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Parable of the Mummy and the Titanic

15th April, 2012 will see the centenary of the sinking of the Titanic.

The RMS Titanic was a British registered ocean liner built for the transatlantic passenger and mail service between Southampton and New York. She weighed anchor for her maiden voyage on 10th April 1912 carrying 2,200 passengers. Four days later, the Titanic hit an iceberg and went down. This ship was the biggest and fastest yet built and, by all accounts the most beautiful, but there are records of substandard rivets used in the building of the hull, inadequate pumps, and far too few lifeboats. [Read more…] about Parable of the Mummy and the Titanic

Nimrod and the Winged Sun Disc

Nimrod, the powerful horned bull was also symbolised bearing wings. This designation arose from a synonym for Gheber, ‘Abir’, Mighty One. A similar word, Aber, meant wing and, as head of his troops, Nimrod became known not only as Baal-aberin, Lord of the mighty ones, but as Baal-abirin, The Winged One.

Successive Babylonian and Assyrian kings adopted this symbolism, and when the prophet Isaiah speaks of the coming Assyrian attack, he says that the “stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel,” (Isa 8:8)

The poet Aristophanes declared that in the beginning of the world, the birds were created first, and then the “blessed immortal gods”. Alexander Hislop, in The Two Babylons, suggests that if one bears in mind that the “winged ones” symbolised the “Lords of the mighty ones” then the meaning is clarified. Men first began to be mighty upon the earth, then they were deified. [Read more…] about Nimrod and the Winged Sun Disc

Memories of Lebanon

Lebanon was one of the first loves of my life, and certainly one of the most abiding. She lives with me still after all these years and I can recall her to mind much like William Wordsworth, in quiet moments, relived his picture of the daffodils. My brother and I lived for a while in Beit Chaar, in a house with an intricately painted ceiling; in Beirut, and later in Chimlane. From the upper terrace of the old house in Chimlane (the ‘new’ section was dated 1890) we looked down on Beirut which, reduced with distance to a minute cubism of pink and grey, leaned one languid arm into the flat blue of the Mediterranean Sea. Below the house and the narrow winding streets of the village, olive orchards covered the rolling hills with a silver-green sheen. [Read more…] about Memories of Lebanon

Horned God and the New World Order

Cronus the Horned God

In Genesis, Nimrod was called Gheber, or the Mighty-One (Genesis 10:8). The deification of the son, Nimrod, resulted in deification of both his father and his wife making Cush, Nimrod/Ninus and Semiramis, the first of the gods. All mythology hearkens back in some way to this human trinity.

Among her multiple titles, the many-breasted Diana of Ephesus was known as the Mother of the gods, and in our previous post it was shown that she represented Semiramis, wife of Nimrod. As the tower-crowned goddess, Diana was just another expression of the goddesses Rhea and Cybele. Rhea was wife to Saturn or Kronos, (Cronus) the horned deity. [Read more…] about Cronus the Horned God

Mother Goddess – God of Forces

In the book of Daniel an unknown god is mentioned – the god of fortifications or forces, Ala Mahozim. None of the ancient gods naturally assume this title, but there is a goddess who does.

Cybele is represented wearing a fortress in place of a crown, and Ovid says it is because she first erected fortifications in cities. Babylon was the first city to erect fortified and turreted walls and Ovid claims it was Semiramis who built them. Semiramis then, was the first queen of fortifications, and others assumed her title. [Read more…] about Mother Goddess – God of Forces

Strasbourg’s Tower of Babel

Tower of Babel

We have established that Nimrod was the founder and first king of Babylon and that his deeds were attributed to Ninus his son. We also know that Cush, the son of Ham, was the father of Nimrod.

The German orientalist and Biblical critic Gesenius identifies Cush with Nebo, the prophetic god, one who was ringleader in bringing about the division of tongues.

Hyginus wrote: “For many ages men lived under the government of Jove, without cities and without laws, and all speaking one language. But after that Mercury interpreted the speeches of men (whence an interpreter is called Hermeneutes), the same individual distributed the nations. Then discord began.” (The Jove spoken of by Hyginus was not the Roman god, but rather Jehovah, God of the Hebrews.) [Read more…] about Tower of Babel

Nimrod: Father of the Gods

There are many named Father of the Gods, but all point back to Nimrod. He was the first deified individual, and it was through him that the deification of mortals began.

Once the mighty son of Cush attained godhood, his father also gained immortality with the gods. We have spoken of Semiramis in our previous post: she too gained deification through her son. And here, as we have discussed, lies the confusion. Ninus, the son, is at the same time Nimrod, the husband. The deeds of Nimrod are attributed to Ninus, while the deeds of Ninus, the son, elevate the mother. [Read more…] about Nimrod: Father of the Gods

Nimrod – Who was he?

Almost without exception, the myths and legends point back to one couple, Nimrod and Semiramis, and their son Ninus. Were they just part of a body of mythology, or were they real people? If real, what made them of such absorbing interest to mankind? And is there any remaining relevance today?

I maintain that Nimrod will soon be revealed to a waiting world. He will be eagerly accepted, partly because of a resonance with the past but, more importantly, because of a suppressed desire in today’s society – the thirst for worship! [Read more…] about Nimrod – Who was he?

Gospel of Mary Magdalene

No serious scholar would argue that the gospel attributed to Mary Magdalene is anything but gnostic. The Gnostic Society Library is persuaded of the fact and it makes reference to the other gospels that form part of the same codex: the Apocryphon of John, and the Sophia of Jesus Christ. These are Coptic translations of text originally written in Greek. The Apocryphon of John, and the Sophia of Jesus Christ are also preserved in the Nag Hammadi collection.

Is Gnosticism Christian?

What is Gnosticism, and why do these gospels, apparently penned by followers of Christ, not form part of the Bible? [Read more…] about Gospel of Mary Magdalene

Mary Magdalene – the Legend

According the legends that abound in Southern France, Mary Magdalene with Mary Salome and Mary Jacobe, arrived in the coastal town of Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer in the Camargue, which takes its name from the event. It seems they arrived by boat having escaped the persecution in Israel following the Roman invasion. With them came a dark-skinned girl named Sarah.

Volumes have been written about Mary Magdalene and even today her very name arouses fascination. Did she really marry Jesus and bear his child? Among the somewhat confused speculation, the dark-skinned Sarah is sometimes named as the offspring of Christ himself, while at other times she is merely portrayed as an Egyptian servant. [Read more…] about Mary Magdalene – the Legend

Mary Magdalene

Mary of Magdala, who was she? Whore? Wife of Jesus? Christian or Gnostic? Chief Apostle? Hater of Peter, the big fisherman?

Much has been written about Mary of Magdalene. Legends abound, cathedrals have been erected in her honour and, in many instances, she is revered and loved more than Jesus Christ himself. Why? Who was this enigmatic character and what part does her memory play in today’s world? [Read more…] about Mary Magdalene

Global Economy – What is the Future?

Global analysts are questioning whether the present economic turmoil will result in a fallout for emerging markets. Gloom deepens as fears of the whispered double dip intensify. Some analysts are predicting that the fall of the markets will be far greater that 2008/9.

Finance ministers and central bankers from the world’s 20 leading nations met on Thursday 21st, in Washington, D.C., for an economic summit and the annual meeting of the 187-nation IMF.

Head of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde said, “The current economic situation is entering a dangerous phase.” She urged the major nations to coordinate efforts to contain global risks. [Read more…] about Global Economy – What is the Future?

Riddle of Divided Suns

Eight, nine, ten. Three divided suns at the time of Jewish weeping. Foretelling doom to the scattered temples.

Eleven. Venus the licentious planet rotates counter to the truth. Circe with the nimbus of the Virgin. She leads to the edge of the abyss.