In the rich community of Vilnius, Lithuania, Marija Gimbutas (pronounced Maria Gim bah tas)
was born. Her desires and dreams offered a complex and encouraging
narrative of our past. Her discoveries put the spotlight on southeast
Europe in relation to the Upper Paleolithic, Paleolithic and Neolithic
eras (7000 – 3500 BC) also known as the Bronze Age.
Her life was filled with family, community and school. Her parents
extended their value of education by example. Her mother was the first
woman in Lithuania with a PhD in Medicine. As an ophthalmologist, she
offered the option of having a career and giving back to the community.
Her father also had a medical degree and practiced his contribution of
intellectual and spiritual interests. Towards the end of Marija’s high
school education, her father died and as a result worked harder to be a
great student. Finding herself drawn to the songs of the local women as
they worked, she met with them and tirelessly wrote down the lyrics.
Capturing the local mythology, she wove the story of her beginnings – as
a culture, as a country and as a woman. These ancient stories captured
her heart and soul.
Withstanding the invasion of Russia, in 1944 she fled to Austria with
her husband and baby daughter. During her five year stay she earned her
doctorate in archaeology and gave birth to her second daughter. Shortly
thereafter, her family emigrated to the United States.
She secured an unpaid researcher position at Harvard as the only
expert in Eastern European history. She wrote her first book in the
1950s (The Prehistory of Eastern Europe) and didn’t receive an
advance or royalties. She couldn’t join the faculty club denying her
access to two of the campus’s libraries due to being a woman. This lack
of funding or exclusion didn’t deter her determination to advance her
studies and her vocation of unearthing thousands of artifacts half a
world away.
Accepting a professorship in European archeology in UCLA, she settled
in California. She then directed five major archeological digs
throughout southeast Europe. In her discoveries, thousands of vessels
and figurines were excavated, the majority of which were female in
construction. Numerous temples were discovered as well, with the female
sculpture usually featured as the center of high regard. Dr. Gimbutas
determined from her many hours of research that during this time there
was a peaceful and creative civilization that equally shared the tasks
of family rearing, food gathering and creative expression. This was a
time of harmony and prosperity – there was no warfare for about 3500
years. This female centric era wasn’t about putting one sex above the
other, but about the focus on Mother Earth and working together.
Her published works focused no the goddess. With photographs and
illustrations of these discoveries she invite us to consider the sacred
and the mystery of our world. Her valuable texts ask us to explore the
profound and offer our inspiration to others in the form of beauty and
respect.
Dr. Gimbutas’s life work gave us a significant chapter in our
history. To discover a significant sized community that lived in
cohesive harmony for three and a half millennia is astounding and
promising. So much of our formative history lessons focused on warfare;
who took over what land and how many people suffered and died – the
victors and the victims. To have living proof of a time in our past
where creativity, honor and respect were the guiding forces; in which
tombs, sculptures and paintings were produced of exquisite beauty and
grace is a testimony of an advanced evolution. These people left their
legacy and Gimbutas found it and shared it with us. Her dreams of
delving into ancient beginnings, urge us to build upon the same
foundation – working and living together in a partnership. Holding the
earth with reverence is essential to our continuation as a species.
I am inspired by her mantra: Don’t give in, keep moving forward and
give back. In this way of living, we will evolve into that peaceful
place once more. We are to lead by example, just as she did for us.
The Yoruba people are based in Nigeria, Benin and Togo. Their religion dates back to the Stone Age, but was influenced by the spread of agriculture from the Middle East around 600 BCE. Originally their gods represented the raw elements of nature, such as rivers, storms and forests, but with the advent of farming, metallurgy and city building, the Yoruban gods took on a more anthropomorphic appearance. The twelve goddesses described here are known as the Orisha (divine spirits) who are protective deities, often teaching their followers the secrets of the natural world. The Orisha are said to be manifestations of an all powerful God, (a belief known as Pantheism). Nana Buluku is a Creator Goddess, great grandmother of all the Yourba pantheon. She is a patron of herbs and spell-craft. She used these magical tools to create the cosmos, including the human race. Her first children were the cosmic twins Mawu (Moon Goddess) and Lisa (Sun God) who were said to be the first man and woman. Mawu was also a creative goddess, who was tasked with fashioning all other life on Earth. With the help of a Aido Hwedo, a primeval serpent, and Awe, a divine monkey, they shaped all the worlds living creatures out of clay. Another daughter of Nana is Olokun, an ocean goddess. She possesses an unfathomable wisdom, and governs over esoteric world of dreams, psychism, meditation and healing. She guides her followers between the world of the dead and the living, preserving the memories of their ancestors. Olokun is the mother of Odudua, an ancient Earth Goddess and battle maiden. She presides over womenhood, fertility and life. As a guardian of the earth, she has been known to take the guise of a formidable warrior when necessary to protect those she loves. She is mother of Yemaja. Yemaja is a mother goddess, patron of pregnancy and children. She resides over the Ogun river, whose waters are said to cure infertility. Her son, Orungan, raped her when her guard was down, and in grief she exploded, her self sacrifice creating fifteen Orishas. They include her daughters Ayao and Oya. Ayao is an air goddess. She can manifest as a gentle breeze or in the eye of a raging tornado. She works closely with Osain and is a fierce warrior. Ayao has among her implements a crossbow with serpentarrows, a quill and nine stones. Oya is a storm goddess who wields fire and magic (which she stole from her husband, Shango). She can summon lightning and tornadoes be whirling her skirt in a dance. With her destructive qualities she brings change to the cosmos, an important element to the balance of life. She is also a guardian to the underworld, helping people transition from the world of flesh to realm of spirit. Oshun is the goddess of love, intimacy and marriage. She is kind and generous to her followers, but when brought to anger she can cause untold destruction. As Orisha of love, Oshun is represented as a beautiful, charming and coquettish young woman. In some tales she is said to be a mermaid. She is married to Shango, the sky god, who favoured her for her excellent cooking and skills in bed. Oba is a domestic goddess, also married to Shango, who resides over the home. At a time when the Gods were starving, she offered him her ear to eat, and he scorned her. Grieving, her tears created the Oba river which intersects with the Oshun river. The rapids formed between these two rivers symbolise the rivalry between the two wives, a most turbulent relationship.
Aja is a patron of the forest and all the animals within it. She holds the secrets of botany, and is a master of potions and healing herbs. She passed this skill to the Yoruban people, who practice her craft to this very day. Aje is the goddess of wealth and prosperity. She often confers riches and good fortune on his followers. Her emblem is a large sea shell which she uses as a currency. She is also the patron of dyes and colours. Egungun-oya is a goddess of divination. Her followers often hold festivals in her honour to commemorate the dead. These masquerades are performed twice a year, as well as during funeral rites. Her masquerades include the making of offerings as well as the honouring of ancestors in thanks for past and future aid. The Orishas found their way into the New World via the Atlantic slave trade hundreds of years ago, and are now worshipped in many traditions such as Santeria, Umbanda, Candomblé, and has even the Vodou faith. The Orisha deities now enjoy a global following, flourishing in many parts of Africa, South America and the Caribbean.
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The opening ceremony of the Gotthard Base Tunnel in Switzerland featured a “goat-man” that dies, is resurrected, is worshipped and is crowned as “the king of the world”.
The “goat-man” that played such a key role in this performance bore a striking resemblance to Baphomet, which in recent decades has become one of the key symbols
used to represent Satan in the occult community. So could it be possible that this entire ceremony was actually an Illuminati ritual that was intended to honor Satan? Don’t
pass judgment until you see the videos.
On Wednesday, June 1st, the long-awaited opening ceremony of the Gotthard Base Tunnel in Switzerland finally took place. It is the longest and the deepest railroad
tunnel in the entire world, and it took 17 years to build. It is 35 miles long, more than 2,000 meters deep in places, and the construction of this unprecedented tunnel cost a
grand total of more than 11 billion euros.
So the opening of this tunnel was quite a big deal over in Europe. Prominent European politicians such as German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Italian Prime Minister Matteo
Renzi and French President Francois Hollande were all in attendance, and they were treated to an incredibly bizarre opening ceremony that cost approximately 8 million
euros to produce. From Switzerland, this opening ceremony was broadcast by television all over the world, and so countless numbers of people were exposed to it.
The opening ceremony consisted of two parts, and in both parts the central figure was a “goat-man” that was eerily reminiscent of Baphomet. If you are not familiar with
Baphomet, the following comes from a BBC article about the giant statue of Baphomet that was unveiled in Detroit last year…
The best-known modern image of Baphomet was drawn in 1856 by the French occultist Eliphas Levi, in his book Transcendental Magic: Its Doctrine and
Ritual.
He envisaged a winged hermaphrodite with a torch between his horns and a pentagram on his forehead.
Its arms bore the Latin words SOLVE (separate) and COAGULA (join together) – the powers of “binding and loosing” usurped from God.
Levi’s drawing was the inspiration for the Satanic Temple’s new monument.
“It contains all these binary opposites – above and below, part animal, part human. Male and female,” says Greaves.
How to Move from Idea to Action webinar with Sonia Barrett, this is an excerpt of that workshop. "In embarking on new ideas I don’t wonder whether I will fail or succeed. My main objective is to satisfy that which I have imagined!"
What dreams and ideas do you have on the back burner of your mind? Life is about creating and although we are engaged in creating in every moment, stimulating and passionate ideas and dreams become lost or stuck in the back of our minds.
Why is that? In making it through the obstacle courses in our minds impossibility becomes a hidden mantra. We find ourselves postponing dreams and ideas and we rationalize and validate this stagnation with all sorts of reasons. We are experts at it!
Deep down we hold two possible outcomes…success or failure! But what if there is no such outcome. What is it that you fear about failing? Our minds are up against the collective and social definition of failure. What’s your family history and programs? What programs and rules have you been living by? Let’s decode your programs! No more living by other people’s expectations! We are here to use our imagination! Depression can be based on living a life that is unfulfilling emotionally Partnering with one’s self can be incredibly healing Stop measuring yourself against the collective response programs
