New addition to my library -
Deep Ancestors by Ceisiwr Serith
Through a combination of the linguistics of a reconstructed language,
archaeology, and comparative mythology, Deep Ancestors breathes life
into the ancient Proto-Indo-European culture and religion. Ceisiwr
states "This book must be considered a report on a work in progress. As
time goes by, new research will be done, new ideas and data presented,
and old texts and archaeology reinterpreted. This will require changes
in the beliefs and practices of reconstructed Proto-Indo-European
religion. Consider this a process of progressive revelation, except
that instead of coming from the gods it comes from scholars."
I really like the part that talks about how proper ritual supports the
structure and renewal of the Cosmos from a Proto-Indo-European
perspective and a Proto-Indo-European concept called
Yewésa (rules by which 'proper' rituals are conducted). This Proto-Indo-European approach to ritual is shared by Jewish tradition as
well which prescribes 613 overall mitzvot (ritual commandments) and a
myriad of halachah (Jewish ritual laws) designed to do just that (support the
structure and renewal of the Cosmos). So, while this book,
Deep Ancestors, examines Proto-Indo-European tradition specifically, esoteric knowledge of the workings of the Cosmos must have been known in the ancient world more
widely than it is today. Most mystics today are all about evolving
consciousness and use ritual toward that end or to achieve some practical result, but Proto-Indo-Europeans
and ancient Semitic people both viewed ritual as a set of acts aimed to
carry out our responsibility to the Cosmos.
In follow-up to my previous post about hitting a deer earlier tonight, before I had the dream I mentioned in that post, I had another dream about a Lion sleeping in the garage (not attached to the house).
Apparently, we are in a Leo Full Moon conjunct Mars. Interesting.
Last night (early this morning actually) I dreamt that a huge tsunami
wave overtook some man and he went somewhere and came back. Then the
tsunami wave overtook me and took me to an Ice World in another
dimension. I am assuming it was Niflheim. Let me tell you, it was sooooooo
beautiful and pristine! I really can't relate to you just how stunningly lovely it
was. I wasn't cold in it either. I didn't want to come back, but I did.
Later
today, coming home from dropping off packages at the post office after
dark, nearing my house, two deer ran out into the road from the woods (I
live in a rural area). I slammed on my brakes, but I hit one. I don't
think it was fatally hurt, as it got up and ran off into the woods. It
didn't look like it had broken legs or have any blood on it, it just
seemed dazed, so I am hoping it will be ok. There's a slight indentation
on the top of my hood near one headlight, but in the dark, I think
that's the only damage to my car. The whole thing could have been fatal
to both myself and to the deer, but I think we both escaped with minor
injuries.
I've never hit a deer before, even though I see them
cross the road here all the time. I look for them after dark and drive
slower, thank goodness. These two just came out of nowhere (my lights
had been dimmed for an oncoming car).
I thanked Hel for guarding my life and the life of the deer.
... then there was a fog.
Niflheimr “the misty home” is a world of pure cold or ice, shrouded in mist. From it flowed the rivers
into Ginnungagap at the beginning of time that now flow into
Hvergelmir, a part of the Well of Wyrd. It is believed that the
Nibelingen (MHG) or Niflungar (ON) of the Sigurd myth may have
originated there. Source
Interestingly, the Nibelingen are related to the
Mountain of Promise through both the idea of
a hoard of treasure and a dwarf who leads to it:
The German Nibelungen — with the corresponding Old Norse form Niflung (Niflungr) — is the name in Germanic and Norse mythology of the royal family or lineage of the Burgundians who settled in the early 5th century at Worms.
The vast wealth of the Burgundians is often referred to as the Niblung or Niflung hoard. In some German texts Nibelung appears instead as one of the supposed original owners of that hoard, either the name of one of the kings of a people known as the Nibelungs, or — in variant form Nybling — as the name of a dwarf.
Perhaps I am of the lineage of the Nibelungen.
The Nibelungen Burgundians.
The Nibelungen Hoard
The Legend of the Mountain of Promise
Excerpt on the Odin Brotherhood death ritual:
Why is the monolith broken?
For
the deceased to enjoy the grave goods in the next world, the goods must
first be “killed.”Breaking (or burning) is a way of killing an object.
But, if the person is not dead but alive
during some particular unusual death-like state of being,
and is meant to return to the land of the living,
to this world
and not to remain in the otherworld, I would think it would be good
then not to break a monolith. I wonder, what exactly, in esoteric terms, is a
monolith?
According to our legends, the three founders of the Odin Brotherhood (“Mocking-Defiance,”“The-Power-of-Innocence,”
and “Desire-to-Rebel”) were buried together in a special mound called
“The-Mountain-of-Promise.”Tradition states that each of the three
monoliths placed with their bodies was the size of a living man.
I wonder what more there is in tradition about the monolith associated with the Power of Innocence?
Legend of the Mountain of Promise
The given clues:
- find the place where wood becomes flesh (original state of human species consciousness?) located near a body of water
- find the place where mud (earth and water) is made by fire instead of water (permafrost significantly suggested)
- walk toward the sun to the painted cave located between the sound that never ceases and the cliff shaped like a woman
- enter the cave and walk to find the rock dwarf that dared face the sun
- with the dwarf at your right hand, walk to locate "the Crypt of
Secrets" containing "the Scroll of Knowledge" that will lead to "the
Mountain of Promise" - the crypt is located between "the rock that
bleeds" and "the river that laughs"
I personally can't help but link in my mind this Mountain of Promise
with
my experience when I was 6 years old, where when "coming down" I
was
given a promise in exchange for letting go the "treasured
possession" I tried to hold and contain within my child mind.
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