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My wild river reflection!!!
« Water cold or not sets the example for the right conduct under all circumstances of our life.
It flows on and on, and merely fills up all the places through which it flows; it does not shrink from any dangerous spot nor from any plunge, and nothing can make it lose its own essential nature.
It remains true to itself under all conditions.
Thus likewise, if one is sincere when confronted with difficulties, the heart can penetrate the meaning of the situation.
And once we have gained inner mastery of a problem, it will come about naturally that the action we take will succeed.
In danger all that counts is really carrying out all that has to be done--thoroughness--and going forward, in order not to perish through tarrying in the danger. »
I CHING, HEXAGRAM XXIX
L'eau froide ou non donne l'exemple de l'attitude juste dans toutes circonstances de notre vie.
Elle continue toujours à s'écouler et remplit juste à point et pas davantage tous les endroits par où elle coule; elle ne s'effraie devant aucun endroit dangereux ni aucune chute et rien ne lui fait perdre sa nature essentielle.
Elle demeure en toutes circonstances égale à elle-même.
C'est ainsi que la sincérité agit dans les circonstances difficiles, de telle sorte que, dans l'intimité de son coeur, on pénètre le sens de la situation.
Et dès qu'on est devenu intérieurement maître de la situation, il en découle tout naturellement que les actions extérieures sont couronnées de succès.
Ce qui compte, dans le danger, c’est la profondeur morale qui accomplit effectivement tout ce qui doit être fait, ainsi que la marche en avant grâce à laquelle on ne succombera pas au danger pour s'y être attardé.
YI KING, HEXAGRAMME XXIX
Cold Water… Damien Rice…this song… a prayer… pure emotion…!!!
צילמה: סאקרה
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2011
Endless Pattern of hexagrams at The Monastery of St. Euthymius
Photo by Sakra (c) 2011
The Mosaic Pavement belongs to the Ommayad period i.e. after 659 (the year of the earthquake).
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The I Ching, usually translated Book of Changes, is an ancient Chinese divination text that is among the oldest of the Chinese classics.
Originally a divination manual in the Western Zhou period (1000–750 BC), the I Ching was transformed over the course of the Warring States and early imperial periods (500–200 BC) into a cosmological text with a series of philosophical commentaries known as the "Ten Wings".
After becoming part of the Five Classics in the 2nd century BC, the I Ching was the subject of scholarly commentary and the basis for divination practice for centuries across the Far East, and eventually took on an influential role in Western understanding of East Asian philosophical thought.
As a divination text, the I Ching is used for a traditional Chinese form of cleromancy known as I Ching divination, in which bundles of yarrow stalks are manipulated to produce sets of six apparently random numbers ranging from 6 to 9.
Each of the 64 possible sets corresponds to a hexagram, which can be looked up in the I Ching.
The hexagrams are arranged in an order known as the King Wen sequence.
The interpretation of the readings found in the I Ching has been endlessly discussed and debated over the centuries.
Menger sponge
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An illustration of M4, the sponge after four iterations of the construction process
In mathematics, the Menger sponge (also known as the Menger cube, Menger universal curve, Sierpinski cube, or Sierpinski sponge)[1][2][3] is a fractal curve. It is a three-dimensional generalization of the one-dimensional Cantor set and two-dimensional Sierpinski carpet. It was first described by Karl Menger in 1926, in his studies of the concept of topological dimension.[4][5]
Construction
The construction of a Menger sponge can be described as follows:
Begin with a cube.
Divide every face of the cube into nine squares, like a Rubik's Cube. This sub-divides the cube into 27 smaller cubes.
Remove the smaller cube in the middle of each face, and remove the smaller cube in the center of the more giant cube, leaving 20 smaller cubes. This is a level-1 Menger sponge (resembling a void cube).
Repeat steps two and three for each of the remaining smaller cubes, and continue to iterate ad infinitum.
The second iteration gives a level-2 sponge, the third iteration gives a level-3 sponge, and so on. The Menger sponge itself is the limit of this process after an infinite number of iterations.
An illustration of the iterative construction of a Menger sponge up to M3, the third iteration
Properties
Hexagonal cross-section of a level-4 Menger sponge. (Part of a series of cuts perpendicular to the space diagonal.)
The n nth stage of the Menger sponge, M n M_{n}, is made up of 20 n {\displaystyle 20^{n}} smaller cubes, each with a side length of (1/3)n. The total volume of M n M_{n} is thus ( 20 27 ) n {\textstyle \left({\frac {20}{27}}\right)^{n}}. The total surface area of M n M_{n} is given by the expression 2 ( 20 / 9 ) n + 4 ( 8 / 9 ) n {\displaystyle 2(20/9)^{n}+4(8/9)^{n}}.[6][7] Therefore, the construction's volume approaches zero while its surface area increases without bound. Yet any chosen surface in the construction will be thoroughly punctured as the construction continues so that the limit is neither a solid nor a surface; it has a topological dimension of 1 and is accordingly identified as a curve.
Each face of the construction becomes a Sierpinski carpet, and the intersection of the sponge with any diagonal of the cube or any midline of the faces is a Cantor set. The cross-section of the sponge through its centroid and perpendicular to a space diagonal is a regular hexagon punctured with hexagrams arranged in six-fold symmetry.[8] The number of these hexagrams, in descending size, is given by a n = 9 a n − 1 − 12 a n − 2 {\displaystyle a_{n}=9a_{n-1}-12a_{n-2}}, with a 0 = 1 , a 1 = 6 {\displaystyle a_{0}=1,\ a_{1}=6}.[9]
The sponge's Hausdorff dimension is log 20/log 3 ≅ 2.727. The Lebesgue covering dimension of the Menger sponge is one, the same as any curve. Menger showed, in the 1926 construction, that the sponge is a universal curve, in that every curve is homeomorphic to a subset of the Menger sponge, where a curve means any compact metric space of Lebesgue covering dimension one; this includes trees and graphs with an arbitrary countable number of edges, vertices and closed loops, connected in arbitrary ways. Similarly, the Sierpinski carpet is a universal curve for all curves that can be drawn on the two-dimensional plane. The Menger sponge constructed in three dimensions extends this idea to graphs that are not planar and might be embedded in any number of dimensions.
The Menger sponge is a closed set; since it is also bounded, the Heine–Borel theorem implies that it is compact. It has Lebesgue measure 0. Because it contains continuous paths, it is an uncountable set.
Experiments also showed that cubes with a Menger sponge structure could dissipate shocks five times better for the same material than cubes without any pores.[10]
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Παναγία η Γλυκοφιλούσα ή Πετρανή» Our Lady Sweetkissing or Petrani
Ένα από τα ωραιότερα και πρωτότυπα θρησκευτικά μνημεία και προσκυνήματα, τα οποία έχει να επιδείξει όχι μόνο η κωμόπολη Πέτρα, αλλά και το νησί της Μυτιλήνης είναι το σεβάσμιο και ιστορικό προσκύνημα «Παναγία η Γλυκοφιλούσα». Αποτέλεσε και αποτελεί ισχυρό πόλο έλξης για χιλιάδες Έλληνες και ξένους επισκέπτες που κάθε χρόνο ανεβαίνουν τα 114 σκαλοπάτια για να προσκυνήσουν τη Μεγαλόχαρη, να σταθούν με δέος και να προσευχηθούν μπροστά στην θαυματουργή εικόνα της στην κορυφή του ιερού βράχου με ευλάβεια και σεβασμό.
One of the most beautiful and original religious monuments and pilgrimages, which has to show not only the town of Petra, but also the island of Mytilene is the venerable and historical pilgrimage "Panagia Sweetkissing (Glyfofiloussa)". It is a powerful attraction for thousands of Greek and foreign visitors who climb 114 steps each year to worship the Megalohari, to stand in awe and pray before their miraculous icon at the top of the holy rock with reverence and respect.
Στην κορυφή του βράχου της Πέτρας ύψους σαράντα περίπου μέτρων, βρίσκεται ο Ιερός Ναός της Παναγίας της Γλυκοφιλούσας, σε θέση οχυρή και απόρθητη, που κατά τους χρόνους της ηγεμονίας των Γατελούζων στη Λέσβο ήταν μικρό φρούριο. Το φρούριο ήταν απρόσιτο από τις τρεις πλευρές λόγω του απόκρημνου βράχου και μόνο από την ανατολική μπορούσε κάποιος να αναρριχηθεί μέχρι τα τείχη του οχυρού, αλλά και εύκολα να αποκρουσθεί από τους αμυνόμενους.
At the top of Petra's rock of about 40 meters is the Holy Church of Panagia Glykofillousa, in a strong and improbable position, which during the times of the Gatelouzos hegemony in Lesvos was a small fortress. The fortress was inaccessible from the three sides due to the steep cliff and only from the east one could climb to the walls of the fort but also easily defy the defenders.
Υπάρχουν αρκετές μαρτυρίες για την ύπαρξη του φρουρίου κατά τους χρόνους εκείνους. Ο Φλωρεντίνος Αββάς Χρ. Μπουοντελμόντε, ο οποίος είχε επισκεφθεί τη Λέσβο στις αρχές του ΙΕ΄ αιώνα, στο βιβλίο του για τα νησιά του Αρχιπελάγους, που εκδόθηκε το 1420, αναφέρει μεταξύ άλλων και το φρούριο της Πέτρας. Επίσης ο Βαρθ. Ζαμπέρτι σε σονέτο του που περιέχεται στο βιβλίο του για τις Νήσους του Αιγαίου που εκδόθηκε το 1845 αναφέρει και το φρούριο της Πέτρας. Και Μεσαιωνικοί Χάρτες σημειώνουν το φρούριο ακριβώς στο βράχο. Αλλά και σήμερα υπάρχει στον περίβολο του Ιερού Ναού τεμάχιο φολιδωτού οικόσημου των Γατελούζων, ενδεικτικό του ενδιαφέροντος των τότε ηγεμόνων της Λέσβου για τη θέση, όπως και δικέφαλος αετός εντετοιχισμένος στη δυτική πλευρά του αυλότοιχου.
There are several testimonies about the existence of the fort during those times. Florentine Abbas Chr. Buontelmonte, who had visited Lesbos in the early 1900s, in his book on the Archipelago islands, published in 1420, mentions, among other things, the fortress of Petra. Also, Bart. Zampeti on his sonnet contained in his book on the Aegean Islands published in 1845 mentions the fortress of Petra. And Medieval Maps mark the fortress just on the rock. But today there is a piece of sculptured coat of arms of the Gatelouzes in the courtyard of the Holy Temple, indicative of the interest of the then rulers of Lesvos for the position, as well as a bicephalus erect on the western side of the wall.
Εντός του φρουρίου υπήρχε Ναϊδριο της Παναγίας, πριν την κατάκτηση της Λέσβου από τους Τούρκους το 1462. Το έτος 1609 στη θέση του Ναϊδρίου ανεγέρθηκε μεγαλύτερη Εκκλησία με τέσσερα κελλιά και στο κτίσιμο αυτής αναφέρεται σχετικός θρύλος. Από τα ιερά σκεύη της Εκκλησίας του 1609 διατηρούνται εκτός των άλλων αργυρό θυμιατήριο του 1667 και αργυρό επίσης Άγιο Ποτήριο του 1742. Το έτος 1840 δυνάμει Σουλτανικού φιρμανίου που σώζεται ακόμα, ανακαινίσθηκε εκ θεμελίων ο Ιερός Ναός στη σημερινή του μορφή, Τρίκλιτος Βασιλική με ξυλόγλυπτο Δεσποτικό θρόνο και με ξύλινο ζωγραφισμένο Τέμπλο. Πλησίον του Ιερού Ναού βρίσκεται τετράγωνος εξώστης, στον οποίο γίνεται η τελετή της Αναστάσεως του Κυρίου. Λίγες βαθμίδες παραπάνω βρίσκεται άλλος μικρότερος εξώστης, μέρος του οποίου καλύπτεται από το κωδωνοστάσιο, στηριζόμενο σε δύο κίονες, στο ανατολικό άκρο του εξώστη και με δύο ψευδοκίονες εντετοιχισμένων στον αυλότοιχο, και από τις δύο πλευρές της θύρας, δια της οποίας εισερχόμαστε στην αυλή της Εκκλησίας. Στο υπέρυθρο αυτής υπάρχει χαραγμένο το έτος της τελευταίας ανακαίνισης του Ιερού Ναού, 1840.
Within the fort there chapel of Our Lady, before the conquest of Lesbos by the Turks in 1462. The year 1609 in place Naidriou largest Church erected with four cells and the building is reported relative legend. From the sacred vessels of the Church 1609 held outside of other silver censer of 1667 and also silver chalice of 1742. The year 1840 under Sultan saved yet, fundamentally renovated the church in its present form, three-aisled basilica with a wooden Despotiko A throne and a wooden painted Temple. Near the church is square gallery, which is the ceremony of the Lord's Resurrection. A few steps above is another smaller balcony, part of which is covered by the bell, relying on two columns, on the eastern edge of the balcony and two psefdokiones entetoichismenon the yard walls, on both sides of the door, through which enters the yard Church . IR that is engraved with the year of the last renovation of the church, 1840.
Ο Ιερός Ναός ήταν κτισμένος προς την νοτιοανατολική πλευρά του εσωτερικού του αυλότοιχου. Στη δυτική πλευρά μεταξύ Νάρθηκα και αυλότοιχου υπάρχουν τρεις τάφοι με μαρμάρινες ενεπίγραφες πλάκες του παρελθόντος αιώνα. Κάτω από τον Ιερό Ναό υπάρχει φυσική δεξαμενή, εντός της οποίας συλλέγονται από τη στέγη της Εκκλησίας τα ύδατα της βροχής.
Τα αφιερώματα των πιστών ήταν πλούσια και έλαμπε ο Ιερός Ναός από χρυσό και αργυρό και πολύτιμους λίθους. Με ασήμι και χρυσό ήταν επενδυμένες οι μεγάλες Εικόνες του Τέμπλου και πολλές από τις μικρές, ασημένια και χρυσά τα περισσότερα καντήλια, τα δισκοπότηρα, τα Ευαγγέλια, τα θυμιατήρια, τα εξαπτέρυγα.
The temple was built on the southeastern side of the interior of the vault. On the west side between Nartheka and the pottery there are three tombs with marble inscriptions of the past century. Below the Temple there is a natural reservoir, within which rain water is collected from the roof of the Church.
The dedication of the faithful was rich and the temple was shined with gold and silver and precious stones. With silver and gold, the large icons of the Templo are covered, and many of the small, silver and gold most candles, the chalices, the gospels, the censers, the hexagram.
Αυτός όμως ο πλούτος προκάλεσε και τη δίωξη του Ιερού Ναού. Είκοσι πέντε χρόνια μετά την τελευταία ανακαίνιση, το 1865. Τουρκαλβανοί ληστές εισόρμησαν στον περίβολο του Ιερού Ναού, πήραν με βίαιο τρόπο από τη Μοναχή Μελάνη, τη μόνη που κατοικούσε τότε σε κελί του Ιερού Ναού, το κλειδί της Εκκλησίας και σε ελάχιστο χρονικό διάστημα άρπαξαν ό,τι πολύτιμο βρήκαν σε χρυσό και άργυρο και μετάξι και μόνο όταν ένας από τους ληστές επιχείρησε να αφαιρέσει την αργυρή επένδυση της μεγάλης Εικόνας της Θεοτόκου του Τέμπλου η Μεγαλόχαρη έκανε το θαύμα της και ο ληστής σωριάστηκε παράλυτος. Φοβήθηκαν τότε τη θεία οργή και οι άλλοι ληστές, παρέλαβαν τον παράλυτο σύντροφό τους και ότι είχαν συγκεντρώσει από τα κλοπιμαία και έφυγαν. Ελάχιστα από τα πολύτιμα ιερά σκεύη διασώθηκαν τότε, όπως η αργυρή επένδυση της Εικόνας της Θεοτόκου, το αργυρό Θυμιατήριο του 1667 και το Άγιο Ποτήριο του 1742.
But this wealth also provoked the persecution of the Temple. Twenty-five years after the last renovation, in 1865. Turkish-Albanian robbers entered the courtyard of the Holy Temple, took violently from the Monk Melanis, the only one who then lived in a cell of the Holy Temple, the key of the Church, and in a very short time they were ripped What they found precious in gold and silver and silk, and only when one of the bandits attempted to remove the silver lining of the great icon of the Templar Virgin Mary the Megalohari did her miracle and the robber clutched paralyzed. Then they were afraid of the divine rage, and the other robbers received their paralyzed partner, and they had gathered from the robbery and fled. Only a few of the precious sacred vessels survived, such as the silver lining of the icon of the Virgin Mary, the Silver Incense of 1667 and the Holy Grail of 1742.
Κατά την επιδρομή της 12ης Μαρτίου 1676 του Γάλλου κουρσάρου Κρεβελλιέ, διασώθηκε ο Ιερός Ναός της Παναγίας, όπως και οι λοιπές Εκκλησίες της Πέτρας, ίσως διότι οι κουρσάροι ήταν Χριστιανοί. Περιορίστηκαν μόνο στη λήστευση των οικιών και την απαγωγή 500 αιχμαλώτων κυρίως νέων και νεανίδων. Τότε ερημώθηκε η Πέτρα, για να ακμάσει ξανά τέλος του ΙΗ΄ αιώνα. Είναι άγνωστο πότε καθαγιάστηκε και τελέστηκαν τα εγκαίνια του Ιερού Ναού.
Στο Ιερό Προσκύνημα, εκτός από τη Θαυματουργό Εικόνα της Παναγίας, έχουν αποθησαυριστεί και τα Άγια Λείψανα του Αγίου Τρύφωνος, της Αγίας Αικατερίνης και του Αγίου Χαραλάμπους, τα οποία φυλάσσονται σε περίτεχνη λειψανοθήκη.
During the invasion of 12 March 1676 by the Frenchman Corsairs, the Church of Our Lady, like the other Churches of Petra, was preserved, perhaps because the Kurds were Christians. They were limited to homelessness and the kidnapping of 500 captives, mostly young and infant. Petra was then deserted, to revive the end of the I century. It is unknown when the inauguration of the Holy Temple was consecrated and celebrated.
In the Holy Pilgrimage, besides the miraculous icon of the Virgin Mary, the Holy Relics of St. Tryphon, Saint Catherine and Saint Charalambos are stored, which are kept in an elaborate reliquary.
Για τη Θαυματουργή Εικόνα επικρατούν πολλοί θρύλοι. Μεταξύ αυτών είναι οι κάτωθι: «Στα παλιά χρόνια καράβι Γαλαξειδιώτικο ήταν αγκυροβολημένο στο λιμάνι της Πέτρας ανάμεσα στο μικρό Νησί και τη στεριά. Ένα Σαββατόβραδο ο καπετάνιος κατέβηκε στην καμαρούλα του να προσκυνήσει το Εικόνισμα της Παναγίας και να ανάψει το καντήλι της, ξαφνιάστηκε όμως όταν είδε άδεια τη θέση του Εικονίσματος. Κανείς από τους ναύτες του δεν ήταν σε θέση να τον πληροφορήσει τι απέγινε το Εικόνισμα. Ανεβαίνοντας όμως στην κουβέρτα παρατήρησε ένα υπέργειο φως να περιφέρεται σαν αστέρι λαμπερό στην κορυφή του βράχου της Πέτρας. Βγαίνει ο καπετάνιος στη στεριά, σκαρφαλώνει στο βράχο, βρίσκει εκεί το εικόνισμα, το παίρνει και το ξαναφέρνει στο καράβι. Το ίδιο όμως συνέβη και τις επόμενες δύο βραδιές. Κατάλαβε τότε πως η Παναγία ήθελε να μείνει παντοτινά στο βράχο της Πέτρας. Συνεννοήθηκε με τους προεστούς του χωριού, έκτισαν εκεί ένα μικρό Εκκλησάκι και τοποθέτησαν μέσα το θαυματουργό εικόνισμα της Μεγαλόχαρης».
There are many legends about the miraculous image. Among them are the following: "In the old days, Galatixdiotiko boat was anchored in the harbor of Petra between the small island and the land. On a Saturday night, the captain descended to his palace to worship the Virgin Mary's Lamp and turn on her lamp, but she was surprised to see the icon depicted. None of his sailors were able to tell him what happened to the Shadow. Going up on the blanket, however, he noticed an over-ground light wandering like a star shining on top of the rock of Petra. The captain comes out on the land, climbs on the rock, finds the image there, takes it and returns it to the boat. The same thing happened over the next two evenings. He then realized that the Virgin Mary wanted to stay forever on the rock of Petra. He co-consulted with the village's foremen, built a small chapel there and placed it in the miraculous icon of the Megaloharis. "
«Όταν ήθελαν να χτίσουν την Εκκλησία, ένα περιστέρι κρατώντας μεταξωτή κλωστή χάραξε τα θεμέλια του Ιερού Ναού και του αυλόγυρου, ξετυλίγοντας τη μεταξωτή κλωστή. Με φόβο και τρόμο οι τεχνίτες έκτιζαν τον αυλότοιχο στην άκρη του απότομου βράχου πατώντας σε κρεμασμένες σκαλωσιές και η δουλειά δεν προχωρούσε γρήγορα. Η Μεγαλόχαρη, όμως έκανε και εδώ το θαύμα της, για να τους δώσει θάρρος. Το πρώτο Σαββατόβραδο ο επιστάτης κρατώντας στο ένα χέρι το καραφάκι με το ρακί και στο άλλο το δίσκο με τα ποτήρια γύριζε τις σκαλωσιές κερνώντας τους τεχνίτες. Για μια στιγμή όμως παραπάτησε και γκρεμίστηκε. Τρομαγμένοι όλοι, τεχνίτες και εργάτες κοίταξαν κάτω περιμένοντας να τον δουν ξαπλωμένο και νεκρό. Συγκλονίστηκαν, όταν τον είδαν όρθιο με το καραφάκι το δίσκο στα χέρια του να τους φωνάζει «Μη φοβάσθε παλικάρια, η χάρη της μας βοηθάει» και αμέσως ανέβηκε ξανά στο βράχο και συνέχισε το κέρασμά του.
Πηγή υλικού
Ιερέως Πλάτωνος Ζαφείρογλου, Η Παναγία της Πέτρας, Πέτρα 1971 (Ανατύπωση 2010)
Επιλογή υλικού
Αικατερίνη Διαμαντοπούλου, Υπεύθυνη υλικού των Ιστοχώρων του Πατριαρχείου Ιεροσολύμων
"When they wanted to build the Church, a pigeon holding a silk thread laid out the foundations of the Temple and the courtyard, unfolding the silk thread. With fear and trembling, the craftsmen were making the tub on the edge of the steep cliff by tapping on hanging scaffolding and the job did not go fast. The Megalohari, however, did her miracle here to give them courage. The first Saturday night, the caretaker holding the rakiet in one hand, and on the other the tray with the glasses turned the scaffolding, winning the craftsmen. But for a moment he stumbled and collapsed. All crafted craftsmen and workers looked down expecting him to be lying and dead. They were shocked when they saw him standing with the carapace in the disk in his hands calling them "Do not be afraid of lads, his grace helps us" and immediately he climbed back to the rock and continued his coat.
Source of material
Ieros Platonos Zafiroglou, The Virgin of Petra, Petra 1971 (Reprint 2010)
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In the I Ching... the hexagram #58 means the lake, the serenity, the inner joy...!!!
"True joy... rests on firmness and strength within, manifesting itself outwardly as yielding and gentle"...!!!
I CHING
My wild river reflexion…!!!
An impressionnist photo safari concentrated mainly on a daily basis (or almost) on my small piece of planet of 55 000 square feet…!!!
A Thoreau "waldennienne" approach…!!!
L'hexagramme #58 du Yi King signifie le lac, la sérénité, la joie intérieure...!!!
"La vraie joie provient de la fermeté et de la force qui se trouvent à l'intérieur et qui s'extériorisent sous une forme tendre et douce"...!!!
Yi KING
Un safari photo impressioniste au quotidien concentré essentiellement (ou presque) sur un petit morceau de planète de 55 000 pieds carrés…!!!
Une démarche "waldennienne" à la Thoreau…!!!
At the entrance gate to the historic Launceston Synagogue, there is a Star of David on each of its pillars. It is a potent symbol of Jewish identity in a way you probably never knew.
"Many explanations have been suggested, but none is universally accepted. According to the Zohar, a medieval book of Jewish mysticism, the six points of the star represent the six male sefirot (attributes of God), in union with the seventh sefirah of the female (the center of the shape).
A more modern, existentialist commentary on the Star of David was advanced by the philosopher Franz Rosenzweig in the Star of Redemption, which he wrote on postcards during World War I. Rosenzweig described two interlocking triangles — the corners of one representing creation, revelation, and redemption; the corners of the other representing Man, the World and God."
What we do know historically is that this star was first imposed upon Jewish people as a stigmatic mark. In the Jewish section of Vienna during the 17th century city officials marked it with a hexagram. At the turn of the 20th century the new Zionist movement claimed it as a mark of identity. Most tragically of all, during the reign of the Nazis the Star of David was used to identify Jews who were soon sent to the death camps.
www.myjewishlearning.com/article/star-of-david-hot-topic/
The lesson for us today is simply this. Everyone has a right to Freedom: The Freedom of Religion, the Freedom of Speech, and the Freedom of Association. But beware of authorities who want to find ways to limit your freedoms! And most especially be wary of those which seek to brand you with some label of their choosing. These people are agents of the devil.
This is a symbolic snowflake. I have often admired the fact that many people use snowflakes as proof that God exists, while others use these natural constructs as evidence to soften that certainty. I don’t consider this divisive; quite the opposite, there is a sense of inclusiveness. Everyone finds something to respect in such a tiny crystal from the sky.
Whether you identify a hexagram shape as synonymous with the Star of David, or you curiously measure the 60-degree angles created by the molecular bonds of water ice extrapolated onto a macro scale, one thing is for certain: a snowflake such as this is beautiful. That leads me to an interesting question – what is beauty?
I’m sure we all define it differently. In general, symmetry is beautiful. As is repeating patterns, balance and geometry. Personally, I find beauty in the puzzles that these structures present, as well as any blemishes that break the pattern. Everyone has their own valid opinions for this definition.
Keep in mind that this is just a collection of ordered water molecules. While the number of molecular connections is constantly in flux, I don’t think I’m wrong to call it an inanimate object. It just “is”. It is not beautiful as some sort of physical property that can be measured. Therein lies the real treasure: the discovery that beauty is not within the objects that we see, but in how we perceive them. This is a concept that bridges the gap between theology and science. Scientists would say that God did not create this snowflake, citing all we know about the related natural environmental physics. Theologians could easily make a counter-argument, posing a simple question. “How, then, is something so miniscule and inconsequential to our survival perceived with such admiration?”
The debate could rage on, as it always has; each side providing more evidence, more anecdotes, analogies, history and facts. Both sides need not be wrong. All discussed over the simple symbolism of a snowflake.
From a physics standpoint, this snowflake has a few curious and unique features. Bubbles in the ice usually cast a shadow on the bottom surface of the ice, and the offset of the shadow determines the thickness of the ice underneath it (thereby showing the position of the bubble within the ice). The large central hexagon has a greater shadow offset than the frilly “frame” around it, suggesting that these two bubbles are growing at different levels within the ice. This is further supported by the small rainbow-coloured ovals adorning each side of every corner – they have shadows independent of the larger hexagon as well, defining them as separate structures on a different layer within the ice.
Snowflakes have more depth than we normally give them credit for – both in a physical and philosophical way.
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Ne sois pas triste: sois comme le soleil à midi...!!! (Yi King, hexagramme LV) Ü
Reflet de mon lac sauvage …!!!
Un safari photo philosophique et impressioniste concentré sur un autre petit morceau de planète ...!!!
Une démarche "waldennienne" à la Thoreau …!!!
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Abundance [Fullness]...!!!
Be not sad....!!!
Be like the sun at midday...!!! (I Ching, hexagram LV) Ü
My wild lake reflection...!!!
A philosophical and impressionnist photo safari concentrated on other of my small piece of planet …!!!
A Thoreau "waldennienne" approach …!!!
Nicki Green (1986- ) is a transdisciplinary artist working primarily in clay and glazed surfaces to explore the integrity of objects and use transness as a lens with which to look at the world.
Mushrooms appear in Green's work as a metaphor for otherness. Green presents a fermentation crock, a jarred vessel intended for the ritual of pickling, surrounded by piles of mushrooms. The crock is adorned with a tessellated pattern of a hexagram. Whether the mushrooms spilled out of the crock or are growing around it is unclear. The artwork represents destruction, resilience, and regeneration.
This sculpture by Nicki Green was seen and photographed at an exhibit entitled 'Tikkun: For the Cosmos, the Community, and Ourselves' at Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco, California.
CHILDREN OF CHEMISTRY - Sébastien Provencher
Children of Chemistry s’inspire des standards masculins et féminins véhiculés dans l’univers médiatique et dans la culture populaire pour exposer les clichés utilisés pour nous conformer à la norme.
Sur un ton humoristique et sarcastique, le chorégraphe joue avec les codes du genre pour relater les absurdités qui nous poussent à concevoir le genre de façon binaire dans notre société et en danse.
DIRECTION ARTISTIQUE ET CHORÉGRAPHIE: Sébastien Provencher
DANSEURS ET COLLABORATEURS À LA CRÉATION: Abe Simon Minhjeer - Alexandre Morin - Jean-Benoit Labrecque - Louis-Elyan Martin - Miguel Anguiano
Soutien financier : Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec
Partenaires de création : Département de danse de l’UQAM, Département de théâtre de l’UQAM, Hexagram, Quartiers Danses, Circuit-Est, Espace Marie-Chouinard, Tangente Danse
Présenté en partenariat avec le programme Jouer dehors de La danse sur les routes du Québec.
Crédit photo: David Wong - Vanessa Fortin Photographie
Canada Council for the Arts | Conseil des arts du Canada - Conseil des arts de Montréal - Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec - Maison de la culture Janine-Sutto)
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My wild river reflection!!!
In side, at the center, in the key position, is the light principle; the dark principle is outside. Thus the light has a powerful influence, while the dark is submissive. In this way each receives its due.
I CHING, HEXAGRAM XI
A l'intérieur, au centre, à la place décisive, se trouve l'élément lumineux; l'élément obscur est à l'extérieur. Ainsi le principe lumineux exerce une influence créatrice et le principe obscur garde une attitude soumise. De la sorte les deux parties reçoivent leur dû.
YI KING, HEXAGRAMME XI
Life In The Gravity Well… Michael Stearns… a great Stearns on a wonderful video on reflections… !!!
Menger sponge
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An illustration of M4, the sponge after four iterations of the construction process
In mathematics, the Menger sponge (also known as the Menger cube, Menger universal curve, Sierpinski cube, or Sierpinski sponge)[1][2][3] is a fractal curve. It is a three-dimensional generalization of the one-dimensional Cantor set and two-dimensional Sierpinski carpet. It was first described by Karl Menger in 1926, in his studies of the concept of topological dimension.[4][5]
Construction
The construction of a Menger sponge can be described as follows:
Begin with a cube.
Divide every face of the cube into nine squares, like a Rubik's Cube. This sub-divides the cube into 27 smaller cubes.
Remove the smaller cube in the middle of each face, and remove the smaller cube in the center of the more giant cube, leaving 20 smaller cubes. This is a level-1 Menger sponge (resembling a void cube).
Repeat steps two and three for each of the remaining smaller cubes, and continue to iterate ad infinitum.
The second iteration gives a level-2 sponge, the third iteration gives a level-3 sponge, and so on. The Menger sponge itself is the limit of this process after an infinite number of iterations.
An illustration of the iterative construction of a Menger sponge up to M3, the third iteration
Properties
Hexagonal cross-section of a level-4 Menger sponge. (Part of a series of cuts perpendicular to the space diagonal.)
The n nth stage of the Menger sponge, M n M_{n}, is made up of 20 n {\displaystyle 20^{n}} smaller cubes, each with a side length of (1/3)n. The total volume of M n M_{n} is thus ( 20 27 ) n {\textstyle \left({\frac {20}{27}}\right)^{n}}. The total surface area of M n M_{n} is given by the expression 2 ( 20 / 9 ) n + 4 ( 8 / 9 ) n {\displaystyle 2(20/9)^{n}+4(8/9)^{n}}.[6][7] Therefore, the construction's volume approaches zero while its surface area increases without bound. Yet any chosen surface in the construction will be thoroughly punctured as the construction continues so that the limit is neither a solid nor a surface; it has a topological dimension of 1 and is accordingly identified as a curve.
Each face of the construction becomes a Sierpinski carpet, and the intersection of the sponge with any diagonal of the cube or any midline of the faces is a Cantor set. The cross-section of the sponge through its centroid and perpendicular to a space diagonal is a regular hexagon punctured with hexagrams arranged in six-fold symmetry.[8] The number of these hexagrams, in descending size, is given by a n = 9 a n − 1 − 12 a n − 2 {\displaystyle a_{n}=9a_{n-1}-12a_{n-2}}, with a 0 = 1 , a 1 = 6 {\displaystyle a_{0}=1,\ a_{1}=6}.[9]
The sponge's Hausdorff dimension is log 20/log 3 ≅ 2.727. The Lebesgue covering dimension of the Menger sponge is one, the same as any curve. Menger showed, in the 1926 construction, that the sponge is a universal curve, in that every curve is homeomorphic to a subset of the Menger sponge, where a curve means any compact metric space of Lebesgue covering dimension one; this includes trees and graphs with an arbitrary countable number of edges, vertices and closed loops, connected in arbitrary ways. Similarly, the Sierpinski carpet is a universal curve for all curves that can be drawn on the two-dimensional plane. The Menger sponge constructed in three dimensions extends this idea to graphs that are not planar and might be embedded in any number of dimensions.
The Menger sponge is a closed set; since it is also bounded, the Heine–Borel theorem implies that it is compact. It has Lebesgue measure 0. Because it contains continuous paths, it is an uncountable set.
Experiments also showed that cubes with a Menger sponge structure could dissipate shocks five times better for the same material than cubes without any pores.[10]
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On Explore, April #21, 2007, Made cover and calendar, #1
Thank you very much to all of you my dear Flickr friends for your so kind comments!
For the Earth Day, here’s the hexagram “II” in the I Ching who represents the Earth. The attribute of this hexagram is devotion and receptivity. It is the perfect complement of THE CREATIVE--the complement, not the opposite, for the Receptive does not combat the Creative but completes it . It represents nature in contrast to spirit, earth in contrast to heaven, space as against time, the female-maternal as against the male-paternal. In itself of course the Receptive is just as important as the Creative, but the attribute of devotion defines the place occupied by this primal power in relation to the Creative. For the Receptive must be activated and led by the Creative; then it is productive of good. Only when it abandons this position and tries to stand as an equal side by side with the Creative, does it become evil. The result then is opposition to and struggle against the Creative, which is productive of evil to both.
If the man undertakes something and tries to lead, he goes astray;
but if he follows, he finds guidance.
Tomorrow morning I’ll upload another image for this special day! A special demand of my wild river! :-D
The Old Jewish Cemetery is a Jewish cemetery in Prague, Czech Republic, which is one of the largest of its kind in Europe and one of the most important Jewish historical monuments in Prague. It served its purpose from the first half of 15th century until 1786. Renowned personalities of the local Jewish community were buried here; among them rabbi Jehuda Liva ben Becalel – Maharal (ca. 1526–1609), businessman Mordecai Meisel (1528–1601), historian David Gans (ca. 1541–1613) and rabbi David Oppenheim (1664–1736). Today the cemetery is administered by the Jewish Museum in Prague.
The cemetery is mentioned in Umberto Eco's The Prague Cemetery, the novel which was named after it.
The Old Jewish Cemetery is not the first Jewish cemetery in Prague – its predecessor was so-called "Jewish Garden“ located in the area of present New Town of Prague. This cemetery was closed by order of King Vladislaus II in 1478 because of complaints of Prague citizens. Later it disappeared under the streets of New Town.
We know that the history of the Old Cemetery started before the old one being closed, but the exact date when it was founded is unknown. The only clue is the oldest gravestone in the cemetery from 1439 which belongs to rabbi and poet Avigdor Kara.
Starting at the middle of the 15th century, the gravestones record is a continual time line of burials. The final gravestone is dated 1787; three years earlier, the enlightened sovereign Emperor Josef II had banned burials inside the city walls for hygienic reasons. Later Prague Jews used a cemetery in Žižkov, founded in the 17th century because of plague epidemic.
During the more than three centuries in which it was in active use, the cemetery continually struggled with the lack of space. Piety and respect for the deceased ancestors does not allow the Jews to abolish old graves. Only occasionally the Jewish Community was allowed to purchase grounds to expand the cemetery and so many times it had to gain space in other ways; if necessary, a new layer of soil was heaped up on the available area. For this reason, there are places where as many as twelve layers now exist. Thanks to this solution the older graves themselves remained intact. However, as new levels were added it was necessary either to lay over the gravestones associated with the older (and lower) graves to protect them, or else to elevate the stones to the new, higher surface. This explains the dense forest of gravestones that one sees today; many of them commemorate an individual who is buried several layers further down. This also explains why the surface of the cemetery is raised several meters higher than the surrounding streets; retaining walls are necessary to hold the soil and the graves in place.
There are two kinds of Jewish burial monuments (in Hebrew matzevot) – the older is a slab of wood or stone, basically rectangular, but with various endings at the top. Tumba (in Hebrew ohel – tent) appears later, in baroque times. It is generally more representative than the first mentioned kind and resembles a little house. Such tumbas commemorate on the cemetery for example Maharal or Mordecai Maisel. Tumbas do not contain the remains; they are buried underneath in ground.
The oldest gravestones on Old Jewish cemetery are plain, yet very soon the number of ornaments (pilasters, volutes, false portals, etc.) began to increase. Most decorated gravestones come from 17th century. However, on every gravestone there are Hebrew letters that inform about the name of the deceased person and the date of his or her death or burial. Copious praise of deceased' virtues appears beside brief eulogy ("of blessed memory") in Renaissance time. From 16th century the gravestones characterize the deceased also through various symbols, hinting at the life, character, name or profession of the people.
This list follows the numbering of the plan on the right.
A small gravestone with triangular ending and engraved symbols of Magen David and a goose (gans means goose in German) belongs to David Gans (1541–1613), a contemporary of Maharal and other significant Jewish figures of the 16th century, a mathematician, astronomer, geographer and historian, whose chronicle Cemah David includes also Czech history.
A gravestone of Gersonides – Mordecai Katz ben Gershom (died 1592) and his son Betzalel (d. 1589) – marks the place of eternal rest of important Prague Jewish printers. One of their works, Prague hagadah, was known throughout Europe.
A tumba with a hexagram on the top of the front wall, which refers to name David, belongs to rabbi David Oppenheim (1664–1736). His book collection constitutes an important part of the Hebrew section of Bodleian Library in Oxford.
A plain rectangular gravestone of rabbi and poet Avigdor Kara (died 1439) is the oldest on the cemetery. His elegy which describes a great pogrom of the Prague Ghetto in 1389 is still recited on Yom Kippur in Old-New Synagogue.
A high rectangular gravestone commemorates Aharon Meshulam Horowitz (d. ca. 1545), the richest Jew of his time, who initiated building Pinkas Synagogue.
On the hill Nephele (nephele is a miscarriage in Hebrew) were buried children who died before the age of one month. Remains and gravestones found during construction of modern Prague were transferred to this place, too.
The oldest tumba on the cemetery belongs to a businessman, benefactor and renowned public person of the ghetto Mordecai Maisel (1528–1601). He built a synagogue in the Jewish quarter which is named after him.
Rabbi Judah Löw ben Betzalel (1512–1609) and his wife rest under another tumba, decorated with symbols of a lion and wine grapes. Rabbi Judah, also called Maharal, wrote numerous religious and philosophical treatises. His name is also connected with legends; a legend about Golem is the most famous.
A tumba belonging to Hendl Bassevi (died 1628) is probably the most representative on the cemetery. The lions seated on the gables of the tumba do not symbolize the name Judah; they carry the coat of arms of Hendl's husband Jacob Bassevi. He was the first Jew in Habsburg Empire to receive a title of nobility. A grave of this successful businessman cannot, however, be found on Prague Cemetery, because he died and was buried in Mladá Boleslav.
The last tumba to be mentioned covers the grave of Joseph Solomon Delmedigo (1591–1655), a physician and a remarkable scholar born in Crete, who worked in many scientific fields and lived in many places in Europe, Asia and Africa.
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.. 先迎後背，去而復返，再離止於野
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- - 17/11/2015
《*》 又逢雨季，雷电交加，浓云滚滚 …..
#Hexagram 11 is named 泰 (tài) = (合)
"Pervading". Other variations include "peace" and "greatness".
Its inner trigram is ☰ (乾 qián) force = (天) heaven, and its outer trigram is ☷ (坤 kūn) field = (地) earth.
#Hexagram 12 is named 否 (pǐ) = (分)
"Obstruction". Other variations include "standstill (stagnation)" and "selfish persons".
Its inner trigram is ☷ (坤 kūn) field = (地) earth, and its outer trigram is ☰ (乾 qián) force = (天) heaven.
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#《卷38》王莽下，天鳳二年（乙亥，公元一五年）
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.. 春，二月，大赦天下，
.. 民訛言，黃龍墮死黃山宮中，
.. 百姓奔走，往觀者有萬數
.. 莽惡之，捕系，問語所從起，不能得
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- - 15/11/2015
On Explore! December 3, 2007! #373
Thank you very much to all of you my dear Flickr friends for your so kind comments!
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I'd an apparition near my Wild River... an interview by an angel...!!! :)))
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My wild river reflection!
The sun at the zenith joins my wild river! Like my wild river, my wild ego, conscious of his own weakness, needs the Light… the inner Light… the inner Light and the Strenght of the others…of your soul! My wild river can shine only if she was based on the Strength of this Light! Like her, when my wild ego consult the oracle in the I Ching, he have to do the void in his mind to access at this fullness of Light… at this fullness of Light and Strenght of the others… of your inner Light! You’re my suns my dear friends!!! :)))
The I Ching, what an extraordinary inner communication system to discover to grow up like the reflection of this tree!
Reflet de ma rivière sauvage!
Le soleil au zénith s’unit à ma rivière sauvage! Comme ma rivière sauvage, mon égo sauvage, conscient de sa propre faiblesse, a besoin de la Lumière… de la Lumière et de la Force intérieures des autres… de votre âme! C’est à s’appuyant sur la force des autres… sur votre force qu’elle peut briller! Comme elle, lorsque mon égo sauvage consulte l’oracle au moyen du Yi King, il doit faire le vide en lui pour accéder à cette plénitude de la Lumière… à la plénitude et à la Force intérieures des autres… à la plénitude de votre Lumière intérieure! Vous êtes mes soleils mes chers amis!!! :)))
Le Yi King, quelle extraordinaire système intérieur de communication à découvrir pour grandir comme ce reflet de l’arbre!
An experimental animation using the 64 hexagrams of the I Ching oracle!!! :)))
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Origami box with Lucky Star molecule. The molecule can be tessellated and is based on hexagonal 8×8×8 grid.
I called it this way because I was happy about this design which I find quite elegant. Even though I have seen some similar ideas (e.g. by Alessandro Beber and Peter Keller), I wasn't able find proof of anyone creating exactly the same design before, so if it really is new, I will feel lucky to have found it. If I do learn of someone folding it before, I will still feel lucky to have reinvented it.
Update: I learned that the molecule is structurally almost the same as Day and Night Tessellation by Haligami, the only difference being how the rays of the star are locked.
This is a model I will be teaching in just two weeks at a workshop during the 2018 CDO origami convention in Italy. The star can be used as a tessellation molecule. After designing it, I learned that the molecule is structurally almost the same as Day and Night Tessellation by Haligami, the only difference being how the rays of the star are locked.
I designed this box as a modification of my Lucky Star Box, specifically with teaching in mind. Compared to the original version, this one uses a more convenient 8×8×8 grid rather than 12×12×12, and even if the whole grid is precreased, there are no unnecessary grid lines visible on the walls of the finished model.
This was also a test of Fedrigoni Splendorgel Avorio 100 gsm paper which I discovered at a local PaperConcept store. The paper is very smooth and silky to the touch. It behaved nicely both during the precrease and during the collapse. I found it to be thin for its weight which made precise precreasing possible. Crease lines were crisp and went exactly where I guided them, without bleeding to the sides. Overall, I found this paper to be really good for this model, both visually and as far as folding properties go. Unfortunately, the only size they have at the store is A4 which is fine for a box but may be a bit too small for tessellations.
but when, how?
sky above, earth below: nothing new. the emperor shuts up, the planet moans. whatever you thought necessary flies away.
go figure. the former title was "shroud".
The molecule of this tessellation is made from a modified hex twist and represents a unicursal hexagram which is an interesting geometric shape that has also been used as a magical symbol. _Unicursal_ means the outline can be traced with a single stroke without lifting the pen. In contrast to many modifications of hex twists, such as those found in Fujimoto’s stars (most of which are also tessellation molecules), this one has only two-fold rather than six-fold rotational symmetry.
On Explore! December 12,2007! #237
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My wild river reflection!
Ice on my wild river but not on my reflection archives!!! :)))
For me to follow the Light is my only way… she is over all the dualities!!! In front of the adversity, only the inner Force… the Tao Spirit can help me! Without this Force, the adversity would have reason of me… the melancholy would be my only guide! Like this tree… I would sink! I would be trapped in an abyss in the abyss of this world!
Reflet de ma rivière sauvage!
De la glace sur ma rivière sauvage mais pas sur mes reflets archivés! :)))
Pour moi, suivre la Lumière est ma seule Voie… elle est au-dessus de toutes dualités! Face à l’adversité, seule la Force intérieure… l’Esprit du Tao peut m’aider! Sans cette Force, l’adversité aurait raison de moi… la mélancolie serait mon seul guide! À l’image de cette arbre… je sombrerais! Je serais prisonnier dans un gouffre au sein de l’abîme de ce monde!!!
Adversity… an interesting video and song with quotes!!!
{KIUKIU} & Xuxu. // Stitches GACHA // Choker White [unrig]
{KIUKIU} & Xuxu. // Stitches GACHA // RARE A [maitreya]
[KRR] Daoko // Hair (+BOOBS)
[The Forge] Yuki Parasol, Black/White san
*{( konpeitou )}* Lunatic*Dream - Tabi laced lace
*{( konpeitou )}* Lunatic*Dream - cutie heart key heel
BADA--Got magic Earrings hexagram Gold L
BADA--Got magic Earrings hexagram Gold R
8 [VO.Z] Serendipity Sun&Moon - Rings R Gold (MMB)
2 [VO.Z] Serendipity Sun&Moon - Sun Ring L (MMB) -RARE
[VO.Z] Short Bento Nails With Rivets - Maitreya
[The Forge] Yuki Hat, Black / White
On Explore! December 6, 2007! #352
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Wonder of innocence!
A short guide of accomplishment that you will find nowhere else on the practice of spiritual I Ching in your life! For the I Ching… all acts of your life outside… are spiritual… that your thoughts are realistic or not!
1. The experience of the I Ching is acquired in daily practice with regularity… by living to the full!
2. No need to question him or force anything as advocated in all tutorials… you pick and translate the responses into action depending on how your heart fill with… no risk of mistakes interpretation !
3. Regularly, to deal with certain situations in your life, you need to step back… to study the effects of a project on your environment! The I Ching will help you to determine if this is the right time to act or not to act!
4. The regular practical experience will teach you to when you step back to analyse! Once you understand that this way is according to the universe that your previous situation… you would discovered that the Invisible just waiting to protect you from the outside world in all areas of your life!
5. The I Ching is the best only in situations under your control! For example… you should make travel by road or air at a given moment you choose… it will tell you if there is a danger or not at this precise moment! Another example… you receive a message that you do not understand… such as hexagram # 57, communication, changing in hexagram # 3, difficulty… watch what will happen in the minutes that followed… it could be a phone whose subject is the difficulty! You should know that the I Ching captures all the intentions of the others about you! Fascinating… right? :)))
If you want to take this way of life with a light heart … your inner Guide is ready since the beginning of the humanity … to help and protect you!
Finally as an example… here is a small code meanings for each of the hexagrams that I use regularly:
# 1 Inner Guide, Heaven, Creation, Soon, Tomorrow # 2 Me, Ego, Earth, Responsiveness, Overture # 3 Difficulty # 4 Apprenticeship, Study, Children # 5 Waiting # 6 Conflict # 7 Politics, Governments # 8 Union, Friendship, Solidarity # 9 Vision # 10 Action, March # 11 Peace, Serenity, Harmony, Agreement with my inner Guide # 12 Stagnation, Denial, No agreement with my inner Guide # 13 Community, Mails # 14 Wealth # 15 Humility # 16 Enthusiasm, Music # 17 Continuation # 18 Housework, Order # 19 In the short term, Approach # 20 Future vision, Planning # 21 Investments Market Exchange # 22 Beauty , Design # 23 Loss # 24 Return # 25 Innocence, Nature # 26 Great opportunity # 27 Physical and spiritual food # 28 Renunciation # 29 Running water, My Wild River, Money, Danger # 30 Light, Clarity, Sun # 31 Influence, Application # 32 Time, Eternity # 33 Removing # 34 Stop # 35 Great progress # 36 Darkness, Black, Evening, Night, Evil # 37 Family, House, Home # 38 Opposition # 39 Obstacle # 40 Liberation, Freedom # 41 Decrease # 42 Growth # 43 Fees, Expenses, Resolution # 44 Meeting # 45 Gathering, TV # 46 Writing, Effort # 47 Tiredness, Disease, Sleeping, Exhaustion # 48 Bank, Cooperation # 49 Revolution, Change # 50 News, Novelty, I Ching # 51 Awakening, Thunder # 52 Meditation, Immobilization, Mountain, Reflexion # 53 Gradual progress # 54 My soulmate, Marriage, Women # 55 Abundance, Art, Fullness # 56 Travel, Car # 57 Communication, Wind # 58 Inner joy, Joy # 59 Media # 60 Limitation # 61 Truth, Trust # 62 Transition # 63 The end, Agenda # 64 Not finished
Some of the hexagrams are related to a person as # 54 for my soul mate… many of you are identified by one of the hexagrams! :)))
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Merveille de l’innocence!
Un petit guide d’accomplissement que vous ne trouverez nulle part ailleurs sur la pratique du Yi King spirituel dans votre quotidien! Pour le Yi King… tous actes de votre vie extérieure… sont spirituels… que vos pensées soient réalistes ou non!
1. L’expérience du Yi King s’acquiert dans la pratique quotidienne régulière… en y mordant à pleines dents!
2. Pas besoin de l’interroger ou de forcer quoi que ce soit comme le préconise toutes les guides d’utilisation… vous tirez et traduisez les réponses obtenues en actes selon ce que votre cœur perçoit… ainsi pas de risques d’erreurs grossières d’interprétation!
3. Régulièrement, face à certaines situations de votre vie, vous avez besoin de prendre du recul… d’étudier les effets d’un projet sur votre environnement! Le Yi King vous aidera à déterminer si c’est le bon moment pour agir ou ne pas agir!
4. L’expérience pratique régulière vous enseignera à quel moment vous retirer pour digérer vos expériences! Lorsque vous aurez compris que le chemin parcouru est plus en accord avec l’univers que votre situation antérieure… vous aurez découvert que l’Invisible ne demande qu’à vous protéger du monde extérieur dans toutes les situations de votre vie!
5. Le Yi King n’excelle que dans les situations sous votre contrôle! Par exemple… vous devez prendre la route ou l’avion à un moment déterminé… vous craignez l’avion… il vous indiquera s’il y a danger ou non à ce moment précis! Un autre exemple… vous recevez un message que vous ne comprenez pas… comme par exemple l’hexagramme #57, la communication, se transformant en hexagramme #3, la difficulté… surveillez bien ce qui va se passer dans les minutes qui vont suivre… il se peut que ce soit un téléphone dont le sujet est cette difficulté! Il faut savoir que le Yi King capte toutes les intentions des autres vous concernant! Fascinant n’est-ce pas?
Si vous souhaitez prendre la route de la vie le cœur léger… votre Guide intérieur n’attend que cela… sa mission… vous aider et vous protéger!
En terminant à titre d’exemple voici un petit code de significations pour chacun des hexagrammes que j’utilise régulièrement:
#1 Guide intérieur, Ciel, Création, Bientôt, Demain #2 Moi, Égo, Terre, Réceptivité, Ouverture #3 Difficulté #4 Apprentissage, Étude, Enfants #5 Attente #6 Conflit #7 Politique, Gouvernements #8 Union, Amitié, Solidarité #9 Vision #10 Action, Marche #11 Paix, Sérénité, Harmonie, Accord avec le Guide #12 Stagnation, Négation, Refus, Pas d’accord du Guide #13 Communauté, Courriels, Courriers #14 Richesse, Avoir, Biens #15 Humilité #16 Enthousiasme, Musique #17 Continuation, La suite, Poursuivre #18 Ménage, Mise en ordre #19 À court terme, Approche #20 Vision future, Plan #21 Placement, Marché, Bourse #22 Beauté, Design #23 Perte #24 Le retour, Revenir #25 Innocence, Nature #26 Grande occasion #27 Nourriture physique et spirituelle #28 Renoncement #29 Eau courante, Ma rivière sauvage, Argent, Danger #30 Lumière, Clarté, Soleil #31 Influence, Demande #32 Temps, Durée, Éternité #33 Retrait #34 Halte #35 Gros progrès #36 Obscurité, Noir, Soir, Nuit, Mal #37 Famille, Maison #38 Opposition #39 Obstacle #40 Libération, Liberté #41 Diminution #42 Croissance #43 Frais, Dépenses, Résolution #44 Rencontre #45 Rassemblement, Réunion, TV #46 Rédaction, Effort #47 Fatigue, Maladie, Dormir, Épuisement #48 Banque #49 Révolution, Changement, Agenda #50 Nouveauté, Yi King #51 Éveil, Tonnerre #52 Méditation, Immobilisation, Montagne, Réflexion #53 Progrès graduel #54 Mon âme sœur, Épouser, Femme #55 Abondance, Art, Plénitude #56 Voyage, Automobile #57 Communication, Internet #58 Joie, Cinéma #59 Diffusion, Média, Perte de biens #60 Limitation #61 L’essence intérieur, Vérité, Confiance #62 Transition, Économie #63 La fin, l’ordre #64 Pas terminé
Certains de ces hexagrammes sont en rapport avec une personne comme le #54 pour mon âme sœur… plusieurs d’entre vous sont identifiés par un de ces hexagrammes!!! :)))
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Requiem… Mozart!!!
On Explore! December 10,2007! #397
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In our world we seems to have forgotten the Primordial… the conditioning prevails! The spirit be parasited by the mind can’t act actively! Hazardous situation by excellence… the negative energy of the mind governs all… desires, emotions, ambitions, depression! Thanks to the research of Carl Jung on the I Ching, the collective unsconscious, and for his theory of the synchronicity, we know now that it is possible to recapture the spirit of a newborn… unconditioned… a mind without ambitions or desires…… the spirit of the Tao…. the innocence… the reality…. the liberation from the past!!!
De nos jours les êtres ont oublié le Primordial… le conditionnement règne en maître! L’esprit parasité par le mental ne peut se manifester activement! Situation dangereuse par excellence… l’énergie négative du mental gouverne tout… désirs, émotions, ambitions, déprime, dépression, mal-être! Grâce aux recherches de Carl Jung sur le Yi King, l’insconscient collectif, et sur la synchronicité nous savons maintenant qu’il est possible de retrouver l’esprit non-conditionné du nouveau-né… l’esprit sans désirs… ni ambitions… l’esprit même du Tao…. l’innocence… la réalité…. la délivrance du passé!
Nature knows… a simple slide show set to an original song composition. Best viewed with headphones on, and when there's time to relax. The song was inspired by a dream… and Jung had worked a lot on dreams!!! :)))
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Παναγία η Γλυκοφιλούσα ή Πετρανή» Our Lady Sweetkissing or Petrani
Ένα από τα ωραιότερα και πρωτότυπα θρησκευτικά μνημεία και προσκυνήματα, τα οποία έχει να επιδείξει όχι μόνο η κωμόπολη Πέτρα, αλλά και το νησί της Μυτιλήνης είναι το σεβάσμιο και ιστορικό προσκύνημα «Παναγία η Γλυκοφιλούσα». Αποτέλεσε και αποτελεί ισχυρό πόλο έλξης για χιλιάδες Έλληνες και ξένους επισκέπτες που κάθε χρόνο ανεβαίνουν τα 114 σκαλοπάτια για να προσκυνήσουν τη Μεγαλόχαρη, να σταθούν με δέος και να προσευχηθούν μπροστά στην θαυματουργή εικόνα της στην κορυφή του ιερού βράχου με ευλάβεια και σεβασμό.
One of the most beautiful and original religious monuments and pilgrimages, which has to show not only the town of Petra, but also the island of Mytilene is the venerable and historical pilgrimage "Panagia Sweetkissing (Glyfofiloussa)". It is a powerful attraction for thousands of Greek and foreign visitors who climb 114 steps each year to worship the Megalohari, to stand in awe and pray before their miraculous icon at the top of the holy rock with reverence and respect.
Στην κορυφή του βράχου της Πέτρας ύψους σαράντα περίπου μέτρων, βρίσκεται ο Ιερός Ναός της Παναγίας της Γλυκοφιλούσας, σε θέση οχυρή και απόρθητη, που κατά τους χρόνους της ηγεμονίας των Γατελούζων στη Λέσβο ήταν μικρό φρούριο. Το φρούριο ήταν απρόσιτο από τις τρεις πλευρές λόγω του απόκρημνου βράχου και μόνο από την ανατολική μπορούσε κάποιος να αναρριχηθεί μέχρι τα τείχη του οχυρού, αλλά και εύκολα να αποκρουσθεί από τους αμυνόμενους.
At the top of Petra's rock of about 40 meters is the Holy Church of Panagia Glykofillousa, in a strong and improbable position, which during the times of the Gatelouzos hegemony in Lesvos was a small fortress. The fortress was inaccessible from the three sides due to the steep cliff and only from the east one could climb to the walls of the fort but also easily defy the defenders.
Υπάρχουν αρκετές μαρτυρίες για την ύπαρξη του φρουρίου κατά τους χρόνους εκείνους. Ο Φλωρεντίνος Αββάς Χρ. Μπουοντελμόντε, ο οποίος είχε επισκεφθεί τη Λέσβο στις αρχές του ΙΕ΄ αιώνα, στο βιβλίο του για τα νησιά του Αρχιπελάγους, που εκδόθηκε το 1420, αναφέρει μεταξύ άλλων και το φρούριο της Πέτρας. Επίσης ο Βαρθ. Ζαμπέρτι σε σονέτο του που περιέχεται στο βιβλίο του για τις Νήσους του Αιγαίου που εκδόθηκε το 1845 αναφέρει και το φρούριο της Πέτρας. Και Μεσαιωνικοί Χάρτες σημειώνουν το φρούριο ακριβώς στο βράχο. Αλλά και σήμερα υπάρχει στον περίβολο του Ιερού Ναού τεμάχιο φολιδωτού οικόσημου των Γατελούζων, ενδεικτικό του ενδιαφέροντος των τότε ηγεμόνων της Λέσβου για τη θέση, όπως και δικέφαλος αετός εντετοιχισμένος στη δυτική πλευρά του αυλότοιχου.
There are several testimonies about the existence of the fort during those times. Florentine Abbas Chr. Buontelmonte, who had visited Lesbos in the early 1900s, in his book on the Archipelago islands, published in 1420, mentions, among other things, the fortress of Petra. Also, Bart. Zampeti on his sonnet contained in his book on the Aegean Islands published in 1845 mentions the fortress of Petra. And Medieval Maps mark the fortress just on the rock. But today there is a piece of sculptured coat of arms of the Gatelouzes in the courtyard of the Holy Temple, indicative of the interest of the then rulers of Lesvos for the position, as well as a bicephalus erect on the western side of the wall.
Εντός του φρουρίου υπήρχε Ναϊδριο της Παναγίας, πριν την κατάκτηση της Λέσβου από τους Τούρκους το 1462. Το έτος 1609 στη θέση του Ναϊδρίου ανεγέρθηκε μεγαλύτερη Εκκλησία με τέσσερα κελλιά και στο κτίσιμο αυτής αναφέρεται σχετικός θρύλος. Από τα ιερά σκεύη της Εκκλησίας του 1609 διατηρούνται εκτός των άλλων αργυρό θυμιατήριο του 1667 και αργυρό επίσης Άγιο Ποτήριο του 1742. Το έτος 1840 δυνάμει Σουλτανικού φιρμανίου που σώζεται ακόμα, ανακαινίσθηκε εκ θεμελίων ο Ιερός Ναός στη σημερινή του μορφή, Τρίκλιτος Βασιλική με ξυλόγλυπτο Δεσποτικό θρόνο και με ξύλινο ζωγραφισμένο Τέμπλο. Πλησίον του Ιερού Ναού βρίσκεται τετράγωνος εξώστης, στον οποίο γίνεται η τελετή της Αναστάσεως του Κυρίου. Λίγες βαθμίδες παραπάνω βρίσκεται άλλος μικρότερος εξώστης, μέρος του οποίου καλύπτεται από το κωδωνοστάσιο, στηριζόμενο σε δύο κίονες, στο ανατολικό άκρο του εξώστη και με δύο ψευδοκίονες εντετοιχισμένων στον αυλότοιχο, και από τις δύο πλευρές της θύρας, δια της οποίας εισερχόμαστε στην αυλή της Εκκλησίας. Στο υπέρυθρο αυτής υπάρχει χαραγμένο το έτος της τελευταίας ανακαίνισης του Ιερού Ναού, 1840.
Within the fort there chapel of Our Lady, before the conquest of Lesbos by the Turks in 1462. The year 1609 in place Naidriou largest Church erected with four cells and the building is reported relative legend. From the sacred vessels of the Church 1609 held outside of other silver censer of 1667 and also silver chalice of 1742. The year 1840 under Sultan saved yet, fundamentally renovated the church in its present form, three-aisled basilica with a wooden Despotiko A throne and a wooden painted Temple. Near the church is square gallery, which is the ceremony of the Lord's Resurrection. A few steps above is another smaller balcony, part of which is covered by the bell, relying on two columns, on the eastern edge of the balcony and two psefdokiones entetoichismenon the yard walls, on both sides of the door, through which enters the yard Church . IR that is engraved with the year of the last renovation of the church, 1840.
Ο Ιερός Ναός ήταν κτισμένος προς την νοτιοανατολική πλευρά του εσωτερικού του αυλότοιχου. Στη δυτική πλευρά μεταξύ Νάρθηκα και αυλότοιχου υπάρχουν τρεις τάφοι με μαρμάρινες ενεπίγραφες πλάκες του παρελθόντος αιώνα. Κάτω από τον Ιερό Ναό υπάρχει φυσική δεξαμενή, εντός της οποίας συλλέγονται από τη στέγη της Εκκλησίας τα ύδατα της βροχής.
Τα αφιερώματα των πιστών ήταν πλούσια και έλαμπε ο Ιερός Ναός από χρυσό και αργυρό και πολύτιμους λίθους. Με ασήμι και χρυσό ήταν επενδυμένες οι μεγάλες Εικόνες του Τέμπλου και πολλές από τις μικρές, ασημένια και χρυσά τα περισσότερα καντήλια, τα δισκοπότηρα, τα Ευαγγέλια, τα θυμιατήρια, τα εξαπτέρυγα.
The temple was built on the southeastern side of the interior of the vault. On the west side between Nartheka and the pottery there are three tombs with marble inscriptions of the past century. Below the Temple there is a natural reservoir, within which rain water is collected from the roof of the Church.
The dedication of the faithful was rich and the temple was shined with gold and silver and precious stones. With silver and gold, the large icons of the Templo are covered, and many of the small, silver and gold most candles, the chalices, the gospels, the censers, the hexagram.
Αυτός όμως ο πλούτος προκάλεσε και τη δίωξη του Ιερού Ναού. Είκοσι πέντε χρόνια μετά την τελευταία ανακαίνιση, το 1865. Τουρκαλβανοί ληστές εισόρμησαν στον περίβολο του Ιερού Ναού, πήραν με βίαιο τρόπο από τη Μοναχή Μελάνη, τη μόνη που κατοικούσε τότε σε κελί του Ιερού Ναού, το κλειδί της Εκκλησίας και σε ελάχιστο χρονικό διάστημα άρπαξαν ό,τι πολύτιμο βρήκαν σε χρυσό και άργυρο και μετάξι και μόνο όταν ένας από τους ληστές επιχείρησε να αφαιρέσει την αργυρή επένδυση της μεγάλης Εικόνας της Θεοτόκου του Τέμπλου η Μεγαλόχαρη έκανε το θαύμα της και ο ληστής σωριάστηκε παράλυτος. Φοβήθηκαν τότε τη θεία οργή και οι άλλοι ληστές, παρέλαβαν τον παράλυτο σύντροφό τους και ότι είχαν συγκεντρώσει από τα κλοπιμαία και έφυγαν. Ελάχιστα από τα πολύτιμα ιερά σκεύη διασώθηκαν τότε, όπως η αργυρή επένδυση της Εικόνας της Θεοτόκου, το αργυρό Θυμιατήριο του 1667 και το Άγιο Ποτήριο του 1742.
But this wealth also provoked the persecution of the Temple. Twenty-five years after the last renovation, in 1865. Turkish-Albanian robbers entered the courtyard of the Holy Temple, took violently from the Monk Melanis, the only one who then lived in a cell of the Holy Temple, the key of the Church, and in a very short time they were ripped What they found precious in gold and silver and silk, and only when one of the bandits attempted to remove the silver lining of the great icon of the Templar Virgin Mary the Megalohari did her miracle and the robber clutched paralyzed. Then they were afraid of the divine rage, and the other robbers received their paralyzed partner, and they had gathered from the robbery and fled. Only a few of the precious sacred vessels survived, such as the silver lining of the icon of the Virgin Mary, the Silver Incense of 1667 and the Holy Grail of 1742.
Κατά την επιδρομή της 12ης Μαρτίου 1676 του Γάλλου κουρσάρου Κρεβελλιέ, διασώθηκε ο Ιερός Ναός της Παναγίας, όπως και οι λοιπές Εκκλησίες της Πέτρας, ίσως διότι οι κουρσάροι ήταν Χριστιανοί. Περιορίστηκαν μόνο στη λήστευση των οικιών και την απαγωγή 500 αιχμαλώτων κυρίως νέων και νεανίδων. Τότε ερημώθηκε η Πέτρα, για να ακμάσει ξανά τέλος του ΙΗ΄ αιώνα. Είναι άγνωστο πότε καθαγιάστηκε και τελέστηκαν τα εγκαίνια του Ιερού Ναού.
Στο Ιερό Προσκύνημα, εκτός από τη Θαυματουργό Εικόνα της Παναγίας, έχουν αποθησαυριστεί και τα Άγια Λείψανα του Αγίου Τρύφωνος, της Αγίας Αικατερίνης και του Αγίου Χαραλάμπους, τα οποία φυλάσσονται σε περίτεχνη λειψανοθήκη.
During the invasion of 12 March 1676 by the Frenchman Corsairs, the Church of Our Lady, like the other Churches of Petra, was preserved, perhaps because the Kurds were Christians. They were limited to homelessness and the kidnapping of 500 captives, mostly young and infant. Petra was then deserted, to revive the end of the I century. It is unknown when the inauguration of the Holy Temple was consecrated and celebrated.
In the Holy Pilgrimage, besides the miraculous icon of the Virgin Mary, the Holy Relics of St. Tryphon, Saint Catherine and Saint Charalambos are stored, which are kept in an elaborate reliquary.
Για τη Θαυματουργή Εικόνα επικρατούν πολλοί θρύλοι. Μεταξύ αυτών είναι οι κάτωθι: «Στα παλιά χρόνια καράβι Γαλαξειδιώτικο ήταν αγκυροβολημένο στο λιμάνι της Πέτρας ανάμεσα στο μικρό Νησί και τη στεριά. Ένα Σαββατόβραδο ο καπετάνιος κατέβηκε στην καμαρούλα του να προσκυνήσει το Εικόνισμα της Παναγίας και να ανάψει το καντήλι της, ξαφνιάστηκε όμως όταν είδε άδεια τη θέση του Εικονίσματος. Κανείς από τους ναύτες του δεν ήταν σε θέση να τον πληροφορήσει τι απέγινε το Εικόνισμα. Ανεβαίνοντας όμως στην κουβέρτα παρατήρησε ένα υπέργειο φως να περιφέρεται σαν αστέρι λαμπερό στην κορυφή του βράχου της Πέτρας. Βγαίνει ο καπετάνιος στη στεριά, σκαρφαλώνει στο βράχο, βρίσκει εκεί το εικόνισμα, το παίρνει και το ξαναφέρνει στο καράβι. Το ίδιο όμως συνέβη και τις επόμενες δύο βραδιές. Κατάλαβε τότε πως η Παναγία ήθελε να μείνει παντοτινά στο βράχο της Πέτρας. Συνεννοήθηκε με τους προεστούς του χωριού, έκτισαν εκεί ένα μικρό Εκκλησάκι και τοποθέτησαν μέσα το θαυματουργό εικόνισμα της Μεγαλόχαρης».
There are many legends about the miraculous image. Among them are the following: "In the old days, Galatixdiotiko boat was anchored in the harbor of Petra between the small island and the land. On a Saturday night, the captain descended to his palace to worship the Virgin Mary's Lamp and turn on her lamp, but she was surprised to see the icon depicted. None of his sailors were able to tell him what happened to the Shadow. Going up on the blanket, however, he noticed an over-ground light wandering like a star shining on top of the rock of Petra. The captain comes out on the land, climbs on the rock, finds the image there, takes it and returns it to the boat. The same thing happened over the next two evenings. He then realized that the Virgin Mary wanted to stay forever on the rock of Petra. He co-consulted with the village's foremen, built a small chapel there and placed it in the miraculous icon of the Megaloharis. "
«Όταν ήθελαν να χτίσουν την Εκκλησία, ένα περιστέρι κρατώντας μεταξωτή κλωστή χάραξε τα θεμέλια του Ιερού Ναού και του αυλόγυρου, ξετυλίγοντας τη μεταξωτή κλωστή. Με φόβο και τρόμο οι τεχνίτες έκτιζαν τον αυλότοιχο στην άκρη του απότομου βράχου πατώντας σε κρεμασμένες σκαλωσιές και η δουλειά δεν προχωρούσε γρήγορα. Η Μεγαλόχαρη, όμως έκανε και εδώ το θαύμα της, για να τους δώσει θάρρος. Το πρώτο Σαββατόβραδο ο επιστάτης κρατώντας στο ένα χέρι το καραφάκι με το ρακί και στο άλλο το δίσκο με τα ποτήρια γύριζε τις σκαλωσιές κερνώντας τους τεχνίτες. Για μια στιγμή όμως παραπάτησε και γκρεμίστηκε. Τρομαγμένοι όλοι, τεχνίτες και εργάτες κοίταξαν κάτω περιμένοντας να τον δουν ξαπλωμένο και νεκρό. Συγκλονίστηκαν, όταν τον είδαν όρθιο με το καραφάκι το δίσκο στα χέρια του να τους φωνάζει «Μη φοβάσθε παλικάρια, η χάρη της μας βοηθάει» και αμέσως ανέβηκε ξανά στο βράχο και συνέχισε το κέρασμά του.
Πηγή υλικού
Ιερέως Πλάτωνος Ζαφείρογλου, Η Παναγία της Πέτρας, Πέτρα 1971 (Ανατύπωση 2010)
Επιλογή υλικού
Αικατερίνη Διαμαντοπούλου, Υπεύθυνη υλικού των Ιστοχώρων του Πατριαρχείου Ιεροσολύμων
"When they wanted to build the Church, a pigeon holding a silk thread laid out the foundations of the Temple and the courtyard, unfolding the silk thread. With fear and trembling, the craftsmen were making the tub on the edge of the steep cliff by tapping on hanging scaffolding and the job did not go fast. The Megalohari, however, did her miracle here to give them courage. The first Saturday night, the caretaker holding the rakiet in one hand, and on the other the tray with the glasses turned the scaffolding, winning the craftsmen. But for a moment he stumbled and collapsed. All crafted craftsmen and workers looked down expecting him to be lying and dead. They were shocked when they saw him standing with the carapace in the disk in his hands calling them "Do not be afraid of lads, his grace helps us" and immediately he climbed back to the rock and continued his coat.
Source of material
Ieros Platonos Zafiroglou, The Virgin of Petra, Petra 1971 (Reprint 2010)
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