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Matthew 7:13
"Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many.
The are eight-paths in the way of Buddah and eight immortals in Chinesse tradition. However, its universal symbolism is one of balance, harmony, and cosmic order. Its pattern is associated in early astronomy, religion, and mysticism.
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The roots of the eight-point star symbol are in early astronomy. The eight lines are symbolic of the four corners of space (north, south, east, and west) and time (two solstices and two equinoxes).
By the middle-ages, the eight-point star is widely used as a symbol in Islamic art. It is called khatim or khatim sulayman, seal of the prophets, as in signet ring.see #1 The phrase “seal of the prophets” is also used in the Koran and has particular ideological meaning for Muslims.
Abraham, the shared prophet of the monotheistic religions (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam) lived in the Sumerian city of Ur.
The Sumerians used an arrangement of lines as a symbol for both star and God. The linear eight-point star represented the goddess Inanna, Sumerian queen of the heavens and Ishtar (Astarte), the Babylonian goddess known as “The Lightbringer.” An eight-point star enclosed within a circle was the symbol for the sun god.
Janus, the Roman god of gates and doorways, and of good beginnings and endings was depicted with two heads facing in opposite directions and thus often associated with good judgement and the connection between the past and the future. (Roman Republican Janus coin, c. 225-212 B.C., didrachm or quadrigatus.)
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Greek coin with Female Janiform Heads wearing the Circular Crown, the Polos, 215 -150 B.C.
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Originally posted by In nothing we trust
In this thread I will attempt to prove that this is a stargate or a guidepost that leads to the real stargate.
Originally posted by TrueAmerican
Originally posted by In nothing we trust
In this thread I will attempt to prove that this is a stargate or a guidepost that leads to the real stargate.
Well, I hate to be the one tell you this, but you failed. Miserably.
You are making connections to things that are so disjointed and so far reaching they don't even make logical sense.
Originally posted by townio
I don't understand why the star gate would have been in Irak. If there was a star gate it would make more sense to me that it is in Tibet in the living room of the Dalailama.
Originally posted by townio
I don't understand why the star gate would have been in Irak. If there was a star gate it would make more sense to me that it is in Tibet in the living room of the Dalailama.
Originally posted by Wotan
What has this to do with the Survival forum?
Smithsonian Institute article.
Some scholars suggest that the towers are not so mysterious after all. "If there's any mystery surrounding them, it's no doubt partly a product of Western mythology around anything Tibetan and the fact that until recently the Chinese forbade access to the region," says Alex Gardner, a Buddhism specialist at the University of Michigan. "I don’t see how they could be called 'unknown' when they are visible for miles, and the region is crisscrossed with trading routes and now automobile roads."
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William of Tyre, a medieval historian who wrote about the Templars from 1170-1174 states that the primary duty of the Knights was "protecting the roads and routes against attacks of robbers and brigands." The statement of William of Tyre, as well as their reputation for military successes and the evident establishment of Templar Castles has led most scholars to accept the traditional theory.
Originally posted by Kandinsky
Two similar towers are found in Afghanistan and a Tibetan legend that describes them as a cord between heaven and earth.
I've a rather mundane idea that they were landmarks along the Eastern trade routes. Their height ensures that they could be seen from great distances.
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...the primary duty of the Knights was "protecting the roads and routes against attacks of robbers and brigands."
Maybe the towers represented areas along the trade routes that were under the protection of similar soldiers? A social infrastructure would be required to plan and construct these huge towers. That kind of infrastructure will always support a protecting armed force or army.
Originally posted by In nothing we trust
Are you saying that a roaming band of warriors (Similar to the Knights Templar) are living somewhere in the mountains between Afghanistan and China?
And perhaps they are guarding the stargate?
What two towers in Afghanistan?
I know that there were 2 great buddas in Afghanistan, along the trade route, but they were destroyed just before 9/11.
Why would they have done that?
[edit on 25-1-2009 by In nothing we trust]
Originally posted by Kandinsky
I was suggesting that the towers were route markers along an old medieval trade route. They are provisionally dated at being 11/12th Century through the timbers. The construction of these towers would require an infrastructure and societies at this time were feudal.
The 'roaming band of warriors' would be the equivalent of tax collectors, police, soldiers and protectors.
There are two towers in Afghanistan that conform to the eight-sided star design. One of which has a superficial likeness to the Himalayan towers in the picture you linked. They can be seen here. They are both mentioned in the Smithsonian link of the earlier post.
... that if they were Trade Route markers the local ruler would protect the territory in a similar way to the Knights Templar on the road to the Holy Land. The rise and fall of the Mongol Empire caused huge depopulation in Central Asia and is a possible reason why there is a hole where the history of the towers should be.
Stargate or not, archaeological digs could find artifacts of the people that built all these towers. From that evidence, a better conclusion could be drawn?
Originally posted by townio
I couldn't see the video of the Dalai Lama.
Assuming there is such thing as a star gate, what are your conclusions?
What does it look like?
Who has it in his possession?
What does it do?
Who can use it?
Originally posted by townio
So are you saying the star gate is a spiritual concept?
What was the Dalai Lama saying?
Originally posted by In nothing we trust
Notice the symbols on the wall at 5:38
Originally posted by SLAYER69
Originally posted by In nothing we trust
Notice the symbols on the wall at 5:38
Yes yes a swastika in ancient china and other locations it means good fortune what’s your point? And how is it connected to “STARGATES”