Sir Darius the Clairvoyent

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    Just now, Sir Darius the Clairvoyent said:

    I could answer you, but I wont. I think you and I both know why this is the case. Here we call it «svenske tilstander.» translates to swedish conditions. 

    In certian areas of the capital of Norway, it is going in the same direction.

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  3. Posted

    Just now, Thrice Daily said:

    Really though, Sweden I hear is like 60% tax. 50% unemployment, so those working work for the other half.

     

    I heard it used to have the best education system, best healthcare system lots of free services, childcare. And over one year maternity and paternity leave so both Mom and Dad get paid to have all that time off with baby, wow that is incredible.

     

    Why would the birth rates drop. Among natives, such a shame. 
     

    Incredible place to move though, especially is you want loads of kids and loads of  money.

     

    interesting… @Cobie I’m putting back on my thinking 🎩 . Thankyou

    I could answer you, but I wont. I think you and I both know why this is the case. Here we call it «svenske tilstander.» translates to swedish conditions. 

  4. Posted

    6 minutes ago, Thrice Daily said:

    Keeping it to language for a minute. I seen the great pyramid and it was almost beyond words, well I was speechless anyway.

     

    when I looked at the Spynx, it was like the pyramid situation multiplied by about 100,000 it’s hard to say a number. It felt almost infinitely intense to look at. 

    I havent had the pleasure to see it my

    self, but my god is old Egypt awe inspiring.

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    1 minute ago, Thrice Daily said:

    7th Century was so very busy. It’s fascinated me how Slavic tongue migrated.

    This is some thing I know nothing about. I know a fair bit about the origins of germanics, celts and latins, but zero on Europes largrst etnic group: the slavs. Can you enlighten me, please?

  13. Posted · Edited by Sir Darius the Clairvoyent

    F it, allow me to share one more. This one kind of blows my mind. Two creation stories, one recorded in India 1200 bc and one in Iceland 1200 ad.

    Rigveda 10:129 (trans. Doniger):

    There was neither non-existence nor existence then
    there was neither the realm of space nor the sky which is beyond...
    There was neither death nor immortality then.
    There was no distinguishing sign of night nor of day
     
    Völuspá(trans. Bellows):
    Sea nor cool waves nor sand there were
    Earth had not been, nor heaven above,
    But a yawning gap, and grass nowhere
     
    Listen to it in old norse here, english translation bottom right: 

  15. Posted

    On a slightly related related note (drugs and herbs and drinks asscociated with indo europeans):

    - coffe addiction

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    - spread and use of weed

    https://www.newscientist.com/article/2096440-founders-of-western-civilisation-were-prehistoric-dope-dealers/
    (Credit nungali)
    - «the elixir of life»

    - warrior drug 

    (Haoma, mead of poetry, soma, henbane among others)

    In the Rig Veda, Indra is guardian of the weather and victory in battle earning the title sahasra-mushka, 'the one with a thousand testicles' (Rig Veda 6.45.3),

    Ref. for violent speed freak : 

    Rig Veda (4.42.1-6), Indra ; "Men who ride swiftly, having good horses, call on me when surrounded in battle. I, the bountiful Indra, provoke strife. I whirl up the dust, my strength is overwhelming... . No godlike power can check me - I who am unassailable. When draughts of Soma, when songs have made me frenzied, then both the unbounded regions are filled with fear."
    (Again, credit @Nungali)

     

    and listen to this, from the eddas and the vedas respectivley:


     

    Spoiler

     

    "In mythology, the gods gained immortality by drinking Soma and it was the favourite tipple of the great god Indra. They then gave the drink to the archer-god Gandharva for safe-keeping but one day Agni, the fire-god, stole it and gave it to the human race. Not only drunk by priests for its sacred nature it was also credited with uplifting qualities, giving the drinker a boost in energy and alertness. These effects meant that the drink has been considered divine since ancient times; a beverage which brought humans closer to the divine. It was also commonly offered in libations to the gods by worshippers. The most important myth about Soma is about his theft. In it, Soma was originally held captive in a citadel in heaven by the archer Kṛśānu. A falcon stole Soma, successfully escaping Kṛśānu, and delivered Soma to Manu, the first sacrificer (!!!) Additionally, Soma is associated with the moon in the late Rigveda and Middle Vedic period. Sūryā, the daughter of the Sun, is sometimes stated to be the wife of Soma."

    "In Norse mythology, the Poetic Mead or Mead of Poetry,[a] also known as Mead of Suttungr,Mead of poetry - Wikipedia is a mythical beverage that whoever "drinks becomes a skald or scholar" able to recite any information and solve any question. This myth was reported by Snorri Sturluson in Skáldskaparmál. The drink is a vivid metaphor for poetic inspiration, often associated with Odin the god of 'possession' via berserker rage or poetic inspiration."

    Following the end of the Aesir Vanir wars, all the gods spat in container. The mixing of their fluids likley representing unity, brotherhood and truce. Out of this fluid, they created Kvasir. Being made by a mix of the highest beings in the cosmos, Kvasir was wise beyond belief. There was not a question he couldnt answer. Two dwarfs stole this beverage, before it eventually ended up in the hands of the Jotun Suttingr. Odin discuised himself, tracked down the Jotun, and was allowed tree sips of the beverage. After having taken them, he transformed himself into an eagle, and flew away. On the way back to asgard, the gods had placed containers, in witch Odin spit the mead out. His needs got the better of him however, and some of it ended up leaving the other way, of witch some lucky human got the taste of:

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    (Off-topic, I know, but kind of fun)

  16. Posted

    1 hour ago, Taomeow said:

    A propos.  Just came across this:

    The countries that got tea via China through the Silk Road (land) referred to it in various forms of the word "cha". On the other hand, the countries that traded with China via sea - through the Min Tan port - called it in different forms of "te".

     

    May be an image of map and text

    The cha route. My favoirite tea is chai tea (no joke, thats what we call it).

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    this one!

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    25 minutes ago, Thrice Daily said:

    Wow, nice intro. One word that sprang to mind was Water 💦 

     

    I understood it was the same as spoken by legit Gypsies as it were in India.

     

    this was my very first introduction to something seemingly unconnected being connected many years back… 

     

    Wiki says, Romani word, English translation, Etymology. pani, water, Sanskrit pānīya (पानीय), compare Hindi pānī (पानी), Nepali (पानी)

     

    What I find interesting is the facial expression ad actual feeling of sound created, superimposed onto situations when water would be life saving, often often the first word spoken between people…

     

    particularly travellers, it’s eye opening 👁 

    The various terms for soul in germanic languages like wise come from ocean.

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    11 minutes ago, Thrice Daily said:

    you guys are in the EU aren’t you? 

    No, to rich for that shit 😎;)

     

    »how close are you to sweden»

    identical. Norway, sweden and denmark decided to unite but germany threathened war, so we backed down. 1800s something. Scandinavianism it is called.


    Gold you say?

    Scandinavia is overflowing with sacrifised gold pieces and weapons. Like this one, depicting Odin sacrifising his eye for wisdom:

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    (all the germanic tribes originate here, so when they returned from rome they brought it back here. And thew it in the ocean haha).
     

    i like native americans as well. Been in a relationship with one as well as lived with a tribe in the Amazon.

     

    boat burials, funeral fires and burial mounds? All over the place, but long ago now. Google osaberg ship burial for one of the more spectacular one. The osaberg Buddha is also very curious.

     

     

     

     

     

  21. Posted · Edited by Sir Darius the Clairvoyent

    3 minutes ago, Thrice Daily said:

    I’ve been to Kyoto, it was my favourite city , and Osaka close by.

     

    I think they thought me a little crazy doing my Qigong everywhere I went. Luckily I didn’t end up fighting, although I did have the opportunity presented to me… Cor that may have triggered an adventure or an early death. Hehe… 

     

    I was there in Japan for only one month, I wish it were longer. 
     

    You know a women left the train, because she got confused when she was talking to me. I asked her a question and she misunderstood and walked off.

     

    I head off down some steps, and she came running after me to give me the right information. She realised and came smiling with her hands in prayer fashion and bowing as she continued to answer my question… 

     

    it was very important to her…

     

    She was only the Train Driver!!! or head conductor!!! wasn't she, and it was that important that she left the train to finish giving my help.

     

    I’ll never forget that 💜 

    Haha it is so alien to me. I didnt react because i couldnt decide between 😂 and ❤️. I guess its both haha

     

    edit: the japanese person told me that Norway and Japan was very similar, only that Japan took it to the extreme. I think it has to do with how we behave in public etc. trust and so on., cleanliness..

  22. Posted

    5 minutes ago, Thrice Daily said:

    It’s all very interesting. I’m with you in many many ways…

     

    I think small pockets of people anywhere in the world with naturally develop ways that support them and resonate with their environment, landscapes and seasons in very very unique ways…

     

    But… I still say Christianity AT ITS VERY CORE, is totally compatible with every single other “way” of being on the planet. At any time period.

     

    And it is, whether called Christian nature or by another name. I can’t let go of that… 

     

    But the way it was spread, interpreted and adapted to push power is about as unchristian as it gets. 
     

    I’ve said for a long time, the true value in any local place is to deep deep into local customer try to re discover it (it shouldn’t have been smashed I agree with you) 

    Possibly. It is hard to hate on christ. I am looking forward to taking a deeper look into gnosticism.

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  23. Posted · Edited by Sir Darius the Clairvoyent

    @Thrice Daily

     

    Another curious thing to consider. What happened when the anglo saxons arrived in England? They abbandonded Christ in a heart beat in favour for the old gods. Something similar happened when the Vikings arrived in Ireland. 
     

    Curiously, the most remote part of Europe didnt accept Christ until they were burned on alive somewhere in the 15/1600s. Arguebly not even then. Åsatro (Ås = aesir/gods, tro = faith) remains the largest faith in Iceland to this very day. Wonder why.

  24. Posted

    2 minutes ago, Thrice Daily said:

    Well I’m a work in progress.

    Arent we all? Or maybe we are already great, just have to wash away the layers of dirt…

     

    on another note, did you know that christmas was banned in England somewhere in the 1600s for being to pagan?

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    funny how men dressed in the colour of the red and white mushroom, the goat and the evergreen plants keep popping up…

     

    «Funny the Chinese, I like them almost as much as the French. As perculiar as they may seem to us Brits, I like them all the same…»

     

    I spent some time with this japanese girl this summer. She showed me this:

     

    With every step we take, Kyoto to the bay
    Strollin' so casually
    We're different and the same, gave you another name
    Switch up the batteries
     

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    Tell me people, here in Norway, for basically every appropiated pagan holyday, we light a huge bond fire. It strikes me as very pagan. Is this the custom in your countries too?IMG_3330.jpeg.1fffaec6d78aa8837fe3b4cef42989c2.jpeg

     

    not to mention how we were taught in elementary school that the christmas tree was an invention in 1800s germany… good lord we have been brain washed.

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