Month: March 2019

Akฤซtu, the Babylonian New Year, and the updating of the Sacred

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Through the mythical re-actualization of the clash between the god Marduk and the "sea monster" Tiamat, the Akฤซtu was configured, in the final analysis, following the studies of Mircea Eliade, as a collective rite of passage: at the beginning of the new year, through the ritual and recitation of the ancient cosmogonic poem Enรปma Elish, time and space were "refounded".

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Fairies, witches and goddesses: "subtle nourishment" and "bone renewal"

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An analysis of some beliefs concerning the "subtle nourishment" of witches and fairy beings will lead us to the discovery of a recurring mythology through the millennia, from the archaic times of the shamanic cultures of hunters to the era of inquisitorial processes: that of the so-called "renewal of the bones ".

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"The Dawn of the West": National Congress of Esotericism

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We are pleased to announce our participation as speakers at the National Congress of Esotericism "The Dawn of the West", organized by La Societร  dello Zolfo, which will be held in Parma on Saturday 30 March. The theme of our discussion will be โ€œThe secret kingdom: Robert Kirk, the second sight and the world behind oursโ€.

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Colin Wilson & Jacques Bergier: that is, the conspiracy of history

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Civilization as a conspiracy; history as a trap; an endemic psychic vampirism that has seized an entire civilization: these are the burning themes of two of the key texts of the Alternative Reality between the 60s and 70s: "The parasites of the mind" by Colin Wilson andย "The cursed books" byย Jacques Berger.

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The Virgin of Guadalupe, the Feathered Serpent and the "hidden river" of history

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On the day of the winter solstice of 1531, at thehe hill of Tepeyac, sacred to the goddess Coatlicue, the apparition of a "Lady" who will present herself simultaneously as the Virgin Mary and theย Inninantzin huelneliย (Mother of the Ancient God Quetzalcoatl) diverted the "hidden river" of History in a way that was unthinkable until a few years ago.

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