Codex 22-d
Summer Solstice 2011
Solstice at Stonehenge
Ingenious 'Flat Earth' Theory Revealed In Old Map
By Natalie Wolchover, Life's Little Mysteries Staff Writer
23 June 2011 2:18 PM ET
Map of the Earth made in 1893 by Orlando
Ferguson of Hot Springs, South Dakota. Credit: Don Homuth
In
1893, Orlando Ferguson, a real estate developer based in South Dakota, drew a map
of the Earth that combined biblical and scientific knowledge in a unique way.
The map accompanied a 92-page lecture that Ferguson — referring to himself as a
"professor" — delivered in town after town, travelling far and wide
to share his theory of geography, highlighted by his belief that the Earth was
flat. Ferguson's map represents the Earth as a giant, rectangular slab with a
dimpled upper surface. Don Homuth of Salem, Ore., just donated one of two
intact copies of the map to the Library of Congress.
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- BLUE POLES -
by Patti
Smith
John Steinbeck's THE GRAPES OF WRATH inspired this
song.
Patti Smith reports that the title is that of a
Jackson Pollock paintingÔ
Mother as I write
the sun dissolves
Blood life streaming cross my hand
And these words, these words
Hope dashed immortal hope
Hope streaking the canvas sky
Blue poles infinitely winding, as I write, as I write
Blue poles infinitely winding, as I write, as I write
We joined the long caravan
Hungry dreaming going west
Just for work just to get a job
And we never got lucky
We just forged on
And the dust the endless dust
Like a plague it covered everything
Hal fell with the fever
And mother I did what I could
Blue poles infinitely winding, as I write, as I write
Blue poles infinitely winding, as I write, as I write
We prayed we prayed for rain
I never wanted to see the sun again
All my dresses you made by hand
We left behind on the road
Hal died in my arms
We buried him by the river
Blue poles infinitely winding, as I write, as I write
Blue poles infinitely winding, as I write, as I write
The
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
HISTORY OF THE PERSIAN EMPIRE
Zoroastrianism
Ahura-Mazda
Aion
Mithra: The Pagan Christ
by Acharya S/D.M.
Murdock
Ishtar
Mithra & Avesta
Avesta
The Rocking Horse Winner
DH
Lawrence
The complete short story
Hattusa—The Capital of the Hittites
Ancient Hittite
Civilization’s
Resilience to
Catastrophe
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Hittite Period -
Hittite King Hattusili I
Filed Under Early Bronze Age, Old Hittite Era
Wikipedia:
Hattusili II (Hittite:
"from Hattusa") may have been a king of the Hittite Empire
(New kingdom) ca. the early 14th century BC (short chronology). His existence is disputed. In the treaty
between Muwatalli II
and Talmi-Šarruma of Aleppo, reference is made to a ruler named Hattusili, but it
is debated whether the reference is to an otherwise unknown Hittite ruler, or
rather to Hattusili I.[1]
Wikipedia:
Hattusili III (Hittite: "from Hattusa") was a king
of the Hittite empire
(New Kingdom or Late Empire) ca. 1267–1237 BC (short chronology).[1]
He was the fourth and last son of Mursili II. Mursili appointed Hattusili as
priest of Sausga of Samuha, and Hattusili remained loyal to the
"Ishtar of Samuha" to the end of his days.
His older brother Muwatalli II moved
his seat in Tarhuntassa and
appointed him governor of Hattusa. Hattusili was a
commander of Hittite forces during the famous Battle of Kadesh against Egypt in 1274 BC. Hattusili as governor, also reconquered
Nerik and became the High Priest of its storm
god. Hattusili named his eldest son and crown prince "Nerikkaili"
in honor of this achievement. Hattusili married priestess of Ishtar, Puduhepa who later became
Hittite queen and Tawanannas.
His nephew, Mursili III (or Urhi-Teshub) moved the capital back
to Hattusa (KBo 21.15 i 11-12), rendering Hattusili's governorship redundant.
Mursili then deposed him from Nerik, triggering a civil war. Hattusili defeated
and exiled his nephew. Hattusili renamed Urhi-Teshup's sibling Ulmi-Teshup
"Kurunta" (or: married her off to Kurunta),
and appointed Kurunta over Tarhuntassa in his
place. After this, Hattusili elevated a junior son Tudhaliya IV as crown prince instead.
Hattusili and the Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II sealed a written peace treaty based upon Hittite models which,
due to Egyptian monumental copies of it, has become the earliest well known
treaty in history, establishing a long-lasting peace between the two rival
empires. Ramesses married Hattusili's daughter, known the by the Egyptian name
of Maathorneferure.
Years later he married another Hittite princess.
An archive of over 200 letters have been found from the royal palace at Hattusa which show that Hattusili exchanged
letters with numerous Near Eastern kings
including Ramesses II of ancient Egypt. They are an important primary
source for this period.
"Iron Ladies
of the Ancient World"
Ramesses II’s Stylus
Pal, the Hittite Queen Puduhepa
By Carly Silver
Ramses II: The
Battle of Kadesh
The peace treaty between
Ramses II
and Hattusili III
Voynich Manuscript
"Written in Central Europe
at the end of the 15th or during the 16th century, the origin, language, and
date of the Voynich Manuscript—named after the Polish-American antiquarian
bookseller, Wilfrid M. Voynich, who acquired it in 1912—are still being debated
as vigorously as its puzzling drawings and undeciphered text. Described as a magical
or scientific text, nearly every page contains botanical, figurative, and
scientific drawings of a provincial but lively character, drawn in ink with
vibrant washes in various shades of green, brown, yellow, blue, and red."
More from site:
The Kama Sutra
Astral Projection
"The Separation of
the Spirit Body" from
The Secret of the Golden Flower,
a Chinese handbook on
alchemy and meditation
