Dec 21, 2022·edited Dec 21, 2022Liked by NE - nakedemperor.substack.com
I always appreciate your periodic departures from covid news to share interesting history-related essays or nature photographs. I enjoyed the engaging photos and insightful commentary here. Thank you for reminding of us of the wonders of the world!
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I can’t thank you enough for being able to share this light with us. Too many who are pulling back the veil on darkness are consumed by it. Yes there is darkness. But I know humans and nature are capable of so much light. Blessings! 💚
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Am at Stonehenge tomorrow morning...
Just visited Amesbury. The stones are way bigger than I thought, almost as big as SH and a much huger circle.
Stonehenge also had a perfectly horizontal circle on the top. A circle is the starting geometry of life. Within is Pi, the infinite number that describes the perfect circle. From the circle everything evolves, Pieces Vesica on the way to the seed of life and flower of Life, all Platonic solids, all of which are mathematically and physically fundamental, from which all chemistry and then biology emanates....
So it's appropriate to signal the start of the year with a circle. (They could have just lined up two stones in a line) The circle is symbolic.
That's my take.
Also Stonehenge has hundreds of "axe marks" a.k.a. mushrooms chiseled into it.
I also like the geometry triangle hunch about it, but this takedown is exactly what I also like, too much fudging makes Jack a silly boy:
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The older I get, the more I appreciate the changing seasons, solstices and equinoxes. My dad was keenly attuned to these things and now, here I am...the same.
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I always thought that Christmas was based on the solstice, allowing a few days to be certain that the sun was rising again. An ancient ritual hijacked for other purposes. Most people just don't think about this ....or a lot of other things!
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Err, we actually still celebrate Jul here in Scandinavia. We never stopped. When christianity was imposed the christians as was their wont simply added their rites on top of the already ageless ones of our ancestors.
It's not until this side of the 1950s that Jultomen edged out Julbocken either.
Jultomten has become synonymous with Santa Claus though they are nit the same at all, simply due to cross-cultural osmosis - especially american influences.
Julbocken is a similar tradition to Krampus of our southern cousins the germans.
In the middle of the season of death, we feast to show that we do not despair and to wake Freja so that she wakes from her sleep and returns with the Sun.
If the worshippers of the Nazarean wants to celebrate their prophet at the same time, that's no problem as long as they show the same courtesy and respect in return.
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Great post, very interesting. We're currently in Turkey for some mild winter warmth, escaping the cold of France at this time of year. Our choice of winter retreat was partly inspired by your earlier post about Gobekli Tepe:
Dec 22, 2022·edited Dec 22, 2022Liked by NE - nakedemperor.substack.com
Well, at the exact moment of winter solstice (1:47 PM Pacific) I was shoveling a ton of snow off my driveway from the last few days' dump, bathed in sunshine (ah, the high pressure ridge after the front!) and sweat. No stone monuments here...
I always appreciate your periodic departures from covid news to share interesting history-related essays or nature photographs. I enjoyed the engaging photos and insightful commentary here. Thank you for reminding of us of the wonders of the world!
I can’t thank you enough for being able to share this light with us. Too many who are pulling back the veil on darkness are consumed by it. Yes there is darkness. But I know humans and nature are capable of so much light. Blessings! 💚
Interesting! I had no idea there were so many places built to capture a solstice moment.
Am at Stonehenge tomorrow morning...
Just visited Amesbury. The stones are way bigger than I thought, almost as big as SH and a much huger circle.
Stonehenge also had a perfectly horizontal circle on the top. A circle is the starting geometry of life. Within is Pi, the infinite number that describes the perfect circle. From the circle everything evolves, Pieces Vesica on the way to the seed of life and flower of Life, all Platonic solids, all of which are mathematically and physically fundamental, from which all chemistry and then biology emanates....
So it's appropriate to signal the start of the year with a circle. (They could have just lined up two stones in a line) The circle is symbolic.
That's my take.
Also Stonehenge has hundreds of "axe marks" a.k.a. mushrooms chiseled into it.
I also like the geometry triangle hunch about it, but this takedown is exactly what I also like, too much fudging makes Jack a silly boy:
https://brian-mountainman.blogspot.com/2011/05/sacred-geometry-or-playschool-games.html?m=1
Thank you for this, and indeed for all your work. Solstice blessings to you, and Merry Christmas!
The older I get, the more I appreciate the changing seasons, solstices and equinoxes. My dad was keenly attuned to these things and now, here I am...the same.
I always thought that Christmas was based on the solstice, allowing a few days to be certain that the sun was rising again. An ancient ritual hijacked for other purposes. Most people just don't think about this ....or a lot of other things!
Cool stuff! A lot of neat things I didn't know. Thanks.
Thank you, Mr Emperor.
Gabrielle expresses my thoughts and wishes for you - (and does so more eloquently than I could).
Please accept my best wishes for you and yours for Christmas and the New Year.
Seriously wonderful! And thank you for keeping us informed. Wishing you some “disconnect” time with those you love this holiday season 💝
I can't fathom why this doesn't change the minds of flat earth devotees.
Another post worth the price of subscription!
Err, we actually still celebrate Jul here in Scandinavia. We never stopped. When christianity was imposed the christians as was their wont simply added their rites on top of the already ageless ones of our ancestors.
It's not until this side of the 1950s that Jultomen edged out Julbocken either.
Jultomten has become synonymous with Santa Claus though they are nit the same at all, simply due to cross-cultural osmosis - especially american influences.
Julbocken is a similar tradition to Krampus of our southern cousins the germans.
In the middle of the season of death, we feast to show that we do not despair and to wake Freja so that she wakes from her sleep and returns with the Sun.
If the worshippers of the Nazarean wants to celebrate their prophet at the same time, that's no problem as long as they show the same courtesy and respect in return.
Great post, very interesting. We're currently in Turkey for some mild winter warmth, escaping the cold of France at this time of year. Our choice of winter retreat was partly inspired by your earlier post about Gobekli Tepe:
https://nakedemperor.substack.com/p/karahan-tepe-and-gobekli-tepe-prove
Chaco Canyon in New Mexico also has a site. Great post.
Well, at the exact moment of winter solstice (1:47 PM Pacific) I was shoveling a ton of snow off my driveway from the last few days' dump, bathed in sunshine (ah, the high pressure ridge after the front!) and sweat. No stone monuments here...