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Harlequin Special user Melbourne, Australia 686 Posts |
I don't know if this has been posted before, but I think people here will enjoy it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTxjLe2Fv04&feature=related There is a whole series of these on youtube but so far I've only seen this one. I think it's supposed to turn people off ghosts, demons, etc....but in a way it shows how cool they are. I'm off to check out the rest of this series. |
Andy Moss Special user 713 Posts |
Typical sly Christian propaganda. Will actually have the opposite effect to that intended.
Makes for an interesting viewing however. I especially like the bit about the guy "meditating to increase his occult power" (!) As a Tibetan Buddhist vajrayana practitioner I practice amongst other things the 'Green Tara' mantra/visualisation so beware of my occult powers mere mortals! Tara makes Ashkar seem like a handmaiden. I have had the fortune to have visited the sacred forest of the Yorubas in Ogsogbo, Nigeria (Baba may know about this site?) where I met both the high priest and high priestess and a german lady who had sculptured wonderful statues out of stone including a horse headed stone bridge spanning a river full of sacred crocodiles. In Nigeria I also saw many sacred trees and once got chased away by a mob of angry villagers when I was foolish enough (I was young at the time) to take an innocent photograph of what thought was a beggar sitting under the tree.It turned out that he was the tree's spirit 'protector'(!) I also met a mad german guy who had the reputation of being a 'voodou' man of great power and was feared and respected in equal measure by the local Yorubas. No one ever dared to encroach on his land! He taught me how to play a 'talking drum'. I have also visited and actually sat on the ancient stone throne of Ashkar/Ishtar in Lebanon. Since there was no one around I remember boldly climbing down into the actual site over the fallen stones (of the temple) to get to where I really wanted to be -the throne of the high priestess! I just felt in my heart at the time that it would be a naughty thing for any man to do. No one was on the site. No visitors at all. Just me in the silence and amongst the fallen grandeur. Both places were awe inspiring. Lebanon and Nigeria (especially Lebanon) are both places that are of the beaten track but well worth visiting. Anyway thanks for posting the video Harlequin.It has bought memories up for me. |
The Curator V.I.P. Beware Vampire, I have 3908 Posts |
You had the chance to admire the wonderful work of Austrian artist Susanne Wenger at Osogbo. She died some months ago, in January I think. You should read her book (a live with the Gods in their Yoruba homeland - with Gert Chesi). It really changed my way to see things.
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Andy Moss Special user 713 Posts |
Thanks Curator. That was the lady in question. I am sorry to hear that she has recently died. I would have liked to have met her again but it is not easy to travel safely around Nigeria as I know well from my own experiences (!) She was a most remarkable lady with an obvious passion for what she did. The sculptures really were something. Amazing faces coming out of the stone.The forest was like a living gallery.I am certainly glad I went.
If you ever go to Lebanon be sure to visit the home/gallery of Kalil Gibran to see all his original paintings. He is another person who inspires! |
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