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Subject: [K-list] Absorption States Within A Theistic Context
From: Day Brown
On 2004/04/19 16:46, Day Brown posted thus to the K-list:
I'm not registered or familiar with some who may receive this...
But to the issue at hand-
Originally called the *palace* of Knossus, the place has shown us
several deviations from what we expect in palaces. It is about 3500
years old, not Greek, but Minoan, although there are many Greek
mythologic references which predate Greek civilization by a millennia or
more. There may be something to your association of 'gnosis' and
Knossus. 3600 years ago, the Minoans had, by far, the most highly
developed culture on earth. Which, incidentally, was responsible for the
myth of Atlantis, from their capitol city 'At-Lunus' which was located
on the isle of Thera. Thera, aka Santorini, was destroyed by the
eruption of mt Stronghyle (*100* times worse than mt St. Hellens, the
greatest eruption in the last 2 million years) in 1628 BCE.
The eruption buried a suburb on the southern edge of Santorini under
100-200 feet of ash, some 5 times deeper than Pompei. Which is now,
slowly, given the depth, being dug out. At both Knossus and
Thera/Santorini we have frescos and pottery which provide clues about
the culture. Both urban areas had running water and flush toilets at a
time when the 12th dynasty pharoahs hadda shit in a pot. Both show us
large communal houses with bathtubs, and at There, volcanic springs
provided running hot water to the bathrooms. One archaeologist
suggested, that at the rate they were going, they would've had TV by the
time of Jesus.
The frescos show us that they were the ones who shaved the boys heads,
but for the familiar fetlocks still worn by Oriental mendicants. Their
clergy also wore robes dyed with saffron. Their meditation halls show us
the familiar Lotus icon. The one at Knossus is also remarkable in that
the frescos also show us what we now recognize as the 'Julia' fractle.
How they knew how to generate fractles without computers mite be in
interesting question.
Then too, we have the 'throne room' at Knossus. Consider the throne
rooms in India, China, Egypt, and Babylon. We all know the setup: grand
entrance gate, a collunaded hall, which then led to the grand scale
reception hall, with the throne on an elevated platform at the far end,
with the walls behind the throne decorated with the illustrations of the
monarch and his goon squad. That the ancient sages of all of the above
saw all these, and concluded that all man kind was such as this, is a
reasonable assumption.
But then, go to Crete. When you get to Knossus from the coast road, you
enter the same gate everyone does, along with the donkeys. The throne
room is the first door on your right. It is about the size of a
classroom. On the back wall, there is the throne, but no raised dias.
And on the wall behind the throne- flowers. No goon squad. In fact there
is no artistict rendering of warriors or the warrior class as the main
subject of any Minoan art.
Why? Why is this all so different? They worshiped the Great Earth Mother
goddess. The whole civilization was administered by women. There has
never been found the name of any Minoan king in any Minoan dig. They dug
into the streets at Thera, thinking they might find the ruins of some
earlier city. And as at *every* other Minoan dig, there was no sign of
warfare whatever. What they found was the municipal sewer/water system.
The Minoan art traces from the Chalcolithic era Cucuteni of the NW Black
Sea coast. There we have digs which show 4000 years of occupation, again
without any sign of warfare whatever. They were responsible for the
Native European myth of a 'Golden Age of Peace'. If we now, want the
same kind of peace for this planet, we might look at the people who went
there and did that. FWIW- they were not celibate ascetics. They were
into sex, drugs, and rock & roll.
ccadden wrote:
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>From: "Jeffrey Brooks" <jhananandaATyahoo.com>
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>Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2004 12:56 PM
>Subject: Re: [K-list] Absorption States Within A Theistic Context
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>>Hello Day and Christopher, I do not know who brought
>>up the Minoan, but it could be an interesting
>>conversation. I had no idea that there was a 'palace
>>of Knossus' among the Minoan this is pretty
>>fascinating. Does that mean that the term gnosis
>>(Knossus) is Minoan and not Greek? That in itself is
>>pretty fascinating.
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>>Kindest regards,
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>>Jeff Brooks
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