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By Sol
It is said that study of the Alchemical Path involves learning to view the same problem from many different angles, while gaining all the possible information about it from many fields. A diligent researcher of the esoteric in pursuit of this worthy goal, is bound to eventually run into a peculiar-sounding word, which keeps reappearing in the most diverse fields of study, each time supposedly meaning something else.
The same Alchemical Path calls on its adherents to put together all their knowledge about a particular subject into a common cauldron as it were, in order to fuse it into something which just might become greater than the sum of its parts. In a feeble attempt to follow this precept, the present monogram is meant to be a brief summary of the material available on this topic. Perhaps it will help future researchers syncretise the various connections into a more meaningful whole.
I am referring to the word "Ormus" and its similar-sounding "Orme", both used as either a noun or a personal name. The two are encountered in one form or another in a mind-boggling array of contexts, most of which are nonetheless held to be completely unrelated, as shall be seen. Our goal is to hopefully try and establish such a relationship.
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.... and the Extraterrestrial Hypothesis
By Dustin Clark (aka Oddthings)
The ancient mythology of our various cultures is often steeped in reality. The tales that were told, generation by generation, since the beginning of mankind, often lead to a greater truth. In researching mythology I often find myself drawn back to the Hopi mythology. In a sense, it contains many of the same stories which so many mythologies do: creation, decimation, wars, a great flood, and the numerous ages of man.
Each of these common traits serves to solidify the truth which are buried in the stories. Why would so many cultures, worldwide, have nearly identical stories unless they're a recording of history itself? However, what's different to me about these particular stories are the amount of information which can be pulled out and applied to some of the questions which many people ponder today.
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The Film "Big Fish" as a Grail Quest of Epic Proportions.
By hesper79
The Challenge
The challenge which originally prompted this article was to identify the symbolic parallels between the Grail myth and the mythical adventures of the character of Edward Bloom in the film "Big Fish". Pursuing this challenge turned out to provide me with some interesting insights into that most mysterious symbol of ultimate healing power: The Holy Grail.
The story presented in the film "Big Fish" suggests that the Grail’s ability to ’heal’ both the king and the land is based on an aspect of the Grail’s symbolism which represents the re-empowerment of the Feminine Principle, and there are definite parallels to this level of the ’Grail quest’ in the mythology presented in the film. This Grail/fish connection has appeared before in an Irish precursor to the Grail myth, called "The Salmon of Wisdom" in which the role of the Grail is played by a fish.
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Anonymous writes: Zapotec Legend god had just finished watching the deluge which lasted forty days and forty nights. on the roof of the world, he had gathered his favourite creatures whom he had saved from the flood.
To keep them entertained and so that they wouldn’t get bored up there while the land was drying he told them stories and beautiful lies. the pleasant way in which the creator told lies had all the animals of the creation open-mouthed around him.
As he was telling them about the origin of the earth, he remembered that he was waiting for the water levels to drop and the sun to dry the earth; he then ordered one of the animals nearest to him to look out to see if the earth had been dried by the sun.
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By MAD: http://www.nwowatcher.com A Midsummer Night’s Scream
“Not necessity, not desire - no, the love of power is the demon of men. Let them have everything - health, food, a place to live, entertainment - they are and remain unhappy and low-spirited: for the demon waits and waits and will be satisfied.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
Throughout history man has sought to explain those things which he did not understand through the inventive tools of mythology and folklore.
Hence, the sun and moon would be eaten by a giant serpent or dragon when they disappeared from sight, the earth moved through the cosmos on the back of an enormous turtle, or we were said to take our voyage into the afterlife while riding on a boat through the netherworld, or become like birds and simply fly away into the great beyond.
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Article Source - Fate Magazine
Everyone thinks they know the origin of Valentine’s Day. According to the most commonly accepted story, Emperor Claudius of Rome issued a decree forbidding marriage in the year 271.
Roman generals had found that married men did not make very good soldiers, because they wanted to return as quickly as possible to their wives and children—and they didn’t want to leave them to fight the emperor’s battles in the first place. So Claudius issued his edict that there should be no more marriages, and all single men should report for duty.
A priest named Valentine deemed such a decree an abomination, and he secretly continued to marry young lovers. When Claudius learned of this extreme act of disobedience to his imperial command, he ordered the priest dragged off to prison and had him executed on February 14.
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Article Source - Metro West Daily News
HAFNARFJORDUR, Iceland — In the United States, we think of elves as Santa’s little helpers. In Iceland, elves are a bigger deal.
Icelandic elves don’t work in Santa’s workshop. They are an independent lot, with magical powers. They aren’t even associated with Iceland’s Santas, which number 13.
That’s right: Iceland has 13 Santas, brothers each with a weird name and bad habits. They’re like a crude version of Snow White’s footmen, the Seven Dwarfs.
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Article Source - Science and Spirit
The religious and cultural traditions that hold sway in the modern world have arisen from the rich loam of ancient faiths and rituals whose origins reach back into the murk of prehistory.
But an abiding connection to the great cycle of the seasons provides an element of continuity to practices that began on pagan altars and can still be found, in transfigured form, in the homes of Christmas revelers today.
Among the vast corpus of ancient Greek myths, the story of Chronos, Father of Time, tells of how time itself came into existence. In later Roman mythology, the god that was most explicitly equated with Chronos was Saturn.
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Article Source - Freep.com
Halloween is an important time for Wiccans, practitioners of a fast-growing polytheistic religion who recognize the day as the start of their new year.
Followers say the holiday, which they call Samhain, is when the veil between the living and dead is the thinnest."It’s a time to let those who have passed know we appreciate your time here and want you to know you are not being forgotten," said Nicole Ross, 19, of West Bloomfield.
The self-described witch said she planned to join Wiccans and followers of similar faiths in Adrian to mark Samhain.
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Article Source - The Scotsman
THE doors of Rosslyn Chapel have shut behind the cast and crew of The Da Vinci Code. But grail tourists will continue to travel to this place of 21st century pilgrimage and walk in the footsteps of the Knights Templar and the Holy Grail.
Behind all the fantastical nonsense there are lone voices asking us to put aside the hype, look inside the chapel and open our eyes to what it really is. They don’t see heretic knights and ancient secrets but an important remnant of medieval architecture deserving of serious study that has been prostituted on the altar of commercialism.
Just in case you’ve been asleep (or abducted by aliens) you may need a quick re-cap on current "theories" re Rosslyn.
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