"As for the primitive, I hark back to it because we are still very primitive. How many thousands of years of culture, think you, have rubbed and polished at our raw edges? One probably; at the best, no more than two. And that takes us back to screaming savagery, when, gross of body and deed, … Continue reading The Past Is Another Country – Made Yet More Remote Via The Distance Of Time
Author: Curwen Ares Rolinson
“What’s The Magic Word?” – A Brief Primer On Practical Indo-European Prayer
Ignition - Introductions This piece is going to be very different from much of our previous output. Most of the time, when we put out material through Arya Akasha, it's pretty high-minded and somewhat theoretical stuff. In-depth etymology and theological inquiry that's fascinating - and, for those outside a certain sphere of interest, perhaps seemingly … Continue reading “What’s The Magic Word?” – A Brief Primer On Practical Indo-European Prayer
Give Me Bhaga
This Is #GangSteppe - a trio of Scythians, circa the 4th century B.C. Now, what is going on here is the warrior to the right (the bare-chested chap equipped with the arrows and bow) is presenting the head of a slain foe (likely a Macedonian, going by the Vergina Sun emblem on the pauldron of … Continue reading Give Me Bhaga
Aum Gananam Tva Ganapatim…
Ganesh Chaturthi began yesterday, and as one should properly expect, this has been accompanied by a considerable escalation in expressions of piety towards the deity in question. Frequently, these have included a particular and rather prominent verse of Sanskrit, drawn from the RigVeda, and attributed as a prayer to Him: गणानां तवा गणपतिं हवामहे कविं … Continue reading Aum Gananam Tva Ganapatim…
JAI MAHAKAAL On Moon-Day
JAI MAHAKAAL MAHAKAALSMRITI REMEMBER DEATH IT IS MONDAY, THEREFORE - GLORIOUS (MODERN) SHIVA (A)ART(I) As a brief point of explication ... Kaal (काल)is one of my favourite words in any language. For it simultaneously means BLACK, TIME, DEATH, DESTINY/FATE [and also Iron, and also the pupil of the eye - which, as you'll note here, … Continue reading JAI MAHAKAAL On Moon-Day
Kali Jayanti
A ROARING COMES ACROSS THE SKY - FOR IT IS (SRI/MAHA) KALI JAYANTI ; THE KAALASHTAMI NIGHT OF SHRAVAN MONTH JAI MAHAKALI ; KALISMRITI - REMEMBER DEATH So what is this observance of Kali Jayanti? Well, the Sanskrit term "Jayanti" has multiple simultaneous meanings. In one sense, it is an auspicious and religiously important birth-date. … Continue reading Kali Jayanti
Devi NationalisMa Above All
"जननी जन्मभूमिश्च स्वर्गादपि गरीयसी" "Mother & Motherland Are Superior Even To Heaven" A noble sentiment attributed to the Rsi Bharadwaj ; and which is rendered further marvelous - to my mind, anyway - when we consider some of the implications of the Sanskrit word-choices used in its construction. For example, Janani has at its Sanskrit … Continue reading Devi NationalisMa Above All
“To Speak Is To Uphold The Weight Of The Universe” – Supernal, Scientific, Sunyata, Sanatana Theories of Language
'The Dialects Are In Motion' - arcing towards a synthesis position on two views of Language Introduction: A World of Words One of the reasons why I have often advocated for the use of etymology in our field of Indo-European mytho-religion, is in order to strengthen our discernment of what is *actually* going on, by … Continue reading “To Speak Is To Uphold The Weight Of The Universe” – Supernal, Scientific, Sunyata, Sanatana Theories of Language
Warrior-Women of the Steppe?
'Scythian' female horse archer; broadly representative of a perhaps surprisingly viable typology of the Indo-European folk of the Steppe. In my previous piece on Naga Panchami, I briefly mentioned the flawed speculative etymology of Sauromatai, the Sarmatians - noting that some had sought to suggest it derived from scale-like armour and serpentine standards of this … Continue reading Warrior-Women of the Steppe?
Napoleon Jayanti
Three dear to me were born upon this day. In rough chronological order, Napoleon I Chakravartin, The Republic of India, and the Rev. Rolinson [the latter two are the same age]. The acknowledgement of one of these, is something of an ancestral cult - The Rev. Rolinson's own (partially French) Father having maintained, if not … Continue reading Napoleon Jayanti
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