A dying-and-resurrected god or sacrificial king, such as Dionysos, is a consort of the goddess or queen. They are the male and female archetypes, derived from ...
Paul Albertsen
zreunion@...
Oct 3, 2000 6:28 pm
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... how so? i see nothing inherently wrong with either path. admittedly, it's been a while since i've studied the arthurian legends and may be missing some...
David Zoltan
dbrieger@...
Oct 4, 2000 3:44 pm
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Khairite, (Sorry for the cross-posting) Just a quick question: besides Pindar, are there any extant representations of the dithyrambic form of poetry? Also,...
Sannion@...
Oct 6, 2000 12:46 pm
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... sannion, dithyrambic poetry developed originally out of the chants of the harvest circles. these chants would be used in much the same style as one would...
David Zoltan
dbrieger@...
Oct 7, 2000 2:43 am
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David Zoltan, Your questions on particular matters can only be answered within the overall context. It is that which gives meaning to each separate and...
Paul Albertsen
zreunion@...
Oct 7, 2000 2:44 am
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What is the connection between Dionysos and the medieval stories of King Arthur? Here is an apparent connection: According to one scenario, it was around 600...
Paul Albertsen
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Oct 8, 2000 10:13 pm
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What is the connection between Dionysos and the medieval stories of King Arthur? Here is an apparent connection: According to one scenario, it was around 600...
Paul Albertsen
zreunion@...
Oct 8, 2000 10:16 pm
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The story told by the numbers is that after the fall from unity (1) into division (2) the first polar pair of opposites is female-male (3-4). Birth (female) is...
Paul Albertsen
zreunion@...
Oct 11, 2000 2:24 pm
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A major part of ancient mythology was the character of the goddess as a virgin. E.g. Artemis (Diana). How did that archetypal motif play itself out in...
Paul Albertsen
zreunion@...
Oct 11, 2000 6:44 pm
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Hello, I'm still flying from our local Fall Equinox Festival weekend in the forest. I took my husband to a Dionysos discussion group because I thought that...
Bonnie
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Oct 12, 2000 3:19 pm
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Welcome, Bonnie! The best links page I've found for Dionysos is at: http://www.calweb.com/~baubo/dionysos.html That will take you to a number of online...
Delia
delia5@...
Oct 13, 2000 2:46 pm
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Priestess of Isis, That actually makes perfect sense what you said. Actually, because you are a priestess of Isis, it makes even more sense that you would be...
gnostic357@...
Oct 15, 2000 7:25 pm
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I have been doing some research on the Sabians of Arabia and the Sumerians (who predate the Sabians) on Tammuz/Demuzi. It seems to me that Tammuz (which is...
george.x.brooks@...
Oct 16, 2000 8:34 pm
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george.x.brooks@... wrote: <snip> ... What kind of time frame did you have in mind? The worship of Dionysos is established, via inscriptions in Linear B...
Delia
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Oct 17, 2000 3:38 pm
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Delia, Very good "treatment" on Dionysos compared to Tammuz. It is certainly important to note these differences between them... in terms of being "mortal" vs....
Brooks, George X
george.x.brooks@...
Oct 18, 2000 3:47 pm
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... There is no annual death/rebirth scenario there. Tammuz dies and is mourned. He does not return until we look at late Christian-influenced versions of his...
Tim Maroney
tim@...
Oct 18, 2000 5:49 pm
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Tim, I suggest you read _WHO WAS HIRAM ABIFF?_ before you make such broad sweeping statements. Tammuz IS resurrected through the body of his own son.... the...
Brooks, George X
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Oct 19, 2000 12:30 pm
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... From: "Tim Maroney" <tim@...> Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 14:23:57 -0800 To: silverchalice@... Subject: Re: Jesus as osiris ... That is...
Tim Maroney
tim@...
Oct 20, 2000 3:37 pm
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After reading your post again, Tim, I thought I would poke around on various sites to see what you might be trying to get at. And I found it fairly quickly....
Brooks, George X
george.x.brooks@...
Oct 20, 2000 3:38 pm
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Khairite, Mr Brooks, have you read Plutarch's Table-Talks, Book 4, Question 6.1- 2? I ask, because in it it is proposed that the Jewish god is none other than...
Sannion@...
Oct 20, 2000 5:44 pm
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... i believe you are falling into some rather common fallacies. jesus is a myth based on a real man, whose life was spent as a political cynic, and ...
David Zoltan
dbrieger@...
Oct 20, 2000 7:11 pm
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Sannion, I have not read Plutarch's Table-Talks. Now that you have brought it to my attention, it does sound interesting. But I would like to use replying to...
george.x.brooks@...
Oct 20, 2000 7:37 pm
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David, I see we almost AGREE! You say Jesus was a ..."man, whose life was ... embellished with a number of elements from the ancient sun gods, including but...
george.x.brooks@...
Oct 20, 2000 7:41 pm
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... I don't know why you keep misrepresenting me here. I never said anything of the sort. What I said is that it is a fallacy to talk about compelling ...
Tim Maroney
tim@...
Oct 23, 2000 12:14 am
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What are the first things? Are not the most elementary things number and geometric form? Suppose we read the number-sequence as an intelligent design, ...
Paul Albertsen
zreunion@...
Oct 23, 2000 12:15 am
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The number-sequence of "A Creation Myth" (above, if it has been posted. If not, see: www.geocities.com/zreunion) gives us a context in which to place the...
Paul Albertsen
zreunion@...
Oct 23, 2000 12:15 am
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... The seed thing wasn't/isn't much emphasized in Christianity. Nor, needless to say, are fertility aspects usually associated with the Christian god/s. There...
Delia
delia5@...
Oct 23, 2000 5:45 pm
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Tim, ________________________________________________________________________ ... You use the phrase "not particularly similar". Dumuzi goes into netherworld....
Brooks, George X
george.x.brooks@...
Oct 23, 2000 5:46 pm
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In reference to my preceding post: "Mysterium tremendum et fascinans" is a famous phrase coined by theologian Rudolf Otto, to describe our approach to the...
Delia
delia5@...
Oct 23, 2000 5:51 pm
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Paul Albertsen <zreunion@...> wrote: <snip> ... Dionysos was not a "consort" of the great goddess. He was/is an immortal God who took a mortal woman,...
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