Ancient gods and believes

Spirituality and drinking

9. October, 2015Ancient gods and believesNo comments

I was asked many times if spirituality and drinking can coexist. Istead of opening a discussion about the effects of alcoohol on human counsciousness, I decided to share a little storry that answers this question nicely.

Kogaion - The holy mountain of the Dacians

Kogaion – The holy mountain of the Dacians

 

During the rule of king Burebista, the Dacians, big wine lovers, cut down the grape wines after listening to Deceneu, a wise man, High Priest and advisor to their king. The legend has it that as they were gathering for council, a big brown bear threatened to tear them apart. As they were preparing to fight the bear, Deceneu came down from the Kogaion holy mountain, took the bear by the ear, scolded him and send him to the woods. The bear went feeling ashamed. When they asked him how he did that, Deceneu told the Dacians that he had a glass of wine, heard the call for help and did what they saw. Appalled, they reminded Deceneu that he had them cut the grape wines in order not to drink. To that, Decenu replied: “You can have wine, but only so much that you can hold a bear by its ear”

 

Ashamed bear

 

Where does divinity hide?

25. September, 2015All Categories, Ancient gods and believesNo comments

There is a Hindu legend about a time when all humans were gods, but they abused that divinity. They so abused it that Brahma, the chief god,  decided to take it away from them and hide it where they would never find it again.

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Dragons

10. April, 2015All Categories, Ancient gods and believesNo comments

Dragons in history

Dragons are wonderful, magickal creatures that have been misunderstood for centuries. Dragons are creatures of wisdom and knowledge, long-lived, their age sometimes going back to the beginning of creation of the human world. They are part of the energy found all around us. You may never see them but you may, eventually, feel their presence. As with everything having great powers, dragons were feared and considered evil in some parts of the world and respected in others, depending on how people understood their energy.
Perhaps one of the most common legendary monster, the dragon, is perceived as an immense, bat-winged, fire-breathing, scaled lizard or snake. Some have the head and forelegs of a lion or bird of prey. Because of their terror-inspiring qualities and decorative figures, dragons were commonly used as warlike emblems.

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Zalmoxis

13. March, 2015Ancient gods and believesNo comments

Who is Zalmoxis?

Zalmoxis was a god worshiped by the ancient Thracians.

Respected Dacian man statue on the Arch of Constantine in Rome

Respected Dacian man statue on the Arch of Constantine in Rome.

Dacians were part of the Thracian tribes. They inhabited Dacia, located in the area in and around the Carpathian Mountains and west of the Black Sea.

A holistic physician

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