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I grew up reading a lot of ancient Indian stories like most Indians. I decided to compare them with other mythologies. The similarities are structural and surface level only. Details of the stories differ.
Some interesting coincidences occured while doing this. I can kind of visualize things. When I was thinking about Samudra Manthan, for some reason, I began to visualize gods and demons churning the ocean inside the Egyptian Pyramid. So, I began to search Egyptian mythology, and found out about Aqen as shown below.
I thought about Rama lifting the bow, and Arthur lifting the sword came to my mind.
I thought about Rahu and Ketu swallowing the Sun and the Moon. I searched for something similar and found out about Skoll and Hati. The picture below of Skoll and Hati is interesting because Rahu and Ketu are depicted as blue and brown in vedic astrology.
“There once lived a matchless king of Asuras named Bali who reigned over Patala as an emperor over it. Having ascended the topmost story of his palace teeming with windows and bedecked with gems brought from the Mahameru heights surrounded by guards, alone he gave vent to the following series of reflections with a mind disgusted with material pleasures and contemplating upon Samsara (this mundane existence). When I thought about the story from Yoga Vasishta, I began to visualize the demon standing on top of his palace. Later I stumbled upon the image of demon Belial standing on top of his palace. Their names are similar.
Atlantian-like race.
“Diti bore the glorious sons called the Daityas, my son. Long ago this treasure-laden Earth and all the seas and forests belonged to them.” - sage Agastya to Shri Rama (Atlantean-like race). Bali was the Emperor of Earth. Bali established Siddhashram/Shambhala/Gyanganj.
You can watch the video of Robert Svoboda on youtube about aliens. He tells most UFOs are from the Asuras (Bali and team). Bali is predicted to become the next king of the Universe during the Manavatar of Savarni Manu. He is one of the Chiranjivis or immortals.
Later, I came across articles titled, Atlantis: The Sons of the Law of One versus the Sons of Belial.
Artificial beings and Vimanas: Maya got into a four-wheeled chariot that was entirely made with gold, as broad as twelve hundred cubits that voyages through difficult routes in space, water, or earth, well-equipped with outrageous weaponry, that stood high among all the best chariots. The rider’s cabin merits comparison with a mountain, assorted with numerous artificial beings and stockpiles of many celestial missiles. ~ description of Mayasura’s (chief architect of Bali and team) Vimana
Having said this, Somaprabha (Mayasura’s daughter) opened the basket and showed to her some very interesting mechanical dolls constructed by her magic, made of wood. One of them, on a pin in it being touched, went through the air at her orders and fetched a garland of flowers and quickly returned. Another in the same way brought water at will; another danced, and another then conversed.
Somaprabha said, “King, these magical contrivances and machines were created by my father in ancient times through various ingenious methods. Just as this vast machine we call the world is composed of five elements, so too are these devices.
Gun-like or cannon-like weapons: Then the Asuras, Gandharvas, Yaksas, Raksasas and serpent‑folk roared together, their tumult like the thunder of storm‑clouds. Armed with engines and lightning‑fanged devices packed with iron shot, raining boulders, huge pikes and shataghni‑weapons from the sky, they descended in fury. The muzzles of those machines spewed iron balls, and great arrows flew; lances, banner‑poles, javelins and iron clubs whirled in every direction. Blazing like living fire, eyes blood‑red with wrath, they surged forward—confused, snarling and intent on striking Krsna and Arjuna. ~ The Mahabharata.
Crossroads and don’t look back: I came across the story of Robert Johnson who had a deal with the devil at the crossroad. So I searched stories from ancient India to see if there is something similar to it. This is the story I found.
“A friend of mine, named Yajnadatta, was long very poor, but he gained the aid of a Pisacha by a charm, and so, having obtained wealth, lived in happiness. And he told me that charm; so do you gain, my friend, by means of it, the aid of a Pisacha ; he will heal your wound.”
Having said this, he told him the form of words, and described to him the ceremony as follows: “Rise up in the last watch of the night, and with dishevelled hair and naked, and without rinsing your mouth, take two handfuls of rice as large as you can grasp with your two hands, and muttering the form of words go to a place where four roads meet, and there place the two handfuls of rice and return in silence without looking behind you. Do so always until that Pisacha appears.” I found the don’t look back theme occuring in other cultures too.
I came across a video of Miyamoto Musashi vs Katayama Yuuki. One of the youtubers commented, “After enduring an interminably long blistering stare contest with his opponent, our hero Musashi finally dropped the stick wielding hobo with a single strike, and thus reclaimed the title of the most unkempt ronin in Japan.” In the video when Musashi asks who are you, Yuuki tells he is an Oni. Yuuki tell Musashi is also an Oni. Oni is a Rakshasa/Pisacha. The unkempt look is interesting as in the ritual above the person was asked to go to the crossroads very unkept and naked.
I came across an article on this site about Bahla: The Ancient Omani Oasis where locals still fear the Jinn (The “City of Magic” built overnight).
This brought to my mind, Dwarka, the city built in two days by Lord Vishwakarma (architect of the gods or Devas). There is also another such magical city, Indraprasta and the Maya Sabha, a magnificent, illusory palace of optical illusions, crystal floors, and hidden walls built by Mayasura (architect of the Asuras or Titans).
I came across a conspiracy theory about giants fossils and a book titled Petrified Giants And Titans Of Our World. Similar story mentioned in ancient text. “I remember to have seen this earth filled with the bones of dead Daityas (Titans/Giants) and other fossil remains, rising in heaps like mountains, and continuing in their dilapidated and crumbling state for myriads of years.” ~ The immortal sage Bhusunda to sage Vasishta.
Guardians of directions, Dikpala, Bacab, Four Heavenly Kings, Four sons of Horus, Nordri, Sudri, Austri and Vestri.
Osiris is the god of underworld and death. He is the son of sun god Ra. He is the judge of the dead in afterlife. He is depicted as either green or black in complexion. His wife and sister Isis flooded the Nile river with her tears while mourning the death of Osiris. Yama is the god of underworld and death. He is the son of sun god Surya. He is the judge of the dead in afterlife. He is depicted as either green or black in complexion. River Yamuna was created from the tears of his wife and sister Yamuna or Yami when she mourned his death.
The pronunciation of god Ptah is similar to Pitah meaning father in Indian language. Ptah being an architect is similar to Vishwakarma. Brahma who was born from the lotus flower is similar to Nefertem who was born from the lotus.
“We do believe that there are two universes, a female one which is ours and a male one. The upward facing triangle represents the male universe and the downward facing triangle represents the female universe. It represents the union of the divine feminine and masculine.” - African Shaman Credo Mutwa on the hexagram on his “Necklace of Mysteries.” He said the “Necklace of Mysteries” represents the 14 worlds of our universe (like the 14 Lokas).
Shatkona is a symbol used in Hindu yantra; a “six-pointed star” is made from two interlocking triangles; the upper stands for Shiva, Purusha, the lower for Shakti, Prakriti. Their union gives birth to Kumara (Kartikeya), whose sacred number is six. The Shatkona represents both the male and female form, as a symbol of the divine union of masculine and feminine and as a source of all creation; more specifically it is supposed to represent Purusha (the supreme being), and Prakriti (mother nature, or causal matter). Often this is represented as Shiva/Shakti. It is often referenced that the Shatkona is the symbol of the Hindu deity known as Kumara (and by many other names).
The Shatkona is a hexagram and is associated with the son of Shiva and Shakti, Kartikeya. Kumara (youth/teenager) slayed the giant Tarakasura like David slayed the Goliath.
Iusaaset is described as the shadow/wife of Atum. Atum is the finisher of the world. Iusaaset is associated with tree of life. Atum is associated with snake, bull, lion. Parvati is the other half of Shiva in Ardhanarishvara form. Shiva is the destroyer of the world. Parvati is associated with Kalpavriksha, tree of life.
In the Lost Books of Merlyn: Druid Magic from the Age of Arthur there is a chapter known as Bindu suspension which is similar to Patanjali’s yoga process and meditation. In meditation, focusing on the bindu can help bring the mind into a…
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