Showing posts with label classical music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label classical music. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 5, 2022

Equinozo di Autunno 2022 - Part 5

"The secret of getting ahead is getting started."

-- Mark Twain

 

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"I have not failed. I have found a thousand ways that won't work."

-- Thomas Edison


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“It doesn’t matter how smart you are, unless you stop and think.”

-- Thomas Sowell

 

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5D Woman Reveals Why The Sheeple Love Their Covid Religion And All Idiot Religions

Turbofanpowerd

August 2, 2022

Check out the covid bio weapon vaccine http://thecrowhouse.com/Documents/Intra-body%20nano-network%20-%20Brief%20summary%20by%20Mik%20Andersen.pdf


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The Vaccinated Are Actually Patented Homo Borg Genesis Genetically Modified Animals

'Intra-body nano-network' by Mik Andersen (Brief summary)

 

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Walking the Spiritual Path Alone

Awaken Insight

167K subscribers

126,932 views - April 14, 2019

Many people find themselves increasingly alone on the spiritual journey.  This is not only very common, but in some sense intrinsic to the journey.  

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 I like being alone but I learned that I am never alone. My guides are always sending me messages."

-- yolanda Landeros



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Piece of the Evil Demonic Puzzle- The Process Church

Esther Fight4thePeople



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Richard Wagner - DAS RHEINGOLD - Entrance of the Gods into Valhalla (Solti, 1958)

Meyerbeer Smith


287,643 views  - August 19, 2016

DAS RHEINGOLD
Vorabend des Bühnenfestspiels ‘Der Ring des Nibelungen’
Composer and librettist: Richard Wagner (1813–1883)
First performance: Nationaltheater, Munich, 22 September 1869

SETTING: In and around the Rhine, mythic times

PLOT: At the bottom of the river Rhine, the Nibelung dwarf Alberich steals the Rhine gold from the Rhinemaidens and, renouncing love, forges it into a ring of power.  Elsewhere, Wotan (=Odin), ruler of the gods, has ordered the giants Fafner and Fasolt to build a castle.  Wotan refuses to give them the price they asked: Freia, goddess of youth and beauty.  The giants kidnap Freia, and will only return her in exchange for Alberich’s treasure.  Without Freia’s golden apples, the gods begin to grow old.  Wotan and Loge descend into Nibelheim, where Alberich has used the ring to make the other Nibelungs his slaves.  They capture Alberich, and take him to their mountain top.  They force Alberich to give up his treasure, including the ring, which Alberich curses.  Fafner and Fasolt quarrel over the treasure, and Fafner kills Fasolt.  The gods enter their new home, which Wotan names Walhall (Valhalla).  The Rhinemaidens lament the loss of their gold.


Entrance of the Gods into Valhalla

Fafner has just slain Fasolt, to the horror of the gods.  Donner (=Thor) god of thunder, summons a storm to clear the air.  The clouds part to reveal a rainbow bridge spanning the Rhine.  Wotan praises the majesty of Valhalla, and leads the gods across the bridge.  Loge (=Loki), god of fire, hangs back; he believes the gods are hastening to their end, and considers turning himself back into fire.  The Rhinemaidens ask the gods to return the gold, but Wotan orders them to be quiet.  Loge tells them that they must now bask in the glory of the gods.

Wotan (baritone): George London
Donner (baritone): Eberhard Wächter
Froh (tenor): Waldemar Kmentt
Loge (tenor): Set Svanholm
Fricka (mezzo-soprano): Kirsten Flagstad
Freia (soprano): Claire Watson
Woglinde (soprano): Oda Balsborg
Wellgunde (mezzo-soprano): Hetty Plümacher
Floßhilde (contralto): Ira Malaniuk

Conductor: Sir Georg Solti
Wiener Philharmoniker
Vienna, 1958

 

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"Wagner’s operas are really growing on me. Reading the English translations of the lyrics and understanding the mythic roots of the plot makes it even more powerful and enjoyable."
-- You don't know me

"Wagner is a magician; once he has you under his spell, he never lets go"
-- John Holmes

"This is the definition of divine triumphant music. The sound of Donner’s Hammer hitting the rock is perfect."
-- Anna Maria Delgado

"No word can describe the immense beauty and great richness of Wagner Music."
-- manouchehr7

" 'Der Ring des Nibelungen' is the most perfect artwork of all time ! Wagner finally accomplished his aims with this timeless unbeatable masterpiece !"
-- Hilano Carvalho

 

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Das_Rheingold

 

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African hunting dogs

Magnificently adapted, ruthless, and brutally efficient

African Wild Dog VS Spotted Hyena - YouTube

Wild dogs catching a waterbuck, the full version with previously left out parts. Viewer discretion. - YouTube

 

 

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"Swastika" on the Moon

This was apparently confirmed by NASA in 2012. This is just one of a lot of "stuff" in our solar system. It would be easy to dismiss, until one looks closely at the finite detail, and of course the dome in the center with a notch at the top of it.... all symmetrical, with perfect right angle turns, and perfectly spaced notches on just one side of each leg.

 



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☀✪ Pagan Symbols: The Meaning Behind Wicca, Sigils of Power & Protection

Spells8


62.8K subscribers

1,323,342 views - August 2, 2019

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Chart of important Wiccan symbols every Witch should know and their meaning. Also: the wheel of the year, runes, and alchemical elements: Fire, Air, Water, Earth, and Spirit, and other protection sigils.

From the Horned God and Moon Goddess to the Witches Knot, these wiccan magic symbols are used for protection, power, good luck, love and a lot more. Their origins and history can be traced back to the ancient Greek, Irish and even Hindu traditions.

Like other religions, Wicca has its own religious symbols which carry spiritual meanings and sacred power. You have likely seen some of these pictures before, so here's an opportunity to learn their meanings and origins. If you're thinking about getting a tattoo of a pagan symbol, a sigil, or wear a Wiccan charm, learn as much as you can about the origin of the symbol so you can wear it respectfully.

How to use these Wiccan symbols? You could charge them as sigils by carving them or drawing them on a piece of clothing, as jewelry, or in your bedroom/home. Some witches like to hang them near the front door or outside and use them as warding symbols of protection. You could also get a tattoo of a Wiccan symbol to remind you everyday of your faith and your identity as a Witch.

 


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Not surprisingly, this comment section is filled with quite an assortment of good, bad, truth, lies, reality, fantasy, and everything in between!

 

 

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A brief interchange I had from this video lead me to a fundamental question


Deagánach Ó Marúnacathasaigh

The Triskelion represents Manannán Mac Lir the Irish / Celtic God of the Sea.

The Torqu ( what you call the horned God) is one of the many symbols OF Cernunnos the Irish / Celtic God of Nature

An snaidhm or The Celtic Knot is the symbol that represents Bríghíd the Irish Goddess of Agriculture, blacksmithing, fertillity, craftsmanship, childbirth and healing



Joseph

Cernunnos was the regional name in Gaul (modern day France), but there were horned gods in many places.



Deagánach Ó Marúnacathasaigh

@Joseph  Yes he was a general Celtic deity but I'm afraid no one would know the name Chornachahaon which is the Irish Cernunnos

 

What was the name for the Horned God in the Val Camonica?



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Cerniéra - The horned god in Val Camonica?

If Mòna is the name of the Goddess in Camunian, then what was the name of the God? There are many names of the Horned God across western Europe. Cernunnos is the one that most comes to mind, with a lot of local names: Cern, Cernunno, Cerunico, Kern, Kernunno, Kernunnos, etc. I was able to find one possibility for the Camunian Horned God: "Cerniéra." This word means "interlocking closure," which is cryptic enough. In Asatru, the word Odin can be translated as "master of the order," which possibly could give a clue as the two definitions seem to convey a similar type of message and resonance. Interestingly enough, in the Camunian dialect, the word for "order" is "urdèn" which sounds like Odin! I don't think there's a religious connection there, but I do think that there is a Proto-European linguistic connection as many of the words in Camunian are Proto-European and extremely ancient.

The men in so many of these traditions were the "head of the family," while the women were the "head of the house," and that found its way into Christian cultures. In Italian culture, the mother is at the center of the family, while the father is the final authority, but that authority is not absolute. The Father is Law, while the Mother is Justice. Going clear back into the ancient world, the husband was out on the hunt, or defending the tribe, clan, or homestead, while the wife stayed at home with the children and took care of domestic or village life, including leadership roles within that village and garden. Later, the male took care of economic matters, while the wife took care of domestic matters, so they didn't collectively "compete." However, they competed within their own social milieu. So were the divine masculine and divine feminine energies in the old pagan Val Camonica defined as Cerniéra and Mòna?

Of course, this would have been before the Latin language and the Phoenician system of letters. So academically, it would have been altered as "Cerniero" and "Mona" without the accent marks. The Gaelic language shown above is just as mysterious as the Camuno-Valtellinese-Orobie language was. At least in Gaelic, I think that the language can be studied and spoken, while the ancient language of the latter cannot as it was altered by Gaulish, then by Etruscans when they migrated into ancient Rhaetia, then by Latin after the Roman conquest, then by Germanic, and finally being replaced by Italian. All we have are clues and comparisons to go by. Also, there must have been so many words that were eventually just not used anymore, and forgotten, and didn't make it into the latter days of when the Lombard language was a truly living language in the Alps of Lombardy and a few locales in Switzerland.



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Angie Everhart

The most alluring female vampire of all; 'Bordello of Blood' (1996)




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BLACK SABBATH - "Iron Man" (Official Video)

Black Sabbath

1.58M subscribers

43,331,180 views  - October 20, 2014

The original, official "Iron Man" music video

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/BlackSabbath
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Website: http://BlackSabbath.com
Spotify: http://bit.ly/SabSpot
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/BlackSabbath

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Video Links

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MASONIC LUCIFERIAN CONTRACT IN HOLLYWIERD

50 Famous Celebrities Who Were Shockingly MURDERED! - YouTube

The Mysterious Unmarked Grave of Fred Gwynne. Herman Munsters Grave - YouTube

 


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Asian golden cat 

The Asian golden cat is a medium-sized wild cat native to the northeastern Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia and China. It has been listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List since 2008, and is threatened by poaching and habitat destruction, since Southeast Asian forests are undergoing the world's fastest regional deforestation.








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"Google are deep state. Forget about conventional wars, forget about spies, forget about intelligence agencies, forget about all of that. It's all about the internet and google run the internet. They decide how you feel, what you think, what information you can and can't look at, and ultimately who does and doesn't have a voice."

-- David Bowie's final tweet, December 15, 2015



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"We've clearly moved from reality into a twilight zone. This is no joke now. No metaphor. We are in Armageddon."

-- Father Alexis Bugnolo








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The Foundations - Build Me Up Buttercup

gemz4will

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"My Mom loved this song! I both smile and cry when I hear this!  She was born in 1950 and passed in 2008. I miss ya Mom!"
-- Derrick McLovin'

"I love this song and my sister and I would listen to it when she came over before she passed away it makes me sad but happy at the same time"
-- Shannon Boyle

"I can't help but smile every time I listen to this song because I remember when I was on 7th grade, a bunch of guys in my choir class (who were normally jerks) got together and practiced this song and during our concert they brought an elderly woman up on stage and started singing this to her and she started crying she was so happy."
-- Koralia Thompson

"It seems a lot people in my age range (early 20's) know these songs because our parents play them on their computers and, now, mp3 players. I grew up with these songs in my household (besides my own selection of music, of course). And I like it."
-- PhantomSausage

"The feeling it's talking about is timeless, no matter what generation you've been in we've all had somebody make us feel this way. I love how it's so upbeat and playful but if you listen to to words it's actually a sad song."
-- Lindsay Shine

"Hey, its music guys, it ain't new music, and it ain't old music. Its just music. Music is timeless, and isn't held to one year or decade. The only thing that holds it is its meaning and each song holds a different meaning to each person."
-- Pal_200

"Brings back so many great memories from this time period. This song never gets old."
-- Tasha Marie Montelongo

"A timeless classic!"
-- Ray Butler

"Awe🤗 This song brings back so many memories. My dad would always sing this song to me when I was a little girl. He would always call me his little buttercup:) No matter how old I get, I’m always going to be his little buttercup💕"
-- Kaelynn Ward



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"We have the money, the technology, the scientific know-how, to create a kind of paradise. But we are led by the least among us, and the least intelligent."

-- Terence McKenna







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Land O'Lakes

The familiar label. Arden Hills, Minnesota. I have relatives who live around that area. Founded July 8, 1921. Agricultural cooperative. 3,963 farmer-owners.

LandOLakesInc.com

I hope there's no move to eliminate this label. If anything, maybe they could perhaps make her look a bit more Native! I remember my mother said that she remembers, even in rural Wisconsin, of growing up on Cream of Wheat, and of course that familiar label... then that label was eliminated.


 


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The other YouTube Slavic mystery woman

I had posted one of them, and here's the other. I like the background. It might sound like sort've a crazy thing to think, but I remember being on vacation with my family and driving across Wyoming when I was a kid. I just recall of one day the land and sky looking exactly as this image. I recall the sky was dark and it rained briefly, then the sun came out right afterwards.
 

 

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Gangkhar Puensum Mountain, Bhutan

Gangkhar Puensum (Dzongkha: Kangkar Punsum, alternatively, Gangkar Punsum or Gankar Punzum) is the highest mountain in Bhutan and the highest unclimbed mountain in the world, with an elevation of 7,570 metres (24,836 ft) and a prominence of 2,995 metres (9,826 ft). Its name means "White Peak of the Three Spiritual Brothers" in Dzongkha.

Gangkhar Puensum lies on the border between Bhutan and Tibet, China.

 

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I think this was a recent Windows Spotlight. Very beautiful area. Tibet, unfortunately, used to be many times larger than what is is today.





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Patton | Soundtrack Suite (Jerry Goldsmith)

Soundtrack Fred

94.3K subscribers

819,778 views - April 22, 2012

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"Hell is empty and all the devils are here."
-- William Shakespeare



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Palermo Opera House

It's tan (rather than white marble) appearance is catchy, as well as its Etrusco-Roman style "wings." Behind is a large rotunda, which is the ceiling of the opera house. It was constructed in 1897.




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HEADS UP LADIES, THIS COULD HAPPEN TO YOU IN A BAR OR NIGHTCLUB, BE VERY CAREFUL

99Percent

13703 subscribers - October 4th, 2022.

THE RICH PUT IN THEIR SPECIFIC ORDER FOR THE GIRL THEY ARE LOOKING FOR TO ADD TO THEIR SEX TRAFFICKING RING & DEMONS LIKE THIS GO ON THE HUNT. WHEN THEY FIND A TARGET THEY MOVE IN VERY SNEAKY WITH THE BARTENDER, A FEMALE, APPARENTLY ACCEPTING A BRIBE TO LOOK THE OTHER WAY. THANK GOD FOR OTHER'S WHO FELT SOMETHING JUST WASN'T RIGHT.

NEVER ACCEPT A DRINK FROM A STRANGER BUT ALWAYS GET IT STRAIGHT FROM THE BARTENDER IF YOU GO TO THESE TYPES OF PLACES. BEST THING IS TO JUST STAY AWAY FROM THESE DEMONIC PLACES.

SHARE THIS WITH EVERYONE

 

 

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A person's "fairy godmother" isn't always who you think it will be.


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"The masses have never thirsted after truth. They turn aside from evidence that is not to their taste, preferring to deify error, if error seduce them. Whoever can supply them with illusions is easily their master; whoever attempts to destroy their illusions is always their victim."

-- Gustave Le Bon


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Oliver - Good Morning Starshine

Suzyy70


11,178,473 views -  March 18, 2014

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"This song was popular when I was in high school in the 70’s. Life wasn’t so complicated back then. Love the memories that come back when I listen to it♥️🤩."

-- Pam Speer

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Wednesday, March 20, 2019

'Carmina Burana' - Largely based on eclectic European pre-Christian spiritual folk traditions... and possibly of South Tyrolian origin: Part 4

Codex Buranus

When I first posted on this subject, I had no idea what I was getting into. This is a long-term project for the Neopagan folk-collective. For one example, a Neopagan musical concern could sift further into these works and find something related and--in some sense--become the next Carl Orff by using the poems for a musical piece! I mean, why not? This work is not copyrighted; it's very relevant. Perhaps someone has already done this; I don't know. Of course, I would like to see someone accomplish this who has some true talent and do it from a Neopagan perspective. Orff selected a mere twenty-four works from the Codex Buranus; there are many more works contained within it.

Themes

Generally, the works contained in the Carmina Burana can be arranged into four groups according to theme:

1. 55 songs of morals and mockery (CB 1–55)
2. 131 love songs (CB 56–186)
3. 40 drinking and gaming songs (CB 187–226)
4. Two longer spiritual theater pieces (CB 227 and 228)



The Old Abrahamic Devil

"It's the Devil !"

'Carl Orff’s “Carman Burana”, Is it demonic?'


The New Secular Devil

"It's the Nazis !"

'Secret of the White Rose'


Folk Pagan Origin

"It's the Witches !"

'The Original Sound of the Carmina Burana'

Medieval poetry is filled with images of fate and destiny, reflecting the Christian’s morbid fascination with the terrifying power of an implacable pagan goddess. (regarding 'O Fortuna')






Fortune Plango Vulnera - Carmina Burana

madprofessor

Fortune Plango Vulnera from Carmina Burana - Carl Orff


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Carl Orff: Fortune Plango Vulnera/en Lyrics

The Latin title of this song is "Fortune Plango Vulnera". The English translation is "I Bemoan the Wounds of Fortune."



I bemoan the wounds of Fortune
with weeping eyes,
for the gifts she made me
she perversely takes away.
It is written in truth,
that she has a fine head of hair,
but, when it comes to seizing an opportunity
she is bald.

On Fortune's throne
I used to sit raised up,
crowned with
the multi-coloured flowers of prosperity;
though I may have flourished
happy and blessed,
now I fall from the peak
deprived of glory.

The wheel of Fortune turns;
I go down, demeaned;
another is raised up;
far too high up
sits the king at the summit -
let him fear ruin!
for under the axis we may read
"Queen Hecuba."


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Tuesday, March 19, 2019

'Carmina Burana' - Largely based on eclectic European pre-Christian spiritual folk traditions... and possibly of South Tyrolian origin: Part 3


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Father God and Mother Goddess

The above image: Set design by Helmut Jürgens for a performance in Munich in 1959. Is the sky scene depicting the Proto-European Alfather (Sun) and the Almother (Moon)? Were Orff and Jürgens part of some occult network? Alone, I would doubt all of these clues pointing towards a pre-Christian aka "Witch cult" tie-in. However, all together, it appears that way to me. The clear lyrical tie-in, the wheel of the year, references to the seasons, and this set design. Masons like to use this type of occult symbolism, most often in esoteric reference to anything non-Christian. The selection covers a wide range of topics, as familiar in the 13th century as they are in the 21st century: the fickleness of fortune and wealth, the ephemeral nature of life, the joy of the return of Spring, and the pleasures and perils of drinking, gluttony, gambling, and lust. If this was all just a satire in reference to the Catholic Church, then why the cryptic references to the Old Religion? I suppose that it may have been just another aspect of the mockery, but I'm not so certain. It should be noted that there is no evidence that Carl Orff was a Freemason or had any connection to any occult society. He was a Roman Catholic.


The following is related text, not my work.


Manuscript

Carmina Burana (CB) is a manuscript written in 1230 by two different scribes in an early gothic minuscule on 119 sheets of parchment. A number of free pages, cut of a slightly different size, were attached at the end of the text in the 14th century. At some point in the Late Middle Ages, the handwritten pages were bound into a small folder called the Codex Buranus. However, in the process of binding, the text was placed partially out of order, and some pages were most likely lost, as well. The manuscript contains eight miniatures: the rota fortunae (which actually is an illustration from songs CB 14–18, but was placed by the book binder as the cover), an imaginative forest, a pair of lovers, scenes from the story of Dido and Aeneas, a scene of drinking beer, and three scenes of playing dice, tables, and chess.

History

Older research assumed that the manuscript was written in Benediktbeuern where it was found. Today, however, Carmina Burana scholars have several different ideas about the manuscript's place of origin. It is agreed that the manuscript must be from the region of central Europe where the Bavarian dialect of German is spoken due to the Middle High German phrases in the text—a region that includes parts of southern Germany, western Austria, and northern Italy. It must also be from the southern part of that region because of the Italian peculiarities of the text. The two possible locations of its origin are the bishop's seat of Seckau in Styria and Kloster Neustift near Brixen in South Tyrol.




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Carmuna Burana OH FORTUNA

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A bishop named Heinrich was provost in Seckau from 1232 to 1243, and he is mentioned as provost of Maria Saal in Carinthia in CB 6* of the added folio. This would support Seckau as the possible point of origin, and it is possible that Heinrich funded the creation of the Carmina Burana. The marchiones (people from Steiermark) were mentioned in CB 219,3 before the Bavarians, Saxons, or Austrians, presumably indicating that Steiermark was the location closest to the writers. Many of the hymns were dedicated to Saint Catherine of Alexandria, who was venerated in Seckau, such as CB 12* and 19*–22*.

In support of Kloster Neustift, the text's open-mindedness is characteristic of the reform-minded Augustine Canons Regular of the time, as is the spoken quality of the writing. Also, Brixen is mentioned in CB 95, and the beginning to a story appears in CB 203a which is unique to Tirol called the Eckenlied about the mythic hero Dietrich von Bern.

It is less clear how the Carmina Burana traveled to Benediktbeuern. Fritz Peter Knapp suggested that the manuscript could have traveled in 1350 by way of the Wittelsbacher family who were Vögte of both Tirol and Bavaria, if it was written in Neustift.


Rediscovery and history of publication

The manuscript was discovered in the monastery at Benediktbeuren in 1803 by librarian Johann Christoph von Aretin. He transferred it to the Bavarian State Library in Munich where it currently resides (Signatur: clm 4660/4660a). Aretin regarded the Codex as his personal reading material, and wrote to a friend that he was glad to have discovered "a collection of poetic and prosaic satire, directed mostly against the papal seat."


The first pieces to be published were Middle-High German texts, which Aretin's colleague Bernhard Joseph Docen published in 1806. Additional pieces were eventually published by Jacob Grimm in 1844. The first collected edition of the Carmina Burana was not published until 1847, almost 40 years after Aretin's discovery. Publisher Johann Andreas Schmeller chose a misleading title for the collection, which created the misconception that the works contained in the Codex Buranas were not from Benediktbeuren. Schmeller attempted to organize the collection into "joking" (Scherz) and "serious" (Ernst) works, but he never fully completed the task. The ordering scheme used today was proposed in 1930 by Alfons Hilka and Otto Schumann [de] in the first critical text edition of the Carmina Burana.[28] The two based their edition on previous work by Munich philologist Wilhelm Meyer, who discovered that some pages of the Codex Buranus had mistakenly been bound into other old books. He also was able to revise illegible portions of the text by comparing them to similar works.


Rota Fortunae

In medieval and ancient philosophy the Wheel of Fortune, or Rota Fortunae, is a symbol of the capricious nature of Fate. The wheel belongs to the goddess Fortuna (Greek equivalent Tyche) who spins it at random, changing the positions of those on the wheel: some suffer great misfortune, others gain windfalls. Fortune appears on all paintings as a woman, sometimes blindfolded, "puppeteering" a wheel.

In works of art defining the Wheel of Fortune, the various wheels/circles (circles of nature) are of four (solar cross), six (rosette), eight (wheel of the year), and twelve points (zodiac). How is that for occult folk pagan symbolism?




Carmina Burana

The Wheel of Fortune motif appears significantly in the Carmina Burana (or Burana Codex), albeit with a postclassical phonetic spelling of the genitive form Fortunae. Excerpts from two of the collection's better known poems, "Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi (Fortune, Empress of the World)" and "Fortune Plango Vulnera (I Bemoan the Wounds of Fortune)," read:

Fate - monstrous
and empty,
you whirling wheel,
status is bad,
well-being is vain
always may melt away,
shadowy
and veiled
you plague me too;
now through the game
bare backed
I bear your villainy.

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The wheel of Fortune turns;
I go down, demeaned;
another is carried to the height;
far too high up
sits the king at the summit -
let him beware ruin!
for under the axis we read:
Queen Hecuba.


Hecuba

Hecuba was a queen in Greek mythology, the wife of King Priam of Troy during the Trojan War, with whom she had 19 children. These children included several major characters of Homer's Iliad such as the warriors Hector and Paris and the prophetess Cassandra.

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Sunday, February 17, 2019

Countdown to the Spring Equinox II - Full Snow Moon


Full Snow Moon 2019

Although Tuesday's date is given as being this years Full Snow Moon, for any practical purposes it will occur "Monday evening."


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'Incantation for the Foreboding'

Now when Aradia had been taught,
taught to work all witchcraft,
how to destroy the evil race of oppressors,
she imparted it to her pupils and said to them:

"When I have departed from this world,
Whenever you have need of anything,
Once in the month when the moon is full,
You shall assemble in some deserted place,
Or in a forest all together join
and adore the potent spirit of my mother, Diana,
and whoever desires to learn all witchcraft
but has not won its deepest secrets,
my mother will teach all things as yet unknown.
And you shall all be free from bondage,
And so you shall be free in everything."

[from 'The Book of the Holy Strega' and Aradia's words] 


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During moments of foreboding, the Christians have the famous prayers of 'Hail Mary' or the 'Prayer to Saint Michael'; what do Neopagans have to this end? After viewing the short Latin prayer of the Scots before the first battle in the film 'Braveheart', I asked myself this question. I would like to encourage Asatruar and other Neopagan traditions to think about this from their point of view. For those of the tradition of Stregheria and/or European witchcraft, I would offer the above prayer-spell. 'Incantation for the Foreboding' essentially means "prayer-spell for fearful apprehension." In other words, a rite summoning courage and strength prior to any explicit or potential danger, conflict, or battle. Also, for hope anytime during a challenging period in the life of an individual, family, or clan. 


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Antiquity of Witchcraft

"The Craft is an underground spring which has existed for centuries and predates the Judeo-Christian and Muslim faiths, and occasionally rises to the surface in small streams and lakes. The modern craft movement reflects a worldwide rising of this underground spring coming with such force that it cannot be dammed by our enemies. The force behind this tidal wave is the murdered souls of the Witches condemned by the Inquisition! We are back and are going to stay to guide people to truly know what peace and respect for humanity is. Hail to our Goddess and God."

-- Leo Martello


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[Above: The Twin Peaks or Dragon House, also know as the Ranch House to the owners, the National Park Service]


'A WALK THROUGH DRUID HEIGHTS'

Author: Michael Toivonen, Co-founder, Save Druid Heights - Medium.com - March 4, 2018

I gathered a selection of my photographs and wrote what follows with this goal in mind: to make you feel the same fascination for an amazing place, Druid Heights, that I did after my visit there on November 16, 2016. For all of you, and especialy those viewing on your phone, there are 70 photos coming up mixed in with my decriptive text, once you (hopefully!) read through the intro. Enjoy! Of course“Claps” and “Follows” are much appreciated and consider joining the Save Druid Heights Facebook group to fully show your support for preserving the amazing place you are about to pay a “virtual” visit to.

8/29/18 Update: I have put several briefer stories about Druid Heights online since this first one. This is the most complete view. The others can be found by searching Medium using Druid Heights or my name, Michael Toivonen , as your search term.

This is how it began for me: One day in early 2016, by mere chance, I recalled a long forgotten name, Druid Heights. It had been 40 years since I first heard it while at high school in nearby Mill Valley, California in the 1970’s. Beyond the name all I knew at that time was that a writer on eastern religion that I had been reading, Alan Watts, was living there when he died and that a woman named Elsa Gidlow who was, maybe, a poet, still lived there. I had been intrigued but I had never learned more.

When that unusual place name popped into my head one rainy day 40 years later I had my laptop ready to launch a query. I found some newspaper articles and some images. It seemed there was quite a bit more to Druid Heights than what I had vaguely imagined….

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Druid Heights (Wikipedia)


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The Sunstone: Secret of Viking Navigation

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St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 - Chorus: 'Wir setzen uns mit Tränen nieder' by Bach

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Hungarian Festival Choir Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra conducted by Géza Oberfrank



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St Matthew Passion (Wikipedia)


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Saturday, December 1, 2018

'Carmina Burana' - Largely based on eclectic European pre-Christian spiritual folk traditions... and possibly of South Tyrolian origin: Part 2




Carl Orff - O Fortuna - Latin and English Lyrics

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I think that it can be proven that 'O' Fortuna' at least, is based on The Goddess of The Old Religion. The other pieces in 'Carmina Burana', as well as the other two parts of Orff's 'Trionfi' musical trilogy, can be examined over time by any of us interested in examining the pre-Christian tie-ins to this great and famous musical art piece. I would encourage that, as I don't claim in any way that I have all of the answers here. Some of the musical pieces, in my perception, seem to correspond energetically to different times of the year. Much further examination of the poems will be the judge of that. Just the fact that the goddess Fortuna is a deity from Roman mythology is the first small clue, and the idea expands from there.

When examining the translated English lyrics (from the above video) along with the music... it gives a very different look at the intended meaning from the poetry.... as well as the music itself. This was a complaint about Fortuna, the inexorable fate that rules both gods and mortals in Roman and Greek mythology, and this anger was well demonstrated by Carl Orff's work. Most of the poems and songs appear to be the work of Goliards, clergy (mostly students) who satirized the Catholic Church. This brings up two groupings of questions:

1) How was it that they felt comfortable expressing criticism, in any form, towards an often vengeful Catholic Church?... and from within its walls? Does the possible location of origin, the South Tyrol, offer any intrinsic clue to any of this? Was the Church not as strong there? The "witch burnings" there occurred centuries later, so perhaps the Church had not gained a strong foothold there yet? Was there still a folk pagan element alive there, and expressed itself in occult poetry?... or even more explicitly a "folk-pagan occult underground?" (which may or may not have been a part of either the Christian heretical or later Satanic underground). Another possibility is that it was simply a criticism of the old folk-traditions, which--in this particular piece--was a fusion of Roman mythology with The Old Religion (aka Proto-European Witchcraft). That doesn't seem very likely; we already know that they had so often directed satire towards the Church.

Wheel of Fortune symbolism (Rota Fortunae)

2) What exactly was their motivation behind using clear ancient folk-pagan mythology? Was the exoteric meaning implied to be a simple secular reference to the Roman goddess Fortuna; with the real esoteric meaning being a reference to Diana/Hecate? The best question of all.... was this really a cleverly crafted esoteric invocation to the goddess Diana?.... with that "anger" actually being more of a powerful reverence towards her? Since the authors of 'O Fortuna' and other poems from 'Carmina Burana' are apparently unknown (perhaps by design), and there were scores of other poems (Orff only used a small handful), I can only guess. There's much work to do, digging through all of these works. The authors were from numerous locations in western Europe; were these "Goliards" some type of occult underground network? They did all end up together when they were found in deep storage apparently. The South Tyrol connection may not be of any particular importance, as all three possible locations of origin were in the same general south German cultural region, and it was retrieved apparently hidden away in a monastery in Bavaria.

I wanted to sift through all of this piece by piece, but I can see that I've gotten ahead of myself here. Therefore, lets just look at all of this as one big puzzle. In other words, I can't begin to do this justice at this time. It's at least very possible that this could be some sort've underground expression from the old folk traditions. If that was the case, then this could very well be considered a part of neopagan folk history.... and I suppose Car Orff's 'Carmina Burana' as well.... which certainly was not intended to be Christian. It seems almost too convenient that Carl Orff just puts some very old obscure poems to music and it's so perfect! Either he was part of some occult connection, or he's a genius who just happened upon these poems and had a eureka moment! I'll go with the latter at this time.



The Wheel of Fortune from Carmina Burana


The upside cross could mean something, or it may not. Knowing a little bit about how these occult societies work, I wouldn't doubt it. It's at least possible that a Saturnian cult had infiltrated the lower rungs of the Church. Certainly the Catholic Church uses Saturnian symbolism. Also, some of these secret societies have long used symbols of mythology and pagan traditions. Also, the above "wheel of fortune" looks a bit like an eight-pointed wheel of the year from the old Proto-European tradition.

 

'O' Fortuna' lyrics

O Fortune,
like the moon
you are changeable,
ever waxing
and waning;
hateful life
first oppresses
and then soothes
as fancy takes it;
poverty
and power
it melts them like ice.
Fate - monstrous
and empty,
you whirling wheel,
you are malevolent,
well-being is vain
and always fades to nothing,
shadowed
and veiled
you plague me too;
now through the game
I bring my bare back
to your villainy.
Fate is against me
in health
and virtue,
driven on
and weighted down,
always enslaved.
So at this hour
without delay
pluck the vibrating strings;
since Fate
strikes down the strong man,
everyone weep with me!



 A clear conflation of the Roman Fortuna with the Proto-European Almother (aka Diana, Hecate, Mona, etc.):
O Fortune,
like the moon
you are changeable,
ever waxing
and waning


The first and last movements of the piece are called 'Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi' ('Fortune, Empress of the World') and start with the very well known 'O Fortuna.'The first and last movements of the piece are called 'Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi' ('Fortune, Empress of the World') and start with the very well known 'O Fortuna. The "Empress of the World" sounds very much like the many titles given to Hecate in particular. I would have dismissed that idea except for the additional reference to the Moon Goddess.... so lets face it, it's the Moon Goddess of ancient legend.... the Proto-European Almother! However, was the poem really a criticism of the Christian God?.... or of the Pagan Goddess?.... or, was it really just an esoteric invocation of the Pagan Goddess? Love and anger can work very well together symbiotically! The greatest deflation is often when we're let down by someone or something that we love and are devoted to. Also, the Latin text could easily have hidden some clues that were lost in the translation.


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