Gnostic Informant

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Stoned Ape Theorist. Spiritual Junkie. Enthusiast of History, Religion Mythology, & Psychedelics... PATREON.com/GnosticInformant

Publisher

Neal Sendlak

Category

religion & spirituality

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

13 Apr 2021

Latest episode

24 Aug 2023

Latest episodes

69 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   24 Aug 2023

   Phrygian Mysteries INFLUENCED ORTHODOX Christianity

   https://www.patreon.com/GnosticInformant (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbDZxVkxSSUtiQm1QckJfemgwWUh0UE00Z0QyZ3xBQ3Jtc0tsSlJkQXNWc2dUbmQyd1lDTF96Y25sN19XUWtqbGN3OVBkZzdzQkQxVTBMUVY3ZGRFa05UaWZoY3FOWmJ4TUhjSERfSXhxSklXYVJyelVRRjc5QW1aNVU4RDlOMkpOVm9YU3ctc25hUTFtbmJ2TTI3bw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.patreon.com%2FGnosticInformant&v=zADpsFCyhY0) Please Consider joining my Patreon to help finding scholars to bring on. Any amount helps me. Thank you existing Patrons. 2nd Channel: / @latenitegnosis   (https://www.youtube.com/@LateNiteGnosis) Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NealSendlak1 (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbXlZUFJKQkxmUi1wZlVLN1hTdkNISjQzRHdPd3xBQ3Jtc0trdnVrNHlLOVJ1bjZOYzVxMUdENEdOVUhqd1RMaEg1a0pBelJSdTJTZ1YyYlpvNmJOMDNPS3VWU3ljVkd3Y09nQ01wTVQyT2M4ald5Nkt1V1NxOU1VejI1MU5tdUdzN1JDZ2VxeGJWR3pVZjBCaVhRTQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FNealSendlak1&v=zADpsFCyhY0) Discord: https://discord.com/invite/uWBZkxd4UX (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbjNidmM3Tng1SXQyTXFJa0VlUkdaWGdnNVRzZ3xBQ3Jtc0tuRXYtYzVkSFV0bS1DVWJ3UmxXb3BPMHRsQ2VreUxwUlVNZHBZZXFjWjlOeFN1Ym5qdnVMTVNaeU9weUt2Zy1jajFjMU5XLUF5RG4yUGZ3ZktzaDU2Y01rYjc5YUxKejZJRC1ZVTlBOV9jV2tubWROVQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscord.com%2Finvite%2FuWBZkxd4UX&v=zADpsFCyhY0) SABAZIOS , a god of the Thracians and the Phrygians, is also known from Greek and Latin sources as Sabadios, Sauazios, Saazios, Sabos, Sebazios, Sabadius, and Sebadius. His name is related to the Macedonian word sauâdai, or saûdoi, meaning "satyrs" (Detschew, 1957, p. 427). According to some scholars (e.g., Lozovan, 1968), he was a Thracian mountain god whose cult was carried by Phrygian emigrants from Thrace to Anatolia. Greek sources from the fifth century bce onward mention Sabazios as a Thracian or Phrygian god. In Athens, his cult's initiation ceremonies took place by night, and the adepts were purified by being rubbed with mud. A sacramental drink was also involved. The identification of Sabazios with Dionysos, which occurs regularly in Hellenistic sources, is unquestionable. However, Phrygian inscriptions relate him to Zeus, and in North Africa, where his cult is attested as early as the fourth century bce, he might have had the features of a heavenly god; hence he was later identified with the Semitic god Baal, both of them receiving the Greek epithet hupsistos ("highest, supreme"). He was probably worshiped in Thrace under other local names, such as Athyparenos, Arsilenos, Batalde Ouenos, Eleneites, Mytorgenos, Ouerzel(enos), and Tasibastenus. Sabazios's name has been connected with the Indo-European *swo-, meaning "[his] own," and with the idea of freedom, which occurs frequently among the epithets of Dionysos. Franz Cumont has suggested a relationship with the Illyrian sabaia, or sabaium, identifying a beer extracted from cereals (see Russu, 1969, p. 241). More recently, Gheorghe Muşu has translated Sabazios as "sap god," from the Indo-European roots *sap- ("taste, perceive") and *sab- ("juice, fluid"). This translation corresponds well to the pattern of Dionysos/Sabazios, who was the divinity of humidity and as such was connected with both vegetation and intoxication (see Muşu, in Vulpe, 1980, pp. 333–336). The Jews of Syria and Anatolia identified Sabazios with Sabaoth. Under the Roman rulers Sabazios was worshiped in Thrace, where he was more often known as Sebazios or, in Latin, Sabazius, Sabadius, or Sebadius and where he received such epithets as epekoos ("benevolent"), kurios ("lord"), megistos ("greatest"), and so forth. In Crimea, probably under Jewish-Anatolian influence, he was called hupsistos. He was constantly identified with both Zeus and the sun. Motifs of hands making the votive gesture of benedictio Latina are among the distinctive features of his cult. According to several Christian writers (Clement of Alexandria, Arnobius, and Firmicus Maternus), the most impressive rite of initiation into the mysteries of Sabazios consisted of the adept's contact with a snake (aureus coluber ) that was first put over his breast (per sinum ducunt ) and then pulled down to his genitals. No less enigmatic than Zalmoxis, Sabazios was worshiped as early as the fourth century bce both as a chthonic and as a heavenly god. Scholars have too often tried to solve this riddle by supposing a borrowing from Jewish religion, but Jewish influence was not relevant in Anatolia before the third century bce. One should rather consider that chthonic features determined the character of the Thracian Sabazios, whereas the Phrygian Sabazios was probably connected with the sky. The ecstatic Eastern rites practiced largely by women in Athens were thrown together for rhetorical purposes by Demosthenes in undermining his opponent Aeschines for participating in his mother's cultic associations: #gnosticinformant (https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/gnosticinformant) #documentary (https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/documentary) #christianity (https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/christianity)

2. 

   24 Aug 2023

   Osiris Death Celebrated Near Easter

   https://www.patreon.com/GnosticInformant (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbE4wcjNjWEE4d00wS1VBbnZKSjhkT0JJb3g0Z3xBQ3Jtc0tsUnRJeXA2LVlPMm4zNE1nM1Y0TkJEZkNDa09fYndVV2JDdi1SWFR0X2w5YlRSTWVlS3h2OFZrMHRhemdESGlYaXN6NV8zRnlDYlBmRTJNeHkzVXRtV2gwalVTZ2RfWTdjZ1oyZ3Y1Mll3MmJpeldBcw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.patreon.com%2FGnosticInformant&v=xLja5tdUmMw) Please Consider joining my Patreon to help finding scholars to bring on. Any amount helps me. Thank you existing Patrons. 2nd Channel: / @latenitegnosis   (https://www.youtube.com/@LateNiteGnosis) Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NealSendlak1 (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbERNNGItMk5zaW9iQ0MxNWc5TW44QXpBOXRTUXxBQ3Jtc0ttOFNsN1M1dW5JR3UwalNNeW91UDlCOS1TUnpyMk1WRkVTS29pOWU1bG50VHZwWXpIcmNCRjdmeW9MRVZFcVpIWm9pWFo4ZDAtOU5aY29DS1V1V2FFbFNSdUtWaEJHbWZ0YWVBSGFMWHkycjdmYWZtaw&q=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FNealSendlak1&v=xLja5tdUmMw) Discord: https://discord.com/invite/uWBZkxd4UX (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbTRaaHlhZkU3ckhkMFlIbWh0a3hxUUNsRDBzQXxBQ3Jtc0tuUFNscTVuMllVSWItdnhFZGZjeVNZZ3dCT1o5aUFjNUNIWmtBYkNPQ3FLOVpHOGw2NV9DQVlaYUhTMGpqaG9GREI2R0ZxbGpNd1VRVE9VTHY4Q0hWU2gxcTBpckNJa2hNUHpiOTBNTnRzeTZsR3U2UQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscord.com%2Finvite%2FuWBZkxd4UX&v=xLja5tdUmMw) Cooney is a UCLA professor of Egyptology and archaeology and already a bestselling author (“The Woman Who Would Be King,” 2014, and “When Women Ruled the World,” 2019). In her latest book, she admits that her fascination with ancient Egypt has soured — so much so that she now describes herself as a “recovering Egyptologist.” The uncritical admiration of the pharaohs that has continued to the present day, she writes, is a legacy of the ancient rulers’ efforts to manipulate how they were perceived, and has even served as a narrative and cultural foundation propping up modern authoritarianism. “How many of us have had deep obsessions with the ancient world — I just love Egyptian temples! I adore Greek mythology! — that are really symptoms of an ongoing addiction to male power that we just can’t kick?” Cooney writes. “The Good Kings: Absolute Power in Ancient Egypt and the Modern World,” published by National Geographic, draws direct parallels between the rulers of 3,000 years ago and modern tyrants. In it, Cooney describes how the pharaohs created a compelling moral argument for power that continues to mislead people today, and which is linked directly to the current rise of authoritarianism. Cooney explores the pitfalls of patriarchal systems that harm women and men alike, and she convincingly argues that society is duplicating the historical patterns that have repeatedly led to power collapses. Only this time, she notes, climate change has altered the rules of recovery. Cooney is chair of UCLA’s Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures. In an interview with UCLA Newsroom, she talks about what lessons ancient Egyptian narratives might offer in light of the societal and social challenges the world faces in 2021. Why are the pharaohs of ancient Egypt still so relevant thousands of years later? Pharaohs open themselves up to social justice discussions. The hard thing is that the pharaohs were arguably the best ever at presenting an authoritarian regime as good and pure and moral. That’s the underlying idea that needs to be popped first, because we still buy into it today. Concepts of patriarchal society, extraction of natural resources for profit, exploitation, overwork, misogyny and more all came pouring out of the Egyptian narrative. Osiris (/oʊˈsaɪrɪs/, from Egyptian wsjr, Coptic: ⲟⲩⲥⲓⲣⲉ ousire, Late Coptic [uˈsiræ]; Phoenician: 𐤀𐤎𐤓, romanized: ʾsr) is the god of fertility, agriculture, the afterlife, the dead, resurrection, life, and vegetation in ancient Egyptian religion. He was classically depicted as a green-skinned deity with a pharaoh's beard, partially mummy-wrapped at the legs, wearing a distinctive atef crown, and holding a symbolic crook and flail. He was one of the first to be associated with the mummy wrap. When his brother Set cut him up into pieces after killing him, Osiris' wife Isis found all the pieces and wrapped his body up, enabling him to return to life. Osiris was widely worshipped until the decline of ancient Egyptian religion during the rise of Christianity in the Roman Empire. The first evidence of the worship of Osiris is from the middle of the Fifth Dynasty of Egypt (25th century BC), although it is likely that he was worshiped much earlier; the Khenti-Amentiu epithet dates to at least the First Dynasty, and was also used as a pharaonic title. #gnosticinformant (https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/gnosticinformant) #osiris (https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/osiris) #christianity (https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/christianity)

3. 

   24 Aug 2023

   Oldest Mention of DAVID & ISRAEL ever Discovered

   https://www.patreon.com/GnosticInformant Please Consider joining my Patreon to help finding scholars to bring on. Any amount helps me. Thank you existing Patrons. 2nd Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@LateNiteGnosis Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NealSendlak1 Discord: https://discord.com/invite/uWBZkxd4UX The Mesha Stele, also known as the Moabite Stone, is a stele dated around 840 BCE containing a significant Canaanite inscription in the name of King Mesha of Moab (a kingdom located in modern Jordan). Mesha tells how Chemosh, the god of Moab, had been angry with his people and had allowed them to be subjugated to the Kingdom of Israel, but at length, Chemosh returned and assisted Mesha to throw off the yoke of Israel and restore the lands of Moab. Mesha also describes his many building projects. It is written in a variant of the Phoenician alphabet, closely related to the Paleo-Hebrew script. The stone was discovered intact by Frederick Augustus Klein, an Anglican missionary, at the site of ancient Dibon (now Dhiban, Jordan), in August 1868. A "squeeze" (a papier-mâché impression) had been obtained by a local Arab on behalf of Charles Simon Clermont-Ganneau, an archaeologist based in the French consulate in Jerusalem. The next year, the stele was smashed into several fragments by the Bani Hamida tribe, seen as an act of defiance against the Ottoman authorities who had pressured the Bedouins to hand over the stele so that it could be given to Germany. Clermont-Ganneau later managed to acquire the fragments and piece them together thanks to the impression made before the stele's destruction. The Mesha Stele, the first major epigraphic Canaanite inscription found in the region of Palestine, the longest Iron Age inscription ever found in the region, constitutes the major evidence for the Moabite language, and is a "corner-stone of Semitic epigraphy", and history.[7] The stele, whose story parallels, with some differences, an episode in the Bible's Books of Kings (2 Kings 3:4–28), provides invaluable information on the Moabite language and the political relationship between Moab and Israel at one moment in the 9th century BCE. It is the most extensive inscription ever recovered that refers to the kingdom of Israel (the "House of Omri"); it bears the earliest certain extrabiblical reference to the Israelite god Yahweh. It is also one of four known contemporary inscriptions containing the name of Israel, the others being the Merneptah Stele, the Tel Dan Stele, and one of the Kurkh Monoliths. Its authenticity has been disputed over the years, and some biblical minimalists suggest the text was not historical, but a biblical allegory. The stele itself is regarded as genuine and historical by the vast majority of biblical archaeologists today. #gnosticinformant #moabitestone #meshastele

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