Post by anansi on Feb 13, 2012 3:11:31 GMT -5
OK! this is how my mind works I'll find something either in a conversation or a picture ,and file it away for later study,this thread was due in part to a conversation I had with Al-Takruri in the Dionysiaca thread where he hipped me to the thyrsus, a fennel plant stalk capped with a pine cone that Dionysus' female followers, the Maenads, used as if spears in this war incident.
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Now I have seen the cone before on Babylonian wall sculpture but paid little attention to it along with the intertwining snakes,and naturally I took a look at Kemet to see if it presents it self there also, and yes as a matter of fact cones are found all over the place from temples shaped cones in India and the Vatican to the common ice cream cones we have it in plain sight,but does this sprang from one source and was diffused over a large geographical area/space and time,Or multiple cultures arrived at the same ideas and conclusions.
The Cone as representative of the Pineal Gland
The pineal gland or epiphysis synthesizes and secretes melatonin, a structurally simple hormone that communicates information about environmental lighting to various parts of the body. Ultimately, melatonin has the ability to entrain biological rhythms and has important effects on reproductive function of many animals. The light-transducing ability of the pineal gland has led some to call the pineal the "third eye".
Anatomy of the Pineal Gland
The pineal gland is a small organ shaped like a pine cone (hence its name). It is located on the midline, attached to the posterior end of the roof of the third ventricle in the brain. The pineal varies in size among species; in humans it is roughly 1 cm in length, whereas in dogs it is only about 1 mm long. To observe the pineal, reflect the cerebral hemispheres laterally and look for a small grayish bump in front of the cerebellum.
www.vivo.colostate.edu/hbooks/pathphys/endocrine/otherendo/pineal.html
Could it be that the Pineal Gland is representative of the eye of Horus and hence a cone?
Pine Cone at the Vatican
Kemetian The pine cone staff of Osiris. Egyptian Museum in Turin, Italy, 1224 BC
The pine cone is a common symbol on images of Hindu gods in India.
Mexican god holds pine cones and fir tree, symbols of rebirth and the sun.
So my question is how did the ancient knew the importance of the Pineal Gland to render it mythologically and passed it down through the ages and if there was a single original source,wouldn't that prove there was contact between the peoples of the so called new world.
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Now I have seen the cone before on Babylonian wall sculpture but paid little attention to it along with the intertwining snakes,and naturally I took a look at Kemet to see if it presents it self there also, and yes as a matter of fact cones are found all over the place from temples shaped cones in India and the Vatican to the common ice cream cones we have it in plain sight,but does this sprang from one source and was diffused over a large geographical area/space and time,Or multiple cultures arrived at the same ideas and conclusions.
The Cone as representative of the Pineal Gland
The pineal gland or epiphysis synthesizes and secretes melatonin, a structurally simple hormone that communicates information about environmental lighting to various parts of the body. Ultimately, melatonin has the ability to entrain biological rhythms and has important effects on reproductive function of many animals. The light-transducing ability of the pineal gland has led some to call the pineal the "third eye".
Anatomy of the Pineal Gland
The pineal gland is a small organ shaped like a pine cone (hence its name). It is located on the midline, attached to the posterior end of the roof of the third ventricle in the brain. The pineal varies in size among species; in humans it is roughly 1 cm in length, whereas in dogs it is only about 1 mm long. To observe the pineal, reflect the cerebral hemispheres laterally and look for a small grayish bump in front of the cerebellum.
www.vivo.colostate.edu/hbooks/pathphys/endocrine/otherendo/pineal.html
Could it be that the Pineal Gland is representative of the eye of Horus and hence a cone?
Pine Cone at the Vatican
Kemetian The pine cone staff of Osiris. Egyptian Museum in Turin, Italy, 1224 BC
The pine cone is a common symbol on images of Hindu gods in India.
Mexican god holds pine cones and fir tree, symbols of rebirth and the sun.
So my question is how did the ancient knew the importance of the Pineal Gland to render it mythologically and passed it down through the ages and if there was a single original source,wouldn't that prove there was contact between the peoples of the so called new world.
now I'll have to go through the whole thing,because I love a mystery and the weird stuff plus the fact that you were on the same page as I was, but yes one have to keep every thing in perspective and not be consumed by it plus they got into African fractal mathematics something that we posted here sometime ago.