'A Mountain Rose'

My mother lived in Kelseyville, CA for many years, at the base of Mt. Konocti (elev 4,305 ft)

'A Mountain Rose'

Her brood hailed from the highlands,
Tantamount to the sky's islands.
Now so very distant from those ancient shadows,
Still in the blood, she remains a wiley and radiant mountain rose.
For me, this woman was my teacher more than any other,
So proud that she was my mother.

 

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Winter Solstice 274 CE: Roman Temple to Sol Invictus ("the Unconquerable Sun") is dedicated by Emperor Aurelian

Temple of the Sun (Rome)

The Temple of the Sun was a temple in the Campus Agrippae in Rome. It was dedicated to Sol Invictus on December 25, 274,^[1] by the emperor Aurelian^[2] and funded by spoils from his campaign against Palmyra. It was the fourth temple dedicated to the god in Rome – the other three were in the Circus Maximus, on the Quirinal Hill and in Trastevere.^[3] If still in use by the 4th-century, it would have been closed during the persecution of pagans in the late Roman Empire.

It is believed that the temple was already in ruins by the sixth century, as eight of its porphyry columns were apparently sent to Constantinople at some point to be used in either the construction or the rebuilding of Hagia Sophia during the emperor Justinian's reign.

 

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This temple was dedicated when the noonday sun was first observed to begin its return northward. The date of this dedication was later used by Christians as the date for Christmas.

 

Sol Invictus

 

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Invictus: Part 2 - Facing The Crossroads

'The Bend in the Road'

We come to life's crossroads
And we view what we think is the end.
But God has a much wider vision
And He knows it's only a bend-

The road will go on and get smoother
And after we've stopped for a rest,
The path that lies hidden beyond us
Is often the path that is best

So rest and relax and grow stronger,
Let go and let God share your load
And have faith in a brighter tomorrow-
You've just come to a bend in the road

-- Helen Steiner Rice

 

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A stranger shared this with me a few days ago, who knew nothing of my current predicament.

 

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Invictus: Part 1 - The struggle to be the architect of one's own destiny

My late mother, now gone six months already, owned a book entitled 'A Treasury of the World's Best Loved Poems'. Now as I engage in the final steps of clearing out her house, a week ago, I came upon this book. With a soft leather cover, it was published in 1961 by Avenel Books. She probably had this book for a large portion of her life. As I opened it, almost magically it stopped at one page. As I looked down upon this page, I read the name of a particular poem: 'Invictus', by William Ernest Henley. Was it a message for me during this, a very trying time for me?

 

'Invictus'

Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall finde me, unafraid,

It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.

-- William Ernest Henley

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Light occult communication: Painted twig wind chimes along the trail

Different small pagan groups communicate through symbolism

Last week while doing a night hike through a nearby low elevation trail, I discovered some elaborately painted twigs hanging by twine on some lower branches of a smaller brush-like tree. They were hanging in rows on two different branches, and were like wind chimes. I don't know as yet their meaning, although it may just be a type of decoration. Their painted patterns were more complex than the above image (more like the image below). There is some type of coven in the area, as I have seen their signs in the past, such as stacked stones, handmade wicker hearts, and little white rocks put in patterns on the side of the trail. I have gone over in the past the concept of different small groups sharing a park or mountain, and not knowing of  each other's presence.

On two different occasions I believe that I spotted them, although this was some years ago. There had been a Satanic cult known to conduct rituals on this mountain in the 1970s, but I'm certain that this is not a continuity of that... as their signs are only of positive energy. Once I saw perhaps five individuals in black robes just entering the park at twilight on higher elevation, but their hoods were down and I just thought at that time that they may have been wearing matching coats of some type. I just didn't make the connection. At another point I came upon a woman after dark on a high elevation trail. She was wearing a dark cloak with a hood, and was interacting with a wild cat.

The only reason I saw her clearly was due to the light from a ranger station in the distance. She saw me walking down the trail towards them, stood up facing me for 3-to-4 seconds, then walked off the trail. I wrote about this experience a few years ago. When I made it to the spot where she had been, I then saw her walking off into the brush; her robe which was draped wide around her ankles made her appear to be just gliding along. Of course I'm wearing a light grey sweat outfit with sneakers, and probably looked to her like someone who would not understand her spirituality, and I unintentionally made the two of them depart. I suppose it would go without saying that she didn't expect anyone to show up at that time.

 

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Euganei: The Primordial People

Camunian woman

As covered on here many times before, the Proto-European people predate the incoming Teutons and Mediterraneans by tens of thousands of years. They are the essential "Europeans." The Italian peninsula very much fit into this paradigm, with the Euganei branch of the Proto-Europeans (aka "Alpine race). Today, the Welsh, Basques, Camunians, Valtellinese, Orobiese, Ladins, Romansh, and people from other historically isolated locales in the Alps, Apennines, Carpathians, etc., are often stubborn throwbacks to a time long past. Some of this is simply genetic, or due to the isolation, but often with more of a proclivity to hold onto old traditions.

The incoming Teutons and Mediterraneans of thousands of years ago probably came into contact with many of these primordial people who were eager to join with them, while some were ether not so enthusiastic about them or were simply more isolated... usually in mountainous regions. There is no evidence that I know of that suggests any conflict between them, but only later were there attempts to bring the "holdouts" to heel; for example, the Roman conquest of the Alps.

These images were from Davide Mazzocchi's DeviantArt site. The woman's name is Teresa.

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The Poison called Sugar

Sugar: The Bitter Truth
14,216,202 views

University of California Television (UCTV)
900K subscribers

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"This video should be shown in every school, every year. Shown in every institution, everywhere, every year." -- Dixie Wade, YouTube

 

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Adults always tell children how bad sugar is, but they very seldom tell them why it's bad, and they seldom are serious about trying to really limit it. It's so destructive for many reasons. I looked at the contents of a large pitcher of soda recently and it had something like 68 grams of sugar per cup. People are actually drinking what amounts to "liquid sugar!"

 The body receives more than enough sugar from carbohydrates alone. Sadly, treats such as ice cream or brownies could actually be made without sugar. Fast food chains put a lot of sugar in everything! Processed foods are commonly loaded with sugar as well. It's like a license to poison for profit!

I'm not going to be able to post much here for perhaps the next six months. Mainly due to the passing of my mother, there is a great upheaval in my life, and my future is very uncertain. There are financial and legal issues abound. Life impacts.

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