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| An aspect of Heh, an ancient Egyptian god. Heh represents the concept of infinity or eternity and the hieroglyph depicting him represents the number one million. He holds a pair of notched palm branches which signify 'year'. |
Monday, September 10, 2012
Seshat and the Palm Branch
Seshat's Tools for the Stretching of the Cord Ceremony
Zawi Hawass published in 2009, In Search of Cosmic Order: Selected Essays on Egyptian Archaeoastronomy. This book contains Unveiling Seshat: New Insights Into The Stretching of the Cord Ceremony by Juan Antonio Belmonte, Miguel Angel Molenero Polo, and Noemi Miranda. I was excited to find this today (4/22/12) because I have been wanting to see more research on the tools used in the early building sciences of Kemet. I wanted to know more about the symbol of Seshat which was obviously linked to tools in use. But where was the analysis and pictures? Well this essay gives a good commentary on the subject. They say it was the Roman period that stopped using Seshat in the iconography, which was seen as early as the time of King Khasekhemuy. They correlate the Roman gromae with Seshat. A groma is a vertical staff with a cross at the top used for surveying. The stretching of the cord ceremony can be seen in iconography dating back to the 2nd Dynasty (2890 to 2686 BC). It was brought to my attention by a friend some years ago that it is also in the bible written by King Solomon. Ezra 3:10-12
Sunday, May 27, 2012
Connecting Seshat (7) To Other Regions in Africa
This past week at the Vanderbilt Divinity Library I came across the Encyclopedia of African Religion edited by Molefi Kete Asante and Ama Mazama. In Volume 2 page 610-611 information on the number 7mentions Seshat. On page 608 there is information on her as a non-worshiped deity.
This book describes her as the goddess of writing and measurement and the ruler of books. It states that Djuhuty and Seshat were divine sesh (scribes). It mentions Seshat's name being inscribed on the obverse side of the upper register of narmer's palette. As you know from my previous blogs, I believe there were several divinely inspired scribes (or alternately those who were rewriting from ancient early books) throughout the history of writing, with Seshat (or the women who were scribes) being the first and referenced by those who came after her.
The encyclopedia states, "In pre- or protodynastic times, the people of Kemet used canons, a system of proportions resenting and anthropometric description of the body based on the standardization of its natural proportions expressed in the ratios of Egyptian measures of length for metrological purposes. They knew that the various parts of the human body are constant and immutable in all individuals irrespective of any differences in size and dimensions." The book continues with more information on Seshat stating, "Seshat's inspirations for counting and measurements are demonstrated in city planning, architecture, seagoing vessels, recitations in spells and rituals, writing, medicine, music, and placement of figures in reliefs, bas reliefs, and reliefs en crux" (p609).
Moreover, the book provides insight into Seshat and the number 7 in Africa when it states, "The association of the number 7 with wisdom comes with Seshat's title "Foremost of Libraries"(p610). In addition, "Among the Bambara and Dogon, 7 is the number of harmony. It signifies the harmony of the male or masculine, represented by the number 3, whith the female or feminine, represented by the number 4. It has been suggested that the pyramid also embodies the harmony of 7 because it is a 4, square base) topped with a 3 (triangle). Among the Akan, the queens mother's number is 3 and the king's is 4, a different configuration, but still totaling 7. Also amnog the Akan, the number 7 is significant in divination because it is an odd number. The practice of attributing gender to numbers is found throughout Africa." The grouping of 4 +3 is also seen among the Sumerians where the determinative used for deity or god/goddess was a seven pointed star later represented with 4 points and 3 lines, this symbol also doubles as the ideogram for sky. There are 7 gods who decree, 4 primary (Anu, Enlil, Ki, and Enki) and 3 sky gods (Ishtar, Sin, and Sama). This is just one of the many ways that ties other cultures in Africa with the knowledge that was taught in Kemet/Egypt nearly 7,000 years ago with the introduction of writing. One of the main differences in the transfer of knowledge from generation to generation among the people of the Nile Valley and the rest of Africa is through writing, which the Egyptians prized as timeless having writen on papyrus which has not biodegraded in thousands of years. The Nile Valley is very unique in that its inhabitants are in a dry arid area that is also lush within proximity of the Nile River. This enables them to use materials that do not biodegrade for building and burial. In other areas of Africa where people live was not conducive to materials that support building that last thousands of years or papyrus. The dominant means of transfer of knowledge was through the oral tradition. However, the cultural similarities of the early Egyptians are found in other African cultures from hairstyles that still are worn today that were adorned by pharoahs to festivals and manner of speech.
The encyclopedia also provides examples of how the mathematics and sacredness of the number 7 in ancient Kemet is also found to be sacred among other cultures in Africa. It states, "The number 7 is also central to egyptian mathmatics, the fundamental equation 1+2+4=7 reflects the egyptian method of calculating based on continued doubling. Further, when 7 is multiplied by doubling, the first three multipliers are always 1, 2, and 4, which equals 7. These equations factor into the Egyptian table of length used to calculate pyramid measurements. Egyptian fractions are calucalted by muliplying them by the number 7." although 7 is a conspicuous number in many cultures, it is also taboo. The Kolokuma Ijo associate the number 7 with great divinities, so it is to be avoided. Among the Mandak and Ga, the avoidance of the number 7 is found in speech where 7 is referred to as 6+1..Malinke, Mbundu, Kikuyu..use a non number name for 7, mug-wanja, and people do not divide things in portions of seven nor do children travel in groups of seen. Seven curses can ve evoked, each represented by seven sticks aimed at the victim....Kamba circumcision festivities span 7 days, and cracking a whip 7 times brings good fortune to elephant hunters. ..There are 7 elemental powers: darkness, light, air earth, water, fire and blood. In the mythology there are seven hathors, seven souls or ra, seven nomes of egypt, seven stages of the solar bark, seven glorious ones, seven servants of horus, seven with anup at the popel, seven molders with ptah, seven souls of atum ra, seven assistants to maat, seven wise masters of arts and sciences who assist ptah in his measurements of the earth, seven who assist ausar in amenta, and seven states of ptah's creation. Seven also factors into egyptian funerary culture. In royal tombs as early at 3100 BC seven sacred oils were used to anoint the body during funerary rituals. The specific oils are not known, although it is speculated that lotus and cedar are among them. The step pyramid at saqqara, part of an ancient burial complex has seven steps."
The book further gives insight into the Dogon mythology which relates to the word, knowledge, writing, and the scribal art signified by Seshat in predynastic Egypt, as represented on Narmers palate, where her iconography was central to the word or "script", particularly those words or instructions connected with the heavens or were considered divine. It was this scribal art of the early times that led to the development of papyrus which later held the science of astronomy and mathematics used in architecture. Through the centuries this became ritualized in the stretching of the cord ceremony. But originally the word, papyrus, he heavens, and creation stories were written and represented with Seshat then later Dhwty/Thoth, known as "lord of the holy words", who was again later identified with the Greek Hermes Trismegistus. "Words to be spoken" on papyrus were translated as "Spells". I think that these concepts taught can also be found in other parts of Africa as the encyclopedia explains, "Among the Dogon the spirit of the seventh ancestor is responsible for world order. This spirit also wove a cloth that is a manifestation of the Word and imparted it to humanity. The word for the cloth is soy meaning "it is the spoken word." Soy is also the word for seven. In addition, during the creation process, the Dogon supreme deity, Amma, spun seven worlds above and seven worlds below. Inside the first seed of creation the po, there were seven vibrations. Each vibration represents a stage in the development of life. The image of the po seed with seven lines of various lenghts extending from its center symbolically preresents Amma as twins, or masucline and feminine. Two lines are for the head, two for the arms, two for the legs, and one for the sex organ. Here again we see seven as the unity of male and female. This is also the case among the Bambara, a group related to the Dogon. The Bambara hold seven to be a unity of male and female, as well as intelligence and earth. Among the Zulu, there are seven judges for eternity, the abakulu. In the diaspora, the spiritual significance of seven manifests in the Seven Powers of Africa, which are a selection of seven orisha from the Yoruba tradition. These are found in Spanish speaking areas of the diaspora as well as in the African American conjure and folk traditions....The 7th child of a seventh child was believed to be spiritually powerful....seven is the number that denotes God, which according to their teachings is man." Denise Martin Ancient Egypt, Light of the world and African Counts: Number and Pattern in African Cultures.
This book describes her as the goddess of writing and measurement and the ruler of books. It states that Djuhuty and Seshat were divine sesh (scribes). It mentions Seshat's name being inscribed on the obverse side of the upper register of narmer's palette. As you know from my previous blogs, I believe there were several divinely inspired scribes (or alternately those who were rewriting from ancient early books) throughout the history of writing, with Seshat (or the women who were scribes) being the first and referenced by those who came after her.
The encyclopedia states, "In pre- or protodynastic times, the people of Kemet used canons, a system of proportions resenting and anthropometric description of the body based on the standardization of its natural proportions expressed in the ratios of Egyptian measures of length for metrological purposes. They knew that the various parts of the human body are constant and immutable in all individuals irrespective of any differences in size and dimensions." The book continues with more information on Seshat stating, "Seshat's inspirations for counting and measurements are demonstrated in city planning, architecture, seagoing vessels, recitations in spells and rituals, writing, medicine, music, and placement of figures in reliefs, bas reliefs, and reliefs en crux" (p609).
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| Dinger: "god/goddess" or "sky" Ur III Sumerian cuneiform for An |
The encyclopedia also provides examples of how the mathematics and sacredness of the number 7 in ancient Kemet is also found to be sacred among other cultures in Africa. It states, "The number 7 is also central to egyptian mathmatics, the fundamental equation 1+2+4=7 reflects the egyptian method of calculating based on continued doubling. Further, when 7 is multiplied by doubling, the first three multipliers are always 1, 2, and 4, which equals 7. These equations factor into the Egyptian table of length used to calculate pyramid measurements. Egyptian fractions are calucalted by muliplying them by the number 7." although 7 is a conspicuous number in many cultures, it is also taboo. The Kolokuma Ijo associate the number 7 with great divinities, so it is to be avoided. Among the Mandak and Ga, the avoidance of the number 7 is found in speech where 7 is referred to as 6+1..Malinke, Mbundu, Kikuyu..use a non number name for 7, mug-wanja, and people do not divide things in portions of seven nor do children travel in groups of seen. Seven curses can ve evoked, each represented by seven sticks aimed at the victim....Kamba circumcision festivities span 7 days, and cracking a whip 7 times brings good fortune to elephant hunters. ..There are 7 elemental powers: darkness, light, air earth, water, fire and blood. In the mythology there are seven hathors, seven souls or ra, seven nomes of egypt, seven stages of the solar bark, seven glorious ones, seven servants of horus, seven with anup at the popel, seven molders with ptah, seven souls of atum ra, seven assistants to maat, seven wise masters of arts and sciences who assist ptah in his measurements of the earth, seven who assist ausar in amenta, and seven states of ptah's creation. Seven also factors into egyptian funerary culture. In royal tombs as early at 3100 BC seven sacred oils were used to anoint the body during funerary rituals. The specific oils are not known, although it is speculated that lotus and cedar are among them. The step pyramid at saqqara, part of an ancient burial complex has seven steps."
The book further gives insight into the Dogon mythology which relates to the word, knowledge, writing, and the scribal art signified by Seshat in predynastic Egypt, as represented on Narmers palate, where her iconography was central to the word or "script", particularly those words or instructions connected with the heavens or were considered divine. It was this scribal art of the early times that led to the development of papyrus which later held the science of astronomy and mathematics used in architecture. Through the centuries this became ritualized in the stretching of the cord ceremony. But originally the word, papyrus, he heavens, and creation stories were written and represented with Seshat then later Dhwty/Thoth, known as "lord of the holy words", who was again later identified with the Greek Hermes Trismegistus. "Words to be spoken" on papyrus were translated as "Spells". I think that these concepts taught can also be found in other parts of Africa as the encyclopedia explains, "Among the Dogon the spirit of the seventh ancestor is responsible for world order. This spirit also wove a cloth that is a manifestation of the Word and imparted it to humanity. The word for the cloth is soy meaning "it is the spoken word." Soy is also the word for seven. In addition, during the creation process, the Dogon supreme deity, Amma, spun seven worlds above and seven worlds below. Inside the first seed of creation the po, there were seven vibrations. Each vibration represents a stage in the development of life. The image of the po seed with seven lines of various lenghts extending from its center symbolically preresents Amma as twins, or masucline and feminine. Two lines are for the head, two for the arms, two for the legs, and one for the sex organ. Here again we see seven as the unity of male and female. This is also the case among the Bambara, a group related to the Dogon. The Bambara hold seven to be a unity of male and female, as well as intelligence and earth. Among the Zulu, there are seven judges for eternity, the abakulu. In the diaspora, the spiritual significance of seven manifests in the Seven Powers of Africa, which are a selection of seven orisha from the Yoruba tradition. These are found in Spanish speaking areas of the diaspora as well as in the African American conjure and folk traditions....The 7th child of a seventh child was believed to be spiritually powerful....seven is the number that denotes God, which according to their teachings is man." Denise Martin Ancient Egypt, Light of the world and African Counts: Number and Pattern in African Cultures.
Thursday, May 24, 2012
A Thousand Words
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Ramesses II sits beneath the cosmic Ished as the gods Attum, Seshat and Thot write his names and years on its leaves. (from the Ramesseum) |
The other day I took some time out for myself to visit the local $2 movie theater. Eddie Murphy used to be one of the best comedians and I remember when people went in droves to see RAW. So feeling nostalgic about the Eddie Murphy of my youth, I decided to see "A Thousand Words". Although I had not seen any of the previews and knew nothing of it's content, I was pleasantly surprised. Overall,it was a good movie and quite funny. Not only that, it's plot centered around the Tree of Life and the book publishing industry. Specifically, the quest to publish a book to impact millions of souls.
In the movie, Eddie Murphy's character, Jack McCall, had to work through the trauma of feeling abandoned by his father, who left when he was young. This struggle led to him being closed off to his true self, the person he was meant to be. It was a story of self discovery which led to a spiritual and genetic connection through meditation and magic. These lessons were inundated with imagery of a magical Bodhi tree with falling leaves intertwined with the plot of a black man who was the top dog at a book publishing firm. Mark my words, this may be Eddie Murphy's comeback movie.
One of the central turning points in the movie is when Jack "sees the blue pearls". This leads to an epiphany just prior to his blood getting on the tree. The color blue is my favorate color so I like to hear it being talked about in a positive light. This led me to wonder what the blue pearl in this movie signified, so I Googled it. One website states that the pineal gland and the blue pearl or crown chakra are the gateway to heaven. It is said also that by meditating on the blue pearl, which is inside the pineal gland, one can eventually receive guidance from one's higher soul. The outward appearance of spiritual work on this is the "laying on of hands".
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| Chakravatin, King Ashoka Chakra |
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| Mahabodhi Temple, "Great Awakening Temple" site of the Bodhi tree |
In the movie Jack does not speak because of this phenomena connecting him with the Tree of Life, represented by the Bodhi tree. In ancient times, Indian emperor King Asoka (304-232 BC) paid homage to the Bodhi tree at the Mahabodhi Temple, and held a festival every year in its honor during the month of Kattika. It is said that in the end times, lotus will grow here. It is also at this temple that Buddha spent 7 weeks at 7 spots meditating and considering his enlightenment experience. Several specific places here relate to the traditions surrounding the 7 weeks. In Bangladesh and India, Kartika is the 7th month which begins with the suns entry into Scorpio. This is during mid October on the Gregorian calendar and ends November 15th. In some African cultures, it is forbidden to say the number 7. So speech and absence of speech is connected with this divinity. In Egypt, Seshat is nameless. To call her name at the New Year hour is to give one power. The number 7 is taboo also among the Kolokuma of the Ijaw in Nigeria, Malinke (descendants of the Mali Empire), Mbundu, Kikuyu and Kamba (Bantu people in Kenya), to name a few. Among the Mandak and Ga, the avoidance of the number 7 is found in speech where 7 is referred to as 6+1 according to the "Encylcopedia of African Religion" (p 611).
"Among the Dogon tribe in Africa the spirit of the 7th ancestor is repronsible for world order. This spirit also wove a cloth that is a manifestation of the Word and imparted it to humanity. The word for the cloth is soy meaning "it is the spoken word". Soy is also the word for seven." states the Encyclopedia of African Religion. Also in a book by Shannon Dorey called The Nummo about the Dogon the author further connects mathematics, the word, speech, and 7 with the Dogon and Egypt. The author states "The number 22 is the measure of the circumference of a circle when the diameter is 7. At one time this proportion, known as pi, was a religios secret. The circle is a symbol of immortality and seven relates to the Master of Speech (identified with the number 7 p152)....In the Dogon religion the "word" was a symbol for DNA....The words which were in the tonu soy of the po, Amma made them come out and gave them to the Nommo: this became the cloth that cannot be broken. According to the Dogon, the rope represents the unbreakable tie Amma had established between the ancestors and their descendents. The cloth in this passage is another representation of the "word", or the DNA that is a part of all life and identified with Amma. This same symbolism appears in Catholic iconography and was discussed....in relation to priests being "men of the word" and "men of the cloth". So here again we see how the teaching of science and mathematics is passed down through story telling in African culture.
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| The god Osiris paints Pharaoh's name onto leaf of the Tree of Life. Karnak. |
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Highly Venerated in Spain Today, The Black Madonna "La Morenata", Early Temples, and Seshat
This morning while at a doctor's appointment I saw a book about ancient sacred sites. I opened it to a page and there was a picture of a black Madonna, "La Morenata"-- The Little Black Madonna. I read about her and was intrigued. Then I noticed the adjacent page was about St. Teresa and the next the number 7 so I made sure to take note to what was before me. I had been interested in images of black Madonnas in the past. There is one that can be found in New York I thought was interesting. As I studied more about Medea I developed a conception of these women doctors who were taken to other countries from Africa for their ability to heal, which some perceived as magic.
One site about the Black Madonna of East 13th St states, "Latin words Nigra sum sed formosa ("I am black but beautiful") were inscribed on the base of the statue. This phrase is taken from the Old Testament’s Song of Songs, in which a captive shepherdess declares her love for a young shepherd to the women of King Solomon’s court." When I read this a year or so ago it interest me because 1) this figure was black with the depiction of a women and male child, as the iconography in Egypt- teacher/student relationship theme I kept coming across. 2) She was in NW YRK. 3) King Solomon, the architect and first temple builder for Jerusalem, involved in the stretching of the cord ceremony and knot in the bible was involved (whom I perceive as a student of the science from the books that would have been contained in the library of Seshat-chief architect), and 4) It reminded me of my favorite t-shirt given to me at Obama's BET Inauguration Ball that read "My Black is Beautiful", a popular empowerment theme for African Americans since the 70s. I was thinking at first, does this inscription mean that black women have been struggling with proving their beauty to other cultures long before slavery? How long did this go back? So with many questions in my mind I spent several days looking for more information on Black Madonna's and other sayings of ancient times that we African-Americans still use today, such as Imhotep's, "My Brother".
One site about the Black Madonna of East 13th St states, "Latin words Nigra sum sed formosa ("I am black but beautiful") were inscribed on the base of the statue. This phrase is taken from the Old Testament’s Song of Songs, in which a captive shepherdess declares her love for a young shepherd to the women of King Solomon’s court." When I read this a year or so ago it interest me because 1) this figure was black with the depiction of a women and male child, as the iconography in Egypt- teacher/student relationship theme I kept coming across. 2) She was in NW YRK. 3) King Solomon, the architect and first temple builder for Jerusalem, involved in the stretching of the cord ceremony and knot in the bible was involved (whom I perceive as a student of the science from the books that would have been contained in the library of Seshat-chief architect), and 4) It reminded me of my favorite t-shirt given to me at Obama's BET Inauguration Ball that read "My Black is Beautiful", a popular empowerment theme for African Americans since the 70s. I was thinking at first, does this inscription mean that black women have been struggling with proving their beauty to other cultures long before slavery? How long did this go back? So with many questions in my mind I spent several days looking for more information on Black Madonna's and other sayings of ancient times that we African-Americans still use today, such as Imhotep's, "My Brother".
So today opening the pages to see La Morenata brought me back to this place I had forgotten. Where are the black women who were teachers? What is this hand/fingers business I keep seeing? Why does so much written about these figures discount or explain away their blackness? I think we all know the reason for that... I will write about Demeter in another blog, but she is where I ended up with the last research several years ago while searching "I am black, but beautiful". Countless writings from the turn of the time from BC to AD concerning these black women who had come to far off lands with their knowledge of healing, herbs, and other north African type cultural backgrounds.
I don't think that I have written about it yet but the astronomy of Easter and the science related to the stars and Seshat are related. So Easter and its celebration has been on my list of things to delve into deeper as the holiday relates to the goddess Seshat and the science of the stars from that early time period. La Morenata's feast day, Virgin of Montserrat's Day, is the 3rd week of Easter for Spain April 27th, which is tomorrow for me now many people will pray and feast in her honor in Europe. It was on 9/11/1881 that Pope Leo XIII declared the virgin of Montserrat, La Morenata, patroness of Catalonia. 9/11 is also the National Day of Catalonia. On April 25th this song Virolai to her was desclared winner among 70 compositions, the first stanza of which begins with the verse "Rosa April, the Sierra Morena, Montserrat star". Tradition says that this statue of her was found after it was hidden in the 9th century from the Moors who had come to that area. All of Catalonia was under Moorish control by 718 AD, according to Adam Kent.
If you know someone who can speak Catalana please have them provide me with a true translation from here. In the mean time this is what Babble I mean Google has provided me... From reading the translation things that stood out to me were wife of the mountain, gold saw & make you a palace (building), crowned with stars, mystic spring, water of life, fishermen, port, Lebanon cedar, Incense tree, palm sion (Zion), sacred fruit, guide to heaven. Noteworthy is that this festival coincides with St George's Book Day. In 1995 UNESCO established 4/23 as World Book and Copyright Day, the day is celebrated by women giving a book to men and men given the women a rose. Also, the Incense tree is The frankincense tree (Boswellia sacra) before translation- L' arbre à encens. The frankincense tree is found in Somalia, in Ethiopia, the Yemen and Oman. There is also mention of a Palm Zion which may reference a hill where Zerubbabel built the Second Temple, "Daughter of Zion". In the New Testament the Daughter of Zion is interpreted as the bride of Christ. However, as stated in my previous blogs I do not think the terms bride, daughter, mother, son, etc should be taken literally to describe a biological lineage, but rather an educational association of sorts that spans time.
Translated Lyrics to Virolai
April Rose, wife of the mountain
Star of Montserrat,
illuminate the earth Catalan
guide us to Heaven
Gold with a saw, the little angels sawed,
with a saw gold, these peaks there, to make you a palace.
Queen of Heaven, the seraphim down
Give us a blue inside your coat,
Dawn, crowned with stars,
City of God which David mused,
At your feet, the moon arose,
the sun's rays to give you clothes.
Catalans you will always be the Princess
Spaniards, the Star of the East.
For good, be the force,
For fishermen, the port of salvation!
Comfort those who leave their homeland,
Without ever seeing the peaks of Montserrat.
On land or sea, you listen to those who crave
Turn to God's hearts who abandoned;
Mystic Spring Water of life
sprung from heaven in the heart of my country,
If you know someone who can speak Catalana please have them provide me with a true translation from here. In the mean time this is what Babble I mean Google has provided me... From reading the translation things that stood out to me were wife of the mountain, gold saw & make you a palace (building), crowned with stars, mystic spring, water of life, fishermen, port, Lebanon cedar, Incense tree, palm sion (Zion), sacred fruit, guide to heaven. Noteworthy is that this festival coincides with St George's Book Day. In 1995 UNESCO established 4/23 as World Book and Copyright Day, the day is celebrated by women giving a book to men and men given the women a rose. Also, the Incense tree is The frankincense tree (Boswellia sacra) before translation- L' arbre à encens. The frankincense tree is found in Somalia, in Ethiopia, the Yemen and Oman. There is also mention of a Palm Zion which may reference a hill where Zerubbabel built the Second Temple, "Daughter of Zion". In the New Testament the Daughter of Zion is interpreted as the bride of Christ. However, as stated in my previous blogs I do not think the terms bride, daughter, mother, son, etc should be taken literally to describe a biological lineage, but rather an educational association of sorts that spans time.
Translated Lyrics to Virolai
April Rose, wife of the mountain
Star of Montserrat,
illuminate the earth Catalan
guide us to Heaven
Gold with a saw, the little angels sawed,
with a saw gold, these peaks there, to make you a palace.
Queen of Heaven, the seraphim down
Give us a blue inside your coat,
Dawn, crowned with stars,
City of God which David mused,
At your feet, the moon arose,
the sun's rays to give you clothes.
Catalans you will always be the Princess
Spaniards, the Star of the East.
For good, be the force,
For fishermen, the port of salvation!
Comfort those who leave their homeland,
Without ever seeing the peaks of Montserrat.
On land or sea, you listen to those who crave
Turn to God's hearts who abandoned;
Mystic Spring Water of life
sprung from heaven in the heart of my country,
Catalan
Rosa April, the Sierra Morena,
Star of Montserrat,
illuminate the Catalan land,
guided us toward heaven.
Saw the golden angels sawing
axes hills to make you a palace;
Queen of Heaven that descended Serafina,
ten us wrap your blue cloak dincs.
Dawn rising star crowned,
City of David dreamed that God,
to the moon you are putting your feet,
the sun his rays assumes you dress.
Catalans will always be princess
Spanish Star of the East,
Be good for the pillar of strength
port of rescue for sinners.
Give relief to those who longs for the homeland,
without ever seeing the peaks of Montserrat;
on land and sea oïu who implores,
return to God that the hearts have stopped.
Mystical Power of the water of life,
rageu heaven in the heart of my country;
gifts and virtues leave it to bloom;
Take, please, your paradise.
Ditxosos eyes, Maria, who you see!
ditxós heart that opens in your light!
Rose of Heaven, the seraphim voltegen,
my prayer to give your perfume.
Cedar gentle Lebanon crown
Incense tree, palm Sion,
the sacred fruit that your love gives us
Jesus Christ is the Redeemer of the world.
Our story begins with your name
Montserrat and our Sinai:
feel for the scale of all the glory
rocky areas covered with rosemary.
Rosa April, the Sierra Morena,
Star of Montserrat,
illuminate the Catalan land,
guided us toward heaven
Over the edge
I saw the temple
Up in the air
There were angels
Inside the halls
I touched the Virgin
Her skin glistened Black
Mother of God
Soaring up over the peaks
Past the clouds around us
High above the Earthly planes
You'll find Montserrat
Past the other patron saints
You'll find Montserrat
The Legacy:
"Over 150 churches were dedicated to the Virgin of Montserrat in Italy alone, as were the first chapels of Mexico, Chile and Peru; even a Caribbean island bears her name. For centuries, the monastery enjoyed outrageous prosperity, having its own flag and a form of extraterritorial independence along the lines of the Vatican City, and its fortunes declined only in the nineteenth century. In 1811 Napoleon's troops devastated the buildings, stole many of the treasures and "hunted the hermits like chamois along the cliffs".....In recent decades Montserrat's popularity has again become established; there are over three hundred brothers and, in addition to the tourists, tens of thousands of newly married couples come here to seek La Moreneta 's blessing on their union." Discovering Barcelona
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Monday, April 23, 2012
Sacred Mathematics Embodied in African Culture
Today I was thinking about Seshat and the history of mathematics and archaeology. I asked myself where is the cultural proof in Africa of the embodiment of this science. If it is so old and comes from this land, where is it seen within the structure of the culture where libraries are not existent to hold the knowledge? Then a blog reader emailed me this video. I had seen this video some years ago, but the email served as a reminder that we are all connected and the answers are there if you look. Thank you for that.
Bringing research like this work done by Ron Eglash to the public is important in the study of Seshat and the written scripts connection to KMT. Before there was the written word, there was the living word. Those who existed and embodied the knowledge, outside of that which is embedded in our DNA acted out unconsciously, but that which we create consciously. What happened to the people who embodied sacred mathematics both intuitively and consciously? They are here, living and breathing the lives that their ancestors have taught them through ritual and secret society.
We must not destroy this knowledge because it is my belief that we don't know yet all that it contains in its most subtle forms. To discredit it, accept part but not all as valid or truth would be catastrophic to human history and culture. I hope that we can honor others and allow them the respect to be who they are without the destructive thoughts that we have all the answers that they should adopt our ways to the abandonment of theirs.
Bringing research like this work done by Ron Eglash to the public is important in the study of Seshat and the written scripts connection to KMT. Before there was the written word, there was the living word. Those who existed and embodied the knowledge, outside of that which is embedded in our DNA acted out unconsciously, but that which we create consciously. What happened to the people who embodied sacred mathematics both intuitively and consciously? They are here, living and breathing the lives that their ancestors have taught them through ritual and secret society.
We must not destroy this knowledge because it is my belief that we don't know yet all that it contains in its most subtle forms. To discredit it, accept part but not all as valid or truth would be catastrophic to human history and culture. I hope that we can honor others and allow them the respect to be who they are without the destructive thoughts that we have all the answers that they should adopt our ways to the abandonment of theirs.
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