south slavic | Tumblr south slavic Words in Bosnian/ Croatian/ Montenegrin/ Serbian without vowels: brk - mustache čvrst - firm, strong, solid (adj. m.) grb - crest, coat of arms grč - cramp, spasm strv - carcass, body of a dead animal škrt - stingy, scrimpy, cheap person (adj., m.) trg - square, open space tvrd - hard, solid (adj., m.) vrč - jug, water pitcher vrh - top, summit, pinnacle, peak vrt - garden zvrk - curl, whirligig The interesting thing is that all these words contain the letter/sound “r” which can take on the function of a vowel. It can form a word (as proven above) and carry a syllable. Loading... Show more notes Reblog My new favorite folkloric beast is the kallikantzaros , a Greek/South Slavic demonic goblin-thing. They live underground and their ultimate goal is to chop through the World Tree and destroy the world… but every time Christmas roles around, they get distracted and abandon their task to go prank humans.

In the meantime, the World Tree’s trunk grows back and they have to start all over. Reblog Samodiva Samodivas are woodland fairies found in South and West-Slavic folklore and mythology. Samodivas are commonly depicted as ethereal maidens with long loose hair, sometimes also with wings. They are usually dressed in free-flowing gowns, their garments decorated with feathers by means of which they can fly like birds. Samodivas are most often described as being blonde, tall and slender women with pale, glowing skin and fiery eyes. Samodivas are believed to be very beautiful women with an affinity to fire. They have the power to bring about drought, burn a farmer’s crops, or make cattle die of high fever. It is said that, when angered, a Samodiva would change her appearance and turn into a monstrous bird, capable of flinging fire at her enemies. They are usually hostile and dangerous to people. Men who gaze upon a Samodiva fall instantly in love (or at least in lust), and women go so far as to take their own lives at the sight of such beauty.

Sometimes a Samodiva would seduce a man, commonly a shepherd or a trespasser in her forest, and take him as her lover. However, in doing so, she would take all of his life energy, his essence. The man would then become obsessed with the Samodiva and chase her relentlessly, unable to think about anything else (including his own nourishment). The Samodiva, fuelled by the energy stolen from her admirer, would then proceed to torture the man until he dies of exhaustion. Another important aspect of the myths surrounding samodivas is their dance. Neverending and beginning at midnight to finish at dawn, their dance symbolized the raw, and often harmful to the unprepared, energy of both nature and the supernatural world. Accompanied and following only the rhythm of the wind and their own singing, their dance was said to have been often witnessed by lost or late travellers, some of them choosing to join it, seduced by the beauty of their song and visage, only to die of exhaustion at dawn, when the samodivas finally disappeared. Much like the Vila in Slavic folklore, a Samodiva’s power is believed to come mostly from her long (usually blond) hair.

A samodiva would sometimes give a small portion of it to her lover to strengthen her control over him via its magical effects. However, if her hair is damaged in some way, she will either disappear entirely or be stripped of her powers and beauty. In Slavic folklore, a Samodiva can blind every person who sets eyes upon her. Whether or not the act of blinding is metaphorical (falling in love with the Samodiva) or a curse that has an actual physical manifestation is not known. In Bulgarian folklore, a Samodiva’s close connection to the forest makes her knowledgeable about magical herbs and cures for all illnesses. It is said that if a person managed to eavesdrop on a gathering of Samodivas he could also gain knowledge of these remedies. In many stories this is exactly what the hero is forced to do to save a loved one, as a Samodiva would never share her secrets willingly. Balkan mythology holds that samodivas were actually the daughters of Lamia. This, combined with their mostly nocturnal nature, leads to them being considered more or less negative, or at best neutral in their nature. Embroidery of Šoporňa, Slovakia - unique because of its rectangular shapes.

This one strangely reminds me of Inca patterns (not on embroidery though): Reblog 2 The Goranci (meaning “highlanders”) or Gorani are a Slavic Muslim ethnic group inhabiting the Gora region – the triangle between Kosovo, Albania, and the Republic of Macedonia. They speak a transitional South Slavic dialect, called Našinski (simply meaning ‘ours’).They have been claimed by Bosniaks, Bulgarians, Macedonians and Serbs but the general view is that they should be treated as a distinct minority group, which is their own view of themselves. Loading... Show more notes Reblog I found the picture I drew when I first started my South Slavic studies a few years ago :’) Learning colours was… quite confusing.. Reblog Inspiration for Game of Thrones - Former Yugoslavia! George RR Martin wrote the first book from 1991-1996, when the Croatian and Bosnian wars were a big deal for American foreign policy and got a lot of popular news coverage. It started out with six republics (seven if you count Kosovo) of Yugoslavia, each with differing cultures, started fighting for autonomy. What was Yugoslavia?

Yugoslavia was a country in Southeast Europe during most of the 20th century. It came into existence after World War I in 1918. under the name of Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes by the merger of the provisional State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs (itself formed from territories of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire) with the formerly independent Kingdom of Serbia. The Serbian royal House of Karađorđević became the Yugoslav royal dynasty. That dynasty, or better said prince Aleksandar united the country (it was his idea). So, Yugoslavia gained international recognition on 13 July 1922 at the Conference of Ambassadors in Paris. The country was named after the South Slavic peoples (Serbs, Croats etc.) and constituted their first union, following centuries in which the territories had been part of the Ottoman Empire and Austria-Hungary. Renamed Kingdom of Yugoslavia on 3 October 1929, it was invaded by the Axis powers on 6 April 1941. In 1943, a Democratic Federal Yugoslavia was proclaimed by the Partisan resistance.

In 1944, the king recognised it as the legitimate government, but in November 1945 the monarchy was abolished. Instead of Aleksandar’s son Petar II, Tito, the Partisan’s leader, came to power. Yugoslavia was renamed the Federal People’s Republic of Yugoslavia in 1946, when a communist government was established. After Tito’s death in Slovenia, an economic and political crisis in the 1980s and the rise of nationalism, Yugoslavia broke up along its republics’ borders, at first into five countries, leading to the Yugoslav Wars. “..they (Yugoslavs) attempted to do the American model taking these five countries to construct Yugoslavia. So long as Josip Broz Tito was alive it seemed to be working, I mean, that people would say: “I am Yugoslav”. But nobody says that anymore; there are all are Serbs, or Croats, or Bosnians, and the ethnic identity is clearly more important than jumping out of the melting pot.

They don’t wanna melt into Yugoslavs like we melted to Americans, so I don’t know… It’s interesting.” - George RR Martin One Croatian comedy site first wrote about this and, really there are many similarities between people of Former Yugoslavia and people of Westeros: Lannister - Slovenians blond, rich, people, who think that they are better than others. The Reach- Slavonia and the Coast (North Croatia), a rich and fertile soil, never in charge, but always the crucial factor. Greyjoys - Dalmatians (Croats from Dalmatia), only people who they respect are themselves, they believe that others are weak. They are the people of the sea, pirates. The Vale - Montenegro, a separate mountainous land, unconquerable. Strange family relations, sons on the first place. They have hawk as a coat of arms. Dorne - FYR Macedonia Land in the south. They have the sun as coat of arms. They have always been segregated from the rest. Dark handsome men, somewhat different than the others from ex YU. Baratheons - people from Bosnia and Herzegovina, a large, happy people ready to drink and eat, brave and burly.

Neum is Storm’s End, since it has access to the sea. Robert is like Tito, who died when collapse of unity begins. The North - Serbia the country of wolves and ancient heroes. Proud people, freedom fighters. Some see them as wild, cruel. White Harbor is Belgrade, Kosovo is The Wall. behind The Wall wildlings (Albanians? lol) live. Targaryen - Karadjordjevic, the royal family in exile, young Danny as throne princess. Riverlands - Vojvodina (Northern Serbia), a neutral land, similar to Slavonia. Somehow always affected by wars. Reblog Hello everyone, здравствуйте! My name is Polina, I’m Russian, and my sole purpose is to amuse and entertain our audience by enlightening you on the Russian language, culture, traditions and particular qualities of the Russian mentality. I will gladly answer any question about Russia and the Russian language (except politics, please don’t ask me about politics). I consider it appropriate to start with some facts about Russian.

Some of you are already learning Russian (like my precious Lu), some are planning to, and some have never even contemplated doing it, but I dare hope that it will be interesting for you anyway. Russian is one of the most widely spoken native languages in Europe. It belongs to the Slavic group of the Indo-European language family. The Slavic group of languages is divided into West Slavic (Czech, Slovak, Polish, and Sorbian), South Slavic (Bulgarian, Croatian, Macedonian, Serbian, and Slovenian), and East Slavic (Russian, Ukrainian, and Belorussian). The geographical spread of the Russian language goes far beyond Russia, as it is spoken (or at least understood) in many countries of the former USSR and it remains the key language across all of the Caucasus and Central Asia. The total number of Russian language speakers around the world is estimated to be from 255 to 285 million. The main question - is Russian language difficult to learn? Russian has the reputation of being a very difficult language to learn, and it is indeed somewhat more difficult for native English speakers than the Western European languages. Nevertheless, Russian is still easier to learn than Chinese, Japanese, or Arabic.

Many people who are learning to speak Russian agonize over its pronunciation and grammar. The various endings of the nouns, six cases, two aspects of the verbs and the correct placement of stress may seem tortuous indeed. But the good news is that there are only three tenses in Russian and the word order in Russian sentences is predictable. No articles, by the way. Once you learn the alphabet, you can pronounce almost all words quite accurately. At least, it will be understandable. The other great news is – Russian has no regional accents. Well, in fact, it has – but the difference is so small you would hardly ever notice it. Once you’ve learnt basics of Russian, you will be understood by every citizen of Russia. Yet despite these difficulties, Russian is being mastered by an increasing number of people around the world. They have found it worth the effort for many reasons, not the least of which is the great body of Russian literature which ranks among the most brilliant in the world.

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Re: Getting a "Handl" on things? « Reply #30 on: April 13, 2012, 01:53:04 PM » During the Ice Age, lower sea levels blah blah, the Rhine turned left to exit into the North Sea (which was a glacial lake dammed by the then-existing land bridge connecting Dover and Calais) and joined Thames and couple other rivers, to form the Channel River which, as its name suggests, flows along the English Channel out into the Atlantic. The theory is, when the Ice Age ended, meltwater from the North Sea burst through the land bridge thingy and that's why we now have the Straits of Dover. Some sources say it happened at once in chaotic events, others say it happened gradually. The "fault line" picture above shows the land dip down, so that might be another factor, but the website states it happened "several million years ago". Anyway, thinking about chalk soil, Chalk Cliffs of Dover, and the Rhine flowing closer to France during the Ice Age... Well, chalk is alkaline, right? And alfalfa looooves alkaline.

(That's been covered in the 'Session 2 May 1998' thread, or just google it.) Now look: Quote from: Where to Grow It Successfully Lucerne is suited to naturally alkaline and free-draining soils. It is severely restricted on soils with pH below 6.2. Liming will not be enough to correct naturally acidic soils. Chalk and limestone soils are most suitable and waterlogged soils should never be sown to lucerne. Sources: google "Fleuve Manche" for pics Wikipedia pages for English Channel, Rhine, Channel River, River Thames, Weald, Strait of Dover, ....

« Last Edit: April 13, 2012, 01:55:45 PM by Muxel » Logged Quote from: RedFox on April 13, 2012, 12:39:57 AM I'm curiouse about the possible connection between iron content of alfalfa (with reference to C's comments on iron in blood and transition between densities), running water, high strangeness (usually localised to areas or geological features) and 'treasure' (gold for one, but perhaps general 4D 'stuff' like manifestation etc). Yes! Alfalfa is a "superficial relative" of clover, and thus: Quote from: Here are some of the names that alfalfa has been known by throughout the centuries: Lucerne; French Clover, in part; Mexican Clover, in part; Lucerne Clover; Lucerne Medicago; Alfalfa Clover; Chilian Clover; Brazilian Clover; Syrian Clover; Sainfoin, erroneously; Spanish Trefoil; Purple Medick; Manured Medick; Cultivated Medicago; Medick.

Persian, Isfist; Greek, Medicai; Latin, Medica, Herba Medica; Italian, Herba Spagna; Spanish, Melga or Meilga, also (from Arabic), Alfafa, Alfasafat; French, La Lucerne; German, Lucerne, Common Fodder, Snail Clover, Blue Snail Clover, Branching Clover, Stem Clover, Monthly Clover, Horned Clover, in part, Perennial Clover, Blue Perennial Clover, Burgundy Clover, Welsh Clover, Sicilian Clover. It is claimed there are some fields of alfalfa in France that have produced continuously for well over a century [...] Under favorable conditions we could almost call alfalfa 'everlasting'. Quote from: C's Q: (L) [...] Clover is, of course, a variation of alfalfa, and 'dale' is a depression in the ground. Could this be right there next to the location of the Lorelei rock off the Rhine? A: Closer, and what of the four leaves? A four-leaf clover is a sign of some local EM anomaly, I think. Or bleedthrough.

Running water and treasure...In the Nibelungenlied, Hagen steals the treasure (ring & belt) and throws it into the Rhine. But in the Poetic Edda, Atli plots to kill Hogni, and invites Hogni over, so Gudrun sends Hogni a ring with a wolf's hair tied in it. Apparently the ring she sends is an ordinary ring, not the Andvarinaut. Logged « Reply #32 on: April 13, 2012, 04:06:53 PM » Alfalfa fields in Rhineland yield as of yet undreamed of treasures SPECULATION: When I first read about this session the Nibelungen treasure (and the legendary dragon-slayer Siegfried) came to my mind. The Nibelungenlied (Song of the Nibelungs) is a German epic poem of the Middle Ages (imho containing many references to alchemy). The Nibelungs of the poem's title were originally evil dwarfs who had a magical but cursed treasure of gold. According to the saga Hagen Tronje sank the famous treasure in the Rhine or buried it close to the Rhine.

The crucial passage says something like "sunken (into?) hole at/into (?) the Rhine. A hole near the Rhine? A village with the name "Loch" (german for hole) near the Rhine? Is the cloak of invisibility (from the same saga) linked to the "vibratory frequency (of) light" (session 21 June 1997)? Logged « Reply #33 on: April 13, 2012, 07:37:31 PM » Well since all this: Quote from: Laura on April 11, 2012, 12:57:06 PM Quote from: Cs session 31October1998 Q: Now, the other night, in front of the psychomantium, I did not exactly have a vision, but something came into my head, and the idea was that prime numbers are important because, the principle that they are only divisible by themselves and by one is indicative of the fact that they are direct links, channels, or conduits to seventh density, or first density, or something... A: How about all densities?

Q: Okay, that is sort of what I mean, that they are, in a sense, gateways - would that be a good term? A: Close. Q: How does one utilize the energies inherent in prime numbers in this respect? Do they represent frequencies or frequency relationships? A: Verities. Q: Is there any formula, or any thing about prime numbers that makes it easier to find them... anything about them that is unique? A: Pyramidal. Q: Pyramid relationships would help one find prime numbers? A: Graph. Q: A pyramid type graph. Okay, anything else about prime numbers? When you said that they were the 'dwellings of the mystics' I had an idea that a prime number could be a dwelling of a mystic because the individual would express in some manner a frequency that related in some way to a prime number. Is that somewhere along the line...? That mystics can traverse all densities because of frequency? A: Something like that. Q: My next thought was that it could indicate actual places or locations in space time on the planet that would be represented by coordinates. A: Zuber. Q: What does THAT mean? A: Research.

Anyway, I read that reference to "Handl" in the article about Krakatau/Krakatoa and it made me curious, so I found something called "The Secret Wikipedia" that had this that, oddly, brings some of the same elements up: World War One - Johann Handl In 1916, as the First World War ravaged Europe a mysterious German named Johann Handl obtained a 30 year permit to mine "pumice" on what was left of Krakatoa. His mining operation lasted for one year and then he abruptly left in 1917. He returned to Germany with several Lesser Hedrons just as the war was reaching its conclusion. But in the turmoil of the Germany's defeat his discoveries went unrecognized. The Lesser Hedrons were warehoused in the Berlin Institute Of Science. And there they sat until 1933 when Professor Hienrch Hoffman discovered them by chance. Johann Handl's real name was most likely G.T. Breeckow, an agent of the German government supposedly executed in England in 1915 for espionage under the Defiance of the Realm act.

Is indicating something to do with geology, doing a search for Zuber, brought up a polish geologist by the name of Rudolf Zuber 1858 - 1920. There is a derth of information about this guy on the web, so just for safe keeping: Getting a "Handl" on things? The only other reference to Rudolf Zuber is this geological magazine: _ Reading through it right know, so just a fwiw. Interestingly enough, it's talking about limestone in conjunction to Zuber, which is the prime material in chalk, and from all that's been presented so far, alfalfa does well in an alkaline environment. Whatever the connection is, this is a fascinating exercise in gathering data and making no supposition about it. Logged For to know our past we may conjecture about our future. and to know our future is to be able to divine our purpose in a cosmic sense. And having done that, our priorities may be ordered accordingly so that we will no longer groan under the weight of feeling cast adrift in an uncaring & hostile universe - orphans of the cosmos - playthings of the gods.

-- Laura Knight-Jadczyk The Noah Syndrome « Reply #34 on: April 13, 2012, 11:20:18 PM » There is also a book co-authored by a Zuber called Quantum Field Theory: Logged Quote Session 14 September 2002 Q: (L) [...] At some point when we were talking about these prime numbers, you mentioned a name and the name was Zuber. I asked what does it mean and you answered 'research.' Well I was researching, of course. I was just looking about, using google. I was looking for Zuber and prime numbers and something like this. And, surprise, surprise! There were essentially, very few references, and all of them were to Matti Pitkanen. So he has a lot of papers about prime numbers and theory of everything based on prime numbers...(L) How did Zuber get in there? (Ark) Zuber is one of these references because one of the references is a famous book by, which I even have, by physicist named Zuber about quantum field theory.

So my question is, is the Zuber of the book on quantum field theory and conformal theories and so on, the right Zuber? A: What do you think? Q: (Ark) I think chances are 50%, and chances are that he's not the same. A: 80 percent! Q: (Ark) 80%, that doesn't help much! I have this paper by Mattie Pitcalean here, maybe you will reevaluate this. The paper is called Quantum Criticality and 1 over F nosxe. and here's Zuber. Let me read it, hmm...conformal invariance, yeah, it must be the same. Okay, 90 percent. (laughter). A: 100! « Reply #36 on: April 14, 2012, 02:43:55 AM » Thanks Transdimensional- I had not seen that transcript yet. Getting back to Handl - I found a book written by two Handls on Iceland- the land of fire and ice . My brain will not leave the scalar wave/volcano connection alone. Logged Re: Getting a "Handl" on things?

« Reply #37 on: April 14, 2012, 06:28:37 PM » Lucerne/Alfalfa is a member of the legume family and legume crops are typically used in rotation as a soil improvers because they provide for 'nitrogen fixation' in the soil and subsequent crops reap the benefit of the improved nitrogen profile. About nitrogen fixation: Quote Nitrogen fixation is a process, biological, abiotic, or synthetic by which nitrogen (N2) in the atmosphere is converted into ammonia (NH3).[1] Atmospheric nitrogen or elemental nitrogen (N2) is relatively inert: it does not easily react with other chemicals to form new compounds. Fixation processes free up the nitrogen atoms from their diatomic form (N2) to be used in other ways. Nitrogen fixation, natural and synthetic, is essential for all forms of life because nitrogen is required to biosynthesize basic building blocks of plants, animals and other life forms, e.g., nucleotides for DNA and RNA and amino acids for proteins. Therefore nitrogen fixation is essential for agriculture and the manufacture of fertilizer. It is also an important process in the manufacture of explosives (e.g.

gunpowder, dynamite, TNT, etc.) Nitrogen fixation occurs naturally in the air by means of lightning.[2] [3][dead link] Nitrogen fixation also refers to other biological conversions of nitrogen, such as its conversion to nitrogen dioxide. Microorganisms that fix nitrogen are bacteria called diazotrophs. Some higher plants, and some animals (termites), have formed associations (symbioses) with diazotrophs. Biological nitrogen fixation was discovered by the German agronomist Hermann Hellriegel and Dutch microbiologist Martinus Beijerinck. Biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) occurs when atmospheric nitrogen is converted to ammonia by an enzyme called nitrogenase.[1] The reaction for BNF is: N2 + 8 H+ + 8 e− → 2 NH3 + H2 The process is coupled to the hydrolysis of 16 equivalents of ATP and is accompanied by the co-formation of one molecule of H2. In free-living diazotrophs, the nitrogenase-generated ammonium is assimilated into glutamate through the glutamine synthetase/glutamate synthase pathway. Enzymes responsible for nitrogenase action are very susceptible to destruction by oxygen.

Many bacteria cease production of the enzyme in the presence of oxygen.[1] Many nitrogen-fixing organisms exist only in anaerobic conditions, respiring to draw down oxygen levels, or binding the oxygen with a protein such as Leghemoglobin.[1] [.....] Nitrogen fixation by cyanobacteria Cyanobacteria inhabit nearly all illuminated environments on Earth and play key roles in the carbon and nitrogen cycle of the biosphere. In general, cyanobacteria are able to utilize a variety of inorganic and organic sources of combined nitrogen, like nitrate, nitrite, ammonium, urea, or some amino acids. Several cyanobacterial strains are also capable of diazotrophic growth, an ability which may have been present in their last common ancestor in the Archaean[5]. Genome sequencing has provided a large amount of information on the genetic basis of nitrogen metabolism and its control in different cyanobacteria. Comparative genomics, together with functional studies, has led to a significant advance in this field over the past years. 2-Oxoglutarate has turned out to be the central signalling molecule reflecting the carbon/nitrogen balance of cyanobacteria.

Central players of nitrogen control are the global transcriptional factor NtcA, which controls the expression of many genes involved in nitrogen metabolism, as well as the PII signalling protein, which fine-tunes cellular activities in response to changing C/N conditions. These two proteins are sensors of the cellular 2-oxoglutarate level and have been conserved in all cyanobacteria. In contrast, the adaptation to nitrogen starvation involves heterogeneous responses in different strains.[6] Nitrogen fixation by cyanobacteria in coral reefs can fix twice the amount of nitrogen than on land–around 1.8 kg of nitrogen is fixed per hectare per day. Quote from: Muxel on April 13, 2012, 01:53:04 PM Anyway, thinking about chalk soil, Chalk Cliffs of Dover, and the Rhine flowing closer to France during the Ice Age... Well, chalk is alkaline, right? And alfalfa looooves alkaline. (That's been covered in the 'Session 2 May 1998' thread, or just google it.) Now look: Quote from: Where to Grow It Successfully Lucerne is suited to naturally alkaline and free-draining soils.

It is severely restricted on soils with pH below 6.2. Liming will not be enough to correct naturally acidic soils. Chalk and limestone soils are most suitable and waterlogged soils should never be sown to lucerne. Sources: google "Fleuve Manche" for pics Wikipedia pages for English Channel, Rhine, Channel River, River Thames, Weald, Strait of Dover, .... And chalk or limestone is formed in coral reefs. When either the land mass rises or the sea level drops, the coral reef dies and becomes chalk or limestone. Curious relationship here between alfalfa, nitrogen fixation, coral reefs and limestone/chalk. FWIW Edited to add: From ISOTM Re: The Law of Three: Quote The special chemistry (I assume G is referring to alchemy here) of which I speak looks upon every substance having a separate function, even the most complex, as an element. In this way only is it possible to study the cosmic properties of matter, because all complex compounds have their own cosmic purpose and significance. From this point of view an atom of a given substance is the smallest amount of the given substance which retains all its chemical, physical, and cosmic properties.

Consequently the size of the 'atom' of different substances is not the same. And in some cases an 'atom' may be a particle even visible to the nake eye. The four aspects or states of every substance have definite names. When a substance is the conductor of the first or the active force, it is called 'carbon,' and, like the carbon of chemistry, it is designated by the letter C. When a substance is the conductor of the second or the passive force, it is called 'oxygen,' and, like the oxygen of chemistry, it is designated by the letter O. When a substance is the conductor of the third or neutralizing force, it is called 'nitrogen,' and, like the nitrogen of chemistry, it is designated by the letter N. When a substance is taken without relation to the force manifesting itself through it, it is called 'hydrogen,' and, like the hydrogen of chemistry, it is designated by the letter H. I've made these connections but I'm struggling to understand if there is anything of value in them. ISOTM talks more about Nitrogen as the neutralising force but its beyond me at this time.

I'm also wondering about 'Coral Castle' and whether there is also a connection. Edit # 2. Nitrogen fixation occurs naturally in the air by means of lightning. and: Session 21 June 1997 Quote Q: One thing I do want to understand, since it is involved in all of this, is the idea of the 'Shepherd.' All of the ancient legends and stories and myths lead, ultimately, to something about the 'shepherd,' or the 'Shepherd King.' A: Shepherd is most likely to be struck by lightning, due to staff, and thus "enlightened," or "illumened!!" So does the lightening, which fixes the third force or nitrogen have something to do with being enlightened? « Last Edit: April 16, 2012, 10:57:58 AM by Jones » Logged “I have been all things unholy.

If God can work through me, he can work through anyone.” St Francis of Assissi Rom wasn't built in a day, she's a work in progress « Reply #38 on: April 18, 2012, 06:33:49 PM » The Handl's, the seven keys to the house of gables, the puzzle pieces, whatever you call it... Quote from: Another interesting element is the nature of the soil on which the circles appear. Pringle says that 93.8 per cent of crop circles are made on chalk, "a worldwide phenomenon" recorded in 54 different countries. She says the significance may be connected to underground springs called aquifers commonly found in chalk. One theory is that the "huge electrical force" of such springs works in harmony with the electromagnetic force of Earth's tectonic plates to create the patterns. Blake also remarks on the significance of the chalk, which she says the ancients often built their monuments on - an observation which the existence of Neolithic sites like Stonehenge and Avebury attest.

She says the ancients also built their temples on "energy lines" and has observed that "crop circles always appear on or near these lines." Blake was impressed with the Barbary Castle circle and its derivations because the shape itself was "like a Labyrinth," which "gives it a spiritual as well as a mathematical tradition." Stonehenge is built on chalk. In Terry Pratchett's The Wee Free Men, the main character Tiffany is asked, how come she's a witch when she's born on chalk downs, and witches can't tolerate soft land like chalk. Tiffany responds, the bones of these hills are flint, and flint is the hardest of all. Quote from: Bringers of the Dawn The original designers of the human body were benevolent beings. These original creator gods were very generous in endowing you biogenetically with a tremendous vitality of spirit and a tremendous zest of capability. Much of this information is stored within your body in the light-encoded filaments that are scattered and are coming back into alignment. Your bones and skeletal form correspond with that information.

When your skeletal form is in alignment, the energy from sacred power sites is released, the cosmic rays are pulled into your body, and the light-encoded filaments inside your cells begin to reorder themselves, you will find that you are in the change. The change will be mirrored to you everywhere you look. Quote from: Bringers of the Dawn Many of the structures built on this planet, particularly ancient sacred sites, have information stored within stone. In the same way, you have information stored within the bones of your skeletal form. When you allow sound to move through you, it unlocks a doorway and allows information to flood into your body. It also penetrates the ground, affecting the vibrations of Earth and allowing a rearrangement of a molecular alignment of information to take place. Next we must somehow relate soil/water/humidity to EM. Quote from: Judith Moore & Barbara Lamb / Crop Circles Revealed: Language of the Light Symbols The Influence of Water and Weather on Crop Circles Some scientists and geologists have determined that under many crop circles are geological aquifers composed of very porous limestone, sandstone and chalk. This substratum absorbs water from the abundant English rain and easily yields water.

They also notice that many crop circles are places over underground streams and other water sources, or where the water table is high. ... told me that their dowsing always shows that crop circles are places over underground water. ... have found a relationship between formations and underground watersheds through analyzing infrared photographs ... found that the chalk and greensand under many crop circles hold water. This underground water is necessary for the steam effect that seems to be involved in the making of crop circles. Some crop circle scientists theorize that when heat of 500 degrees Fahrenheit or higher is applied to the plants as abundant moisture is being drawn up from under the soil, the plants become pliable enough to be gently bent over at ground level without any cracking, breaking or killing, and then to be swirled or shaped to form a variety of patterns. Now for the 42nd parallel north, or the 43rd parallel north, give or take. There we have places like: Horseheads NY, the Pyrenees, Vladivostok, Flint MI, Rochester NY (Terry), Keuka Lake (one of the Finger Lakes in NY - Terry), Serpent Mound of Ohio, Rock Lake pyramids of Wisconsin.

The rest in descending order: Novosibirsk Oak Island 44° 31′ N On nitrogen fixation, Jones, we have Terry being the Third "neutralizing" element between Frank and Laura. The emulsifier, the nitrogen, from Neormm. And what of perpendicular realities? The C's drew a wheel with two rims and seven spokes, seven densities, seven main colors of the visible EM spectrum - "vibratory frequency light"? Quote from: Q: (J) Point taken! (L) There is no point. [Laughter.] Well, if you expand the circle outward and continue expanding it in all directions, it pulls the seven spokes with it, which encompasses more and more space in a cross section, and then turns that circle, you have a sphere. A: Precisely. But Laura says that means we are living in a big globe. And, maybe we are. The C's taught us that a line is really a circle. So the seven spokes will turn back on themselves, in a circle. And they bring the "wheel rim" along. To help visualize this: think of the Arctic Circle as the rim, and the seven spokes are seven longitudes radiating from it.

When the circle expands, we get all the latitudes of Earth. The wheel rim is what "joins" the perpendicular realities (spokes) together. Thus each latitude of Earth has multiple perpendicular realities on it! I guess we only need seven. The C's say that seven is always the optimal number. Seven "dancers". Seven key longitudes. Seven "prime meridians"? Also, I note that we are indeed living in a "big globe" - which takes the form of Earth. As above so below. (And I guess Earth's molten core would be the Creator...) Throwing this in for good measure: Quote from: A: And now, when you merge densities, or traverse densities, what you have is the merging of physical reality and ethereal reality, which involves thought form versus physicality. When you can merge those perfectly, what you realize then, is that the reason there is no beginning and no end is merely because there is no need for you to contemplate a beginning or an end after you have completed your development. When you are at union with the One at Seventh density, that is when you have accomplished this and then there is no longer any need for difference between physical and ethereal forms.

Quote from: Aragonite is a carbonate mineral, one of the two common, naturally occurring, crystal forms of calcium carbonate, CaCO3 (the other form being the mineral calcite). It is formed by biological and physical processes, including precipitation from marine and freshwater environments. Aragonite's crystal lattice differs from that of calcite, resulting in a different crystal shape, an orthorhombic system with acicular crystals. Repeated twinning results in pseudo-hexagonal forms. Aragonite may be columnar or fibrous, occasionally in branching stalactitic forms called flos-ferri ("flowers of iron") from their association with the ores at the Carinthian iron mines. Carinthia - today it is in Austria. But it used to be a much bigger region, the Duchy of Carinthia, Hezogtum Carantania, which included much of today's Slovenia. Think Carniola when you hear Slovenia. And who was born in Carniola? Jacobus Handl! Quote from: Carinthia, Styria and Carniola The region of central Austria and Slovenia became populated by Slavs at the end of the sixth century.

They then created the principality of Karantania, which is known from the seventh century and is regarded by some as a predecessor to the modern republic of Slovenia. Karantania managed to maintain its independence from both the Avars to the east and the Bavarians to the west until the middle of the eight century when Avar pressure forced Karantania to seek Bavarian protection. Together with Bavaria became Karantania a part of the Frankish kingdom 788 and its last Slavic ruler was deposed 828 where after it was ruled by Frankish counts. The region was then known by its German name "Kärnten" and its was restored several times as a separate duchy during the ninth and tenth century. From 976 was it permanently a separate duchy. A large immigration of German settlers led to the assimilation of the original Slavic population in Carinthia, which 1335 became a part of the Habsburg dynasty's lands and thereafter was linked with Styria and Carniola during the repeated divisions of the Habsburg lands.

From 1619 have Carinthia always been united with Austria and it is today an Austrian part state, although it is considerably smaller than the historic Karantania. Neormm - could it refer to Roman numerals? NEO in medieval Roman numerals is the value 171 (correct me if I'm wrong). We have a 7 sandwiched between 11. RMM would be the value 1920. MM by itself would be 2000. Just a thought. Logged « Reply #39 on: April 18, 2012, 09:10:20 PM » How to connect bone and chalk? Chalk is bone. Calcium minerals. The Celts washed their hair with limewater (chalk water), stiffening it. Chalked blond hair stood out even more strikingly. Quote from: Gonzo on January 24, 2012, 12:13:33 PM When we were in the Yucatan, we met several Mayan descendants. What stood out is that they are shorter than most people, have no neck and are rather thick boned.

We were told it was due to the water they drink from the cenotes having high calcium content which affected their development. FYI, Gonzo A cenote is a sinkhole which contains groundwater. How are cenotes formed? Carbon dioxide dissolves in rainwater to form a weak acid. This trickles through tiny cracks in limestone, and dissolves the calcite in it. Logged « Reply #40 on: April 20, 2012, 07:36:17 AM » My input Quote Alfalfa fields in Rhineland yield as of yet undreamed of treasures. When I try to give to "alfalfa" a different mean from the known I visualize it as a reiteration or emphasis of what is "first" alfa+ alfa = 11. the very first, the primordial, eleven it is a prime number too. Then it sounds like "a field of prime numbers in Rhineland yield as of yet undreamed of treasures". The C's have pointed that prime numbers are important. More connections In quantum chemistry/physics the electronic spins are represented as alpha = arrow up and beta =arrow down, .

That notation used in academia coincidentally looks like a 1 number. A material with non paired electrons (a lot of alpha state of spins) generally is a magnetic material. Quote Magnetic metallic elements Many materials have unpaired electron spins, and the majority of these materials are paramagnetic. When the spins interact with each other in such a way that the spins align spontaneously, the materials are called ferromagnetic (what is often loosely termed as magnetic). Because of the way their regular crystalline atomic structure causes their spins to interact, some metals are ferromagnetic when found in their natural states, as ores. These include iron ore (magnetite or lodestone), cobalt and nickel, as well as the rare earth metals gadolinium and dysprosium (when at a very low temperature). Such naturally occurring ferromagnets were used in the first experiments with magnetism. Technology has since expanded the availability of magnetic materials to include various man-made products, all based, however, on naturally magnetic elements. Then we could have a connection to magnetite, magnetic material or magnetic fields in general. Quote Q: (L) [...] Clover is, of course, a variation of alfalfa, and 'dale' is a depression in the ground.

Could this be right there next to the location of the Lorelei rock off the Rhine? A: Closer, and what of the four leaves? This brings me to Raskovnik Quote The raskovnik (Serbian Cyrillic and Macedonian: расковник) or razkovniche (Bulgarian: разковниче, pronounced [rɐsˈkɔvnitʃɛ]) is a magical herb in South Slavic (Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Macedonian, Montenegrin, Serbian and Slovenian) mythology. According to lore, the raskovnik has the magical property to unlock or uncover anything that is locked or closed. However, legends claim it is notoriously difficult to recognize the herb, and reputedly only certain chthonic animals are able to identify it. Names The herb is known by a multitude of names among the South Slavs and the names vary significantly by region. While razkovniche and raskovnik are the customary names in Bulgarian and Serbian respectively and the root is also preserved in the Leskovac dialect as raskov, in some parts of Macedonia it is known as ež trava ("hedgehog grass").

In the vicinity of Bar (southeastern Montenegro), the term is demir-bozan, a Turkish borrowing meaning "iron breaker". In Syrmia, the plant is referred to as špirgasta trava, in Slavonia it is known as zemaljski ključ ("earth key"), and in Slovenia's Savinja Valley as mavričin koren ("rainbow root").[3] [edit] Description and properties Traditionally, it is considered that few people if any could actually recognize the herb.[4] However, in Bulgarian sources the raskovnik is sometimes described as a grass resembling a four-leaf clover. It grows in meadows and may be picked either while green and blooming or in hay, when it is already dry.

While it is not necessarily rare, nor does it thrive only in remote locations, it is nevertheless impossible to recognize by the uninitiated.[2] In the words of Serbian linguist and folklorist Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, “It is some (may be imaginary) grass for which it is thought that thanks to it (when brushed by it) every lock and every other closure would open by itself.”[5] According to the legend, the raskovnik could unlock any gate or padlock, regardless of its size, material or key. It could also uncover treasures buried in the ground: in Bulgarian beliefs, it could split the ground at the place where a treasure lay so that people could locate it.[1] In some regions of Serbia, the treasure itself was a black man in chains who requested that a raskovnik be brought to him.

The raskovnik would break the chains and the man would disappear into the ground to be replaced by a cauldron filled with gold coins.[3] Other supernatural properties attributed to the herb by Bulgarians include the alchemic ability to transmute iron into gold, the more general ability to make the one who picked it forever happy[2] or wealthy.[6] In some interpretations, the raskovnik is a wonderful plant that makes true whatever its owner desires.[7] [edit] Obtainment In some parts of Serbia, hedgehogs are believed to be animals capable of identifying the raskovnik and involuntarily assisting people in obtaining it [mine: another clue maybe] The raskovnik is believed to have been sought after by treasure hunters, sorcerers and herbalists who desired its magic powers for personal benefit.

In Serbia, it was believed that there exist certain treasures, such as the Treasure of Tsar Radovan, which could not be unlocked in another way but employing a raskovnik.[4] As, according to Bulgarian mythology and some other traditions, tortoises were the only beings who knew the appearance of the herb and the location where it grows, such people would try to obtain the raskovnik by deceiving a tortoise. They would find a tortoise nesting site and hem it in with a fence while the tortoise is away. When it returns, the tortoise would be unable to access its eggs, so it would return with a raskovnik in order to breach the fence. Thus, the tortoise would reveal the herb and people would acquire it from the tortoise, which does not need it anymore. While the tricking of a tortoise was the most popular method in Bulgarian mythology, in Dalmatia the legend refers to snakes,[3] and among Serbs another version involves the locking of young hedgehogs in a box for their mother to unlock. In Serbia, one would also have to be quick to take the raskovnik, as the hedgehog would swallow it after use.

In any case, turtles, snakes and hedgehogs are all animals with chthonic characteristics which were often variously associated with the underworld in South Slavic tradition.[3] Karadžić also mentions another Serbian method to obtain the raskovnik. He recorded a story from the town of Zemun about a merchant who desired to find the herb. The merchant locked an old woman into leg irons and let her wander in a field during the night; if the irons unlocked by themselves at a certain place, that would be a place where the raskovnik grows.[4] [edit] Metaphoric use The legendary herb has entered the modern Bulgarian vocabulary as a metaphor for a magic key or a panacea in the wider sense.

The phrase “to find the razkovniche” („да намериш разковничето“ „da namerish razkovnicheto“) means to find the solution to a certain problem, usually a complex or difficult one.[8] Razkovniche is also the common Bulgarian name for the plant European waterclover (Marsilea quadrifolia) which, in its appearance, has many similarities with the descriptions of the mythical raskovnik.[9] In eastern Serbia, raskovnik also refers to a specific plant used in vernacular medicine, namely Laserpitium siler Let's see the waterclover (Marsilea Quadrifolia) Quote Common names 'Four Leaf Clover'; European waterclover (USA); Sushni in parts of India; "aalaik keerai" in Tamil and is in use for more than 3000 years as part of food. Origins M. quadrifolia is found in central and southern Europe, Caucasia, western Siberia, Afghanistan, sw India, China, Japan and North America.

Considered a weed in some parts of the United States where it has been well established in the north eastern States for over 100 years.[1] What is Chthonic? Quote Chthonic (play /ˈkθɒnɪk/, from Greek χθόνιος – chthonios, "in, under, or beneath the earth", from χθών – chthōn "earth";[1] pertaining to the Earth; earthy; subterranean) designates, or pertains to, deities or spirits of the underworld, especially in relation to Greek religion. The Greek word khthon is one of several for "earth"; it typically refers to the interior of the soil, rather than the living surface of the land (as Gaia or Ge does) or the land as territory (as khora (χώρα) does). It evokes at once abundance and the grave. So prime numbers and Zuber have to do with a location Quote Q: A pyramid type graph. Okay, anything else about prime numbers?

When you said that they were the 'dwellings of the mystics' I had an idea that a prime number could be a dwelling of a mystic because the individual would express in some manner a frequency that related in some way to a prime number. Is that somewhere along the line...? That mystics can traverse all densities because of frequency? A: Something like that. Q: My next thought was that it could indicate actual places or locations in space time on the planet that would be represented by coordinates. A: Zuber. Q: What does THAT mean? A: Research. Something that catch my attention was the relationship between the shape of the four leaf clover and this graph based in prime numbers that appears in this thread Q: (L) Are these points of locus denoted by these deposits of clay that adsorb tritium? A: Off the track, and you, my dear, are in the "quiet chair." [...] A: Well, first of all, we thought this was Ark's turn. But, since you have asked, is it not obvious by now? Magnetic power grid physics . EM utilization. Crystals, and the like. Seeking paths to the interior? The "Poles" know best!

Q: (A) ) Okay, now we have been brought to electromagnetism, and that was my next question. I got some very old papers by Whittaker... A: EM generators usually employ a grid. 'Tis for field creation. Q: (A) When you say this, you mean A grid, not THE grid? A: Yes. Looks like a waffle iron. Q: (A) You mean like a waffle iron that is used in transformers? A: Okay. Why? To duplicate nature. Earth has a web, and so doeth thee! Q: (A) Now, Earth's grid is just an imaginary grid related to field, or just a mathematic grid... no, it must really exist.... A: Yes. Q: (A) If it really exists, is it a field of grid, or is it a grid made out of some matter, like these waffle irons? Just field, or matter? A: The iron is attracted, not attractive. Q: (A) I wanted to know if the grid is a material grid, or if it is just a grid of field and nothing more, or if there is something material in the earth relating to it? A: Both.

Respecting minerals, Lorelei rock is in an area called Renania-Palatinado, remind me the rare metals rhenium and palladium. Jules Violle determined the freezing and melting points of palladium and used platinum to determinate the Solar Constant. (see the secret history of the world). Rhine remember rhodium, another metal. Rhodium (Greek rhodon (ῥόδον) meaning "rose" Rhenium was Discovered in 1925, was the last stable element to be discovered. It was named after the river Rhine in Europe. In Rhinelander Wisconsin there are also mine activities specially nickel and cooper.

Question: In South Slavic (Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Macedonian, Montenegrin, Serbian and Slovenian) mythology, what is raskovnik?
Answer: Magical herb