26-11-2011, 01:01 AM
|
#61 |
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 28,691
|
7th century
The Eastern Empire continued suffering setbacks during the rapid expansion of the Arab Empire... Islam begins in Arabia, the Qur'an is documented... |
|
|
|
28-11-2011, 02:44 AM
|
#62 |
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 28,691
|
Hayreddin Barbarossa
 Khizr was born in the 1470s on the island of Midilli (Lesbos) to his father Yakup Ağa to his mother Katerina....His mother was referred as a local Christian Greek woman from Mytilene, the widow of an Orthodox priest.His father Yakup was Turkish as well as a former Sipahi from Yenice-i Vardar (modern Yannitsa) and took part in the Ottoman conquest of Lesbos from the Genoese in 1462, and as a reward, was granted the fief of the Bonova village in the island. Yakup and Katerina were married and had two daughters and four sons: Ishak, Aruj, Khizr and Ilyas... Yakup became an established potter and purchased a boat to trade his products. The four sons helped their father with his business, but not much is known about the daughters. At first Aruj helped with the boat, while Khizr helped with pottery. |
|
|
|
|
29-11-2011, 07:55 PM
|
#63 |
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 28,691
|
Belshazzar
 Rembrandt's depiction of the biblical account of Belshazzar seeing "the writing on the wall". Note the text is vertical rather than horizontal... Belshazzar, or Balthazar Akkadian: Bel-sarra-usur), was a 6th century BC prince of Babylon, the son of Nabonidus and the last king of Babylon according to the Book of Daniel (2nd century BC). Like his father, it is believed by many scholars that he was an Assyrian. In Daniel (Ch. 5 and 8) – a book of the Jewish Tanakh or Christian Old Testament – Belshazzar is the King of Babylon before the advent of the Medes and Persians. Although there is evidence that Belshazzar actually existed, his famous narrative and its details stand outside history. Belshazzar was the son of Nabonidus, who after ruling only three years, went to the oasis of Tayma and devoted himself to the worship of the moon god, Sin. He made Belshazzar co-regent in 553 BC, leaving him in charge of Babylon's defense |
|
|
|
|
30-11-2011, 09:49 PM
|
#64 |
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 28,691
|
The Sumerian tablets
The Light of the body is the eye,
if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. man is a little cosmos, Four hundred of these elaborate tablets were found at Sippar neatly stored on shelves in a 9 foot by six foot room comprising a peculiar type of time capsule in southern Iraq, where Sumeria, the first recorded human civilization, was founded, located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. This culture seemed to have emerged from nowhere, flourished and then vanished as oddly as it appeared. Its influence stretched from the Indus valley to the Nile delta. In 2400 BC it was invaded from the north west by Semitic tribes and by about 2350 BC was under the iron fist of Sargon the Great, founder of the Semite Akkadian dynasty whose rule gave way to Hammurabi of Babylon, founder of the famous code of laws bearing his name. At about this time the island of Santorini off Greece “exploded”, the first forms of the ancient Egyptian civilization manifested along the Nile, the inhabitants of Easter Island disappeared and the Mayan civilization began to emerge. The crucial question must be asked as to whether there is solid evidence that these events are linked and if so, in what way. The Sumerian tablets seem to carry the answers. In the first instance the tablets reflect an intimate working knowledge of space involving the completion of a 25, 950 year zodiacal cycle which is only now being confirmed by the Hubble telescope... |
|
|
|
|
30-11-2011, 10:36 PM
|
#65 |
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 28,691
|
360 degrees
Every Man has 360 Joint,s ...
There are normally thirty-three (33) vertebrae in humans. "Aisha reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Every one of the children of Adam has been created with three hundred and sixty joints; so he who declares the Glory of Allah, praises Allah, declares Allah to be One, Glorifies Allah, and seeks forgiveness from Allah, and removes stone, or thorn, or bone from people's path, and enjoins what is good and forbids from evil, to the number of those three hundred and sixty-four, will walk that day having removed himself from Hell. (Translation of Sahih Muslim, The Book of Zakat (Kitab Al-Zakat), Book 005, Number 2199)" http://www.elnaggarzr.com/en/main.php?id=9 Last edited by lightgiver; 30-11-2011 at 10:45 PM. |
|
|
|
|
02-12-2011, 07:55 PM
|
#66 |
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 28,691
|
Keeping the truth from us
The Romans deemed any and all literature of any significance that related the story of the once widely worshipped 'Gods' (plural) and goddesses, heretical, myth and it was discarded. Gathered from all points of the globe, the literature that contained these stories was once kept in the massive Library at Alexandria, Egypt...
The library attracted students and scholars from all over the world, until it was burned down. Attacked and burned many times in war after war, the final destruction was over religious beliefs. A story, apparently first appearing in the thirteenth century (mentioned first by Abd al Latif, who died in 1231, and later by Gregory Bar Hebraeus, who died in 1286), says that the Arabs, under Caliph Umar, destroyed the Alexandria Library shortly after the conquest of Egypt in 639 AD... "There is Nothing Buried That Will Not be Raised Up" |
|
|
|
|
02-12-2011, 08:02 PM
|
#67 |
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 28,691
|
Carl Sagan
Carl Sagan talks about the great library of Alexandria. He discusses the great written works which once existed in this library. This clip comes from Carl Sagan's Cosmos episode 1, "The Shores of the Cosmic Ocean." |
|
|
|
|
03-12-2011, 10:11 PM
|
#68 |
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 28,691
|
Hexagram Use in Judaism, Christendom and Islam
|
|
|
|
|
03-12-2011, 11:37 PM
|
#69 |
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 28,691
|
The Inquisition
Freemasons today don't mind admitting that the Compass and Square symbol is also a disguise version of the Hexagram shape, if you put two horizontal line across the points of the compass and square. So why did the Freemasons in the past, need to disguise its shape? Although in the last 200 years the Hexagram has gained reasonable respectability as the Star Of David in Judaism, in pre-Christian times it was used by Pagan religions. So back in medieval times it would have been seen as a pagan symbol which would warranted a visit by the Inquisition, for anyone who dared to displayed it...
In our Judeo-Christian Islamic world we assume that sex and religion don't have nothing to do with each other, because we have been taught, that sex is a sin... But in the ancient past sex was seen as a very sacred act, because it creates life... This is true even in Hinduism today as whole temples are devoted to the sacredness of sex... |
|
|
|
|
06-12-2011, 01:55 AM
|
#70 |
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 28,691
|
The Shahnameh
The Shahnameh or Shah-nama (Persian: شاهنامه Šāhnāmeh, "The Book of Kings") is a long epic poem written by the Persian poet Ferdowsi between c.977 and 1010 AD and is the national epic of Iran and related societies. Consisting of some 60,000 verses,the Shahnameh tells mainly the mythical and to some extent the historical past of (Greater) Iran from the creation of the world until the Islamic conquest of Persia in the 7th century.
Late-16th-century illustration of a scene of the Shahnameh, showing King Solomon... http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...eister_001.jpg The work is of central importance in Persian culture, regarded as a literary masterpiece, and definitive of ethno-national cultural identity of Iran. It is also important to the contemporary adherents of Zoroastrianism, in that it traces the historical links between the beginnings of the religion with the death of the last Zoroastrian ruler of Persia during the Muslim conquest. No doubt the Jesuit's and Islamic Hierarchy have had a hand in fabricating the Past...  Commentarii de Bello Civili, along with Caesar's other literary works, became staple reading for Latin studies around the world because of the quality and excellent grammar employed by Caesar in his writings... The consensual chronology we live with was essentially crafted in the 16th century by Jesuits... |
|
|
|
|
18-12-2011, 05:09 AM
|
#71 |
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 28,691
|
The Serpentine Column
The Serpentine Column has one of the longest literary histories of any object surviving from Greek and Roman antiquity — its provenance is not in doubt and it is at least 2,487 years old. Together with its original golden tripod and bowl (both long missing), it constituted a trophy, or offering, dedicated to Apollo at Delphi. This offering was made in the spring of 478 BC, several months after the defeat of the Persian army in the Battle of Plataea (August, 479 BC) by those Greek city-states in alliance against the Persian invasion of mainland Greece (see Greco-Persian Wars). Among the writers who allude to the Column in the ancient literature are Herodotus, Thucydides, Demosthenes, Diodorus Siculus, Pausanias the traveller, Cornelius Nepos and Plutarch.The removal of the column by the Emperor Constantine to his new capital, Constantinople, is described by Edward Gibbon, citing the testimony of the Byzantine historians Zosimus, Eusebius, Socrates, and Sozomenus.
Ottoman miniature from the Surname-ı Vehbi, showing the Column with the three serpent heads, in a celebration at the Hippodrome in 1582  After describing the Greek victory at Plataea, in 479 BC, Herodotus recounts the collection of rich spoils, by the Helots, (the Spartan underclass), who had taken part in the battle, and then records the decision to dedicate an offering to Apollo at Delphi: “When the booty had been gathered together, a tenth of the whole was set apart for the Delphian god, and, from this, was made the golden tripod which stands on the three-headed bronze serpent nearest the altar.” In the same chapter, Herodotus records that dedications were also made to Zeus at Olympia and to Poseidon at the Isthmus. It is significant that precedence was given to Apollo at Delphi, despite the ambiguities in the responses of the Delphic oracle about the outcome of the invasion, and a suspicion that Delphi was sympathetic to the Persians. http://forum.davidicke.com/showpost....&postcount=290 |
|
|
|
|
22-01-2012, 11:00 PM
|
#72 |
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 28,691
|
The Black Box
Muslims worship a huge black cube/box called Kabba at Mecca. Their god comes from Kabba Allah or “CubeGod” (saturn)around which people gather and ceremonially walk in circles.
 Walking in circles, called circumambulation, is an appeasing mark of respect in certain religions. Interestingly, as part of the Hajj, or annual pilgrimage to Mecca, pilgrims throw stones at the Devil as if to keep bad luck away. Life is a grain of sand in the desert of eternity...“circling the square” and “squaring the circle.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_(mythology) |
|
|
|
|
31-03-2012, 11:36 PM
|
#73 |
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 28,691
|
Muhammad's wives
Muhammad's wives were the twelve women married to the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Muslims refer to them as Mothers of the Believers (Arabic: Ummahāt ul-Muʾminīn). Muslims use the term prominently before or after referring to them as a sign of respect. The term is derived from Quran 33:6:
The Prophet is closer to the believers than their selves, and his wives are (as) their mothers... In Arabian culture, marriage was contracted in accordance with the larger needs of the tribe and was based on the need to form alliances within the tribe and with other tribes. Virginity at the time of marriage was emphasized as a tribal honour... Crescent Moon -Symbol of Islam ... Twelver or Imami Shīa Islam (Athnā‘ashariyyah or Ithnā‘ashariyyah, Arabic: اثنا عشرية) is the largest branch of Shī‘ī (Shi'a) Islam. Adherents of Twelver Shī‘ism are commonly referred to as Twelvers, which is derived from their belief in twelve divinely ordained leaders, known as the Twelve Imāms and their belief that the Mahdi will be none other than the returned Twelfth Imam that disappeared and is believed by Twelvers to be in occultation... After roaming the wilderness for some time, Ishmael and his mother settled in the Desert of Paran, where he became an expert in archery. Eventually, his mother found him a wife from the land of Egypt. They had 12 sons who became 12 tribal chiefs throughout the regions from Havilah to Shur (from Assyria to the border of Egypt) “A common theme in all mystery school traditions is of 12 disciples, knights or followers surrounding a deity. The number 12 is a code, among other things, for the 12 months of the year and the houses of the zodiac through which symbolically travels the Sun, the ‘god’, symbolized as 13. This is the ‘sacred 12 and one’ as some people describe it and it is one major reason why the numbers 12 and 13 keep recurring. Thus you have the 12 tribes of Israel, 12 princes of Ishmael, 12 disciples or followers of Jesus. There is also King Arthur and his 12 Knights of the Round Table (the zodiac circle), Himmler and his 12 knights in the Nazi SS, and the woman (Isis, Semiramis) with a crown of 12 stars in the Book of Revelation. In Scandinavia and that whole northern region you find the Odin mysteries, again inspired by the same Aryan race from the Near East. In this tradition, you find twelve ‘Drottars’ presiding over the mysteries with Odin. The sacred 12 and one again. These stories are not literally true, they are mystery school symbolism. This continues today with these same symbols used by the Brotherhood secret society network in national flags, coats of arms, advertising and company logos. That Brotherhood creation, the European Union, has a circle of 12 stars as its symbol. We are talking sacred numbers and geometry here. The proportions of Egyptian statues, whether big or small, were multiples or sub multiples of 12 or 6.” -David Icke, “The Biggest Secret” 82-3 According to the traditional sources, Aisha was six years old when she was betrothed to Muhammad and nine when the marriage was consummated... Last edited by lightgiver; 01-04-2012 at 01:22 AM. |
|
|
|
|
04-04-2012, 12:10 AM
|
#74 |
|
Junior Member
Join Date: Jul 2010
Posts: 29
|
Thank you for these posts, I've just found this thread so haven't read all but look forward to reading through
|
|
|
|
|
05-04-2012, 01:00 AM
|
#75 | |
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 28,691
|
Lamrim
Quote:
"Shantideva pointed out that everything good—every form of happiness, all positive qualities and so forth—comes through the kindness of others. Therefore, the mind devoted to their welfare is like a wish-fulfilling jewel, the source of all happiness and everything good and useful in the world.Everything I have, right down to my body and mind, all depend on the kindness of others. Just as a farmer who possesses an extremely fertile field, where everything he plants always grows, is very happy to have it and cherishes and takes great care of it, we should feel the same way about other sentient beings—that they are extremely valuable, and cherish and take care of them. http://dailylamrim.com/category/09-r...living-beings/ |
|
|
|
|
|
05-04-2012, 07:46 PM
|
#76 |
|
Banned
Join Date: Apr 2011
Posts: 447
|
the most ancient forms of pre-Islamic, Pagan worship, would be in Egypt with Ra, Horus, Isis etc.
by the way you must not be a big fan of the exorcist, those 'rare' trailers are dvd extras, since the reissue in the early 90's. |
|
|
|
|
08-04-2012, 01:07 AM
|
#77 | |
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 28,691
|
72 Virgins
In Islam, the concept of 72 virgins (houri) refers to an aspect of Jannah (Paradise). This concept is grounded in Qur'anic text which describe a sensual Paradise where believing men are rewarded by being wed to virgins with "full grown", "swelling" or "pears-shaped" breasts...
An artist impression of the 72 virgins. The Qur'an, hadith and Islamic scholars all mention that virgins will be awarded to Muslim men in Paradise.  SURAH 72: AL JINN (The Spirits). Sūrat al-Jinn (Arabic: سورة الجن) (The Jinn) is the 72nd sura of the Qur'an with 28 ayat. The name as well as the topic of this chapter is jinn. Similar to angels, the Jinn are considered to be spiritual beings invisible to the naked human eye. The habitat of angels is considered to be the sky, whereas it is the earth for Jinn. Orthodox Muslim theologians such as al-Ghazali (died 1111 CE) and al-Ash'ari (died 935 CE) have all discussed the sensual pleasures found in Paradise. It is quoted by Ibn Kathir, in his Qur'anic Commentary, the Tafsir ibn Kathir, and they are graphically described by Qur'anic commentator and polymath, al-Suyuti (died 1505), who, echoing a hasan hadith from Ibn Majah, wrote that the perpetual virgins will all "have appetizing vaginas", and that the "penis of the Elected never softens. The erection is eternal". Quote:
 The Shemhamphorasch is a corruption of the Hebrew term Shem ha-Mephorash (שם המפורש), which was used in tannaitic times to refer to the Tetragrammaton. In early Kabbalah the term was used to designate sometimes a seventy-two Letter name for God, and sometimes a forty two Letter name. Rashi said Shem ha-Mephorash was used for a forty two letter name, but Maimonides thought Shem ha-Mephorash was used only for the four letter Tetragrammaton. The Moon takes 27.32 days to orbit the earth, but because of the movement around the Sun it takes 29.53 days for it to complete a cycle from full Moon to full Moon.(Lunar mansion) Psalms 72...The Reign of the Righteous King... http://www.bartleby.com/108/19/72.html http://forum.davidicke.com/showthrea...=190902&page=4 |
|
|
|
|
|
10-04-2012, 02:07 AM
|
#78 |
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 28,691
|
Amphitrite
29 Amphitrite (Greek: Αμφιτρίτη) is one of the largest S-type asteroids, probably third in diameter after Eunomia and Juno, although Iris and Herculina are similar in size.
 Amphitrite was discovered by Albert Marth on March 1, 1854, at the private South Villa Observatory, in Regent's Park, London. It was Marth's only asteroid discovery. Its name was chosen by George Bishop, the owner of the observatory, who named it after Amphitrite, a sea goddess in Greek mythology... Poseidon and Amphitrite by 16th-century Dutch artist Jacob de Gheyn II  Jacob de Gheyn II (also Jacques de Gheyn II) (c. 1565 – March 29, 1629) was a Dutch painter and engraver, whose work shows the transition from Northern Mannerism to Dutch realism over the course of his career. Northern Mannerism is the term in European art history for the versions of Mannerism practiced in the visual arts north of the Alps in the 16th and early 17th century...The three main centres of the style were in France, especially in the period 1530-50, in Prague from 1576, and in the Netherlands from the 1580s—the first two phases very much led by royal patronage. In ancient Greek mythology, Amphitrite (Ἀμφιτρίτη) was a sea-goddess and wife of Poseidon. Under the influence of the Olympian pantheon, she became merely the consort of Poseidon, and was further diminished by poets to a symbolic representation of the sea. In Roman mythology, the consort of Neptune, a comparatively minor figure, was Salacia, the goddess of saltwater...The widely respected Pindar, in his sixth Olympian Ode, recognized Poseidon's role as "great god of the sea, husband of Amphitrite, goddess of the golden spindle." For later poets, Amphitrite became simply a metaphor for the sea: Euripides, in Cyclops (702) and Ovid, Metamorphoses, (i.14). Last edited by lightgiver; 10-04-2012 at 02:09 AM. |
|
|
|
|
20-04-2012, 01:16 AM
|
#79 |
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 28,691
|
Poseidon and Amphitrite
|
|
|
|
|
16-08-2012, 03:12 AM
|
#80 |
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 28,691
|
Quranic numerology
 Islamic scholar Ibn Kathir stated in his Tafsir that the seven heavens contained the moon, Mercury, Venus, the Sun, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn in that order, confirming the origin of the belief. The number also has a significance in Quranic numerology... |
|
|
|
 |
| Bookmarks |
| Thread Tools | |
|
|
|
|
