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Electricity has Changed our Experience of TIME. : The advent of electricity now allows us to be separate from Nature. We no longer wake up with the sun, and we can stay awake very late. We can live disconnected from our natural rhythms. Many people live busy schedules without ever seeing the sun, moon or stars. Our pace is driven by our minds and thoughts, separated from the natural biorhythms of Earth’s cycles: day, night, seasons and moon phases. Learn More When we disregard Earth’s cycles, we live out of sync with the rhythms that govern all life. Many children never feel the harmony of living in tune with their own natural circadian rhythms. The resulting loss of equilibrium is the root cause of many diseases. Learn More What’s going on? What’s happening? I dunno… Page 15 Electricity has Changed our Experience of TIME. We don’t know… Where is the TRUTH? Who knows?
How Can We Tell What’s Fiction and What’s Truth? : Fiction. Partial Truth. Truth. Sleeping Beauty is fictional. She’s a lovable thought form. Advertisements are partial truths. Martin Luther King said: ‘I have a dream!’ This is TRUE. What’s Fiction and What’s Truth in our Concept of TIME? Minutes, Seconds, Weeks and our Months are fictional. They’re just Made-up. TIME itself is an Illusion. It is Part Fiction and part Truth. Days, Moon Cycles, Years and Ages are based on planet movements. They are REAL and TRUE. Page 16 How Can We Tell What’s Fiction and What’s Truth? Fiction Part Truth Truth I’m part Truth. I’m a Fairy Tale. Hey, this is Truth. I have a dream!
Slide 17: 17 Two spinning galaxies merge. OK, So TIME is the orbits of stars, planets and galaxies? Page 17
Chapter 3: ‘The Great Year’ is Earth’s 25,800 Year Cycle. : Chapter 3: ‘The Great Year’ is Earth’s 25,800 Year Cycle. NASA defines The Great Year as “The period of one complete orbit around the ecliptic, or about 25,800 years. This is also called the Platonic year or the Precession of the Equinoxes. Is it caused by a wobble or an orbit? What does this mean? Ecliptic Precession Page 18
The Earth’s ‘Great Year’ has 12 Zodiac Ages. : The Earth’s ‘Great Year’ has 12 Zodiac Ages. The “Great Year” is a 25,800 year cycle with 12 zodiac sub-cycles or Ages of 2,150 years each. The Shift to the Age of Aquarius is in transition NOW. We are ending the Age of Pisces and starting the Age of Aquarius. In simple terms the Age of Pisces saw the rise of Christianity, and the Age of Aquarius is defined by unified truth and brotherhood. No one agrees on the exact beginning date of these Ages. Learn More Page 19
The ‘Great Year’ Moves Backwards Through 12 Zodiac Ages. : The ‘Great Year’ Moves Backwards Through 12 Zodiac Ages. Ancient astronomers found the Great Year by observing sunrise at the spring equinox each year in March. On the horizon appears one of 12 zodiac constellations: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn Aquarius and Pisces. They observed a new zodiac sign on the horizon every 2150 years! They also noticed that the cycle moves backwards through the zodiac signs! A complete cycle of 12 periods of 2,150 years is 25,800 years. Each year’s position ‘precedes’ the previous year. Isaac Newton called this cycle The Precession of the Equinoxes, to describe this reverse movement. Learn More A complete “Great Year cycle is 12 zodiac ages of 2,150 years, or 25,800 years. Page 20 This cycle is called Precession of the Equinoxes.
What Causes the Great Year? : What Causes the Great Year? Is it a wobble? Or does the Sun orbit with other stars? Isaac Newton believed that The Great Year is caused by a wobble in the Earth’s axis as it rotates. Most modern scientists agree. What is a wobble? Is it a wave? A spiral? An orbit? Ancient calendars observed that our Sun and solar system move through the galaxy in an orbit with other stars including Alcyone in the Pleiades. They noticed that as we move closer to or farther from the magnetic center of the galaxy, energy and light bring changes in culture and consciousness on Earth. Ancient cultures believed that the Great Year brings powerful electro-magnetic rays from the galactic center, and this rules the rise and fall of civilization. We are here Is it a Wobble or Orbit? Which is true?? Learn More The Milky Way galaxy Page 21
Ancient Calendars Used Earth’s ‘Great Year’ Cycle. : 22 Ancient Calendars Used Earth’s ‘Great Year’ Cycle. The Greek, Inca, Chinese, Hindu, Egyptian, Mayan and Hopi cultures all use the ‘Great Year’ cycle. The Egyptian calendar recognized a 25,920 year cycle with 12 zodiac sub-cycles. Learn More The Chinese calendar refers to a “Cosmic Year”, a cycle of human evolution in 12 sub-cycles. The Greeks observed a ‘Platonic Great Year’ of 25,920 years in 5 Ages: the Golden, Silver, Bronze, Heroic and Iron Ages. Learn More The Hindu calendar has Yugas or ages: The Golden, Silver, Bronze and Iron Ages total 25,714 years. Yugas define the rise and fall of civilizations in a never-ending cycle. The Hopi calendar says humans have existed in three ages. In each age we turned away from spiritual teachings, and the world was destroyed. The first world was destroyed by fire, the second by ice and the third by water. We are now at the end of the fourth age. The Mayan ‘Long Count Calendar’ of 5125 years is one-fourth of a precession cycle of 25,625 years. The Mayans measure many cycles from 16.4 billion years ago. Learn More The Hebrews knew about precession in the time of Kings David and Solomon, as evidenced in the Psalms of David 19:4-5, that trace the zodiac through each age. Learn More Page 22
Slide 23: OK, So how did our ancestors read the cosmos to count time? A Black Hole Spins in Deep Space. Page 23
Chapter 4: The Sumerian Calendars, Roots of our Modern Calendar : Gilgamesh c. 2700 BC, King of Uruk, (pronounced ‘Iraq’) was the son of the goddess Ninsun and a man Urlugal. He was said to be half man, half god. About Gilgamesh Learn More The Sumerian tablets are the oldest surviving written books. Sumerians lived in the once lush fertile crescent in present-day Iraq. Page 24 Chapter 4: The Sumerian Calendars, Roots of our Modern Calendar Hi, I am Gilgamesh. To find the origin of your modern calendar, you must go to the Sumerian tablets in present-day Iraq 6,000 years ago. . .
The Sumerian Calendar Points to Higher Math and Astronomy. : The Sumerian Calendar Points to Higher Math and Astronomy. Sumerians (5,000 BCE-1,700 BCE) had a 12 month lunar calendar. Learn More Months followed the moon cycles exactly and were numbered 1st, 2nd, 3rd as in the Bible. To keep the lunar year (354 days) in step with the solar year (365 days) the kings decreed the addition of an extra intercalary month every three years, so that some years had 13 months instead of 12. Sumerians named years by the reign of kings instead of numbers. The Sumerians lived in the Fertile Crescent, a lush arc-shaped area between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, in present-day Iraq, Syria and Palestine. Sumerians used a 12-hour day. Their average hour was equal to two of our modern hours, and the length of a Sumerian hour varied by the seasonal sun. A 6-hour day was from sunrise to sunset, and the 6-hour night from sunset to sunrise. A Sumerian double hour had 60 minutes and each minute had 60 seconds. Learn More . . Sumerians were skilled astronomers. Sumerian math is based on the number 60. 8,000 years ago they used base-60 numbers with decimal places to calculate precise movement of the planets. Sumerian years were counted in 60-year groups, much like our centuries. This is why we now count 60 minutes in an hour and 60 seconds in a minute. Page 25 The Sumerian Calendar Used Base-60 Higher Mathematics
The Sumerians Knew the Earth and Planets Orbit the Sun. : Sumerians left thousands of stone tablets in cuneiform characters, an ancient form of picture writing. What secrets are in the tablets? This ancient Sumerian tablet shows a solar system of planets revolving around the sun. Galileo proposed this just 400 years ago, and was arrested. Learn More How did they know this? . . The Sumerian tablets are the only artifacts about the Sumerians to survive the great flood. Scholars have decoded thousands of tablets. Some of their stories echo passages in the Bible and The Book of Enoch by Noah’s great grandfather, Enoch. The tablets speak of the ancient gods, kings and giants Yahweh, Elohim, Enlil and Anu, who created humans and ruled for centuries. They describe kings in seven previous ages 270,000 years before the flood. Learn More View Video A Sumerian Stargate? The Sumerian calendar identified 12 celestial bodies in the solar system: the sun, moon and 10 planets. 5,000 years before Galileo they knew that the Earth and planets are spherical and that they revolve around the sun. Learn More Page 26 The Sumerians Knew the Earth and Planets Orbit the Sun.
The Assyrian and Babylonian Calendars Had Advanced Astronomy. : The Babylonian calendar (1700 BCE – 500 BCE) had 12 lunar months. Babylonians used a seven-day week and believed in the sacred cult of the number seven. Every seven days was a holy day dedicated to the Sun. Each holy day was preceded by a day for the powerful god Saturn called Saturn-day. Learn More The Assyrian Calendar originated in the area we now call Iraq. It is still in use by Assyrians world-wide. We are now in Assyrian year 6759. Carving of the god Anu-nnaki, meaning "Those who came from Heaven to Earth.” These beings were said to possess advanced astronomy and wrote the first calendars. The Babylonian calendar indicates sophisticated knowledge of astronomy including the fact that the Earth orbits the Sun. This is recorded in the tablets “Enuma Anu Enlil” written by the gods ‘Anu and Enlil’, who were said to have come from the stars. The tablets describe precise astronomical movements of the sun, moon, planets, stars, and eclipses. Learn More Page 27 The Assyrian and Babylonian Calendars Had Advanced Astronomy. . .
The Babylonians Created Sophisticated Sky Maps in 3,300 BC. : Ancient cultures observed the Earth’s natural cycles and based calendars on the phases of the moon. The astrolabe was first developed in the Near East, and was later adopted by England to navigate the seas. It calculates the angle of the sun, moon, planets and stars on the horizon to find one's position on the Earth, a sort of prototype-GPS. How did they know this? Page 28 The Babylonians Created Sophisticated Sky Maps in 3,300 BC. . . The Babylonians used advanced mathematics and astronomy to create detailed sky maps for reading the stars and planets. Learn More Ancient calendars followed the Moon cycles of 29.53059 days. This stone astrolabe disk is an ancient sky map from Iraq c 3,300 BCE. Learn More
The Modern Islamic Calendar is a Pure Lunar Calendar,Defined by the Prophet Muhammad. : The Islamic religious calendar is a strict lunar calendar. Since the 12 months follow the moon’s phases, a year has only 354 or 355 days, and the holidays regress 10 days each year over a period of 33 years. Muslims begin each month with the first new lunar crescent. The Islamic Month of Ramadan is the most venerated when Muslims gather to pray each evening. “The number of months with Allah has been 12 months by Allah’s rule since the day He created heavens and Earth....Transposing a prohibited month is against the scriptures. Unbelievers are led to wrong thereby: They make an extra month lawful one year and forbidden the next.” Are fundamentalist Muslims inviting us to live by Nature’s true cycles instead of our modern system of counting TIME? Learn More Page 29 The Modern Islamic Calendar is a Pure Lunar Calendar,Defined by the Prophet Muhammad. The Islamic lunar calendar begins counting years since 622 CE. In his farewell pilgrimage to Mecca in the year 10 AH (632 CE) the prophet Muhammad revealed that an additional intercalary month was prohibited by Allah. Muhammad said: The Prophet Muhammad declared the calendar should be strictly lunar. A strict lunar calendar regresses 10 days each year.
The Muslim World Uses Many Concurrent Calendars. : The Moon and Star symbol unites the Muslim world. It symbolizes divine light and the perfected human being. The original Persian calendar was a purely lunar system. Later it became a 360-day year of 12 30-day months. The modern Persian calendar now has 12 months of 30 or 31 days, and a leap year every four years. New Year is at the spring equinox. Most Islamic countries now use the Christian Gregorian calendar for everyday with two exceptions: Iran uses the Persian calendar above. Afghanistan uses the Persian calendar, except for the period 1999 – 2002 when the Taliban rulers adopted the purely lunar Islamic religious calendar. Muslims represent 1.6576 billion people or 24% of the world. Many use traditional calendars. Indonesia uses six concurrent calendars: Gregorian, Javanese Pasaran, Wetonan, Balinese Lunar, Balinese Sacred and the Islamic religious lunar calendar. Learn More Page 30 The Muslim World Uses Many Concurrent Calendars. We are Now in Islamic Year 1431, and Persian Year 1389. In Indonesia there are six names for each day, and six concurrent calendars!
The Jewish Calendar Starts from Creation Date According to the Torah. : The actual Jewish calendar is very complex. In order to have festivals fall in certain moon phases or weekdays in a worldwide system, a new calendar was calculated by Rabbi Moshe Ben Maimon in 1178 CE. In ‘Sanctification of the New Moon’, he wrote: “We should count the year by moons.” Hebrew Zodiac mosaic The Hebrew Month Names come from the Babylonian calendar. 1. Aviv: Young green barley or flax2. Iyyar/Ziv: Splendor and brilliance of flowers and healing.3. Sivan: 9th month of gestation, a righteous garment at the correct time.4. Tammuz: Sprouting of Life.5. Ab: Fatherly consoling and love.6. Elul: Contrite soul searching of heart.7. Tishri/Ethanim: New beginnings of perennially flowing streams.8. Bul /Cheshvan: Productive showers.9. Kislev/Chislev: Confident heart.10. Tevet/Tebeth: Soaking goodness.11. Shevat/Shevat: Downpour of budding rod of rule. Tree sabbath.12. Adar: Blessing from the womb. Rabbi Moshe Ben Maimon, Jewish Astronomer Page 31 The Jewish Calendar Starts from Creation Date According to the Torah. The current Hebrew Year is 5770. The year of creation was 3760 BC. The Jewish Calendar follows the moon cycles, with 12 lunar months and an extra month every three years. Hebrews also studied the zodiac star patterns. Learn More
Isaac Newton Discovered that Ancient Hebrew ArchitectureEncodes Sacred Mathematical Timelines, like the Egyptian Pyramids. : Page 32 Isaac Newton Discovered that Ancient Hebrew ArchitectureEncodes Sacred Mathematical Timelines, like the Egyptian Pyramids. In 1737 Isaac Newton published his “Dissertation upon the Sacred Cubit of the Jews”. He discovered the ancient Jewish cubit measuring system was used to build the Temple of Solomon and also the Great Pyramids of Giza. The Cubit has an exact relationship to the Earth’s circumference and to sacred geometry. Newton translated the Bible from its original Aramaic, and believed that the Hebrews before the flood understood the atomic structure of matter. Newton found this while researching his Theory of Gravity and the ‘Great Year’ 25,800 year time cycle. Learn More The Hebrew Earth Grid is called “RESHEL”. It is a star tetrahedron or 3-D Star of David inside a sphere. Learn More Its meaning is written in the Torah: 1 Peter 2:4-8, Ephesians 2:19-22, and Psalms 118:19-28. The Temple of Solomon was built in 960 BCE. The Ark of the Covenant was located in its sacred altar area. Isaac Newton believed that the temple was designed by King Solomon with privileged eyes and divine guidance. Newton observed that the geometry of the temple encoded sacred dimensions and a chronology of Hebrew history. Learn More
Our Weekdays are Named for the Seven Sumerian Gods. : Learn More More Information Monday is Moon-day. Sunday is for the Sun. In Latin it is called God’s day or ‘Dies Dominica’. Tuesday is for Tyr, Norse god of War and of Mars. Wednesday is for Wodan, Norse god and ruler of the planet Mercury. Thursday is Thor’s day, god of thunder and the planet Jupiter. Friday is Frigg’s day, for the beautiful goddess of love and the planet Venus. Saturday is for Saturn, god of Time with a sharp sickle, sometimes called ‘Sabbath’ or Sabato. Page 33 Our Weekdays are Named for the Seven Sumerian Gods. The Sumerians worshiped seven gods, rulers of the planets. These Sumerian gods and week day names have been used for millenniums in all cultures except for Egyptian and American Indigenous calendars. In English we use the Norse names for the same ancient gods!
Slide 34: “Geometry existed before the creation.” Plato Will I have to study mathematics to get this? Page 34
Chapter 5: The Greek Calendars and Unified Field Theory. : Over 2,000 years ago a few astonishing Greek astronomers studied the cycles of Time. They laid the foundation for a Unified Field Theory based on mathematical harmony in Nature. Modern quantum scientists now describe a similar underlying intelligent energetic force as the basis for physical matter. See Chapter 10. What secrets do these amazing Greeks tell us? αβγδεζηθικλμνξοπρςστυφχψω Page 35 Chapter 5: The Greek Calendars and Unified Field Theory.
Pythagoras Saw a Harmonious Universe Connecting All Things. : In 600 BC Pythagoras described a harmonious universe, “A Great Chain of Being” connecting all matter and spirit.” He believed a universal field of knowledge exists containing the memory of every word and action in TIME and SPACE. Pythagoras suggested that the Earth and planets revolve around a central fire, and that celestial bodies move in mathematical equations corresponding to musical tones, producing a symphony or ‘harmony of the spheres.’ Learn More Pythagoras traveled widely and studied the Hermetic teachings in Egypt. Initiates in his school had to give up all possessions and maintain silence for five years. Secrecy and discipline in his teachings brought him many enemies. Pythagoras and many of his students were murdered. Learn More Page 36 Pythagoras Saw a Harmonious Universe Connecting All Things. Pythagoras, 570 BC, mathematician and astronomer, called the heavens kosmos meaning ordered world because it is in perfect harmony. He believed the universe arose from a beginning, a universal field of knowledge, which gave birth to all knowledge, in an early Big Bang theory. Learn More “There is no word or action but has its echo in Eternity.” αβγδεζηθικλμνξοπρςστυφχψω
Plato Expressed the Beauty of the World in Mathematics. : Plato b. 428 BC, philosopher, mathematician. With his mentor, Socrates and his student Aristotle, Plato laid the foundations of Western science and philosophy. He also said that our perceptions in 3-D are illusions. Read More Page 37 Plato Expressed the Beauty of the World in Mathematics. Plato described the Earth grid as a 12-sided dodecahedron Plato’s 5 ‘Platonic Solids’ are the ‘cosmic geometric shapes’ that occur in Nature. Learn More More Information “The highest form of pure thought is mathematics.” αβγδεζηθικλμνξοπρςστυφχψω Plato’s book Timaeus says the formation of the universe of such order and beauty is the product of a rational, kind and purposeful agent of goodness that can only be expressed in mathematics. The harmony within Nature is a model for humans to understand and emulate. Thus we can restore the soul to its original state lost in embodiment. Learn More
Plato Saw Five Ages of Mankind in a 25,920 Year Cycle. : The Five Ages of Mankind Plato’s ‘Great World Year’ of 25,920 Years The Golden Age was the happiest time. Men lived without illness, war or toil in the abundance of wild foods. When they died they became guardians of mankind. In the Silver Age the new gods arrived. They began to experiment on the creation of mankind. The Bronze Age was filled with brazen men who loved war, and finally destroyed themselves in continuous war. In The Heroic Age a race of demigods was rewarded for their courage on the island of Elysium upon their death. The Iron Age is the worst age where goodwill and decency cease to exist. Men suffer oppression by wicked rulers whose greed finally ends when Zeus destroys them. Learn More Zeus, King of The Gods, brought the Deluge to purge the world of men who loved war. Page 38 Plato Saw Five Ages of Mankind in a 25,920 Year Cycle. αβγδεζηθικλμνξοπρςστυφχψω Plato - 428 BCE
Euclid Said the Planets Move in Harmonious Geometry. : Euclid is often called “The Father of Geometry”. He probably attended Plato’s academy in Athens, and later taught mathematics in Alexandria. His work Phaenomena is a study of time-space geometry on the movements of Earth, the planets and spheres. Euclid wrote the book Elements, one of the world’s most influential works on the history of mathematics. He also wrote Data on geometry, Divisions of Figures on ratios, Catoptrics, a theory of mirrors and Pseudaria on fallacies and reasoning errors. Learn More More Information Page 39 Euclid Said the Planets Move in Harmonious Geometry. A fragment of Euclid's Elements, c AD 100. Euclid b. 325 BC, teacher, mathematician, philosopher. The laws of Nature are nothing but the mathematical thoughts of God.”
Hipparchus Re-Discovered The ‘Great Year’ in the 2nd Century BC. : Hipparchus is often called the greatest astronomer of antiquity. He was the first Greek to discover the Earth’s 25,920 year cycle called Precession of the Equinoxes. Hipparchus cataloged the stars, charted precise movements of the Sun and Moon and predicted eclipses. Hipparchus taught that the Earth was the center of the Solar System. Learn More αβγδεζηθικλμνξοπρςστυφχψω Page 40 Hipparchus Re-Discovered The ‘Great Year’ in the 2nd Century BC. Hipparchus 190 BC Astronomer and mathematician In Ancient times days and nights were exactly 12 hours long, so the hours often had different lengths. Hipparchus proposed dividing the day equally into 24 hours, known as equinoctial hours, based on 12 hours of light and 12 hours of dark at the Equinox in the spring and fall.
Stolen Astronomical Device Found in Roman Shipwreck : Page 41 Stolen Astronomical Device Found in Roman Shipwreck The Antikythera Device (An-ti-ki-THEER-ə) was recently analyzed using 3-D X-ray imaging. It revealed 752 astronomical inscriptions to calculate precise movements of celestial bodies as defined by Greek astronomer Hipparchus. Dated from 80 BC the handmade brass device has three main dials and 32 interlocking gears turned by a handle. The dials incorporate systems from both the Egyptian calendar and the Greek zodiac. The device could predict eclipses and adjust for leap years. Its wheels defined calendar times for planting, harvesting, religious dates and even the dates for the Olympic games. Learn More The Antikythera Device in Athens Museum Modern model of the device Indicates Advanced Calendar Systems in Ancient Greece. In 1900 a team of Greek sponge divers discovered a shipwreck off the island of Antikythera. They noticed the remains of a Roman ship carrying stolen plunder from Athens. A researcher noticed a gear wheel embedded in the rock and brought up an object with corroded interlocking dials, a sort of mechanical calendar-clock-computer. Who were these Roman conquerors?
Slide 42: Wow! The Greeks were beautiful. What happened? Page 42 “Everything flows out and in.Everything has its tides. All things rise and fall. The pendulum swing manifests in everything. The measure of the swing to the right is the measure of the swing to the left.” The Kybalion, Hermetic Texts
Chapter 6: The Roman Calendars Define our Concept of Time. : . Uh oh!... Julius Caesar, 100 BC - 44 BC Roman Emperor, Father of our modern calendar. Page 43 Chapter 6: The Roman Calendars Define our Concept of Time. I am Julius Caesar, Emperor of Rome I created your calendar with one powerful intention: To Conquer the World.
What is Our Modern Calendar? : Our modern calendar came from ancient Rome. It is a lunisolar calendar with 12 months in a year. Our year has 365 days with a leap day every 4 years. We think of TIME as digital and linear. We divide a day into 24 equal hours of 60 minutes each. Every minute has 60 seconds. We number our years from Christ’s birth and group them in 100-year units called centuries. Page 44 What is Our Modern Calendar? The word ‘month’ means ‘moon’ but we do not follow the moon cycles. How did our modern calendar develop? Julius Caesar made his mark on our calendar. We think of time as digital and linear.
The First Roman Calendar had Only 10 Months. : Roman calendars were modified often by the rulers of the day, sometimes creating confusion. Romans counted years for the Kings in power and later from the founding date of Rome in 753 BC. A week had eight days from the Etruscans, but Romans later adopted the Greco-Persian seven day week. Page 45 The First Roman Calendar had Only 10 Months. The original Roman calendar started the New Year on March 21st at the spring equinox. There were just 10 months in a year totaling 304 days and 61 days in winter that did not belong to any month. The 10 months were Martius, Aprilis, Maius, Junius, Quntilis, Sextilis, September, October, November, and December. These last six months mean 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th. In 713 BC King Numa Pompilius added January and February to create a 12-month year. He did not change the names of the last six months, and their numbers are misleading still to this day. This Roman calendar stone with 12 months was made after the calendar change in 713 BC. King Numa Pompilius added January and February, to make 12 months in a year.
Our Months are Named for Roman Gods, Emperors and Wrong Numbers. : What are our months named for? January – The Roman god Janus, ruler of entry ways. February – Februum is a Roman purification ritual. March - The god of War and planet Mars. April – Aprilis is a spring nymph. May - The Greek Maia, goddess of fertility June – Juno was the wife of Jupiter, king of the Gods. July – This month is named for Julius Caesar. August - Caesar’s son Augustus named this for himself. September – It was once the 7th, but is now the 9th month. October - It means 8th, but is now the 10th month. November – It means 9th, but is now the 11th month. December – It means 10th, but is now the 12th month. Learn More January is named for the god Janus, the guardian of entry-ways, and the double-faced ruler of the 12 other gods. Page 46 Our Months are Named for Roman Gods, Emperors and Wrong Numbers. March is named for Mars, the god of war. July is named for Emperor Julius Caesar.
Early Roman Calendars Were Defined by Gods. : Apollo the Sun God, most important god in Rome, with a crown of sunlight, from a 2nd century Roman mosaic in Tunisia. In early Rome gods were called ‘Numina’ or divine beings. Everything in Nature was imbued with Numina, the sacred force, whose role was to manifest Divine Will through natural phenomena. Page 47 Early Roman Calendars Were Defined by Gods. There were 12 main gods and goddesses most honored in Rome, each with a role, a personality and a history. They were: Apollo, Jupiter, Juno, Minerva, Vesta, Ceres, Diana, Venus, Mars, Mercury, Neptune and Volcanus. Learn More Nature was imbued with Numina, a sacred force of divine beings. The 12 Roman Gods each had a role, personality and a history.
Early Christians Were Outcasts in Rome. : Early Christians were very unpopular in Rome. They were often beaten, crucified or beheaded. For example the apostle St. Paul was beheaded in Rome in 67 CE, and St. Peter was later crucified upside-down on the site of the present-day Vatican. Page 48 Early Christians Were Outcasts in Rome. Early Christians were persecuted and often called atheists because they believed in an invisible God. St. Peter was hoisted up on a cross and crucified upside down.
Romans Celebrated the Birth of the Sun on December 25th. : Romans celebrated the festival ‘Sol Invictus’, the birth of the ‘Unconquered Sun’ December 25th to honor the solstice and the Sun Gods. In the 1st and 2nd centuries CE the Persian Sun God Mithra rose in popularity. Mithra’s birth was also celebrated on December 25th. He was said to have been born fully grown from a rock. Page 49 Romans Celebrated the Birth of the Sun on December 25th. The Sun God Mithra was born on December 25th when he emerged fully grown from a rock. Learn More Mithraism, a practice based on ascension and astrology, came from India via ancient Greece. This mysterious and secretive religion for men only was the official state religion of the Roman Empire until 313 CE. By learning to read, discipline the senses and study, any man could advance through seven levels or dimensions to become a divine being. Many of the women worshiped Cybele, the Magna Mater or Great Mother goddess. Mithraism was popular among Roman soldiers and unified the Roman Empire under a single god, effectively paving the way for a more organized Christianity for everyone. Learn More Sol Invictus, the Sun God’s festival was December 25th.
Julius Caesar Invented the Julian Calendar in 45 BC. : After many centuries of calendar confusion Julius Caesar introduced the Julian Calendar in 45 BC. He was assisted by Cleopatra’s astronomers who understood a year has 365.2422 days. They created a 12-month calendar with 365 days and a leap day every four years. This represented a major calendar breakthrough, and the changes were eventually adopted throughout the Roman Empire. Julius Caesar declared himself Emperor for life. Learn More Page 50 Julius Caesar Invented the Julian Calendar in 45 BC. Cleopatra assisted Caesar in planning the Julian calendar. She ruled Egypt as Pharaoh from 51 BC – 30 BC. Julius Caesar’s new Julian calendar was adopted throughout the Roman Empire. Julius Caesar
Constantine Created a Compelling New Worldwide Religion. : The current Vatican City is built over ancient temples to 3 other gods: Cybele, the original Roman Magna Mater or Great Mother Goddess, Apollo, and Mithra, a Sun God. In 313 CE Emperor Constantine embraced Christianity ending centuries of Christian persecution. He incorporated ritual elements of many other ancient sacred traditions into a persuasive new faith. As the Roman Empire grew weaker, the new Christian church rose in power. They called the new religion Catholic from the Greek katholikos, or universal and true to the central Roman church as opposed to other Christian sects. Emperor Constantine Page 51 Constantine Created a Compelling New Worldwide Religion. Emperor Constantine built the first Christian basilica in 326 CE on the present day Vatican site. Constantine’s mother Helena became a Christian in 312 CE at the age of 63. Constantine asked her to supervise a journey to Jerusalem to find Christian relics to sanctify the new basilica. Helena went to the holy land and returned with pieces of the crucifixion cross, nails, a holy tunic and rope fragments. On her death she was sanctified as Saint Helena.
Christianity was Declared the Official Religion of the Roman Empire. : Page 52 Christianity was Declared the Official Religion of the Roman Empire. In 380 CE Emperor Theodosius declared Christianity the sole religion of the Roman Empire. Other faiths were called ‘Pagan’, or ‘rustic country dweller’ and their temples closed. Mithraism, Sun worship and all other religions were prohibited on penalty of confiscation of property, torture, slavery, or death. The ancient library of Alexandria, Egypt was destroyed. Temples to the early gods became Catholic churches. In the 4th and 5th centuries Rome was brutally defeated and sacked by warriors from the north. The Empire declined slowly, and the new church rose into power. Roman bishops borrowed the Mithraic high priests’ title Pater Patrum, which became Papa, or Pope. From 491 CE, emperors were required to sign a declaration of Catholic faith and allegiance before their coronation. Learn More Roman Emperor Theodosius outlawed all non- Christian religions and closed their temples. As Rome declined in political power, the Roman Catholic rulers rose in power.
A Hermitic Scholar, Jesus becomes the Christós. : A Hermitic Scholar, Jesus becomes the Christós. Jesus of Nazareth did not call himself Christ. In 50 CE, Saint Paul and other followers began to refer to Jesus as the Christós. Χριστός in Greek is a translation from Hebrew word ‘Messiah’ meaning ‘anointed with sacred oil’. They believed that Jesus was the Messiah prophesied in the Old Testament. Learn More Rebel leaders who protected the Jewish homeland were often called Messiahs or Christós. Five other influential Messiahs appeared from 4 BC to 70 CE: Judas of Galilee; Simon - a rebel slave in Perea; Athronges - a Judean shepherd; Menahem - grandson of Judas and Simon bar Giora. Learn More Jesus was said to have studied Hermetic teachings in Egypt. Jesus of Nazareth Studied the Teachings of Hermes. Jesus traveled and studied with many great teachers, say modern philosophers John Baines and Samael Aun Weor. Jesus, his Mother Mary and John the Baptist were all said to have been Essenes ascetics and graduates of the ancient Hermetic School in Egypt. The Hermetic teachings illuminate the mystical secrets of ascension and the power of wisdom through purification and discipline of the desires and senses. Learn More And More Jesus did not call himself the Christós, or Messiah. Page 53 An Essenes Hermitic Scholar, Jesus becomes the Christós.
Rome Declares Jesus was Born December 25th in the Year 1 BC. : In 525 AD The Monk Dionysius Exiguus proposed a new system of numbering years from Christ’s birth. It was called AD, Anno Domini, Year of our Lord. We call it CE or ‘Christian Era’. Bishops defended the new rules, and many changes were adopted. Ancient beliefs in reincarnation were declared heresy, and their New Testament passages were removed. Astrology study in schools was discontinued. New Years Day was changed to March 25th, and that day was recognized as the angel’s annunciation date to Mary of her immaculate conception. Our modern calendar was created by Pope Gregory in 1582. He made New Year’s January 1, and changed Easter dates. Page 54 Rome Declares Jesus was Born December 25th in the Year 1 BC. A cross shows the four directions and Christianity’s ancient Shamanic roots. In 525 AD Roman bishops declared Christ’s birth to be December 25th, the solstice, exactly nine months after March 25th, the equinox, the New Year, and the festival of the Immaculate Conception. Since Roman numerals have no zero, Christ’s birth year was decided to be 1 BC. Learn More and More The annunciation was set on March 25th, and Christ’s birth on December 25th. Modern historians say that Jesus of Nazareth was probably born sometime before 4 BC, when King Herod died.
Is Our Concept of TIME Still Ruled by Ancient Rome? : Does our calendar help unify everybody and balance our lives? Page 55 Does it help us harmonize our health to Nature’s rhythms? . Our very idea of TIME.. …was designed by Roman rulers. Is Our Concept of TIME Still Ruled by Ancient Rome?
Slide 56: OK, there must be a more elegant way to count time. Page 56 “Everything is dual in Nature. Everything has poles. Like and unlike are the same. Extremes meet in the center. All paradoxes may be reconciled.” The Kybalion, Hermetic Texts
Chapter 7: The Ancient Calendars Still Exist. : Sri Yukteswar 1855 – 1936, wrote ‘The Holy Science’, which unifies ancient Hindu scriptures with the Bible. He says: “Civilization is much older than commonly believed. Myths of a Golden Age of gods and advanced civilizations in the past are true stories of a real time period. Earth will eventually see another Golden Age. Now we’re in a Bronze Age moving into a period of greater enlightenment.” Learn More Page 57 Chapter 7: The Ancient Calendars Still Exist. “Civilization is much older than commonly believed.” Sri Yukteswar, teacher of Swami Yogananda, author of ‘Autobiography of a Yogi’.
The Hindu Calendar is One of the Oldest and Most Accurate on Earth. : The Hindu Trinity: Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva: Creator, Preserver and Destroyer of the universe in an endless cycle. Ancient Hindu astronomy is the sole source of our modern Western Math and Science. Read More The Hindu calendar is a lunisolar calendar with 12 lunar months, and an extra month every 3 years to align the solar year. It uses a 7-days week with one day for each planet. The Hindu calendar measures cycles in time called Yugas or Ages. Hindu astronomers observed the Sun’s orbit and our changing relationship to the galactic center, Vishṇunābhi Vishnu, in a 24,000 year cycle. Ancient Hindu astronomers understood The Great Year and believed that the rise and fall of civilization is synchronized with Earth’s distance from the center of the galaxy. Learn More Page 58 The Hindu Calendar is One of the Oldest and Most Accurate on Earth. The Hindu calendar measures even larger cycles. For example, one Day of Brahma or Manvantara is one orbit around the entire galaxy in 4.32 billion years! Learn More
Slide 59: 59 The Ancient Purana Verses in Sanskrit record calendars and lineages of gods and kings as far back to 1900 years before Christ. Learn More The Hindu Calendar is Encoded in Ancient Oral Verses of the Puranas. How Old Are They? Hindu Masters encoded cosmology, astronomy and calendar history in sacred oral verses passed down with each generation, in order to survive even the lowest ages of mankind. Modern scholars do not agree on the exact age of the Veda and the Purana texts. Their estimates of its age range from 5,000 up to 155 trillion years old! Learn More Page 59
