Northern Tradition Shamanism: Yggdrasil: The World Tree In order to understand the geography of the Nine Worlds, it is crucial to start with Yggdrasil, the World Tree. Conceptions of the World Tree have been found in tribal societies from Siberia to Polynesia; they differ in some aspects, but generally come with some kind of upper world in the top branches of the tree, some kind of ancestral world of the Dead at the roots, and various other worlds in the middle. It has been theorized that they are different trees on the same model, or that they are the same tree existing in many different dimensions, with different worlds in each, which seems more right to me somehow. We refer to the dimension of the Tree explored by the ancient Norse/Germanic/Saxon peoples as Yggdrasil. Ygg is a byname of Odin, and Yggdrasil means "Odin's steed", a kenning. Yggdrasil exists in a void of nothingness called Ginnungagap. Here's where things get strange. Denizens: Yggdrasil is generally pictured as an ash tree, but this may be human interpretation.
A New Ancient Crystal Skull Discovered in Africa A New Ancient Crystal Skull Discovered in Africa The Mitchell-Hedges Crystal Skull is no longer unique! Out of Africa – by way of California – emerges another ancient skull with a detachable jaw. by Philip Coppens With the 2008 release of “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”, crystal skulls attained a far higher level of exposure than ever before. famous in the 1980s, particularly in New Age circles. “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” makes scant references to the Mitchell-Hedges crystal skull. Still, skeptics, principally led by Jane Walsh, an anthropologist at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, try to argue that all these skulls are of modern fabrications. most complex, the Mitchell-Hedges crystal skull is both the most famous and the most debated. Minch also noted there was an “air bubble” inside the skull. December 2010). For further enlightenment see –
Norse Myths and Legends: Illustrations of Norse Mythology; Mythic Norse Art by Contemporary American Artist Howard David Johnson Howard David Johnson's works have been published all over the world. With a background in traditional media including oils, pastels & colored pencils, he embraces leading edge digital media in the creation of his depictions of fantasy, folklore, mythology, legend, religion, and heroic history. He works in and mixes a wide variety of media and is always experimenting, sometimes re-working existing pictures in various different media such as * Oil paintings * Acrylic Paintings * Prismacolor Paintings * Drawings * Chalk & Oil Pastel Paintings * Photography * Digital Artistry & Mixed Media * In David's invitation to the Florence Biennale Contemporary Art Exhibition, (a partner in the United Nations' Dialog among Nations), UN Secretary General Kofi Anon wrote him: "Artists have a special role to play in the global struggle for peace. This Art Gallery has been honored by more than 25 million Unique Visitors from the Four Corners of the Earth: My Friends from around the world thus far :
Mother Earth and Her Children If God is my Father, who is my Mother? My Mother is called Earth or the more popular/obscure name ... If God is my Father, who is my Mother? My Mother is called Earth or the more popular/obscure name given to her: Gaia. Why do I call Earth my mother? Is Earth not the planet I am living on? To whom did he speak? We have heard it said that man is composed of soul, body and spirit. In spiritual language water is symbolic of spirit and so we can ascertain that the spirit of man is the water of Earth. As an example, let me illustrate an embryo within the womb of its mother, where it forms for nine months until the day of its birth. There we have it: Man consisting of spirit, soul and body! How was Earth made? Why Creator wants an earth, we have no idea says one author. The planet we humans live on exists for us in the third dimension. Middle Earth does not consist of only water. Why do Dwellers of Earth need a Soul?
The Nine Worlds of Norse Mythology The designation "Nine Worlds" is a well-known staple of Old Norse mythology, but what are the nine worlds exactly? Can anyone name all nine? Where are they located? These are natural questions. In the Poetic Edda, we first learn of the tree Yggdrassil and the Nine Worlds. Mjötvíð, the Measuring Tree, is commonly understood to be the world-tree, Yggdrassil, so-named in Völuspá 20. To complicate matters, not only are there nine worlds, according to the Eddas, but also twelve heavens. Nine Worlds— the concept is easy enough to grasp. Although several illustrations of Yggdrassil have been published, these 4 works contain the primary representative efforts to create a list of the nine worlds. All 4 of these lists share the following worlds in common: Only the first four are found in the poems of the Elder Edda. Of these Muspelheim (and its variants) are unique to Snorri's Edda, and does not appear in the poems of the Elder Edda. Other passages in the Poetic Edda also support this separation.
Shamamabear's Blog | Just another WordPress.com weblog Yggdrasil, Norse world tree - Key symbols - LOTUS Gods, elves, giants and humans The universe was born from emptiness 1, the deep abyss (Ginnungagap), with the appearance of the primeval polarity of two complementary principles: fire/ice, warm/cold, light/darkness. Their interaction generated nine worlds equally divided into three spheres: celestial, intermediary and terrestrial. These worlds were supported by the branches of the Norse World Tree named Yggdrasil. The first creatures were born from the interaction of both principles: the giant Ymir, the primeval Androgyne father of the giants' line, and the cow Audhumla, wet nurse of the giants and ancestor of living beings and Aesir gods. As primeval Androgyne, Ymir unifies both complementary principles within himself. As a reflection of Unity, Ymir also reveals himself as the possessor, the custodian of the primeval Knowledge attached to the origin of the universe and beings. The Aesir gods killed Ymir with the assistance of giants and dismembered him to create the universe.
The Pagan Origins of Christmas and Easter – Fractal Enlightenment Always learning, always searching for answers to questions, perhaps holds true to you as it does to me. I gave up on the religion I was born in, the church, many years ago, I don’t know why or how it happened to me? Maybe it was the same repetitive teachings, I never really experienced any connection with myself or the universe by going for mass. But that doesn’t mean I’m not attracted to Christ, I’m equally attracted to Jesus as I am to Buddha or any other teacher. When the missionaries wanted to convert the Pagans to Christians they thought the easier way would be to incorporate some Pagan beliefs with the story of Christ. Kamchatkan (Northeast Siberia) shamaness Tatiana Urkachan with fly-agaric mushrooms sometimes wore white fur around her Neck to Look More like the Mushroom Ah the mushrooms we hang on the Christmas tree, never knew they were psychedelic mushrooms or basically entheogens. These mushrooms have a deeper tryst with Christianity. Image source:Photo 1
World tree From Northern Antiquities, an English translation of the Prose Edda from 1847. Painted by Oluf Olufsen Bagge. World tree. Norse mythology[edit] In Norse mythology, Yggdrasil is the world tree. Siberian culture[edit] The world tree is also represented in the mythologies and folklore of Northern Asia and Siberia. The symbol of the world tree is also common in Tengriism, an ancient religion of Mongols and Turkic peoples. The world tree is visible in the designs of the Crown of Silla, Silla being one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. Mesoamerican culture and Indigenous cultures of the Americas[edit] Among pre-Columbian Mesoamerican cultures, the concept of "world trees" is a prevalent motif in Mesoamerican mythical cosmologies and iconography. A common theme in most indigenous cultures of the Americas is a concept of directionality (the horizontal and vertical planes), with the vertical dimension often being represented by a world tree. Other cultures[edit] Popular culture[edit] See also[edit]
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