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At what point did it (the snake)become the "guardian and provider of the light of knowledge"?
Simple question; (very) complex answer.

In one form or another the Adam-n-Eve-type myth cr ...

Traditionally the snake is the guardian of treasure. According to the Yezidi (the Snake and Peacock cult) the snake also represents human aspiration:

One guards treasure, but cannot use it. The ot ...

Ray, I personally would never use a spiral as representative of my perceptions of how things are, so I'd be interested why you'd say that. It seems an unusual shape to choose as a signature for one's ...

...any idea on the significance of these spirals? Could they be representative of some astronomical event? Or something more mundane?
Neither. They are representations of How Things Are - on whatev ...

I've just been checking out the website. It leads to Etruscanesque inscriptions found in Lemnos, which the author then proceeds to compare to modern Turkish.

The language does seem to be agglutina ...

It's not so much that I don't know; more that I don't know how to get it across to you.

I thought I'd explained it rather succinctly

I'm talking about the difference between being able to tell one thing from another (perfectly simple, but most people find it extremely difficult) and wanting to debate about the number of angels that ...

But wait! Is thinking what most people really want to do? Who wants to live in a country full of thinkers anyway? Even Israel's given up on that one.

Aren't you confusing understanding with intel ...

It seems to me that the severed head, magic head - call it what you like - has got to be a metaphor for head over body. As such it will be as old as mankind in one form or another. You only have to lo ...

I would like a bit more info on the nature of Scotland the Nation. I think most of us living south of the Border tend think of Scotland in the past as something not unlike Afghanistan, say - as a land ...

There's also the subject of early medieval cathedral building, which Graham Hancock certainly linked convincingly to the Templars (does he count as an academic?), if not the Masonic movement.

As f ...

I've no idea how correct my sources may have been when I read up on the subject of pre-revolutionary France but, as I understood it, the bourgeoisie were increasingly drawn to Masonry and other secret ...

Is there anything special about 1320, when the Declaration of Arbroath says the Scots came from Scythia?
I always thought that the Scythians - or saca as their friends the Persians called them - wer ...

Were the Culdees/Chaldeans the same people referred to as Caledonians by Tacitus et al?
Well, now you mention it... unless there's a proven alternative, I'd say they could be.

Would this be the ...

Moving away from the immediate subject matter - sorry but I've missed out on earlier opportunities - I've been looking at place-names in Ayrshire and ascertained that the Kil part of Kilwinning, Kilma ...

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Topic: Spirals
Ray Replies: 115 Views: 131391	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 4:31 pm Subject: Spirals
Ray Replies: 115 Views: 131391	At what point did it (the snake)become the "guardian and provider of the light of knowledge"? Simple question; (very) complex answer. In one form or another the Adam-n-Eve-type myth cr ...
Topic: Spirals
Ray Replies: 115 Views: 131391	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 3:36 pm Subject: Spirals
Ray Replies: 115 Views: 131391	Traditionally the snake is the guardian of treasure. According to the Yezidi (the Snake and Peacock cult) the snake also represents human aspiration: One guards treasure, but cannot use it. The ot ...
Topic: Spirals
Ray Replies: 115 Views: 131391	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 6:04 pm Subject: Spirals
Ray Replies: 115 Views: 131391	Ray, I personally would never use a spiral as representative of my perceptions of how things are, so I'd be interested why you'd say that. It seems an unusual shape to choose as a signature for one's ...
Topic: Spirals
Ray Replies: 115 Views: 131391	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 12:01 am Subject: Spirals
Ray Replies: 115 Views: 131391	...any idea on the significance of these spirals? Could they be representative of some astronomical event? Or something more mundane? Neither. They are representations of How Things Are - on whatev ...
Topic: Etruscans
Ray Replies: 54 Views: 57514	Forum: History Posted: 2:37 pm Subject: Etruscans
Ray Replies: 54 Views: 57514	I've just been checking out the website. It leads to Etruscanesque inscriptions found in Lemnos, which the author then proceeds to compare to modern Turkish. The language does seem to be agglutina ...
Topic: Varsity Blues
Ray Replies: 342 Views: 168160	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 3:19 pm Subject: Varsity Blues
Ray Replies: 342 Views: 168160	It's not so much that I don't know; more that I don't know how to get it across to you. I thought I'd explained it rather succinctly
Topic: Varsity Blues
Ray Replies: 342 Views: 168160	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 3:18 pm Subject: Varsity Blues
Ray Replies: 342 Views: 168160	I'm talking about the difference between being able to tell one thing from another (perfectly simple, but most people find it extremely difficult) and wanting to debate about the number of angels that ...
Topic: Varsity Blues
Ray Replies: 342 Views: 168160	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 3:16 pm Subject: Varsity Blues
Ray Replies: 342 Views: 168160	But wait! Is thinking what most people really want to do? Who wants to live in a country full of thinkers anyway? Even Israel's given up on that one. Aren't you confusing understanding with intel ...
Topic: The Baphomet and Its Origins
Ray Replies: 66 Views: 57583	Forum: History Posted: 9:47 pm Subject: The Baphomet and Its Origins
Ray Replies: 66 Views: 57583	It seems to me that the severed head, magic head - call it what you like - has got to be a metaphor for head over body. As such it will be as old as mankind in one form or another. You only have to lo ...
Topic: Scotching the Scotch : from the east or from the west?
Ray Replies: 186 Views: 134507	Forum: British History Posted: 9:12 pm Subject: Scotching the Scotch : from the east or from the west?
Ray Replies: 186 Views: 134507	I would like a bit more info on the nature of Scotland the Nation. I think most of us living south of the Border tend think of Scotland in the past as something not unlike Afghanistan, say - as a land ...
Topic: The TRUE History of Freemasonry
Ray Replies: 8 Views: 4962	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 9:07 pm Subject: The TRUE History of Freemasonry
Ray Replies: 8 Views: 4962	There's also the subject of early medieval cathedral building, which Graham Hancock certainly linked convincingly to the Templars (does he count as an academic?), if not the Masonic movement. As f ...
Topic: The TRUE History of Freemasonry
Ray Replies: 8 Views: 4962	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 8:58 pm Subject: The TRUE History of Freemasonry
Ray Replies: 8 Views: 4962	I've no idea how correct my sources may have been when I read up on the subject of pre-revolutionary France but, as I understood it, the bourgeoisie were increasingly drawn to Masonry and other secret ...
Topic: Scotching the Scotch : from the east or from the west?
Ray Replies: 186 Views: 134507	Forum: British History Posted: 10:26 pm Subject: Scotching the Scotch : from the east or from the west?
Ray Replies: 186 Views: 134507	Is there anything special about 1320, when the Declaration of Arbroath says the Scots came from Scythia? I always thought that the Scythians - or saca as their friends the Persians called them - wer ...
Topic: Scotching the Scotch : from the east or from the west?
Ray Replies: 186 Views: 134507	Forum: British History Posted: 10:23 pm Subject: Scotching the Scotch : from the east or from the west?
Ray Replies: 186 Views: 134507	Were the Culdees/Chaldeans the same people referred to as Caledonians by Tacitus et al? Well, now you mention it... unless there's a proven alternative, I'd say they could be. Would this be the ...
Topic: Scotching the Scotch : from the east or from the west?
Ray Replies: 186 Views: 134507	Forum: British History Posted: 10:20 pm Subject: Scotching the Scotch : from the east or from the west?
Ray Replies: 186 Views: 134507	Moving away from the immediate subject matter - sorry but I've missed out on earlier opportunities - I've been looking at place-names in Ayrshire and ascertained that the Kil part of Kilwinning, Kilma ...