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originally posted by: pthena
a reply to: quintessentone
It is also named Palmyra Arch of Triumph - Is it too far a stretch that the Romans' triumph over the Parthians (Iranians) might have something to do with it?
That could be it.
Some Christians believe the arch is a spiritual gateway where all who pass through will be under it's influence
The gate wasn't even part of the temple. Any doorway, archway, passage is a gateway from one place to another. The overly pious should avoid all of those just to feel safe.
people made their way to the arch simply to walk through it for their belief in it being a spiritual gateway
originally posted by: pthena
a reply to: quintessentone
people made their way to the arch simply to walk through it for their belief in it being a spiritual gateway
If people want to think that then they will think that.
I think that my greatest revelatory experience occurred in a doorway, in a regular old apartment, not dedicated to any military victory or particular deity. And no pilgrimage was required.
What's your story?
originally posted by: pthena
a reply to: quintessentone
What's your story?
I was attempting to reconcile Christian past, ancient Greek gods, and shamanistic paths. It all showed up in my apartment. When I attempted to equate Dionysus as a type of Christ, he rejected the notion.
That was almost 30 years ago. There was nothing Christian about it. There was no connection to any Christian theme. The closest was Chiron, who according to some, gave up his chance to be an immortal, and gave it over to Prometheus.
The notion of personal salvation and personal immortality therefore is foreign to me. I am therefore in no way Christian, as confirmed and testified to by the Gods.
And it's taken me these almost 30 years to articulate it in those words.
originally posted by: pthena
a reply to: quintessentone
I'm pretty sure that it is evil to redirect in threads, but
www.abovetopsecret.com...
This is the best I've come up with.
I'm not likely to change my views.
originally posted by: pthena
a reply to: quintessentone
Yes.
If compared with Christian Baptism, as an external physical sign or seal of an inward change. Rite of passage. The external by itself is nothing. It must be in harmony with intent.
en.wikipedia.org...
I have no idea what intent people have with regards to that gate. I don't know what they expect.
In mythology and religion or esoteric lore liminality can include such realms as Purgatory or Da'at, which, as well as signifying liminality, some theologians deny actually existing, making them, in some cases, doubly liminal. "Between-ness" defines these spaces. For a hotel worker (an insider) or a person passing by with disinterest (a total outsider), the hotel would have a very different connotation. To a traveller staying there, the hotel would function as a liminal zone, just as "doors and windows and hallways and gates frame...the definitively liminal condition".
originally posted by: DavidsHope
I know a great deal of the pagan gods. None of them exist. But people just have to have a god to touch and worship. That is what this is.
I trust everyone is aware that the fire is about the children. The innocent.
Passing your children through the fire. What mother or father would ever allow their child to be burned on an altar to a god that has never done anything for them?
What parent would ever do such a thing.
That is what this god is...represents...and the arch is the entrance to the evil that brings this thing about.
Best stay away from this in every way you can. There is a God who would never do this thing or require it, but people refuse to believe in him choosing instead to believe in wood, stone, and stars. Stay away from Baal you nations. Nothing good can come of it.
And still the nations march through the arch into "freedom"? Yea Right
Passing your children through the fire.
originally posted by: TruthJava
a reply to: karl 12
If anyone thinks this type of thing is interesting...you need to check out the books by Jonathan Cahn. I would suggest the Harbinger, and the Harbinger 11, then the Oracle...Someone told me about his books and I was blown away with all the stuff he talks about.
Whether or not it's ALL real or true - not sure I am convinced yet, but I did do some research on a few things he said and they were accurate. Guessing it would take months to look up every little thing he alludes to, but he might be on to something.
He mentions the baal gate in the books as well, and it's connection to what's going on in the USA. I don't trust Mr. Cahn's validity yet, but I plan to read the books anyway because the information is intriguing.
originally posted by: Degradation33
Are we talking Canaanite Ba'al (Hadad), the monolatrous Phoenician Ba'al, the later King Ba'al (Bael) of The Psuedomonarchia Daemonum, or the not at all ripped off Ars Goetia (Lesser Key of Solomon) version?
• "Anyone who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.”
Link
originally posted by: Degradation33
Still, which demonized version is the worlds secret cabal secretly worshipping?
originally posted by: Degradation33
It would be weird for a depopulation cult to exalt the one time God of fertility..
originally posted by: quintessentone
That second video you posted invoked horrible and lasting disturbing graphic images in my mind. Did you notice the host's body language as he was describing how they sacrificed children and the non-consensual sexual abuse acts to Baal, he was visibly disturbed.
Also, as well as fertility wasn't the Phoenician Baal also the god of weather?
Juan de Betanzos, 1551
Human nature would not allow them to kill their own children … if they did not expect some reward for what they were doing or if they did not believe that they were sending their children to a better place.
“Monuments, as embodiments of history, religion, art and science, are significant and complex repositories of cultural narratives,” he explained. “No one should consider for one second giving terrorists the power to delete such objects from our collective cultural record.”
originally posted by: FlyInTheOintment
Clearly the world tour, the significant dates, the power centres, the world leadership meetings - none of it is coincidental. Coincidences don't exist at the best of times, and the way they've trotted this replica around like that is extremely telling..