From: hawksmoor@dial.pipex.com (Julia Hawkes-Moore) Newsgroups: alt.out-of-body Subject: A trip to the dawn of humanity. Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 13:19:53 GMT Organization: UUNET WorldCom server (post doesn't reflect views of UUNET WorldCom) Lines: 44 Message-ID: <368a029c.64934861@news.dial.pipex.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: aa210.du.pipex.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.1/16.230 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.belnet.be!newsfeed.wirehub.nl!btnet-peer!btnet!news-lond.gip.net!news.gsl.net!gip.net!rill.news.pipex.net!pipex!bore.news.pipex.net!pipex!not-for-mail Seasons Greetings to you all. Last night I indulged myself in a trip to the very dawn of civilisation, by visiting the settlement of Catal Huyuk in Anatolia, Turkey, about 8,000 years ago. This is one of the earliest human settlements yet unearthed, and was inhabited by around 10,000 people. I am fascinated by these people, always have been. I know a little about Catal Huyuk, which has recently been the subject of a major archaeological dig. The town was built of small domed houses on square bases, only accessible from ladders in the roof. The people were amongst the first farmers and developed agriculture. They worshipped the Goddess, and Anatolia means 'Land of Mothers'. A ritual room has been discovered, buried in which were the wings of dozens of vultures and the skulls of bulls. A grain store alongside held a marvellous statuette of the goddess enthroned between leopards. First I prepared myself with meditation, aura-cleansing and chakra tuning with my selenite wand. Then I lay down and 'Rainbowed' myself into the past, intending to visit Catal Huyuk. I asked for help from my Angel, who arrived in serpent-form and coiled himself lovingly around my body, wrapping me in his wast black and green shimmering wings. I visited the ritual room in Catal Huyuk, which was lit by smoking torches and oil lamps. There was a heavy smell mingled of burning grease, of damp wool, of blood and flowers. Low doorways opened into darkness. The plastered walls were painted in dark red ochre, umber and black. The three women priestesses waiting there were heavily tatooed and dressed in cloaks of black and green vulture feathers, trailing to the floor. They greeted me happily, and my angel unfurled his wings to encompass us all and the room as well. I realised that I myself was the incarnation of the Goddess, and I was flooded with joy and power. The room was embellished with reliefs of women giving birth, and was studded with skeletal sculptures, of bulls with outstretched horns. There were strange breast-like mounds from which protruded the tips of the hooked beaks of vulture skulls embedded within, at once symbolising the milk of nurture and death and destruction. My Angel-serpent incarnated as the Male Godhood, and together we celebrated the union and rebalancing of the processes of nature at this pivotal time of the year, as the priestesses danced, drummed and chanted around us. Eventually we unwound ourselves and flew within his wings back through time and space to a sweet, deep, refreshing sleep. Happy New Year to you all. Love from Julia HM. ###### From: J L Williams Newsgroups: alt.out-of-body Subject: Re: A trip to the dawn of humanity. Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 11:59:26 GMT Lines: 18 Message-ID: <1998123111592675767@zetnet.co.uk> References: <368a029c.64934861@news.dial.pipex.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: user-10003900.zetnet.co.uk X-Mailer: ZIMACS Version 1.20c 10003900 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.belnet.be!news-raspail.gip.net!news-lond.gip.net!news.gsl.net!gip.net!demeter.clara.net!news.clara.net!peer.news.zetnet.net!zetnet.co.uk!user-10003900.zetnet.co.uk!not-for-mail The message <368a029c.64934861@news.dial.pipex.com> from hawksmoor@dial.pipex.com (Julia Hawkes-Moore) contains these words: > Seasons Greetings to you all. > Last night I indulged myself in a trip to the very dawn of > civilisation, by visiting the settlement of Catal Huyuk in Anatolia, > Turkey, about 8,000 years ago. This is one of the earliest human > settlements yet unearthed, and was inhabited by around 10,000 people. Greetings Julia, thanks for the report on your trip to the past. It must be exciting to be able to do that. Look forward to more in the new year. Jim