Kim H. Veltman Lines, Knots and Dragons: Astronomy as a Key to Cross Cultural Mythology

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Kim H. VeltmanLines, Knots and Dragons
Astronomy as a Key to Cross Cultural Mythology

• Congresso Internazionale
• Rieti
• May 2006

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Aby Warburg Das Nachleben der Antike Das
Vorleben der Antike
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Microcosm-Macrocosm
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Ida (Female, Dark) and Pingala (Male, Light) and
Shushumna www.trigono.com/calendario_celtico/
concetti_di_base.htm
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Kundalini Yoga (7 Chakras) www.beyondtheveil.net/
meditation.html www.paranormal.de/kundalini/
historisch/indien1.htm
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Siberian World Tree and Energy Points
users.lmi.net/maxdashu/ shamanic/shaman_sanc.html
www.erm.ee/?node191 www.theo.tu-cottbus.de/.
../Barabanov.htm home.earthlink.net/
asatru/symbols/symbols12.html
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Dog Palette, Louvre, 3200 B.C. Late Nagada II
period http//www.louvre.fr/anglais/collec/ae/e110
52/ae_f.htm
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Milky Way in Sagittarius as World
Tree http//www.allposters.com/gallery.asp?aid433
895944item390696
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Celestial Planisphere with Path of
Zodiac www.tahoeposters.com/ nature.htm
www.auralia.com/mapas/pages/
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Nut and Night and Day http//www.anthonykosky.com/
Egypt/papyrus.html
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Nut and key constellations members.surfeu.fi/
robin.cook/religion.htm
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Spring Equinox 21 March
Sarcophagus http//freepages.history.rootsweb.co
m/catshaman/14Egyptian/04Egyptian3.htm
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Female as Path of the Zodiac in Celestial
Planisphere www.tahoeposters.com/ nature.htm
www.auralia.com/mapas/pages/
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Female as Path of the Zodiac in Celestial
Planisphere. Cf. Yin-Yang www.tahoeposters.com/
nature.htm www.auralia.com/mapas/pages/
pere.20megsfree.com/ linux/lletters/
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Zodiac as a Reversed S.
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Male as Equator in Celestial Planisphere www.tahoe
posters.com/ nature.htm www.auralia.com/mapas/pag
es/
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Male as Equator in Celestial Planisphere www.tahoe
posters.com/ nature.htm www.auralia.com/mapas/pag
es/
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Sumer hanskrause.de/ HKHPE/hkhpe_43_01.htm
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Male and Females Lines to Triangle and Hexagon

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Min Palette http//xoomer.virgilio.it/francescora
f/hesyra/palettes.htm
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Seal of Solomon and the Seal of Vishnu in the
Anahata Chakra.
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Male and Females Lines to Trigram and Hexagram
in I Ching
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Male Vertical
Female Horizontal
Male and Female
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Male Vertical
Female Horizontal
Male and Female
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Male
Female
Dark Light
Moon Sun
Male and Female
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Male
Female
Dark Light
Moon Sun
Male and Female
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Male Light 21 June Summer Solstice
Female Dark 21 December Winter Solstice
Male and Female
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Spring Equinox 21 March
Autumnal Equinox 21 September
Male and Female
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I Ching Sequence of Earlier Heaven www.terrencepay
ne.net/
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Celestial Planisphere with Path of
Zodiac www.tahoeposters.com/ nature.htm
www.auralia.com/mapas/pages/
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Celestial Planisphere with Path of
Zodiac www.tahoeposters.com/ nature.htm
www.auralia.com/mapas/pages/
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To indicate the heavens above a hemisphere is
added. This is also linked with the world egg
and new birth.
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Celestial Planisphere with Path of
Zodiac www.tahoeposters.com/ nature.htm
www.auralia.com/mapas/pages/
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India. China and Egypt
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The Chinese hexagrams, the Indian Tattwa and the
Djed with its Ankh are variants of the same
story.
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Celestial Planisphere with Path of
Zodiac www.tahoeposters.com/ nature.htm
www.auralia.com/mapas/pages/
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Irmunsul and Babylonian Tree of Life as a
Palm www.antiqillum.com/ texts/bg/Rose_Croix/RC008
.htm
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Knots in the Sky
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Celestial Planisphere with Path of
Zodiac www.tahoeposters.com/ nature.htm
www.auralia.com/mapas/pages/
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Celestial Planisphere with Path of
Zodiac www.tahoeposters.com/ nature.htm
www.auralia.com/mapas/pages/
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Celestial Planisphere with Path of
Zodiac www.tahoeposters.com/ nature.htm
www.auralia.com/mapas/pages/
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Nomes of Lower Egypt17. Taurus - Aldebaran,
Zm³-bhdt, "united Behedet". The united element
refers to the crossing of the ecliptic and the
celestial equator.http//www.tauta.net/ancientegy
pt/2004_05_01_ancientegyptarchive.htm
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Al Rischa The Knot, the Cord, The Node
associated with Swallows Tail Autumn Sky
(October 22 to January 22) D\WINNT40\Profiles\Dem
o\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\S56N8TQR\ma
p-31.jpg
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Festival of the Beautiful Reunion at
Behedet http//www.hethert.org/reunion.htm
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Nile
Nile
Fuxi and Cang Jin founders of Chinese
Civilization 3332 bc exodus2006.com/
nomocode.htm www.crystalinks.com/ nibiru.html
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Harihara Temple 2, Osian, Detail nagas bow in
submission www.art-and-archaeology.com/
india/osian/osi8.html
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Celestial Planisphere with Path of
Zodiac www.tahoeposters.com/ nature.htm
www.auralia.com/mapas/pages/
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Celestial Planisphere with Path of
Zodiac www.tahoeposters.com/ nature.htm
www.auralia.com/mapas/pages/
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Lakshmi http//www.courses.rochester.edu/muller-o
rtega/rel249/lakshmi/Lakshmi_ArtRep.html
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Celestial Planisphere with Path of
Zodiac www.tahoeposters.com/ nature.htm
www.auralia.com/mapas/pages/
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Ecliptic as a Snake www.alchemylab.com/
ouroboros.htm www.esoterica.gr/articles/sciences/
quantic/quantic.htm
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Lakshmi (Laxmi) www.viswaguru.com/ visn.htm
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Horse and Ouroboros, Ur iraqipages.com/iraq_
mesopotamia/ancient.htm http//iraqipages.com/ira
q_mesopotamia/1/Rein20ring20of20gold20and20si
lver20From20Ur,20southern20Iraq,20about20260
0-240020BC.jpg
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Knot of Dissolution from LifeBuddhism
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Celestial Planisphere with Path of
Zodiac www.tahoeposters.com/ nature.htm
www.auralia.com/mapas/pages/
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Infinite Knot of Buddhism www.hindubooks.org/.../
freegraphics.html http//www.hitherandyononline.
com/Hemp/hemp.htm www.12stepmiracles.com/
jewelry/jf557.htm
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navel
Aquarius and Aries Khumba, Fishes and Knot. Once
in 12 years ( cycle of Jupiter) when Jupiter
Aquarius and when Sun Aries there is Khumbu
Mela. http//www.astronet.ru8105/db/msg/1190041
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Ashtamangala (8 auspicious symbols) or Tashi
Tagey as combined symbol http//www.inspired-mind.
com/images/8signs_s.jpg
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Intertwined Dragons looking almost like dolphins.
Pl. IV A talismanic bowl, Toronto Museum (after
Ittig 1982 pl.VII, a) Arcangela Santoro
http//www.transoxiana.org/Eran/Articles/santoro.
html
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Knot as Dragons
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Knot of Infinity Pl. III Two intertwined dragons
from Qal'eh- i Yazdigird ( after Keall 1977 pl.
III, b) Arcangela Santoro http//www.transoxiana
.org/Eran/Articles/santoro.html
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Intertwined Dragons Pl. III Two intertwined
dragons from Qal'eh- i Yazdigird ( after Keall
1977 pl. III, b) Arcangela Santoro
http//www.transoxiana.org/Eran/Articles/santoro.
html
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Intertwined Dragons Pl. I Two intertwined dragons
from Pendzikent, Pendzikent Museum Arcangela
Santoro http//www.transoxiana.org/Eran/Articles/
santoro.html
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Intertwined Dragons Pl. II Two intertwined
dragons from Gandhara ( after Kurita 1990
fig.716) Arcangela Santoro http//www.transoxian
a.org/Eran/Articles/santoro.html
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Intertwined Dragons Pl. II Two intertwined
dragons from Gandhara ( after Kurita 1990
fig.716) Arcangela Santoro http//www.transoxian
a.org/Eran/Articles/santoro.html
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Filarete, Ospedale, now Statale
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Caduceus www.crystalinks.com/ caduceus.html
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Tree of Life and Cross www.agopuntura.org/.../
Dicembre_1997.htm
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Talisman Gate, Baghdad http//perso.wanadoo.fr/kur
distannameh/art/dragon/art_dragon_art.htm
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Capital of St. Giovanni in Borgo, Pavia. Musei
Civici, 12th c. http//www.thais.it/scultura/anon
imo.htm
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Cernunnos http//tattoos.awenpress.com/catalog/de
fault.php?cPath47
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Dragons, Kurdistan http//perso.wanadoo.fr/kurdist
annameh/art/dragon/art_dragon_art.htm