet several times.[20] Another is the Orphic Hymn to Hermes, where his association with the athletic games held in tone is mystic.[21]

Phlegon of Tralles said he was invoked to ward off ghosts,[22] and Pseudo-Apollodorus reported several events involving Hermes. He participated in the Gigantomachy in defense of Olympus; was given the task of bringing baby Dionysus to be cared for by Ino and Athamas and later by nymphs of Asia, followed Hera, Athena and Aphrodite in a beauty contest; favored the young Hercules by giving him a sword when he finished his education and lent his sandals to Perseus.[23] The Thracian princes identified him with their god Zalmoxis, considering his ancestor.[24]

Anyte of Tegea of the 3rd century BC,[25] in translation by R Aldington, wrote:[26]

    I Hermes stand here at the crossroads by the wind beaten orchard, near the hoary grey coast; and I keep a resting place for weary men. And the cool stainless spring gushes out.

called Hermes of the Ways after the patronage of travellers.[27][28]
Epithets of Hermes
Kriophoros
Main article: Kriophoros
Argeiphontes

Hermes' epithet Ἀργειφόντης Argeiphontes (Latin: Argicida), meaning "Argus-slayer",[29][30] recalls his slaying of the hundred-eyed giant Argus Panoptes, who was watching over the heifer-nymph Io in the sanctuary of Queen Hera herself in Argos. Hermes placed a charm on Argus's eyes with the caduceus to cause the giant to sleep, after this he slew the giant.[6] Argus' eyes were then put into the tail of the peacock, symbol of the goddess Hera.
Hermes o Logios
Messenger

    Diactoros, (angelos[31]) the messenger,[32] is in fact only seen in this role, for Zeus, from within the pages of the Odyssey (Brown 1990).[2]

    ... Oh mighty messenger of the gods of the upper and lower worlds ... (Aeschylus).[33]

Explicitly, at least in sources of classical writings, of Euripides Electra and Iphigenia in Aulis[34] and in Epictetus Discourses.[35] According to Blackwood's Edinburgh magazine (1849) the chief office of the God was as messenger.[36]
Trade

    Agoraeus, of the agora;[37] belonging to the market - (in Aristophanes [trans. Ehrenberg],[38]) patron of gymnasia [39]
    Dolios (lit. tricky.[40] [According to prominent folklorist Yeleazar Meletinsky, Hermes is a deified trickster.[41]] ) - god (or patron guidance [42]) and master [43] of thieves ("a plunderer, a cattle-raider, a night-watching" - in Homers' Hymns [44])...

and deception (Euripedes)[45] and (possibly evil) tricks and trickeries,[46][47][48][49] crafty (from lit. god of craft [50]), the cheat,[51] god of stealth [52] and of cunning,[53] (see also to act secretively as kleptein in reference - EL Wheeler), of treachery,[54] the schemer,[55] wily,[56] was worshipped at Pellene [Pausanias, vii. 27, 1]),[57] and invoked through Odysseus.[58]

    (As the ways of gain are not always the ways of honesty and straightforwardness, Hermes obtains a bad character and an in-moral (amoral [ed.]) cult as Dolios)
    — [59]

Hermes is amoral [60] like a baby.[61] although Zeus sent Hermes as a teacher to humanity to teach them knowledge of and value of justice and to improve inter-personal relationships ("bonding between mortals").[62]

    Empolaios "engaged in traffic and commerce" [47]

Additional

Other epithets included:

    chthonius - At the festival Athenia Chytri sacrifices are made to this visage of the god only.[63][64]
    cyllenius, born on Mount Kyllini
    epimelios, guardian of flocks[29]
    hodios patron of travelers and wayfarers[29]
    koinos [65]
    kriophoros "ram-bearer" [66]
    oneiropompus, conductor of dreams[29]
    ploutodotes, giver of wealth (as inventor of fire)[67]
    proopylaios, "before the gate" (Edwardson 2011), (guardian of the gate),[68]Pylaios "doorkeeper" [69]
    psychopompos, conveyor or conductor of souls [32][70] and psychogogue, conductor or leader of souls in (or through) the underworld [71][72]
    poimandres, shephard of men [73]
    strophaios, "standing at the door post" [47][74]
    Stropheus, "the socket in which the pivot of the door moves" (Kerényi in Edwardson) or "door-hinge". Protector of the door (that is the boundary), to the temple [37][75][76][77]

[78]
Worship and cult
Archaic Greek herm, presumably of Hermes

Angelo (1997) thinks Hermes to be based on the Thoth archetype.[79] The absorbing ("combining") of the attributes of Hermes to Thoth developed after the time of Homer amongst Greek and Roman; Herodotus was the first to identify the Greek god with the Egyptian (Hermopolis), Plutarch and Diodorus also, although Plato thought the gods to be dis-similar (Friedlander 1992).[80][81]

A cult was established in Greece in remote regions, likely making him a god of nature, farmers and shepherds. It is also possible that since the beginning he has been a deity with shamanic attributes linked to divination, reconciliation, magic, sacrifices, and initiation and contact with other planes of existence, a role of mediator between the worlds of the visible and invisible.[82]

During the third century BC a communication between Petosiris (a priest) to King Nechopso, probably written in Alexandria c.150 BC, states Hermes is the teacher of all secret wisdoms available to knowing by the experience of religious ecstasy.[73][83][84]

Due to his constant mobility, he was considered the god of commerce and social intercourse, the wealth brought in business, especially sudden or unexpected enrichment, travel, roads and crossroads, borders and boundary conditions or transient, the changes from the threshold, agreements and contracts, friendship, hospitality, sexual intercourse, games, data, the draw, good luck, the sacrifices and the sacrificial animals, flocks and shepherds and the fertility of land and cattle. In addition to serving as messenger to Zeus, Hermes carried the souls of the dead to Hades, and directed the dreams sent by Zeus to mortals.[85][86][87]
Temples

One of the oldest places of worship for Hermes was Mount Cilene in Arcadia, where the myth says that he was born. Tradition says that his first temple was built by Lycaon. From there the cult would have been taken to Athens, and them radiate to the whole of Greece, according to Smith, and his temples and statues became extremely numerous.[85] Lucian of Samosata said he saw the temples of Hermes everywhere.[88]

In many places, temples were consecrated in conjunction with Aphrodite, as in Attica, Arcadia, Crete, Samos and in Magna Graecia. Several ex-votos found in his temples revealed his role as initiator of young adulthood, among them soldiers and hunters, since war and certain forms of hunting were seen as ceremonial initiatory ordeals. This function of Hermes explains why some images in temples and other vessels show him as a teenager. As a patron of the gym and fighting, Hermes had statues in gyms and he was also worshiped in the sanctuary of the Twelve Gods in Olympia, where Greeks celebrated the Olympic Games. His statue was held there on an altar dedicated to him and Apollo together.[89] A temple within the Aventine was consecrated in 495 BC.[90][91]

Symbols of Hermes were the palm tree, turtle, rooster, goat, the number four, several kinds of fish, incense. Sacrifices involved honey, cakes, pigs, goats, and lambs. In the sanctuary of Hermes Promakhos in Tanagra is a strawberry tree under which it was believed he had created,[92] and in the hills Phene ran three sources that were sacred to him, because he believed that they had been bathed at birth.
Festival

Hermes' feast was the special Hermaea was celebrated with sacrifices to the god and with athletics and gymnastics, possibly having been established in the sixth century BC, but no documentation on the festival before the fourth century BC survives. However, Plato said that Socrates attended a Hermaea. Of all the festivals involving Greek games, these were the most like initiations because participation in them was restricted to young boys and excluded adults.[93]
Hermai/Herms
Main article: Herma

In Ancient Greece, Hermes was a phallic god of boundaries. His name, in the form herma, was applied to a wayside marker pile of stones; each traveller added a stone to the pile. In the 6th century BCE, Hipparchos, the son of Pisistratus, replaced the cairns that marked the midway point between each village deme at the central agora of Athens with a square or rectangular pillar of stone or bronze topped by a bust of Hermes with a beard. An erect phallus rose from the base. In the more primitive Mount Kyllini or Cyllenian herms, the standing stone or wooden pillar was simply a carved phallus. In Athens, herms were placed outside houses for good luck. "That a monument of this kind could be transformed into an Olympian god is astounding," Walter Burkert remarked.[94]

In 415 BCE, when the Athenian fleet was about to set sail for Syracuse during the Peloponnesian War, all of the Athenian hermai were vandalized one night. The Athenians at the time believed it was the work of saboteurs, either from Syracuse or from the anti-war faction within Athens itself. Socrates' pupil Alcibiades was suspected of involvement, and Socrates indirectly paid for the impiety with his life.[95]
Hermes' offspring
Pan

The satyr-like Greek god of nature, shepherds and flocks, Pan, could possibly be the son of Hermes through the nymph Dryope.[96] In the Homeric Hymn to Pan, Pan's mother fled in fright from her newborn son's goat-like appearance.[citation needed]
Priapus

Depending on the sources consulted, the god Priapus could be understood as a son of Hermes.[97]
Autolycus

Autolycus, the Prince of Thieves, was a son of Hermes and Chione (mortal) and grandfather of Odysseus.[98][99]
Extended list of Hermes' lovers and children

    Acacallis
        Cydon
    Aglaurus
        Eumolpus
    Amphion[100]
    Alcidameia of Corinth
        Bounos
    Antianeira / Laothoe
        Echion, Argonaut
        Erytus, Argonaut
    Apemosyne
    Aphrodite
        Eros (possibly)
        Hermaphroditus
        Tyche (possibly)
    Carmentis
        Evander
    Chione / Stilbe / Telauge[101]
        Autolycus
    Chryses, priest of Apollo
    Chthonophyle
        Polybus of Sicyon
    Crocus
    Daeira the Oceanid
        Eleusis
    Dryope, Arcadian nymph
        Pan (possibly)
    Erytheia (daughter of Geryones)
        Norax[102]
    Eupolemeia (daughter of Myrmidon)
        Aethalides
    Hecate
        three unnamed daughters[103]
    Herse
        Cephalus
        Ceryx (possibly)
    Hiereia
        Gigas[104]
    Iphthime (daughter of Dorus)
        Lycus
        Pherespondus
        Pronomus
    Libye (daughter of Palamedes)
        Libys[105]
    Ocyrhoe
        Caicus
    Odrysus[106]
    Orsinoe, nymph[107]
        Pan (possibly)
    Palaestra, daughter of Choricus
    Pandrosus
        Ceryx (possibly)
    Peitho
    Penelope
        Pan (possibly)
    Persephone (unsuccessfully wooed her)
    Perseus[108]
    Phylodameia
        Pharis
    Polydeuces[109]
    Polymele (daughter of Phylas)
        Eudorus
    Rhene, nymph
        Saon of Samothrace[110]
    Sicilian nymph
        Daphnis
    Sose, nymph
        Pan Agreus
    Tanagra, daughter of Asopus
    Theobula / Clytie / Clymene / Cleobule / Myrto / Phaethusa the Danaid
        Myrtilus
    Therses[111]
    Thronia
        Arabus
    Urania, Muse
        Linus (possibly)
    Unknown mothers
        Abderus
        Angelia
        Dolops
        Palaestra


Art and iconography
Main page: :Category:Hermes types
Archaic bearded Hermes from a herm, early 5th century BC.
Hermes Fastening his Sandal, early Imperial Roman marble copy of a Lysippan bronze (Louvre Museum)

The image of Hermes evolved and varied according to Greek art and culture. During Archaic Greece he was usually depicted as a mature man, bearded, dressed as a traveler, herald, or pastor. During Classical and Hellenistic Greece he is usually depicted young and nude, with athleticism, as befits the god of speech and of the gymnastics, or a robe, a formula is set predominantly through the centuries. When represented as Logios (speaker), his attitude is consistent with the attribute. Phidias left a statue of a famous Hermes Logios and Praxiteles another, also well known, showing him with Dionysus baby arms. At all times, however, through the Hellenistic periods, Roman, and throughout Western history into the present day, several of his characteristic objects are present as identification, but not always all together.[85][112]

Among these objects is a wide-brimmed hat, the Petasos, widely used by rural people of antiquity to protect themselves from the sun, and that in later times was adorned with a pair of small wings, sometimes the hat is not present, but may then have wings rising from the hair. Another object is the Porta a stick, called rhabdomyolysis (stick) or skeptron (scepter), which is referred to as a magic wand. Some early sources say that this was the bat he received from Apollo, but others question the merits of this claim. It seems that there may have been two canes, with time in a cast, one of a shepherd's staff, as stated in the Homeric Hymn, and the other a magic wand, according to some authors. His bat also came to be called kerykeion, the caduceus, in later times. Early depictions of the staff it show it as a baton stick topped by a golden way that resembled the number eight, though sometimes with its top truncated and open. Later the staff had two intertwined snakes and sometimes it was crowned with a pair of wings and a ball, but the old form remained in use even when Hermes was associated with Mercury by the Romans.[85][113]

Hyginus explained the presence of snakes, saying that Hermes was traveling in Arcadia when he saw two snakes intertwined in battle. He put the caduceus between them and parted, and so said his staff would bring peace.[114] The caduceus, historically, there appeared with Hermes, and is documented among the Babylonians from about 3,500 BC. The two snakes coiled around a stick was a symbol of the god Ningishzida, which served as a mediator between humans and the mother goddess Ishtar or the supreme Ningirsu. In Greece itself the other gods have been depicted holding a caduceus, but it was mainly associated with Hermes. It was said to have the power to make people fall asleep or wake up, and also made peace between litigants, and is a visible sign of his authority, being used as a sceptre.[85]

He was represented in doorways, possibly as an amulet of good fortune, or as a symbol of purification. The caduceus is not to be confused with the Rod of Asclepius, the patron of medicine and son of Apollo, which bears only one snake. The rod of Asclepius was adopted by most Western doctors as a badge of their profession, but in several medical organizations of the United States, the caduceus took its place since the eighteenth century, although this use is declining. After the Renaissance the caduceus also appeared in the heraldic crests of several, and currently is a symbol of commerce.[85]

His sandals, called pédila by the Greeks and talaria by the Romans were made of palm and myrtle branches, but were described as beautiful, golden and immortal, made a sublime art, able to take the roads with the speed of wind. Originally they had no wings, but late in the artistic representations, they are depicted. In certain images, the wings spring directly from the ankles. He has also been depicted with a purse or a bag in his hands, and wearing a robe or cloak, which had the power to confer invisibility. His weapon was a sword of gold, which killed Argos; lent to Perseus to kill Medusa.[85]
Modern psychological interpretation

For Carl Jung [115] Hermes was guide to the underworld [116] is become the god of the unconscious,[117] the mediator of information between the conscious and unconscious factors of the mind, and the archetypal messenger conveying communication between realms. Hermes is seminally the guide for the inner journey.[118][119] Jung considered the gods Thoth and Hermes to be counterparts (Yoshida 2006).[120] In Jungian psychology especially (by Combs and Holland 1994 [121] ), Hermes is thought relevant to study of the phenomenon of synchronicity [122] ( together with Pan and Dionysus) [123][124]

    Hermes is ... the archetypal core of Jung's psyche, theories ...
    —DL Merritt [125]

Mural representation of Hermes-Mercury in an early XX century modernist building in Vigo (Galicia, Spain).

In the context of psycho-therapy Hermes is our inner friendliness bringing together the disparate and perhaps isolated core elements of our selves belonging to the realms of the other gods;

    ...He does not fight with the other gods... it is Hermes in us who befriends our psychological complexes centered by the other gods...
    — López-Pedraza

He is for some identified as the archetype of healer (López-Pedraza 2003)[126] ... in ancient Greece he healed through magic [127](McNeely 2011).

In the context of abnormal psychology Samuels (1986) states that Jung considers Hermes the archetype for narcissistic disorder, but also lending the disorder a "positive" (beneficious) aspect, that is Hermes is both the good and bad of narcissism.[128]

For López-Pedraza, Hermes is the protector of psychotherapy.[129] For McNeely, Hermes is a god of the healing arts(p. 88 [130]).

In a consideration of all the roles Hermes was understood to have fulfilled in ancient Greece Christopher Booker gives the genius of the god to be a guide or observer of transition.[131][132]
The trickster
Main article: trickster

For Jung the trickster is the guide in total for the psychotherapeutic process (p. 86) [133]
Hermes in popular culture

See Greek mythology in popular culture: Hermes
See also

    Hermes Trismegistus

Notes

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The Hecate Chiaramonti, a Roman sculpture of triple Hecate, after a Hellenistic original (Museo Chiaramonti, Vatican Museums)
The Hecate Chiaramonti, a Roman sculpture of triple Hecate, after a Hellenistic original (Museo Chiaramonti, Vatican Museums)
Abode    Underworld
Symbol    Paired torches, dogs and keys
Consort    Aeëtes
Parents    Perses and Asteria
Children    Aegialeus[disambiguation needed], Absyrtus, Medea, Circe and Chalciope
Roman equivalent    Trivia

Hecate or Hekate (play /ˈhɛkətiː/; ancient Greek Ἑκάτη, Hekátē; /ˈhɛkət/) is an ancient goddess, frequently depicted in triple form and variously associated with crossroads, entrance-ways, fire, light, the Moon, magic, witchcraft, knowledge of herbs and poisonous plants, necromancy, and sorcery.[1][2] She has rulership over earth, sea and sky, as well as a more universal role as Saviour (Soteira), Mother of Angels and the Cosmic World Soul.[3][4]

Hecate may have originated among the Carians of Anatolia, where variants of her name are found as names given to children. William Berg observes, "Since children are not called after spooks, it is safe to assume that Carian theophoric names involving hekat- refer to a major deity free from the dark and unsavoury ties to the underworld and to witchcraft associated with the Hecate of classical Athens."[5] She also closely parallels the Roman goddess Trivia, with whom she was identified in Rome.

Today Hecate is just one of the 'patron' goddesses of many witches, who in some traditions refer to her in the Goddess's aspect of the "Crone". But other traditional witches associate her with the Maiden and/or with the Mother as well, for Hecate has three faces, or phases. Her role as a tripartite goddess, which many modern-day Wiccans associate with the concept of 'the Maiden, the Mother and the Crone',[6] an interpretation clearly from the ancient myths, songs and statuary, was again made popular in modern times by writers such as Robert Graves in The White Goddess, and many others. This association is also noted in the 20th century, with the occult author Aleister Crowley. Historical depictions and descriptions show her facing in three different directions, a clear and precise reference to the tripartite nature of this ancient Goddess. The later Greek Magical Papyri sometimes refer to her as also having the heads of animals, and this can be seen as a reference to her aspect of Motherhood, who is often depicted as a 'Mistress of Animals'.



Etymology, spelling, and pronunciation

Hecate is the transcription from the Latin, whereas Hekate is the transcription from the Greek. Both refer to the same goddess.

Notable proposed etymologies for the name Hecate are:

    From the Greek word for 'will'.[7]
    From Greek Ἑκάτη [Hekátē], feminine equivalent of Ἑκατός Hekatos, obscure epithet of Apollo.[8] This has been translated as "her that operates from afar", "her that removes or drives off",[9] "the far reaching one" or "the far-darter".[10]
    From the Egyptian goddess of childbirth, Heqet.[11] has been suggested, but evidence for this is lacking.

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Arthur Golding's 1567 translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses refers to "triple Hecat"[12] and this spelling without the final E later appears in plays of the Elizabethan-Jacobean period.[13] Noah Webster in 1866 particularly credits the influence of Shakespeare for the then-predominant pronunciation of "Hecate" without the final E.[14]
Representations
Greek deities
series
Primordial deities
Titans and Olympian deities
Aquatic deities
Personified concepts
Other deities
Chthonic deities

    Demeter
    Erinyes
    Gaia
    Hades
    Hecate

   

    Iacchus
    Melinoe
    Persephone
    Triptolemus
    Trophonius

Statuette of Triple-bodied Hekate. Pen, ink and light brown and grey wash.

The earliest Greek depictions of Hecate are single faced, not three-formed. Farnell states: "The evidence of the monuments as to the character and significance of Hecate is almost as full as that of the literature. But it is only in the later period that they come to express her manifold and mystic nature."[15]

The earliest known monument is a small terracotta found in Athens, with a dedication to Hecate, in writing of the style of the 6th century. The goddess is seated on a throne with a chaplet bound round her head; she is altogether without attributes and character, and the only value of this work, which is evidently of quite a general type and gets a special reference and name merely from the inscription, is that it proves the single shape to be her earlier form, and her recognition at Athens to be earlier than the Persian invasion.[15]
Triple Hecate and the Charites, Attic, 3rd century BCE (Glyptothek, Munich)

The 2nd-century travel writer Pausanias stated that Hecate was first depicted in triplicate by the sculptor Alkamenes in the Greek Classical period of the late 5th century BCE [2] which was placed before the temple of the Wingless Nike in Athens. Greek anthropomorphic conventions of art resisted representing her with three faces: a votive sculpture from Attica of the 3rd century BCE (illustration, left), shows three single images against a column; round the column of Hecate dance the Charites. Some classical portrayals show her as a triplicate goddess holding a torch, a key, serpents, daggers and numerous other items.[16] Depictions of both a single form Hekate and triple formed, as well as occasional four headed descriptions continued throughout her history.

In Egyptian-inspired Greek esoteric writings connected with Hermes Trismegistus, and in magical papyri of Late Antiquity she is described as having three heads: one dog, one serpent, and one horse. In other representations her animal heads include those of a cow and a boar.[17] Hecate's triplicity is elsewhere expressed in a more Hellenic fashion in the vast frieze of the great Pergamon Altar, now in Berlin, wherein she is shown with three bodies, taking part in the battle with the Titans. In the Argolid, near the shrine of the Dioscuri, Pausanias saw the temple of Hecate opposite the sanctuary of Eileithyia; He reported the image to be the work of Scopas, stating further, "This one is of stone, while the bronze images opposite, also of Hecate, were made respectively by Polycleitus and his brother Naucydes, son of Mothon." (Description of Greece 2.22.7)

A 4th century BCE marble relief from Crannon in Thessaly was dedicated by a race-horse owner.[18] It shows Hecate, with a hound beside her, placing a wreath on the head of a mare. She is commonly attended by a dog or dogs, and the most common form of offering was to leave meat at a crossroads. Images of her attended by a dog [19] are also found at times when she is shown as in her role as mother goddess with child, and when she is depicted alongside the god Hermes and the goddess Kybele in reliefs.[20]

In the Argonautica, a 3rd century BCE Alexandrian epic based on early material,[21] Jason placates Hecate in a ritual prescribed by Medea, her priestess: bathed at midnight in a stream of flowing water, and dressed in dark robes, Jason is to dig a round pit and over it cut the throat of a ewe, sacrificing it and then burning it whole on a pyre next to the pit as a holocaust. He is told to sweeten the offering with a libation of honey, then to retreat from the site without looking back, even if he hears the sound of footsteps or barking dogs.[22] All these elements betoken the rites owed to a chthonic deity.
Mythology

Hecate has been characterized as a pre-Olympian chthonic goddess. She appears in the Homeric Hymn to Demeter and in Hesiod's Theogony, where she is promoted strongly as a great goddess. The place of origin of her following is uncertain, but it is thought that she had popular followings in Thrace.[23] Her most important sanctuary was Lagina, a theocratic city-state in which the goddess was served by eunuchs.[23] Lagina, where the famous temple of Hecate drew great festal assemblies every year, lay close to the originally Macedonian colony of Stratonikeia, where she was the city's patroness.[24] In Thrace she played a role similar to that of lesser-Hermes, namely a governess of liminal regions (particularly gates) and the wilderness, bearing little resemblance to the night-walking crone some neo-pagans believe her to be.[neutrality is disputed] Additionally, this led to her role of aiding women in childbirth and the raising of young men.[citation needed]
Hecate, Greek goddess of the crossroads; drawing by Stéphane Mallarmé in Les Dieux Antiques, nouvelle mythologie illustrée in Paris, 1880

The first literature mentioning Hecate is theTheogony by Hesiod:

    [...] Hecate whom Zeus the son of Cronos honored above all. He gave her splendid gifts, to have a share of the earth and the unfruitful sea. She received honor also in starry heaven, and is honored exceedingly by the deathless gods. For to this day, whenever any one of men on earth offers rich sacrifices and prays for favor according to custom, he calls upon Hecate. Great honor comes full easily to him whose prayers the goddess receives favorably, and she bestows wealth upon him; for the power surely is with her. For as many as were born of Earth and Ocean amongst all these she has her due portion. The son of Cronos did her no wrong nor took anything away of all that was her portion among the former Titan gods: but she holds, as the division was at the first from the beginning, privilege both in earth, and in heaven, and in sea.[25]

According to Hesiod, she held sway over many things:

    "Whom she will she greatly aids and advances: she sits by worshipful kings in judgement, and in the assembly whom she will is distinguished among the people. And when men arm themselves for the battle that destroys men, then the goddess is at hand to give victory and grant glory readily to whom she will. Good is she also when men contend at the games, for there too the goddess is with them and profits them: and he who by might and strength gets the victory wins the rich prize easily with joy, and brings glory to his parents. And she is good to stand by horsemen, whom she will: and to those whose business is in the grey discomfortable sea, and who pray to Hecate and the loud-crashing Earth-Shaker, easily the glorious goddess gives great catch, and easily she takes it away as soon as seen, if so she will. She is good in the byre with Hermes to increase the stock. The droves of kine and wide herds of goats and flocks of fleecy sheep, if she will, she increases from a few, or makes many to be less. So, then, albeit her mother's only child, she is honored amongst all the deathless gods. And the son of Cronos made her a nurse of the young who after that day saw with their eyes the light of all-seeing Dawn. So from the beginning she is a nurse of the young, and these are her honours.[25]

Hesiod emphasizes that Hecate was an only child, the daughter of Perses and Asteria, a star-goddess who was the sister of Leto (the mother of Artemis and Apollo). Grandmother of the three cousins was Phoebe the ancient Titaness who personified the moon.

Hesiod's inclusion and praise of Hecate in the Theogony has been troublesome for scholars, in that he seems to hold her in high regard, while the testimony of other writers, and surviving evidence, suggests that this was probably somewhat exceptional. It is theorized that Hesiod's original village had a substantial Hecate following and that his inclusion of her in the Theogony was a way of adding to her prestige by spreading word of her among his readers.[26] However, it is clear that the special position given to Hecate by Zeus is upheld throughout her history by depictions found on coins depicting Hecate on the hand of Zeus [27] as highlighted in more recent research presented by d'Este and Rankine.[28]

Hecate possibly originated among the Carians of Anatolia,[23] the region where most theophoric names invoking Hecate, such as Hecataeus or Hecatomnus, the father of Mausolus, are attested,[29] and where Hecate remained a Great Goddess into historical times, at her unrivalled[30] cult site in Lagina. While many researchers favor the idea that she has Anatolian origins, it has been argued that "Hecate must have been a Greek goddess."[31] The monuments to Hecate in Phrygia and Caria are numerous but of late date.[32]
Hecate by Richard Cosway

If Hecate's cult spread from Anatolia into Greece, it is possible it presented a conflict, as her role was already filled by other more prominent deities in the Greek pantheon, above all by Artemis and Selene. This line of reasoning lies behind the widely accepted hypothesis that she was a foreign deity who was incorporated into the Greek pantheon. Other than in the Theogony, the Greek sources do not offer a consistent story of her parentage, or of her relations in the Greek pantheon: sometimes Hecate is related as a Titaness, and a mighty helper and protector of humans. Her continued presence was explained by asserting that, because she was the only Titan who aided Zeus in the battle of gods and Titans, she was not banished into the underworld realms after their defeat by the Olympians.[citation needed]

One surviving group of stories suggests how Hecate might have come to be incorporated into the Greek pantheon without affecting the privileged position of Artemis.[26] Here, Hecate is a mortal priestess often associated with Iphigeneia. She scorns and insults Artemis, who in retribution eventually brings about the mortal's suicide. There was an area sacred to Hecate in the precincts of the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, where the priests, megabyzi, officiated.[33]

Hecate also came to be associated with ghosts, infernal spirits, the dead and sorcery. Shrines to Hecate were placed at doorways to both homes and cities with the belief that it would protect from restless dead and other spirits. Likewise, shrines to Hecate at three way crossroads were created where food offerings were left at the new moon to protect those who did so from spirits and other evils.[34]

One interesting passage exists suggesting that the word "jinx" might have originated in a cult object associated with Hecate. "The Byzantine polymath Michael Psellus [...] speaks of a bullroarer, consisting of a golden sphere, decorated throughout with symbols and whirled on an oxhide thong. He adds that such an instrument is called a iunx (hence "jinx"), but as for the significance says only that it is ineffable and that the ritual is sacred to Hecate."[35]

Hecate is the primary feminine figure in the Chaldean Oracles (2nd-3rd century CE),[36] where she is associated in fragment 194 with a strophalos (usually translated as a spinning top, or wheel, used in magic) "Labour thou around the Strophalos of Hecate."[37] This appears to refer to a variant of the device mentioned by Psellus.[38]

Variations in interpretations of Hecate's role or roles can be traced in 5th-century Athens. In two fragments of Aeschylus she appears as a great goddess. In Sophocles and Euripides she is characterized as the mistress of witchcraft and the Keres.

In the Homeric Hymn to Demeter, Hecate is called the "tender-hearted", a euphemism perhaps intended to emphasize her concern with the disappearance of Persephone, when she assisted Demeter with her search for Persephone following her abduction by Hades, suggesting that Demeter should speak to the god of the sun, Helios. Subsequently she became Persephone's companion on her yearly journey to and from the realms of Hades.

The modern understanding of Hecate has been strongly influenced by syncretic Hellenistic interpretations. Many of the attributes she was assigned in this period appear to have an older basis. For example, in the magical papyri of Ptolemaic Egypt, she is called the 'she-dog' or 'bitch', and her presence is signified by the barking of dogs. In late imagery she also has two ghostly dogs as servants by her side. However, her association with dogs predates the conquests of Alexander the Great and the emergence of the Hellenistic world. When Philip II laid siege to Byzantium she had already been associated with dogs for some time; the light in the sky and the barking of dogs that warned the citizens of a night time attack, saving the city, were attributed to Hecate Lampadephoros (the tale is preserved in the Suda). In gratitude the Byzantines erected a statue in her honor.[39]

As a virgin goddess, she remained unmarried and had no regular consort, though some traditions named her as the mother of Scylla.[40]
Triple Hecate

Although associated with other moon goddesses such as Selene, she ruled over three kingdoms; the earth, the sea, and the sky. She had the power to create or hold back storms, which influenced her patronage of shepherds and sailors.[41]
Other names and epithets

    Apotropaia (that turns away/protects)[42]
    Chthonia (of the earth/underworld)[43]
    Enodia (on the way)[44]
    Klêidouchos (holding the keys)[45]
    Kourotrophos (nurse of children)[45]
    Phosphoros (bringing or giving light)[45]
    Propolos (who serves/attends)[45]
    Propulaia/Propylaia (before the gate)[46]
    Soteira (savior)[47]
    Trimorphe (three-formed)[45]
    Triodia/Trioditis (who frequents crossroads)[45]

Goddess of the crossroads

Cult images and altars of Hecate in her triplicate or trimorphic form were placed at three-way crossroads (though they also appeared before private homes and in front of city gates).[8] In this form she came to be known as the goddess Trivia "the three ways" in Roman mythology. In what appears to be a 7th century indication of the survival of cult practices of this general sort, Saint Eligius, in his Sermo warns the sick among his recently converted flock in Flanders against putting "devilish charms at springs or trees or crossroads",[48] and, according to Saint Ouen would urge them "No Christian should make or render any devotion to the deities of the trivium, where three roads meet...".[49]
Animals
The Triple Hecate, 1795
William Blake
A goddess, probably Hekate or else Artemis, is depicted with a bow, dog and twin torches.

Dogs were closely associated with Hecate in the Classical world. "In art and in literature Hecate is constantly represented as dog-shaped or as accompanied by a dog. Her approach was heralded by the howling of a dog. The dog was Hecate's regular sacrificial animal, and was often eaten in solemn sacrament."[50] The sacrifice of dogs to Hecate is attested for Thrace, Samothrace, Colophon, and Athens.[8]

It has been claimed that her association with dogs is "suggestive of her connection with birth, for the dog was sacred to Eileithyia, Genetyllis, and other birth goddesses. Although in later times Hecate's dog came to be thought of as a manifestation of restless souls or demons who accompanied her, its docile appearance and its accompaniment of a Hecate who looks completely friendly in many pieces of ancient art suggests that its original signification was positive and thus likelier to have arisen from the dog's connection with birth than the dog's demonic associations."[51]

Athenaeus (writing in the 1st or 2nd century BCE, and drawing on the etymological speculation of Apollodorus of Athens) notes that the red mullet is sacred to Hecate, "on account of the resemblance of their names; for that the goddess is trimorphos, of a triple form". The Greek word for mullet was trigle and later trigla. He goes on to quote a fragment of verse "O mistress Hecate, Trioditis / With three forms and three faces / Propitiated with mullets".[52] In relation to Greek concepts of pollution, Parker observes, "The fish that was most commonly banned was the red mullet (trigle), which fits neatly into the pattern. It 'delighted in polluted things,' and 'would eat the corpse of a fish or a man'. Blood-coloured itself, it was sacred to the blood-eating goddess Hecate. It seems a symbolic summation of all the negative characteristics of the creatures of the deep."[53] At Athens, it is said there stood a statue of Hecate Triglathena, to whom the red mullet was offered in sacrifice.[54] After mentioning that this fish was sacred to Hecate, Alan Davidson writes, "Cicero, Horace, Juvenal, Martial, Pliny, Seneca and Suetonius have left abundant and interesting testimony to the red mullet fever which began to affect wealthy Romans during the last years of the Republic and really gripped them in the early Empire. The main symptoms were a preoccupation with size, the consequent rise to absurd heights of the prices of large specimens, a habit of keeping red mullet in captivity, and the enjoyment of the highly specialized aesthetic experience induced by watching the color of the dying fish change." [55]

The frog, significantly a creature that can cross between two elements, also has become sacred to Hecate in modern Pagan literature.[56]

In her three-headed representations, discussed above, Hecate often has one or more animal heads, including cow, dog, boar, serpent and horse.[57]
Plants

Hecate was closely associated with plant lore and the concoction of medicines and poisons. In particular she was thought to give instruction in these closely related arts. Apollonius of Rhodes, in the Argonautica mentions that Medea was taught by Hecate, "I have mentioned to you before a certain young girl whom Hecate, daughter of Perses, has taught to work in drugs."[58]

The goddess is described as wearing oak in fragments of Sophocles' lost play The Root Diggers (or The Root Cutters), and an ancient commentary on Apollonius of Rhodes' Argonautica (3.1214) describes her as having a head surrounded by serpents, twining through branches of oak.[59]

The yew in particular was sacred to Hecate.

    "Greeks held the yew to be sacred to Hecate... Her attendants draped wreathes of yew around the necks of black bulls which they slaughtered in her honor and yew boughs were burned on funeral pyres. The yew was associated with the alphabet and the scientific name for yew today, taxus, was probably derived from the Greek word for yew, toxos, which is hauntingly similar to toxon, their word for bow and toxicon, their word for poison. It is presumed that the latter were named after the tree because of its superiority for both bows and poison."[60]

Hecate was said to favor offerings of garlic, which was closely associated with her cult.[61] She is also sometimes associated with cypress, a tree symbolic of death and the underworld, and hence sacred to a number of chthonic deities.[62]

A number of other plants (often poisonous, medicinal and/or psychoactive) are associated with Hecate.[63] These include aconite (also called hecateis),[64] belladonna, dittany, and mandrake. It has been suggested that the use of dogs for digging up mandrake is further corroboration of the association of this plant with Hecate; indeed, since at least as early as the 1st century CE, there are a number of attestations to the apparently widespread practice of using dogs to dig up plants associated with magic.[65]
Places

Hecate was associated with borders, city walls, doorways, crossroads and, by extension, with realms outside or beyond the world of the living. She appears to have been particularly associated with being 'between' and hence is frequently characterized as a "liminal" goddess. "Hecate mediated between regimes – Olympian and Titan - but also between mortal and divine spheres."[66] This liminal role is reflected in a number of her cult titles: Apotropaia (that turns away/protects); Enodia (on the way); Propulaia/Propylaia (before the gate); Triodia/Trioditis (who frequents crossroads); Klêidouchos (holding the keys), etc.

    As a goddess expected to avert demons from the house or city over which she stood guard and to protect the individual as she or he passed through dangerous liminal places, Hecate would naturally become known as a goddess who could also refuse to avert the demons, or even drive them on against unfortunate individuals.[67]

    It was probably her role as guardian of entrances that led to Hecate's identification by the mid fifth century with Enodia, a Thessalian goddess. Enodia's very name ("In-the-Road

[mgt23]

.......in this thesis i have tried to show worship of the material is the basis in the occult of serpent worship. Just as Judaism coverts Gods creation as its own, race worshippers are doing the same thing.....essentially judaism for whites. In this thesis I have tried to show the false dialect in action that Racial supremacism(i have to add a caveat here against racial nationalism, which is different) is really two sides of the same coin.

http://en.metapedia.org/wiki/Jewish_supremacism

Jewish supremacism
Political cartoon featuring Ariel Sharon and George W. Bush.

Jewish supremacism is the belief, and promotion of the belief, that the Jews are superior to all others and should rightfully have control over non-Jews in all matters. The religion of Talmudic Judaism itself claims that the Jews are a race "chosen" by God ahead of the rest of humanity. Jewish supremacists believe that they are morally, intellectually, religuously and genetically superior. The purpose of this belief is to have an excuse to commit crimes such as the black slave trade, the Red Holocaust and Zionism. These crimes are used to establish social, political, historical and/or industrial dominance by Jews. The supremacist views are often "supported" by fallacious scientific research of which the outcome is predetermined so that the supremacist views are "confirmed".

Jewish supremacy, as with supremacism in general, is rooted in ethnocentrism and a desire for hegemony and power, and has frequently resulted in violence against non-Jews. Different forms of Jewish supremacy have different conceptions of who is considered Jew, and not all Jewish supremacist organizations agree on who is their greatest enemy. Jewish supremacy distinguishes itself from other forms of supremacy, as Jewish supremacist groups can be found in all countries with a Jewish minority or majority population, whereas this cannot be said of other forms of supremacy: for example not all, countries with a black minority also have black supremacist groups. Unfortunately, in most countries even militant Jewish supremacist organizations are not watched closely by law enforcement officials, but instead often subsidized by the governments under influence of the zionist lobby.

Manifestations

Jewish-Supremacism has taken many forms all representing various Jewish survival strategies. It can be argued that many of these strategies that have emerged have been instinctual rather than conspiratorial. Some have been subtle, and others openly genocidal.
David Duke's Jewish Supremacism

What all share is a desire by powerful Jews to 1.) Get gentiles to fight on their behalf, 2.) Weaken gentiles, 3.) Strengthen the relative position of Jews. The end-goal is said to be setting up a world "safe for Jews", in which other nations are too weakened to oppose them, e.g. by miscegenation.
Judeo-Christianity

Judeo-Christianity was a concept promoted by Saul to get the Gentiles to worship the Jewish god Jehovah. With the establishment of the Jewish state of Israel Christian Zionism has become the modern form of Judeo-Christianity especially among Protestant denominations.


Communism

The early Bolshevik leadership in Russia was mostly Jewish. Many communist movements worldwide were heavily Jewish, including the CPUSA. The Red Holocaust in Europe, when tens of millions of Christians were killed in the name of Communism, was an ultraviolent instance of Jewish supremacism. (See also: Ilya Ehrenburg).
Zionism
Jewish supermacy

Israel maintains supremacy in the Levant, and maintains an ethnostate through the use of terror. It considers non-Jews to be second-class citizens and bans intermarriage.

Although "Zionism" was originally a movement to create a Jewish state for the first time since the breakup of Khazaria, the term "Zionism" and "Zionist" today refer to Jewish supremacists and aggressive Jewish nationalists generally, especially those living outside Israel. Zionism (Jewish nationalism) is the most prominent or "visible" example of Jewish-Supremacism in the 20th century. It is often overlapping with Neoconservatism.
Neoconservatism

By the 1980s, a collection of ex-Marxist Jews formed the Neoconservative movement, which gained control of U.S. foreign policy by the 1990s and 2000s. The neoconservatives' single aim is safeguarding Jewish interests while weakening European interests. By the 2000s, most non-leftist major media and commentators in the USA were Jewish Supremacist. (See Fox News).
Opposition

Opposition to Jewish Supremacism has been widespread among Europeans throughout history and in contemporary times, some Mohammedans and Africans. Opponents are today called "anti-Semites" by Jewish supremacist media sources.

David Duke, an American politician, wrote a book titled Jewish Supremacism, in which he exposes anti-Gentilism and the domination of society in the United States by Jewish-supremacist ideology.

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The Creativity flag.
The red field symbolizes Creators' "struggle for the survival, expansion, and advancement of the White race," and the white triangle on the right represents the coming of a "Whiter and Brighter World."[1]
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The Creativity symbol as it appeared on the first edition of Nature's Eternal Religion.
The W stands for the White race, the crown represents that Creators are the elite, and the halo is a symbol of race being "unique and sacred above all other values."[1]
Founder
Ben Klassen
Scriptures
Nature's Eternal Religion, The White Man's Bible, Salubrious Living

Creativity is a nontheistic, ethnocentric religion founded in Lighthouse Point, Florida in 1973 by Ben Klassen with the publication of the book Nature's Eternal Religion and was later expounded upon in the books The White Man's Bible, and Salubrious Living. Creativity is known for being "antisemitic, racist and ... anti-Christian."[2] Ben Klassen described the organizational structure of the Church of the Creator as "monolithic and...authoritarian",[3] although the Anti-Defamation League noted an apparent hierarchy in the religion.[4] The Southern Poverty Law Center classifies its ideology as Neo-Nazi.[5]
Contents

    1 Etymology
    2 Beliefs
        2.1 Moral conduct and behavior
        2.2 Heaven, hell and the supernatural
        2.3 Racial socialism
        2.4 Salubrious living
        2.5 Natural law
        2.6 Activism
    3 Calendar
    4 Holidays
    5 Religious ceremonies
    6 Ordained ministers
    7 Religious texts
        7.1 Nature's Eternal Religion
        7.2 White Man's Bible
    8 Early years
        8.1 School for Gifted Boys
    9 Klassen's death
    10 Key people
        10.1 April Gaede
        10.2 Craig Cobb
        10.3 George Burdi
        10.4 Matthew F. Hale
        10.5 Johannes Jurgens Grobbelaar and Jurgen Matthews White
    11 Notable organizations
        11.1 Creativity Movement, former "World Church of the Creator"
        11.2 Creativity Alliance (Church of Creativity)
    12 Federal recognition
    13 See also
    14 References
    15 External links

Etymology

The adherents of this religion are individually known as Creators and as a group are known historically as the Church of the Creator, although this name was lost in a trademark infringement case against the World Church of the Creator.[6] The names "Creativity" and "Creator" are derived from the foreword of the first edition of Nature's Eternal Religion, which states, "We call our religion Creativity, and members thereof, Creators, because, we believe these words, in essence, best describe the characteristic soul of the White Race."[7] The term "creator" does not refer to any deity.
Beliefs
Moral conduct and behavior

Creativity has the Sixteen Commandments that deal primarily with adherents' conduct and the Five Fundamental Beliefs of Creativity that sum up the religion. Creators are encouraged to recite those five fundamentals daily. There are also the recommended 14 Points of Salubrious Living which deal with a Creator's diet and a healthy lifestyle, although Salubrious Living is not mandatory.[8] The What We Believe In affirmation is simply an extended edition of what is contained in the Five Fundamental Beliefs of Creativity read at church meetings, and there are also two lists of what a Creator is and is not, titled Essence of a Creator and What a Creator is Not, which serve as basic guidelines for certain behavior as a Creator and ideals to be striven towards. Some of the ideals include to be "responsible, productive and constructive" and to "place a high value on honor and self-respect" and also to be "eager and optimistic" and to keep physically fit and your body in the best of health at all times. Creators are encouraged to be "inquisitive and adventurous" and to have a "cheerful zest for living" all while placing a high value on attitude, and striving to continually maintain a "healthy, positive and dynamic attitude" towards life. Furthermore, being an achiever and a producer is taught as being a good thing in Creativity as well as being a problem-solver.[9]

Their Golden Rule teaches that what is good for the White Race is the highest virtue, and what is bad for the White Race is the ultimate sin. In the majority of one's actions, adherents are to ask themselves "how will this accrue to the benefit of the White Race?" If an action does not harm themselves and is not harmful to their people, then it basically is all right, whereas if an action is harmful to either themselves or their people, it is a bad decision and they are therefore not encouraged to partake in it.[citation needed]
Heaven, hell and the supernatural

Creativity fundamentally rejects the supernatural world. According to Klassen, "A Creator is not superstitious and disdains belief in the supernatural. He will waste no time giving credence to, or playing silly games with imaginary spooks, spirits, gods and demons." As such, Creators do not believe in a hereafter. They believe that a person only lives one time and that this is it. Their only true "immortality" is genetic and memorial. Creators reject the notions of a "heaven" or "hell" and believe that it is their purpose to look at life and death in a "rational, fearless manner". In doing so, they believe they will then be more capable of concentrating on the positive aspects of living the "good life".[10]
Racial socialism

The Southern Poverty Law Center classifies Creativity's ideology as Neo-Nazi,[5] while Klassen stated that Creativity was not a rehash of Nazism, and listed eight fundamental differences between his religious philosophy and the Nazi political ideology.[11] Ben Klassen adopted the phrase "racial socialism" to describe his political ideology based on Creativity's golden rule. He was highly critical of democracy, advocating for meritocracy believing that strong, effective leaders should have the ability to rule. Under racial socialism, "whites would work together toward common goals but without the massive economic planning in the style of the Soviet GOSPLAN".[12] Klassen supported a limited version of a market economy. His main concern was that social and economic activities be directed in the best interests of white people. Criticizing the "leftist proclivities" of those who attempted to recruit solely from the white working class, Klassen believed that "all members of the national or racial community...had an important role to play."[12]

Klassen stated that many people were "confused" about what socialism really is or what collectivism really entails. He believed that the term has been confused and abused by Jews, Christians and conservatives to the point that it "could mean anything." Klassen and the Church of the Creator's position on what they viewed socialism as is "Organized Society." Klassen's socialism does not "imply state ownership of the means of production," nor does it, in his definition, "imply confiscation of private property." The Church of the Creator is opposed to state ownership of the basic means of production, such as farms, factories, stores, etc. However they are for the ownership of private property by individuals. They believe that there is a category of functions that are best performed by organized society as a whole. In this category they place highways, airports, harbors, national defense, law enforcement and many others. However, being a religious movement, they do not talk about it much because they are "not particularly interested" in all the dogmatic political terms with which the White Race has been tearing itself apart in arguing the theoretical aspects of each.[citation needed]

Racial Socialism, as postulated by Ben Klassen and promoted by the church, is simply teamwork elevated to its highest perfection for the welfare of the whole race, led by its ablest leaders. It combines the best elements of both teamwork and competition. Klassen argued that if "team spirit" and rooting for the "home team" are such noble attributes, then having a whole race united in a team effort for their common good is the highest goal that can be striven for. As such, Creators believe in a blending of church and state.[citation needed] They are for harmonizing the goals, objectives and the philosophy of the government with that of their (Creativity) religious thinking. Creators believe that religion and politics more or less go together and therefore do not believe in the separation of church and state but instead aim for unity of the "White Racial Religion" with the "White Racial State."[citation needed]
Salubrious living

Klassen, in the book Salubrious Living, expounded the facet of Creativity dealing with physical health on individual and group levels. The word "salubrious" comes from the Latin word "salubris" meaning "healthy; wholesome; sound; useful; vigorous."[13] Salubrious Living encourages eating raw organic foods, fasting, heliotherapy, exercise, and racial hygiene (eugenics).
Natural law
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Creators believe that if there is one thing in this world worth "preserving, defending, and promoting, it is the White Race." They believe that Nature is "governed by law." The laws of Nature are "unchanging, unbending and unyielding." They theorize that one of the inexorable of the "laws of Nature" is the survival of the fittest, or those who have the will to survive. They believe that Nature is "continually striving" to upgrade each of the species by dividing them into sub-species and having each one of the sub-species compete against each other. Those who cannot compete supposedly fall by the wayside and forever fade into oblivion or in other words, extinction. They believe that Nature is for the inner-segregation of the species and for instance, point out that hummingbirds have been segregated into some 320 different species, sparrows have been segregated into some 263 species, wrens into over 60 species, and so on. Whether we look at the species of mice or rabbits or cats in their natural habitat, they claim, we find that they have been segregated into dozens of different species, each following its own pattern for its survival, propagation and multiplication in competition within its own sub-species and the other creatures of the earth. Each has its "peculiar means of protection, of mating, of propagation." Each has its natural enemies.[citation needed]
Activism

Creativity is a highly proselytizing ideology, whose goal is to convert at least half of the White population worldwide. Their established goal is to place 10 million copies of the two books Nature's Eternal Religion and the White Man's Bible in the hands of White people. The religion places a heavy emphasis on activism. A Creator's primary mission is to convert others to Creativity.[14]
Calendar

1973 was the date of the first publishing of one of the main texts, Nature's Eternal Religion and the official year in which the Church of the Creator was founded by Ben Klassen. Several religions have their own calendars, and Creativity is one of them. Creativity does not follow the Gregorian calendar for religious purposes. 1973 is considered the Incepto de Creativitat (Inception of Creativity), or I.C. Years following are called Anno de Creativitat. Thus 1974 CE is called 1 AC. The years before PC are called Prius Creativitat (Before Creativity). Thus 1972 CE is called 1 PC, and 2013 would be 40 AC.[citation needed]
Holidays
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Creativity has numerous holy days that are celebrated and held sacred by Creators. Creators are encouraged to take the time to acknowledge these holidays, and to set them aside as a time to spend with their families and with friends of the religion.

    South Victory Day, January 26: Commemorates the English landings on the Australian continent in 1788 CE.
    Klassen Day, February 20: The anniversary of their Founder's birth which occurred in 1918 CE.
    Founding Day, February 21: Anniversary of the publication of Nature's Eternal Religion in 1973 CE.
    Foundation Day/Rahowa Day, March 20: Anniversary of the foundation of the old World Center in 1982 CE.
    Kozel Day (Martyrs Day), September 15: Remembrance day for Reverend Brian Kozel, Creator 'martyr' who died in a fight in 1992 CE.
    Festum Album is a week-long celebration based on White Racial Pride that runs from December 26 to January 1.[15]
    West Victory Day, December 29: Commemorates the White victory over the last organized Native American resistance in 1890 CE (83 PC).

Religious ceremonies

Creativity has four religious ceremonies, or sacraments, including a wedding ceremony, a pledging ceremony for children, a confirmation ceremony and a eulogy ceremony for the deceased. The names of these ceremonies in Latin, the language that Creativity promotes use of are Carimoni Nuptiae Creatora (Wedding Ceremony), Carimoni Fidem Obligari (Pledging Ceremony), Carimoni Confimationis (Confirmation Ceremony) and Memoria Celebritas (Sayings of Goodbye to Departed Brethren Ceremony).[16] All ceremonies are performed by church ministers. For the wedding ceremony, the bride and groom exchange their vows before Nature. The pledging ceremony is conducted ideally within the first week after the birth of a child. Both parents pledge to raise their child as a "loyal member of the White Race and faithful to the church." The confirmation ceremony can be performed by a minister on or after a child's 13th birthday.[17]
Ordained ministers

While it was Klassen's intention that every worthy Creator be an ordained minister in the church,[18] not everybody is a leader and some have more experience than others. Ordained ministers in Creativity are those who have proven themselves to be the right material, and have passed the Minister's Exam, written or vocally. The written Minister's Exam consists of 150 questions, in which a written paragraph response is written for each question. Follow up is done vocally, and potential Reverends are to write a several page essay as to why they wish to be ordained a minister in the religion. Having recommendations of three other already established Reverends is recommended as well. It is required that the person pass a written test and sign an oath.[14] Both men and women can be ordained as ministers in Creativity.
Religious texts
See also: Ben Klassen bibliography
Nature's Eternal Religion

Nature's Eternal Religion is the founding text of Creativity. It is divided into two sub-sections, which can be considered books in their own right: Book I — The Unavenged Outrage and Book II— The Salvation. The first chapter discusses nature, and what Klassen sees as nature's laws. The second chapter states the religious belief that the White race is "Nature's Finest."[19] The first book goes on to critique Christianity, including the Christian Bible. A large number of biblical stories, including the story of Adam and Eve, Jonah and the whale and the Resurrection, are ruled to be historically unlikely. The historicity of Jesus is also questioned, with the author concluding that he can find no independent evidence for the existence of the man.[20]

The second book in Nature's Eternal Religion, Book II— The Salvation, explains the religion of Creativity. It has a chapter entitled "Sixteen Commandments" which includes the basic idea to be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth with White people, and that it is the duty of every species, and race to aid and abet their own kind.[citation needed] It looks at the concept of racial socialism and also has a chapter titled "Foundations of our White Society." Klassen also offers advice and guidance to White teens, teaching that self-employment is a something worth looking into. A goal of the Church of the Creator is stated to be to make a form of Classical Latin the primary language between White people who speak different languages. The book ends with a chapter about their future which contains Klassen's view on the Whiter and brighter world that adherents wish to attain.
White Man's Bible

The White Man's Bible was the second book to be published by Ben Klassen and the Church of the Creator. First printed in 1981, it consists of 73 chapters (referred to as "Credos") and elaborates on topics and adds and expounds on Nature's Eternal Religion.

Its "Dedication" reads: "Dedicated towards developing the tremendous potential of Nature's Finest – the WHITE RACE. May this book give our great race a religion of its own that will unite, organize and propel it forward towards a Whiter and Brighter World."
Early years

Creativity was officially formed in 1973 when Klassen self-published the book Nature's Eternal Religion. Initially, Klassen attempted to recruit Neo-Nazis into the church because, aside from disagreements over religion, there was no fundamental conflict between the church's doctrine and National Socialism. Klassen eventually established a rapport with National Alliance leader William Luther Pierce.[21] Klassen met Pierce twice in 1975 and they maintained a relationship "on and off" for at least 18 more years. Klassen noted that although he "never did understand the logic of what he called his Cosmotheism religion...it has not been of any significance as far as our common goal of promoting White racial solidarity was concerned." In Trials, Tribulations, and Triumphs, Klassen describes Pierce as "a great man and an outstanding intellectual thinker, and as one of us."[22] Although Pierce never became a Creator, he went on to create his own racial religion, Cosmotheism which is similar to Creativity although has more in common with Pantheism.

In 1982, Klassen established the headquarters of his church at Otto, North Carolina. Although the Klassen family expected resistance to their beliefs from the local people, Klassen states that "we were not quite prepared for the viciousness of the onslaught by the local paper..." The opposition grew to the point that in the Franklin Press on May 13, 1982, the headlines said "Pro-Hitler, anti-Christ Leader Headquarters Here".[23]
School for Gifted Boys

On October 14, 1983, the bulldozers started clearing and leveling the site that would become the School for Gifted Boys, and on October 25, the foundations were poured for the building itself. The school measures 2,460 square feet. There is a 400 yard long foot path between the school and the church building. Klassen stated that the purpose of this school, and future such schools, would be "for orienting and educating our children...to start first with our gifted — the most precious — and finally all our children in our own White schools where they will be oriented first and foremost to respect and cherish the value of their own race."

The original curriculum consisted of a two-week summer program that included activities such as "hiking. camping, training in handling of firearms, archery, tennis, white water rafting and other healthy outdoor activities" as well as instruction on "the goals and doctrines of Creativity and how they could best serve their own race in various capacities of leadership."[24][25]
Klassen's death
Main article: Ben Klassen#Death

On August 6, 1993, at the age of 75, Klassen committed suicide by swallowing four bottles of sleeping pills. Suicide is not considered dishonorable in the Creativity religion for one who has accomplished much and feels that they have lived their life.[citation needed]
Key people
April Gaede

April Gaede, the mother of Lynx and Lamb Gaede who sang under the band name Prussian Blue, is a longtime supporter of the doctrines of the Creativity religion and was once a member of the World Church of the Creator.[26] Prussian Blue's song "Stand Up" was written and sung for the unreleased Free Matt Hale CD, intended to be released in support of currently incarcerated, former Pontifex Maximus of the World Church of the Creator, Matthew F. Hale. Lamb and Lynx Gaede, both of the duo have stepped away from racial politics citing that they are more "liberal" now.[27]
Craig Cobb
Main article: Craig Cobb

Craig Cobb operated the now-defunct video sharing website named Podblanc.
George Burdi
Main article: George Burdi

Also known as Reverend George Eric Hawthorne, Burdi was the lead singer of the Canadian metal band RaHoWa, leader of the Toronto branch of the Church of the Creator, and founder of Resistance Records.[28] He was convicted of assault and renounced racism after serving time in prison, yet according to the SPLC, appears to be supportive of the White Racialist movement.[29] Burdi has been credited by some with playing a role in ensuring the survival of Creativity after the death of Ben Klassen.[20]
Matthew F. Hale
Main article: Matthew F. Hale

After Klassen's death in 1993, Hale founded the New Church of the Creator which, after Hale was appointed Pontifex Maximus, was changed to World Church of the Creator. Hale made national news when he was denied admission to the Illinois State bar three times due to his racist beliefs.[30] On November 12, 1999, the Illinois Supreme Court refused to further consider the denial of Hale's law license. Instead, the court decided to "let stand a decision by its Committee on Character and Fitness that said Hale lacked the moral character to practice law."[31] The committee's denial of Hale's law license may have provoked the actions of Benjamin Nathaniel Smith.

On January 9, 2003 Hale was arrested and charged with attempting to direct his security chief Anthony Evola to murder Judge Lefkow.[32][33] Judge Lefkow's husband and mother were later murdered by Bart Ross who had no known connections with Hale. Hale was found guilty of four of the five counts (one count of solicitation of murder and three counts of obstruction of justice) on April 26, 2004. In April 2005 he was sentenced to 40 years in a Federal penitentiary.[34]
Johannes Jurgens Grobbelaar and Jurgen Matthews White

Two Afrikaner Creators who were killed in a gun battle with South African police, while they were allegedly attempting to smuggle weapons and explosives into a survivalist compound in Namibia. The two Creators were stopped by police suspicious that their vehicle had been stolen. According to the report, while being escorted to a nearby police station, the two detonated a smoke bomb and attempted to escape. After coming across their abandoned vehicle five miles away, police came under fire from the two suspects, who lay in ambush. Two officers were shot, one fatally, before law enforcement agents returned fire. The two are said to have "died valiantly in the ensuing gun battle" by Creators. Some have suggested that the pair were murdered by South African Military Intelligence.[35]
Notable organizations
Creativity Movement, former "World Church of the Creator"
The logo of the Creativity Movement

The Creativity Movement, formerly known as the World Church Of The Creator and before that the New Church of the Creator, is an ethnoreligious organization, founded in 1996 by Matthew F. Hale, that promotes Creativity. As the chosen successor of Ben Klassen and the final Pontifex Maximus of the original Church of the Creator, Dr. Rick McCarty, had filed for that organization's dissolution on February 22, 1994,[36] although power to elect a new Pontifex Maximus of Creativity was held by the Guardians of the Faith Committee which elected Matt Hale several years after Dr. McCarty's dissolution of the original Church of the Creator (COTC). They have 24 regional and local branches and members "all over the world."[37]

In 2000, the Oregon-based TE-TA-MA Truth Foundation filed a lawsuit against the World Church of the Creator for using the name "Church of the Creator", which the Oregon group had recently registered as a trademark.[38] U.S. District Court Judge Joan Humphrey Lefkow ruled in favor of the World Church of the Creator.[citation needed] However, this decision was appealed by TE-TA-MA, and in November 2002, in a reversal of the previous ruling, a panel of three judges in the appeals court overturned the previous decision. District Judge Lefkow then enforced the appeals court injunction in favor of TE-TA-MA; barring the use of the name by Hale's organization.[39] In December 2002, the World Church of the Creator announced it was moving its headquarters to Riverton, Wyoming, in what the Anti-Defamation League claimed was an effort to avoid the court injunction barring use of the name.[40] The current United States National Coordinator for The Creativity Movement is Mark Martin, former Ohio representative for the dissolved group White Revolution, while the former National Coordinator James Logsdon is now head of the Security Legions of the church.
Creativity Alliance (Church of Creativity)
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The Creativity Alliance is an amalgam of many formerly independent Church of Creativity groups and individuals under the one umbrella. The regional groups of the Creativity Alliance are known as the Church of Creativity followed by their regional designation, such as the Church of Creativity Italy. The group has its own Guardians of the Faith Committee and an elected Pontifex Maximus. Members of the Creativity Alliance do not associate with those of the Creativity Movement. Unlike other White Supremacist groups, the Creativity Alliance claims a policy of "non-participation in the White Power social scene." According to the SPLC, the Creativity Alliance's declaration of non-participation in the movement shows that more active Creators are showing definite signs of life. The SPLC also lists the Creativity Alliance as a "spin off" from The Creativity Movement, which the group denies. The group is currently led by former World Church of the Creator member Cailen Cambeul, formerly known as Colin Campbell.[41] The Creativity Alliance was formerly known as the White Crusaders of the Rahowa (WCOTR), which was founded by former Church Members after the breakdown of the World Church of the Creator following Hale's arrest in 2003.[42][43][44] A number of older pre-established Church Primary Groups within the Creativity Alliance cite their origins on their regionally based web sites. An example is the Church of Creativity Queensland, which "was formerly known as the World Church of the Creator-WCOTC Rockhampton."

Two notable examples of membership in the Creativity Alliance are former Klassen stalwarts George Loeb and Joseph Esposito. Both members are currently serving extended prison sentences in Florida penal institutions. Although the Creativity Alliance maintains a web site known as the Reverend Matt Hale Archive, the Creativity Alliance claims that it does not support Hale.[45]

The Creativity Alliance is known for creating disturbances by distributing fliers in Australia[46] and New Zealand.[47][48][49]

The South Australian Attorney General and Minister for Multicultural Affairs have made numerous attempts to close the website of the South Australian representative and current Pontifex Maximus for the Creativity Alliance and have Creativity declared an outlawed organization.[50][51]

Creativity Alliance web pages and published books stress the fact that it makes no attempt to assume or supersede the US registered trademark now owned by TE-TA-MA Truth Foundation.[52]
Federal recognition

Creativity was recognized as a religion by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin in Peterson v. Wilmur Communications (205 F.Supp.2d 1014) (2002).[53][54] The American Civil Liberties Union intervened on behalf of the World Church of the Creator.[55]
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References
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    ^ a b Robinson, B. A.. "The Creativity Movement: Introduction". ReligiousTolerance.org. Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance. Retrieved March 19, 2012.
    ^ Henry, Sarah (February 6, 1994). "The Religion of Hatred". The San Francisco Chronicle.
    ^ Metzger, Tom. "Ben Klassen PM on Race & Reason". Retrieved March 19, 2012.
    ^ http://www.adl.org/learn/extremism_in_a ... _14_05.htm
    ^ a b "The Creativity Movement". splcenter.org. Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved March 19, 2012.
    ^ "Church Sues Hale's Group Over Trademark". Chicago Tribune. May 3, 2000. Retrieved March 19, 2012. "A church based in Oregon filed a trademark-infringement lawsuit Tuesday in federal court in Chicago against the World Church of the Creator, led by white supremacist Matthew Hale of Downstate East Peoria."
    ^ Klassen, Ben. "Foreword". Nature's Eternal Religion. Lighthouse Point, Fla.: Church of the Creator. p. 8.
    ^ Klassen, Ben. Victor Wolf. ed. The Little White Book: Fundamentals of the White Racial Religion Creativity for Daily Reading and Affirmation of the White Faith.
    ^ http://www.creativitymovement.org/creat ... lwb-3.html Essence of a Creator
    ^ http://www.creativitymovement.org/creat ... mb-59.html Life, Death and Immortality
    ^ http://littlewhitebooktcm.wordpress.com ... hilosophy/ LWB 13 Creativity Unique
    ^ a b Michael, George (2009). Theology of Hate: a History of the World Church of the Creator. University Press of Florida. ISBN 978-0-8130-3350-1.[page needed]
    ^ Klassen, Ben. "Introduction". Salubrious Living: A Natural Life Style for Achieving and Maintaining the Ultimate in Superb Health and Well-Being as Taught and Practiced by the Church of the Creator. Lighthouse Point, Fla.: Church of the Creator. p. 2.
    ^ a b Robinson, B. A.. "The Creativity Movement: Church Practices". ReligiousTolerance.org. Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance. Retrieved March 19, 2012.
    ^ Festum Album
    ^ "Sayings of Goodbye to Departed Brethren, page 63
    ^ Robinson, B. A. "World Church of the Creator." Religious Tolerance. Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance, 27 Dec. 2010. Web. 26 Oct. 2011. <http://www.religioustolerance.org/wcotc3.htm>
    ^ Every Creator a Reverend
    ^ Terrorism in the United States 1999 - US Justice Department FBI page 4
    ^ a b "World Church of Creator founded in 1973". Helena Independent Record. March 27, 2004. Retrieved December 26, 2010.
    ^ Michael, George. Theology of Hate: a History of the World Church of the Creator. Pg.62
    ^ Klassen, Ben. Trials, Tribulations, and Triumphs Pg. 219
    ^ Trials, Tribulations, and Triumphs
    ^ Klassen, Ben. "A School for Gifted Boys." Racial Loyalty [Otto, N.C.] Sept. 1983. Print.
    ^ Klassen, Ben. Expanding Creativity. Otto, N.C.: Church of the Creator, 1985. Print
    ^ http://www.mhrn.org/publications/specia ... lGaede.pdf
    ^ http://www.thedaily.com/page/2011/07/17 ... twins-1-6/ Change of heart - Former Nazi teeny boppers are singing a new tune
    ^ The Toronto Star, August 14, 1993
    ^ Intelligence Report, Fall 2001, Issue Number: 103
    ^ Osnos, Evan, and James Janega. "ACLU Sides With Supremacist on Right to Obtain Law License." Chicago Tribune 12 Aug. 1999: 4. Print.
    ^ "Review of Law License Denial." Washington Post 13 Nov. 1999: A5. Print.
    ^ "Race extremist jailed in plot to kill judge". CNN. 2003-01-09. Retrieved 2007-08-17.
    ^ United States v. Matt Hale grand jury indictment, 2002.
    ^ "White supremacist found guilty". ABC7Chicago.com. 2004-04-26. Retrieved 2007-08-17.
    ^ http://www.justice.gov.za/trc/media/199 ... 60717e.htm
    ^ Florida Department of State, Document # 237320644
    ^ http://www.religioustolerance.org/wcotc.htm
    ^ "What's in a Name?". Southern Poverty Law Center. Winter 2002. Retrieved 2007-08-17.
    ^ "Creator Crack-Up". Southern Poverty Law Center. Winter 2002. Retrieved 2007-08-17.
    ^ "White Supremacist Group Fined $1,000 a Day" by The Anti-Defamation League, May 1, 2003
    ^ The Punch - In South Australia there's a guy called Reverend Cailen Cambeul (he calls himself "the racist formerly known as Colin Campbell" <http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/If-the-sheet-fits-wear-it-white-supremacy-is-like-so-passe/>
    ^ SPLC Intelligence Report <http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-report/browse-all-issues/2010/winter/from-the-ashes-neo-nazi-group-now-cal>
    ^ In January 2007, a spin-off calling itself the Creativity Alliance was formed. It is composed of individuals from Klassen and Hale's former groups as well as new members, but has no affiliation with the Creativity Movement. <http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-files/groups/the-creativity-movement-0>
    ^ Creativity Alliance Policy <http://creativityalliance.com/about.htm>
    ^ The Creativity Alliance does not support Matthew F Hale <http://rahowadirectory.com/hale/>
    ^ Hamwi, Omar. "White Supremacists Target Penrith." Editorial. Penrith Press. 29 Mar. 2010. Web. 26 Oct. 2011. <http://penrith-press.whereilive.com.au/news/story/white-supremacists-target-penrith/>
    ^ NZ posters call for race riots <http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/nz-posters-call-for-race-riots/2005/12/15/1134500941776.html>
    ^ Wellington posters call for race riots <http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10360064>
    ^ Australia/Israel Jewish Affairs Council <http://aijac.org.au/news/article/victory-in-cronulla>
    ^ "SA Attorney-General wants racist website shut down". ABC Australia. 2006-01-31. Retrieved 2009-05-23.
    ^ Race hate website referred to police <http://www.abc.net.au/news/2006-01-31/race-hate-website-referred-to-police/788854>
    ^ The Creativity Alliance makes no attempt to assume or supersede trademark Legal disclaimer used by the Creativity Alliance
    ^ Decision and Order: Peterson v. Wilmur Communications. 205 F.Supp.2d 1014 (2002). United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.
    ^ "Selected Cases on Religious Discrimination". Office of Legal Counsel, United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. May 2005. p. 3.
    ^ ACLU Warns Chesterfield Not to Block World Church of the Creator Meeting in Public Library." American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia, 17 Sept. 2002. Web. 26 Oct. 2011. <http://acluva.org/1794/aclu-warns-chesterfield-not-to-block-world-church-of-the-creator-meeting-in-public-library/>.

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http://www.answering-islam.org/Books/Zw ... /chap5.htm

V

THE FAMILIAR SPIRIT OR QARINA

AMONG all the superstitions in Islam there is none more curious in its origin and character than the belief in the Qarin or Qarina. It probably goes back to the ancient religion of Egypt , or to the animistic beliefs common in Arabia as well as in Egypt , at the time of Mohammed. By Qarin or Qarina the Moslem understands the double of the individual, his companion, his mate, his familiar demon—in the case of males a female mate, and in the case of females a male. This double is generally understood to be a devil, shaitan or jinn, born at the time of the individual's birth and his constant companion throughout life. The qarina is, therefore, of the progeny of Satan.

There are many passages in the Koran in which this doctrine is plainly taught, and by reading the commentaries on these texts a world of superstition, grovelling, coarse, and, to the last degree, incredible, is opened to the reader. The Koran passages read as follows: 1 (Chapter of the Cave, verse 48) "And when we said to the angels, 'Adore Adam,' they adored him, save only Iblis, who was of the jinn, who revolted from the bidding of his Lord. 'What! will ye then take him and his seed as patrons, rather than me, when they are foes of yours? bad for the wrong-doers is the exchange!'" The reference here is to the words, "Satan and his seed." (See especially the Commentary of Fahr al Razi, margin, vol. 6, p. 75.)

In speaking of the resurrection when the trumpet is blown and the day of judgment comes, we read: (Chapter Qaf, verses 20-30) "And every soul shall come—with it a driver and a witness! 'Thou wert heedless of this, and we withdrew thy veil from thee, and today is thine eyesight keen!' And his mate (qarina) shall say, 'This is what is ready for me (to attest).' 'Throw into hell every stubborn misbeliever!—who forbids good, a transgressor, a doubter! who sets other gods with God—and throw him, ye twain, into fierce torment!' His mate shall say, 'Our Lord! I seduced him not, but he was in a remote error.' He shall say, 'Wrangle not before me; for I sent the threat to you before. The sentence is not changed with me, nor am I unjust to my servants.' On the day we will say to hell, 'Art thou full?' and it will say, 'Are there any more?'"

And again we read: (Chapter of Women, verses 41, 42) "And those who expend their wealth in alms for appearance sake before men, and who believe not in God nor in the last day;—but whosoever has Satan for his mate, an evil mate has he."

Again: (Chapter of the Ranged, verses 47-54) ". . . and with them damsels, restraining their looks, large-eyed; as though they were a sheltered egg; and some shall come forward to ask others; and a speaker amongst them shall say, 'Verily, I had a mate (qarina), who used to say, "Art thou verily of those who credit? What! when we are dead, and have become earth and bones, shall we be surely judged?"' He will say, 'Are ye looking down?' and he shall look down and see him in the midst of hell. He shall say, 'By God, thou didst nearly ruin me!'"

(Chapter Detailed, verse 24) "We will allot to them mates, for they have made seemly to them what was before them and what was behind them; and due against them was the sentence on the nations who passed away before them; both of jinns and of mankind; verily, they were the losers!"

(Chapter of Gilding, verses 35-37) "And whosoever turns from the remainder of the Merciful One, we will chain to him a devil, who shall be his mate; and, verily, these shall turn them from the path while they reckon that they are guided; until when he comes to us he shall say, 'O, would that between me and thee there were the distance of the two orients, for an evil mate (art thou)!' But it shall not avail you on that day, since ye were unjust; verily, in the torment shall ye share!"

To speak of only one of these passages, what Baidhawi says in regard to the Chapter of the Ranged, verse 49, leaves no doubt that the qarina, which has been the mate of the believer all through life, is cast into hell on the day of judgment, and that this evil spirit, which is born with every man, is determined to ruin him, but that the favour of God saves the believer, and that one of the special mercies of heaven for the believer is to behold his companion devil for ever in torment.

Before we deal further with the comment as given on these verses and the teaching of Moslem books, we may well consider the possible origin of this belief as found in the Book of the Dead of ancient Egypt . "In addition to the Natural-body and Spirit-body," writes E. A Wallis Budge (Book of the Dead, vol. i. p. 73), "man also had an abstract individuality or personality endowed with all his characteristic attributes. This abstract personality had an absolutely independent existence. It could move freely from place to place, separating itself from, or uniting itself to, the body at will, and also enjoying life with the gods in heaven. This was the ka, a word which at times conveys the meaning of its Coptic equivalent κω, and of ειδωλον, image, genius, double, character, disposition, and mental attributes. What the ka really was has not yet been decided, and Egyptologists have not yet come to an agreement in their views on the subject. Mr. Griffith thinks (Hieroglyphs, p. 15) that 'it was from one point of view regarded as the source of muscular movement and power, as opposed to ba the will or soul which set it in motion.'" "In September, 1878, M. Maspero explained to the Members of the Congress of Lyons the views which he held concerning this word, and which he had for the past five years been teaching in the Collège de France, and said, 'le "ka" est une sorte de double de la personne humaine d'une matière moins grossière que la matière dont est formé le corps, mais qu'il fallait nourrir et entretenir comme le corps lui-même; ce double viviat dans le tombeau des offrandes qu'on faisait aux fêtes canoniques, et aujour-d'hui encore un grand nombre des génies de la tradition populaire égyptienne ne sont que des doubles, devenus démons au moment de la conversion des fellahs au christianisme, puis à l'islamisme.'"

Other authorities whom Mr. Budge quotes think that the ka was a genius and not a double. Mr. Breasted thinks that the ka was the superior genius intended to guide the fortunes of the individual in the hereafter. But Mr. Budge goes on to say: "The relation of the ka to the funerary offerings has been ably discussed by Baron Fr. W. v. Bissing (' Versuch einer neuen Erklärung des Ka'i der alten Aegypter ' in the Sitzungsberichte der Kgl. Bayer. Akad. , Munich, 1911), and it seems as if the true solution of the mystery may be found by working on the lines of his idea, which was published in the Recueil, 1903, p. 182, and by comparing the views about the 'double' held by African peoples throughout the Sudan. The funeral offerings of meat, cakes, ale, wine, unguents, etc., were intended for the ka; the scent of the burnt incense was grateful for it. The ka dwelt in the man's statue just as the ka of a god inhabited the statue of the god. In the remotest times the tombs had special chambers wherein the ka was worshipped and received offerings. The priesthood numbered among its body an order of men who bore the name of 'priests of the ka,' and who performed services in honour of the ka in the 'Ka chapel." Although not in any sense an Egyptologist, yet I believe further light may be thrown on the real significance of ka by what popular Islam teaches today.

Whatever may be the significance of ka in Egyptology, we are not in doubt as to what Mohammed himself thought of his ka or qarina. In the most famous volume of all Moslem books on the doctrine of jinn, called Kitab ak am ul marjan fi Ahkam el Jan, by Abdullah-esh-Shabli (769 A . H .), we read in chapter five as follows: "It is related by Muslim and others from 'Ayesha that the Apostle of God left her one night and that she said, 'I was jealous of him.' Then she said, 'Mohammed saw me and came for me and said, "What's the matter with you, 'Ayesha? Are you jealous?" And I replied, "Why should one like me not be jealous of one like you?" Then the Apostle of God said, "Has your devil spirit got hold of you?" Then I said, "O Apostle of God, is there a devil with me?" Said he, "Yes, and with every person." Said I, "And with you also, O Apostle of God?" Said he, "Yes, but my Lord Most Glorious and Powerful has assisted me against him, so that he became a Moslem."'" Another tradition is given in the same chapter on the authority of Ibn Hanbal as follows: "Said the Apostle of God, 'There is not a single one of you but has his qarina of the jinn and his qarina of the Angels.' They said, "And thou also, O Apostle of God?' 'Yes,' he replied, 'I also, but God has helped her so that she does not command me except in that which is true and good.'" The tradition here given occurs in many forms in the same chapter, so that there can be no doubt of its being well known and, in the Moslem sense, authentic.

Here is another curious form of the same tradition. "Said the Apostle of God, 'I was superior to Adam in two particulars, for my devil (qarina), although an unbeliever, became through God's help a Moslem, and my wives were a help to me, but Adam's devil remained an infidel and his wife led him into temptation.'" We also find an evening

prayer recorded of Mohammed as follows: "Whenever the Apostle of God went to his bed to sleep at night he said, 'In the name of God I now lay myself down and seek protection from him against the evil influence of my devil (qarin, shaitan), and from the burden of my sin and the weight of my iniquity. O God, make me to receive the highest decree.'"

As regards the number of these companion devils and their origin, Tradition is not silent. "It is said that there are males and females among the devils, out of whom they procreate; but as to Iblis, God has created . . . (the significance of this passage, which is not fit for translation, is that Iblis is an hermaphrodite) . . . there come forth out of him every day ten eggs, out of each of which are born seventy male and female devils." (Ibn-Khallikan, quoted in Hayat al-Hawayan, Article on "jinn.")

In another tradition, also found in the standard collections, it is said that Iblis laid thirty eggs—"ten in the west, ten in the east, and ten in the middle of the earth—and that out of every one of those eggs came forth a species of devils, such as al-Gilan, al-'Akarib, al-Katarib, al-Jann, and others bearing diverse names. They are all enemies of men according to the words of God, 'What! will ye then take him and his seed as patrons, rather then we, when they are foes of yours?' with the exception of the believing ones among them."

Al Tabari, in his great commentary, vol. xxvi. p. 104, says the qarin or qarina is each man's shaitan (devil), who was appointed to have charge of him in the world. He then proves his statement by a series of traditions similar to those already quoted: "his qarin is his devil (shaitan)"; or, according to another authority there quoted, "his qarina is his jinn."

According to Moslem Tradition, not only Mohammed but even Jesus the Prophet had a qarin. As He was sinless, and because, in accordance with the well-known tradition, Satan was unable to touch Him at birth, His qarina like that of Mohammed was a good one. "On the authority of Ka'ab the Holy Spirit, Gabriel, strengthened Jesus because He was His qarin and his constant companion, and went with Him wherever He went until the day when He was taken up to heaven" (Qasus al Anbiya, by Al Tha'alabi.)

Now while in the case of Mohammed and Jesus and perhaps also in the case of other prophets, the qarin or qarina was or became a good spirit, the general teaching is that all human beings, non-Moslems as well as Moslems, have their familiar spirit, who is in every case jealous, malignant, and the cause of physical and moral ill, save in as far as his influence is warded off by magic or religion. It is just here that the belief exercises a dominating place in popular Islam. It is against this spirit of jealousy, this other-self, that children wear beads, amulets, talismans, etc. It is this other-self that through jealousy, hatred and envy prevents love between husband and wife, produces sterility and barrenness, kills the unborn child, and in the case of children as well as of adults is the cause of untold misery.

The qarina is believed often to assume the shape of a cat or dog or other household animal. So common is the belief that the qarina dwells in the body of a cat at night-time, that neither Copts nor Moslems would dare to beat or injure a cat after dark.

Many precautions are taken to defend the unborn child against its mate, or perhaps it is rather against the mate of the mother, who is jealous of the future child. Major Tremearne, who studied the subject in North Africa , says (Ban of the Bori, p. 97): the qarin "does not come until after the child has been actually born, for the sex is not known before that time." And again (p. 131): "All human beings, animals, plants, and big rocks, have a permanent soul (quruwa) and a familiar bori of the same sex, and, in addition, young people have a temporary bori of the opposite sex, while all living things have two angels (mala'ika) in attendance. Small stones are soulless, and so are those large ones which are deep in the earth, 'for they are evidently dead,' else they would not have been buried. The soul has a shape like that of the body which it inhabits, and it dwells in the heart, but where it comes in and out of the body is not known. It is not the shadow (ennuwa), for it cannot be seen, and in fact the ennuwa is the shadow both of the body and of the soul. Yet the word quruwa is sometimes loosely used for shadow, and there is evidently some connexion, for a wizard can pick the soul out of it. Neither is it the breath, for when a person sleeps his soul wanders about; in fact, it does so even when a person is daydreaming."

All this, which is descriptive of conditions among the Hausa Moslems of North Africa, closely resembles the belief in Egypt . The jinn of the opposite sex, that is the soul-mate, generally dwells underground. It does not like its particular mortal to get married. For, again I quote from Major Tremearne, "It sleeps with the person and has relations during sleep as is known by the dreams." This invisible companion of the opposite sex is generally spoken of in Egypt as "sister" or "brother." His or her abode is in quiet shady places, especially under the threshold of the house. The death of one or more children in the family is often attributed to their mother's mate, and, therefore, the mother and the surviving children wear iron anklets to ward off this danger. Most people believe that the qarina dies with the individual; others that it enters the grave with the body. Although generally invisible, there are those who have second sight and can see the qarina. It wanders about at night in the shape of a cat.

The following account of the popular belief I took down verbatim from Sheikh Ahmed Muharram of Daghestan and recently from Smyrna . He says that his statement represents the belief of all Turkish and Russian Mohammedans. The quran a (plural of qarina) come into the world from the A'alam ul Barzakhiya 2 at the time the child is conceived before it is born; therefore during the act of coition, Moslems are told by their Prophet to pronounce the word bismillah. This will prevent the child from being overcome by its devil and turned into an infidel or rascal. The qarina exists with the fœtus in the womb. When the child is born the ceremony of pronouncing the creed in its right ear and the call to prayer in the left is to protect the child from its mate. Among the charms used against quran a are portions of the Koran written on lead images of fish or on leaden discs. The quran a are invisible except to people who are idiots and to the prophets. These often have second vision. The quran a do not die with their human mates, but exist in the grave until the day of the Resurrection, when they testify for or against the human being. The reason that young children die is because Umm es Subyan (the child-witch) is jealous of the mother, and she then uses the qarina of the child to put an end to it. "The way I overcome my qarina," said Ahmed Muharram, "is by prayer and fasting." It is when a man is overcome with sleep that his qarina get the better of him. "When I omit a prayer through carelessness or forgetfulness it is my qarina and not myself. The qarina is not a spirit merely but has a spiritual body, and all of them differ in their bodily appearance, although invisible to us. The qarina does not increase in size, however, as does the child." The Sheikh seemed to be in doubt in regard to the sex of the qarina. At first he would not admit that the sex relation was as indicated, thinking it improper for a man to have a female mate, but after discussion he said he was mistaken. He admitted also that all these popular beliefs were based upon the Koran and Tradition, although superstitious practices had crept in among the masses.

A learned Sheikh at Caliub, a Moslem village near Cairo , was also consulted on the subject. At first he tried to explain away the idea of popular Islam by saying that the qarina only referred to the evil conscience or a man's evil nature, but after a few questions he became quite garrulous, and gave the following particulars: The expectant mother, in fear of the qarina, visits the sheikha (learned woman) three months before the birth of the child, and does whatever she indicates as a remedy. These sheikhas exercise great influence over the women, and batten on their superstitious beliefs, often impersonating the qarina and frightening the ignorant. The Moslem mother often denies the real sex of her babe for seven days after it is born in order to protect its life from the qarina. During these seven days she must not strike a cat, or she and the child will both die. Candles are lighted on the seventh day and placed in a jug of water near the head of the child, to guard it against the qarina. Before the child is born a special amulet is prepared, consisting of seven grains each of seven different kinds of cereals. These are sewn up in a bag, and when the infant is born it is made to wear it. The mother also has certain verses of the Koran written with musk water or ink on the inside of a white dish. This is then filled with water and the ink washed off and the contents taken as a potion. The Sheikh told me that the two last chapters of the Koran and also Surat Al Mujadala were most commonly used for this purpose. One of the most common amulets against the qarina or the child-witch is that called the "Seven Covenants of Solomon." 3

Charms and amulets against the qarina abound. Books on the subject are printed by the thousands of copies. Here, for example, are the directions given for writing an amulet in the celebrated book called Kitab Mujaribat, by Sheikh Ahmed Al Dirbi (p. 105): "This (twenty-fourth) chapter gives an account of an amulet to be used against qarina and against miscarriage. This is the blessed amulet prepared to guard against all bodily and spiritual evils and against harm and sorcery and demons and fear and terror and jinn and the qarina and familiar spirits and ghosts and fever and all manner of illness and wetting the bed and against the child-witch (Um es Subyan) and whirlwinds and devils and poisonous insects and the evil eye and pestilence and plague and to guard the child against weeping while it sleeps—and the mystery of this writing is great for those children who have fits every month or every week or who cannot cease from crying or to the woman who is liable to miscarriage. And it is said that this amulet contains the great and powerful name of God—in short, it is used for all evils. It must be written the first hour of the first day of the week, and read as follows: 'In the name of God the Merciful, the Compassionate, there is no God but He, the Living, the Eternal, etc. (to the end of the verse on the throne). In the name of God and to God and upon God, and there is no one victorious save God and no one can deliver him who flees from God, for He is the Living, the Self-subsisting, whom slumber seizes not nor sleep, etc. I place in the safe keeping of God him who carries this amulet, the God than whom there is no other, who knows the secret and the open. He is the Merciful, the Compassionate. I protect the bearer by the words of God Most Perfect and by His glorious names from evil that approaches and the eyes that flash and the souls of the wicked and from the evil of the father of wickedness and his descendants and from the evil of those that blow upon knots and from the evil of the envier when he envies, and I put him under the protection of God, the Most Holy, King of the Angels and of the Spirits, Lord of the worlds, the Lord of the great throne, Ihyashur Ihyabur Ihya-Adoni Sabaoth Al Shaddai ; 1 and I put the bearer under the keeping of God by the light of the face of God which does not change and by His eye which does not sleep nor slumber and His protection which can never be imagined nor escaped and His assistance which needs no help and His independence which has no equal and His eternity without end, His deity which cannot be overcome and His omnipresence which cannot be escaped, and I put him under the protection of the Lord of Gabriel and Michael and Israfil and Izrail and of Mohammed, the seal of the Prophets, and of all the prophets and apostles, and in the name of Him who created the angels and established their footsteps by His majesty to hold up His throne when it was borne on the face of the waters, and by the eight names written upon the throne of God. I also give the bearer the protection of K.H.T.S. and the seven H.W.M.'s and H.M.S.K.'s and by the talisman of M.S. and M.R. and R. and H.W.M. and S. and K. and N. and T.H. and Y.S. 4 and the learned Koran and by the name of God Most Hidden and His noble book and by Him who is light upon lights, by His name who flashed into the night of darkness and destroyed by His blaze every rebellious devil and made those that feared trust Him; and by the name by which man can walk upon water and make it as dry land; and by the name by which Thou didst call Thyself in the book which came down and which Thou didst not reveal to any but by whose power Thou didst return to Thy throne after the creation; by the name by which Thou didst raise up the heavens and spread out the earth and createdst paradise and the fire; the name by which Thou didst part the sea for Moses and sent the flood to the people of Noah, the name written on Moses' rod and by which Thou didst raise up Jesus, the name written on the leaves of the olive trees and upon the foreheads of the noble angels. And I put the one who wears this amulet under the protection of Him who existed before all and who will outlast all and who has created all, God, than whom there is no other, the Living, He is the Knowing and the Wise; and I put the bearer under the protection of the name of God by which He placed the seven heavens firmly and the earth upon its mountains and the waters so that they flowed and the fountains so that they burst forth and the rivers so that they watered the earth and the trees brought forth their fruit and the clouds gave rain and night became dark and the day dawned and the moon gave his light and the sun his splendour and the stars went in their course and the winds who carried His messages; and I put the bearer under the protection of the name by which Jesus spoke in the cradle and by which He raised the dead from the grave and by which He opened the eyes of those born blind and cured the lepers, the name by which He made the dumb to speak. And I protect him by the Merciful God and His great name and His perfect words, which neither riches nor the sinner can resist, from the evil which comes down from heaven or the evil that ascends to heaven and from the evil which is found upon the earth or which comes out of the earth, and from the terror of the night and of the day and from the oppression of the night and of the day; and I protect him from all powerful influences of evil and from the cursed devil and from envious men and from the wicked infidel; and I protect him by the Lord of Abraham the friend of God, and Moses the spokesman of God, and Jesus, and Jacob and Isaac and Ishmael and David and Solomon and Job and Yunas and Aaron and Seth and Abel and Enoch and Noah and Elijah and Zechariah and John and Hud and Elisha and Zu Kifl and Daniel and Jeremiah and Shu'aib and Ilyas and Salih and Ezra and Saul and the Prophet-of-the-fish and Lokman and Adam and Eve and Alexander the Great and Mary and Asiah (Pharaoh's wife) and Bilkis and Kharkil and Saf the son of Berachiah and Mohammed the seal of the prophets; and I protect him by God than whom there is no other, who will remain after all things have perished, and by His power and by His might and by His exaltation above all creatures and above all devils male and female, and all manner of jinn male and female, and familiar spirits of both sexes, and wizards and witches, and deceivers male and female, and infidels male and female, and enemies male and female, and ghoul and demons, and from the evil eye and the envious, from the evil in things of ear and eye and tongue and hand and foot and heart and conscience, secret and open. And I protect the wearer from everything that goes out and comes in, from every breath that stirs of evil or of movement of man or beasts, whether he be sick or well, awake or sleeping, and from the evil of that which dwells in the earth or in the clouds or in the mountains or the air or the dust or the vapour or the caves or the wells or the mines, and from the devil himself, and from the flying demons and from those who work sorcery and from the evil of the whirlwind caused by the chief of the jinn, and from the evil of those who dwell in tombs and in secret places, in pools and in wells and from him who is with the wild beasts or within the wombs, and from him who is an eavesdropper of the secrets of the angels, etc., etc.'" [After this the amulet closes with the words of the Moslem creed written three times, the call to prayer twice and] "May God's blessing and peace be upon the Prophet and upon his companions forever until the day of judgment. Praise be to God the Lord of the worlds." All this seems the height of folly to the educated Moslem. Yet it is taken from one of the best selling books on popular magic and medicine, printed in Cairo, third edition, 1328 A.H.; 192 pages, fine print, and sold for sixpence!

No one can read of these superstitious practices and beliefs, which are inseparable from the Koran and Tradition, without realizing that the belief in the qarina is a terror by night and by day to pious Moslem mothers and their children. For fear of these familiar spirits and demons they are all their lifetime subject to bondage. A mother never dares to leave her infant child alone in Egypt for fear of the qarina. The growing child must not tramp on the ground heavily for fear he may hurt his qarina. It is dangerous to cast water on the fire lest it vex the qarina. On no account must the child be allowed to go asleep while weeping. Its every whim must be satisfied for fear of its evil mate. It is the firm belief in Egypt that when a mother has a boy her qarin (masculine) has also married a qarina (feminine), who at that time gives birth to a girl. This demon-child and its mother are jealous of the human mother and her child. To pacify the qarina they sacrifice a chicken, which must be absolutely black and sacrificed with the proper ceremonies. It is impossible to see the qarina except in one way. Following a Jewish superstition (Jewish Encyclopædia, Article on "Demonology") a man may see evil spirits by casting the ashes of the fœtus of a black cat about his eyes, or by sprinkling these ashes around his bed he can trace their footsteps in the morning.

When we remember that only one-third of one percent. of the women of Egypt are able to read, we can imagine the power that is exercised over them by the lords of this superstition, who sell amulets and prescribe treatment for the expectant mother and her child. Pitiful stories have come to me from those who were eye-witnesses of this swindle which is being carried on in every village of the Delta.

Al-Ghazali himself in his great work, The Revival of the Religious Sciences, in speaking of the virtue of patience, says: "He who is remiss in remembering the name of God even for the twinkling of an eye, has for that moment no mate but Satan. For God has said, 'And whosoever turns from the reminder (remembrance) of the Merciful One, we will chain to him a devil, who shall be his mate (qarina).'"

We may perhaps appropriately close this chapter with what one of the learned men relates regarding the victory of the believer over his demon and its powers. It may lead us to a new conception of that petition in the Lord's Prayer which we offer also for our Moslem brothers and sisters: "Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from the Evil One." "Verily, the devil is to you a foe, so take him as a foe. This is an order for us from Him—may He be praised!—that we may take him as a foe. He was asked, 'How are we to take him as a foe and to be delivered from him?' and he replied, 'Know, that God has created for every believer seven forts—the first fort is of gold and is the knowledge of God; round it is a fort of silver, and it is the faith in Him; round it is a fort of iron and it is the trust in Him; round it is a fort of stones and consists of thankfulness and being pleased with Him; round it is a fort of clay and consists of ordering to do lawful things, prohibiting to do unlawful things, and acting accordingly; round it is a fort of emerald which consists of truthfulness and sincerity toward Him; and round it is a fort of brilliant pearls, which consists of the discipline of the mind (soul). The believer is inside these forts and Iblis outside them barking like a dog, which the former does not mind, because he is well-fortified (defended) inside these forts. It is necessary for the believer never to leave off the discipline of the mind under any circumstances or to be slack with regard to it in any situation he may be in, for whoever leaves off the discipline of the mind or is slack in it, will meet with disappointment (from God), on account of his leaving off the best kind of discipline in the estimation of God, whilst Iblis is constantly busy in deluding him, in desiring for his company, and in approaching him to take from him all these forts, and to cause him to return to a state of disbelief. We seek refuge with God from that state.!'" 6

Notes

1 Palmer's translation is used throughout.

2 The unseen world, Hades, the abode of souls after death and before birth.

3 A translation of this appears in my book, The Disintegration of Islam (F. H. Revell and Company, 1916).

4 This portion shows Jewish origin and gives some of the Hebrew names of God.

5 These are mystical letters which occur in the Koran text.

6 Al-Damiri, Hayat-ul-Hayawan, vol. i. p. 470. (English translation by Jayakar).

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Hi Mommy2be, this is what i ve found:

Lilith in Islam
The figure of Lilith was transposed from earlier Jewish and Arabic cultures and adopted into Islamic lore. In most Islamic sects, Lilith is said to be the consort of Iblis/Shaitan (Satan or Samael) and is identified as the mother of the jinn. [88] In Morocco, however, Lilith is considered a "holy dame" and is identified by the title Lalla.[89]

Islamic and Arabic legends often portray the jinn as identical with the karin or karina, the doubles who accompany individual men and women; and depictions of the jinn bear many similarities to those of the Hebrew Lilith. According to Moslem tradition, the jinn were created of fire some thousands of years before Adam. However, the jinn are considered to be like men, capable of future salvation and damnation; they can accept or reject God's message; they are believers or non-believers. [90]

Islamic myths of Lilith as mother of the jinn also hearken back to the earlier Arabic Karina, who is identical to Lilith (see above section, "The Arabic Karina"); and while Lilith/Karina is never mentioned as a singular demoness in the Qur'an, the idea of the individual karin/karina that accompanies each man or woman is referenced in several passages.

"And those who expend their wealth in alms for appearance sake before men, and who believe not in God nor in the last day; - but whosoever has Satan for his mate (qarina), an evil mate has he." [91]
"...and some shall come forward to ask others; and a speaker amongst them shall say, 'Verily, I had a mate (qarina) who used to say, "Art thou verily of those who credit? What! when we are dead, and have become earth and bones, shall we be surely judged?' He will say, 'Are ye looking down?' and he shall look down and see him in the midst of hell. He shall say, 'By God, thou didst nearly ruin me!'" [92]
"And every soul shall come - with it a driver and a witness! 'Thou wert heedless of this, and we withdrew thy veil from thee, and to-day is thine eyesight keen!' And his mate (qarina) shall say, 'This is what is ready for me (to attest). Throw into hell every stubborn misbeliever! - who forbids good, a transgressor, a doubter! who sets other gods with God - and throw him, ye twain, into fierce torment! ' His mate shall say, ' Our Lord! I seduced him not, but he was in a remote error.'" [93]
The famed Persian scholar of Qur'an, Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari, claimed that the karin or karina is each man's personal devil or shaitan, who was appointed to have charge of him in the world [94]. According to Moslem traditions, not only Mohammed but even Jesus had a karin.

Likewise, al-Tabari alludes to both the masculine karin and the feminine karina: "his qarin is his devil (shaitan) [masculine word form]"; or "his qarina is his jinn [feminine word form]." [95]

Furthermore, the Islamic conception of Iblis/Satan is remarkably similar to earlier or same-period Lilith myths; and both Lilith and Iblis/Satan were said to have defied God by refusing to bow down to Adam. [96]
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[mgt23]

......Serpent or Frog/Toad gods are really euphemisms for animal spirits/entities that posses people. Used most definately within the mystery schools and lo and behold who does all the drug dealing................................jews

https://www.dmt-nexus.me/forum/default. ... s&m=284041

Reptiles-

Ophiophagus hannah ~ "King Cobra"
Naja naja ~ "Indian Cobra"
Phyllomedusa bicolor ~ "Sapo Frog" or "Kambo"
Bufo alvarius ~ "Colorado River Toad" or "Sonoran Desert Toad"
Hyla species ~ "?"
Leptodactylus species ~ "?"
Rana species ~ "?"
Salamandra salamandra ~ "Fire Salamander"

[mgt23]

[youtube:2yrm6o4r]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUW4_2skpQQ[/youtube]2yrm6o4r]........more on serpents and Saturn. I do wish Tex would make the connection that Jews worship Saturn and call a spade a spade. I have to wonder why people hardly ever make this connection. Is it because it would invalidate Yahwehism?

[mgt23]

[youtube:1a470lb6]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bdI2lxQIxU[/youtube]1a470lb6]
......exactly the same MO as Cooper, Icke. Here Makow mysteriously finds a masonic temple prostitute of goddess worshipers who suddenly comes out as a christian......its not all Jews.......no holocaust.....Illuminati not Jews blah fucking blah
We also see here Makow' famous MO"savethemales" trying to turn everyone ghey etc etc. Think about what I have wrote in this thread on internal gender changing and more importantly why.

Makow knows its going on but doesnt know why.....ive explained why in this thread. Makow knows about the jew but like cooper, icke, etc falls for the false dialectic as i've outlined in this thesis. You will note very little mention of bankers in this vid and that she mentions shapeshifing. In this thread i have explained shapeshifting as consciousness body swapping and/or DMT induced Hallucination (usually through pain based trauma/terror).

I hope my thesis is finally starting to show people the full and complete system of how the jew scam/system works.

[ada]

Cause you complained i put it here again.
@mgt23
Sorry but you exaggerate brought up the ultimate jewish kabbalah heresy in, mixing it with german death cults and other bs from various sources.
Now you are wondering and are upset why you have to fight against possible jewish infiltrators inside the forum.
Be careful and get rid of those demons.
This whole thread had to be deleted as for my opinion, cause it sucks in the jinns and evil spirits here..
The kabbalah, zohar is evil and most of us can and will not handle it!

[Timothy_Fitzpatrick]

Ada, evil spirits have no authority over a Christian. On the contrary, you have authority of them in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. The power of the Kabbalah and the fallen angels is nothing next to the sovereign power of our Lord Jesus Christ.

[mgt23]

Sorry but you exaggerate brought up the ultimate jewish kabbalah heresy in, mixing it with german death cults and other bs from various sources.
Now you are wondering and are upset why you have to fight against possible jewish infiltrators inside the forum.
Be careful and get rid of those demons.
This whole thread had to be deleted as for my opinion, cause it sucks in the jinns and evil spirits here..
The kabbalah, zohar is evil and most of us can and will not handle it!

........i suggest you take lessons in grammar. Oh and by the way think before you write as what your trying to communicate isn't coherent and sounds gibberish. Sorry but i don't speak gibberish. I can usually spot Jews as they invariably speak gibberish. Must be a country I haven't heard of. Please supply said link to the country "Gibberish" and I'll try and get a translator to help you.

[Timothy_Fitzpatrick]

.......in this thesis i have tried to show worship of the material is the basis in the occult of serpent worship. Just as Judaism coverts Gods creation as its own, race worshippers are doing the same thing.....essentially judaism for whites. In this thesis I have tried to show the false dialect in action that Racial supremacism(i have to add a caveat here against racial nationalism, which is different) is really two sides of the same coin.

Spot on, mgt23, spot on.

I noticed Makow has been coming out with the truth more. Has he been holding his tongue, become more enlightened?

[mgt23]

[youtube:1jdru6rg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HI8OpnjeyGo[/youtube]1jdru6rg]
.......probably a symbol of an oroboros red dragon.



......about three years ago i did a show on Baryon Tunneling and its Satanic Occult implications in controlling the expansion and contraction of the universe perpetually. I also showed in one of my shows the Universal Constructor for the first time to the Underground which I am now certain is the future embodiment of the Serpent Abbaddon. In a similar vein, I will add to this thesis(with nods to Blueocean) that Black Hole creation is in fact opening a gateway to the void. Out of which the jews think abbaddon consciousness will rise from the abyss, inhabit the Universal Constructor and to coin a phrase "become the ghost in the machine". This is your Christ 2.0.  At the moment there are strategic uncertainties I can't see in terms of its current deployment but i may build on these thoughts in the future.

[youtube:1jdru6rg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mYqOWf3puw[/youtube]1jdru6rg]

.........my time here at TiU over the last four years seems to have come full circle. I hope that this Thesis become the definitive model in explaining the Jew in modern occult terms. ---MGT

[CrackSmokeRepublican]

Look Tim and Mgt23 this thread started out as "German Death Cults" but was changed to Jew Death cults because ritualized Semitic human sacrifice was pretty common place in the ancient world-- and has only persisted among Jews practicing Babylonian rituals in modern times.

The mention of Lilith is not "Christian".  The New Testament and Old Testament do not have references to this "demon".  It is however known in Muslim and Jewish texts.  

For some reason, you two love to "Conflate" the NSDAP (Nazis) with Jew crap mysticism/Jew crap "Satanism".  Consequently, this thread has been aimless and has wandered over many topics after the "Occult Nazi" theories were debunked as typical pulp-novel Jew crap. Proving a link between the two was the initial intent of the entire thread apparently. Obviously there is "no link" but you two are still at it.  

Lilith is Jewish/Arab mysticism and has zero connection with European Christianity.  The current Talmudic Semitic Jews worship Saturn like many others in the near East did in ancient times.  Jews and possibly Muslims have carried down aspects of this into modern times.

As for Makow, he has a few finds but is a joke when it comes to the Nazis. He, like yourselves, adheres to discredited "Occult Nazi" Jew B.S. ... why?  Becasue Makow is a Jew; it is convenient for him; and, he too likes to make up a  "Raiders of the Lost Ark" Jew-Spielberg type narratives.  All of it is pure, non-historical drivel like the Jim Marrs's "Fourth Reich" B.S .

Before I forget, the "JEWS" are a race.  Though they did proselytize at times in their "racial-religious" history, they still are a race --just look for the "J Haplotype"... so don't conflate Henry Makow B.S. with these facts on the Jewish race...  but I guess you guys can't help yourselves....

The Lost Palestinian Jews (it is all one big "J-Tribe" there)
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--CSR

Zohar

References to Lilith in the Zohar include the following:

She wanders about at night, vexing the sons of men and causing them to defile themselves (19b)

This passage may be related to the mention of Lilith in Talmud Shabbath 151b (see above), and also to Talmud Eruvin 18b where nocturnal emissions are connected with the begettal of demons.

Raphael Patai states that older sources state clearly that after Lilith's Red Sea sojourn (mentioned also in Louis Ginzberg's Legends of the Jews), she returned to Adam and begat children from him. In the Zohar, however, Lilith is said to have succeeded in begetting offspring from Adam during their short-lived sexual experience. Lilith leaves Adam in Eden, as she is not a suitable helpmate for him. She returns, later, to force herself upon him. However, before doing so she attaches herself to Cain and bears him numerous spirits and demons.[70]

According to Gershom Scholem, the author of the Zohar, Rabbi Moses de Leon, was aware of the folk tradition of Lilith. He was also aware of another story, possibly older, that may be conflicting.[71] According to the Zohar, two female spirits, Lilith and Naamah — found Adam, desired his beauty which was like that of the sun disk, and lay with him. The issue of these unions were demons and spirits called "the plagues of humankind".[70] The added explanation was that it was through Adam's own sin that Lilith overcame him against his will.

17th century Hebrew magical amulets

A copy of Jean de Pauly's translation of the Zohar in the Ritman Library contains an inserted late 17th Century printed Hebrew sheet for use in magical amulets where the prophet Elijah confronts Lilith.[72] In this encounter, she had come to feast on the flesh of the mother, with a host of demons, and take the newborn from her. She eventually reveals her secret names to Elijah in the conclusion. These names are said to cause Lilith to lose her power: lilith, abitu, abizu, hakash, avers hikpodu, ayalu, matrota...[73] In others, probably informed by The Alphabet of Ben-Sira, she is Adam's first wife. (Yalqut Reubeni, Zohar 1:34b, 3:19[74])  

Tree of Life (Kabbalah)

Lilith is listed as one of the Qliphoth, corresponding to the Sephirah Malkuth in the Kabbalistic Tree of Life. The demon Lilith, the evil woman, is described as a beautiful woman, who transforms into a blue, butterfly-like demon, and it is associated with the power of seduction.[citation needed]

The Qliphah is the unbalanced power of a Sephirah. Malkuth is the lowest Sephirah, the realm of the earth, into which all the divine energy flows, and in which the divine plan is worked out. However, its unbalanced form is as Lilith, the seductress. The material world, and all of its pleasures, is the ultimate seductress, and can lead to materialism unbalanced by the spirituality of the higher spheres. This ultimately leads to a descent into animal consciousness. The balance must therefore be found between Malkuth and Kether, to find order and harmony      

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilith

[mgt23]

Look Tim and Mgt23 this thread started out as "German Death Cults" but was changed to Jew Death cults because ritualized Semitic human sacrifice was pretty common place in the ancient world-- and has only persisted among Jews practicing Babylonian rituals in modern times.

............disingenous. as i pointed out It was a german ashkenazi yiddish khazar death cult. A mouthful.....maybe german jew death cult would have been better and i acknowledged that in this thread. As it ever occurred to you why Rothschild was put in charge of financing hessian mercenaries to the house of Hanover? They both have Judaism as a core. One is Zohar the other is Talmudic. Together this double act has fucked europe for a thousand years. Fuck the monarchy and fuck the jew.

The mention of Lilith is not "Christian". The New Testament and Old Testament do not have references to this "demon". It is however known in Muslim and Jewish texts.

Lilith is Jewish/Arab mysticism and has zero connection with European Christianity. The current Talmudic Semitic Jews worship Saturn like many others in the near East did in ancient times. Jews and possibly Muslims have carried down aspects of this into modern times.

 .....I beg to differ. It is a female wind spirit. For fucks sake it was YOU CSR that put me onto the sumerian Lillitu in the first place and i see it repeatedly again and again. It is Heqet for certain and there is definitely a Celtic equivalent. The scarlet woman they think is the land itself, "mother earth" hence the rewriting of Arthur as "of the dragon"...."Arthur and the land are one" etc etc It is the same spirit that Elijah saw. The same as what took enoch to heaven. It occurs in many different mythologys. What you have to understand is that earth doesnt just mean Terra it means cosmos. There is singularity,void,cosmos...thats her triple aspect.

For some reason, you two love to "Conflate" the NSDAP (Nazis) with Jew crap mysticism/Jew crap "Satanism". Consequently, this thread has been aimless and has wandered over many topics after the "Occult Nazi" theories were debunked as typical pulp-novel Jew crap. Proving a link between the two was the initial intent of the entire thread apparently.

.........prebanning by NSDAP of Saturn lodges, prove that. It's not a "wandering thread", it's bringing together ideas i have been mulling for years now that the jew has created a Saturn dialectic. As I've stated isn't it funny how all these neo-nazi groups if you read their manifestos all support Zionism/Israel and classify the Jew as a race. Lets thank the NSDAP for that shall we.....next catholics are a race or sikhs. Blah fucking blah. On this point you talk such shit CSR and sound scizophrenic when trying to square the circle. My thesis explains why they think they are a race and a religion. Yours doesn't. And it doesn't because it's a product of the dialectic.

Before I forget, the "JEWS" are a race. Though they did proselytize at times in their "racial-religious" history, they are a race just look for the "J Haplotype"... don't conflate Henry Makow B.S. with these facts on the Jewish race... but I guess you guys can't help yourselves....

.......wtf are you talking about? I offered no support of Makows views on race. The Jews are an ethno bi/religious caste nothing more. Your narrow view of the J-Haplotype ignores most jews you fool.

.......the Jew has found a way of transmigrating consciousness' from body to body using DMT. They do it by destroying the ego and giving it to the serpent/void spirit. Your stupid dogmatic view of race doesn't apply in this sense. Anyone can be possessed, the Jew just institutionalized it. Your idiotic view CSR is going to get people killed.

 Aleister Crowley's Ka i know has been passed around as was Menachem Mendel Schneerson. Their cult acolytes give their bodies to be possessed by their idols Ka. They didn't die. That is the whole point surrounding the cult of Baal worship. Now fucking grow up and realise what I'm telling you is from experience, not from some propaganda points scoring game against you.