Title: Kim H. Veltman Lines, Knots and Dragons: Astronomy as a Key to Cross Cultural Mythology
1Kim H. VeltmanLines, Knots and Dragons
Astronomy as a Key to Cross Cultural Mythology
- Congresso Internazionale
- Rieti
- May 2006
2Aby Warburg Das Nachleben der Antike Das
Vorleben der Antike
3Microcosm-Macrocosm
4Ida (Female, Dark) and Pingala (Male, Light) and
Shushumna www.trigono.com/calendario_celtico/
concetti_di_base.htm
5Kundalini Yoga (7 Chakras) www.beyondtheveil.net/
meditation.html www.paranormal.de/kundalini/
historisch/indien1.htm
6Siberian 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
7Dog Palette, Louvre, 3200 B.C. Late Nagada II
period http//www.louvre.fr/anglais/collec/ae/e110
52/ae_f.htm
8Milky Way in Sagittarius as World
Tree http//www.allposters.com/gallery.asp?aid433
895944item390696
9Celestial Planisphere with Path of
Zodiac www.tahoeposters.com/ nature.htm
www.auralia.com/mapas/pages/
10Nut and Night and Day http//www.anthonykosky.com/
Egypt/papyrus.html
11Nut and key constellations members.surfeu.fi/
robin.cook/religion.htm
12Spring Equinox 21 March
Sarcophagus http//freepages.history.rootsweb.co
m/catshaman/14Egyptian/04Egyptian3.htm
13- . r L,.. 1
Female as Path of the Zodiac in Celestial
Planisphere www.tahoeposters.com/ nature.htm
www.auralia.com/mapas/pages/
14- . r L,.. 1
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/
15 Zodiac as a Reversed S.
16- . r L,.. 1
Male as Equator in Celestial Planisphere www.tahoe
posters.com/ nature.htm www.auralia.com/mapas/pag
es/
17- . r L,.. 1
Male as Equator in Celestial Planisphere www.tahoe
posters.com/ nature.htm www.auralia.com/mapas/pag
es/
18Sumer hanskrause.de/ HKHPE/hkhpe_43_01.htm
19Male and Females Lines to Triangle and Hexagon
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22.....
Min Palette http//xoomer.virgilio.it/francescora
f/hesyra/palettes.htm
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24Seal of Solomon and the Seal of Vishnu in the
Anahata Chakra.
25Male and Females Lines to Trigram and Hexagram
in I Ching
26Male Vertical
Female Horizontal
Male and Female
27Male Vertical
Female Horizontal
Male and Female
28 Male
Female
Dark Light
Moon Sun
Male and Female
29 Male
Female
Dark Light
Moon Sun
Male and Female
30Male Light 21 June Summer Solstice
Female Dark 21 December Winter Solstice
Male and Female
31Spring Equinox 21 March
Autumnal Equinox 21 September
Male and Female
32I Ching Sequence of Earlier Heaven www.terrencepay
ne.net/
33Celestial Planisphere with Path of
Zodiac www.tahoeposters.com/ nature.htm
www.auralia.com/mapas/pages/
34Celestial Planisphere with Path of
Zodiac www.tahoeposters.com/ nature.htm
www.auralia.com/mapas/pages/
35To indicate the heavens above a hemisphere is
added. This is also linked with the world egg
and new birth.
36Celestial Planisphere with Path of
Zodiac www.tahoeposters.com/ nature.htm
www.auralia.com/mapas/pages/
37 India. China and Egypt
38The Chinese hexagrams, the Indian Tattwa and the
Djed with its Ankh are variants of the same
story.
39Celestial Planisphere with Path of
Zodiac www.tahoeposters.com/ nature.htm
www.auralia.com/mapas/pages/
40Irmunsul and Babylonian Tree of Life as a
Palm www.antiqillum.com/ texts/bg/Rose_Croix/RC008
.htm
41Knots in the Sky
42Celestial Planisphere with Path of
Zodiac www.tahoeposters.com/ nature.htm
www.auralia.com/mapas/pages/
43Celestial Planisphere with Path of
Zodiac www.tahoeposters.com/ nature.htm
www.auralia.com/mapas/pages/
44Celestial Planisphere with Path of
Zodiac www.tahoeposters.com/ nature.htm
www.auralia.com/mapas/pages/
45Nomes 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
46Al 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
47Festival of the Beautiful Reunion at
Behedet http//www.hethert.org/reunion.htm
48Nile
Nile
Fuxi and Cang Jin founders of Chinese
Civilization 3332 bc exodus2006.com/
nomocode.htm www.crystalinks.com/ nibiru.html
49Harihara Temple 2, Osian, Detail nagas bow in
submission www.art-and-archaeology.com/
india/osian/osi8.html
50Celestial Planisphere with Path of
Zodiac www.tahoeposters.com/ nature.htm
www.auralia.com/mapas/pages/
51Celestial Planisphere with Path of
Zodiac www.tahoeposters.com/ nature.htm
www.auralia.com/mapas/pages/
52Lakshmi http//www.courses.rochester.edu/muller-o
rtega/rel249/lakshmi/Lakshmi_ArtRep.html
53Celestial Planisphere with Path of
Zodiac www.tahoeposters.com/ nature.htm
www.auralia.com/mapas/pages/
54Ecliptic as a Snake www.alchemylab.com/
ouroboros.htm www.esoterica.gr/articles/sciences/
quantic/quantic.htm
55Lakshmi (Laxmi) www.viswaguru.com/ visn.htm
56 Horse and Ouroboros, Ur iraqipages.com/iraq_
mesopotamia/ancient.htm http//iraqipages.com/ira
q_mesopotamia/1/Rein20ring20of20gold20and20si
lver20From20Ur,20southern20Iraq,20about20260
0-240020BC.jpg
57Knot of Dissolution from LifeBuddhism
58Celestial Planisphere with Path of
Zodiac www.tahoeposters.com/ nature.htm
www.auralia.com/mapas/pages/
59Infinite Knot of Buddhism www.hindubooks.org/.../
freegraphics.html http//www.hitherandyononline.
com/Hemp/hemp.htm www.12stepmiracles.com/
jewelry/jf557.htm
60navel
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
61Ashtamangala (8 auspicious symbols) or Tashi
Tagey as combined symbol http//www.inspired-mind.
com/images/8signs_s.jpg
62Intertwined 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
63Knot as Dragons
64Knot 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
65Intertwined 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
66Intertwined Dragons Pl. I Two intertwined dragons
from Pendzikent, Pendzikent Museum Arcangela
Santoro http//www.transoxiana.org/Eran/Articles/
santoro.html
67Intertwined Dragons Pl. II Two intertwined
dragons from Gandhara ( after Kurita 1990
fig.716) Arcangela Santoro http//www.transoxian
a.org/Eran/Articles/santoro.html
68Intertwined Dragons Pl. II Two intertwined
dragons from Gandhara ( after Kurita 1990
fig.716) Arcangela Santoro http//www.transoxian
a.org/Eran/Articles/santoro.html
69Filarete, Ospedale, now Statale
70Caduceus www.crystalinks.com/ caduceus.html
71.....
Tree of Life and Cross www.agopuntura.org/.../
Dicembre_1997.htm
72Talisman Gate, Baghdad http//perso.wanadoo.fr/kur
distannameh/art/dragon/art_dragon_art.htm
73Capital of St. Giovanni in Borgo, Pavia. Musei
Civici, 12th c. http//www.thais.it/scultura/anon
imo.htm
74Cernunnos http//tattoos.awenpress.com/catalog/de
fault.php?cPath47
75Dragons, Kurdistan http//perso.wanadoo.fr/kurdist
annameh/art/dragon/art_dragon_art.htm