Tag: Celestial Pole
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Sky Gods Battling Dragons
We find a battle between sky god and dragon or serpent in numerous ancient religions and myths. In the Babylonian creation myth, Marduk fought and defeated the primeval dragon Tiamat, then split her body in two to create the sky and earth. In the Enuma Elish, Marduk twists and weaves Tiamat’s tail into the durmah…
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Ritual Heavenly Ascents
Some priests, initiates and believers in the ancient world had visions and practiced ritual ascents to their gods. These ritual ascents were made by pagans, Christians and Jews alike. By the Roman era, they usually involved complex rituals and magical glyphs and passwords that had to be presented to the archons (a Greek word for…
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The World Axis as the Conduit Between Heaven and Earth
There’s a long and ancient tradition of religious belief in the world axis as a conduit between the sky and the earth, and the polar region of the sky as being a gateway to the divine realm. This belief goes back at least 4500 years, probably even longer. The ancient Egyptians believed that the soul…
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The Celestial Pole and World Axis
As viewed from the earth, all the stars in the night sky appear to revolve around one pivotal point, the celestial pole. This is the extension of the earth’s North Pole into space. It’s at the centre of the whole celestial dance, and is thus the logical seat for the conductor. Due to precession (that’s…
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