Forwarded from 🔮Wizards of the Cave🔮 (villager)
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Forwarded from 🌲𝕳𝖊𝖗𝖆𝖑𝖉 𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕷𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖓𝖎𝖓𝖌🌲
“There is nothing more mysterious than blood. Paracelsus saw it as a condensation of light. I believe the Aryan, Hyperborean blood is not the light of the Golden Sun, of a galactic sun, but of the light of the Black Sun, of the Green Thunderbolt. — If the Hyperborean Memory of the Blood can be penetrated, then the Voice would awake and recover the Vril, thus breaking the Eternal Return.”
— Miguel Serrano
— Miguel Serrano
Forwarded from Temple of the Oracle
"No matter how small, a change can still be part of something greater. Even then, when he held a position of power, he fought for all of them to be treated equally. He considered everyone as a human being, even those who stood against him."
The Power of the Powerless
Vaclav Havel
October, 1978
Can they actually change anything? ... The potential of the powerless can only begin with an examination of the nature of power in the circumstances in which these powerless people operate.
Vaclav Havel
October, 1978
Can they actually change anything? ... The potential of the powerless can only begin with an examination of the nature of power in the circumstances in which these powerless people operate.
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"You are surely not tired, Athelstan. Not on this great journey you have begun and must finish."
- Leif Erikson, Vikings S1E8
(This is a longer and slightly spicer version than the one that was uploaded to X/Twitter)
- Leif Erikson, Vikings S1E8
(This is a longer and slightly spicer version than the one that was uploaded to X/Twitter)
Forwarded from Go to @OdeToPower3 (Artorias)
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Forwarded from The Classical Wisdom Tradition
"The beauty of a household consists in the conjunction of man and wife, united to each other by destiny, and consecrated to the Gods presiding over nuptial birth and houses, and who harmonize, and use all things in common for their bodies, or even their very souls; who likewise exercise a becoming authority over their house and servants; who are properly solicitous about the education of their children; and to the necessities of life pay an attention which is neither excessive nor negligent, but moderate and appropriate. For, as the most admirable Homer says, what can be more excellent
Than when at home the husband and wife
Live in entire unanimity.
(Odyssey, 7.183)
That is the reason why I have frequently wondered at those who conceive that life in common with a woman must be burdensome and grievous. Though to them she appears to be a burden and molestation, she is not so; on the contrary, she is something light and easy to be borne or, rather, she possesses the power of charming away from her husband things burdensome and grievous. No trouble so great is there which cannot easily be borne by a husband and wife who harmonize and are willing to endure it in common."
Hierocles, Ethical Fragments: On Marriage
Than when at home the husband and wife
Live in entire unanimity.
(Odyssey, 7.183)
That is the reason why I have frequently wondered at those who conceive that life in common with a woman must be burdensome and grievous. Though to them she appears to be a burden and molestation, she is not so; on the contrary, she is something light and easy to be borne or, rather, she possesses the power of charming away from her husband things burdensome and grievous. No trouble so great is there which cannot easily be borne by a husband and wife who harmonize and are willing to endure it in common."
Hierocles, Ethical Fragments: On Marriage
Forwarded from Poetica Atelli
Staring Into Blue
I opened up that old sealed chest laid buried in the yard,
The one in which those engrams dwelt, with words of prayer on wind-borne card,
And from the soil I freed its binds, loosened into open air,
And opened it to find there sat a lock of golden hair.
I poured over the parchment that in haste was left behind,
Reminded of the days in which we watched the stars for signs,
We dwelt upon the blackened ink of raven feather's hue,
While you stared into hazel and I stared on into blue.
I opened up that old sealed chest laid buried in the yard,
The one in which those engrams dwelt, with words of prayer on wind-borne card,
And from the soil I freed its binds, loosened into open air,
And opened it to find there sat a lock of golden hair.
I poured over the parchment that in haste was left behind,
Reminded of the days in which we watched the stars for signs,
We dwelt upon the blackened ink of raven feather's hue,
While you stared into hazel and I stared on into blue.
Forwarded from Imperium Press (Imperium Press)
NEW BOOK: Song of Berlin
https://www.imperiumpress.org/shop/song-of-berlin/
WWII is the mythic event of our time, the centre of the West’s civic religion. Much has been written about it—histories, propaganda, poetry even. But nothing like this.
In Song of Berlin, master poet Taerus Clavus Atellus casts the Battle of Berlin in the epic meter of the English language. Invoking no less a muse than Homer, we have here an epic poem running to fifteen books that tells of the heroism, sacrifice, and horror of the men on both sides of the conflict.
Atellus sets these heroes locked in an epochal struggle in a twilight world of machines, gods, and titanic forces. In page after blood-soaked page, the poet breathes a raw intensity into the battle that only a veteran of war can. This is the central event that has shaped our world, sung as you’ve never heard it before. This is epic verse for our time.
This is the Song of Berlin.
https://www.imperiumpress.org/shop/song-of-berlin/
https://www.imperiumpress.org/shop/song-of-berlin/
WWII is the mythic event of our time, the centre of the West’s civic religion. Much has been written about it—histories, propaganda, poetry even. But nothing like this.
In Song of Berlin, master poet Taerus Clavus Atellus casts the Battle of Berlin in the epic meter of the English language. Invoking no less a muse than Homer, we have here an epic poem running to fifteen books that tells of the heroism, sacrifice, and horror of the men on both sides of the conflict.
Atellus sets these heroes locked in an epochal struggle in a twilight world of machines, gods, and titanic forces. In page after blood-soaked page, the poet breathes a raw intensity into the battle that only a veteran of war can. This is the central event that has shaped our world, sung as you’ve never heard it before. This is epic verse for our time.
This is the Song of Berlin.
https://www.imperiumpress.org/shop/song-of-berlin/
The Royal Game of Ur
This two-player tabletop game was first played in ancient Mesopotamia, during the early third millennium BCE.
The strategy based game was popular across the Middle East, among people of all social levels, as well. Several game boards have been found at locations as far away from Mesopotamia as Crete and even Sri Lanka.
Ur of the Chaldees is mentioned in the Bible. The tombs located there were built more than 5000 years ago. The oldest complete game board ever discovered, was found inside the Royal tombs at the ancient Sumerian city of Ur in Mesopotamia
This game board is currently held by the British Museum and is dated to circa 2600/2400 BCE. The original name of the game isn't known, but it has become known as "The Royal Game of Ur."
No one knows exactly how the game was played, but many game historians have used various pieces of evidence to conjecture rules. Ultimately, it's a race game.
You win the game by being the first to get all of your pieces to the end of the track. The dice determine the movement range of the pieces, just like in Senet or backgammon.
Irving Finkel, the British Museum curator, contributed to our understanding of the gameplay by deciphering a cuneiform tablet. The tablet was written by a Bablyonian astronomer of the second century BC.
Unfortunately, the translation gives the advanced rules and is frustratingly incomplete. This suggests that the author assumed most readers would be familiar with how to play the simple version.
The Royal Game of Ur has shown us that the allure of strategy and chance endures. The joy of winning transcends the grasp of time.
This two-player tabletop game was first played in ancient Mesopotamia, during the early third millennium BCE.
The strategy based game was popular across the Middle East, among people of all social levels, as well. Several game boards have been found at locations as far away from Mesopotamia as Crete and even Sri Lanka.
Ur of the Chaldees is mentioned in the Bible. The tombs located there were built more than 5000 years ago. The oldest complete game board ever discovered, was found inside the Royal tombs at the ancient Sumerian city of Ur in Mesopotamia
This game board is currently held by the British Museum and is dated to circa 2600/2400 BCE. The original name of the game isn't known, but it has become known as "The Royal Game of Ur."
No one knows exactly how the game was played, but many game historians have used various pieces of evidence to conjecture rules. Ultimately, it's a race game.
You win the game by being the first to get all of your pieces to the end of the track. The dice determine the movement range of the pieces, just like in Senet or backgammon.
Irving Finkel, the British Museum curator, contributed to our understanding of the gameplay by deciphering a cuneiform tablet. The tablet was written by a Bablyonian astronomer of the second century BC.
Unfortunately, the translation gives the advanced rules and is frustratingly incomplete. This suggests that the author assumed most readers would be familiar with how to play the simple version.
The Royal Game of Ur has shown us that the allure of strategy and chance endures. The joy of winning transcends the grasp of time.
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Here is a video featuring YouTuber Tom Scott and Irving Finkel discussing the Royal Game of Ur, as well as playing the game in real time:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZskjLq040I
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZskjLq040I
YouTube
Tom Scott vs Irving Finkel: The Royal Game of Ur | PLAYTHROUGH | International Tabletop Day 2017
YouTuber Tom Scott has flown drones through lightning, he’s taken on the first human-powered theme park, he’s even visited Penistone. But he’s never taken on a British Museum curator in the world’s oldest playable board game… UNTIL NOW!
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