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106  Search for the Sacred / Angels & Angelology / Re: Metatron on: October 27, 2010, 01:20:58 pm
VM Samael Aun Weor imagines Metatron as the Prophet Enoch, the Angel who provided humanity with the 22 Hebrew letters and the original Tarot, stating that the Angel lives in the superior worlds in the region Aziluth (The Initiatic Path in the Arcana of Tarot and Kabbalah). However, the earliest evidence of any formalized tarot deck or its cosmology only goes back to 15th century Italy. It originally contained only the 22 cards of what came to be known as the "major arcana". Recent study has shown that the Tarot was most likely derived from the melting pot of eastern and western mysticism which occurred in Venice at the outset of the Renaissance, by various traditions of knowledge which were scattered across the globe and had roots in the far ancient past.[8] The objective was to encapsulate a transcendental system of knowledge which could be shared with everyone, as well as be understood by all. Its use as a tool for fortune telling was only established roughly 300 years later.

107  Search for the Sacred / Angels & Angelology / Re: Metatron on: October 27, 2010, 01:20:47 pm
Enoch walked with God; then he was no more, because God took him away. [Genesis 5:24 NIV.]

This Enoch, whose flesh was turned to flame, his veins to fire, his eye-lashes to flashes of lightning, his eye-balls to flaming torches, and whom God placed on a throne next to the throne of glory, received after this heavenly transformation the name Metatron. [Gershom G. Scholem, Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism (1941/1961) p. 67. Extract of 3 Enoch.]

While this identification of Metatron with Enoch is not to be found in the Talmud itself, the connection is assumed by some of the earliest kabbalists. There also seem to be two Metatrons, one spelled with six letters (מטטרון), and one spelled with seven (מיטטרון). The former may be the transformed Enoch, Prince of the Countenance within the divine palace; the latter, the Primordial Metatron, an emanation of the "Cause of Causes," specifically the tenth and last emanation, identified with the earthly Divine Presence.[7]

The Zohar calls Metatron "the Youth", a title previously used in 3 Enoch, where it appears to mean "servant".[6] It identifies him as the angel that led the people of Israel through the wilderness after their exodus from Egypt (again referring to Exodus 23:21, see above), and describes him as a heavenly priest.

According to Johann Andreas Eisenmenger, Metatron transmits the daily orders of God to the angels Gabriel and Sammael. Metatron is often identified as being the twin brother to Sandalphon, who is said to have been the prophet Elijah.

108  Search for the Sacred / Angels & Angelology / Re: Metatron on: October 27, 2010, 01:20:36 pm
Origins
The Talmud relates that Elisha ben Abuyah, also called Acher, (אחר, "other", as he became an apostate), entered Paradise and saw Metatron sitting down (an action that in heaven is permitted only to God himself). Elishah ben Abuyah therefore looked to Metatron as a deity and said heretically, "There are indeed two powers in heaven!" The rabbis explain that Metatron was allowed to sit because of his function as the Heavenly Scribe, writing down the deeds of Israel (Babylonian Talmud, Hagiga 15a).[4]

... the Talmud states, it was proved to Elisha that Metatron could not be a second deity by the fact that Metatron received 60 'strokes with fiery rods' to demonstrate that Metatron was not a god, but an angel, and could be punished.

In opposition to this apology, Metatron is identified with the term "lesser YHVH", which is the Lesser Tetragrammaton, in a Talmudic version as cited by the Karaite scholar Kirkisani. The word Metatron is numerically equivalent to Shaddai (God) in Hebrew gematria; therefore, he is said to have a "Name like his Master." It should be noted, however, that Kirkisani may have misrepresented the Talmud in order to embarrass his Rabbanite opponents with evidence of dualism. On the other hand, extra-talmudic mystical texts (see below regarding Sefer Hekhalot) do speak of a "lesser YHVH," apparently deriving the concept from Exodus 23:21, which mentions an angel of whom God says "my name [understood as YHVH, the usual divine Proper Name] is in him."

The Babylonian Talmud mentions Metatron in two other places: Sanhedrin 38b and Avodah Zarah 3b. Yevamot 16b describes in the Amoraic period the duties of 'prince of the world' being transferred from Michael to Metatron.

Metatron is also mentioned in the Pseudepigrapha, most prominently in the Hebrew/Merkabah Book of Enoch, also called 3 Enoch or Sefer Hekhalot (Book of [the Heavenly] Palaces). The book describes the link between Enoch son of Jared (great grandfather of Noah) and his transformation into the angel Metatron. His grand title "the lesser YHVH" resurfaces here. Metatron says, "He [the Holy One]... called me, 'The lesser YHVH' in the presence of his whole household in the height, as it is written, 'my name is in him.'" (12:5, Alexander's translation). The narrator of this book, supposedly Rabbi Ishmael, tells how Metatron guided him through Heaven and explained its wonders. Here Metatron is described in two ways: as a primordial angel (9:2–13:2) and as the transformation of Enoch after he was assumed into Heaven.[5][6]

109  Search for the Sacred / Angels & Angelology / Re: Metatron on: October 27, 2010, 01:20:22 pm
Metatron (Hebrew מטטרון or מיטטרון) or Mattatron (a differentiation of Metatron)[2] is the name of an angel in Judaism and some branches of Christianity and Islam. There are no references to him in the Jewish Tanakh or Christian Scriptures (New & Old Testament). Although he is mentioned in a few brief passages in the Talmud, Metatron appears primarily in medieval Jewish mystical texts and other post-scriptural esoteric and occult sources. In Rabbinic tradition, he is the highest of the angels and serves as the celestial scribe, though there is no consensus as to his genesis, nor is there a Christian consensus on his position in the hierarchy of angels or existence.[3]
110  Search for the Sacred / Angels & Angelology / Metatron on: October 27, 2010, 01:20:07 pm
Metatron



Metatron 'as God’s mediator with men' prevented Abraham from sacrificing Isaac.[1]
111  the Occult / Ghosts & Apparitions / Your town's ghost stories on: October 14, 2010, 01:33:03 pm
Your town's ghost stories
 
   


Many towns have ghost stories that have been passed down as part of their lore for generations, if not centuries.

In some places, stories of the paranormal are a part of the town’s history as much as anything else. We want to hear those stories, but we also want to hear tales that might not be as notorious, but are every bit as much a part of the common folklore of a town.

Tell us your local ghost story. Go visit the spot and share the tale on video or send in photos of where the ghost(s) supposedly roam with
 
http://ireport.cnn.com/ir-topic-stories.jspa?topicId=499910&hpt=Sbin
112  Ancient Mediterranean Cultures / Etruscans / Re: The Origins of the Etruscans on: October 14, 2010, 01:28:39 pm


Luca Giarelli / CC-BY-SA 3.0
113  Ancient Mediterranean Cultures / Etruscans / Re: The Origins of the Etruscans on: October 14, 2010, 01:26:50 pm


Contacts with the Etruscans and Celts

Around the 5th century BC, the Etruscans, already widespread in the Po Valley, had contacts with the alpine populations. Traces of influence of this culture persist in camunian alphabet, which made over two hundred entries, and that is very similar to the North Etruscan alphabets, and in the same rock art.[2] Around the 3rd century BC, arrived in Italy the Gauls Celtic who, coming from transalpine Gaul, settled in the Po Plain and came in touch with the camunian population: it testifies to the presence, among the stone carvings of Valcamonica of figures of deities Celtic which Kernunnos.[1]

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




114  Ancient Mediterranean Cultures / Etruscans / Re: The Origins of the Etruscans on: October 14, 2010, 01:26:17 pm
The origin of the Etruscan population is still unclear and is being constantly investigated by scholars on cultural, linguistic and genetic grounds.  Several major authors of the Roman Empire, such as Livy, Cicero and Horace called them as Tusci  or Tursci  (1).  These names are in good agreement with  Tur-Osc, discussed in the previous chapter. There are several indicators pointing to the Asiatic origin of the Etruscan population. Their language is known to be non-Indo-European and many similarities have been found with both the Altaic –especially with Turkish- as well as the Uralic languages (2).

  Recently a serious genetic research has been published by a group of Italian scientists. They have investigated several bone samples from the Etruscan remains and came up with the following conclusions (3):

   Etruscan sites appear to have rather homogeneous genetic characteristics. Their mitochondrial haplotypes are very similar, but rarely identical, to those commonly observed in contemporary Italy and suggest that the links between the Etruscans and eastern Mediterranean region were in part associated with genetic, and not only cultural, exchanges. The Etruscans show closer relationships both to North Africans and to Turks than any contemporary population. In particular, the Turkish component in their gene pool appears three times as large as in the other populations.

  Since the Turkish population originated –to a large extent- from Central Asia, it can be claimed that the Etruscans too came to Italy from Asia, through the Alp Mountains in the north of Italy. Their early settlements were on a high plateau named Valcamonica, where they left many marks in the form of petroglyphs (see Chapter 6 and 7). A further sign for their Uighur origin is the name of the Alp Mountains. Alp means “tall and formidable” in Turkish. There are several proper names starting with Alp; such as Alpaslan, Alpagut, Alperen, Alper and Alp-Er-Tunga.

http://www.astroset.com/bireysel_gelisim/ancient/a9.htm
115  Ancient Mediterranean Cultures / Etruscans / Re: The Origins of the Etruscans on: October 14, 2010, 01:26:00 pm

http://www.domspe.org/etruscans/obsession.html

Etruscans believed that death was the journey to the afterlife and had a fear that the neglected dead may become malevolent; therefore, tombs were constructed with particular care, solidity, and lavishness. Thus, the dead would take pleasure in their last dwelling, enjoy their afterlife, and chose not to haunt the living. The Etruscans were fond of decorating their sarcophagi with sculptures of humans in natural poses. In particular, the Sarcophagus of the Spouses depicts a couple lounging on a dining couch. It is uncertain if it actually contained the joint remains, but it idealizes the epitome of nuptial bliss. The practice of cremation was quite common and decorative cinerary or burial urns were often used to store remains. The styles of urn range from biconical (vase shaped), to miniature hut style to the canopic style with human figures or heads on their lids. The sarcophagi and urns would be laid in the tomb with other burial items necessary for the afterlife. (Adams, 198; Bloch, 157; Spivey, 92)

http://www.domspe.org/etruscans/obsession.html


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The Etruscans "believed that every race had a set span of time to run and that they themselves had been allotted ten saecula, a period of unequal length, which was based upon the life-span of the longest living survivor, starting at the end of the previous saeculum.…The Etruscans believed their first saeculum had begun sometime during the eleventh or tenth century B.C." They were quite correct. Eventually a new order emerged with Etruscans holding posts under the Roman government and many turning to religious administration. By the first century BC, Etruria was just another part of the Roman Empire and her future lay with the power of Rome. She was gone almost as fast as she had risen. Etruscan culture rapidly flourished for the span of a millennium; and accomplished what many cultures take many millennia to do. In a sense, the Etruscans are much like our own American culture excluding the whole disappearance fact. We are the youngest country in the world and were given little expectation for success at our humble beginning. The rapid growth of our contemporary American nation along with the melting pot of cultures, peoples, and ideas has led us to the pinnacle of civilization and a major world power. In addition, we certainly share a similar lack of morals, economic ideals, and the tendency to copy our contemporaries. The Etruscans, as mysterious as they may be, are a quite familiar breed and the essence of their elusive culture certainly continues in spirit. Joie de vivre! (UPenn; Macnamara, 17).
116  Ancient Mediterranean Cultures / Etruscans / Re: The Origins of the Etruscans on: October 14, 2010, 01:25:40 pm
117  Ancient Mediterranean Cultures / Etruscans / Re: The Origins of the Etruscans on: October 14, 2010, 01:25:11 pm


Etruscan settlements were frequently built on a hill

they began with a pomerium or sacred ditch.
118  Ancient Mediterranean Cultures / Etruscans / Re: The Origins of the Etruscans on: October 14, 2010, 01:24:15 pm
Since the Etruscans left no literary works behind, each fragment of their language found on various artifacts is valuable. The longest Etruscan text known to date is the Liber Linteus of Zagreb a linen cloth found wrapped around a mummy containing approximately 1200 words. All lines are oriented from right to left but occasionally a word was broken off and the rest of this word placed above the line, from left to right. A similar sample of Etruscan writing is the Tile of Capua, which has sixty-two engraved lines utilizing the same process of Bustrophedic as the Liber Linteus. The word bustrophedic stems from Greek “buos” (ox) and “stroph” (multitude), and is used to describe ancient writing that went alternatively from right towards left or from high to low and vice versa. One of the most remarkable remnants of Etruscan language is the three famous inscribed gold foils called The Pyrgi Lamellae. The most important part of this trilogy is the bilingual pair, one foil in Etruscan and another in Phoenician, which both record the dedication to a Goddess called Astarte in Phoenician and Uni in Etruscan. Lacking full and varied texts, scholars attempting to compile a vocabulary have had to work with bits and pieces. Despite the discovery of over 10,000 inscriptions, only 200 useful words have been identified. (rm.it; Hamblin, 40-43)
http://www.domspe.org/etruscans/language.html

119  Ancient Mediterranean Cultures / Etruscans / Re: The Origins of the Etruscans on: October 14, 2010, 01:23:46 pm
120  Ancient Mediterranean Cultures / Etruscans / Re: The Origins of the Etruscans on: October 14, 2010, 01:23:23 pm


The Pyrgi Lamellae

Rough Translation:

This temple and (this) statue have been dedicated to Uni / Astarte. Thefariei Velianas, head of the community, donated it for the worship of our peoples. This gift of this temple and sanctuary and the consecration of its boundaries during his three year term in the month of Xurvar(June?) in this way, and in Alsase (July?) this record together with the divinity/statue shall thus be buried by order of the Zilach that the years may outlast the stars.
http://www.mysteriousetruscans.com/language.html
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