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Written by Rabbi Robert dos Santos Teixeira, LMSW
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EXPLORING THE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN YHWH / JUDAISM AND SHIVA / SHAIVISM By Rabbi Robert dos Santos Teixeira, LCSW Introduction  The Blue God of Judaism? Yes, the blue god of Judaism. The god that Jews worship is as blue as the Hindu god Shiva, the supreme being in Shaivism, the oldest sect within Hinduism. In some ways, the ancient Hebrews were more similar to modern-day Hindus than Jews. They acknowledged the existence of deities other than YHWH (whom Christians generally refer to as Yahweh) and, like their neighbors, looked to a pantheon of gods and goddesses to satisfy their individual and collective needs.1 Their principal deity, however, became and remained YHWH, whom they imagined as having anthropomorphic form.2 This article aims to contribute to and further recent discussion of YHWH’s masculine form,3 i.e., the Lord’s body. Hopefully, in so doing, long-overlooked similarities between YHWH and Shiva will receive due attention, and the feminine form of YHWH4 will re-emerge more fully, thereby triggering a re-appreciation for the life-creating and life-sustaining oneness of the divine masculine and the divine feminine, perhaps the most ancient tenet of Judaism. It is the color of the Lord’s body that interests us here. Examination of biblical, talmudic, midrashic, and mystical texts reveals that the Lord’s body is blue! The Hebrew terms tarshish, sapir, and tekhelet that convey the blueness of YHWH’s masculine form, accoutrements, and abode come from Sanskrit, not surprisingly, which, by itself, invites greater exploration and comparison of the similarities between Judaism and Hinduism, particularly Shaivism.5
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Greek Othrys and the Vedic Adri Montains |
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Written by Vedic Empire
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 Excerpt from the Upcoming Book "The Serpent The Eagle the Lion and the Disk"
Were the Greek Othrys Mountain named after India’s Adri or Himalaya Mountains? According to the Sanskrit dictionary Adri translates as “A stone, a rock, a mountain; a stone for pounding Soma with or grinding upon; a stone for a sling, a thunderbolt; a mountain-shaped mass of clouds or a cloud (the mountains are the clouds personified and regarded as the enemies of Indra.) The Himalayas are also known as Him-adri or ‘House of Ice’. Himadri in Sanskrit comes from hima meaning cold, frost + adri means mountain. Interestingly Mount Othrys is called Mount Goura by the local population in Greece to this very day. Again when seen as Greek the word Goura or Gaura has no meaning yet in Sanskrit it is full of significance: white, yellowish, reddish, pale red, shining, brilliant, clean and beautiful. A snow capped Mount Othrys with a name signifying ‘white’ fits the evidence of a Vedic Sanskrit speaking people. |
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HINDU CIVILIZATIONS OF AUSTRONESIA AND SOUTH EAST ASIA |
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Written by Vrndavan Parker
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 Krishan and Arjuna Sculpture in Jakarta Indonesia GO HERE FOR ARTICLE WITH IMAGES |
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Vedic Brahma and Apache Kuterastan |
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Written by Vrndavan Parker
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 Native American Storyteller The Creation Story of the American Apache Indians is very similar to the Vedic Creation Story. Both the Apache creator Kuterastan and the Vedic Creator Lord Brahma appear on a disc shaped object. Brahma sits on the yellow whorl of the lotus and Kuterastan sits on a yellow disc. Both Look around themselves in the four directions and observe an effulgent sea beneath them. Both have the number 4 as a significant component in their beginnings. They both meditate and sing and they both have the task to create all things. Both Brahma and Kuterastan awaken from a long sleep before they begin the creation process. Adding another deminsion to the Vedic connections with Ancient American Culture are Apache Swastikas and Apache Holy Crosses. These images are from the book The North American Indian by Edward S. Curtis with a foreward by former US President Theodore Roosevelt and featured in part two of this article. Both the cross and the Swastika are used by the Apaches to symbolize Divinities. This is another clue reminding us that the Swastika and the Holy Cross are both variations of the same symbol. There is also an authentic Apache ceremonial painting representing the Apache Creation Process. The links are provided for both the Apache source and and the Vedic source. Perhaps there are many more such similarities to be discovered. |
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Phoenician Alphabet, Adopted by the Greeks |
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Written by Encyclopedia Phoeniciana
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 According to the ancient Greek historian, Herodotus, the Phoenicians introduced their alphabet to Greece. Cadmus the Phoenician is attributed with the credit for this introduction. Further, Phoenician trade was the vessel which speeded the spread of this alphabet along side Phoenician trade which went to the far corners of the Mediterranean. Phoenician alphabet is the ancestor of the Greek alphabet and, hence, of all Western alphabets. |
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