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In Quest for the Seed Idea The Phlegrean fields, Naples, Herculaneum, Pompeii, Sorrento, Amalfi and Paestum. Greek-Roman and Judeo-Christian is our culture. A special light shines over southern Italy: thoughts, remarks and the considerations of a free thinker. IN QUEST FOR THE SEED IDEA 100 books in one The Phlegrean fields, Naples, Herculaneum, Pompeii, Sorrento, Amalfi and Paestum. Greek-Roman and Judeo-Christian is our culture. A special light shines over southern Italy: thoughts, remarks and the considerations of a free thinker. IN QUEST FOR THE SEED IDEA 100 books in one First print July 07th 2010 Reviewed December 07 2013 Total pages 245 2 INDEX Pages Preface……………………………………………………………….6-7 Terms used for the unmentionable…………………………………..8-9 Oldest cities ………………………………………………………...10 Chapter 1: Introduction……………………………………………..11 Time……………………………………………………………........12-13 Mythology origin……………………………………………………14 Legend and History .….…………………………………. 15-17 Universal flood – Geology – Volcanoes.………………....18-24 Greek Olympus ………………………….……………….25-26 Hesiod – Homer-Considerations…………..……………...27-29 Observations on Religions………………………………………….30-39 Time scale………………………………………………....40-41 Dionysus ………………………………………………… 42-48 Villa Mystery ……………………………………………..49-52 Pandora-Prometheus-Paleontology ………………………53-58 Z. Sitchin teory …………………………………………...59 Egyptian – Prayer ………………………………………...60-64 Symbols – Prayers………………………………………...65-67 Birth Death and Rebirth …………………………………………….68 Fates – Apollo – Artemis …………………………………69-70 Are we alone? – Cells………………………………….....71-72 Astronomy - Mummification …………………………….73-74 Pagan sacrifice – Eternity …..…….………………..…….75-80 Relativity ………………………….……………………...81-84 Mom – Soul ……………………….……………………...85-88 Symbols………………………………………………………….....89 Sun - Circle -Swastika…………………………………....90 Dove – Serpent ………………………………………......91-95 Composite Bodies – Mason……………………………….96-98 Freedom ……………………………………………………………99 Marsia – Govern – Cartel-lobbies……………………….. 99-103 3 Chapter 2: ………………………………………………………...105 From Troy to Rome …………………….…………………………105 Helen – Agamemnon – Achilles………….…………… . 106-109 Ajax – Briseis – Aeneas –Anchises ..…..…………..….. .110-111 Cuman oracle – Deifobe ………………….……......... ....112-116 Greater Greece ………………………………………………….....117 Cuma – Averno - Cement…………………………….......117-119 Paestum – Temples – Zeus ………………….…………...120-124 Greek artistic inspiration – Sculpture …….……………...125 Olympic games – Philosophy – Philosophers …………..126-139 Rome ……………………………………………………………....140 Genealogy ………………….………………………….....141-144 Diffusion of Culture………………………………………………145 Yezidis - Alphabet – Sailing Med Sea …………… …....145-149 Jason - Ulysses – Sirens ………………………………...150-154 Expeditions – Alexander - Alexandria ………………....155-159 Wonders ancient world …………………………….........160-161 Malta – Jewish – Templar …………………………........162-169 Pozzuoli – S. Paul - Roads - Corporate mind………........170-175 Sator ………………………………………………….....176-181 Technology……………………………………………....182-184 4 Chapter 3: ………………………………………………………..186 Love Pleasure and Family relations ……………………………….186 Paris Judgment -Women – Aphrodite …………….……187 Daphne – Graces – Priapus ……………………….……...188-191 Prostitution – Women status …………………………… 192-195 Love – Symposium – Amorino …………………………..196-202 Andromeda -………………………………………………203 Cyparrissus Hades –Persephone – Hypnos…………….....204-206 Protesilao – Laodamia - Psyche …………………………207-208 Melager – Narcissus – Orpheus ………………………….209-212 Pyramus - Europa – Ganymede – Io – Danae ……………213-216 Pleasure - Pan - Pasiphae …………………………………217-220 Family relations – Hera – Heracles ………………………221-224 Telephos – Athena – Bellerophon – Chiron.……………...225-227 Daedalus – Dirce …………………………………………228-229 Hephaistos – Medea Orestes ……………………………. 230-233 Conclusion………………………………………………..234-235 Time line ………………………………………………...237-242 Some Bibliographical Sources…………………………....243-245 5 Preface by the Author In my 40 years in the tourism industry, I had the opportunity to enter- tain myself among most of the archaeological sites and museums within the Campania region (Italy South) and I had the pleasure to discuss of art, myths, religions and other sciences with hundreds of educated people coming from different countries of mother earth. The questions I have been asked throughout my activity triggered my curiosity in careful research and exciting cultural discoveries. These notes are meant to be a tribute to anyone who has ever been in- terested in reading about our origins, function and end of things. In particular, to those scholars whose works I have read. They all share an irrepressible and sometimes obsessive curiosity in our past, pre- sent and future: J. Campbell, with his universal way of conceiving the human needs of the soul, with no distinction of colour or race, A. Morelli, as a field expert with a clear vision of Egyptian and Greek- Roman Mythology, L. De Crescenzo, with his simple comparisons between the software of our ancestors and contemporary man’s, S. Hawking, as a man of science searching for the invisible and visible Universe – a Universe where man has been conceived and is now liv- ing in spite of its mysteries and yet, achieving some scientific certi- tudes; G. Ravasi, whose works should be read in total silence, just as when listening to your favourite music, for his wonderful descrip- tions of the ancient world, his consideration of ancient transcriptions and translations, and the related interpretations of the sacred writings. Mythology is the story of our identity, an organization of symbolic narratives and images, which are often metaphorical, but still provid- ing a complete picture of the cultural repertoire of a given society at any given time. When Religions are studied and become a set of the- ological works in which everything is reduced to a code, Mythology turns into Theology. The question of creation involves a constant re- flection on our natural or/and divine origin. At the same time, we an- alyse the never-ending circle of life transformation, from birth to death to rebirth. 6 In this notebook I discuss several instances of symbols dealing with mysteries and philosophical questions that have been fascinating hu- mankind since the very beginning. A book of meditations and notes like this, couldn’t avoid to dwell for some pages on one of the most difficult words in any human lan- guage : freedom. We start our overview of Mediterranean written culture from the Tro- jan conflict. Its violence is the natural consequence of an explosive combination of love and hatred. Later, In the Æneid, Virgil narrates how these events apparently led to the foundation of Roman civiliza- tion. ..at a certain point along the Tiber river, the basket was stranded and the crying of the children in it caught the attention of a she-wolf or.. In a proper chapter on Greater Greece, I look at the relationships be- tween classical culture and ours. In here, I have the opportunity to describe some wonderful sites in Southern Italy which represent the living proof of our close relationship with classical Greek culture. Great credit to the Ancient Greeks, the brightest civilization that ever flourished on earth. All civilisations have developed inventions and experiences which have naturally spread in the world, thus achieving the first purpose of culture, i.e. progress. The last chapter deals with the mysterious and fascinating nature of woman. It deals with topics such as love, pleasure and family rela- tions. Here you can read the story of many mythological female fig- ures involved in the eternal adventure of love. All in all the reader will encounter some physical principles giving answers to what our ancestors could not explain at that stage of their cultural development. These notes address a reader who has not spent much time on the topics treated. They are written in a very simple English, every now and then with a bit of humour and satire. In here you will find hints to some conclusions and meditate on, at some point in our life. At any point in these notes, I refer to our an- 7 cestors' lives, to their awareness and knowledge of their world and to the mysteries and expectations involved in the human vision of the future. I believe everyone can recognize some of his/her thoughts at some point of this note book. The most important myth/stories related to the oldest colonizers and heroes/deities were mainly connected to the search of immortality or metals, in particular gold, for its hypnotic power. In the translation of the Sumerian clay tablets dating back to 6,000 years ago, we read the word DIN.GIR, meaning: “the pure ones of the blazing rockets”. The Akkadians later named those creatures ILU: “those who are in the heights”. From this word came the bibli- cal EL. Phoenicians called them BA’AL. In Sanskrit the word DIVO-GA means “born in the sky”. Zeus in Greek is Djeus, the genitive is Diòs, meaning “shining sky”. Dium in Latin means Day or Sky, while Dyàus means light. Thus, Deity is a pagan concept, whose development dates back to post-Sumerian civilizations. The Hebrew word YHW was conceived not to be pronounced. Y = light – fire H = water – union vehicle W = life – air H = earth – womb (From Hera 55/2004, Alfredo di Pinzio). How could one call something considered invisible but divine? Only through the explanation of what one thinks is the influence of the Almighty? Or through the explanation of what one thinks he-she is and what it will cause? We have to use different terms then from one event to another. 8 At the same time we have to consider that any linguistic attempt to describe the
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