Session 23 August 2025

[N1mTzo]

(Joe) There's some suggestions as well that Scheria, an interpretation of it is that because it was the furthest point of this adventure that it was out in the Atlantic and it was Atlantis basically. There was a reference to 'Atlantean' people. And their land or the island they lived on was referred to as a first utopia, the first reference to utopia in literature.

(L) So they were real. So where was the island located?

A: Not an island. Was a confused memory of an area around present day St. Petersburg.

I always knew there was something wrong with this city.

PS In Russian, Scheria (the name of the island where the Phaeacians lived) sounds similar to the word Skerries. Skerries (Swedish skär, Old Norse sker - cliff, rock in the sea)
The Skerries were formed as a result of glacial erosion of part of the continent, which was eventually flooded by the sea so that only the highest parts of the land remained above the surface in the form of islands, islets or even individual rocks.

 

[Talas]

Great session thank you Chateau crew and the Questions where well thought out .. St Petersburg well makes sense now.
Seems that's atlas will poping in for some fireworks and the the ratio to killed in Ukraine is 15/1 wow that's crazy and 400 million people in the U.S that's as mad as 89 in the U.K..crazy times indeed.
Keep it tight peeps pressure cookers building and much love to everyone and don't be afraid to air your views,fears and hopes hear where all in the network together.Best.

 

[N1mTzo]

Kalypso (“to conceal, to cover”)
• A minor sea-goddess, daughter of Atlas, dwelling on the island of Ogygia.

This is quite interesting Ogygia/Gogland. In the Gulf of Finland there is an island called Gogland (Goge/Goghe on old maps, but the etymology of the island's name is unclear), about 180 km from St. Petersburg. This is the westernmost point of Russia (not counting the remote Kaliningrad region). Gogland is a rather isolated place and you would not be able to swim away from it (like Odysseus). The waters here are cold and treacherous, it is very easy to drown. To the north-east of Gogland there is a chain of small rocky (granite) islands with vegetation in the form of trees and bushes. These are the so-called Skerries (Scheria country?). The entire northern coast of the Gulf of Finland is cut by skerries, hundreds of small islands.
If you had a raft, then from Gogland you would sail along the skerries, without losing sight of the land, and in 2-3 weeks you would sail to Kronstadt, followed by the Neva Bay and St. Petersburg.
In the piggy bank of interesting coincidences:
Princess Nausicaa (daughter of King Alcinous) / Nevskaya (mouth of the Neva River). Odysseus was found by the princess at the mouth of the river.

P.S. I forgot to add that this smells a little crazy. Odysseus in St. Petersburg.
Besides, the climate of St. Petersburg is very different from the Greek one: pine forest and swamps with mosquitoes in summer, knee-deep snow in winter. Yes, you don't have grapes, olives and other things like in Greece.

 

[Miracle]

Kiitos Laura et al for the session. Some fun topics and some not so fun topics. I'm sorry to hear about MusicInventor's plight with cancer. I can only imagine how awful it has been going through 39 rounds of chemo. I don't want to tag Laura or Ark, does anyone know what brand of Liposomal vitamin C Ark was taking? My stuff is "liquid" but capsules would be super convenient!

Any reliable brand should do the trick. I usually buy from Codeage. Here's a link if you're looking for more info on vitamin C.

 

[Joe]

does anyone know what brand of Liposomal vitamin C Ark was taking? My stuff is "liquid" but capsules would be super convenient!

The brand isn't available in the US, but any decent brand will do.

 

[Joe]

Yes, you don't have grapes, olives and other things like in Greece.

At least, not today. But 5k years ago maybe? Or maybe these stories have been transposed on to warmer climes, complete with appropriate horticultural references.

 

[Jo Bugman]

Thank you for the session. I'm happy to hear the protection levels have increased and I pass my condolences to those that lost a relative recently.

 

[benklerk]

Thanks for the update. I imaged 3I/Atlas a few nights ago, and it has now started to produce a tail. Its still quite dim at this stage. If it does become a Hale-Bopp like event. It does need to become much more brighter. To put my image into perspective, the comet is fainter then Pluto.

 

[Evan]

Kiitos Laura et al for the session. Some fun topics and some not so fun topics. I'm sorry to hear about MusicInventor's plight with cancer. I can only imagine how awful it has been going through 39 rounds of chemo. I don't want to tag Laura or Ark, does anyone know what brand of Liposomal vitamin C Ark was taking? My stuff is "liquid" but capsules would be super convenient!

I use this. I get it at CVS, which is available all over the US, and ships virtually anywhere.

 

[observer]

Thanks for the session! Also thanks Regulattor for asking about Kornati. That was a big head scratching mystery here in Croatia.