Thursday, June 14, 2018

Streets of Sumer

On the agenda today is the infrastructure and culture of
ancient Sumer. This vastly colorful civilization was
extremely colourful and efficient when it comes to
everyday life. They also had a lot of firsts for the ancient
world, especially at their time in history. I'll start with a
basic rundown of the cities within, and how the people
lived. I will also go into their communication methods, and
some of the incredible infrastructure they employed in their
cities. I will even talk a little about each city to the best of
my ability, and as always, if i leave anything out or if
something is incorrect, please leave it in the comments
below.

So, obviously, I’m not going to talk about every sumerian
city, but what I will talk about is the most Important ones,
or rather the central cities of Kingship. Those cities would
be Eridu, Uruk, Ur, Larsa, Isin, Adab, Kullah, Lagash,
Nippur, and Kish. The most well known being Eridu,
Uruk, Ur, Lagash and Nippur. They were mostly
nestled between the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers
in what is now known as Iraq.

I wasn't originally going to give a rundown of each
city, and as there is a few things to talk about the
known culture of Sumer, I think it's fitting to talk
about a few, as it all ties into it.

Ur is the fabled home of Abraham, and was a center
of worship for the fertility goddess Inanna. My
understanding from research is that the city itself
was destroyed and rebuilt many times, and housed
a ziggurat dedicated to Inanna that rose 70ft over the
desert. There were other dynasties of rulers who later
excavated, rebuilt and built on to the city, eventually
making it one of the most prosperous cities of
mesopotamia. Ur sat on the northern tip of the persian
gulf, next to the Euphrates river.

Uruk was a very important city in history, as writing
was considered to be birthed here with the creation
of the well known Sumerian cylinder seal. This was
also home of the historical king Gilgamesh, whose
epic outlined his search for immortality and his
meeting of the gods. In some of the research I have
found, the city was dedicated to two prime deities,
one being Inanna, and her grandfather, Anu. It was
believed that Anu presided over the city originally,
and later he handed it down to Inanna. It is popular
belief the city was founded in about 4500 bc, but
many researchers believe that date contradicts what
the sumerians themselves wrote, and it could be
much much older.

Eridu was considered the first city of Sumer according
to the Sumerian Kings List, and the first home of the
gods. There is also a debate from mainstream
scholars of this being the home of the famed ‘Garden
of Eden’, but many believe it had another location. It
is also believed by mainstream scholars that this later
became a center for Inanna, but i find it hard to believe
that she would control all the cities of the area,
including the first. Eridu was the home of the Abzu,
temple to the god Enki. In some research, it's
suggested that this was a main landing place of the
gods, and much of the mined gold was moved through
here.

These cities were built with different styles of
architecture for their dwellings and temples.
Dwellings often consisted of a mud brick style
construction, while temples were built on a
megalithic scale using multi-ton blocks that survived
the ages. Most dwellings were equipped with basic
plumbing, so to speak, or basic toilets that led way to
a complex sewer system to bring waste out of the
cities. They had a booming social system and many
of the same amenities that we have today. From
doctors to printing presses. Though doctors weren’t
actually doctors at the time, they were known as
chemists, or alchemists, and there are places in the
world today that pharmacies are still known as
chemists, such as Great Britain. The Sumerian
chemists would often prescribed their patients things
for their ailments written on clay tablets. Which brings
me to what we could call their newspaper. The
Sumerians essentially made the first printing press
using the cylinder seal. Whatever message, picture,
or news they wanted written was carved in reverse
on the cylinder seal and rolled out into clay tablets
and baked for a few hours. My guess is that like
modern newspapers of our time, people worked into
the night to have the tablets ready for people to read
by morning. While the news wasn't as complex as
ours is today, they would outline upcoming events
and things the gods expected of them.

What marvels me the most about this culture is the
temples they built. Most we still don't know today
how they were built. As mentioned earlier about the
ziggurat of Ur that was dedicated to Inanna, they
were many more. One of the most complex was
Baalbek in Lebanon, which used in some places up
to 1300 ton stones. Stones which we cannot be
moved today. It's clear they had a method of
construction that makes ours today obsolete as
these stones were carved and placed in a manner
that wouldn't even allow a piece of paper to fit
between.

While the Sumerians had many firsts, they people
eventually abandoned these cities. But the amount
of technology used here is vast and still
unexplainable to this day. Their social life revolved
around the gods, and times of the year are very
important, such as harvest celebrations and so on.

So this obviously isn't everything there is about
Sumer. But I realize at the end of this that I will
have more to post on this topic at a later date.
There are many more cities, and important centres
of culture to go through. And the information is vast.
So stay tuned for a second part to this post.

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Warm regards,

Spencer

Thursday, June 7, 2018

The Great Civilizer

Today we're going to talk about some of the lesser known
South American gods, which many believe were connected
to the gods of Sumer. These two gods I will talk about are
the great civilizers of the South and North American worlds,
and it's the story of where they came from, what they looked
liked and what they did that is the most interesting. It is also
believed that they were old, very ancient, and that belief
comes from the Incas themselves, who say explicitly that
the pyramids of the south were there long before they got
there.

The one I'm going to start with is the lesser known of the two.
I'm talking about the great teacher known as Viracocha. If
you're not familiar with South American culture, specifically
the Inca, then you've likely never heard of him. The story
comes from the Nazca and Cuzco area of Peru, where a
great temple, called the Coricancha, was dedicated to
Viracocha in the pre-columbian era. The Coricancha itself
no longer exists, or as described by Graham Hancock, it was
buried under layers of later architecture, specifically a
cathedral built by the spanish. The lower walls are very old,
and build extremely strong, and the spanish simply built on
top. The temple itself was said to be fashioned with over 700
sheets of pure gold, and even had a replica crop of corn in
the courtyard fashioned from gold, and where an idol of
Viracocha once stood as well.

Viracocha was the great creator deity of the incas, and taught
them just about everything they know, and helped build the
temples they used to worship. It is said that Viracocha looked
a lot like Saint Thomas. Described as being lean bearded white
man, with a long flowing cloak. This to me is rather odd, as the
Incas themselves did not fit this description, and it makes
Viracocha sound strikingly Caucasian. This is why when the
bearded Spanish Conquistadors to conquer the Inca lands,
they welcomed them with open arms. Fed them with unending
food, and lavished them with gold. It was because of this that
they gained the decisive victory over the more numerous Inca.

For me, Viracocha resembles other deities, specifically one from
ancient Sumer. In Graham Hancock's book, Fingerprints of the
Gods, Viracocha is described by ancient culture as the Foam of
the sea, a master of science and magic who wielded terrible
weapons and who came in a time of chaos to set the world to
rights. He was described by an early Spanish chronicler as being
able to turn mountains into valleys, and valleys into mountains and
cause streams to flow from living stone. It was said that he came
from the south, and traveled along the highland route to the north,
creating miracles as he went. Speaking of great love and kindness
and admonishing them to be good and to do no damage or injury to
one another, but to love one another and show charity to all. He later
went to the coast, though it's not clear which one, and disappeared
in amidst the waves, where they named him Viracocha, which means
‘Foam of the Sea’.

Now, for me, the god that he resembles from ancient sumer is one
i spoke of in an earlier article, and i have a sort of story from Zecharia
Sitchin's work to go with it. The one I speak of is Ningishzida, who
according to ancient Sumerian text was driven out of Egypt and sent
to the western world by his father, Enki, after fighting with his brother,
Marduk, over the rights to egypt. This same story was also outlined in
the Emerald Tablets of Thoth, where after the sinking of Atlantis, Thoth
arrived in egypt to rule over the hairy barbarians and erect great
monuments, such as the Great Pyramid.

I know this might seem like a bit of a stretch, but i encourage others to
do some research and you’d be surprised as to what kind of parallels
you will find. They all were masters of science and magic, and they
spoke of love and charity towards others. Different gods with the same
exact message and skills? All were civilizers and teachings, bringing
people up as they went. Some believed they were part of a group of
civilizers that traveled as far as North America, as the Hopi have very
similar stories. As much as they are described as different people,
through my research Im lead to believe they are likely one in the same
person. Making his way across the Americas, raising people up from
savagery and teaching them how to live and love one another.

Unfortunately i didn't get to the other god, so that will have to be a later
post in itself. I didn't realize how much I had to say about this one, but
it wouldn't be right if i didn't give the whole story, and in fact there is a
lot more i could've included. For more information on Viracocha, I
encourage people to check out the work of Graham Hancock, and his
book Fingerprints of the Gods for a wealth of information on ancient
Inca culture.

Thanks for taking the time to read, and as always, please like, comment,
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Warm regards,

Spencer

Thursday, May 31, 2018

God's Of Sumer

I try to be as accurate with this information as possible.
This is not meant to be a comprehensive list, but a basic
rundown on the sumerian pantheon and a little history
about each as i understood it. If i'm missing anything, or
something is inaccurate, please post in the comments
below and don't forget to like, share and subscribe to keep
up with new posts. Thanks for the support and taking the
time. Naturally this isn't going to be about every single god,
and a lot of the research I present here may not be fully
mainstream research. But that's not to say it isn't correct.
Some things I put together myself, based on my own
research. But alas, I am going to try to stay as accurate as
possible. If anyone has anything to add, or finds any
information I present here incorrect, please let me know
in the comments below.

The Sumerian Pantheon is a colorful one. The stories of
their exploits are bountiful. Full of tragedies and triumph.
They had a wide range of powers and the technology they
used was vast. Each held a specific title, and reigned over
a particular area of the world. They were also generally
associated with a particular element. The were charged
with the creation of mankind, using DNA splicing techniques.
But, that's where the story just begins…

Of course, the first one i'll talk about is Anu. The king on the
home planet of Nibiru, he has reigned for thousands of years.
Father of Enlil and Enki, he alone allowed them to make the
expedition to Earth. He is mentioned as a prime deity in a
number of other religions and sometimes credited with the
creation of the universe. Anu, also known as An, was a
Mesopotamian sky-god, but goes back to Sumerian and
Akkadian. Not a lot else is really known about the supreme
god, and he's only mentioned in Sumerian script a few handfuls
of times. With the only major discussion being about the history
of the royal bloodline on Nibiru.

Enlil, son of Anu, was given the title of Lord of the Command
and through Anu’s will, the succession to the throne over Enki.
He was seen as a warrior, therefore given warrior's status. He
was charged with leading the expedition to Earth in search of gold.
Enlil was married to Ninlil, which went to earth with him. On earth,
Enlil decreed the fates and granted kingship to the other deities of
Sumer, his command could not be altered. His temple was located
in Nippur and called Ekur, which means mountain house and was
the god of the storm, or breadth. He was opposed to Enki’s plan to
create humans and was the one who wanted mankind destroyed. I
believe Enlil later became what the bible refers to as God, and i

have many reasons for this, but that might be a discussion for
another time.

Enlil’s brother was Enki, or on Nibiru, he was known as Ea whenever
referred to by Anu. He was a mixed bag when it came to his skills. An
engineer, geneticist, scientist, and a scholar just to name a few. He
was the sole reason the expedition to earth took place, and one who
found the planet in the first place. Earth was named after him and
translated means ‘the realm of Ea’. Earth. He was the patron deity
of water, the designer of the cities, and the creator of mankind. Enki
was also a savior, as he ensured mankind's survival when the flood
occurred by defying his brothers decree. Enki’s sons were Marduk
and Ninnghizhidda, who were later referred to as Ra and Thoth of
Egypt. Enki’s home was in the Eden, which is still being debated as
to the location. Some believe it was in Africa, but there's been very
little proof either way.

Next is Inanna, the goddess of love, fertility and warfare. She later
became known as Ishtar of the Babylon with a temple Uruk. She is
notorious for stealing the tablets of destiny from Enki, granting her
kingship through force. She was a powerful and wicked ruler,
especially after the love of her life, Dumuzi, was murdered. Other
religions tell a different story. That her sister, Ereshkigal, had her
murdered and Enki decreed that she be released if Dumuzi were
to take her place in the underworld.

Ninurta was the son of Enlil and the god of war, victory and hunting.
He is well known for fighting Anzu to win back the tablets of destiny
that were stolen from Enlil. Other than his prowess of war, he is
known for little else, but nonetheless plays an important role in
sumer history by securing the tablets of destiny for his father, Enlil.
Other than a few cults that sprung up around Ninurta, even
wikipedia doesn't have much else.

Ninhursag I should've discussed with Enlil and Enki as she's one
of the main gods of sumer. In Summer she was known as a mountain
goddess, but was often associated with fertility. She was known as the
‘Great lady of heaven’ and she was spoken of by the kings of sumer as
nourished by Ninhursag milk’. Her name literally translates to "lady of the
sacred mountain". The reason for such titles was the fact that she was the
wife of Enki and in Sitchin's work, she was better known as Ninmah.

The final two i'll try to keep short. There are many more, and likely some
important ones that i couldn't quite include due to the length that this post
is becoming. The sons of Enki, Marduk and Ningishzidda. Marduk was
the ruler of egypt for centuries under guise of the sungod known as Ra.
It was an almighty powerful and wicked deity, and even had an epic of
creation in which he was the center. Marduk was known for battling the
monster Tiamat, and the end result was the creation of our solar system.
He was a rival for his brother, and later in time they grew to not like each
other very much, especially when he had his hiatus from egypt which his
brother took over under the name Thoth. Marduk was exceptionally
mad due to the fact that Egypt had been decreed his land by both Enki
and Enlil. He was attributed with also setting up the Ancient Mystery
schools, but there's a debate as to whether or not it may have been
established by Thoth during his absence.

Ningishzida was a colorful and interesting character, and i left him for
last as he's my favorite to talk about. Like his father Enki he was the
creator of a great many things, and some of his later titles can explain
some of that. Enki passed on his sacred knowledge to Ningishzida
as he showed both interest and the aptitude for it. He would later be
credited in sumerian text with the building of the pyramids and setting
up the mystery schools. Ningishzida was known by many names, but
his two other most famous ones were Thoth of Egypt and Hermes
trismegistus the thrice born, or thrice great. Thoth had written the
Emerald Tablets, and i encourage people to at least read it, even if
you don't believe the story. Hermes, through oral teachings, wrote
the Kybalion, or at least was compiled by his students over the years,
and to this day we still talk about things Hermetically. Such as a
hermetically sealed box, or a box with no leaks. The primary rule of
the Mystery schools and many of Hermes teachings hinged on not
being spoken about, and one of the first rules was not speak about it.
Some of the things here i will speak more about in later posts.Till next
time.

Warm regards,


Spencer