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‘Diobletoi’ (διοβλητοί), those struck by lightning, were revered by the ancient Greeks as victims of Zeus himself. According to Plutarch, their bodies were believed to be incorruptible and were often left unburied where they fell.
People struck by lighting are often injured. Some have phantom sensations, muscle pain, impaired memory. But there are surprisingly quite a few extraordinary cases of lightning strikes healing miraculously. Restoring vision, hearing and the ability to walk, vanishing tumours
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An appropriate soundtrack for the darkest night of October.
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“Happy is he among men upon earth who has seen these mysteries; but he who is uninitiate and who has no part in them, never has lot of like good things once he is dead, down in the darkness and gloom.”
Homeric Hymn to Demeter, 480 sq.
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My #evil take on the Current Discourse? I'd terminate my downie offspring from purely utilitarian and selfish reasons. My life already sucked so far, not gonna increase that tenfold by adding a potato-shaped "gift from God" to it. Better luck next rebirth, buddy. 👋😔
Mice and wolves, both sacred to Apollo, share a symbolic bond. The wolf is terror at the boundary between worlds who devours, howls and hunts. The mouse, γηγενείς earth-born, is strangely similar, though small and subterranean. It comes from below and disturbs human order.
ALT Codrus on a Attic red-figure cup of Bologna. Upon his shield is a wolf, with a mouse seated on its back.
As I looked around, I noticed paintings depicting Cerberus, torches, keys, doors, a throne, etc. I realised that this must be a temple to Hecate, where initiations took place. There was no way out except for tearing off the wooden boards from the windows and climbing outside.
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The association of Gods with forces of nature constitutes but one aspect of attributes and characters that extend much farther. Gods are not mere impersonations of nature or the growing fruit of the earth, on the contrary, the fruit is a manifestation of their generative force.
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Dionysos was called "Endendros" - "the God who dwells in trees", producer of the fruits on earth. He is not the tree itself but, instead, generative power is his godly attribute with which he produces the said tree and fruits on it.
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