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The Symbolic Odyssey of Flowers Across Cultures and Eras

The rich tapestry of human history is often woven with the delicate threads of symbolism and tradition. One such fascinating journey takes us into the ancestral cult of flowers, exploring the deep meanings associated with these blossoms across various cultures and epochs. Among the myriad flowers that have captured the human imagination, the Mayan Nicte and the Rose stand out as emblematic figures in the ancestral tapestry of flora. In Mayan culture, the Nicte, a...
Albruna Gudrun

From Ritual to Romance

Like in all ancient Norse myths codes and messages are hidden within. Mainstream scholars like us to believe that these myths are just simple stories to entertain or to describe natural phenomena our dumb forefathers were too ignorant to understand. But these tales are like riddles and intellectual challenges to be solved and contain real wisdom and knowledge. Ms. Jessie L. Weston, after more than thirty years of study, wrote a little book entitled From...
House of the Chalice

Gards AĂşirkeis, a very ancient society

Warning: Major spoilers ahead for “Maier files” Somewhere in central Europe dwells a very ancient society known by its Gothic name: Gards AĂşirkeis, or the house of the Chalice.  Some claim that its members protect an ancient knowledge and they have access to the wisdom of a lost civilization, others claim they form an ancient witch coven with roots going back in time as over 2000 years to the ancient Goths and even far beyond that. But no-one knows who […]...

The Vessel of the Underworld: Exploring Ancient Faery Tests

Have you ever felt the pull of unseen worlds? In the shadowy depths of forgotten lore, where mortal and mystical realms touch, tales of broken trust await. They speak of enchanted vessels that challenge human will. Welcome to a haunting puzzle, a bond strained by betrayal. Relics like the cursed horn of Lai du Cor and the eerie tankard of Diu CrĂ´ne hold secrets of judgment. So, step closer. The call of the underworld draws...
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Secrets hidden in Finnish Folklore

An enigmatic depiction of the golden fleece quest: an Athenian Red-figure cup discovered in 1834 and attributed to the Athenian painter Douris (c. 480 BC) shows in its interior the goddess Athena who watches as a huge serpent disgorges a man, alive. Behind them is a tree with a ram’s skin in its branches. These clues assure us that the hero is Jason. The artist has also taken care to label him (the name is...
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The Initiatory Path in Fairy Tales

Hidden within age-old classic stories lie the hermetic teachings of alchemy and Freemasonry. In his Mystery of the Cathedrals, the great alchemist Fulcanelli revealed the teachings of the hermetic art encoded in the sculpture and stained glass of the great cathedrals of Europe. What he did for churches, his disciple Bernard Roger does here for fairy tales. It is customary to label as legend the story of a fabulous “fact” attached to either a place—a nation, forest, lake, tree, spring, […]...
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Walpurgisnacht the day after

Bible quote from Book Exodus 22:18  “Don’t allow a female sorcerer to live.” Most legends and history intertwine and are inclusive of many items woven into a subject. As already said in previous post yesterday – https://www.maier-files.com/walpurgisnacht/  -, Walpurgis has many legends and stories very few which are true and have cost many innocent people their lives. If your garden or farm prospered better than your neighbors, if you had any form of physical deformity,...

Understanding the Mithras Cult: Mysteries of the Unconquered Sun

The Mithras Cult, a mystery religion practiced in the Roman Empire, has long fascinated scholars and history enthusiasts alike. While the exact origins of the cult remain somewhat obscure, its practices and symbols have been studied extensively. Roger Beck’s book, “The Religion of the Mithras Cult in the Roman Empire: Mysteries of the Unconquered Sun,” offers an in-depth exploration of this enigmatic religion. In this article, we will delve into some of the key aspects...

Beneath the Shadows: The Enigma of Epidaurus Unveiled

Beneath the star-dusted hills of Epidaurus, where cicadas fall silent and the night breathes secrets older than the stones themselves, an ancient gateway broods. The Asclepieion, legendary healing sanctuary of the Greeks, looms in the twilight—a colonnaded mystery perched between history and myth. Its heart is the abaton: a shadowed, subterranean chamber where the scent of myrrh coils thick as fog and sacred snakes—serpents of renewal—glide in silence, their eyes glinting like fragments of a forgotten truth. Pilgrims once came […]...

Twilight’s Threshold: Dreams as Portals from Ancient to Modern Worlds

In the wordless hush just before sleep claims us, when lamplight softens and consciousness loosens its grip, we become wanderers in a realm as old as myth. Our bed may be modern—a tangle of sheets beneath a digital clock’s emerald glow—but the journey we take echoes footsteps pressed into the dust of ancient temples and frost-bound forests. Is the drifting shadow at the edge of vision merely the dregs of a tiring mind, or is...
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The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales

In most cultures, there is no clear line separating myth from folk or fairy tale. All these together form the literature of preliterate societies. The Nordic languages have only one word for both: saga. The German language retained the word Sage for myths, while fairy stories are called Märchen. It’s the same in the Dutch language, the word Sage for myths, while fairy tales are called sprookjes. It is unfortunate that both the English and...

What’s so special about 12 and 13?

The number 12 symbolizes masculine solar rationality; 13 is very much connected with the Moon and old Goddess/feminine principle and intuition. The moon is by nature linked with womanhood as the length of the menstrual cycles are synced up with the waxing and waning of the moon, occurring around every 28 days. In the ancient times when people were more aware of nature, many women were synced up with the moon’s cycle, menstruating around the new moon and ovulating around […]...
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