Equinozo di Autunno 2022 - Part 2

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The Dark Reality of Los Angeles - YouTube

The Ocean is Way Deeper Than You Think - YouTube

Experiment: LAVA vs BULLETPROOF GLASS - YouTube

5 "Impossible" Things That Can Happen On Other Planets - YouTube

The Mormons: Who They Are, What They Believe (2015) | Full Movie | Dr. Lynn Wilder - YouTube

The RIDICULOUSLY expensive cost of living in Nome, Alaska (you won't believe how much water costs) - YouTube

When LIVING IN A CAR is Your Last Choice - "Mobile" a Short Film - YouTube

WRITE IT DOWN & The Universe Will Bring It To You - Dr. Joe Dispenza (Law Of Attraction) - YouTube

Death is Not Random - View from the Other Side, Episode 4 - YouTube

15 Merciless Moments When Male Lions Attack Their Prey - YouTube

Everything You Didn't Know About Dark Web, But Should - YouTube

China's Plan to Overtake USA as Superpower (Why It's Failing) - YouTube

How and Why Do Most People Fool Themselves? Here it is...

Scientists Submit Actual Proof Aliens Are Watching You Right Now

Exploring The Abandoned Town Of Thurmond, West Virginia - YouTube

WW2 Weapons That are STILL Being Used Today - YouTube

 

 

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Greenleaf Foods

While driving the other day here in Sonoma, I got a little surprise in the form of a Greenleaf delivery truck from back home in Brisbane. All plant-based foods, some of it organic.

GreenleafFoods.com

Adam Grogan, President at Greenleaf Foods: The Future of Protein Is Now

 

 

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Young mystery woman

The young woman whose tiny image is so frequently featured on that YouTube advert located on the upper right. Who is she? Is she Slavic?

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Tsubaki Grand Shrine of America

Granite Falls, Washington

Constructed 1935

https://www.tsubakishrine.org

Tsubaki Grand Shrine of America (video of the the grounds)

 

 

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Tsubaki Grand Shrine (Japan)

Shinto

Shinto shrine

Gallery of other Shinto shrines

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This shrine reminds me a lot of an Asatru hof in architecture, energy, location, and principle. Shinto and Asatru, as ancestral-based belief systems, seem to have a similar general view of life.

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Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden

PeterRabbit59

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Lynn Anderson

Lynn Rene Anderson was born in Grand Forks, North Dakota, on September 26, 1947, to Casey and Liz Anderson. Her grandparents were Scandinavian immigrants who established a North Dakota "saddle club". According to Anderson, she could ride horses before she could walk. While she was still a young child, the family relocated to a subdivision in Fair Oaks, California. However, Anderson insisted that her parents move to a ranch, prompting the family to move to Sacramento, California. In Sacramento, the Anderson family bought a ranch with two acres of land. The family raised horses, which she learned how to ride and care for. At the age of nine, Anderson won second place at a local horse-racing event in San Francisco, California. Lynn also became interested in performing from an early age. Both her parents were aspiring songwriters that had formed friendships with west country performers. Her performing and musical interests continued into high school. During her teens she landed a job working as a secretary for KROY in Sacramento. Upon graduating, she became the station's secretary to the general manager.

While working full-time, Lynn continued entering equestrian competitions. Once winning several competitions, she was dubbed the "California Horse Show Queen" in 1966. While watching her daughter at these events, Liz Anderson was also composing songs. She sent her compositions to Los Angeles and Nashville, Tennessee, where they were heard by music executives. Among the songs heard was "(My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers", which was recorded by Merle Haggard in 1964. The song led producer Chet Atkins to Liz to a recording contract at RCA Victor. This prompted the family to relocate to Nashville. Before officially moving, Liz took a brief trip with her daughter to Nashville in 1965. At a hotel, mother and daughter performed in an informal sing-along with several other artists. Also present at the sing-along was producer Slim Williamson. Impressed by her vocals, Williamson offered Lynn a recording contract of her own. In 1966, she signed her first recording contract with Chart Records.

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Anderson has been widely regarded as one of country music's most significant female artists.

 

 

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Chuck Missler -- Transhumanism

1,901,765 views - July 26, 2013

Calvary South Denver

Chuck Missler spoke at Calvary South Denver in Littleton Colorado on July 24, 2013 on the subject of Transhumanism.  (It is recommended that you watch this video at full 720p resolution so that you can clearly see all of the powerpoint slides used in this presentation.)

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Robert Downey Junior says "I love Chuck Missler"

 

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Little Moon Clothing

Hand-made clothing

Beautiful pagan-themed clothing for females of all ages

The guys have to sit this one out I guess

LittleMoonClothing.com

https://www.etsy.com/shop/Littlemoonclothing

https://www.pinterest.com/littlemoonco/

I guess it's like anything else, if you want to see more of this type of thing, vote with your pocketbook..

 

 

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 Sophia Loren, Yvonne De Carlo

and Gina Lollobrigida at a

film ball in Berlin in 1954

   

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A Beautiful Morning. The Rascals. (1968)

12mulligan

The Rascals 1968 hit, A Beautiful Morning. With lyrics.

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"Sweet memories driving to work the first week of May 1968 anticipating our wedding on the eleventh.   We were so very very happy. That day  was the beginning of our life together for 31 years!   God’s way is the best way.  He blessed us abundantly.  May 11 was a beautiful morning, and the beginning of a beautiful life!"
-- Mae Guerra

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For me , I was in 7th grade walking to school , on a Beautiful May morning , we were going to our annual school  safety picnic , my Mom bought me a new outfit for the picnic a pretty pair of ,pink and white shorts with a matching pink top and jacket and loved the outfit , I met up with my girlfriends at the corner of our street and we all walked to school , so excited for the picnic , Beautiful morning came on my transistor radio I was carrying, and it spoke to us girls every way , what a sweet memory , I have always cherished , we were happy young preteens that day and I never forgot this song , and that Beautiful morning walking to school full of joy and all was right with our world , Cherish it my whole life and always will ..💕
-- Bonnie McGinnis

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 'Mysterious Hammer Of Thor In Canada Was Built Before The Arrival Of The Inuit – Did Vikings Raise The Monument?'

Ellen Lloyd - January 22, 2018 - AncientPages.com

On the desolate north bank of the Payne Estuary, 15 miles above the village of Payne Bay, near the west coast of Ungava Bay, northern Quebec, Canada, there is a very curious ancient monument resembling Thor’s Hammer.

The monument is a two-ton stone structure, about 8 feet high, and measures 4-1/2 feet across at its pointed lintel, surmounted by a 14-inch-high capstone. It is unknown who raised the monument, and there is some dispute about its builders.

The structure was discovered in 1964 by archaeologist Thomas E. Lee during an anthropological expedition to Ungava. Lee was struck by its roughly Nordic design and dubbed it “the Hammer of Thor.”

God Thor is considered a hero of the Vikings, and his hammer has long been the Vikings’ amulet of protection and power. Thor is often depicted with Mjölnir, a magical hammer in his hand.

con't....

 

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Hammer of Thor (monument)

This monument is located in the far north of Quebec, near the north opening into the Hudson Bay.

 

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VIKING SYMBOLS meaning and pronunciation

597,381 views - November 17, 2020

Hrafna

305K subscribers

Let's talk about VIKING SYMBOLS! and of course their meaning and pronunciation. Don't forget get like and comment to participate in the giveaway! And leave your IG or email so I can contact you if you win! 

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'The Last Samurai' (2003) - movie review

'The Last Samurai' (Wikipedia)

The Last Samurai is a 2003 American epic war film directed and co-produced by Edward Zwick, who also co-wrote the screenplay with John Logan. The film stars Tom Cruise, who also co-produced, as well as Ken Watanabe, Shin Koyamada, Tony Goldwyn, Hiroyuki Sanada, Timothy Spall and Billy Connolly. Inspired by a project by Vincent Ward, it interested Zwick, with Ward later serving as executive producer. The film production went ahead with Zwick and was shot in Ward’s native New Zealand.

Cruise portrays an American officer, whose personal and emotional conflicts bring him into contact with samurai warriors in the wake of the Meiji Restoration in 19th Century Japan. The film's plot was inspired by the 1877 Satsuma Rebellion led by Saigō Takamori, and on the westernization of Japan by colonial powers, though this is largely attributed to the United States in the film for American audiences. It is also based on the stories of Jules Brunet, a French army captain who fought alongside Enomoto Takeaki in the earlier Boshin War and Frederick Townsend Ward, an American mercenary who helped Westernize the Chinese army by forming the Ever Victorious Army.

The Last Samurai was well received upon its release, with a worldwide box office total of $456 million.[1] It was nominated for several awards, including four Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards and two National Board of Review Awards.


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'The Last Samurai' was based on a true account, in which the protagonist was a French officer, and you can find a documentary of that on YouTube. However, this movie was realistic and its sentiments genuine. The first scene was in 1876 San Francisco I recall, and U.S. Captain Nathan Algren (Cruise) was engaging in a promotional tour for Winchester Company... "how Winchester rifles were winning the west." He gave his speech drunk, and was clearly a man who was broken by his participation in certain misdeeds during the Indian Wars under the infamous Lt. Col. Custer. Apparently one of the worst offenders of some of the slaughtering of women and children was Col. Bagley, whom is Algren's sworn enemy from the beginning. The gist of the story is Bagley approaching Algren to recruit him to into an American industrial effort to provide Japan with the training and weapons to subdue the Samurai tribes.... as they had done with the Amerindian tribes of the west. The Samurai were very unhappy about the sudden rapid transformation of Japan. Algren and Bagley meet with Japanese businessman Omura, and Algren agrees to participate after he is offered a lot of money for the mercenary effort. Omura and Bagley make quite a duo of antagonists, with Omura being even more unsavory than Bagley... which says a lot.

This movie contains quite a number of very interesting quotes about Japan, Japanese mythology, and Samurai tradition; but gathering them here is more effort than I want to give for this review. A major theme in the movie is the Shintoist culture... which is essentially the Samurai culture... much the same as Odinist culture was tied to Teutonic tribal tradition. Another theme of this movie was "Ancient vs. Modern." Actually I don't always buy this perception, and these conflicts usually stem from something ancient, sacred, and wise... which happens to be in the way of contrived social, political, and economic change, and this is not always "progress" by dictionary definition. The word "Samurai" is plural, as like "Samurinians." It basically means "warrior" and "to serve"... and probably other meanings. As Algren is crossing the Atlantic Ocean... there seems to be a symbolic/spiritual period amid the lonely waters. During this period of apparent "transformation," Algren says in narrative-style: "There is some comfort in the emptiness of the sea. No past. No future." This seemed to be his personal journey from a broken state, towards redemption.

Upon meeting the twenty-four year old Emperor Meiji, the Emperor saw clear parallels between their situation and the American situation with the Amerindians. However, he was torn between his love for this "teacher" Lord Katsumoto who was the leader of the Samurai, and this effort towards so-called "modernism." After the Army conscripts were rushed into service, against Algren's warning that they were not ready, they finally meet up with the Samurai. As they come face-to-face with the Samurai, who emerge from the midst on horseback, it was like an army of legend returning to the world. As if they were Spartans, Romans, Vikings, or Langobards coming back from the dead against a modern army. The horns of the Samurai helmets reminded me of Viking or Gaulish helmets... as if they were the horns of Cernunnos. The fierce expressions and bearded faces of the Samurai also reminded me of Odinic warriors. After the Japanese army is slaughtered, Algren shows tremendous heart in fighting to the end.. and Katsumoto witnesses this and decides to take him prisoner instead of the apparently usual method of putting their adversaries to death. As Algren fights off Samurai warriors with a pole-flag with a tiger emblem, an impressed Katsumoto sees the spirit of the tiger in his actions.

Katsumoto begins a series of dialogs with Algren in a Shintoist Temple, which he says his family constructed a thousand years prior. The temple reminded me of an Odinic hof in that it was less gaudy, and more spiritually "of the Earth." One theme of Samurai culture was that a Samurai warrior "cannot stand the shame of defeat," at which time they either take their own life or someone else takes "the honor" of taking his life. That concept is in total contrast with Vehmic tradition of "dogged resilience," or many other traditions that allow for "redemption." The Samurai tradition was more focused on "fate," "honor," and dying "a good death," customarily in battle. "Honor" seems a word that can be interpreted many ways. After being told the numerical odds that Custer faced at "the Battle of Little Big Horn," Katsumoto was impressed... "I like this Custer"... at which time Algren strongly disagreed, but did eventually understand the concept. Eventually they did share the vision of glory as they verbally and allegorically carried out "the Battle of Thermopylae." Another theme of Shintoist/Samurai culture was "perfection." Everything should be done with the intention of perfection.. or at least the process of achieving perfection, which was often in relation to various forms of warfare... usually the distinctive Samurai sword (using wooden sticks in mocked-training). The tribe was in constant training for war, similar to the ancient Langobards. A whole culture based on a military tradtion, maybe more similar to the Spartan ethic.

At one point earlier, Bagley said to Algren: "What is it about your own people that you hate so much?" I didn't think that that projection fit Algren, and his eventual love for the Samurai culture seemed hard-earned and genuine. Eventually, after a long process, they accepted him as a man of honor... a "quasi-Samurai" I guess. Later in the film, Katsumoto--feeling that he had betrayed his people since this had all happened on "his watch"--said to Algren: "The way of the Samurai is not necessary anymore." Algren responed: "Necessary? What could be more necessary?" I was just thinking the other day, what makes a great movie? I think one with many great scenes, and this movie had them. One aspect of the film which caught my eye was the Samurai architecture. The basic houses seemed advanced, with an almost old European-like square structure, made of wood, hardwood flooring, with what we may see as a Japanese style to them. I skipped a lot of the interaction as Algren interacted with this community, but his journey to acceptance was not easy. I guess maybe part of the theme could be that "good things aren't easy." The ending is very dramatic. I would highly recommend this film. After watching this film, it seems to me that an old question... what is honor?... is begging for a new answer.

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