tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19819062.comments2023-10-23T10:32:09.762-05:00Walking On FireLorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09467293583953795947noreply@blogger.comBlogger467125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19819062.post-82951614661881763952015-05-01T19:16:27.344-05:002015-05-01T19:16:27.344-05:00more exciting evidence that my shamanic soul exper...more exciting evidence that my shamanic soul experience is reality-based and that our human ancestral anthropoid primate lineage originated on and continued some of its course of speciation on Antarctica -<br /><br />1. Eocene Antarctica experienced summer monsoon<br />2. Monsoons have a significant impact on the evolution of mammalian lineages<br /><br />http://www.sciencedirect.com/…/article/pii/S1342937X12002845<br /><br />http://www.nature.com/srep/2015/150311/srep09008/full/srep09008.htmlLorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09467293583953795947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19819062.post-45947518414690129892014-12-29T03:50:23.468-06:002014-12-29T03:50:23.468-06:00"The Anglo-Normans were mainly the descendant..."The Anglo-Normans were mainly the descendants of the Normans who ruled England following the Norman conquest by William the Conqueror in 1066. A small number of Normans had earlier befriended future Anglo-Saxon King of England, Edward the Confessor, during his exile in his mother's homeland of Normandy. When he returned to England some of them went with him, and so there were Normans already settled in England prior to the conquest. Following the death of Edward, the powerful Anglo-Saxon noble, Harold Godwinson, acceded to the English throne until his defeat by William, Duke of Normandy at the Battle of Hastings.The invading Normans and their descendants formed a ruling class in Britain ..." --- This is consistent with oral family tradition that many of my ancestors from Britain were wealthy and well-placed socially. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-NormanLorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09467293583953795947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19819062.post-11703583378834814542014-12-29T03:50:07.278-06:002014-12-29T03:50:07.278-06:00On the Turner family into which Will married - Wil...On the Turner family into which Will married - Will married the (British-American) daughter of a Freemason who was a physician surnamed Turner. Neither Dr. Turner nor his daughter Sue claimed to be Jewish. Turner is a name of Norman origin, and the Normans are descended from Norse (Danish) Vikings who settled in a Northern region of France. Turner is also one of the most common surnames in Britain, so very likely the Turner family in my ancestry were Anglo-Normans. Also explains the French in my least-squares populations results.Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09467293583953795947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19819062.post-64946265061669835302014-12-29T03:49:49.502-06:002014-12-29T03:49:49.502-06:00The possibility does exist that Will himself wasn&...The possibility does exist that Will himself wasn't a Jewish convert but a German Jew (of Indo-European Armenian genetic stock) who immigrated to the US in the general time frame surrounding the 1850's (when the trail of ancestral investigation runs cold). Large numbers of German Jews did immigrate to this country during this time (beginning in the 1820's) and many of them settled in the South. Will and his family settled in Kentucky, where they owned a small old time grocery store (if I am recalling oral family history correctly). These little facts are consistent with the idea that Will may have been a German Jew of Indo-European genetic heritage and not himself a new convert. I also believe that most of the German Jews who settled in the South were primarily religious (Reform) and political liberals. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_American#JewsLorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09467293583953795947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19819062.post-9054279292434844142014-12-29T03:49:32.128-06:002014-12-29T03:49:32.128-06:00Considering my Ashkenazi genetic result in the thi...Considering my Ashkenazi genetic result in the third image - My mother's mother's mother's father's name was William Grunwald and is said to have been Jewish. But looking at my DNA results, I don't have any Middle Eastern ancestry, and in other genetic results I have had some matches in Anatolia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Armenia (where many Ashkenazi phenotypic traits can be traced to biologically) and in that general area, so most likely, my Ashkenazi ancestry is genetically Indo-European and not actually Middle Eastern in origin. In other words, my Jewish ancestor was most likely a European convert to Judaism as opposed to being a born Jew. I think the fact that none of Will's descendants (and he and his wife had 12 children) continued the claim of being Jewish or of practicing Judaism supports that hypothesis. None were buried in a Jewish cemetery (all were buried in a Christian cemetery in Kentucky). All of my family (prior to myself) in my experiential memory have been Christians. Many also on my mother's side have Freemasons with many British-American Hirams in the family), where Freemasons tend to socially interact alot with Jewish people typically (such that my male ancestor may have been drawn to conversion to Judaism through Freemasonry). All of this supports that Will was likely not a born Jew, but may have either himself converted to Judaism or have been descended from converts. Of course, I can probably never know for sure unless I could get one of his male descendent's Y-DNA line tested for a Middle Eastern origin. I think though that if he had been a born Jew, I would have registered some kind of Middle Eastern percentage in the JTest, but I don't. So, neither from a genetic nor from a traditional Jewish law perspective could I make a valid claim to being a born Jew. My ancestral mothers were not genetically Jewish, and my one male ancestor who did claim to be Jewish bequeathed to me no evidence that he was genetically<br />Jewish and likewise bequeathed no tradition to me or my family of being Jewish ourselves. He is the sole ancestor of mine that I am aware of who claimed to be Jewish. He may have been Jewish through conversion, but most likely he was not born Jewish. Consequently, given all of the data and from what I know of my family history, I personally have given up the claim of being Jewish. The evidence doesn't support such a claim for myself and I am averse to appropriating a spiritual heritage that does not belong to me. - http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/24/science/indo-european-languages-originated-in-anatolia-analysis-suggests.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09467293583953795947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19819062.post-84764074062098608072014-07-27T03:50:09.145-05:002014-07-27T03:50:09.145-05:00and this Grande Mother candle I just listed in my ...and this Grande Mother candle I just listed in my shop today - awesome synchronicity - <a href="http://www.witchcraftsartisanalchemy.com/muttergottin-old-european-mother-goddess-pillar-candle/" rel="nofollow">MUTTERGÖTTIN Old European Mother Goddess Pillar Candle</a>Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09467293583953795947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19819062.post-79820019459213584402014-07-19T01:38:19.179-05:002014-07-19T01:38:19.179-05:00Prehistory of Holland<a href="http://www.unc.edu/~devries/papers/Class_papers/Dutch_Historical_Ecology/he_prehis.html" rel="nofollow">Prehistory of Holland</a>Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09467293583953795947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19819062.post-55539524401581394812014-07-12T14:18:10.738-05:002014-07-12T14:18:10.738-05:00[Quote] In Norse mythology, a valkyrie (from Old N...[Quote] In Norse mythology, a valkyrie (from Old Norse valkyrja "chooser of the slain") is one of a host of female figures who choose those who may die in battle and those who may live. Selecting among half of those who die in battle (the other half go to the goddess Freyja's afterlife field Fólkvangr), the valkyries bring their chosen to the afterlife hall of the slain, Valhalla, ruled over by the god Odin. There, the deceased warriors become einherjar. When the einherjar are not preparing for the events of Ragnarök, the valkyries bear them mead. Valkyries also appear as lovers of heroes and other mortals, where they are sometimes described as the daughters of royalty, sometimes accompanied by ravens, and sometimes connected to swans or horses.<br /><br />Valkyries are attested in the Poetic Edda, a book of poems compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources; the Prose Edda and Heimskringla (by Snorri Sturluson), and Njáls saga, a Saga of Icelanders, all written in the 13th century. They appear throughout the poetry of skalds, in a 14th-century charm, and in various runic inscriptions.<br /><br />The Old English cognate terms wælcyrge and wælcyrie appear in several Old English manuscripts, and scholars have explored whether the terms appear in Old English by way of Norse influence, or reflect a tradition also native among the Anglo-Saxon pagans. Scholarly theories have been proposed about the relation between the valkyries, the norns, the dísir, Germanic seeresses, and shieldmaidens, all but the latter of which are supernatural figures associated with fate. Archaeological excavations throughout Scandinavia have uncovered amulets theorized as depicting valkyries.<br /><br />The word valkyrie derives from Old Norse valkyrja (plural valkyrjur), which is composed of two words; the noun valr (referring to the slain on the battlefield) and the verb kjósa (meaning "to choose"). Together, they mean "chooser of the slain". The Old Norse valkyrja is cognate to Old English wælcyrge. Other terms for valkyries include óskmey (Old Norse "wish maid"), appearing in the poem Oddrúnargrátr, and Óðins meyjar (Old Norse "Odin's maids"), appearing in the Nafnaþulur. Óskmey may be related to the Odinic name Óski (Old Norse, roughly meaning "wish fulfiller"), referring to the fact that Odin receives slain warriors in Valhalla.<br /><br />[Endquote]<br /><br />So, a Valkyrie can make the wish come true. And so, the question is asked (like in the movie, Conan the Barbarian), "Do you want to live forever?"<br /><br />info source - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ValkyrieLorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09467293583953795947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19819062.post-71445571161752722882014-07-02T02:26:59.900-05:002014-07-02T02:26:59.900-05:00Here's the abstract of the paper in Science - ...Here's the abstract of the paper in Science - http://www.sciencemag.org/content/344/6184/598Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09467293583953795947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19819062.post-32434549731374259202014-05-26T00:31:56.525-05:002014-05-26T00:31:56.525-05:00"Christy Ward, influenced by other scholarly ..."Christy Ward, influenced by other scholarly works, tells us that Ørlög is literally “ur”, meaning ancient or primeval, and “lög” is law: ørlög is the law of how things will be, laid down by wyrd or fate by the three Norns. The Norns, Urðr (“That Which Is”), Verðandi (“That Which Is Becoming”) and Skuld (“That Which Should Become”) are the embodiment of wyrd.<br /><br />The Norns give to us our orlog (or the laws and absolutes of our fate), as much as they in conjunction with ourselves weave the wyrd that is becoming. The absolutes of our fates are those items that cannot be changed, like who our biological parents are, the situation and circumstances into which we are born. The ‘past’ always influences our present and our future. Think of it like this, we know that there are certain scientific laws and principals that affect all things, such as gravity. Gravity can be thought of as a type of orlog. While gravity may dictate that we humans stay on the earth, through our ingenuity we have built planes, spacecraft, etc. that can leave the earth and even the atmosphere. These items are still affected by gravity of course, and gravity is always exerting its force and presence. Similarly, it’s like DNA. DNA can be the orlog we are given, we may be very susceptible to certain types of diseases, but if one knows about this genetic inclination and vulnerability and takes steps in their life to try to stave it off, it is possible to in fact stave off such things.<br /><br />But while wyrd is our concept for fate, it is also changing and not absolute. We can take the orlog, and then from our choices and actions, and the choices and actions of those around us, we together ‘weave’ what our wyrd will be."<br /><br />Read more: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/pantheon/2011/06/wyrd-designs-understanding-the-words-wyrd-and-orlog/#ixzz32nSdKQxD<br />Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09467293583953795947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19819062.post-70970390027803664112014-02-07T19:02:31.027-06:002014-02-07T19:02:31.027-06:00http://www.spiritscienceandmetaphysics.com/scienti...http://www.spiritscienceandmetaphysics.com/scientists-have-found-that-memories-can-be-passed-down-through-generations-in-our-genes/Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09467293583953795947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19819062.post-16092646445048485462014-01-13T02:49:58.742-06:002014-01-13T02:49:58.742-06:00"The Old English word for a raven was hræfn; ..."The Old English word for a raven was hræfn; in Old Norse it was hrafn; the word was frequently used in combinations as a kenning for bloodshed and battle."<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_depictions_of_ravens#Germanic_cultures_and_Viking_AgeLorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09467293583953795947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19819062.post-71754582363207142262014-01-11T23:12:17.496-06:002014-01-11T23:12:17.496-06:00Pharaoh Tutankhamun, Akhenaten and Amenhotep III w...Pharaoh Tutankhamun, Akhenaten and Amenhotep III were R1b - http://www.eupedia.com/forum/threads/25663-Pharaoh-Tutankhamun-Akhenaten-and-Amenhotep-III-were-R1bLorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09467293583953795947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19819062.post-47694956523242651942013-12-28T15:21:33.044-06:002013-12-28T15:21:33.044-06:00My mtDNA tests were done through Family Tree DNA, ...My mtDNA tests were done through Family Tree DNA, Geno 2.0 and Roots for Real. Detailed autosomal STR through DNA Tribes.Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09467293583953795947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19819062.post-26039649767765166002013-12-28T12:32:01.384-06:002013-12-28T12:32:01.384-06:00Just wanted to drop you a line and let you know th...Just wanted to drop you a line and let you know that I enjoy reading your blog. I,too, have done extensive research on my family line including my DNA. But, I must add that I am a bit disappointed with my results.<br /><br />My mtDNA results showed that my earliest ancestors belonged to happen to haplogroup U but they did not have enough information to place me in a subset. Then I had my autosomal test done and although it verified my research, it opened know new avenues or family lines... and was quite vague to say the least. I had mine done through Ancestry. I am wondering where you had your test done.mxtodis123https://www.blogger.com/profile/13583200601379394225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19819062.post-60390473743797004232013-10-31T00:23:43.243-05:002013-10-31T00:23:43.243-05:00"A totem is a being, object, or symbol repres..."A totem is a being, object, or symbol representing an animal or plant that serves as an emblem of a group of people, such as a family, clan, group, lineage, or tribe, reminding them of their ancestry (or mythic past). In kinship and descent, if the apical ancestor of a clan is nonhuman, it is called a totem. Normally this belief is accompanied by a totemic myth." - I think my experience of preincarnate thought and memory makes it pretty clear to me that my totem is RAVEN. ~ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totem, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raven_bannerLorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09467293583953795947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19819062.post-58271898618103767322013-10-31T00:17:10.848-05:002013-10-31T00:17:10.848-05:00Huginn and Muninn's role as Odin's messeng...Huginn and Muninn's role as Odin's messengers has been linked to shamanic practices, the Norse raven banner, general raven symbolism among the Germanic peoples, and the Norse concepts of the fylgja and the hamingja. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huginn_and_MuninnLorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09467293583953795947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19819062.post-85246559295635675482013-02-19T01:42:17.900-06:002013-02-19T01:42:17.900-06:00"Saga is, as the name directly implies, the G..."Saga is, as the name directly implies, the Goddess of History. Her dwelling is Sökkvabekk---(the sinking, the deep brook)---the stream of Time and of Events, where Odin (Spirit) visits her and is gladdened by her instructive discourse."<br /><br />http://www.northvegr.org/secondary%20sources/religion%20culture%20history/the%20religion%20of%20the%20northmen/011_02.htmlLorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09467293583953795947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19819062.post-40280918215542535862013-02-19T00:08:43.211-06:002013-02-19T00:08:43.211-06:00Saga's name means "seeing one."
htt...Saga's name means "seeing one."<br /><br />http://odinsvolk.ca/new/gods-goddesses/saga/Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09467293583953795947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19819062.post-41721727545632554232013-02-18T23:39:38.235-06:002013-02-18T23:39:38.235-06:00lore on her is in Grímnismal, Helgakvitha Hundings...lore on her is in Grímnismal, Helgakvitha Hundingsbana I in the poetic Edda and Gylfaginning and Skaldskaparmal in the prose EddaLorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09467293583953795947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19819062.post-42393387655393966752013-01-14T01:54:40.231-06:002013-01-14T01:54:40.231-06:004. The the river of churning fire was not present ...4. The the river of churning fire was not present at all when I awoke, it developed much "later" and its' presence was not present at all within the Ginnungagap as I experienced it. It formed much later. This is the order in which I remember it - I awoke, perceiving I was being awakened, and perceiving the presence connected to me to be doing the awaking. Then I perceived a "fog." Then, within the midst of the fog, I perceived the previous world, my life in it, and my connections to the others who were also being awakened as I was perceiving all of this. I became aware that those being awakened were part of my community, both in the previous world and in the world to come. There was discussion among us. I didn't really want to leave there, but I had to. I kind of put up a fuss about leaving there, that's when I was thrust through the churning river of fire - sort of like I was being told, oh yes, you will leave here and go forward. The churning river of fire was like a membrane separating the Ginnungagap from all "outside" the Ginnungagap. I was thrust through that membrane.<br /><br />5. I was aware of a nebulous "over there" "on the other side" while I was in the fog, but even though I was aware of an "over there on the other side", I did not know what was "over there on the other side."Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09467293583953795947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19819062.post-72220403554647459582013-01-14T01:54:35.312-06:002013-01-14T01:54:35.312-06:00Notes on Ginnungagap experiential memory:
1. As I...Notes on Ginnungagap experiential memory:<br /><br />1. As I remember it, awakened by a male consciousness connected to me as I rested within the Ginnungagap, and before "exiting" the Ginnungagap (by being thrust through a churning river of fire) after being awakened from my rest, my conscious memory also stirred as I awakened, recalling vividly (even if not defined in my current memory) the world that came before (the particular Ginnungagap place of "existence" where I was) in which I partook (I remembered my previous existence in the previous world). I was also conscious at that "time" of the fact that I was "remembering" (I could even envision specific events with specific people) a previous world in which I had lived. I also remember asking questions about it. So, first, my own experiential memory confirms (to me at least) that there was indeed a previous multiverse that collapsed back into the Ginnungagap - I still remember that previous multiverse, even if now it remains as only as a wisp of apprehension that I can't quite describe. Second, it also confirms (to me) that my consciousness also survived that collapse of the previous world tree back into the Ginnungagap as did Odin's. If my consciousness survived (which I personally know without any doubt to be true), then it is not inconceivable to me that Odin's did as well, especially since I remember being "awakened" from rest by a male consciousness connected to me in that place. My experience is most likely not unique, as we have the lore and the story of the Ginnungagap and such - so others have necessarily had the same kind of experiential memory that I am sharing to have had.<br /><br />2. There was some flavor of definition in it as I could perceive the clear (even if not defined precisely) presence of the male who awakened me, myself as an individual, other individuals like myself who made up my community, clear yet imprecise details of the world which came before, the reality of the situation I was in as distinct from the reality which came before, the reality of the situation into which I would shortly be going (as would the other individuals be also going) as distinct from the reality in which I was at that time. Those are only a few of the distinctions which I could make despite the fuzziness of "everything and nothing" enveloping me. I could make clear distinctions within it, even if those distinctions are imprecise as to the mundane details.<br /><br />3. I am the same individual consciousness in this life/world that I was in the previous life/world, even if my physical characteristics and circumstances may differ. In other words, I am the same "essence of individuality" in both worlds. The male consciousness awoke before I did, as he woke me up, and others were woken up too. We all formed a community of sorts within the Ginnungagap. Additionally, I remember that the woken community I was with then in the Ginnungagap was the community I had also experienced life with in the previous world.Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09467293583953795947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19819062.post-75424464058388804312013-01-12T22:03:20.955-06:002013-01-12T22:03:20.955-06:00http://drasiskchatterji.hubpages.com/hub/Ambubachi...http://drasiskchatterji.hubpages.com/hub/Ambubachi-when-Mother-Earth-menstruates<br /><br />"Ambubachi (Ameti) is a fertility festival in the Hindu religion. It is observed in the month of Ashar (June-July) of the Hindu almanac , usually on the 7th to 9th days of Ashar (around 24-26 June).<br /><br />It is believed that Mother Earth undergoes her menstrual periods during this period . This festival is observed throughout India, but the most important festivity is observed at the Kamakhya Temple in Assam, a north eastern state of India.<br /><br />The Kamakhya tyemple is one of the most venerated Shakti temples in India, & is regarded as one of the 51 Shakti Pithams associated with the legend of Shiva & Daksha Yagna.<br /><br />The Kamakhya temple is situated on a small hill called Nilachal Hill in the western outskirt of the city of Guwahati, the capital of Assam. Actually it is a temple complex with several temples dedicated to different forms of Mother Goddess as Dasa Mahavidya, including Bhubaneswari, Chhinnamasta, Tripura Sundari & Tara. It is a very important site for the Tantric style of worship, & thousands of Tantrics, a special sect of Sadhus with several sub-sects ,attend the Ambubachi festival here.<br /><br />The present temple was constructed by the king Chilarai of Koch dynasty in 1565 A.D. It has a bee-hive like top or Shikhara . The temple is decorated with beautiful sculptured images of Hindu gods & goddesses. In the sanctum sanctorum, there is natural rock with a cleft (a Yoni or female genitalia like structure) which is considered as the symbol of the Goddess Kamakhya or Mother Earth. A natural spring flows through it & keeps the interior moist. During the Ambubachi festival, the water turns red for three days resembling menstrual flow of a woman. Possibly Iron Oxide is the cause of this red coloration, but why this phenomenon occurs only for three days, & that also in every year in a cyclical manner, is mysterious to say the least. The devotees strongly believe that it is a miracle."<br /><br />"Ameti or Tantric fertility festival since it is closely associated with Tantric Shakti cult" - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambubachi_ ... y_festival<br /><br />"Shakti is cosmic existence" - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakti - This definitely fits with my experience!Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09467293583953795947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19819062.post-27531513029817118902012-12-09T10:00:10.225-06:002012-12-09T10:00:10.225-06:00That's fascinating
Thanks for sharingThat's fascinating<br /><br />Thanks for sharingHamadryadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08911816304670701468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19819062.post-9423336256630276432012-07-20T00:32:12.886-05:002012-07-20T00:32:12.886-05:00http://www.eupedia.com/europe/neolithic_europe_map...http://www.eupedia.com/europe/neolithic_europe_map.shtmlLorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09467293583953795947noreply@blogger.com