Despite all the crazy things going on in the world, have noticed a funny sense of dream 'chiding' since procrastinating on concluding this narrative, so it seems I'll need to overcome that reluctance sooner or later.
It’s a funny thing, after deciding against sharing the perceived ‘conclusion’ to this strange tale well over a year ago, you would have thought the urge would have faded by now? Yet in spite of giving away dream journaling (and serious attempts at interpretation) not long after and doing my best to ignore a continuing ‘pressure’ since. It seems that ‘something’ just keeps poking and prodding?
And although nonsensical even to me, the strong impression from the dream below that ‘the girls’ were somehow representative of Laura et al;
…only last week, a dream where I found myself in a 'head masters' office discussing progress with a group of
female prefects that informed me that only 1 more piece of work needed to be submitted - which I thought was great, until the realisation that I had no idea what the subject was
Although within the Pauline, Stoic, Caesarian colouring of the recent session, that the 'girls' were 'Prefects' seemed interesting - the term ‘prefect’ arising in the early Roman Republic as someone nominated by a Consul (to act in the consuls’
absence) ...
Was actually the impetus that eventually led to starting this thread, the off chance being that perhaps submitting this subjective meandering could have something to do with the ‘piece of work’?
As dumb as that seems…
But then I kept putting it off anyway until the old 60’s tune "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" decided to make an appearance in dreamland a little while ago (18th April) and apart from seeming a VERY odd choice, it was also markedly persistent - eventually waking me up.
Then unable to go back to sleep, after a couple of coffees and a cigarette I found myself reading about Franki Valli etc, where eventually a little oddity raised a weary smile;
…used by NASA as a wake-up song on the STS-126 Space Shuttle mission, to celebrate the anniversary of astronaut Christopher Ferguson...
A ‘wake-up’ song for an ‘astronaut’ on a
STS ‘Space Shuttle’ seeming quite the metaphor!
And ‘Christopher’ was enough to trigger thoughts of ‘Caesar’;
…literally "Christ-bearing;" from phoros "bearer," from pherein "to carry," …In medieval legend he was a giant (one of the rare virtuous ones) who aided travellers by carrying them across a river.
Plus tweak the old ‘knowledge is preparation to
cross the Rubicon’” antenna…
Though ‘Son of Fergus’ was a new one, so retreating once more to habit it didn’t take long to find a ‘Fergus’ from legend, that was also ‘a giant’;
Fergus mac Róich is a character of the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology… The name Fergus (later Irish Fearghus) means "man-strength" or "virility", and Fergus is described as being of enormous size…
On looking a bit more;
Fergus or Feargus is a common Scottish or Irish male given name derived from Scots Gaelic, meaning the angry (one) or the wrathful (one)
Which was sort of interesting, then wouldn’t you know it;
Caladbolg ("hard cleft", cognate with Middle Welsh: Caledfwlch and Excalibur …sometimes written Caladcholg ("hard blade"), is the sword of Fergus mac Róich…
Both Christopher AND Ferguson then seeming ‘Caesar/Arthur’ related… on getting around to checking in on the forum later in the day, almost immediately a comment by luc then put the icing on the cake;
...One of the first books I read in my "waking up" process was Mike Ruppert's "Crossing the Rubicon"...
A shared affinity for ‘Imperator’ making the comment seem quite the synchronicity and as silly as it all sounds, was also taken as another nudge to continue and try to put this ‘…crossing the Rubicon’ thing into words…
So, for whatever it’s worth, here goes.
Apart from all the funny little ‘messages’ and dream interpretations (mentioned previously) that seemed to lead up to and surround discovering the Cassiopaean Experiment. Originally it was the peculiar dream pairing of a Unicorn and Laura, the night before joining the forum, followed by the prominent race car emblazoned with CASSIOPAEA and
another representation of ‘Laura’, the night before making an introductory post – that
really captured my imagination.
Being particularly vivid, the ‘Excalibur’ dagger imagery immediately preceding the transformation of, what I was
positive was, a ‘short’ sword into some kind of super-dooper master ‘key’ (when in the hands of a young version of Laura) also quite captivating. Even more so upon later learning of the Caesar / King Arthur / C’s correlation - that all these things seemed to be meaningfully connected somehow, also rather frustrating…a bit like trying to sit an exam before learning the subject?
And with attempting to understand strange ‘car’ dreams already topical back then, the fact that a glistening silver vehicle with
only one identifiable feature (‘Cassiopaea’ signwriting) happened to be displayed as though in
Salinas California, also seemed a curious detail?
Particularly later after stumbling across;
Q: (L) …we have a question from our daughter who had some strange dreams about cars that she wants to know about. What were these dreams about?
A: She is sorting data regarding upcoming changes.
Firstly, glad that I wasn’t the only one that had ruminated on ‘strange dreams about cars’, but also that the comment was in the same session as;
Q: (L) …"trampled leaves of wrath, the blue apples incarnate,"… I should inquire into the "core meaning."
A: And who was "Kore?"
The mention of ‘Wrath’ and ‘Kore’ immediately reminiscent of the curious Iron =
wrath, Maiden =
Kore interpretation from the ‘The Ides of March’ experience?
Thus, the C’s peculiar phrasing prompted poking around a bit more;
A: Leaves are of the Tree of Apples, from whence we get the proverbial "grapes of wrath," the Blue Apples incarnate!
Whereby Salinas (as dream symbol) then became interesting because, having been there, I was aware that the sleepy little town was the birthplace of Pulitzer Prize winning, Nobel Laureate John Steinbeck – coincidentally the author of ‘The Grapes of Wrath’.
Also that the title of Steinbeck’s novel (apparently inspired by his wife Carol), was sourced from the rather Caesarean sounding -
The Battle Hymn of the Republic;
Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord:
He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored;
He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword” …
Where the ‘trampling’ lyric added to the noticeable ‘leaves: grapes’ juxtaposition, had inspired a look into the etymology of ‘grape’;
…mid-13c., "a berry of the vine," also collective singular…from Proto-Germanic *krappon "hook," from a group of Germanic words meaning "bent, crooked, hooked" (cognates: Middle Dutch crappe, Old High German krapfo "hook”. The original notion thus perhaps was "vine hook for grape-picking." The vine is not native to England. The word replaced Old English winberige "wine berry."
Which then felt like being brought back around to ‘the vine’ / shepherd / crook etc.?
And having only ever read Steinbeck’s ‘Of Mice and Men’ in High School, figured I may as well have a look at the synopsis while I was at it…
Tom Joad and Jim Casy, who are both interpreted as Christ-like figures at certain intervals within the novel. These two are often interpreted together, with Jim Casy representing Jesus … up until his death…From there, Tom takes over, rising in Casy's place as the Christ figure…
An opening salvo that left me rather amazed how ‘Salinas’ in a dream, could lead so quickly to J.C…but then on it went - ‘Ma Joad’ coincidental also;
Matriarch. Practical and warm-spirited, she tries to hold the family together. Her given name is never learned; it is suggested that her maiden name was Hazlett.
‘Hazlett’ apparently a topographic name for someone who lived by a
hazel copse, Old English
hæslett, derivative of ‘hæsel’;
The hazel might be said to be the quintessential Celtic tree because of its legendary position at the heart of the Otherworld…
The hazel's association with wisdom extends to other cultures of the ancient world. In Norse mythology it was known as the Tree of Knowledge…
Otherworld + maiden, again bringing to mind ‘Kore’ (in the scheme of things…) with the Tree
of Knowledge reference also standing out because it
wasn’t the Tree
of Life – for a change.
And for good measure there also turned out to be a ‘Noah’;
The oldest son, he is the first to leave the family, planning to live off fishing on the Colorado River.
Plus, a gloriously named ‘
Rose of Sharon’ (Noah’s sister), whose married name happened to be
‘Rivers’ and her husband’s Christian name
- ‘Connie
’.
Where the trio of ‘Rose + Con + Rivers’ seemed almost too much of a coincidence, especially after checking the etymology of ‘Colorado’ - Spanish for
colored red.
Making for literally ‘red river’, just like Rubi-con.
And in an extraordinary piece of timing, as I write this my eldest daughter just walked in to ask if I’d heard of a movie called ‘Redcon –1’, new to Australian Netflix apparently…?
Considering the current global ‘crisis’, I’m now not sure which is the greater synchronicity - the name of the film or the theme
!
But back to ‘Salinas’, the Cassiopaean tone seemingly also extended beyond consideration of the ‘race-car’ and its ‘location’?
'What am I going to do with all this?' I wonder to myself, looking at the 12 foot long table of boxes, at which point one of the crones, burbling with glee, reaches into a box (directly in front of me) and hands me number 12.
On thanking her and looking at the spine of the book, I'm then surprised to find that this is the only cover without 'Cassiopaea' emblazoned on it! 'Didn't I just look at this book, how didn't I notice that?' I thought rather confused.
After brushing the dust off the gold filligree, and focusing on the spine, I then find that it simply states 'Don Rueckert'…
Where the seemingly important fusion of
Don and
Rueckert, following all the overt Cassiopaean imagery, proved another mind bender. Objectively, if all other dream ‘Dons’ were being interpreted as equivalent to ‘Cassiopeia’, then the interpretation of ‘Rueckert’ was simply -
…descendant of Rudiger; famous, spear
And as ‘the book’ had been plucked from what was portrayed as the Cassiopaea Transcripts (
not the RA Material) upon searching for ‘famous spear’ in the sessions;
Q: What is the relationship between Perceval, Paran Sikarios, the Assassini, and Ishmael, the son of Hagar, at the well of the mirror?
A: Spear of Destiny.
The above stood out because in a curious way, ‘Perceval’ also seemed to tie back to car dreams, short swords AND Caesar (via Aeneas)?
…discovering that the Ford Cortina was apparently named for the northern Italian town of Cortina d’Ampezzo, with the name translating to ‘Curtain of the valley (of Ampezzo).
Then finding that Curtana / Courtain is a Latinized form of the Anglo-French curtein, from Latin curtus with 'Curtana' also the name of the ceremonial ‘Sword of Mercy’ used at the initiation rite of British royalty!
Or specifically -
‘Curtana was, according to legend, the sword of Ogier the Dane; it bore the inscription "My name is Cortana, of the same steel and temper as Joyeuse and Durendal.
It is supposed to have originally been Tristan's sword, and gained the name "Cortana" when it was "cut down" to fit Ogier’
Then there was also the Latin cortīna, meaning cauldron, the alchemical symbol of transmutation, and also used to reference ‘the sacred tripod’ of the Delphic oracle in The Aeneid!
Because in the absence of any better ideas, the prevalence of ‘Ford’ dream cars had been tentatively presumed to, maybe, also symbolise the place or action of
crossing a river?
The ‘Cortina’ (also mentioned elsewhere) a peculiar dream favourite until the interpretation of
all of its imagery had been stewed upon at great length…
Cortina –
curtain of the
vale = veil? /
sword /
transmutation?
Ghia – Spanish for
guide?
Ford – to
cross a ‘river’?
And with the image of a young ‘Laura’
transmuting a sword
into a key burned into my brain, the feeling was that
the ‘sword’ was ‘key’ - i.e. a clue, a ‘guide’ to ‘cross’ a river i.e. the Rubicon?
Then after learning that ‘Joyeuse’ was Charlemagne’s sword AND rumoured to incorporate a
famous spear;
Some legends claim Joyeuse was forged to contain the Lance of Longinus within its pommel…
Oddly enough, no more ‘Cortina’ dreams?
But then there was the
12 reference (that preceded ‘Laura’ displaying the ‘key’), which for whatever reason was annoyingly persistent until;
…that bloody reference to book number 12 kept me stewing until well after Christmas.
Soon after which the idea of Grace came to me, Amazing Grace…
So there I headed, Amazing Grace, Chapter
12, 'Dr Jekyll and
Mr Hyde'.
Ahhh....there she is…
Which in hindsight seemed quite a fantastic coincidence, ‘Mr Hyde’ being a perfect description for the unsavoury dream figure (steered away from mature ‘Laura’), from the dream before joining the forum and the photo included in the Chapter happened to be
exactly as ‘she’ was portrayed in the later dream when appropriating the ‘Excalibur’ dagger and displaying the ‘key’!
A degree of difference that then made the Caesar / Arthur correlation all the more alluring when trying to objectively interpret the ‘image’, because only using a maiden name went in an interesting direction.
Firstly that ‘Laurel’ can be derived from the Celtic word ‘laur’ meaning
green, a link which obliquely led to learning that ‘Baccalaureate’ was from the Latin for
laurel berries… imagery that then resonated with a ‘
knowledge is preparation…’ vibe?
And secondly that ‘Green + Knight’ leads straight to the character of Gawain (the Maidens Knight), once you’ve discovered there is a tale of the same name... a coincidence that was shortly followed by learning of 'his' relationship to not only Perceval but
also Excalibur;
In Chrétien de Troyes' late 12th-century Old French Perceval, Arthur's knight Gawain carries the sword Escalibor…
The unexpected relationship to ‘Perceval’ (
famous spear), then made the number 12 again interesting when inserted into the earlier proposed ‘Ovid’ framework;
But soon afterwards, he brought into that land a ravished wife, Helen…
…in wrath, Achilles pressed his rapid chariot straight through the Trojan army; making a lane with his great spear…
Having stumbled across Manly P. Hall's 'The Secret Teachings of all Ages' along the way –
The siege of Troy is a symbolic account of the abduction of the human soul (Helena)…
And it would appear that the universe is particular frisky today?
Spotify randomly playing this song as I write…
Having caught my attention with Bachman Turner Overdrive.
Which is a relief, because I’m going to take that as a ‘sign’ I can skip over trying to sequence a whole Ovid, transmutation of ‘Aeneas’, number 14, mysterious ‘shaman girl’ dream saga that followed on from this;
…a dream where I found myself being seated at a table with a group, preparing for a presentation. The impression being that the other participants had something to do with the ‘C’s [Laura wasn’t there though?] and we were about to be shown/taught something to do with ‘The Mysteries’.
Then as the screen started to roll a question was asked ‘Who is Aeneas’?
Followed by silence until ‘I’ answered something along of the lines of ‘the progenitor of Rome, ascendant of Caesar’. Which apparently wasn’t the correct answer…..
So back to the books and in uncovering Aeneas’ relationships to Vidarr, Utnapishtim, King Arthur [via Brutus]…
Though segueing to ‘Holy Diver’ and ‘Dio’ (and ‘the voices’ peculiar ‘
Katania’) will require a detour via Cappadocia. A region the dream-maker seemed to have a REAL big thing for at one stage - over and over again finding myself led to the location and pondering what the hell I was meant to interpret from the place!
Wondering was Galatia being adjacent something to do with the Apostle Paul?
Was ‘Phyrgia’ some kind of hint about Mother Goddesses and the ‘Mysteries’?
Or did my birthday have something to do with ‘Priests’?
The galli castrated themselves during an ecstatic celebration called the Dies sanguinis, or "Day of Blood", which took place on March 24.
Or was it something about Aeneas or Perseus or Mithras or the Magi…or everyone else that has been represented wearing ‘Phyrgian’ head gear???
And round and round it went until a piece of trivia jangled;
The Phrygian cap was similar to the red freedman’s cap that was worn by male slaves being manumitted by their masters…
…Not long after the murder of Julius Caesar on the Ides of March in 44 BCE, one of the assassins, Brutus, minted coins with a freedom cap between two daggers…
‘EID MAR’ was like a punch to the head.
Plus, a
dagger with a ‘
cross’ combined with the name ‘Brutus’, set the mind swirling with ‘Caesar / Arthur-isms’;
Brutus of Troy. A great-great-grandson of the love goddess Aphrodite through her Trojan son Aeneas (the hero of Virgil's Aeneid)… He liberated the descendants of the Trojans…and led them on an epic voyage to Britain. Landing at Totnes in Devon, Brutus overthrew the giants who lived in Britain, laid the foundations of Oxford University and London and sired a long line of kings, including King Arthur…
London Stone has, in its time, been identified as a druidic altar for human sacrifice; a Roman milestone; the slab in which Arthur’s sword, Excalibur, was embedded; and part of the remains of the palace of the Roman governor of Britain…One version has it that Brutus, the legendary founder of Britain, brought it from the sack of Troy…
Guessing maybe that was where the ‘Cappodocia’ thing was heading as by then I knew the capital happened to be called
Kayseri – an Arabic adaption of
Caesarea?
Cue, the thundering dream rendition of ‘Holy Diver’;
No need to look so afraid
Jump, jump
Jump on the tiger
You can feel his heart but you know he's mean
Some light can never be seen, yeah
Ride the tiger
You can see his stripes but you know he's clean
Oh don't you see what I mean
Gotta get away, get away
Gotta get away, get away
Holy diver, soul survivor…
A tune whose psychedelic ‘tiger’ lyrics not only made it stick in the mind, but also very confusing… couldn’t figure whether another relationship to ‘Kayseri’?
Kayseri is located at the foot of the inactive volcano Mount Erciyes…The city is often cited in the first ranks among Turkey's cities that fit the definition of Anatolian Tigers.
Or the Apostle?
Having memorably been woken by the distinctive ‘Rocky’ theme after the appearance of the beautiful ‘Angel’ - whose surname translated to ‘
priest of the line of Herod’ (mentioned previously) - a couple of months earlier?
And strangely ‘Eye of the Tiger’, being from an album of the same name and seemingly a double reference (as was Holy Diver) by a band named ‘Survivor’, felt
very important at the time – how, no idea…
But later with the ‘Dio’ tune sharing a
tiger theme and soul (Saul?)
survivor lyric, figured maybe there was something in common to be found – making this then an eye opener;
…according to Dio…"The song 'Holy Diver' is really about a Christ-figure, who on another place, not Earth, has done exactly the same as we've apparently experienced or were supposed to have experienced on Earth: dying for the sins of man so that man can start again and be cleansed and do it properly,"
…he told Sam Dunn for the film Metal: A Headbanger's Journey.
"So, the same thing happened on this other far-distant planet, and all the people on this planet are calling him the Holy Diver because he's about to go to another world to do what he did to the first: absolve them from their sins by having himself killed. And the people are saying to him, 'Don't go,' with innuendos of tigers and stripes and hearts and being eaten…'"
A surprising turn that then made me wonder if there was anything interesting about
Ronnie James ‘Dio’ as a dream reference? Because ‘Holy Diver’ combined with the band’s name (Italian for
god) had brought ‘Caesar’ to mind – such that ‘Ronnie’ then had me thinking of
famous spears again;
Rhongomyniad (= ‘spear’ + ‘slayer’) is the name of King Arthur’s spear or lance. It is first (briefly) mentioned in Culhwch and Olwen (c. 11th century). Later, Geoffrey of Monmouth in his Historia regum Britanniae simply calls it ‘Ron’ as does Layamon…
The English Priest Layamon coincidentally the author of
Brut…
‘James’ could have gone a couple of ways but going with the gut, maybe something to do with ‘Compostela’ and/or stars?
And Dio’s birth name turned out to be a very Italian sounding
Padavona.
Which was actually uncommon and so didn’t immediately yield an origin. Then in the course of breaking it down and investigating possible meanings of ‘Pada’ (
foot in Sanskrit for example), it was noticed that anagrams of ‘vona’ such as ‘avon’ (meaning
river)
, and ‘nova’;
A nova (plural novae or novas) is a transient astronomical event that causes the sudden appearance of a bright, apparently "new" star…During the sixteenth century, astronomer Tycho Brahe observed the supernova SN 1572 in the constellation Cassiopeia. He described it in his book De nova stella …giving rise to the adoption of the name nova.
Seemed to complement the fact that there was also an Italian river named ‘Padus’ – that coincidentally shared a foot/river/star relationship?
Latin: Padus or Ēridanus; Ancient Greek: Πάδος, translit. Pádos or Ἠριδανός, Ēridanós;
With ‘vona’ itself given as deriving from the Old Norse ‘vána’, from the noun ‘ván’, meaning
hope – all results that set off the ‘C’s radar.
Though having forgotten all about the answer to ‘Galatea’s’
unicorn question and my own strange unicorn dream by that stage… it was instead the combination of ‘van’ and ‘Dio’ that clicked;
...Isis was a 'vanguard.' Now, it seems to me that something that is at the front line is also a vanguard...The other thing I noticed about the word 'Isis' is that it can be slightly altered to make 'I Zeus.' And, Perseus can be 'per Zeus' and Persia can be made to say 'per ziu.' One of the oldest etymological roots for the word 'God' is 'ziu' from which we get 'deu.'...
At which point the Cappadocia / Caesar / Dio thing got a bit unbelievable, as after following my nose in the transcripts, later stumbling across the Apostle, the mysteries, Phrygian caps AND tigers - all in one session…
Q: (L) Did Paul of Tarsus belong to any philosophical school or mystical group?
A: Yes.
Q: (L) Was it one of the mystery religions?
A: Similar to them but older. There are traces here and there. You have been doing well reconstructing this. You could say that this communication is part of same.
…
Q: (L) Why is Mithras shown wearing a Phrygian cap?
A: To confuse the observers. Keep in mind that the issues are more complex than your questions allow.
…
Q: (Galatea) I’ve been having dreams regarding tigers and have been having other tiger coincidences. What is the meaning behind these coincidences?
A: Awareness of the power of nature and some fear.
Though still ignorant of any Paul / Caesar / Jesus correlation, it did seem funny that ‘Tarsus’ too appeared to complement the ‘Holy Diver’ vein?
The geographer Strabo states that Tarsus was founded by people from Argos who were exploring this coast. Another legend states that Bellerophon fell off his winged horse Pegasus and landed here, hurting his foot, and thus the city was named tar-sos (the sole of the foot). Other candidates for legendary founder of the city include the hero Perseus and Triptolemus, son of the earth-goddess Demeter…
In 67 BC, Pompey…subjected Tarsus to Rome, and it became capital of the Roman province of Cilicia. To flatter Julius Caesar, for a time it took the name Juliopolis.
But a coincidence that served to frustrate because, for the life of me, I was unable to make head nor tails of the ‘voices’ strangely pronounced ‘Katania/n’ (that had immediately followed the Dio tune). An interpolation that I ‘knew’ would make my eyes roll, if only an angle could be found to start with…
Whereby the ‘voice’ appeared to throw a bone soon chiming in with another ‘name’ - ‘Cecilia’ – visually and phonetically close enough to ‘Cilicia’ to make me wonder if it was related?
Also ironically amusing because the problem with ‘audible’ words is there is sometimes the suspicion that I’ve spelt them wrong (and this was one of those times), whereas when a word is ‘shown’ or spelled out letter by letter, like ‘Devin’ for example, different story. But that being said, certainly couldn’t argue that I always learned a lot, useless or otherwise, when not sure which configuration to start trying to interpret.
So, starting with ‘Cecilia’;
…feminine form of the Roman family name Caecilius, which was derived from Latin caecus meaning "blind".
Where ‘Blind’ initially didn’t seem much help, though the spelling of the
Roman family name made me wonder if I was still on the ‘Caesar’ trail?
Take 2, ‘Cecaelia’ - was a surprise;
…a composite mythical being, appearing occasionally in art, literature, and multimedia; combining the head, arms and torso of a woman (more rarely a man) and, from the lower torso down, the tentacles of an octopus or squid as a form of mermaid or sea demon. They are sometimes referred to as "sea witches"…
Perhaps one of the most well-recognized octopus people in modern history is Ursula the Sea Witch, from Walt Disney Pictures' "The Little Mermaid".
Where in light of the ‘
soul survivor’ lyric, ‘pada’ as
foot, Bellerophon’s injury and Tar-sos as
sole of foot, Hans Christen Andersons version of the fairy-tale came to mind;
The Little Mermaid, longing for the prince and an eternal soul, visits the Sea Witch in a dangerous part of the ocean. The witch willingly helps her by selling her a potion that gives her legs in exchange for her tongue and beautiful voice… Consuming the potion will make her feel as if a sword is being passed through her body, yet when she recovers, she will have two human legs and will be able to dance like no human has ever danced before. However, she will constantly feel as if she is walking on sharp knives…
The third attempt, ‘Caecilia’ also took an interesting turn;
Caia Caecilia, also called Gaia Caecilia, is a Roman Goddess of fire, the hearth, healing, and women…
Caia Caecilia was the Latin name of the famous Queen Tanaquil…the Etruscan name "Tanaquil", which means "the Gift of Grace"…
Caia as a Goddess of women played a part in the Roman wedding ceremony. As part of the ritual, the bride and groom exchanged similar vows, the bride's being, Ubi tu Gaius, ego Gaia, meaning "Where you are Gaius, I am Gaia"…
Where ‘Grace’ and the notable ‘Gaius: Gaia’ pairing, gave me another idea re: ‘Caesarea’ – Caesar
Rhea?
Rhea only appears in Greek art from the fourth century BC, when her iconography draws on that of Cybele; the two therefore, often are indistinguishable; both can be shown on a throne flanked by lions, riding a lion, or on a chariot drawn by two lions.
In the Orphic Tradition, Rhea produced a daughter, Persephone…
Though in the scheme of things;
Persephone, known as Kore (which means daughter or girl and in the Gospel of Thomas, the psyche is called "Kore") represents the individuated soul…
A supposition that didn’t do anything other than merge whatever Cappadocia & ‘Cecilia’ had to do with anything, with the Little Mermaid and Kore...and despite umpteen permutations, I was STILL stuck on ‘Katania’.
So, in spite of a needling sense that some form of resolution was tantalizingly close, having totally run out of ideas reluctantly the subject was dropped. Frustratingly, it appeared outside inspiration was needed as I couldn’t seem to find a connection…
Thankfully, it turned out the cavalry wasn’t too far away;
It reminds me of a book I read in elementary school about a boy with a clue foot who goes exploring in Glastonbury Abbey in England in search of the Holy Grail.
“The Hidden Treasure of Glaston(bury?)”
Goyacobol’s splitting of Glaston(bury?) flicking a switch;
…the meaning of Gladstone is "kite stone". Place name and Scottish surname, from glæd stân.
…the name Gaius stems from the Latin verb gaudere ("to rejoice", "to be glad")
Kite =
glad = Gaius
A mental typo that appeared to highlight ‘
clue foot’ (that should have read ‘
club’), which funnily enough seemed exactly the input needed regarding ‘Cecilia’ – Italia.
continued.
I eventually folded and decided to look into what it was called, who wrote it, what the album was blah, blah etc.
