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Originally posted by this_is_who_we_are
The longest eclipse of this series happening during the midst of all this wierdness just strikes me as something to take notice of.
Thoughts?
The eclipse will begin at 2:15 p.m. ET north of New Zealand near the Cook Islands; continue past Easter Island and ends in Chile at 4:52 p.m. ET.The eclipse will last the longest for 5 minutes 20 seconds over open Pacific waters at 3:33 p.m. ET. This is the best chance for people around the world to see the site (sic).
Originally posted by this_is_who_we_are
Here's something interesting I just found re: Easter Island:
Six Kilometers of Caves Discovered at Easter Island
www.abovetopsecret.com...
And:
www.themoneytimes.com...
The eclipse will last the longest for 5 minutes 20 seconds over open Pacific waters at 3:33 p.m. ET. This is the best chance for people around the world to see the site (sic).
[edit on 7/11/2010 by this_is_who_we_are]
Originally posted by rajaten
Does anyone know of a live stream from Easter island we could watch tonight of the eclipse??
The Mayans were great sportsmen and build (sic) huge ballcourts to play their games. The Great Ballcourt of Chichén Itzá is 545 feet long and 225 feet wide overall. It has no vault, no discontinuity between the walls and is totally open to the sky...
Different symbols are brought together in the ball game. Archaeologists think the ball symbolized the sun and the game re-enacted its apparent orbit around the Earth. The sun was worshipped as a god and by playing the game, one became somewhat akin to the Sun-God. But the game might also have signaled a changing season, so that it served a purpose as well. Since agrarian societies require a timekeeper to regulate agricultural tasks, these rituals were vital to the Mayan society's survival.
The Maya were very interested in zenial passages, the time when the sun passes directly overhead.
The Maya underworld is reached through caves and ball courts
Ball courts. As an integral aspect of the Mesoamerican lifestyle, the courts for their ritual ball-game were constructed throughout the Maya realm and often on a grand scale. Enclosed on two sides by stepped ramps that led to ceremonial platforms or small temples, the ball court itself was of a capital "I" shape and could be found in all but the smallest of Maya cities.
The Quichean Twin myth provides important analogues for interpreting the ballgame from a mythological perspective. In a general sense, it links ballcourts with death: The ballcourt became a place of transition, a liminal stage between life and death.
It is sometimes believed[attribution needed] that the multiple gods represented nothing more than a mathematical explanation of what they observed. Each god was literally just a number or an explanation of the effects observed by a combination of numbers from multiple calendars.
Philosophically, the Maya believed that knowing the past meant knowing the cyclical influences that create the present, and by knowing the influences of the present one can see the cyclical influences of the future.