The heart is called Yi [unified power] becuz when intent moves, spirit is agitated; qi is dispersed. Qi is the Mother of spirit; Spirit is the child of qi. The Mother as qi is the horse that guides/conducts the river chariot (yin spirit) in the water (yin jing). Once your mind is away from the lower Elixir Field, your Qi will be led away from it and be consumed. By gathering the Shen into the lower tan tien then the Qi follows it there. Light of eyes descend as Yang fire inner yin qi line
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As 1QpHab [the Damascus Document of Qumran] previously, the text’s audacity raised hostility from rival Essenian factions, the tensions resulting once again in a change of paradigm from a heavenly actor to an earthly prophet scheduled for a trial.
humans are cranking out gigatons of carbon as co2 and methane emissions! oops. We are converting "stored photosynthesis" as ancient life - oil and coal - into emissions of entropy!
Phytoplankton are plant-like microscopic organisms that drift in water. While often referred to as "tiny plants," they are not true plants; instead, they primarily consist of single-celled algae, protists, and photosynthetic bacteria
In spite of Ocean mass being very small (both as total percentage and individual size) - there is a HUGE photosynthesis conversion in the ocean - 50% of Earth photosynthesis...
The function of photosynthesis is HUGE but the life has a very fast turn over time as single-cell organisms....
Almost ALL the biodiversity of life on Earth is in single-cell bacteria organisms!!
Eukaryotes are a subset of archaea because genetic and evolutionary analyses show that eukaryotic cells evolved from within the archaeal lineage. Instead of being a completely separate and ancient "third domain" of life, eukaryotes are specialized descendants of an archaeal ancestor that merged with a bacterium
Genetic Machinery: The cellular systems responsible for reading DNA (transcription and translation) in eukaryotes are strikingly similar to those in archaea. Both use similar enzymes (like RNA polymerase) and protein machineries
Histone Proteins: Eukaryotes wrap their DNA around proteins called histones to organize it. Archaea are the only other group of organisms that use histone-like proteins for the same purpose. [1, 2]The Asgard Connection: Discoveries of "Asgard" archaea (like the Lokiarchaeota) have revolutionized evolutionary biology. These deep-sea microbes contain "eukaryote signature proteins" (ESPs) that govern cell shape, internal trafficking, and structural support
eukaryotes inherited their core genetic and information-processing machinery directly from archaea, they aren't purely archaeal. Roughly two billion years ago, an ancestral archaeon engulfed an aerobic bacterium. Instead of digesting it, the host formed a symbiotic relationship with it. This bacterium eventually evolved into the mitochondrion—the power plant of the eukaryotic cell. This event also triggered the evolution of the defining feature of eukaryotes: the nucleus
Because the host cell's DNA originated entirely inside the archaeal tree, cladistically speaking, Eukaryota is simply a highly complex and specialized branch inside the Archaea domain
Polycarp not only bears witness to the figure of Ignatius, but also to several of his letters, which he promised to send to the believers in Philippi in response to their request (Poly. Phil. 13.2). In regard to the Pauline letter corpus, Polycarp demonstrates fairly certain knowledge of eight (or maybe even nine) of the fourteen letters collection. ...Not only does Polycarp mention the figure of Paul on multiple occasions, he also cites passages from at least eight of the Pauline letters in a fairly unambiguous manner.
In addition to this, he uses material from 1 Peter and 1 John. Furthermore, Polycarp is
obviously familiar with various sayings of Jesus, but due to the truncated or imprecise
way in which he cites such material in combination with the parallelism between the
synoptic gospels, it is not possible to determine whether Polycarp drew on a specific
gospel text, was combining parallel passages, or had received such traditions through
other mechanisms such as oral tradition or even summaries of gospel teachings that had
been repackaged in different literary forms.
AI: First John functions as a theological and practical companion to the Gospel of John. It was likely written by the same author to safeguard the community by clarifying the Gospel's teachings, combating false doctrines (like early Gnosticism), and providing tangible tests to confirm genuine Christian faith ...Aramaic in the Gospels
Polycarp labelling those who fail to confess Jesus Christ as having come in the flesh’ as ‘antichrist’ recalls the Johannine critique on docetic tendencies: ‘every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God; and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God, and this is the spirit of the antichrist’ (1 Jn 4.2-3).
https://www.pure.ed.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/135892256/Foster_Polycarp_s_Teaching.pdf
Irenaeus, Ignatius, and 1 John, arguing that these texts reflect an early second-century
context in Asia Minor, where heterodox groups, particularly Jewish and docetic, posed a threat to Christianity.
Chapter 5 explores whether the Gospel addresses these polemical issues, arguing that its soteriology has anti-gnostic tendencies, its Incarnation theology is anti-docetic, and its supersessionist stance is anti-Jewish. In conclusion, the thesis posits that the Johannine school existed as a prominent Christian community in Western Anatolia
Martyn identifies the Birkat ha-Minim, the Twelfth Benediction against the heretics published around 85 CE, as a stipulation by which perhaps the Johannine community members were officially expelled....
AI says:
Birkat ha-Minim (the "Blessing on the Heretics") is the 12th benediction of the weekday Amidah (the central standing prayer of Judaism). Added around 85 CE at the Council of Yavneh by Rabban Gamliel II, it was designed to identify and exclude early Jewish Christians and sectarians from synagogues
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"For the apostates [minim] let there be no hope, and may the arrogant kingdom be speedily uprooted in our days. May the nosrim and the minim be destroyed in an instant, and may they be erased from the Book of Life and not be inscribed with the righteous."
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More recent scholars, however, have challenged the assumption that the earliest form of Birkat Ha-Minim referred to Christians and that the rabbis controlled the synagogues. The present article defends the basics of Martyn's reconstruction while nuancing the extent of rabbinic control in the early Christian centuries. It also suggests, however, that the original of Birkat Ha-Minim may have been a Qumranian curse on the Romans.....
particularly by reconsidering the Johannine expulsion passages and their relation to the
non-biblical document the Birkat ha-Minim, which is the crucial evidence for Martyn’s two-level reading.101 Bernier’s argument is clear and simple: contra what he calls the “classic Martynian tradition” and the “neo-Martynian tradition,” one-level or literal reading is more appropriate as an interpretative method for the Johannine narrative, since it is more plausible, or even probable, that the Johannine expulsion passages refer to what really happened in Jesus’ lifetime.....
Irenaeus reckons Cerinthus to be the representative of Hellenistic heterodox
Christians and the Nicolaitans as the representative of Jewish heterodox opponents.5 As for
Ignatius’ letters, we observed that Ignatius never specifies the identities of his opponents, but rather classifies the opponents’ ideologies into two representative phenomena: docetic and Judaizing.
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this statement suggests that John was one of the earliest heresiologists and betrayed a forceful antagonism towards the heterodox Christians whose interpretations on theism, Christology, soteriology, and cosmogony deviated from the views of the main body of Christianity. Pursuant to Irenaeus’ report, John the evangelist produced the Gospel in order to confront theologically the ideas of the heterodox Christians, Cerinthus and the Nicolaitans, whose locale was Asia Minor, and to edify the readers with the..............
true belief in Christ in a corrective way.
the reference to the Nicolaitans might have primarily originated from Revelation 2:6 and 15, apologetically defending the Johannine authorship of Revelation.
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“gnosis falsely so-called.”30 Irenaeus uses this phrase, borrowed from 1 Timothy 6:20,
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Some scholars argue that Irenaeus’ primary source for the catalogue is Justin’s lost Syntagma (Justin, 1 Apol. 26). See Lipsius, “Irenaeus,” 3:260–61. Others postulate that Irenaeus’ catalogue of Carpocrates, Cerinthus, and the Nicolaitans do not rely on Justin. See Myllykoski, “Cerinthus,” 229; and Frederik Wisse, “The Nag Hammadi Library and the Heresiologists,” VC 25 (1971): 214. Hill cogently ascribes the main source of Against Heresies 1.23–27, particularly of Cerinthus, to Polycarp’s oral tradition....Irenaeus remarks only that the Nicolaitans teach that “It is a matter of indifference to practice adultery,
and to eat things sacrificed to idols.” Irenaeus, Haer., 1.26.3. [also Irenaeus, Haer, 3.11.1.]
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Irenaeus implies that they are the spiritual root of other heterodox Christian groups when he says that they are “the offshoot” of the gnostic groups, akin to the role of Simon Magus.33 Thus, by this assertion, Irenaeus alludes that the Gospel of John generally emerged within the late-first and early-second century Asian circumstance, marked by conflict between Asian Christian and heterodox Christian groups over incompatible Christological and theological perspectives.
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Regarding Cerinthus, Hippolytus’ [presumed to have been a disciple of Irenaeus] statement that Cerinthus was “disciplined in the teaching of Egyptians” carries noteworthy significance.34 Hippolytus often describes this Egyptian wisdom as something related to Hellenistic teaching.35 Especially, in Refutation of All Heresies 4.51.1, explicitly traces the origin of heretical numerological systems to Pythagoras, who, he claims, introduced such teachings “from Egypt” to the Greeks.36 In this context, his later remark that Cerinthus was educated in Egypt (7.21.1) should not be read as a neutral biographical note, but as a polemical characterization, situating Cerinthus within a tradition of non-Jewish or Hellenistic theological deviation.
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In the case of the Nicolaitans, Irenaeus associates them with Nicolaus, a biblical figure
found in Acts 6:5, whom he designates as their master.39 If this reference is traced back to Acts 6:5, we can ascertain that Irenaeus was aware that Nicolaus was a proselyte (προσήλυτος), signifying an individual who had adopted Judaism.40 Consequently, it is likely that Irenaeus deems the Nicolaitans to be representatives of Judaizers or heterodox Christians aligned with Jewish thought
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the Nicolaitans as a Judaizing group based on Rev 2:14, 20, where John refers to them as Balaam and Jezebel, and on Rev 2:9 and 3:9, where John vehemently castigates the Jews. The argument in the present study does not address the historical Nicolaitans, but rather how Irenaeus understood them.............................
The continuity observed in the writings of Irenaeus and Ignatius, and in 1 John highlights the intricate tapestry of the historical situation in Asia Minor during the late-first and early-second century. Therefore, to conclude, the Asian Christians at the time of the Gospel’s composition grappled with diverse numbers of heterodox groups.
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However, most importantly, the existence of two human witnesses is the key to construe
the salient intent of the passage.122 The first one is John the Baptist: “He [John the Baptist] came as a witness (μαρτυρίαν).”123 He testifies that Jesus is the light (Jn 1:7) and that he (John the Baptist) comes before him. John the Baptist, in other words, is portrayed as the one who bears witness to Jesus’ pre-existence, that is, his divinity: “He who comes after me ranks ahead of me because he was before me.”124 In contrast, the narrative presents the one who observed (ὁ ἑωρακὼς) the outpouring of water and blood as bearing witness to the event (Jn 19:33–34), affirming the physical reality of Jesus’ death:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrNHWO23kZY
1 100 watt panel ($75), 1 100 Amp-hour Lithium iron phosphate battery ($150), 1 load
30 amp charge controller for $25 and small pure sine-wave inverter for $45
You plug the chest freezer into the inverter....
So instead of one $8000 inverter you get a 2nd inverter and a 2nd battery for EACH load used (next would be a garage refrigerator)....
Interview on the true background and inspiration for the Wickerman film
The Wickerman (1973) is a cult favorite that I finally saw in its "digitized final cut" (StudioCanal) - via Kanopy library free viewing .... what's with the bizarre reptilian child baked goods? The children are all named after trees (holly, oak, beech, etc.): Rowan Morrison - the girl being searched for is named after the:
The rowans or mountain-ashes are shrubs or trees in the genus Sorbus of the rose family, Rosaceae.And he is told by the town doctor that Rowan was "burnt to death"....
For the 50th anniversary of the film’s release in 2023, StudioCanal announced a 4K restoration of the existing footage alongside remastering the existing three cuts for a collector’s edition.
Christopher Lee actually paid film critics to see the film to write reviews since the corporate distributors were suppressing the film. I think the distributors thought the film was boring but as Christopher Lee said - they didn't think the audience should have to use their imagination to figure out the plot and details, etc.
There are countless "reaction vids" on The Wickerman on youtube - probably more than a dozen - but there's also a 7 part commentary by Christopher Lee and Robin Hardy that is very fascinating (along with Edward Woodward)....and that commentary has very few views in comparison.
Edward Woodward infamously made sure he did not see the Wickerman beforehand so his reaction would be realistic and his "Oh Jesus Christ!" line was embraced by fundamentalist Christians as a true expression against paganism. Christopher Lee and Robin Hardy went to "prayer breakfasts" in the South for church screenings!
So the above is reference to Phanes Orphic Pythagorean alchemy - in the graveyard - the egg is then shown. Christopher Lee represents the androgynous alchemical Phanes of Orphic immortal regeneration via the creative fire....He goes into the chemist-photographer shop and there's a jar of foreskins right next to "snake oil embrocation"
This "beatitudes" speech by Christopher Lee is based on Walt Whitman. AI agrees: "It reads incredibly like modern beatitudes because of how it elevates simple, present-tense existence over the guilt, anxiety, and rigid social hierarchies of human civilization"
This famous passage is from "Section 32" of Walt Whitman's epic poem, Song of Myself (originally published in 1855 as part of his collection Leaves of Grass
“I think I could turn and live with animals. They are so placid and self-contained. They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins. They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God. Not one of them kneels to another or to his own kind that lived thousands of years ago. Not one of them is respectable or unhappy, all over the earth.”
So then a "Children of the Wickerman" doc just released last year with the children of the director claiming the father destroyed their lives or something - the mom secretly funded the film and Robin Hardy then deserted the family.... I think he moved to the US as a career in advertising? Robin Hardy did a follow-up Wicker Tree in 2011 but Christopher Lee only gets a cameo - then Hardy went for a third film as a trilogy but I don't think it got made.
Christopher Lee promoted the Wickerman film on his own dime in the US and they went to Southern religious communities! Christopher Lee was strongly against the occult despite his career as an occult actor.... Both Edward Woodward and Christopher Lee insisted this was their favorite and most difficult film to be in. The screenplay is by Anthony Shaffer - it was written specifically with Christopher Lee customized into the lead role
"Do sit down, Sergeant. Shocks are so much better absorbed with the knees bent."
Meanwhile the director Robin Hardy studied James Frazer's classic tome The Golden Bough on pagan religion...the "killing of the king" sacrifice as the Oedipal Conflict that also inspired Freud...
The Wickerman was filmed in horrendous conditions - cold when it was supposed to be summer and fake apple flowers on trees - and the burning effigy with Edward Woodward inside!! The distributor corporation destroyed the original negatives (20 cans of film vanished!) and only the US Roger Corman distribution print could be used to restore the original....
Notice there are 12 dancing young ladies learning the secret of alchemical "creative fire" generative force seed for parthenogenesis divinity - dancing in a circle and jumping over the central fire. That is the "small universe" Taoist Yoga alchemical "generative force" meditation secret!! The phrase "generative force" is ONLY found in the Taoist Yoga book that had already been published in London and only found in this film!! ....
AI explains:
In the 1973 folk-horror classic The Wicker Man, the iconic stone circle wasn't an ancient ruin or a miniature prop. The crew created the megaliths by constructing life-sized, portable faux stones using a lightweight mix of wood, plaster, and chicken wire over a wooden framework. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]Because the filmmakers needed the stones in a specific location for the famous May Day dance sequence, they had to build the circle exactly where they wanted to shoot
I have to assume that Kubrick's the Shining was inspired by the Wickerman - because the parallels are too uncanny to me but I've yet to find anyone making a comparison - only that the Wickerman launched the "folk horror" genre....https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnt_Offerings_(film) apparently that similar film was more of an inspiration for the Shining.
here is a comparision of the Shining and the wickerman
I actually saw the Nick Cage "remake" in the theater back in the day when I was not very finicky - just glad to enjoy sitting in a comfort movie theater out of the urban heat....(there is no comparison really between the two wickerman films except the idea that nature is in control!)
But the original is definitely a work of art since it is so quirky and wild with subtle "hints" - as this one review says "a false sense of security." Christopher Lee says the 13 songs in the film do that - to relax the audience. But the music also annoys people to no end. hahahaha. That's another great aspect to the film - the strange use of music.
I would argue the Wickerman is the best film ever made because it is focused on this ancient archetype of reality - alchemy as parthenogenesis is actually explained in the film if you already know what it means!! Many people have covered the music songs from the film also.
The Wicker Man was filmed almost entirely in the small Scottish towns of Gatehouse of Fleet, Newton Stewart, Kirkcudbright, Anwoth and Creetown in Galloway as well as Plockton in Ross-shire. Some scenes were filmed in and around the Isle of Whithorn, where the owners of the castle, Elizabeth McAdam McLaughland and David Wheatley, plus several other local people, featured in various scenes. Culzean Castle in Ayrshire and its grounds and Floors Castle were also used for the shooting. Some of the opening flying shots feature the Isle of Skye, including the pinnacles of The Storr and the Quiraing. The cave scenes were filmed inside Wookey Hole in Somerset.
People to this day go to the Scottish island to tour the film locations but there were some dozen locations used for filming - including South Africa - all spliced together...
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I first learned of the Golden Bough in my first year of college thanks to my best friend at the time - he immersed me into social science knowledge. I asked him a lot of questions to learn from him. hahaha.
The screenplay writer for the Wickerman was a psychological thriller detective genre who focused on "game playing" stories - like Agatha Christy clues and that is what makes the Wickerman so much fun to watch. Some people have watched the film endless amount of times to always notice new little strange details.
Christopher Lee said one scene cut out of all the versions is his joke line about how the original church priest was against the use of synthetic fertilizer - arguing that God would have provided natural fertilizer if the fruit trees needed it on the island - and then looking up to the skies as the priest had said this (And Christopher Lee recounted it). That is a very funny line indeed.
The Wickerman is a film that lives on as a legend - with peoples' commentary actually adding as much to the film as the film itself. I've only watched the film once and even then I 2xed the film. I'm more of a "truth stranger than fiction" person - but after learning so many background details of the film I feel like I need to watch it again in normal speed. hahaha.
