Guest guest Posted November 10, 2003 Report Share Posted November 10, 2003 Dear Ramani .. Thanks a lot for these informative articles .. I was just getting curious ... do pregnant people in countries outside the sub continent also take care not to get up from the bed during the solar/lunar eclipses? --- Ramani Alwar <aramani_1969 wrote: > > More on Eclipses, > > There was superstition that a magical stone was said > to be shaped like a human tongue, and was believed > to fall from the sky during Lunar Eclipse. This > superstition may sound foolish now, yet there lies > behind it an arcane meaning. It was believed that > during the time of eclipse mankind had an > opportunity to communicate with the Gods: the > tongue-like stone was a sign that such communication > was possible. > > Many of the old rituals connected with the > recognition of the new Moon are survivals of a time > when priests signalled that the pathway to the Gods > had been closed- a closure announced cosmically by > the emergence of the new crescent. Some occultists > have insisted that eclipses are cosmic safety > valves, which periodically allow evil forces to > escape into the cosmos, where they will be no harm > to mankind. According to certain occult theories, > the shadow lane of the solar eclipses permitted > initiated priests to communicate with higher Gods, > and put to them questions of profound importance. > > Some scholars maintain that this was > underlying reason why the ancients built the > mysterious stone circles which are still scattered > through parts of northern Europe. By means of these > circles, the priests were able to predict with great > accuracy the coming of eclipses, and at the august > times communicate with Gods. > > It is only in modern times that > astronomers have begun to realise that the ancient > stone circles and megaliths are found in such > abundance in Europe are astronomical observatories. > It has been suggested that the more complex circles, > such as Stonehenge, Avebury and Callanish are > megalithic computers. > > The esotericist Rudolf Steiner indicated > that the ancient Northern Mystery Schools made use > of the stone circles to study cosmic phenomena. > > By means of advanced mathematics it is possible to > calculate the times of eclipses, there is no simple > eclipse cycle by which astronomers can predict total > solar eclipses for a given place, or locality. It is > now recognised that the solar temple of the > megalithic complex of Mnajdra was designed to > measure the extreme solstitial positions. > > The idea of eclipses provide ‘tunneling > into the spiritual world’ is expressed very > graphically in hermitic literature. Lunar Eclipse is > viewed as the equivalent of the God orisis being > laid in his coffin according to the Priest of > Delphi, Plutarch. The shadow of the earth into which > they think the Moon has fallen and is eclipsed is > called Typhon. It seems that even the ancient > snake-the Old Serpent-that dwelt in the garden of > Eden was linked originally with the lunar eclipse, > and with the shadowy lightless tunnels in which such > eclipse take place. > > There was a solar eclipse occurred at > the time of crucifixion of Christ. Hermit literature > mentions that just as the star which led the Magi to > tehnew born Jesus was not an ordinary star so the > darkness which shrouded the Earth at the death of > Christ was casued by no ordinary eclipse. > > An English astrologer A. J. Pearce > mentions that the length of an eclipse was a direct > index of the length of time its effect would operate > on the life of the native. Total eclipse of the Sun > which was visible at Cairo on 17th May 1882, it > lasted for three hours and twenty five minutes. This > eclipse influenced for three years and five months > by giving the effect of wars and plague. > > Lunar eclipse brings earth quakes > whereas solar eclipses bring volcanic activity, > especially when the eclipses occur on earth signs. > > The article continues..... > > Yours sincerely > > A. Ramani. > > > > > > > > Protect your identity with Mail AddressGuard > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > > ------------------------ Sponsor > > ~! LIFE MEANS STRUGGLE, THE FITTEST WINS SURVIVAL !~ > > > Your use of is subject to > > > Protect your identity with Mail AddressGuard http://antispam./whatsnewfree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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