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At the purification fountain near the shrine's entrance, take one of the ladles provided, fill it with fresh water and rinse both hands. Then transfer some water into your cupped hand, rinse your mouth and spit the water beside the fountain. You are not supposed to transfer the water directly from the ladle into your mouth or swallow the water.
Varanasi. India.
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Varanasi (Hindustani pronunciation: [ʋaːˈraːɳəsi] ( listen)), also commonly known as Benares, Banaras (Banāras [bəˈnaːrəs] ( listen)) or Kashi (Kāśī [ˈkaːʃi] ( listen)), is a city on the banks of the Ganges in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, 320 kilometres (200 mi) southeast of the state capital Lucknow. It is regarded as a holy city by Hindus and Jains, and holiest of the seven most sacred Hindu cities (Sapta Puri), of its ancient historic, cultural and religious heritage. Hindus believe that death at Varanasi can bring salvation. It is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world and the oldest in India.
VAST - Where it Never Rains
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"I see rolling hills -
Love has arrived.
I should go outside...
[...]
We're going where it never rains -
into another place."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This place was clean, clear and bright - she would have to become like that, too. But how do you do that with stains on your soul?
"Well", she thought full with conviction "With time...and passion."
Life is a whirlpool of good and evil, happiness and frustration, rise and fall. It is hard to image more complex thing than life.
It is understandable what one can do with good, happiness and rise, but what to do with evil, frustration and fall is a tricky question to answer.
One asks himself quiet naive: ‘Is is possible to banish evil? Can one block the infiltration of the evil in his life?’ You can have an attempt to do so, but your life will turn into a permanent waiting of a bad thing. Fear will begin to chain you. The one, who is afraid of the evil, will sooner or later find it. The fear draws.
It can also happen that the evil will come in the mask of good. And it will be much harder to realize it. Remember, if you don’t want to do anybody harm, it is not the guarantee that someone won’t try to use you in his own purposes.
There is a remarkable saying of Jacque Fresco that says: ‘You are not frustrated with the world, you are frustrated with your system of values’. The world is organized in such a way that there is good and evil. The sooner you realize this fact, the faster your pink glasses will be removed from your face and you’ll see the one who is the wolf in sheep’s clothing. But it won’t bother you for that time, the experience you’ve gained is much important. Your mistake won’t let you get burnt in the future. You are secured.
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Here's a bas relief showing purification of Ptolemy XII by the gods Horus and Thoth at Kom Ombo temple, Egypt (Thoth has the head of an ibis, Horus is the falcon; at night). The artwork is interesting as the carvings are brought up from the rock, rather than carved into it - which is typical and would be far less work.
Ptolemy XII ruled from 80-51 BC over a old and tired regime, torn by internecine warfare. He would be better known as the father of Cleopatra VII, who famously became the lover of first Julius Caesar and then Mark Antony.
The will of Ptolemy X had seemed to name Rome as its beneficiary in return for military protection, which was an excuse
for Rome to exact massive taxes. In 65, Crassus proposed a formal annex of the Nile valley, but this was opposed by Cicero in the Senate. In 59 the Romans annexed Cyprus, causing the ruler - Ptolemy's brother - to commit suicide. Crippled by taxes, the Alexandrians ousted Ptolemy who then had a couple of years' forced exile in Rome before returning with a Roman army to depose his daughter Berenica who had taken the throne. It seems that during his exile he was accompanied by Cleopatra, who on his death took the throne at 17 years of age.
吸引我的，是那黑暗樹影中隱隱竄動的燈光~像是氣若游絲的求救與呼喚~
Jhihtan Water Purification Plant,Xindian,New Taipei City~
新北市，新店，直潭淨水場~
'Without purification of the heart, all worship is insincere, unholy and a total waste.' - His Divine Eminence RA Gohar Shahi
It’s time for purification. Happy New Year!!! #happynewyear #bbctravel #natgeo #canonpt #canon #travelblogger #amazingearth #indonesia #bali #joelsantosphoto #beautifuldestinations #beautifulplaces
[ENG] The church of Bossost , dedicated to the invocation of the Mother of God of Purification, is one of the best preserved in the entire Val d'Aran region, and a clear example of the prototype of a Romanesque church of the valley (very horizontal buildings, with three naves and three semicircular apses and a very marked gable in the presbytery). It was built in the first half of the 13th century, and includes many foreign decorative elements: strips of blind semicircular arches in the bell tower and apses, or the small vertical lesenes (pilaster strip) on the outside of the apse, both typical of Lombard Romanesque, checkered jaques on the front and eaves… Outside the temple, the highlights are the bell tower, the head and its two façades. More photos in the album Church of Bossost, Aran valley (Spain).
[ESP] En el ábside central, entre los tres vanos, se sitúan una imagen de la Virgen moderna y un fragmento de pintura mural de la segunda mitad del siglo XIV en la que se representan en dos imágenes superpuestas la Epifanía y la escena de Jesús en el templo discutiendo con los doctores. Forma parte de los elementos muebles que integran la declaración de Bienes Culturales de Interés Nacional.
La iglesia de Bossost, dedicada a la advocación de la Mair de Diu dera Purificacion, es una de las mejor conservadas de toda la comarca del Val d'Aran, y un claro ejemplo del prototipo de iglesia románica aranesa (edificios muy horizontales, con tres naves y tres ábsides semicirculares y un hastial muy marcado en el presbiterio). Fue construida en la primera mitad del siglo XIII, e incluye muchos elementos decorativos foráneos: franjas de arquillos ciegos de medio punto en campanario y ábsides, o las pequeñas lesenas verticales en el exterior del ábside, ambos propios del románico lombardo, ajedrezado jaqués en portada y aleros… En el exterior del templo, lo más destacado son el campanario, la cabecera y sus dos portadas. Más fotografías en el álbum Iglesia de Bossòst, Valle de Aran (España).
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Purification at a wash basin
Ionian Black Figure hydria
Attributed to Painter of Louvre E 739, a painter of North Ionian Greek origin
Ca. 530 – 520 BC
From Caere, Cerveteri, Necropoli della Banditaccia
Rome, Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia
RITE OF PURIFICATION
Sometimes it is good to cry,
I tell myself, as for reason
still not clear, large tears,
hot and wet, wash me awake
from my fitful nights sleeping
I lie here in wondering;
I do not hunger like
a baby, or do I
The need for attending
swims still deep in my soul,
at times, such as now,
approaching the surface
Wave breaks free
of the ocean, seeking
emotional nurturing
Shrine to a time that is dead,
shrine to a time that is gone
Somewhere on a beach,
water seeps into sand,
a study on giving and taking
I sit now and rock me, having
found, from myself, consolation
I tell myself,
sometimes,
it is good to cry
~~~
from: The Music That Is Me
by: Rine Peck Littlefeather
Copyright 2004
I found some more images of the Cherry Blossom Festival I forgot to add. This was from the 3rd day of the event. It is part of a purification ceremony.
This was taken while getting ready for the 2011 Cherry Blossom Festival.
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Upon his arrival from the other world, the sun god purifies himself in the eastern horizon before his shining in Heaven, where the four gods Horus, the Lord of the North, Seth, the Lord of the South, Dewen-anwy, the Lord of the east, and Thoth, the Lord of the West, pour the water of life and power over him from the four corners of the universe.
NMEC National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Fustat Cairo
Japan Revisited: Gioji Temple in Arashiyama
Every little thing a work of art and a life of contemplation...
Gioji Temple, Arashiyama in Kyoto.
La capilla del Condestable o capilla de los Condestables es la denominación habitual de una de las capillas de la catedral de Burgos, (España), aunque su verdadera advocación es Capilla de la Purificación de la Virgen.
Es una capilla funeraria de planta centralizada, levantada en la girola de la catedral, en estilo Gótico flamígero y un incipiente Renacimiento.
Fue mandada construir por don Pedro Fernández de Velasco y Manrique de Lara, condestable de Castilla, y doña Mencía de Mendoza y Figueroa, hija del Marqués de Santillana y hermana del Cardenal Mendoza, que dirigió los trabajos durante las ausencias de su marido. La ejecución del proyecto corrió a cargo del artista burgalés Simón de Colonia, entre 1482 y 1494.
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The Chapel of the Constable or Chapel of the Constables is the usual name for one of the chapels of the cathedral of Burgos, (Spain), although its true dedication is Chapel of the Purification of the Virgin.
It is a funerary chapel with a centralized plan, built in the ambulatory of the cathedral, in flamboyant Gothic style and an incipient Renaissance.
It was ordered to be built by Don Pedro Fernández de Velasco and Manrique de Lara, Constable of Castile, and Mrs. Mencía de Mendoza y Figueroa, daughter of the Marquis of Santillana and sister of Cardinal Mendoza, who directed the works during the absences of her husband. The project was carried out by the Burgos artist Simón de Colonia, between 1482 and 1494.
Condestable de Castilla fue un título de condestable creado por el rey Juan I de Castilla para sustituir al de Alférez mayor del Reino. En él recaía el mando supremo del ejército y tenía el derecho de llevar pendón, mazas y rey de armas. El condestable era el máximo representante del rey en ausencia del mismo.
El 6 de julio de 1382 Juan I concedió el título a Alfonso de Aragón el Viejo, primer marqués de Villena, teniendo carácter vitalicio pero no hereditario. Este tipo de transmisión se llevaría a cabo hasta 1473, cuando Enrique IV nombra condestable a Pedro Fernández de Velasco, a partir del cual el título se haría hereditario.
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Constable of Castile (Spanish: Condestable de Castilla) was a title created by John I, King of Castile in 1382, to substitute the title Alférez Mayor del Reino. The constable was the second person in power in the kingdom, after the King, and his responsibility was to command the military in the absence of the ruler.
In 1473 Henry IV of Castile made the title hereditary for the Velasco family and the dukes of Frías. After these changes, the title ceased to have any military or administrative connotations, and was simply an honorific title.
Varanasi. India.
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Varanasi (Hindustani pronunciation: [ʋaːˈraːɳəsi] ( listen)), also commonly known as Benares, Banaras (Banāras [bəˈnaːrəs] ( listen)) or Kashi (Kāśī [ˈkaːʃi] ( listen)), is a city on the banks of the Ganges in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, 320 kilometres (200 mi) southeast of the state capital Lucknow. It is regarded as a holy city by Hindus and Jains, and holiest of the seven most sacred Hindu cities (Sapta Puri), of its ancient historic, cultural and religious heritage. Hindus believe that death at Varanasi can bring salvation.[3] It is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world and the oldest in India.
In Alchemy y, the motto is a common component of the symbolic “Chamber of reflection,” where alchemist contemplates and reflects on the nature of death. In both Alchemy, the motto refers to a process of internal, spiritual purification.
From the Middle Ages to the late 17th-century, the so-called “philosopher’s stone” was the most sought-after goal in the world of alchemy, the medieval ancestor of chemistry. According to legend, the philosopher’s stone was a substance that could turn ordinary metals such as iron, tin, lead, zinc, nickel or copper into precious metals like gold and silver. It also acted as an elixir of life, with the power to cure illness, renew the properties of youth and even grant immortality to those who possessed it. The philosopher’s stone may not have been a stone at all, but a powder or other type of substance; it was variously known as “the tincture,” “the powder” or “materia prima.” In their quest to find it, alchemists examined countless substances in their laboratories, building a base of knowledge that would spawn the fields of chemistry, pharmacology and metallurgy.In chemistry, vitriol is iron or copper sulfate salts and their derivative, sulfuric acid. The name comes from the Latin for “glassy,” after the resemblance of iron sulfate to shards of green glass. Vitriol is symbolized alchemically as the “green lion,” a poisonous substance that appears when metal is degraded by acid. Sulfuric acid, or oil of vitriol, was used in the synthesis of the lapis philosophorum- the Philosopher’s Stone. One unique peoperty of sulfuric acid is the dissolution of metals- all except for gold, on which it has no effect. The alchemical motto for vitriol is “Visita Interiora Terrae Rectificando Invenies Occultum Lapidem,” “Visit the interior of the earth and rectifying (purifying) you will find the hidden stone.” The motto originated in L’Azoth des Philosophes by the 15th Century alchemist Basilius Valentinus. Many of the Western world’s most brilliant minds searched for the philosopher’s stone over the centuries, including Roger Boyle, the father of modern chemistry, and even Sir Isaac Newton, whose secretive dabblings in alchemy are well known by now. Long before Newton, however, there was Nicolas Flamel, a French bookseller and notary who lived in Paris during the 14th and early 15th centuries. In 1382, Flamel claimed to have transformed lead into gold after decoding an ancient book of alchemy with the help of a Spanish scholar familiar with the mystic Hebrew texts known as the Kabbala. Whether this was true or not, the historical record shows that Flamel did come into considerable wealth around this time, and donated his riches to charity. Harry Potter fans might recognize the name, as J.K. Rowling incorporated Nicolas Flamel into the first book in her world-famous series. Originally titled “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” in the United Kingdom, it was renamed “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” for U.S. publication.
The philosopher's stone, or stone of the philosophers (Latin: lapis philosophorum) is a legendary alchemical substance capable of turning base metals such as mercury into gold (chrysopoeia, from the Greek χρυσός khrusos, "gold", and ποιεῖν poiēin, "to make") or silver. It is also called the elixir of life, useful for rejuvenation and for achieving immortality; for many centuries, it was the most sought goal in alchemy. The philosopher's stone was the central symbol of the mystical terminology of alchemy, symbolizing perfection at its finest, enlightenment, and heavenly bliss. Efforts to discover the philosopher's stone were known as the Magnum Opus ("Great Work").It’s a great fear widespreading within your entire being, while you wait in the “Chamber of reflection” the call from the Temple, and the chamber of reflection is outside the Masonic Temple/Lodge, but the waiting lasts too long, felt like externally, and your dear friend, who invited you to become one, is passing from time to time, saying,”It’s not to late, you still can vanish and no one will say a word, it’s normal…”. Being said like a calming words, but indeed they provide the fear, knowing, being told many times, that the process (The Acceptance Rite) is irreversible, and once being passed the tough and enormously challiging your entire being Acceptance Rite, there would be no turning back. At the time in the “Chamber of reflection” in practice, being said in true alchemical language, the VITRIOL, that burns your heart with hyper anxious fear, that something fatal would happen, and you still can stand up and go out free, … this is the Spiritual vitriol, that burns all your human personality, to the degree, that if you really have a proper idea, where you’re about to be invited for an Acceptance by the first and most important Rite in Alchemy, as so, as if you are a true seeker, you should know through those hundreds of books... So, when you strive to get yourself together and accumulate such a True Grit, like you are waiting on a death row to be hanged – the feeling in the Chamber of reflection is as such, especially, when by 15en minutes, someone empathetic to your little you is coming to say, that it’s not late to get up and exit as a man throughout the he door…All of your unholly metalls burns, as by litteraly the V.I.T.R.I.O.L – the biggest written word inside, which you don’t know a sh°t about…Untill they call you with a high, strong and manly Nobile voice to come in front of the Temple’s doors. At this moment, psychologically – and then you just feel it by your entire self – SPIRITUALLY – YOU ARE THE PURE SPIRIT, THAT YOU ALWAYS HAVE BEEN -indeed, long before your birth, but this you SEE AND UNDERATAND MUCH LATER – so, at that point, as a pure Spirit (Gold), cleaned by all the unpure metals built-over You for the entire life of yours – of course by the “Green Lion” you are ready to pass the process of your Initiation means, Spiritually. It’s the most glory day of your life. You are being initiated and invented to the Temple of God – which symbolize the Lodge’s inside hall (the Temple of Solomon, built, as a Home where G-d shall live… And all of that is so symbolical, that, I would said, there isn’t a single mistake in Alchemy. All is as natural, as posible, but that natural for the Spirit things are hard to be accepted by an non-purified by vitriol and then wormly accepted in the House of G-d mortals, who can’t believe, that a little part of their personality is an immortal being and their essential true Self, Who deserves the all ages motto, Know ThySelf, to be a subject of a deeper meditatation – as the Tibetan Monks are doing.
Interpretations
The various names and attributes assigned to the philosopher's stone has led to long-standing speculation on its composition and source. Esoteric candidates have been found in metals, plants, rocks, chemical compounds, and bodily products such as hair, urine, and eggs. Justus von Liebig states that 'it was indispensable that every substance accessible... should be observed and examined'. Alchemists once thought a key component in the creation of the stone was a mythical element named carmot.
Esoteric hermetic alchemists may reject work on exoteric substances, instead directing their search for the philosopher's stone inward. Though esoteric and exoteric approaches are sometimes mixed, it is clear that some authors "are not concerned with material substances but are employing the language of exoteric alchemy for the sole purpose of expressing theological, philosophical, or mystical beliefs and aspirations". New interpretations continue to be developed around spagyric, chemical, and esoteric schools of thought.
Appearance
The first key of Basil Valentine, emblem associated with the 'Great Work' of obtaining the Philosopher's stone (Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine). Descriptions of the Philosopher's Stone are numerous and various. According to alchemical texts, the stone of the philosophers came in two varieties, prepared by an almost identical method: white (for the purpose of making silver), and red (for the purpose of making gold), the white stone being a less matured version of the red stone. Some ancient and medieval alchemical texts leave clues to the physical appearance of the stone of the philosophers, specifically the red stone. It is often said to be orange (saffron colored) or red when ground to powder. Or in a solid form, an intermediate between red and purple, transparent and glass-like.The weight is spoken of as being heavier than gold, and it is soluble in any liquid, yet incombustible in fire. Alchemical authors sometimes suggest that the stone's descriptors are metaphorical. The appearance is expressed geometrically in Michael Maier's Atalanta Fugiens. "Make of a man and woman a circle; then a quadrangle; out of this a triangle; make again a circle, and you will have the Stone of the Wise. Thus is made the stone, which thou canst not discover, unless you, through diligence, learn to understand this geometrical teaching." Rupescissa uses the imagery of the Christian passion, telling us it ascends "from the sepulcher of the Most Excellent King, shining and glorious, resuscitated from the dead and wearing a red diadem...".
Properties
The most commonly mentioned properties are the ability to transmute base metals into gold or silver, and the ability to heal all forms of illness and prolong the life of any person who consumes a small part of the philosopher's stone.[ Other mentioned properties include: creation of perpetually burning lamps, transmutation of common crystals into precious stones and diamonds, reviving of dead plants, creation of flexible or malleable glass, or the creation of a clone or homunculus.
Names
Numerous synonyms were used to make oblique reference to the stone, such as "white stone" (calculus albus, identified with the calculus candidus of Revelation 2:17 which was taken as a symbol of the glory of heaven, vitriol (as expressed in the backronym Visita Interiora Terrae Rectificando Invenies Occultum Lapidem), also lapis noster, lapis occultus, in water at the box, and numerous oblique, mystical or mythological references such as Adam, Aer, Animal, Alkahest, Antidotus, Antimonium, Aqua benedicta, Aqua volans per aeram, Arcanum, Atramentum, Autumnus, Basilicus, Brutorum cor, Bufo, Capillus, Capistrum auri, Carbones, Cerberus, Chaos, Cinis cineris, Crocus, Dominus philosophorum, Divine quintessence, Draco elixir, Filius ignis, Fimus, Folium, Frater, Granum, Granum frumenti, Haematites, Hepar, Herba, Herbalis, Lac, Melancholia, Ovum philosophorum, Panacea salutifera, Pandora, Phoenix, Philosophic mercury, Pyrites, Radices arboris solares, Regina, Rex regum, Sal metallorum, Salvator terrenus, Talcum, Thesaurus, Ventus hermetis. Many of the medieval allegories for a Christ were adopted for the lapis, and the Christ and the Stone were indeed taken as identical in a mystical sense. The name of "Stone" or lapis itself is informed by early Christian allegory, such as Priscillian (4th century), who stated Unicornis est Deus, nobis petra Christus, nobis lapis angularis Jesus, nobis hominum homo Christus. In some texts it is simply called 'stone', or our stone, or in the case of Thomas Norton's Ordinal, "oure delycious stone". The stone was frequently praised and referred to in such terms.
It needs to be noted that philosophorum does not mean "of the philosopher" or "the philosopher's" in the sense of a single philosopher. It means "of the philosophers" in the sense of a plurality of philosophers.
I almost deleted this but then I looked at it again and decided I liked the motion blur that draws attention to the purification ritual (water is lifted using the ladle and used to wash the hands and face - and I think some people use it to rinse their mouths) as part of a visit to the shrine.
"Purification" ceremony
Traditional Aztec war dance performance in the front of the National Museum of Anthropology Chapultepec Mexico City
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Ahir era el darrer dia de les festes de Nadal .... La Candelera .... o una antiga festa Romana de purificació ?
Yesterday, in a lot of countries was the last day of Christmas season.... La Candelaria ....... or was an old Roman purification festival ?
Kenia - Kikuyu dancer at the Thomson waterfalls.
Having migrated to their current location about four centuries ago, the Kikuyu now make up Kenya’s largest ethnic group. The Kikuyu people spread rapidly throughout the Central Province and Kenya. The Kikuyu usually identify their land by the surrounding mountain ranges which they call Kirinyaga-the shining mountain. The Kikuyu are Bantu and actually came into Kenya during the Bantu migration. They include some families from all the surrounding people and can be identified with the Kamba, the Meru, the Embu and the Chuka.
The Kikuyu tribe was originally founded by a man named Gikuyu. Kikuyu history says that the Kikuyu God, Ngai, took Gikuyu to the top of Kirinyaga and told him to stay and build his home there. He was also given his wife, Mumbi. Together, Mumbi and Gikuyu had nine daughters. There was actually a tenth daughter but the Kikuyu considered it to be bad luck to say the number ten. When counting they used to say “full nine” instead of ten. It was from the nine daughters that the nine (occaisionally a tenth) Kikuyu clans -Achera, Agachiku, Airimu, Ambui, Angare, Anjiru, Angui, Aithaga, and Aitherandu- were formed.
The Kikuyu rely heavily on agriculture. They grow bananas, sugarcane, arum lily, yams, beans, millet, maize, black beans and a variety of other vegetables. They also raise cattle, sheep, and goats. They use the hides from the cattle to make bedding, sandals, and carrying straps and they raise the goats and sheep to use for religious sacrifices and purification. In the Kikuyu culture boys and girls are raised very differently. The girls are raised to work in the farm and the boys usually work with the animals. The girls also have the responsibility of taking care of a baby brother or sister and also helping the mother out with household chores.
In the Kikuyu culture family identity is carried on by naming the first boy after the father’s father and the second after the mother’s father. The same goes for the girls; the first is named after the father’s mother and the second after the mother’s mother. Following children are named after the brothers and sisters of the grandparents, starting with the oldest and working to the youngest. Along with the naming of the children was the belief that the deceased grandparent’s spirit, that the child was named after, would come in to the new child. This belief was lost with the increase in life-span because generally the grandparents are now still alive when the children are born.
Though they are traditionally agricultural people and have a reputation as hard-working people, a lot of them are now involved in business. Most of the Kikuyu still live on small
family plots but many of them have also seen the opportunities in business and have moved to cities and different areas to work. They have a desire for knowledge and it is believed that all children should receive a full education. They have a terrific reputation for money management and it is common for them to have many enterprises at one time. The Kikuyu have also been active politically. The first president of Kenya, Jomo Kenyatta, was actually a Kikuyu. Kenyatta was a major figure in Kenya's fight for independence.