<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071</id><updated>2012-01-19T10:16:25.233-08:00</updated><category term='Genius/Juno'/><category term='solstizio/solstice'/><category term='Robigalia'/><category term='Iuturna'/><category term='Ludi'/><category term='Tempio/Temple'/><category term='Anna Perenna'/><category term='Gennaio/January'/><category term='Luperca'/><category term='Fuoco di Vesta/Fire of Vesta'/><category term='Ottobre'/><category term='saggezza/wisdom'/><category term='Maia'/><category term='Matronalia'/><category term='Cerere/Ceres'/><category term='Ambarvalia'/><category term='Tubilustrium'/><category term='politica/politics'/><category term='Arvales'/><category term='Seneca'/><category term='Agonalia di Marte/Mars&apos; 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Weapons'/><category term='Terminalia'/><category term='Agosto/August'/><category term='Parentalia'/><category term='Vestalia'/><category term='Agonalia di Giano/Janus&apos; Agonalia'/><category term='Pietas'/><category term='Flamen Quirinalis'/><category term='Vox'/><category term='acqua/water'/><category term='festività/festivities'/><category term='Giove/Jupiter'/><category term='Gravitas'/><category term='Equiria'/><category term='Flamines'/><category term='Matralia'/><category term='principi/principles'/><category term='Ottobre/October'/><category term='Tempo Sacro/Sacred Time'/><category term='Febbraio/February'/><category term='humanitas'/><category term='Juno'/><category term='Indigitamenta'/><category term='simboli/symbols'/><category term='Saturnalia'/><category term='I 5 Voti/The 5 vows'/><category term='Salii'/><category term='termini'/><category term='Iunonalia'/><category term='Venere/Venus'/><category term='etica pagana/pagan ethics'/><title type='text'>E Nos Lases Iuvate</title><subtitle type='html'>Tips of Roman Pagan Life</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>258</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-6447760100189129975</id><published>2012-01-19T10:16:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-19T10:16:25.245-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='conchiglia/shell'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='acqua/water'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Venere/Venus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Luna/Moon'/><title type='text'>Sacred Symbols: the Shell</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Often the shell, also in a stylized form, appears in many roman architectonical and non architectonical representations: frequently in niches, fountains, pediments, funeral representations. It thus represents a very important sacred symbol which must be considered a relevant tool within the sacred "non linguistic" language rather than a mere decorative element. Surely profane individuals will keep on considering this symbol as a decoration but its role has to be adequately acknowledge by non-profane. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The shell is first of all a symbol linked to &lt;b&gt;Marine Deities&lt;/b&gt; and to &lt;b&gt;Water &lt;/b&gt;(also as hermetic principle). In this way its links to the female polarity, and consequently to the &lt;b&gt;Moon &lt;/b&gt;(even in this case also as hermetic element) are clearly evident. The shell, emblem of the female dimension, describes a symbology connected to Love, Fertility and Generation.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;This explains also the strict link between the symbology of the shell and &lt;b&gt;Venus&lt;/b&gt;: Venus was born on a shell to highlight this principle and this cosmic force.The shell is symbol of Love, marriage, Green as sacred colour to Venus. But the shell describes not only the birth and the generation but also the re-birth and re-generation. For this reason it is shown in funeral representations to describe this re-generation and re-birth after the profane death in the Way towards the Celestial Deities. It is thus a geometric, hermetic and initiation symbol.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;In those rites where it is necessary to evidence this function shells are involved: also in rites for agricultural fertility, as well as in those rites where the fertility as cosmic force is evoked, can be used the shell to highlight this symbolism. We speak also through our symbols.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; Therefore the shell as sacred symbol is always involved in the most important moments of a person's life: birth, initiation, marriage, fertility and generation, fertility of the land nourishing us (Mother Earth), death.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-6447760100189129975?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/6447760100189129975/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=6447760100189129975' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/6447760100189129975'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/6447760100189129975'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2012/01/sacred-symbols-shell.html' title='Sacred Symbols: the Shell'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-3510942313488473051</id><published>2012-01-19T08:50:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-19T08:51:26.888-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='simboli/symbols'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='conchiglia/shell'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='acqua/water'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Venere/Venus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Luna/Moon'/><title type='text'>Simboli: la Conchiglia</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Spesso la conchiglia appare, anche in forma stilizzata, su molte raffigurazioni architettoniche e non architettoniche romane: frequentemente nelle nicchie, nelle fontane, nei frontoni, nelle raffigurazioni funerarie. Essa costituisce un simbolo sacro molto importante e non deve essere mai considerata come una mera decorazione. Certamente i profani la vedono e continueranno a vederla come tale: ma è essenziale che la sua importanza come veicolo di un messaggio ed un simbolismo sacro sia adeguatamente riconosciuta.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;La conchiglia è un simbolo in primo luogo ovviamente legato alle &lt;b&gt;Divinità Acquatiche&lt;/b&gt; e all'&lt;b&gt;Acqua&lt;/b&gt; (anche come principio ermetico). In tal modo si evidenzia il suo legame con la &lt;b&gt;polarità femminile&lt;/b&gt; e conseguentemente il legame con la simbologia &lt;b&gt;lunare&lt;/b&gt; (anche in questo caso anche in senso ermetico). La conchiglia, emblema della dimensione femminile, esprime pertanto una simbologia erotica connessa alla &lt;i&gt;fecondità &lt;/i&gt;e alla &lt;i&gt;generazione&lt;/i&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Questo spiega anche il forte nesso fra la simbologia della conchiglia e &lt;b&gt;Venere&lt;/b&gt;: Venere nasce su una conchiglia proprio per sottolineare questo principio e questa forza cosmica. La conchiglia è emblema dell'Amore, del matrimonio, del colore Verde. Ma la conchiglia non descrive solo la nascita e la generazione, ma anche la ri-nascita e la ri-generazione. Per questo in molte rappresentazioni funerarie è presente la conchiglia proprio per descrivere questa ri-generazione e rinascita dopo la prima morte (morte profana) nel cammino verso gli Dei Celesti. Essa è quindi un simbolo geometrico, emeretico e iniziatico.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;In tutti i riti in cui si deve evidenziare questa funzione e questo significato sono presenti delle conchiglie: anche nei riti di fecondità agraria, così come in tutti i riti dove si evoca questa forza cosmica,&amp;nbsp; possono essere presenti delle conchiglie per evidenziare questo simbolismo.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;La conchiglia, come simbolo, è quindi sempre presente nei momenti più importanti dell'esistenza di una persona: nascita, iniziazione, matrimonio, fertilità e generazione, fertilità della Terra che ci nutre, morte.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-3510942313488473051?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/3510942313488473051/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=3510942313488473051' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/3510942313488473051'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/3510942313488473051'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2012/01/simboli-la-conchiglia.html' title='Simboli: la Conchiglia'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-2956707677462209617</id><published>2012-01-16T02:27:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-16T02:27:44.972-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='saggezza/wisdom'/><title type='text'>Pillole di Saggezza Antica 5/Tips of Ancient Wisdom 5</title><content type='html'>"L'uomo moderato trova nella natura il suo limite"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Wise man finds his bounds in nature "&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Seneca &lt;i&gt;Moral Letters to Lucilius&lt;/i&gt;, IV/39&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-2956707677462209617?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/2956707677462209617/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=2956707677462209617' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/2956707677462209617'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/2956707677462209617'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2012/01/pillole-di-saggezza-antica-5tips-of.html' title='Pillole di Saggezza Antica 5/Tips of Ancient Wisdom 5'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-5319787929666128667</id><published>2012-01-10T01:45:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-10T01:45:20.665-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Salii'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Giano/Janus'/><title type='text'>Versus Ianuli</title><content type='html'>Dimon em cante,&lt;br /&gt;Dimon deiuo sub plecate.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;O Zeul, ad oreso omnia.&lt;br /&gt;Verom ad patulcie,&lt;br /&gt;Cosmis es ianeos,&lt;br /&gt;Ianes es duonos,&lt;br /&gt;Ceros es Manos&lt;br /&gt;Po meliosom regom.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Let's sing the Gods' Father&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Let's invoke the Deities' God&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Sun! Rise to the world&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;to the celestial Gate, you the sacred opener&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Your are the sacred gate keeper&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;You are the good Ianes&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;You are the benign He-Generating&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;of more powerful Gods.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Carmen Saliare)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-5319787929666128667?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/5319787929666128667/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=5319787929666128667' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/5319787929666128667'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/5319787929666128667'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2012/01/versus-ianuli_10.html' title='Versus Ianuli'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-2689313591856513661</id><published>2012-01-10T01:20:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-10T01:20:55.002-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Salii'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Giano/Janus'/><title type='text'>Versus Ianuli</title><content type='html'>Dimon em cante,&lt;br /&gt;Dimon deiuo sub plecate.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;O Zeul, ad oreso omnia.&lt;br /&gt;Verom ad patulcie,&lt;br /&gt;Cosmis es ianeos,&lt;br /&gt;Ianes es duonos,&lt;br /&gt;Ceros es Manos&lt;br /&gt;Po meliosom regom.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;INNO A GIANO&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Cantatelo, il padre degli Dei;&lt;br /&gt;supplicatelo il Dio degli Dei.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Oh, Sole, sorgi al mondo!&lt;br /&gt;Alla porta del cielo, o tu che apri!&lt;br /&gt;sei il gentile portiere;&lt;br /&gt;sei il buon Ianes,&lt;br /&gt;sei il benefico generatore.....&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;di più "potenti Signori".&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Carmen Saliare)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-2689313591856513661?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/2689313591856513661/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=2689313591856513661' title='2 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/2689313591856513661'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/2689313591856513661'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2012/01/versus-ianuli.html' title='Versus Ianuli'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-438219459351577160</id><published>2011-12-14T03:50:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-14T03:50:27.513-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mens'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='saggezza/wisdom'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vox'/><title type='text'>Mens et Vox</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;In the Traditional Roman Religion, also according to different circumstances, some invocations are made aloud, others whispered or murmured, others are only thought.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;These variations pushed me to make some considerations about the meanings and differences between&amp;nbsp; &lt;b&gt;"Mens"&lt;/b&gt; and &lt;b&gt;"Vox"&lt;/b&gt;. According to a religious point of view, &lt;b&gt;Mens &lt;/b&gt;cannot be translated into&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Mind but rather&lt;/i&gt; into &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Thought&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;. Similarly &lt;b&gt;Vox &lt;/b&gt;doesn't correspond to the term&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;i&gt;Voice&lt;/i&gt; but to &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Word&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;This clarification also evidences the vulgarization, trivialization and profanation process suffered by such sacred terms whose modern meaning and use totally upset their original meaning.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Which is thus the meaning of what is only tacitly thought and what is explicitly said?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;It is important to note that between &lt;i&gt;Mens &lt;/i&gt;and &lt;i&gt;Vox &lt;/i&gt;a constant relation always exists:&lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;no one can totally prevail even if&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;Mens &lt;/i&gt;detains always major value and importance. Therefore the scale proceeds from &lt;i&gt;Mens&lt;/i&gt; ("What is not manifested") to the explicit Word and finally to the written word. For thi reason, what was considered highly sacred (i.e. the secret name of Rome) couldn't be written laso because what is written can be easily diffused and profaned: considering again the case of the secret name of Rome, its diffusion could cause an&amp;nbsp; &lt;i&gt;evocatio &lt;/i&gt;of Rome or a removal of its Divine Spirit.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Addressing the Divine through &lt;i&gt;Mens &lt;/i&gt;(Unexpressed thought or murmured words) implies always a very deep relation with the Deities: for this reason Animus must be Castus or &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;pure &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;to which will correspond a purity of the Body. The sentence&amp;nbsp; &lt;i&gt;mens sana in corpore sano&lt;/i&gt; derives from this clarification. This sentence doesn't prefigure a mental, psychological and physical health but a Purity in Soul and Body as distinct but interrelated entities. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;This is also another example of that&amp;nbsp; vulgarization, trivialization and profanation process mentioned above. Also the terms we use are important.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Caste iubet lex adire ad deos, animo videlicet in quo sunt omnia; nec tollit castimoniam corporis, sed hoc oportet intellegi, quom multum animus corpori praestet, observeturque ut casto corpore adeatur, multo esse in animis id servandum magis. Nam illud vel aspersione aquae vel dierum numero tollitur, animi labes nec diuturnitate evanescere nec amnibus ullis elui potest.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Cicero &lt;i&gt;De legibus&lt;/i&gt; 2,24 &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;"One of the legal maxims I have mentioned, states, &lt;i&gt;that we should approach the gods with purity,&lt;/i&gt;—that is to say, with purity of Spirit; for this is every thing. Not that the law dispenses with purity of body,—but that we should understand the superiority of the Spirit over the body; and if we are attentive to the purity of our persons, we ought to be still more so to the purity of our souls. The pollutions of the body may indeed be removed by a few ablutions in a few days; but the stains of the conscience cannot be obliterated by any lapse of time, and all the rivers in the world cannot wash them out."&lt;a href="" name="a_1959156"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;All the different verbal invocations to Gods/Goddesses (&lt;i&gt;carmina&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;precatio&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;uotum&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;gratulatio&lt;/i&gt;, ecc...) may show variations in intensity of the expressed words to highlight this relation between&amp;nbsp; &lt;i&gt;Vox &lt;/i&gt;and &lt;i&gt;Mens &lt;/i&gt;in the officiant's mind as well as the different modalities thorugh which the invocation and the sacrifice (with the related rites) are transmitted and carried at the Divine level. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-438219459351577160?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/438219459351577160/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=438219459351577160' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/438219459351577160'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/438219459351577160'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2011/12/mens-et-vox_14.html' title='Mens et Vox'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-6345462880878748667</id><published>2011-12-14T02:54:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-14T02:54:02.438-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='invocazione/invocation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mens'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='saggezza/wisdom'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vox'/><title type='text'>Mens et Vox</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Nella Religione Tradizionale Romana, anche secondo le circostanze, alcune invocazioni vengono effettuate a voce alta, altre vengono sussurrate o mormorate, altre ancora vengono solo "pensate".In altri casi c'è un alternarsi fra parole sussurrate ed altre solo pensate.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Questo fatto ci porta ad effettuare qualche breve considerazione sulla differenza e significato di &lt;b&gt;"Mens"&lt;/b&gt; e di &lt;b&gt;"Vox"&lt;/b&gt;. Da un punto di vista religioso, &lt;b&gt;Mens &lt;/b&gt;non può essere tradotto con &lt;i&gt;Mente &lt;/i&gt;quanto con &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pensiero&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;. Allo stesso modo &lt;b&gt;Vox &lt;/b&gt;non corrisponde al termine &lt;i&gt;Voce&lt;/i&gt; quanto a &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Parola&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Questa precisazione evidenzia la volgarizzazione, banalizzazione e profanazione di termini sacri il cui significato moderno sconvolge totalmente il loro senso originario.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Quale è quindi il senso di ciò che è solo tacitamente pensato e ciò che viene esplicitamente detto?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Bisogna considerare che fra &lt;i&gt;Mens &lt;/i&gt;e &lt;i&gt;Vox &lt;/i&gt;esiste sempre una relazione costante: nessuna forma può totalmente prevalere sull'altra anche se &lt;i&gt;Mens &lt;/i&gt;detiene sempre un valore maggiore. Si procede quindi dal Pensiero (ciò che non è Manifesto - Coscienza) fino alla Parola esplicita e a questa segue, in un livello più basso, la parola scritta. Per questo motivo, ciò che era considerato massimamente sacro (ad es. il nome segreto di Roma) non poteva essere scritto anche perchè ciò che è scritto più facilmente può essere "profanato": sempre nell'esempio del nome segreto di Roma, una sua diffusione avrebbe potuto portare ad una &lt;i&gt;evocatio &lt;/i&gt;dell'Urbe ovvero ad una rimozione del suo Spirito Divino.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Rivolgersi al Divino tramite &lt;i&gt;Mens &lt;/i&gt;(pensiero inespresso verbalmente o parole mormorate e sussurate) implica una relazione molto profonda: in particolare l'Animo deve essere &lt;i&gt;Casto &lt;/i&gt;ovvero &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Puro &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;cui deve corrispondere una purezza del Corpo. Da ciò deriva l'espressione &lt;i&gt;mens sana in corpore sano&lt;/i&gt; che non prefigura una sanità intellettiva, psicologica e fisica, ma una purezza dell'Animo (Pensiero) e del Corpo (materia) come entità distinte ma interrelate.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Anche in questo caso è da sottolineare la volgarizzazione, banalizzazione e profanazione di una espressione che in sè sintetizza un concetto molto più profondo di quanto si possa immaginare.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Caste iubet lex adire ad deos, animo videlicet in quo sunt omnia; nec tollit castimoniam corporis, sed hoc oportet intellegi, quom multum animus corpori praestet, observeturque ut casto corpore adeatur, multo esse in animis id servandum magis. Nam illud vel aspersione aquae vel dierum numero tollitur, animi labes nec diuturnitate evanescere nec amnibus ullis elui potest.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Cicerone De legibus 2,24 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;"La legge ordina di accostarsi con purezza agli dèi, purezza d'animo naturalmente, poiché in essa tutto è compreso; non esclude però la purezza del corpo, ma occorre che si capisca questo, cioè che, essendo l'anima considerata superiore al corpo, se ci si deve presentare con purezza di corpo, questo principio sarebbe molto più necessario osservarlo nell'anima. Quello infatti può essere purificato o con lustrazioni o col trascorrere di un certo numero di giorni; ma la macchia dell'anima non può né svanire col tempo né detergersi con l' acqua di un fiume."&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Tutte le varie espressioni di invocazioni verbali (&lt;i&gt;carmina&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;precatio&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;uotum&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;gratulatio&lt;/i&gt;, ecc...) possono presentare variazioni di intesità della Parola proprio per sottolineare questo rapporto fra &lt;i&gt;Vox &lt;/i&gt;e &lt;i&gt;Mens &lt;/i&gt;nell'intenzione dell'officiante così come modalità diverse mediante le quali l'invocazione ed il sacrificio stesso (con i suoi riti) sono &lt;i&gt;trasportati &lt;/i&gt;presso il Divino.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-6345462880878748667?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/6345462880878748667/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=6345462880878748667' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/6345462880878748667'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/6345462880878748667'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2011/12/mens-et-vox.html' title='Mens et Vox'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-282353139215182711</id><published>2011-12-09T07:18:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-09T08:06:30.786-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='humanitas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Seneca'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='schiavitù/slavery'/><title type='text'>Slavery</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Slavery is one of the most peculiar characteristic of the ancient Roman society and economy. With ragards to this aspects, there are however many misunderstandings and prejudices: slavery in Ancient Rome had nothing in common with the modern concept of slavery i.e. the forms of slavery diffused in North America.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Ancient slavery had no racial or national feature (these concepts were totally unknown to the &lt;i&gt;civis romanvs&lt;/i&gt;) also because the idea of "slave" had deeper and more existential reasons.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;It is important to note that in Ancient Rome, nobody was a "human being" by birth: it was necessary to &lt;i&gt;become &lt;/i&gt;a member of the human consortium. Children actually remained out of the human dimension: they were in a lower condition. It was not a question of being an adult: to be a real man or woman it was necessary a "passage phase" with specific rites useful to give a child this new qualification being accepted among the other men and women in a peer relation. Before this, a child was considered an incapable individual (in a very broad sense) unable to correctly and wisely choice and thus requiring an external intervention for any correct decision. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Similarly a slave was considered as such because &lt;i&gt;incapable &lt;/i&gt;(even if adult): slaves were considered like children. Even if slaves were member of the &lt;i&gt;familia &lt;/i&gt;and for this not subjected to no-use arbitrary violence and abuses, they hadn't a qualification of&lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;humanitas. &lt;/i&gt;Slaves, lacking &lt;i&gt;humanitas&lt;/i&gt;, were not able to have any idea of &lt;i&gt;magnanimitas&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;aeqvitas&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;gravitas&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;prvdentia&lt;/i&gt;. They cannot achieve the &lt;i&gt;Virtvus&lt;/i&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;In brief, slavery is not only an exterior characteristics, but primarily it is an &lt;i&gt;inner existential qualification&lt;/i&gt;. Slavery is a spiritual condition. One can be subjected to any kind of injustice being and remaining however a free man or woman. Viceversa, one totally subjected to any kind of physical pushes, instincts or urges may be apparently a free man/woman, but foundamentally a &lt;i&gt;slave&lt;/i&gt;. To a free man's/woman's eyes, he/she seems to be like a whimsical kid or a foolish silly man/woman trapped into a chaotic tangle.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Seneca provides us with an interesting definition of "slave":&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Sciet pro patria pugnandum esse, dissuadebit timor; sciet pro amicis desudandum esse ad extremum usque sudorem, sed deliciae vetabunt; sciet in uxore gravissimum esse genus iniuriae paelicem, sed illum libido in contraria inpinget.&lt;/i&gt; (Seneca Epist. 95 Liber XV)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;"A man may know that he should fight for his country, but fear will dissuade him. A man may know that he should sweat forth his last drop of energy on behalf of his friends, but luxury will forbid. A man may know that keeping a mistress is the worst kind of insult to his wife, but lust will drive him in the opposite direction."&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;It also true the sentence of the Emperor Adrian according to whom slavery will never disappear: it will just change its name. All this clearly evidences how important is this issue also in our present times. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Freedom and slavery have not to be considered as something "given", but real freedom has to be achieved and maintained in the everyday praxes thanks to inner personal discipline, &lt;i&gt;Virtvs &lt;/i&gt;towards mankind and &lt;i&gt;Pietas &lt;/i&gt;towards the Immortals. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-282353139215182711?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/282353139215182711/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=282353139215182711' title='2 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/282353139215182711'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/282353139215182711'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2011/12/slavery.html' title='Slavery'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-4791648038700786040</id><published>2011-12-09T06:32:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-09T08:10:56.441-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='humanitas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Seneca'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='schiavitù/slavery'/><title type='text'>La schiavitù</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;La schiavitù è una delle caratteristiche più peculiari della società e dell'economia romana. Su questo aspetto però esistono grandi fraintendimenti e pregiudizi: la schiavitù nell'Antica Roma di fatto non aveva nulla in comune con il concetto di schivitù "moderna" come ad esempio quella diffusa negli Stati Uniti d'America.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;La schiavitù antica non aveva alcuna connotazione "razziale" o nazionale (tutti concetti sconosciuti al &lt;i&gt;civis romanvs&lt;/i&gt;) anche perchè l'idea di schiavo o di schiava si legava a principi molto più profondi ed esistenziali.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Bisogna partire dall'idea che nell'Antica Roma non si nasceva "uomo" o "donna": bisognava diventarlo e dimostrare di meritare di essere tali. Il bambino/la bambina di fatto rimanevano fuori dalla cerchia degli uomini/donne fintanto che non avessero superato una specifica fase di passaggio. Prima di questo passaggio il bambino o la bambina rimanevano degli "incapaci", dei "non-capaci" (nel senso più letterale del termine) e per questa ragione avrebbero avuto bisogno di qualcuno che potesse decidere per loro. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Allo stesso modo lo schiavo o la schiava erano tali perchè erano dei &lt;i&gt;non-capaci&lt;/i&gt; anche se adulti. Anche se lo schiavo o la schiava erano comunque membri della &lt;i&gt;familia &lt;/i&gt;e come tale non dovevano essere maltrattati o sadicamente oggetto di sevizie, non rientravano per questo nella dimensione degli uomini e delle donne: non possedevano una qualificazione di &lt;i&gt;humanitas. &lt;/i&gt;Gli schiavi essendo privi di &lt;i&gt;humanitas&lt;/i&gt;, non conoscono la &lt;i&gt;magnanimitas&lt;/i&gt;, l'&lt;i&gt;aeqvitas&lt;/i&gt;, la &lt;i&gt;gravitas&lt;/i&gt;, la &lt;i&gt;prvdentia&lt;/i&gt;. Non possono arrivare alla &lt;i&gt;Virtvus&lt;/i&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;In breve la schiavitù non è solo un attributo esteriore, ma è primariamente una &lt;i&gt;qualificazione esistenziale interiore&lt;/i&gt;. La schiavitù è una condizione dello spirito. Si è quindi schiavi delle proprie pulsioni, delle proprie passioni: lo schiavo appare agli occhi di un uomo libero come un bambino capriccioso o come uno sciocco intrappolato in un groviglio caotico da cui non riesce a liberarsi.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Seneca ci fornisce una bella definizione di schiavo:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Sciet pro patria pugnandum esse, dissuadebit timor; sciet pro amicis desudandum esse ad extremum usque sudorem, sed deliciae vetabunt; sciet in uxore gravissimum esse genus iniuriae paelicem, sed illum libido in contraria inpinget.&lt;/i&gt; (Seneca Epist. 95 Liber XV)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;"Saprà che bisogna battersi per la patria, ma la paura lo distoglierà; saprà che per gli amici bisogna sudare fino all'ultima goccia, ma glielo vieteranno i piaceri; saprà che è un gravissimo affronto per la moglie avere un amante, ma la lussuria lo spingerà ad agire contro virtù."&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;E' anche vero il detto dell'Imperatore Adriano secondo cui la schiavitù non scomparirà mai, cambierà solo di nome. Tutto questo evidenzia inoltre l'attualità di questo principio essenziale.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;La libertà o la schiavitù non devono pertanto essere mai considerate come un qualcosa di "dato", ma, all'interno della Religione Tradizionale Romana, la vera libertà deve essere conquistata e coltivata quotidianamente grazie alla disciplina interiore, la &lt;i&gt;Virtvs &lt;/i&gt;verso gli uomini e la &lt;i&gt;Pietas &lt;/i&gt;verso gli Dei/Dee. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-4791648038700786040?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/4791648038700786040/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=4791648038700786040' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/4791648038700786040'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/4791648038700786040'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2011/12/la-schiavitu.html' title='La schiavitù'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-7408012579958966139</id><published>2011-12-06T03:09:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-06T03:40:54.848-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='medicina/medicine'/><title type='text'>Roman Medicine - 1</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Roman Medicine is a very complex issue and deeply studied: its complexity however derives by different interrelated problematic dimensions. Medicine was not only a technical or scientific (or pseudo-scientific according to some researchers and scholars) topic (see for example the rather advanced methodologies and practices Romans adopted in surgery): medicine implied a deep knowledge of Nature, its cycles and manifestations in a very broad sense (i.e. with regards to the sphere of the plants' and trees' world) and the involvement of &lt;i&gt;Divine Forces&lt;/i&gt;. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Here is not possible analyze in detail this issue and I will suggest in the future some specific books devote to this. Now I'd like to highlight just a few interesting expressions of the Divine presence in the Roman Medicine.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;In the&lt;i&gt; incantamenta&lt;/i&gt;, the doctor invokes Mother Earth so that She will give power to the herbs he needs to prepare his medical remedies. Then he invokes the herbs so that they let him pick up them confirming that he obtained the permission to collect them by Who created them. He invokes the herbs so that they will produce the positive effects he needs. If everything has gone well with positive results, the doctor will thank&amp;nbsp; &lt;i&gt;per nomen Eius qui uos iussit nascier&lt;/i&gt; (in the name of who has created you).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;In an interesting book titled&amp;nbsp; "La Preghiera Romana (the Roman Prayer)" by G.B. Pighi (in italian) are cited some beautiful invocations:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Herba uettonica, quae prima inuenta est ab Scolapio, his precibus adesto, peto; magna herbarum pmnium diceris per Hunc, qui te iussit creari et remediis plurimi adesse.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;"Betony, who first was discovered by Aesculapius, I pray, may you attend these prayers; of all the herbs will you be called great for this, that he has command you to be created and many remedies to offer.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Herba eriphia, ut adsis me rogante et cum gaudio uirtus tua praesto sit et ea omnia persanes quae Scolapius aut Chiron centauros magister medicinae da te adinuenit.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;"Herb Eriphia, come to my begging and may your glad powers be close at hand, and by her, who Aesculapius or else the centaur Chiron, the great doctor of medicine, discovered in you, will all be most healthy."&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Sancta herba chrysocanthos, per Scolapium, herbarum inuentorem, te rogo, ut uenias huc ad me hilaris cum effectu magno et praestes quae a te fidius posco.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;"Holy herb Chrysocanthus, among the herbs discovered by Asculapius, I ask that you may come cheerfully hither to me, with great effect, and excel in what I ask of you in good faith.&lt;/div&gt;"&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-7408012579958966139?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/7408012579958966139/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=7408012579958966139' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/7408012579958966139'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/7408012579958966139'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2011/12/roman-medicine-1.html' title='Roman Medicine - 1'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-8573798397211198577</id><published>2011-12-06T02:37:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-06T03:41:08.565-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='medicina/medicine'/><title type='text'>Medicina Romana - 1</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Il tema della Medicina Romana appare molto complesso poichè in esso convergono molteplici sfere: la medicina non era solo un fatto tecnico (vedere le metodologie chirurgiche anche piuttosto avanzate), ma implicava anche conoscenze naturali profonde (legate ad esempio alla conoscenza delle piante) ed il coinvolgimento del Divino.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Senza entrare in questo sede nei dettagli di questa dimensione, mi piace ora fare qualche piccolo accenno ad alcune espressioni del Divino nella sfera della medicina. Negli &lt;i&gt;incantamenta&lt;/i&gt;, il medico prima chiede alla Terra Madre che dia potenza alle erbe che gli saranno necessarie per la preparazione dei suoi rimedi.&amp;nbsp; Poi chiede che l'erba si lasci cogliere dal medico che ha ottenuto il permesso di raccoglierle da Chi che le ha create. Quindi chiede che l'erba possa generare gli effetti benefici desiderati. Se tutto avrà esito positivo, allora il medico ringrazierà &lt;i&gt;per nomen Eius qui uos iussit nascier&lt;/i&gt; (in nome di Colui che vi ha fatto nascere)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Nell'interessante libro "La Preghiera Romana" di G.B. Pighi (Ed. Victrix) sono riportate alcune bellissime invocazioni:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Herba uettonica, quae prima inuenta est ab Scolapio, his precibus adesto, peto; magna herbarum pmnium diceris per Hunc, qui te iussit creari et remediis plurimi adesse.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;"Erba betonica, che è stata trovata per la prima volta da Scolapio, esaudisci queste preghiere, te lo chiedo; grande fra tutte le erbe sei detta nel nome di Costui, che ti ha fatto nascere e servire a moltissimi rimedi"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Herba eriphia, ut adsis me rogante et cum gaudio uirtus tua praesto sit et ea omnia persanes quae Scolapius aut Chiron centauros magister medicinae da te adinuenit.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;"Erba Erifia assistimi, ti prego, e con gioia la tua virtù mi serva e con quella fà che tutte le guarigioni che Scolapio ed il Centauro Chirone nel tuo uso ha scoperto"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Sancta herba chrysocanthos, per Scolapium, herbarum inuentorem, te rogo, ut uenias huc ad me hilaris cum effectu magno et praestes quae a te fidius posco.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;"Santa erba crisocanto, per Scolapio, inventore dei semplici ti prego; vieni qua da me allegra con efficacia grande e dammi ciò che con fiducia ti chiedo"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-8573798397211198577?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/8573798397211198577/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=8573798397211198577' title='2 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/8573798397211198577'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/8573798397211198577'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2011/12/medicina-romana-1.html' title='Medicina Romana - 1'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-6470233500792697968</id><published>2011-12-01T07:25:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-01T07:25:43.763-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dicembre/december'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='calendario/calendar'/><title type='text'>December</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-1585111499656601466"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;December derives its name from the  fact to be the 10th month of the king Numa's ancient calendar which begins on March.  December represents the "depth", the origins and the beginning of Time. This  is a very particular month focused essentially on the festivities and rites  of Saturnalia and Divalia (dec. 21st). If Janus represents the  beginning, Saturnus (to which December is dedicated) represents the  "end".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Main festivities are:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;1 december - Bona Dea&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;5  december - Faunalia&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;10 december -  Janus' Agonalia&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;15 december-  Consualia&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;17 december- Opalia&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;18 - 22 december- Saturnalia&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;21  december- Divalia&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;25 december- Sol Invictus&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="post-author vcard"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-6470233500792697968?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/6470233500792697968/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=6470233500792697968' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/6470233500792697968'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/6470233500792697968'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2011/12/december.html' title='December'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-7605933259523913382</id><published>2011-12-01T07:22:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-01T07:22:59.138-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dicembre/december'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='calendario/calendar'/><title type='text'>Dicembre</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-1726910416792724385"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Dicembre deve il suo nome al fatto di  essere il decimo mese dell'antico anno che iniziava a Marzo. Dicembre  rappresenta la profondità, le origini e l'inizio del Tempo. E' un mese  molto particolare poichè il mese si incentra sui Saturnalia e sulla data  del 21 dicembre (Divalia). Se Giano rappresenta "l'inizio", Saturno (a  cui il mese di Dicembre è dedicato) rappresenta "la fine".&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le  festività principali sono:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;1 dicembre - Bona Dea&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;5 dicembre -  Faunalia&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;10 dicembre -  Agonalia di Giano&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;15 dicembre - Consualia&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;17  dicembre - Opalia&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;18 - 22 dicembre - Saturnalia&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;21 dicembre -  Divalia&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;25 dicembre - Sol Invictus&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="post-author vcard"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-7605933259523913382?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/7605933259523913382/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=7605933259523913382' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/7605933259523913382'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/7605933259523913382'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2011/12/dicembre.html' title='Dicembre'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-8538415759765821619</id><published>2011-11-23T06:56:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-23T07:01:21.639-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Seneca'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='saggezza/wisdom'/><title type='text'>Tips of Ancient Wisdom 4</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;On Crowds&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Do you ask me what you should regard as especially to be avoided? I say, crowds; for as yet you cannot trust yourself to them with safety. I shall admit my own weakness, at any rate; for I never bring back home the same character that I took abroad with me. Something of that which I have forced to be calm within me is disturbed; some of the foes that I have routed return again. Just as the sick man, who has been weak for a long time, is in such a condition that he cannot be taken out of the house without suffering a relapse, so we ourselves are affected when our souls are recovering from a lingering disease. To consort with the crowd is harmful; there is no person who does not make some vice attractive to us, or stamp it upon us, or taint us unconsciously therewith. Certainly, the greater the mob with which we mingle, the greater the danger.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Withdraw into yourself, as far as you can. Associate with those who will make a better man of you. Welcome those whom you yourself can improve. The process is mutual; for men learn while they teach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;L. A. Seneca&amp;nbsp; &lt;i&gt;Letters to Lucilius&lt;/i&gt; n. 7&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-8538415759765821619?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/8538415759765821619/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=8538415759765821619' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/8538415759765821619'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/8538415759765821619'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2011/11/tips-of-ancient-wisdom-4.html' title='Tips of Ancient Wisdom 4'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-8450563244772844063</id><published>2011-11-23T06:46:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-23T06:52:31.459-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Seneca'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='saggezza/wisdom'/><title type='text'>Pillole di Saggezza Antica 4</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;La Folla&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Mi chiedi che cosa secondo me dovresti soprattutto evitare? La folla. Non puoi ancora affidarti a essa tranquillamente. Quanto a me, ti confesserò la mia debolezza: quando rientro non sono mai lo stesso di prima; l'ordine interiore che mi ero dato, in parte si scompone. Qualche difetto che avevo eliminato, ritorna. Capita agli ammalati che una prolungata infermità li indebolisca al punto di non poter uscire senza danno: così è per me, reduce da una lunga malattia spirituale.&amp;nbsp; I rapporti con una grande quantità di persone sono deleterî: c'è sempre qualcuno che ci suggerisce un vizio o ce lo trasmette o ce lo attacca a nostra insaputa. Più è la gente con cui ci mescoliamo, tanto maggiore è il rischio.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Ritirati in te stesso per quanto puoi; frequenta le persone che possono renderti migliore e accogli quelli che puoi rendere migliori. Il vantaggio è reciproco perché mentre s'insegna si impara.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;L. A. Seneca &lt;i&gt;Lettere a Lucilio&lt;/i&gt; n. 7&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-8450563244772844063?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/8450563244772844063/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=8450563244772844063' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/8450563244772844063'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/8450563244772844063'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2011/11/pillole-di-saggezza-antica-4.html' title='Pillole di Saggezza Antica 4'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-2519145244028723081</id><published>2011-11-11T09:17:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-11T10:00:26.279-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lar Victor'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Simmaco/Simmacus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Victoria'/><title type='text'>Victoria</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;A Goddess particularly relevant within the Traditional Roman Religion, maybe poorly known and studied today, is &lt;strong&gt;Victoria&lt;/strong&gt;. She is strictly linked to the deeper sense and meaning of &lt;em&gt;Ludi&lt;/em&gt;, already mentioned and described, and to the life of a society in its more traditional perspective. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The importance of Victoria is also evidenced by the strong resistance the most important leaders of the Traditional Roman Religion expressed against the removal of her Statue from the Senate. For this aim, here it's also important to remind the name of &lt;strong&gt;Q. Aurelius Simmacus&lt;/strong&gt;, one of the most relevant and shining figure among the defenders of &lt;em&gt;Mos Maiorum&lt;/em&gt; during a period of global decline in the IV and V century A.D.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Why did the major leaders of the Traditional Roman Religion at that time strongly struggle to hamper the removal of the Victoria's Statue from the Senate? It's thus evident that this Goddess had&amp;nbsp;some fundamental role in the Traditional Religion.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Victoria is an extremely &amp;nbsp;complex Goddess:&amp;nbsp;here it is possible to cite only some essential characteristics.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Victoria is first of all the sacralization of the &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;"Triumphal Force"&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; in a very broad sense. She is Triumphan Force in a battle or at War, but also during the &lt;em&gt;Ludi&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;munera&lt;/em&gt;: she is a Force freeing energies and euphoria. But she is also a Triumphal Force against the Death. Victoria, standing up&amp;nbsp;over her war cart, is the sacralization of the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;"Trascending Re-birth"&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. For this reason, Ludi were essentially aimed to awake this &lt;strong&gt;Mystical Savior Force&lt;/strong&gt; totally based on &lt;strong&gt;Action&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Victoria is thus the sacralization of the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;active exaltation&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; (opposed to passive contemplation), linked not only to the fight but also to &lt;strong&gt;Dance&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; (see &lt;em&gt;Salii, Luperci, Arvalii&lt;/em&gt;).  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;This Goddess is also linked to the&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;lar victor, lar martis et pacis triunphalis&lt;/em&gt; or those Forces "who founded the City and created the Empire". Victoria is not only a force emerging from the Action, but is a Triumphant Force against Chaos, against destruction and dis-order. And Rome and the Roman Empire are the most perfect materialization of this Divine Order.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Every victory has its own sacred meaning and sense and the &lt;em&gt;Imperator&lt;/em&gt; becomes the manifestation of a mystical force which, thanks to Victoria,&amp;nbsp;actually &lt;em&gt;transformed&lt;/em&gt; him putting him over a mystical dimension and level.&amp;nbsp;For this reason the Imperator and the Winner were placed, during a triumphal rite, over the shields, becasue the shield was the symbol of the Sky. This rite thus made the Winner and the Imperator like Jupiter.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;For this reason Rome, a political tool for the realization of the Divine Order prevailing over Chaos, disgregation, destruction and dis-order, so highly considered Victoria because she finally represented the inner soul of the Roman power and &lt;em&gt;fides&lt;/em&gt;. The Imperator's health, the integrity of the Roman State and Society (with the related community of families) and the reason of Rome's existence itself&amp;nbsp;depended totally uponVictoria. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Within this perspective, considering the Chaos, the global decline and the diffusion of any degrading and profane expression characterizing these dark times of human decline, the Cult of Victoria still detains a critical role as essential fundamental of the Traditional Roman Religion.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-2519145244028723081?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/2519145244028723081/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=2519145244028723081' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/2519145244028723081'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/2519145244028723081'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2011/11/victoria_11.html' title='Victoria'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-7338023071526690459</id><published>2011-11-11T08:28:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-11T09:55:11.723-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lar Victor'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Simmaco/Simmacus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Victoria'/><title type='text'>Victoria</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Una Dea particolarmente rilevante nella Religione Tradizionale Romana, e purtroppo poco conosciuta ed approfondita, è &lt;strong&gt;Victoria&lt;/strong&gt;. Essa si lega intimamente al significato più profondo dei Ludi, di cui si è già parlato, e alla vita stessa della società nel senso più tradizionale.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;L'importanza di questa Divinità è resa anche piuttosto evidente dalla tenacia e dalla forza con le quali i più importanti esponenti del credo religioso tradizionale romano si opposero alla rimozione della sua Statua nel Senato. Basti ricordare in questa sede il ruolo giocato in quella circostanza da&lt;strong&gt; Quinto Aurelio Simmaco&lt;/strong&gt;, una delle figure più rilevanti e luminose fra i difensori del &lt;em&gt;Mos Maiorum&lt;/em&gt; in quell'epoca di tramonto generale che fu il IV e il V secolo dell'era volgare. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Perchè i maggiori esponenti della religione tradiziona romana di quell'epoca lottarono così strenuamente per impedire la rimozione della statua della Vittoria dal Senato? E' evidente che questa Divinità deve detenere un'importanza fondamentale nella tradizione religiosa.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Si tratta infatti di una Divinità estremamente complessa di cui in questa sede è possibile tracciare solo alcuni aspetti essenziali. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Victoria infatti è in primo luogo la sacralizzazione della &lt;strong&gt;"Forza Trionfale"&lt;/strong&gt; in un senso molto vasto. Innanzitutto è Forza Trionfante nella guerra, ma anche nei Ludi, nei &lt;em&gt;munera&lt;/em&gt;: una forza che scatena energie e ebbrezza. Ma è anche la Forza Trionfante dell'Uomo sulla Morte. Vittoria, in piedi sul suo Carro, personifica la &lt;em&gt;"rinascita trascendente"&lt;/em&gt;. Per questo i Ludi avevano lo scopo di risvegliare questa&lt;em&gt; Forza Mistica Salvatrice&lt;/em&gt; che si fonda totalmente sull'&lt;strong&gt;Azione&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Vittoria è quindi sacralizzazione dell'esaltazione attiva, il risveglio dell'Azione connesso non solo al combattimento, ma anche alla &lt;strong&gt;Danza&lt;/strong&gt; (cfr &lt;em&gt;Salii, Luperci, Arvalii&lt;/em&gt;).&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Victoria è legata inoltre al &lt;em&gt;lar victor, lar martis et pacis triunphalis&lt;/em&gt; ovvero quelle forze che "hanno fondato la città e costituito l'Impero". La Dea Victoria non è quindi solo una Forza che prorompe nell'Azione, ma è anche una Forza che trionfa sul Caos, sulla distruzione, sul disordine. E di questa Forza Trionfale Roma e il suo Impero sono la materializzazione più perfetta. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Ogni vittoria ha quindi un significato sacro e l'&lt;em&gt;Imperator&lt;/em&gt; diviene la manifestazione di una forza mistica che di fatto lo trasformava e lo trasfigurava. Per questo il vincitore veniva portato sugli scudi perchè lo scudo simboleggiava la volta celeste: questo atto assimilava pertanto il vincitore a Giove.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Per questo Roma, come strumento politico di realizzazione dell'ordine che prevale sul disordine e sulle forze&amp;nbsp;del caos, rendeva onore alla Dea Vittoria perchè alla fine essa rappresentava l'anima della grandezza e della &lt;em&gt;fides&lt;/em&gt; romana. La salute dell'Imperatore, l'integrità dello Stato Romano e alla fine la sua stessa ragion d'essere si legavano alla Dea Vittoria. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;In questa prospettiva, in considerazione del Caos, della decadenza generale, del dilagare di ogni&amp;nbsp;espressione degradata e profanata che connotano questa età oscura in cui viviamo,&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;il Culto della Dea Vittoria oggi appare come un fondamento&amp;nbsp;essenziale nella Religione Tradizionale Romana.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-7338023071526690459?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/7338023071526690459/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=7338023071526690459' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/7338023071526690459'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/7338023071526690459'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2011/11/victoria.html' title='Victoria'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-5156097458622166312</id><published>2011-11-02T02:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-11-02T02:33:52.923-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Proserpina'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='calendario/calendar'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Inferi Gods'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dei Inferi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Novembre/Novembre'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Plutone/Pluto'/><title type='text'>Novembre</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Il mese di Novembre, così denominato perchè era il nono mese dell'anno  antico che iniziava a Marzo, rappresenta il periodo dell'"Interiorità".&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Novembre è focalizzato sul flusso dell'Energia Vegetativa e Vitale che rientra nella Terra&amp;nbsp; durante tutto il corso dell'inverno. E' un periodo dedicato alle divinità  sotterranee (Inferi) da cui deriva l'abbondanza della vita sulla  superficie della Terra.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Novembre è dedicato pertanto a &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Plutone &lt;/span&gt;(Giove Infero) che significa  "ricchissimo" e a &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Proserpina &lt;/span&gt;(La  Fanciulla che procede come i Serpenti). Plutone rappresenta la  profondità, Proserpina la forza vitale che alimenterà la vita in  primavera.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A Plutone sono sacri tutti gli animali neri, il  cipresso ed il narciso. Viene invocato battendo le mani per terra.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A  Proserpina sono sacri il melograno ed il papavero. I funerali sono  sottoposti alla sua protezione.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-5156097458622166312?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/5156097458622166312/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=5156097458622166312' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/5156097458622166312'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/5156097458622166312'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2011/11/novembre.html' title='Novembre'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-3800254685382390044</id><published>2011-11-02T02:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-11-02T02:30:40.685-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Proserpina'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='calendario/calendar'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Inferi Gods'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dei Inferi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Novembre/Novembre'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Plutone/Pluto'/><title type='text'>November</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;November, whose name derives from the fact that it was the 9th month in  the ancient calendar beginning in March, represents a period of  "interiority".&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;November is focused on the flow of the natural energy returning back under the  ground during winter. This period is dedicated to Infernal underground Gods  (&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Inferi&lt;/span&gt;) from who derives the energy for the creatures on the surface.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;November  is thus dedicated to &lt;b&gt;Pluto &lt;/b&gt;(&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Underground Jupiter&lt;/span&gt;) whose name means  "extremely rich", and to &lt;b&gt;Proserpina &lt;/b&gt;(the Girl walking like snakes).  Pluto represents the deep, Proserpina a vital force nourishing life in  spring.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Black animals, cypress and narcissus are sacred to &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Pluto&lt;/span&gt;. He may be evoked beating the hands on the ground&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pomegranate  tree and poppy are sacred to &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Proserpina &lt;/span&gt;who protects also funerals.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-3800254685382390044?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/3800254685382390044/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=3800254685382390044' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/3800254685382390044'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/3800254685382390044'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2011/11/november.html' title='November'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-5618222884612455650</id><published>2011-10-24T08:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-24T08:34:32.018-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nettuno/Neptune'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ludi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Victoria'/><title type='text'>Meaning and Sense of Ludi</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Many rites in the Ancient Roman Religion implied the execution of&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;Ludi&lt;/strong&gt; or sport activites and games. These activities, surely showing competitive and sporting features, had a remarkable "sacred" value and importance. For this reason the Ludi had&amp;nbsp;the feature of &lt;em&gt;Res Divinae&lt;/em&gt;. Usually an &lt;em&gt;agape&lt;/em&gt;,&amp;nbsp;supported by an&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;invitatione daemonum&lt;/em&gt;,&amp;nbsp;completed the Ludi. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Ludi were usually held in the Circus where the presence of the sacred numerology and symbology was particularly evident.&amp;nbsp; There were three &lt;em&gt;metae&lt;/em&gt; named &lt;em&gt;ternae summitates metarum&lt;/em&gt; and three altars devoted to the Great Triad. There were five&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;spatia&lt;/em&gt;. There were twelve gates from which the carts entered the circus. Seven was the number of the annual Ludi, seven was the number of the rounds of a complete tournment, seven was the number of the Eggs, Tritons or Dolphins to mark&amp;nbsp;the seven&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;curricula&lt;/em&gt;. The Egg represented the generating matter and "the potential power" while the Dolphin or the Triton was the symbol of &lt;strong&gt;Neptune&lt;/strong&gt;, the fecundating energy of water. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Everyone attending Ludi perfectly knew the symbolic power of such manifestations. Ludi thus were full of magical forces and energies: for this reason they were preceded by great sacrifices with the invocation of great Divine Forces.&amp;nbsp;This explains also why&amp;nbsp;Romans held the Ludi also in case of great danger of the State and the Community.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;In particular, the horse races detained a peculiar role because they evoked the power of the cosmic generating energy: even in this case it should be noted the importance of the &lt;em&gt;October Equus&lt;/em&gt;, the sacrifice of the horse dedicated to Mars.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The presence of specific colors added further magical power to Ludi: the White (Ctone-Lunar power) and the Red (Uranic-solar power)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Each&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;meta sudans&lt;/em&gt; was considered a "living place" and each altar dedicated to the God Consus was the focal point of Infernal forces: but the presence of altars devoted to Celestial Gods/Goddesses granted the presence of the uranic principle. The Circus thus became a&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Daemonum Concilium&lt;/em&gt; or a Divine catalyst&amp;nbsp;(with specific seats left empty for them).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hence sport activities and games (even those more violent - &lt;em&gt;munera&lt;/em&gt;) were accompanied by great magical and sacred evocations. The final&amp;nbsp;outcome was the &lt;strong&gt;Victory&lt;/strong&gt; of Celestial Forces over the Infernal ones rather than&amp;nbsp;a simple&amp;nbsp;sport success.&amp;nbsp; During the Ludi opening parade&amp;nbsp;(&lt;em&gt;pompa&lt;/em&gt;), on sacred carts&amp;nbsp;(&lt;em&gt;tensae&lt;/em&gt;), the symbols of the great Deities protecting the State and granting the &lt;em&gt;Pax Deorum&lt;/em&gt; were presented: first of all the symbols of Jupiter O. M. (the lighting, the scepter with the eagle, the Golden Crown)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Ludi were sacred to the&lt;strong&gt; Goddess Victoria&lt;/strong&gt; or the sacralization of the Triumphant Force.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;These sacred sense and meaning of sports and games have been today completely lost as consequence of the complete dissacration of any human activity and natural manifestation. Nonetheless having even a little understanding and knowledge of this meaning may help in understanting the complex symbology at the base of these ancient events and of the sites where in the past these rites were held. In the same time all this may help us in considering with a different sight these expressions of the human being and, where possible, to correctly integrate our rites with some Ludi maintaining their real value, meaning&amp;nbsp;and sense.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-5618222884612455650?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/5618222884612455650/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=5618222884612455650' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/5618222884612455650'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/5618222884612455650'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2011/10/meaning-and-sense-of-ludi.html' title='Meaning and Sense of Ludi'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-4716178719989577862</id><published>2011-10-24T07:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-24T08:32:49.728-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nettuno/Neptune'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ludi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Victoria'/><title type='text'>Il significato dei Ludi</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Molti riti nell'antica Religione Romana prevedevano lo svolgimento di &lt;strong&gt;Ludi&lt;/strong&gt; ovvero di giochi o attività sportive. Queste attività, pur avendo un carattere certemente agonistico, detenevano una valenza spiccatamente "sacra". Pertanto i giochi e le attività sportive&amp;nbsp;avevano a pieno titolo il carattere di &lt;em&gt;Res Divinae&lt;/em&gt;. Solitamente un àgape, accompagnata da una &lt;em&gt;invitatione daemonum&lt;/em&gt;, chiudeva i Ludi. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I Ludi si svolgevano solitamente nei circhi dove molto forte era la presenza della numerologia e la simbologia sacra. Tre erano le mete (&lt;em&gt;ternae summitates metarum&lt;/em&gt;) e tre erano le are presenti (&lt;em&gt;Grande Triade&lt;/em&gt;). Cinque erano gli &lt;em&gt;spatia&lt;/em&gt;. Dodici il numero delle porte da cui uscivano i carri. Sette il numero dei Ludi Annuali. sette il numero dei giri che componeva una gara completa, sette il numero delle uova, tritoni o delfini che segnavano i sette &lt;em&gt;curricula&lt;/em&gt;. L'uovo rappresentava la materia generatrice e la "potenzialità" mentre il delfino ed il tritone rimandavano a &lt;strong&gt;Nettuno&lt;/strong&gt;, la forza fecondatrice delle acque. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I Ludi pertanto si riempivano di forza ed energia "magica" e per questo venivano svolti preceduti da grandi sacrifici e con l'invocazione di potenti forze divine: ed è per questo che venivano svolti dei Ludi in momenti di grande pericolo per la comunità. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;La corsa dei cavalli, in particolare, rievocava lo slancio e la potenza della forza generatrice cosmica: anche in questo si può notare l'importanza dell'&lt;em&gt;October Equus&lt;/em&gt;, il sacrificio del cavallo consacrato a Marte. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;La presenza di specifici colori aggiungeva maggiore potere magico ai Ludi: il Bianco (potenza ctonio-lunare) ed il Rosso (potenza uranico-solare).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Ciascuna&lt;em&gt; meta sudans&lt;/em&gt; era considerata "viva" e ogni altare didicato al Dio Consus era il punto agonale di forze infere: la presenza di altari agli Dei/Dee Celesti garantiva però la presenza del principio uranico. Per questo il Circo diventava un &lt;em&gt;Daemonum Concilium&lt;/em&gt; ovvero catalizzatore di Dei/Dee (con appositi spazi lasciati vuoti per essi).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;In realtà quindi allo svolgimento di attività sportive o di giochi anche cruenti (&lt;em&gt;munera&lt;/em&gt;) si sovrapponeva una grande evocazione sacra e magica. La Vittoria era quella non tanto degli atleti, ma delle forze Uraniche su quelle Infere. Nel corteo di apertura dei giochi (&lt;em&gt;pompa&lt;/em&gt;) venivano fatti sfilare sui carri sacri (&lt;em&gt;tensae&lt;/em&gt;) i simboli (&lt;em&gt;exuviae&lt;/em&gt;) delle grandi divinità che garantivano la Pax Deorum primi fra tutti quelli di Giove ottimo Massimo (la folgore, lo scettro sormontato dall'aquila, la corona d'oro). &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Tutti i Ludi erano poi consacrati alla &lt;strong&gt;Dea Victoria&lt;/strong&gt; ovvero la sacralizzazione della Forza Trionfale. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Questo significato sacro dei giochi e delle attività sportive è oggi andato del tutto perduto sull'onda della completa dissacrazione di ogni attività umana e naturale. Avere una cognizione sia pur minima di questo senso e significato può aiutare a comprendere in primo luogo la complessa simbologia di queste manifestazioni e dei luoghi che un tempo ospitavano i Ludi. Nello stesso tempo ci può aiutare a vedere con altri &lt;em&gt;occhi&lt;/em&gt; queste particolari espressioni dell'agire umano e, ove possibile, &amp;nbsp;ad integrare i nostri riti con piccoli Ludi rispettandone il senso più vero ed il significato più profondo.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-4716178719989577862?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/4716178719989577862/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=4716178719989577862' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/4716178719989577862'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/4716178719989577862'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2011/10/il-significato-dei-ludi.html' title='Il significato dei Ludi'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-7159997704163277432</id><published>2011-10-17T08:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-17T08:34:11.483-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Paganesimo/Paganism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='etica pagana/pagan ethics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Giuliano/Julian'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='saggezza/wisdom'/><title type='text'>Tips of Ancient Wisdom - 3</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;"For when the soul gives itself up completely to the Gods, committing all that concerns itself entirely to its Superiors, whilst purity of life is the consequence, and previous to this the divine rules lead the way where is nothing further that confines or trammels it; for all things are in the power of the Gods, and all things subsist around the Gods, and all things are full of the Gods; thereupon does the Divine Light illumine their souls, and being themselves rendered divine, they impart a tension and a strength to the spirit,&lt;sup&gt; &lt;/sup&gt;to which they are united at birth, whilst the latter, being thus sharpened and at the same time governed by the soul, becomes the source of health to the whole body".&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Julian The&amp;nbsp;Emperor &lt;em&gt;Oration upon the Mother of the Gods&lt;/em&gt; n. 18&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-7159997704163277432?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/7159997704163277432/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=7159997704163277432' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/7159997704163277432'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/7159997704163277432'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2011/10/tips-of-ancient-wisdom-3.html' title='Tips of Ancient Wisdom - 3'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-7557534378192783855</id><published>2011-10-17T08:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-17T08:24:00.091-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Paganesimo/Paganism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='etica pagana/pagan ethics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Giuliano/Julian'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='saggezza/wisdom'/><title type='text'>Pillole di Saggezza Antica - 3</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;"Quando l'anima si abbandona completamente agli Dei ed affida tutto ciò che la riguarda esclusivamente alle Potenze Superiori - e seguono le cerimonie, precedute dai riti divini senza che, penso, non vi si nulla di impedimento e di ostacolo, poichè tutto risiede negli Dei e tutto sussiste in rapporto con loro e ne è ripieno - allora subito la Luce Divina si irradia nelle nostre anime: così divinizzate esse conferiscono un certo vigore ed una certa energia al soffio vitale loro connaturato che ne risulta come fortificato e rinvigorito, garantendo la salvezza dell'intero corpo".&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Giuliano Imperatore &lt;em&gt;Alla Madre degli Dei&lt;/em&gt; n. 18&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-7557534378192783855?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/7557534378192783855/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=7557534378192783855' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/7557534378192783855'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/7557534378192783855'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2011/10/pillole-di-saggezza-antica-3.html' title='Pillole di Saggezza Antica - 3'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-7499088740925561227</id><published>2011-10-11T08:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-12T01:20:47.304-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fontinalia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Armilustrium'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Meditrinalia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='calendario/calendar'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ludi Capitolini'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Isia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ottobre/October'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='acqua/water'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Giano/Janus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ludi Augustales'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fons/Fontus'/><title type='text'>October 12th: Fontinalia</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;October in the past was characterized by many important festivities: first of all the&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Ludi Augustales&lt;/i&gt; (7 - 13)&amp;nbsp;and the&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Ludi Capitolini&lt;/i&gt; (15). The former were related to the Emperor Augustus become "Divus" (in a next post I will analyze the concept of "Divus" distinct from the concept of "Deus").&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Ludi Capitolini were related to the chasing away of the Gauls from the Capitol. It's important to note that these festivities were celebrated with &lt;b&gt;Ludi &lt;/b&gt;or rituals linked to the Goddess&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;Vittoria&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The complex ritual of the celebration of the &lt;i&gt;October Equus&lt;/i&gt; cannot be described here. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;On October 10th &lt;b&gt;Meditrinalia&lt;/b&gt; were celebrated: Meditrinalia were "curative" rituals during which new wine was used during a libatio expressing the following formula:&amp;nbsp;"&lt;i&gt;novum vinum libo, novo veteri morbo medeor&lt;/i&gt;" (I make this libatio with new wine to cure old diseases&amp;nbsp;with the "new")&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;On October 19th &lt;b&gt;Armilustrium&lt;/b&gt; was celebrated: swords, shields and spears were purified and closed in the Temple of Mars after the end of the military year (which begins on march the 9th). &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;On October 28th &lt;b&gt;Isia&lt;/b&gt;, festivity dedicated to Isis, were celebrated.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;On October 12th the ancient festivity of &lt;b&gt;Fontinalia&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;is celebrated. This festivity is dedicated to &lt;i&gt;Fons/Fontus&lt;/i&gt; (son of Janus) and it is linked to springs and wells where invisible waters become visible. Springs, fountains and wells are decorated with wreaths and flowers are put in the rivers.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is important to note the use of flowers to celebrate the rituals of Fontinalia: the flower is the symbol of transient beauty and impermanence of the existence. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This festivity is however rather complex, with more profound meanings than one can expect. This festivity sacralizes a relevant aspect of water as&amp;nbsp; &lt;b&gt;fons et origo&lt;/b&gt;, or&lt;i&gt; primordial element which embraces all the potential manifestations of the existence&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The most relevant aspect of Fontinalia (invisible/visible waters) is thus the sacralization of an element which precedes any form and any creation.&amp;nbsp;This cycle "invisible/visible" corresponds to the relation immersion/emersion: &lt;i&gt;emersion&lt;/i&gt; is the cosmogonical act of the manifestation while &lt;i&gt;immersion&lt;/i&gt; is a dissolution. Thus water (a regeneration element) evidences the cycle life/death.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Moreover, water, preceding creation, has its own "aquatic"&amp;nbsp;symbology (i.e. the &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;shell&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;). Water is linked to the Female Polarity, the Moon, the Matter, the Undifferentiated Life.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Water (and its primordial features) connotes any "humid" and indefferentiated principle: it's important to note the symbology of the "Flowing Waters" and the "Iced Waters", the symbology of the "Flow" and the "Descending Principle". The cycle and the "Becoming" described by the water are linked to the complex symbolgy of Janus. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;All this is therefore what we must have in mind when celebrating the rites of &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Fontinalia&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-7499088740925561227?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/7499088740925561227/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=7499088740925561227' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/7499088740925561227'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/7499088740925561227'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2011/10/october-12th-fontinalia.html' title='October 12th: Fontinalia'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-2959789719827365643</id><published>2011-10-11T07:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-12T01:21:44.308-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fontinalia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Armilustrium'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Meditrinalia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='calendario/calendar'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ludi Capitolini'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Isia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='acqua/water'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Giano/Janus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ludi Augustales'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fons/Fontus'/><title type='text'>12 Ottobre: Fontinalia</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Il mese di Ottobre anticamente era connotato da alcune feste molto importanti: innanzitutto&amp;nbsp;i &lt;i&gt;Ludi Augustales&lt;/i&gt; (7 - 13) ed i &lt;i&gt;Ludi Capitolini&lt;/i&gt; (15). I primi ricordavano il Divo Augusto (sarà importante affrontare il concetto di &lt;i&gt;Divus&lt;/i&gt; distinto da quello di &lt;i&gt;Deus&lt;/i&gt;). I Ludi Capitolini ricordavano la cacciata dei Galli dal Campidoglio. Altrettanto importante è sottolineare che queste festività venivano celebrate con dei &lt;b&gt;Ludi&lt;/b&gt; ovvero con manifestazioni legate alla &lt;b&gt;Vittoria&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Molto più complessa è la celebrazione dell'&lt;i&gt;October Equus&lt;/i&gt; che non può essere effettuata in questa sede.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Da ricordare poi i &lt;b&gt;Meditrinalia&lt;/b&gt; del 10 Ottobre ovvero feste "curative": durante questa festività si libava con vino nuovo e si pronunciava la seguente formula "&lt;i&gt;novum vinum libo, novo veteri morbo medeor&lt;/i&gt;" (libo con vino nuovo affinchè il nuovo curi i vecchi mali).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Il 19 ottobre si svolgeva poi &lt;b&gt;l'Armilustrium&lt;/b&gt; ovvero, poichè si concludeva l'anno militare iniziato il 9 marzo, si purificavano le armi e le si riponevano nel Tempio di Marte fino al successivo 1 marzo.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Il 28 si svolgevano le &lt;b&gt;Isia&lt;/b&gt; ovvero la festa di Iside.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Una festa molto antica e molto sentita era quella delle &lt;b&gt;Fontinalia&lt;/b&gt; del 12 ottobre in onore di &lt;b&gt;Fons/Fontus &lt;/b&gt;figlio di Giano. Questa festività si lega alle fonti e sorgenti delle acque invisibili e che diventano visibili. Le sorgenti, i pozzi&amp;nbsp;e le fontane venivano decorate con corone di fiori e si gettavano fiori nei fiumi nei pressi delle sorgenti. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Questa festività è in realtà molto più complessa di quanto possa apparire ad uno sguardo superficiale. In questa festività si sacralizzava un aspetto molto importante dell'acqua in quanto &lt;b&gt;fons et origo&lt;/b&gt;, ovvero elemento primordiale che raccoglie in sè tutte le potenzialità dell'esistenza. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;L'aspetto più rilevante delle Fontinalia (acque visibili/invisibili) è quindi la sacralizzazione di ciò che precede qualsiasi forma e di ciò che precede ogni creazione. Questa ciclicità visibile/invisibile corrisponde al rapporto immersione/emersione: l'emersione è l'atto cosmogonico della manifestazione&amp;nbsp; mentre l'immersione rappresenta una dissoluzione. L'acqua (elemento di rigenerazione) quindi evidenzia il ciclo vita-morte.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Allo stesso modo si presti attenzione all'uso dei fiori per la celebrazione di questa festività: il fiore rappresenta la bellezza fugace e l'impermanenza dell'esistenza. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;L'acqua inoltre poichè precede la creazione dispone di una simbologia specifica "acquatica".(ad esempio la conchiglia). Le acque sono connesse alla Polarità Femminile, alla Luna, alla Materia, alla vitalità indifferenziata&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;La primordialità dell'acqua connota ogni principio "umido", indifferenziato: si rifletta sulla simbologia delle Acque Fluenti e delle Acque Gelate, sulla simbologia della "Corrente", e sul principio "discendente". La ciclicità ed il divenire espresso dalle Acque si lega pertanto alla complessa simbologia di Giano. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Questo&amp;nbsp;pertanto &lt;v:stroke joinstyle="miter"&gt; &lt;v:formulas&gt;  &lt;v:f eqn="val #0"&gt;  &lt;v:f eqn="prod #0 1 2"&gt;  &lt;v:f eqn="sum @1 10800 0"&gt; &lt;/v:f&gt;&lt;/v:f&gt;&lt;/v:f&gt;&lt;/v:formulas&gt; &lt;v:path gradientshapeok="t" o:connectlocs="@0,0;@1,10800;0,21600;10800,21600;21600,21600;@2,10800" o:connecttype="custom" textboxrect="0,10800,10800,18000;5400,10800,16200,18000;10800,10800,21600,18000;0,7200,7200,21600;7200,7200,14400,21600;14400,7200,21600,21600"&gt; &lt;v:handles&gt;  &lt;v:h position="#0,topLeft" xrange="0,21600"&gt; &lt;/v:h&gt;&lt;/v:handles&gt;&lt;/v:path&gt;&lt;/v:stroke&gt;è ciò che dobbiamo tenere presente nello svolgimento dei riti delle Fontinalia.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-2959789719827365643?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/2959789719827365643/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=2959789719827365643' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/2959789719827365643'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/2959789719827365643'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2011/10/12-ottobre-fontinalia.html' title='12 Ottobre: Fontinalia'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-3132203411864891962</id><published>2011-10-04T07:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-04T07:34:20.216-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cicerone/Cicero'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='etica pagana/pagan ethics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='saggezza/wisdom'/><title type='text'>Tips of Ancient Wisdom - 2</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;"Let us, O conscript fathers, think as highly of ourselves as we please; and yet it is not in numbers that we are superior to the Spaniards, nor in personal strength to the Gauls, nor in cunning to the Carthaginians, nor in arts to the Greeks, nor in the natural acuteness which seems to be implanted in the people of this land and country, to the Italian and Latin tribes; but it is in and by means of piety and religion, and this especial wisdom of perceiving that all things are governed and managed by the divine power of the Immortal Gods, that we have been and are superior to all other countries and nations."&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Cicero &lt;em&gt;De Haruspicum Responso&lt;/em&gt;, n. 19&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-3132203411864891962?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/3132203411864891962/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=3132203411864891962' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/3132203411864891962'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/3132203411864891962'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2011/10/tips-of-ancient-wisdom-2.html' title='Tips of Ancient Wisdom - 2'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-1795278251492945775</id><published>2011-10-04T07:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-04T07:20:12.568-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cicerone/Cicero'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='etica pagana/pagan ethics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='saggezza/wisdom'/><title type='text'>Pillole di Saggezza Antica  - 2</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;"Per quanto alta sia l'opinione che abbiamo di noi stessi, non superiamo certo in numero gli Ispanici, nè in forza i Galli, nè in astuzia i Cartaginesi, nè nelle arti i Greci, nè infine per il loro senso di attaccamento alla terra natale gli stessi Italici ed i Latini; è invece nella Pietà e nella devozione che siamo superiori a tutti i popoli e in quella sola sapienza che ci ha consentito di imparare che tutto è governato e diretto dalla potenza degli Dei."&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Cicerone &lt;em&gt;de Haruspicum Responso&lt;/em&gt;, n. 19&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-1795278251492945775?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/1795278251492945775/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=1795278251492945775' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/1795278251492945775'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/1795278251492945775'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2011/10/pillole-di-saggezza-antica-2.html' title='Pillole di Saggezza Antica  - 2'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-1405870273171408501</id><published>2011-10-03T06:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-03T06:43:40.564-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='calendario/calendar'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ottobre/October'/><title type='text'>October</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;October represents the last month in the active sacred year symbolizing a period of intense spirituality. During this period Nature tends to a phase of cyclical death.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;October 12 is dedicated to the &lt;em&gt;Fontinalia&lt;/em&gt; - the festivity of "underground and invisible springs" while October 15 was dedicated to the complex festivity and ritual of "October Equus".&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-1405870273171408501?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/1405870273171408501/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=1405870273171408501' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/1405870273171408501'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/1405870273171408501'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2011/10/october.html' title='October'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-6291169466590071479</id><published>2011-10-03T06:39:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-03T06:39:58.965-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='calendario/calendar'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ottobre/October'/><title type='text'>Ottobre</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Ottobre rappresenta l'ultimo mese dell'anno attivo e simbolizza un periodo di intensa spiritualità. In questo periodo infatti la Natura si avvia verso una fase di morte ciclica.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il 12 ottobre si festeggiano le &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Fontinalia&lt;/span&gt; ovvero la "Festa delle Fonti sotterranee ed invisibili" mentre il giorno 15 si celebrava la complessa festa e rituale dell' "October Equus". &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-6291169466590071479?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/6291169466590071479/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=6291169466590071479' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/6291169466590071479'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/6291169466590071479'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2011/10/ottobre.html' title='Ottobre'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-2639289879546882334</id><published>2011-09-28T10:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-28T10:51:21.748-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tempo Sacro/Sacred Time'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='festività/festivities'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='calendario/calendar'/><title type='text'>Festivities: sense and meaning</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The Traditional Roman Religion is a &lt;strong&gt;Festive Religion&lt;/strong&gt; by definition.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; In order to understand such concept it can be useful to remind the focal role of the &lt;strong&gt;Sacred Time&lt;/strong&gt; based on a mystical-mythical-religious "&lt;em&gt;sense of phases&lt;/em&gt;". At a first level this sense is linked to the great periods of life, to the cyclical changes, to the "&lt;em&gt;decisive passages of value&lt;/em&gt;". At a higher level peculiar macro and micro cosmic transition phases and life subdivisions can be identified: these phases must be marked through cults and rites and they must be &lt;em&gt;evidenced&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp; along the uniform course of the becoming. It is important also to remind the traditional definition of Cosmos as &lt;em&gt;the reality of the world in a defined phase which embraces the validity of a defined spiritual order.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The Sacred Calendar is based on these principles. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;A biological time and phases are accompanied by Cosmic Time and Phases. These phases are observed and recorded. This sense of the phases &amp;nbsp;which characterizes the Cosmic dynamic (both at macro and micro level) identifies some peculiar moments: religion highlights these moments evolving this sense into a "sense of festivity". A festivity is thus &lt;em&gt;a specific mark in the Sacred Time&lt;/em&gt;, a &lt;strong&gt;demarcation&lt;/strong&gt; between two ordinary conditions of time. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;A Traditional Festivity, to become as such, &lt;strong&gt;must&lt;/strong&gt; be something absolutely &lt;em&gt;discriminating&lt;/em&gt;. Thanks to rites, some acts can be made which must be peceived and executed in a level of the human existence completely different from the ordinary one. These rites and acts, when deprived of this spirit, are totally out of the festivity sphere losing consequently their meaning.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;In order to attribute a meaning and a sense to certain acts, they must be executed only "&lt;em&gt;festivelly&lt;/em&gt;", only on this different level. It implies a personal inner need of elevation towards this level otherwise a festivity is "dead" and grotesque: without a sense of festivity, there's no festivity.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The sense of festivity is not always joyful: it can be also sad or serious. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Festivities in the traditional Roman Religion are&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;never&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; forms of entertainment because they are and remain an absolute "&lt;em&gt;discrimination&lt;/em&gt;".&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-2639289879546882334?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/2639289879546882334/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=2639289879546882334' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/2639289879546882334'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/2639289879546882334'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2011/09/festivities-sense-and-meaning.html' title='Festivities: sense and meaning'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-3556709162152803115</id><published>2011-09-28T10:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-28T10:51:42.402-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tempo Sacro/Sacred Time'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='festività/festivities'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='calendario/calendar'/><title type='text'>Feste: senso e significato</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;La Religione Tradizionale Romana è una religione &lt;strong&gt;Festiva&lt;/strong&gt; per definizione. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Per comprendere questo aspetto è bene ricordare l'importanza della sacralità del &lt;strong&gt;Tempo&lt;/strong&gt; che si fonda su un "&lt;em&gt;senso delle fasi&lt;/em&gt;" mistico-mitico-religioso. Ciò si esplica ad un primo livello con i grandi periodi della vita, ai cambiamenti ciclici, ai "&lt;em&gt;passaggi di valore decisivi&lt;/em&gt;". Ad un livello più elevato si identificano delle fasi di transizione e suddivisioni nella vita del macrocosmo e del microcosmo che vengono "&lt;em&gt;segnate&lt;/em&gt;" mediante il culto e devono essere fatte risaltare nel corso uniforme del divenire. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Si ricordi inoltre la definizione tradizionale del termine Cosmo ovvero &lt;em&gt;la realtà del Mondo in un determinato stadio, che racchiude in sè la validità di un certo ordine spirituale.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Su questi principi si fonda il Calendario Sacro.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Esiste quindi un &lt;em&gt;tempo biologico &lt;/em&gt;e delle &lt;em&gt;fasi biologiche&lt;/em&gt; così come esiste un &lt;em&gt;Tempo Cosmico &lt;/em&gt;e delle &lt;em&gt;fasi cosmiche&lt;/em&gt;. Queste fasi vengono osservate e "&lt;em&gt;annotate&lt;/em&gt;". Il senso delle fasi che connota il movimento del Cosmo (macro e micro) contraddistingue alcuni momenti: la religione opera questa evidenziazione&amp;nbsp; trasformandolo in un senso di festività. La festa è quindi &lt;em&gt;un segno nel Tempo Sacro&lt;/em&gt;, una &lt;strong&gt;demarcazione&lt;/strong&gt; fra due condizioni "ordinarie"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;La Festa Tradizionale, per essere realmente tale, &lt;strong&gt;deve&lt;/strong&gt; essere qualcosa di assolutamente &lt;em&gt;discriminante&lt;/em&gt;. Grazie ai riti, si compiono degli atti che devono essere percepiti e compiuti ad un livello dell'esistenza umana completamente diverso da quello ordinario. Questi riti e questi atti &amp;nbsp;se privi di questo spirito sono fuori dalla sfera della festività e perdono quindi di senso. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Certi atti, per avere senso, possono essere pertanto&amp;nbsp;compiuti solo &lt;em&gt;festivamente&lt;/em&gt;, solo su questo piano diverso: ciò implica un'interiore personale necessità di elevazione fino a questo piano altrimenti la festa è morta e grottesca: senza senso di festività non c'è festa.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Il senso di festività non è necessariamente un senso gioioso: esso può essere anche triste o serio.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Le feste nella Religione tradizionale Romana pertanto non sono mai forme di intrattenimento perchè sono e restano un&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt; discrimine assoluto&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-3556709162152803115?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/3556709162152803115/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=3556709162152803115' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/3556709162152803115'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/3556709162152803115'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2011/09/feste-senso-e-significato.html' title='Feste: senso e significato'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-1951586795891523063</id><published>2011-09-23T09:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-27T01:01:37.154-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Seneca'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='etica pagana/pagan ethics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='saggezza/wisdom'/><title type='text'>Tips of Ancient Wisdom - 1</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;An Invitation to simplicity&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Courier; font-size: xx-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;div align="LEFT"&gt;(...) our&amp;nbsp; life should observe a happy medium between the &lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;ways of a sage and the ways of the world at &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;large&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;; all men should admire it, but they should &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;understand &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;it also.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="LEFT"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Courier; font-size: xx-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;div align="LEFT"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="LEFT"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Let men find that &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;we &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;are unlike the common herd, if they look closely. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;If &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;they visit us at home, they should admire us, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;rather &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;than our household appointments.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div align="LEFT"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div align="LEFT"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="LEFT"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Seneca L. A.&amp;nbsp; "Ad Lucilium epistulae morales" n. 5&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="LEFT"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Courier; font-size: xx-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Courier; font-size: xx-small;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Courier; font-size: xx-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Courier; font-size: xx-small;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-1951586795891523063?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/1951586795891523063/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=1951586795891523063' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/1951586795891523063'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/1951586795891523063'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2011/09/tips-of-ancient-wisdom.html' title='Tips of Ancient Wisdom - 1'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-4416650099073086592</id><published>2011-09-23T08:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-27T01:02:00.464-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Seneca'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='etica pagana/pagan ethics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='saggezza/wisdom'/><title type='text'>Pillole di Saggezza Antica - 1</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Invito alla Semplicità&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;(...) la nostra vita sia ordinata secondo costumi onesti e accettati da tutti (...) &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Chi ci osserverà meglio comprenderà che noi siamo ben diversi dal volgo: ed intrando nella nostra casa dovrà ammirare noi, non la nostra casa.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Seneca, Lettere a Lucilio n. 5&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-4416650099073086592?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/4416650099073086592/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=4416650099073086592' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/4416650099073086592'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/4416650099073086592'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2011/09/pillole-di-saggezza-antica.html' title='Pillole di Saggezza Antica - 1'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-1193243404949822745</id><published>2011-09-16T03:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-12-03T06:59:07.276-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tempio/Temple'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inauguratio'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='consecratio'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='geografia sacra/sacred geography'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dedicatio'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Spazio/Space'/><title type='text'>The Temple</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;"Normal" places are sacred places, usually inhabited by forces having precise meanings: this condition makes them spaces qualitatively different from profane and not-sacred sites. Sacred places thus express a &lt;b&gt;Sacred Geography&lt;/b&gt; (having nothing in common with the conventional geography) rotating around fixed focal points, &lt;b&gt;Centres&lt;/b&gt;, "&lt;i&gt;omphalos&lt;/i&gt;" providing "orientation".&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Sacred Geography&lt;/b&gt; is based on the concept of &lt;b&gt;Sacred Space&lt;/b&gt; which is essentially "&lt;i&gt;experience&lt;/i&gt;", primarily with the Divine: any place is thus a qualitative experience. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These assumptions are the fundamentals of the concept of &lt;b&gt;Temple &lt;/b&gt;(&lt;i&gt;Templum&lt;/i&gt;). The Temple is a sacred space limited bya Pontifex or an Augur with a &lt;i&gt;lituus &lt;/i&gt;on the ground, water, air or underground where a Divine presence is acknowledged (&lt;b&gt;Original Temple&lt;/b&gt;). Therefore, the Temple is a qualitatively different space from the environment around it whose ideal trail separates two spaces indicating the distance between two different ways of being. Its gate indicates the border and the communication point between these two worlds. Please note that the Temple's gate has its own "Guardians": the gate always represents a "&lt;i&gt;passage&lt;/i&gt;" (Janus)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Inside, the Temple has&amp;nbsp; an "axial point" or an ideal open point for the communication with the Deities: for this reason the Temple must be ideally open and some of them can become a "&lt;b&gt;Gods'/Goddesses' Gate&lt;/b&gt;s" or a direct contact point between Earth and Sky. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Noboy (neither a Pontifex nor an Augur) can &lt;i&gt;choose &lt;/i&gt;a sacred place or a Temple: they can rather &lt;i&gt;discover&lt;/i&gt;, through specific signs, if a place is a sacred site. A sign may appear after a &lt;i&gt;legum dictio&lt;/i&gt; (sign request) and this may indicate that this sacred place, limited by a Temple (as a space for the signs' observation),&amp;nbsp; may receive signs from a &lt;i&gt;numen&lt;/i&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Temple is a quadrilateral oriented space (simbology of the quadrilater-square) in the same time the Temple becomes an &lt;i&gt;orientation tool&lt;/i&gt;. It becomes a &lt;b&gt;Centre&lt;/b&gt;. Circular Templee have different meanings (simbology of the circle). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;After positive responses of the &lt;i&gt;legum dictio&lt;/i&gt;, the Temple will follow the &lt;i&gt;inauguratio, consecratio &lt;/i&gt;and &lt;i&gt;dedicatio &lt;/i&gt;process.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Inauguratio&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;: the Augur or Pontifes have made precise questions requiring just "yes" or "not" through natural signs. The question and the interpretation of the sing(s) must be ritually made at the entrance of a tent (&lt;i&gt;tabernaculum&lt;/i&gt;) or over a mat placed at the centre of the sacred quadrilater, which has been limited with a &lt;i&gt;lituus&lt;/i&gt;, in the point where the two oriented axes of this space cross each other. Iron or knots must be absent and it must be a prevalence of White. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;When lacking signs, the consultation is postponed to a more favourable day. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Consecratio&lt;/b&gt;: the Pontifix, touching the temple's door declares the &lt;i&gt;sollemnia&amp;nbsp; pontificalis carminis verba &lt;/i&gt;or the ritual formulas requested for the &lt;i&gt;consecratio.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;In case of presence of signs, they must be interpreted and acknowledged (not all signs are augural signs - &lt;i&gt;superstitio&lt;/i&gt;): after that it is necessary to understand which force (&lt;i&gt;numen&lt;/i&gt;) sends these signs to "name" the God/Goddess to who commit and assign the Temple (&lt;i&gt;dedicatio&lt;/i&gt;). The &lt;i&gt;dedicatio &lt;/i&gt;is expressed by the Pontifex with a precise ritual formula (&lt;i&gt;precatio&lt;/i&gt;). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Over an Original Temple is also possible to create a Sacred Building which must have some essential ritual elements for example:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Sacred Foundations (consecrated separately because they sink into the Inferi  World)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;the Corner Stone (with the related simbology and ritual)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;the Columns (they represent the &lt;i&gt;sacred trees&lt;/i&gt; each of which inhabited by a specific God/Goddess: their number must comply with the sacred numerology)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;the Stair (simbology of the Stair - elevation - and related sacred numerology for the steps)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;the Altar (for the sacrifices and the offers: &lt;i&gt;libatio&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;the Perimetrical Walls (they represent the atmosphere)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;the Ceiling (it represents the Sky)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;the Gate (and related simbology -&amp;nbsp; &lt;i&gt;Janus&lt;/i&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;the Axial Point (opening)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;The Temple may host the symbols pertaining the God/Goddess: for the popular religion it can host also a statue of the God/Goddess (to be avoided when possible)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-1193243404949822745?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/1193243404949822745/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=1193243404949822745' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/1193243404949822745'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/1193243404949822745'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2011/09/temple.html' title='The Temple'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-7587185733460517868</id><published>2011-09-16T02:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-12-03T06:52:26.066-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tempio/Temple'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inauguratio'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='consecratio'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='geografia sacra/sacred geography'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dedicatio'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tabernaculum'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Spazio/Space'/><title type='text'>Il Tempio</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Tutti i luoghi "normali" sono &lt;b&gt;sacri&lt;/b&gt;, abitati da forze e dotati di precisi significati: ciò li rende qualitativamente diversi dagli spazi profani e non consacrati. I luoghi sacri esprimono una &lt;b&gt;Geografia Sacra&lt;/b&gt; (che non ha nulla a che vedere con la geografia convenzionale) che ruota intorno a punti fissi, a &lt;b&gt;Centri&lt;/b&gt;, ad "&lt;i&gt;omphalos&lt;/i&gt;" che forniscono un "orientamento".&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;La &lt;b&gt;Geografia Sacra&lt;/b&gt; si fonda su un concetto di &lt;b&gt;Spazio Sacro&lt;/b&gt; che è essenzialmente "&lt;i&gt;esperienza&lt;/i&gt;", primariamente con il Divino: i luoghi sono quindi &lt;i&gt;esperienze qualtitative eccezionali&lt;/i&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Su questi presupposti si basa il concetto di "&lt;b&gt;Tempio&lt;/b&gt;" (&lt;i&gt;Templum&lt;/i&gt;). Esso è uno spazio sacro delimitato da un Pontefice o da un Augure per mezzo di un &lt;i&gt;lituo &lt;/i&gt;sul suolo, nell'acqua, nell'aria o nel sottosuolo dove viene riconosciuta la presenza di un Dio/Dea (&lt;b&gt;Tempio Originario&lt;/b&gt;). Il Tempio è uno spazio qualitativamente diverso dall'ambiente che lo circonda il cui tracciato ideale separa due spazi che indicano la distanza fra due modi di essere: la sua soglia indica la frontiera ed il punto di comunicazione fra questi due mondi. Da ricordare che la soglia del tempio ha i suoi "&lt;i&gt;custodi&lt;/i&gt;" e la porta rappresenta sempre un "&lt;i&gt;passaggio&lt;/i&gt;" (Giano).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Il Tempio conserva al suo interno un punto "&lt;b&gt;assiale&lt;/b&gt;" ovvero l'apertura ideale per la comunicazione con il Divino: il Tempio deve essere sempre idealmente "aperto" ed alcuni di essi possono divenire "&lt;b&gt;Porta degli Dei/Dee&lt;/b&gt;" cioè punti di contatto fra la Terra ed il Cielo.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Gli uomini (nemmeno un Pontefice od un Augure) non possono &lt;i&gt;scegliere &lt;/i&gt;un luogo sacro o un tempio: lo possono semmai &lt;i&gt;scoprire &lt;/i&gt;per mezzo dei segni che rivelano la sacralità di un luogo. Un segno si può manifestare a seguito d&lt;i&gt;i &lt;/i&gt;una&lt;i&gt; legum dictio&lt;/i&gt; (richiesta di un segno) e ciò può indicare che quel luogo sacro delimitato dal Tempio (come spazio di osservazione di segni) può accogliere segni di un &lt;i&gt;numen&lt;/i&gt;. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Il Tempio è uno spazio "quadrilatero" orientato (simbologia del quadrato-quadrilatero): allo stesso tempo esso diventa &lt;i&gt;strumento &lt;/i&gt;di orientamento. Diventa un &lt;b&gt;Centro&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quando è circolare assume un significato diverso (simbologia del cerchio).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dopo l'esito positivo della&lt;i&gt; legum dictio &lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;il Tempio &lt;/i&gt;deve essere sottoposto ad &lt;i&gt;inauguratio, consecratio &lt;/i&gt;e &lt;i&gt;dedicatio&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Inauguratio&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;: l'Augure o il Pontefice hanno posto domande precise che richiedono un "sì" o un "no" che richiedono risposte che si manifestano con segni naturali. La domanda e l'interpretazione del/i segno/i avviengono ritualmente all'ingresso di una tenda (&lt;i&gt;tabernaculum&lt;/i&gt;) o sulla stuoia collocata al centro del quadrilatero sacro che è stato delimitato con il lituo nel punto in cui si incrociano i due assi orientati di questo spazio. Non devono essere presenti ferro o nodi e deve esserci una prevalenza del colore Bianco.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;In caso di assenza di segni si rimanda la consultazione a giorno più propizio.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Consecratio&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;: il Pontefice toccando uno stipite della porta pronuncia le &lt;i&gt;sollemnia&amp;nbsp; pontificalis carminis verba&lt;/i&gt; ovvero le formule prescritte per la &lt;i&gt;consecratio&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In caso di presenza di segni, essi devono essere interpretati e riconosciuti (non tutti i segni sono augurali - &lt;i&gt;superstitio&lt;/i&gt;): quindi bisogna capire a quale forza (&lt;i&gt;numen&lt;/i&gt;) appartengono questi segni per "nominare" il Dio/Dea cui affidare il Templum (&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;dedicatio&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;). La &lt;i&gt;dedicatio &lt;/i&gt;viene espressa con un formula precisa (&lt;i&gt;precatio&lt;/i&gt;) dal Pontefice &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Sul Tempio Originario è anche possibile costruire un edificio sacro che presenta alcuni elementi essenziali come ad esempio:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;le Fondamenta Sacre (che devono essere consacrate separatamente poichè affondano nel Mondo Infero)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;la Pietra Angolare (e relativa simbologia e rituale) &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;le Colonne (rappresentano gli alberi sacri ciascuno abitato da una Divinità specifica: il loro numero deve quindi seguire la numerologia sacra)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;la Scala (simbologia della "scala" - elevazione - e relativa numerologia sacra per i gradini)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;l'Ara/Altare (per lo svolgimento dei sacrifici e le offerte: &lt;i&gt;libatio&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;i Muri Perimentrali (rappresentano l'atmosfera)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;il Soffitto (rappresenta la volta celeste)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;la Porta (simbologia del passaggio invocazione a Giano)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;il Punto assiale (apertura)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Il Tempio può raccogliere i simboli pertinenti il Dio/Dea: per la religione popolare si può anche pensare ad una statua raffigurante il Dio o la Dea (da evitare tuttavia quando è possibile).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Esistono molti Templi originali e naturali e Templi Edifici che sono stati anticamente consacrati dagli antichi auguri e pontefici secondo i riti autentici ed originari.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Per quanto riguarda i Templi Edifici, molti di essi sono solo "ombre" o in rovina, alcuni sono chiusi ed usati come attrazione turistica, ed ad altri&amp;nbsp; sono stati sovrapposti delle chiese cristiane. In quest'ultimo caso bisogna fare molta attenzione: soprattutto nel caso delle basiliche romaniche. Questa sovrapposizione non è solo architettonica: spesso queste chiese conservano un gran numero di simboli tradizionali tali da farle sembrare dei Templi Tradizionali "camuffati" da chiesa.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Ai nostri Templi dovrebbe essere garantita pari dignità religiosa e tutela sia pubblica che da parte degli Antichi Credenti. Prossimamente fornirò indicazioni per alcuni di questi siti.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-7587185733460517868?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/7587185733460517868/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=7587185733460517868' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/7587185733460517868'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/7587185733460517868'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2011/09/il-tempio.html' title='Il Tempio'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-307315999916567715</id><published>2011-09-07T03:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-07T03:37:32.445-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='simboli/symbols'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Doppia Spirale/Double Spiral'/><title type='text'>Traditional Symbols: the Double Spiral</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Approaching to Gods/Goddesses implies the adoption of a "language" totally different&amp;nbsp;from the profane one used by "common people". This language is mainly composed of symbols pertaining the Sacred Science: a knowledge of these symbols thus allows an articulation and understanding of this language to communicate with Deities.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;This knowledge is essential also to correctly perform,&amp;nbsp;with their more profound and real sense and meaning, to rites, even those simpler, which otherwise remain only a series of meaningless acts and formulas.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Acknowledging the traditional symbols allows also to see the world with different eyes and sight. Maybe this knowledge, in its deepest articulation, is not possible for all, but just the capability to see them with their basic meaning is an important step to create a personal awareness, a first step towards the "awakening".&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Here it is not possible to analyze these symbols in detail, but rather to provide some interpretative keys to see them, placing them into their proper dimension.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;A first important symbol in the Traditional Roman Religion is surely the&lt;strong&gt; Double Spiral&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bFH4NTY-NWM/TmcoDN0pBLI/AAAAAAAABiI/KoVDEyPxUcE/s1600/doppia+spirale.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bFH4NTY-NWM/TmcoDN0pBLI/AAAAAAAABiI/KoVDEyPxUcE/s1600/doppia+spirale.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;This symbol is very diffused and profane people consider it just an ornamental and decorative element.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; The Double Spiral represents "the Manifestation under its double aspect". It describes the complete development of a Cycle (i.e. Birth and Death), evolution and involution: it is the representation of the Universal Force unraveling from two Poles spooled by the spirals.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The Double Spiral shows many similarities with the symbol of&amp;nbsp; &lt;em&gt;yin-yang&lt;/em&gt; because it identifies two opposite and complementary forces or the double action of a single Force. Other similarities may be found with the Caduceus, Dioscures or the two figures with the snake in the Lararium.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The circles described by the spirals represent also the celestial and infernal circles (superior and inferior status respect to the human dimension), previous and future cicles, ascending an descending processes, manifested and non-manifested spheres.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; The spiral describes a "spiritus" or a "breath": universal aspiration and expiration&amp;nbsp;(solve et coaugula). All this involves both the macrocosmic and the microcosmic dimensions.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The Double Spiral thus is the symbol showing us the essentials of the Great Law governing the whole Universe.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-307315999916567715?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/307315999916567715/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=307315999916567715' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/307315999916567715'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/307315999916567715'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2011/09/traditional-symbols-double-spiral.html' title='Traditional Symbols: the Double Spiral'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bFH4NTY-NWM/TmcoDN0pBLI/AAAAAAAABiI/KoVDEyPxUcE/s72-c/doppia+spirale.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-1448942386376136999</id><published>2011-09-07T01:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-07T01:28:51.211-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='simboli/symbols'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Doppia Spirale/Double Spiral'/><title type='text'>Simboli Tradizionali: la Doppia Spirale</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Avvicinarsi agli Dei/Dee implica l'uso di un linguaggio totalmente diverso da quello profano utilizzato dagli uomini e dalle donne "comuni". Questo linguaggio è principalmente composto da simboli appartenenti alla Scienza Sacra: la conoscenza di questi simboli permette quindi di articolare e comprendere questo linguaggio per comunicare con il Divino. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Questa conoscenza permette inoltre di attrbuire un senso ed un significato reale ai riti, anche quelli più semplici, che altrimenti sarebbero solo una serie di di gesti e formule privi di senso.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Riconoscere i simboli tradizionali consente di vedere il mondo con altri occhi. Non tutti possono arrivare alla comprensione completa e profonda del significato di questi simboli, ma già il fatto di poterli riconoscere è un primo passo verso la creazione di una consapevolezza personale, un primo passo verso il "risveglio".&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;In questa sede non è possibile analizzare in dettaglio il significato di questi simboli, ma è possibile fornire qualche chiave interpretativa per riconoscerli e collocarli nella loro dimensione.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Un primo simbolo fondamentale nella Religione Tradizionale Romana è certamente .quello della &lt;strong&gt;Doppia Spirale&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bFH4NTY-NWM/TmcoDN0pBLI/AAAAAAAABiI/KoVDEyPxUcE/s1600/doppia+spirale.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bFH4NTY-NWM/TmcoDN0pBLI/AAAAAAAABiI/KoVDEyPxUcE/s1600/doppia+spirale.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Questo simbolo è molto diffuso e i profani lo scambiano per un motivo ornamentale e decorativo.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;La Doppia Spirale rappresenta "la Manifestazione sotto il suo duplice aspetto". Essa descrive lo svolgimento completo di un Ciclo (ad es. nascita e morte), l'evoluzione e l'involuzione: è la rappresentazione della Forza Universale che si dipana da due Poli avvolti dalle spirali. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;La Doppia Spirale presenta molte analogie con il simbolo orientale dello &lt;em&gt;yin-yang&lt;/em&gt; poichè anche in questo caso si identificano due forze opposte, ma complementari ovvero la duplice azione di un'unica Forza. Altra simlitudine può essere trovata con il Caduceo, con i Dioscuri, con le due figure presenti insieme al serpente arrotolato nel Larario.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I cerchi descritti dalle spirali indicano inoltre i cerchi celesti e quelli infernali (stati superiori e inferiori rispetto a quello umano), i cicli precedenti e successivi, ascesa e discesa, manifesto-non manifesto.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;La spirale descrive uno "spiritus" ovvero un soffio: espirazione e aspirazione universale (solve et coaugula). Ciò si manifesta nel macrocosmo così come nel microcosmo.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;La Doppia Spirale quindi è il simbolo che ci parla della legge che governa l'Universo.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-1448942386376136999?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/1448942386376136999/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=1448942386376136999' title='2 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/1448942386376136999'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/1448942386376136999'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2011/09/simboli-tradizionali-la-doppia-spirale.html' title='Simboli Tradizionali: la Doppia Spirale'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bFH4NTY-NWM/TmcoDN0pBLI/AAAAAAAABiI/KoVDEyPxUcE/s72-c/doppia+spirale.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-5299357426426967109</id><published>2011-09-02T01:44:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-02T01:44:44.089-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='calendario/calendar'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Settembre/September'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Giove/Jupiter'/><title type='text'>September</title><content type='html'> The name of this month derives from the  fact to be the 7th month in the ancient calendar, beginning on March, of King  Numa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;September is dedicated to &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Jupiter&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Iuppiter&lt;/span&gt; means "God Father") representing the  sacralization of Authority in particular social and public authority, like his  female polarity Juno.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jupiter thus represents the State and the Family as  social institutions. He represents, as cosmic energy, the sky, the rain, the  snow, the lightning and the dew.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sacred animals to Jupiter are the eagle  and the vulture.&lt;br /&gt;Sacred tree to Jupiter is the Oak: Jupiter may manifest  himself through the whoosh of the oak's leaves&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jupiter has a long list of  appellations (Indigitamenta) among which &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Lucetius&lt;/span&gt; (Light's Origin), &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Pluvius &lt;/span&gt;(raining), &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Fulgurator &lt;/span&gt;(Day Lightning) &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Summanus&lt;/span&gt; (Night Lightning), &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Pantocrator &lt;/span&gt;(Lord of anything), &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Trioculos &lt;/span&gt;(with three eyes), &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Prodigalis&lt;/span&gt; (prodigies Liberator), &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Penninus&lt;/span&gt; (Lord of peaks).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The main  Jupiter's symbol is the Lightning&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-5299357426426967109?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/5299357426426967109/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=5299357426426967109' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/5299357426426967109'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/5299357426426967109'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2011/09/september.html' title='September'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-3672953431175707177</id><published>2011-09-02T01:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-02T01:41:11.258-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='calendario/calendar'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Settembre/September'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Giove/Jupiter'/><title type='text'>Settembre</title><content type='html'>Il nome di questo mese deriva dal fatto che era il settimo mese dell'antico  calendario del Re Numa che iniziava a Marzo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il mese è dedicato a &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Giove &lt;/span&gt;(&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Iuppiter&lt;/span&gt; significa "Dio Padre") e rappresenta  la sacralizzazione dell'Autorità con una forte connotazione sociale e pubblica,  come avviene per la sua polarità femminile Giunone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Giove pertanto  rappresenta lo &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Stato &lt;/span&gt;e &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;l'istituzione famigliare&lt;/span&gt;. Rappresenta come  energia il cielo, la pioggia, la neve, il fulmine, il tuono e la  rugiada.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gli animali sacri di Giove sono l'aquila e l'avvoltoio.&lt;br /&gt;La  pianta sacra a Giove è la quercia. Giove può manifestarsi attraverso il fruscio  delle fronde delle querce.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Giove è protagonista di una serie lunghissima  di appellativi (&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Indigitamenta&lt;/span&gt;) tra i  quali &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Lucetius&lt;/span&gt; (Origine della Luce del  Giorno), &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Pluvius &lt;/span&gt;(Piovoso), &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Fulgurator &lt;/span&gt;(Fulmine diurno), &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Summanus&lt;/span&gt; (fulmine della notte), &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Pantocrator &lt;/span&gt;(Signore di Tutto), &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Trioculos &lt;/span&gt;(dai tre occhi), &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Prodigalis&lt;/span&gt; (Liberatore da incantesimi),  &lt;em&gt;Penninus&lt;/em&gt; (Signore delle Vette).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il simbolo principale di Giove è comunque  il fulmine. &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-3672953431175707177?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/3672953431175707177/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=3672953431175707177' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/3672953431175707177'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/3672953431175707177'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2011/09/settembre.html' title='Settembre'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-326472120188959390</id><published>2011-08-01T06:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-01T06:54:36.860-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Agosto/August'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='calendario/calendar'/><title type='text'>August</title><content type='html'>The original name of this month is &lt;strong&gt;Sextilis&lt;/strong&gt; because it was the 6th month in the Ancient Calendar. Then it was named Augustus in honor of the Emperor Augustus.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The name "Augustus" is avery complex term: just thinking to the fact that the prefix "aug" connotates also names like "augur" or "augurium". In any case it evidences a polarization of energy.&lt;br /&gt;This month is dedicated to harvest, storage and conservation (in a broader sense).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In particular August is dedicated to the Goddess Diana or the female polarity of Apollo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Diana is defined as "Always Distant": she is a non-urban Goddess because she represents the sacralization of woods, forrests and wild places.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Her frantic dance, reserved only to women, is named "Ridda".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;During the day Diana protects wild animals preserving their lives; during the night she hunts them giving them Death. In this way Diana embodies both Life and Death as deriving from an unique source.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sacred animals to Diana are: lion, bear, deer, quail and hunting dog.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As Apollo is represented by the Sun, Diana is represented by the Moon. Her main symbol is the Bow representing the crescent moon and the "wild weapon".&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-326472120188959390?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/326472120188959390/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=326472120188959390' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/326472120188959390'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/326472120188959390'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2011/08/august.html' title='August'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-8768128544915117884</id><published>2011-08-01T06:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-01T06:50:30.697-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Agosto/August'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='calendario/calendar'/><title type='text'>Agosto</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Il nome originale di questo mese è Sextilis poichè era il sesto mese del calendario antico. Venne denominato Augustus in onore dell' Imperatore Ottaviano Augusto.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Il termine "Augustus" è molto complesso: basti pensare che la particella "aug" si ritrova in denominazioni come "augur", "augurium". In tutti i casi rappresenta una polarizzazione di energia.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il mese è dedicato alla raccolta e alla conservazione. In particolare il mese è dedicato a Diana ovvero la polarità femminile di Apollo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Diana viene definita come la "Sempre Lontana": si tratta di una Dea non-urbana poichè rappresenta la sacralizzazione dei boschi, delle foreste e dei luoghi selvaggi.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;La sua danza sacra, riservata esclisivamente alle donne, è la "Ridda".&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Durante il giorno Diana protegge gli animali selvatici e ne preserva la vita; durante la notte Diana va a caccia di animali selvatici e ne apporta la morte. In questo modo questa Dea impersonifica sia la vita che la morte come unica sorgente.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gli animali sacri di Diana sono: la quaglia, il leone, l'orso, il cervo ed il cane da caccia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Come Apollo è rappresentato dal Sole, Diana è rappresentata dalla Luna. Il suo simbolo principale è l'Arco che rappresenta la Falce di Luna e "l'arma selvaggia". &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-8768128544915117884?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/8768128544915117884/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=8768128544915117884' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/8768128544915117884'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/8768128544915117884'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2011/08/agosto.html' title='Agosto'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-8867419652511922204</id><published>2011-07-22T02:08:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-22T02:41:22.001-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='casa/house'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vesta'/><title type='text'>The House</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The House, in the Traditional Roman Religion, has a strong symbolic meaning and an important sacred value. This is a very complex issue, difficult to be discussed here. Nonetheless I will briefly cite some relevant topics.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is thus rather difficult to describe all the religious implications linked to the house. Yet it's important just to mention that &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;the house is the site where a family lives&lt;/span&gt;. A family is sacred and ritually linked to &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Vesta&lt;/span&gt;: consequently the house is sacred to Vesta.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;All the sacred sites to Vesta (&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;templum&lt;/span&gt;) are named "houses" having always a circular shape: the houses of Vesta are not-oriented sites where the shape and figure of a &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;circle &lt;/span&gt;is the Cosmos description, the Universe.  From these first conclusions is already quite evident that the house is simbolically linked to the Universe, to Cosmos in opposition to Chaos. The House is thus a protection from Chaos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The House is also a sacred private space of the private familiy rites and cults: from &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;libatio &lt;/span&gt;to the meals, etc. The house is the place where the &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Lares Domestici&lt;/span&gt; are placed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As already mentioned, the house has some complex sacred values because it has to be considered a structured sacred space where the family is in constant contact and communicate with the Deities. The house is a sacred space structured around a "&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;centre&lt;/span&gt;": the house, like the "house of Vesta" whose centre is a sacred fire, is the representation of Cosmos. House and Cosmos are thus the same.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For this reason, like the Cosmos has an ideal centre, an immobile Pillar around which the Universe rotates (the relation stability-movement: simbology of the &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Wheel &lt;/span&gt;and the &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Tree&lt;/span&gt;), similarly the house has its own Centre. The poet Homer describes that the House of Ulysses has been built around a great tree: the pillar of the House-Cosmos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In a house, according to the Traditional Roman Religion, the centre is represented by the &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;altar of the Gods Penates&lt;/span&gt;. The Penates (Poenus) are the Gods of the Centre and their place is the Centre of the House.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A traditional house must also have an upper opening in order to make possible the communication and the passage to the superior dimension (Sky-Earth-Man/Woman). If we look at the Pantheon in Rome, which is a &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;summa &lt;/span&gt;of the entire ancient symbology, we can see that this upper opening is well represented by the Pantheon's Eye.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our houses sumbolically communicate with the superior dimension through the "&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;smoke path&lt;/span&gt;" or the chimney.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Ancient roman houses (&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;domus&lt;/span&gt;) are an important representation of the sacred function of communication and passage in a traditional house. These houses were characterized by the so called &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;"broken roof"&lt;/span&gt;: the house was closed towards the outside but it was completely open towards the sky through a great central opening in the roof. In a profane sense, this opening could be used to collect the rain into the &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;impluvium&lt;/span&gt;, but it had a ritual role to allow a direct contact with the Superior Dimension connecting the house to the Universe, the Transcendence.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The modern houses, as anything else, cannot transmit any religious experience. They have no symbolic openings towards the Universe. The modern house is finally deprived of its sacred function and reduced to a mere structural expression.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's up to us to reverse such a condition.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-8867419652511922204?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/8867419652511922204/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=8867419652511922204' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/8867419652511922204'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/8867419652511922204'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2011/07/house.html' title='The House'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-8482642184810986480</id><published>2011-07-22T01:41:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-22T02:07:38.807-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='casa/house'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vesta'/><title type='text'>La Casa</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Anche la casa, nella Religione Tradizionale Romana, ha un forte significato simbolico ed una importante valenza sacra. Si tratta di questioni piuttosto complesse che, in questa sede per brevità, accennerò in modo sintetico.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E' infatti molto difficile descrivere tutte le implicazioni "sacre" della casa: basta pensare che essa è in primo luogo la &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;sede di una famiglia&lt;/span&gt; che è, per definizione, consacrata a Vesta. I luoghi sacri a Vesta si chiamano infatti "case" e sono di forma circolare: sono luoghi non orientati in cui la forma geometrica del &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;cerchio &lt;/span&gt;descrive il Cosmo, l'Universo. Già da questo si deve cominciare a capire che la casa simbolicamente è legata in qualche modo al Cosmo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La casa resta uno spazio sacro privato dove si svolgono i &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;riti privati&lt;/span&gt; della famiglia: dalla &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;libatio&lt;/span&gt; al consumo dei pasti, ecc... E' il luogo dove vengono ospitati i Lares Domestici.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Come già accennato, la casa detiene delle valenze sacre più complesse perchè di fatto essa è uno spazio sacro strutturato dove la famiglia è in contatto e comunicazione costante con gli Dei/Dee. La casa è infatti uno spazio sacro strutturato intorno ad un "&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;centro&lt;/span&gt;": essa, come le "case di Vesta" è una riproduzione e rappresentazione del Cosmo. Casa e Cosmo si identificano.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Per questo, come il Cosmo possiede un Centro ideale, un Pilastro immobile intorno al quale ruota l'Universo (rapporto stabilità-movimento: simbologia della ruota e dell'albero), allo stesso modo la casa ha un suo centro. Omero descrive la casa di Ulisse costruita intorno ad un grande albero: il pilastro della casa-Cosmo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nella casa della Religione Tradizionale Romana il centro della casa è rappresentato dall'altare agli &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Dei Penati&lt;/span&gt;. I Penati (&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Poenus&lt;/span&gt;) sono gli &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Dei del Centro&lt;/span&gt; ed il loro sito è il centro della casa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Una casa tradizionale deve avere un'apertura superiore per rendere possibile la comunicazione ed il passaggio alla dimensione superiore (C&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;ielo-Terra-Uomo&lt;/span&gt;). Se osserviamo il Pantheon a Roma, che è la &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;summa&lt;/span&gt; di tutta la simbologia antica, osserveremo che questa apertura è ben rappresentata dall'Occhio del Pantheon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le nostre case comunicano simbolicamente con la dimensione superiore tramite "&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;il percorso del fumo&lt;/span&gt;" ovvero il "camino" (notare in italiano il nesso camino-cammino).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le antiche Domus Romane sono una importante rappresentazione architettonica della funzione sacra di comunicazione e passaggio della casa tradizionale. Esse infatti erano caratterizzate dal cosiddetto "&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;tetto spezzato&lt;/span&gt;": la casa era chiusa verso l'esterno, ma aperta verso l'intero e verso il Cielo tramite una grande apertura centrale del tetto. Essa, in senso profano, magari poteva anche servire a far confluire l'acqua piovana nell'&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;impluvium&lt;/span&gt;, ma aveva lo scopo rituale di consentire un contatto diretto della casa e della sua famiglia con il Mondo Sovrumano e collegare la casa con il Cosmo, la Trascendenza.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le case moderne, come tutto del resto, non veicolano alcuna esperienza religiosa, non hanno aperture simboliche verso il Cosmo: la casa è depauperata del suo significato sacro e degradata a mera espressione architettonica.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sta a noi cambiare tutto questo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-8482642184810986480?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/8482642184810986480/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=8482642184810986480' title='6 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/8482642184810986480'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/8482642184810986480'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2011/07/la-casa.html' title='La Casa'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-2023723607223179028</id><published>2011-07-07T02:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-07T02:06:50.339-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='calendario/calendar'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Luglio/July'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Apollo'/><title type='text'>Luglio/July</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;L'antico nome di questo mese è &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; Quintilis &lt;/span&gt;poichè era il quinto mese  dell'antico calendario di Numa che  iniziava a Marzo. In seguito venne  chiamato Julius in onore di Giulio  Cesare.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il mese è dedicato ad  &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Apollo &lt;/span&gt;(polarità machile):  si tratta quindi di un  periodo dedicato alla trascendenza, alla  saggezza, alla medicina, alla  musica e alla poesia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Apollo viene  associato al Sole: viene anche definito come "colui  che esiste senza dipendere dagli eventi del  Mondo",  "colui  che sta in disparte", "l'astratto" o "il  sempre lontano".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gli  animali sacri ad Apollo sono: il cigno, il  lupo, il cervo e soprattutto  il delfino.&lt;br /&gt;Le piante e gli alberi sacri  ad Apollo sono: il  cipresso, il giacinto e l'alloro.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ad Apollo  (e a &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Diana &lt;/span&gt;sua polarità  femminile) erano  dedicati i &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Ludi  Saeculare&lt;/span&gt;s che  si tenevano a Roma ogni cento anni.&lt;br /&gt;_________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;The  original name of this month was Quintilis because it was the fifth   month in the ancient calendar of King Numa. Then it was named Julius in  honour of Julius Caesar.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;This  month is dedicated to  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Apollo &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;(male polarity)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;:  this is thus a period dedicated to  transcendence, wisdom, medicine,  music and poetry.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Apollo is associated to the Sun and to  "what  exists without depending on the world's events" being also  defined as  "who stands aside", "the Abstract" or "Always Distant".&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Sacred  animals to Apollo are: swan, wolf,  deer and, above all, dolphin.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Sacred  plants and trees are: cypress, hyacinth and laurel.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Ludi Saeculares were dedicated to  Apollo  (and to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Diana  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;- his  female polarity): these  games were held in Rome every 100 years.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-2023723607223179028?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/2023723607223179028/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=2023723607223179028' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/2023723607223179028'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/2023723607223179028'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2011/07/lugliojuly.html' title='Luglio/July'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-145379261449172127</id><published>2011-06-10T02:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-10T03:01:03.353-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='miti/myths'/><title type='text'>Myths</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;An Ancient Beliver cannot even imagine that Deities can have human appearance: arms, legs, long beards, cloths, etc. Anthropomorphous representations, typical in statues, are popular figurations in which finally mankind represents and beatifies itself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Deities can be perceived and they can be represented by their sacred symbols. All this is passed on and described by &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Myths&lt;/span&gt;. Myths are not fairy tales or legends: they are sacred stories directed to reveal a "mystery" focused on Gods and Goddesses or Heroes and Ancestors. A myth describes a sacred reality happened in&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; illo  tempore&lt;/span&gt;,&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; ab origine&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Myths describe sacred realities becauses what is sacred is what is real by definition because it has an exemplary model. What is profane has no exemplary models.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In this way, for example agricultural works are sacred activities becaused based on rites revealed by the Divine through a myth. Today agriculture is not a sacred activity being a profane act because based only on the land exploitation for economic purposes, only to produce food, to gain money. Deprived by its sacred meaning, agriculture becomes a bleak and non-sense activity: the effects of such a change are evident to us everyday.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These considerations can be extented to all the human activites in the contemporary society: anything is completely deprived by any religious meaning. We are making only profane acts. and no God or Goddess or Ancestor has never revelaed a profane act.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anything linked to a myth is sacred: what is made by mankind is profane and not real. The more man/woman is religious, the more he/she is comform to exemplary models inspired by the Divine: the more a man/woman is religious, the more he/she becomes real. It's a form of progressive awaking. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is maybe the aim and the meaning of any myth: they drive us towards the sacred sphere and therefore in the sphere of reality within a Sacred Space and Time. Myths create exemplary ethical models giving a sense both to physiological events (i.e. food and nutrition) and social functions (politics, economy, etc.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When undertaking the &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Via&lt;/span&gt; on the one hand, imitating Gods and Goddesses, we remain in a sacred dimension. On the other hand, with a ritualization of acts and gestures, we sacralize the World and, with our religious behaviour, we contribute to defend the sacralization of the World itself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-145379261449172127?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/145379261449172127/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=145379261449172127' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/145379261449172127'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/145379261449172127'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2011/06/myths.html' title='Myths'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-1699475452701707063</id><published>2011-06-10T02:11:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-23T01:43:56.745-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='miti/myths'/><title type='text'>Miti</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Nessun antico credente può credere che le divinità abbiano sembianze umane, con braccia, barba, vestiti... La rappresentazione antropomorfa tipica delle statue è una figurazione popolare in cui alla fine l'uomo raffigura e beatifica sè stesso.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le Divinità si percepiscono e si rappresentano tramite i simboli che  sono  loro propri. E tutto questo è tramandato e descritto dai &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;miti&lt;/span&gt;. I miti non sono leggende o storie: sono racconti sacri diretti a rivelare un mistero in cui i protagonisti sono gli Dei o le Dee o gli Eroi. Il mito descrive eventi avvenuti in&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; illo tempore&lt;/span&gt;,&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; ab origine&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il mito tratta di realtà sacre perchè il sacro &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;è il reale per eccellenza&lt;/span&gt; dato che possiede un modello esemplare. Il profano non ha alcun modello esemplare.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In tal modo il lavoro agricolo ad esempio è un'attività sacra perchè è un rito rivelato dal divino tramite un mito. Oggi il lavoro agricolo è un'attività desacralizzata: quindi è un'atto profano basato solo sullo sfruttamento della terra per fini economici, per nutrirsi, per guadagnare. Senza il suo significato religioso, il lavoro agricolo diventa squallido e privo di senso: e gli effetti li vediamo tutti i giorni.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ciò vale per gran parte degli atti della società contemporanea che è completamente priva di simbolismo religioso. Svolgiamo solo atti profani. E nessun Dio o Dea o Antenato ha mai rivelato un atto profano.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tutto quello che è legato al mito è sacro: ciò che è fatto solo dall'uomo è profano e irreale. Più l'uomo è religioso, più uniforma i suoi comportamenti a modelli esemplari ispirati dal Divino: più l'uomo è religioso, più diventa reale. E' una forma di risveglio.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Questo è lo scopo ed il senso più profondo del mito: spingerci nel sacro e quindi nel reale di uno Spazio ed un Tempo Sacro. I miti creano modelli etici esemplari che danno un senso sia ad eventi fisiologici (ad es. l'alimentazione) sia a funzioni sociali (politica, attività marziale, ecc...).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rimanendo sulla Via da un lato, imitando gli Dei e le Dee, ci manteniamo nel sacro. Dall'altro, con la ritualizzazione di gesti ed azioni, sacralizziamo il Mondo e con il nostro comportamento religioso, contribuiamo a difendere la sacralizzazione del Mondo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-1699475452701707063?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/1699475452701707063/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=1699475452701707063' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/1699475452701707063'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/1699475452701707063'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2011/06/miti.html' title='Miti'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-6349460383997778821</id><published>2011-06-01T01:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-01T01:45:34.280-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Giugno/June'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='calendario/calendar'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Juno'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Giunone'/><title type='text'>June</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;This month is enterely devoted to women. Juno has his name from &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Juno &lt;/span&gt;a great Goddess representing the   sacralization of the female being.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Juno represents marriage,   fertility, birth and motherhood. Her sacred ministress, the &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;flaminica &lt;/span&gt;-  the flamen Dialis' wife (Jupiter  Minister) every first day of the  month, sacrificed to Juno a white  heifer to ask protection for women.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sacred  animals for Juno are:  goose and crow.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;Juno Fluonia -  sacralization of menstruation&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Juno  Domiduca - sacralization  of the movement of the young wife to her new  house&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Juno Cinxia  - sacralization of the opening of the young  wife belt after the  marriage&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Juno Juga e Iunxia - sacralization  of wedding&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Juno  Lucina - sacralization of birth&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; Juno  is the female  polarization of the &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Genius&lt;/span&gt;.   Every man has his own Genius or his spiritual and invisible copy who   keep the material part alive. In the same way every woman has her own   Juno.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Juno and Genius give to individuals suggestions and advices, force, energy   and determine individual attitude. At every birthday men and women   celebrate their respective Genius or Juno. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-6349460383997778821?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/6349460383997778821/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=6349460383997778821' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/6349460383997778821'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/6349460383997778821'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2011/06/june.html' title='June'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-2920102829658081139</id><published>2011-06-01T01:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-01T01:39:25.187-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Giugno/June'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='calendario/calendar'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Juno'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Giunone'/><title type='text'>Giugno</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Questo mese è interamente dedicato  alle donne. Giugno trae il suo nome  dalla Dea &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Giunone &lt;/span&gt;che  rappresenta la sacralizzazione dell'essere  femminile.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Giunone  rappresenta il matrimonio, la fecondità, il  parto e la maternità. La sua  sacerdotessa, la &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;flaminica &lt;/span&gt;moglie  del &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;flamen  Dialis&lt;/span&gt; (di Giove)  ogni primo giorno del mese sacrificava una  giovenca bianca per invocare  la protezione su tutte le donne.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Animali  sacri a Giunone sono:  l'oca e la cornacchia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;Juno Fluonia - sacralizzazione del   ciclo mestruale&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Juno Domiduca - sacralizzazione del   trasferimento della sposa nella nuova casa&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Juno Cinxia -   sacralizzazione dello scioglimento della cintura della sposa il giorno   delle nozze&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Juno Juga e Iunxia - sacralizzazione del matrimonio&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Juno   Lucina - sacralizzazione del parto&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Giunone (Juno) è il femminile  di &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Genius&lt;/span&gt;. Ogni uomo ha il suo  Genius ovvero il suo doppio  spirituale ed invisibile che tiene in vita  la parte materiale. Allo  stesso modo, ogni donna ha la sua &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Juno&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;Juno  e Genius consigliano,  determinano il carattere, danno forza. Ad ogni  compleanno gli uomini e  le donne ricordano e festeggiano il rispettivo  Genius o Juno.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-2920102829658081139?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/2920102829658081139/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=2920102829658081139' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/2920102829658081139'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/2920102829658081139'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2011/06/giugno.html' title='Giugno'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-9151079100901250425</id><published>2011-05-19T02:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-19T03:40:47.319-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='libatio'/><title type='text'>Libatio</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;LIbatio &lt;/span&gt;is the most common and immediate sacrificial act. It is important to note that a sacrifice, in the traditional roman religion, not always implies animal killings. On the contrary, the most ususal expression of sacrifice was and still is the &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;libatio &lt;/span&gt;as superior bloodless manifestation of the inclination to sacrifice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Sacrificium &lt;/span&gt;e &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Sacrificare &lt;/span&gt;mean "making sacred" or making a translation into the divine dimension and opening a link with the divine sphere. The central core of a sacrifice is the execution of a &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;rite &lt;/span&gt;through which, with an offer, the &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;destruction &lt;/span&gt;of dissolution of something is made in relation with an &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;invisible entity&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to Ovid, the term &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;libatio &lt;/span&gt;derives from Liber or Dionysus: this God brought &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;libatio &lt;/span&gt;as a tradition coming from the Vedas of Ancient India. &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Libamina &lt;/span&gt;are the offerings in the libatio. They are, in order of importance: wine (an offer from a plant), milk (an offer from an animal), water (an offer from Mother Earth). Nonetheless other kind of  &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;libamina &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;(food, seeds, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;etc&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;.) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;can be offered.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;L&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;ibatio &lt;/span&gt;is a form of &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;private sacrifice&lt;/span&gt; thus expressing a dissolution, "a destruction in order to have something". The most common gesture in a &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;libatio &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;is the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;pouring of a liquid into the fire or on the ground.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Any moment of the day may be good (&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;fas&lt;/span&gt;) to make a libatio, but the main libationes are those of the &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;morning &lt;/span&gt;and those of the &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;evening &lt;/span&gt;(&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;libatio before sleeping and libatio when the sacred light comes back&lt;/span&gt;). the normal everyday life can be considered as such (it means: sacred) when included, through a circular movement, between these two polarizing acts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A libatio, according to the ancient rite deriving from the Vedas heritage, can be made pouring four spoons of milk (wine or water) into a bigger spoon and from this pouring milk into the fire or on the ground (twice). A kind of simpler libatio involves the pouring of four spoods of milk (or wine or water) into a bowl and, with a well stretched (left) arm, from this pouring milk (wine or water) on the ground (twice). Please remeber that during a libatio it's better not to hold iron objects or knots.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A libatio with water always implies a purification rite.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;More complex rites or those  involving important moments of a family life or the consacration of a site may imply more complex libationes: a libatio with wine first, then with milk and finally with water.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The ancient rite, deriving from the Vedas tradition, implies this formula: "the God/Goddess who draws this libatio, being grabbed by this libatio, take-support-fulfil the desire for which he/she draws it"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please note that this formula, like others, can be expressed in silence, murmured or expressed aloud: there are great differences in this (&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;mens&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;vox&lt;/span&gt;) I'll describe in the future.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;From this, it is clear enough that libatio is an instrumental rite in order to create and have the support of the divine during the day course or during the making of some acts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-9151079100901250425?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/9151079100901250425/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=9151079100901250425' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/9151079100901250425'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/9151079100901250425'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2011/05/libatio_19.html' title='Libatio'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-6389524200989841184</id><published>2011-05-19T02:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-19T03:42:40.617-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='libatio'/><title type='text'>Libatio</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;La &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;libatio &lt;/span&gt;è l'atto sacrificale più semplice e più immediato. E' opportuno ricordare che il sacrificio, nella religione tradizionale romana, non implica sempre uccisioni di animali. Al contrario la forma di sacrificio più frequente era e resta la &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;libatio &lt;/span&gt;come massima espressione non cruenta dell'attitudine a sacrificare.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Sacrificium &lt;/span&gt;e &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Sacrificare &lt;/span&gt;vogliono dire "rendere sacro" ovvero muoversi nella dimensione del divino ed aprire un collegamento con la sfera del divino. L'essenza del sacrificio è lo svolgimento di un &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;rito &lt;/span&gt;con cui si pratica, tramite un'offerta, la &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;dissoluzione &lt;/span&gt;di qualcosa in relazione con una &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;presenza invisibile&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Secondo Ovidio, il termine &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;libatio &lt;/span&gt;deriva da Liber ovvero Dioniso: questo Dio avrebbe introdotto la &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;libatio &lt;/span&gt;come tradizione proveniente dall'India Vedica. &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Libamina &lt;/span&gt;sono le offerte della &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;libatio&lt;/span&gt;, principalmente, in ordine di importanza: vino (offerta da una pianta), latte, (offerta da un animale), acqua (offerta dalla Madre Terra). Tuttavia anche altre &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;libamina &lt;/span&gt;possono essere offerte.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;libatio &lt;/span&gt;è una forma di &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;sacrificio privato&lt;/span&gt; che esprime quindi una dissoluzione, "una distruzione per avere". Il gesto più comune della &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;libatio &lt;/span&gt;è l'atto di versare un liquido nel fuoco o sulla terra. Qualunque momento della giornata può essere indicato per effettuare una libatio, ma le &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;libatio &lt;/span&gt;principali sono la libatio del mattino e quella della sera (l&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;ibatio quando ci si corica e libatio quando torna la sacra luce&lt;/span&gt;). La normale quotidianità (che quindi diventa sacra) si svolge, in un movimento circolare, all'interno di questi due atti polarizzanti.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La libatio, secondo il rito più antico di derivazione vedica, si svolge versando quattro cucchiai di latte (o vino o acqua) in un cucchiaio più grande e da questo si versa il latte nel fuoco o nella terra per due volte. Una forma di libatio più semplice prevede il versamento di quattro cucchiai di latte in una scodella e, con il braccio teso, si versa il contenuto sulla terra per due volte. E' opportuno non avere oggetti di ferro o nodi addosso durante lo svolgimento della libatio.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La libatio con acqua implica sempre un rito di purificazione.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I riti più complessi e che coinvolgono momenti importanti per la vita di una famiglia o la consacrazione di un luogo implicano libationes complesse: prima una libatio con vino, poi una con il latte e in ultimo con acqua.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La formula antica, derivata dalla tradizione vedica, prevede l'uso di queste parole: "la divinità che attinge questa libagione, essendo afferrata da questa libagione, accompagni-sostenga esaudisca il desiderio per il quale egli/ella l'attinge".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E' opportuno ricordare che questa formula, come molte altre, può essere detta in silenzio, mormorata o detta a voce alta: vi è una grande differenza fra queste espressioni (&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;mens &lt;/span&gt;e &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;vox&lt;/span&gt;) che descriverò in seguito.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Da questa formula si comprende chiaramente come la &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;libatio &lt;/span&gt;sia un &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;rito strumentale&lt;/span&gt; per fare in modo che l'officiante sia sostenuto dal divino durante il corso della giornata o per lo svolgimento di determinati atti.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-6389524200989841184?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/6389524200989841184/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=6389524200989841184' title='2 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/6389524200989841184'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/6389524200989841184'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2011/05/libatio.html' title='Libatio'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-9129678793199018965</id><published>2011-05-09T01:24:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-09T01:57:16.661-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Juno'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Triade/triad'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Giunone'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Minerva'/><title type='text'>La Seconda Triade</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;La &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Seconda Triade&lt;/span&gt; deve essere considerata come una sorta di evoluzione, verso una declinazione decisamente più popolare, della tripartizione della più alta espressione della manifestazione del divino. Per il significato del numero 3 ed il conseguente significato del concetto stesso di "triade" si faccia riferimento al mio precedente post sulla Prima Triade.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La Seconda Triade è composta da Giove, Giunone e Minerva.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Giove &lt;/span&gt;(cfr. la "Prima Triade")&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Giunone&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Giunone (Juno - polarità femminile) - Giove (Jupiter - polarità maschile)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Giunone è la sacralizzazione della "nascita" nel senso più ampio possibile e del parto: le Calende sono sacre a Giunone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Come Giove, Giunone ha una lunga lista di appellativi (indicati negli &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Indigitamenta&lt;/span&gt;) tra i quali  &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Juno Lucina&lt;/span&gt; (“Colei che porta i bambini alla luce”) è uno dei più importanti. La fecondità e tutto ciò che è espressione del femminile sono tipici aspetti sacri di Giunone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Giunone è anche chiamata &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Regina&lt;/span&gt; per descrivere il suo ruolo quale Somma Autorità Femminile  (in senso religioso, politico e magico). In tal modo il Pater Familias e la Mater Familias sono la rappresentazione umana dell'autorità di Giove/Giunone all'interno della famiglia. La suo denominazione di  &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Juno Mater&lt;/span&gt; è qualcosa che va molto oltre il significato profano di "Madre" del senso comune: si faccia riferimento al significato della festa antica dei &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Matronalia&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Giunone è "Fecondità Sacra". Nello stesso tempo è &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; Juno Sospita&lt;/span&gt; o polarità femminile delle attività marziali e militari. In questo modo si esalta ancora la triplice sfera funzionale di Giunone: &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;autorità sacra, forza sacra e fecondità sacra. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Giunone è denominata anche “Juno Moneta” ovvero “Colei che amminisce" o “Colei che dà buoni consigli".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gli anelli rotti ed i nodi sono oggetti particolarmente &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;nefas &lt;/span&gt;quando si invoca o si fa riferimento a Giunone: allo stesso modo sono estremamente nefasti quando si entra in un luogo consacrato a Giunone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gli animali simbolo e sacri a Giunone sono: la cornacchia, l'oca, la giovenca bianca. Le piante sacre sono: la quercia e l'olivo&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Minerva&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Minerva (polarità femminile) – Poseidone poi Nettuno (nel &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;lectisternium&lt;/span&gt;) (polarità maschile)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Antichissima divinità femminile italica il cui nome originale è &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Minerua&lt;/span&gt;. Essa è la sacralizzazione dell'abilità, della maestria, del lavoro manuale, del "saper fare", dell'attività intellettuale, della capacità pratica (&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;sollertia&lt;/span&gt;). Minerva è anche "l'arte e l'intelligenza nella guerra e nelle discipline marziali", l'astuzia, la furbizia, l'intelligenza sottile, la ragione, l'invenzione ed il pensiero razionale.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anche per questa ragione il suo tipico simbolo è l'armatura di bronzo proprio a simboleggiare la solidità e la forza "difensiva" del pensiero razionale.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nel calendario antico, Minerva non disponeva di festività pubbliche specifiche tranne che per la giornata del 19 marzo:  &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;artificum dies&lt;/span&gt;. Per questa ragione Minerva è oggetto principalmente di culti privati. Gli artigiani e le "casalinghe" venivano chiamate "le mani di Minerva".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gli animali simbolo e sacri a Minerva sono la civetta ed il cavallo. I suoi simboli sono l'armatura di bronzo, l'occhio, la vista.  Altri simboli estremamente importanti sono il morso usato per i cavalli ed il timone proprio a simboleggiare il controllo della ragione sull'istinto e sulle forze incontrollate.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-9129678793199018965?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/9129678793199018965/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=9129678793199018965' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/9129678793199018965'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/9129678793199018965'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2011/05/la-seconda-triade.html' title='La Seconda Triade'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-2473004040645654096</id><published>2011-05-09T01:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-09T01:23:44.453-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Juno'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Triade/triad'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Minerva'/><title type='text'>The Second Triad</title><content type='html'>&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;w:worddocument&gt;   &lt;w:view&gt;Normal&lt;/w:View&gt;   &lt;w:zoom&gt;0&lt;/w:Zoom&gt;   &lt;w:hyphenationzone&gt;14&lt;/w:HyphenationZone&gt;   &lt;w:punctuationkerning/&gt;   &lt;w:validateagainstschemas/&gt;   &lt;w:saveifxmlinvalid&gt;false&lt;/w:SaveIfXMLInvalid&gt;   &lt;w:ignoremixedcontent&gt;false&lt;/w:IgnoreMixedContent&gt;   &lt;w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext&gt;false&lt;/w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText&gt;   &lt;w:compatibility&gt;    &lt;w:breakwrappedtables/&gt;    &lt;w:snaptogridincell/&gt;    &lt;w:wraptextwithpunct/&gt;    &lt;w:useasianbreakrules/&gt;    &lt;w:dontgrowautofit/&gt;   &lt;/w:Compatibility&gt;   &lt;w:browserlevel&gt;MicrosoftInternetExplorer4&lt;/w:BrowserLevel&gt;  &lt;/w:WordDocument&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"&gt;  &lt;/w:LatentStyles&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;style&gt; &lt;!--  /* Style Definitions */  p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal  {mso-style-parent:"";  margin:0cm;  margin-bottom:.0001pt;  mso-pagination:widow-orphan;  font-size:12.0pt;  font-family:"Times New Roman";  mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} p.MsoBodyTextIndent, li.MsoBodyTextIndent, div.MsoBodyTextIndent  {margin:0cm;  margin-bottom:.0001pt;  text-align:justify;  text-indent:35.4pt;  mso-pagination:widow-orphan;  font-size:12.0pt;  font-family:"Times New Roman";  mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";  mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;} @page Section1  {size:612.0pt 792.0pt;  margin:70.85pt 2.0cm 2.0cm 2.0cm;  mso-header-margin:36.0pt;  mso-footer-margin:36.0pt;  mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1  {page:Section1;} --&gt; &lt;/style&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 10]&gt; &lt;style&gt;  /* Style Definitions */  table.MsoNormalTable  {mso-style-name:"Tabella normale";  mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;  mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;  mso-style-noshow:yes;  mso-style-parent:"";  mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;  mso-para-margin:0cm;  mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;  mso-pagination:widow-orphan;  font-size:10.0pt;  font-family:"Times New Roman";  mso-ansi-language:#0400;  mso-fareast-language:#0400;  mso-bidi-language:#0400;} &lt;/style&gt; &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The second Triad has to be considered a sort of evolution, towards a more popular declination, of the tripartite organization of the highest expression of the celestial divine manifestation. For the significance of the number 3 and the consequent meaning of the triad refer to my privious post about the first triad.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;The second triad is composed of Jupiter, Juno and Minerva. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.4pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.4pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;Jupiter (see &lt;i style=""&gt;"The Firts Triad"&lt;/i&gt;)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.4pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.4pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;Juno&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.4pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.4pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;Juno (Female polarity) - Jupiter (male polarity)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.4pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.4pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.4pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;Juno&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt; is the sacralization of birth (in very broad sense) and delivery: &lt;i&gt;Calendae&lt;/i&gt; are sacred to Juno. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.4pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.4pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;Like Jupiter, Juno has a long list of appellations (Indigitamenta) among which &lt;i&gt;Juno Lucina&lt;/i&gt; (“She taking child to the daylight”) is one of the most important. Fecundity and anything can be expression of “Feminine” are typical sacred aspects of Juno. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.4pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;Juno is also &lt;i&gt;Regina&lt;/i&gt; (Queen) to describe her role as Female (political, magical and religious) Authority. In this way a Pater Familias and a Mater Familias are the human representation of the Jupiter/Juno Authority within the family. Her denomination as &lt;i&gt;Juno Mater&lt;/i&gt; is something more than “Mother” in the common sense just considering the important role of the ancient festivity of &lt;i&gt;Matronalia&lt;/i&gt;. She is the sacred “Fecundity”. In the same time she is also &lt;i&gt;Juno Sospita&lt;/i&gt; or the female polarity of war activities. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.4pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;In this way Juno has a triple functional sphere: sacred authority, sacred force and sacred fecundity. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.4pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.4pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;Juno is also named “Juno Moneta” or “She warning” or “She giving good advices”.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.4pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.4pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;Broken rings or knots are particularly &lt;i style=""&gt;nefas&lt;/i&gt; when invoking Juno or when entering sites sacred to Her. &lt;b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.4pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoBodyTextIndent"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Sacred animal to Juno are: the crow, the goose, the white heifer. Sacred plants to Juno are: the oak and the olive tree.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.4pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.4pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.4pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;Minerva&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.4pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.4pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;Minerva (female polarity) – Poseidon then Neptune (in the &lt;i&gt;lectisternium&lt;/i&gt;) (male polarity)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.4pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.4pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;Minerva&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt; is the sacralization of “craft” and “know-how”, any “intellectual activity”, the “practical skill” (&lt;i&gt;sollertia&lt;/i&gt;). She is also “the art and intelligence of war”, the “Astuteness”, the “Reason”, the “Invention” and the “Rational Thought”. Also for this reason she is symbolized by a bronze shining armour (solidity of the rational thought).&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.4pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.4pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;In the Ancient Calendar there are no specific festivities dedicated to Minerva except for the march 19&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;: the &lt;i&gt;artificum dies&lt;/i&gt;. She has essentially private cults. Craftsmen are “the Minerva’s Hands”.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.4pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.4pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;Sacred animals to Minerva are the owl and the horse. Her symbols are the bronze armour, the eye, the sight. Other important symbols are the bit and the rudder as symbols of rational control over savage and uncontrolled forces. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.4pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-2473004040645654096?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/2473004040645654096/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=2473004040645654096' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/2473004040645654096'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/2473004040645654096'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2011/05/second-triad.html' title='The Second Triad'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-3123943845779690179</id><published>2011-05-02T01:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-02T01:29:52.510-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='calendario/calendar'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Maggio/May'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Maia'/><title type='text'>May</title><content type='html'>May is a month dedicated to the "underground fire" and to mystery (what is not  perceivable and unknown). In particular this month is dedicated to the  Goddess &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Maia&lt;/span&gt;, an underground Goddess (ctonia) whose male polarity is &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; Vulcan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maia is a &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Magna Mater&lt;/span&gt;  (Great Mother) and from her name derives the term &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Maiestas&lt;/span&gt;: she is defined also &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Stata Mater&lt;/span&gt; (she blocking fire).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She  is also defined as "she giving shapes".&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-3123943845779690179?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/3123943845779690179/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=3123943845779690179' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/3123943845779690179'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/3123943845779690179'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2011/05/may.html' title='May'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-4138703435363517250</id><published>2011-05-02T01:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-02T01:30:41.793-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='calendario/calendar'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Maggio/May'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Maia'/><title type='text'>Maggio</title><content type='html'>Maggio è il mese dedicato al fuoco sotterraneo ed al mistero (ciò che  non è percepibile ed è ignoto).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In particolare il mese è dedicato alla  Dea &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Maia&lt;/span&gt;, divinità sotterranea (&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;ctonia&lt;/span&gt;) la cui polarità maschile è &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Vulcano&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maia è una &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Magna Mater&lt;/span&gt; (da cui deriva il termine  &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Maiestas&lt;/span&gt;) ed è definita &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Stata Mater&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;colei che arresta il  fuoco&lt;/span&gt;).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E' definita inoltre come "colei che dà le forme".&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-4138703435363517250?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/4138703435363517250/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=4138703435363517250' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/4138703435363517250'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/4138703435363517250'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2011/05/maggio.html' title='Maggio'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-4077213219957237631</id><published>2011-04-21T01:11:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-21T01:13:34.560-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Palilie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dies Natalis Romae'/><title type='text'>April the 21st: Dies Natalis Romae, Palilie</title><content type='html'>Rome has been founded on 21st april 753 b.c. over the Palatine by   Romolus with a rite based on the delimitation of the &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;templum &lt;/span&gt;with a &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;lituum&lt;/span&gt;, auspices' reading and   interpretation, offering to Gods and to the Earth, delimitation of the   sacred space with a lituum, construction of the &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;pomerium&lt;/span&gt; (sacred border) traced on the ground with a   plough's furrow, delimitation of the &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Via   Sacra&lt;/span&gt; around the pomerium.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Through this rite &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Rome became not only a physical space, but   also a metaphysical space&lt;/span&gt; where great energies and forces are   concentrated. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Rome is thus not only a   "place" but also a "meta-place".&lt;/span&gt; Thanks to this consecration, or a   translation into the Gods' dimension, Rome may be the center of other   religions but it will remain the site of the Ancient Gods forever.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Costantinopolis   is the only city in the world founded with the same rite.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;__________________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This   day is dedicated also to the ancient Goddess &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Pale&lt;/span&gt;, Goddess of shepherds, sheep farming and flocks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This   is a &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;purification day&lt;/span&gt; during   which flat bread and milk are eaten and offered to this Goddess.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At   night straw fires are lighted.&lt;br /&gt;In the past cattle was passed three   times through these fires as a purification rite.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-4077213219957237631?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/4077213219957237631/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=4077213219957237631' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/4077213219957237631'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/4077213219957237631'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2011/04/april-21st-dies-natalis-romae-palilie.html' title='April the 21st: Dies Natalis Romae, Palilie'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-9138626674580062748</id><published>2011-04-21T01:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-21T01:11:07.284-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Palilie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dies Natalis Romae'/><title type='text'>21 Aprile: Natale di Roma</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Il 21 aprile 753 a. c. Roma viene fondata sul Palatino da Romolo con un   rito che ha previsto la delimitazione del templum con un lituo, lettura   degli auspici, offerta agli Dei e alla Terra, delimitazione dello  spazio  sacro con il lituo, costruzione del pomerium tracciato nella  Terra con  un solco dell'aratro, delimitazione della Via Sacra intorno  al pomerium.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Attraverso  questo rito &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Roma diventa non solo uno  spazio fisico, ma anche uno spazio  metafisico &lt;/span&gt;dove si concentrano  grandi energie naturali e forze.  Roma quindi non è solo un luogo ma  anche un meta-luogo. Grazie a questa  consacrazione, ovvero una  traslazione alla dimensione degli Dei, Roma  potrà anche essere il centro  di altre religioni, ma rimarrà sempre la  dimora degli antichi Dei.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;L'unica  altra città al mondo fondata  con il medesimo rito è Costantinopoli.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Giornata  dedicata  all'antica &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Dea Pale&lt;/span&gt;,  Dea dei  pastori, della pastorizia e delle greggi.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Giornata della &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;purificazione&lt;/span&gt; durante la quale si   offrono alla Dea e si consumano focacce e latte. Accensione notturna di   fuochi di paglia. Anticamente il bestiame veniva fatto passare tre  volte  attraverso il fuoco come rito di purificazione. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-9138626674580062748?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/9138626674580062748/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=9138626674580062748' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/9138626674580062748'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/9138626674580062748'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2011/04/21-aprile-natale-di-roma.html' title='21 Aprile: Natale di Roma'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-225803526494422844</id><published>2011-04-15T01:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-15T02:25:11.201-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dei Inferi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dei Superi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Spazio/Space'/><title type='text'>La Sacralizzazione dello Spazio: Dei/Dee Superi, Dei/Dee Inferi</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify; font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;Nella Religione Tradizionale Romana il &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Tempo &lt;/span&gt;costituisce una dimensione sacra: questa sacralizzazione è materializzata dal &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Calendario &lt;/span&gt;che rappresenta una sorta di "mappa" per orientarsi attraverso i ritmi e le misure del tempo trascendente. In questo senso, il tempo non contiene fatti, ma "significati".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify; font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify; font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify; font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;Allo stesso modo lo &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Spazio &lt;/span&gt;presenta due significati distinti, ma integrati. Da un lato si colloca il senso prettamente &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;fisico &lt;/span&gt;dello spazio e la sua sacralizzazione avviene mediante la "personalizzazione" delle diverse materializzazioni dello spazio. Ogni luogo detiene una sua individualità, una sua specificità, una sua unicità ed identità. Il Genius Loci, i Lares Compitales, l'Anima Mundi e tutte le divinità di luoghi specifici sono l'epsressione più tipica di questo tipo di significato.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify; font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify; font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;Dall'altro lato si colloca un senso più profondo e più complesso dotato di rilevanti implicazioni meta-fisiche.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify; font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify; font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;Lo spazio celeste, quello terreno e quello sotterraneo, l'alto ed il basso, l'orizzontale ed il verticale, la destra e la sinistra ecc... sono tutte espressioni di un simbolismo complesso che è tradizionalmente rappresentato dal simbolismo della croce (direzione-orientamento, il "Dove").  Questo simbolismo, che è comune a tutte le religioni tradizionali, conferma proprio per questo fatto come esso sia fondamentalmente qualcosa di intimamente intrinseco alla Natura stessa piuttosto che una semplice e pura atrazione umana.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify; font-family: georgia;"&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify; font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify; font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;Qualsiasi direzione nello spazio presenta specifiche influenze ed ospita specifiche energie e forze che sono alla base della Scienza Augurale, l'orientamento sacro dei riti e lo stesso posizionamento ed orientamento dei templi e di tutti gli spazi sacri. La comprensione di questi elementi, attraverso un lungo e complesso studio non riducibile in questa sede, fornisce la possibilità di prolungare la dimensione materiale ed umana all'interno di una sfera più profonda e complessa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify; font-family: georgia;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify; font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify; font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;Sia sufficiente sapere in questa sede che, come il tempo indica specifici momenti per l'effettuazione ad esempio di determinate azioni rituali (il "Quando"), allo stesso modo  gli spazi ed i luoghi coinvolgeranno implicazioni specifiche più profonde rispetto alla semplice visuale profana. Alcuni riti devono essere svolti inluoghi elevati, altri in caverne o luoghi sotterranei, altri vicino all'acqua secondo quando previsto dalla &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Geografia Sacra&lt;/span&gt; che di fatto non implica mai delle scelte "soggettive": tutto questo deve essere fondamentalmente "coerente" con questa sfera meta-fisica.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify; font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lo spazio è e rimane uno spazio vivente e vissuto in base alle sue specificità e peculiarità all'interno del quale gesti, parole, formule e segni hanno un valore e significato ben definito. Per questo per gli Antichi Credenti i luoghi sono tutti indistintamente spazi meritevoli di rispetto e di attenzione. Lo spazio per i rituali è comunque solo la "punta di un iceberg" di un più inteso significato di Spazio.  &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify; font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify; font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;Questo senso più intenso si basa principalmente sulla tri-dimensionalità del valore verticale dello Spazio Sacro che si sovrappone alla tri-dimensionalità del Tempo Sacro. Questa simbologia sovrapposta si materializza, tra l'altro, nella sacralità del numero 3: le Triadi, le tre funzioni sacre, la simbologia del Tripode, il Tridente di Poseidone, ecc...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify; font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;primo livello&lt;/span&gt; è connesso al &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;"principio solare"&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Supera&lt;/span&gt;, alto) non solamente in termini astronomici,  ma principalmente in senso uranico, come &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;"principio della luce splendente"&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;secondo livello&lt;/span&gt; è quello della &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;"dimensione terrena"&lt;/span&gt; connessa alla dimensione umana e di tutti gli esseri viventi.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;terzo livello&lt;/span&gt; è quello "&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;sotterraneo&lt;/span&gt;" (&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Infera&lt;/span&gt;, basso) connesso all'oscurità.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La dimensione umana è quindi una dimensione intermedia fra quella Supera e quella Infera. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le dimensioni Supera ed Infera sono gli estremi di due opposti: esse detengono una specifica ed opposta simbologia e pur essendo strettamente integrate non possono comunicare l'una con l'altra. La realtà del visibile e dell'esistente è di fatto il risultato dell'azione e del movimento di queste due dimensioni contrapposte ed interconnesse. Queste dimensioni posseggono forze ed energie che sono identiche ma contrapposte (ad es. Giove/Plutone, Fuoco Celeste/Fuoco Sotterraneo). Grazie alla loro azione i cicli della nascita, morte e rigenerazione continua (alla base dell'esistenza) possono avere luogo. &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify; font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify; font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;Le forze che caratterizzano queste dimensioni restano integrate. Se gli dei/Dee Superi sono espressione  di un Cielo (metafisico) Splendente, gli Dei/Dee Inferi sono connessi alla Notte, all'oscurità, all'ombra, all'occulto e al segreto. Gli Dei/Dee Inferi sono sempre espressione e collegati alla "Crescita" (il simbolismo ad esempio del "seme custodito nelle mani sotterranee di Proserpina" da cui si svilupperà la pianta). Queste divinità, a differenza della credenza profana comune, sono la rappresentazione più vivida della fecondità naturale, dell'acqua e del fuoco sotterraneo come linfe vitali. Basta pensare ad esempio alla grande differenza fra Venere e Proserpina o le caratteristiche infernali di Cerere e di tutte le Grandi Madri.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify; font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Un altro &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;aspetto importante da considerare è la relazione fra la dimensione infera e la Morte anche perchè questa relazione è fortemente influenzata da pregiudizi e incomprensioni. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Secondo la Tradizione, ogni uomo possiede il suo Genius così come ogni donna possiede la sua Juno (entrambi questi termini derivano dal Latino "&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;generare&lt;/span&gt;". Questi sono la rappresentazione sacra di quelle forze vitali e generatrici che sostengono l'esistenza di ognuno, sostengono la stessa famiglia come concatenazione generazionale. La famiglia è sacralizzata da Vesta e dai Lari famigliari il cui sinbolo è il serpente &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;(animale infernale tellurico). Genius/Juno sono forze di per sè impersonali che appartengono alla Natura, più precisamente alla dimensione infernale. La sede dei Lari è infatti simbolicamente situata sottoterra sottoposta all'influenza di un principio femminile: Mania, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Mater Larum&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify; font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify; font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;Con la morte, l'uomo e la donna perdono la loro personalità e, per un breve periodo di tempo, si riducono simbolicamente allo stato di "ombre" pallide a loro volta destinate ad estinguersi (&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;seconda morte&lt;/span&gt;). Il principio essenziale della Morte è quindi la r&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;estituzione alla Natura di questa energia vitale&lt;/span&gt; che sarà utilizzata per generare altra vita: in questo modo si perpetua il ciclo stesso della vita.  Per questo motivo i Lari sono coloro che "ci fanno vivere: essi alimentano il nostro corpo e regolano le nostre anime"&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (Microbio: &lt;i&gt;Saturnalia&lt;/i&gt;). Per questo inoltre i Lari vengono identificati con gli Antenati, con la forza invisibile. Allo stesso modo sono la sacralizzazione della forza del "sangue" (come patrimonio familiare), della famiglia, della &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" &gt;gens&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify; font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ci sono poi coloro che non diventano ombre: sono coloro capaci di vincere la seconda morte. Essi sono &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;“Divi/Divae”, gli "Svegliati" gli "Illuminati" i quali non sono Dei o Dee ma hanno comunque raggiunto un livello di vita più elevato e trascendente rispetto alla vita umana nel senso comune del termine. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quindi, di fronte a noi si pongono due Vie. La prima è la "Via degli Inferi" in cui gli uomini e le donne restituiscono la loro energia vitale al mondo sotterraneo generatore. In questa Via la morte è "&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Divenire&lt;/span&gt;". La seconda è la Via degli "Dei/Dee Splendenti": questa è la Via degli Antenati in cui la Morte è "&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Sublimazione&lt;/span&gt;". La prima è legata all'oscurità, alla notte, ai sei mesi di discesa del Sole, alla Luna (Simbolo del Divenire), all'inumazione. Questa dimensione è legata alla&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt; Janua  Inferi e alla Chiave d'Argento di Giano.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La Seconda è connessa alla luce splendente, al fuoco, al giorno, alla cremazione, ai sei mesi di ascensione del Sole: questa dimensione si lega alla  Janua Coeli e alla Chiave d'Oro di Giano. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify; font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify; font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;La Religione Tradizionale Romana è diretta a creare una consapevolezza ed una coscienza (a "&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;svegliare dal sonno&lt;/span&gt;" e mantenere questo stato di veglia) per far prevalere la Via degli Antenati sulla Via degli Inferi. Questo vuole dire essere orientati verso un destino superiore e mantenere un contatto con il Divino secondo i principi indicati dagli Antichi.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify; font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify; font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;Anche in questo caso, la Pluralità, il fenomeno delle "Due Nature", due ordini di Divinità così come di due differenti riti e culti emergono chiaramente.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 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In this perspective Time doesn’t contains “Facts”, but “Meanings”.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;Similarly, “Space” has two main different but integrated meanings. The former is essentially a “physical” meaning and its sacralization is operated giving a personality and an individuality to the different spatial manifestations. Genius Loci, Lares Compitales and all the Deities of specific sites and places are the common representation of this kind of meaning. The latter shows some extremely complex meta-physical implications. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;The celestial, the ground and the underground spaces, high and low, horizontal and vertical, left and right, etc. are all expressions of a complex symbolism which is traditionally represented by the “cross”. This symbolism, common in every traditional religion, confirms how it should be considered something intrinsic within Nature herself rather than a pure human invention. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;Any direction in Space shows precise influences and hosts specific energies which are also at the base of the Augural Science, the sacred orientation of rites and the temples’ position itself. The understanding of these elements thus provides the possibility for a prolonging of the material and human dimension inside a more complex sphere. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;As Time indicates specific moments for the making of given ritual actions, similarly the spaces, according to a traditional perspective, involve more complex implications and specificities compared to a simpler profane view. Some rites must be held in elevated places, others in caverns or underground sites according to a sacred geography which never implies subjective choices: they must coherent to a precise meta-physical sphere. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;Space is always a living and lived place where, according to its peculiarities and specificities, gestures, words, formula and signs have a well defined value and meaning. Nonetheless, the space for rituals is only the “top of the iceberg” of the more &lt;i&gt;intensive&lt;/i&gt; meaning of Space. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;This intensive meaning is based on a tri-dimensional vertical value of the sacred space (to be highlighted the sacred value of the number “3”: triads, three sacred functions, symbology of the tripod, the Poseidon Trident, etc.). The first level is linked to the “solar principle” (&lt;i&gt;Supera&lt;/i&gt;, high), not just in astronomical terms, but as “principle of shining light”, uranic. The second level is linked to the “ground level” connected to the human dimension and to the other living beings. The third one is linked to the “underground level” (&lt;i&gt;Infera&lt;/i&gt;, low), connected to the darkness. Human dimension is thus placed in an intermediate position between a Supera Dimension and an Infera one.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;These two dimensions (Supera and Infera) are at two opposite extremes: they have a specific and opposite symbology, they are integrated but they cannot communicate with each other. The reality of visible and living world is the result of the action and movement of these two different but interconnected dimensions and the related forces and energies which are identical, but in opposition (Jupiter/Pluto, celestial/underground fire).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;Thanks to their action, the cycles of birth, life, death and continuing regeneration (at the base of the existence) may have place. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;The forces characterizing these dimensions are thus interrelated and in opposition. If the Superi Gods/Goddesses are expression of a shining “&lt;i&gt;coelum&lt;/i&gt;”, Inferi Gods/Goddesses are linked to the Night, darkness, shade, occult and secret. Inferi Gods/Goddesses have strong links with the growth (the symbol of the seed hold in the underground “hands of Proserpina”), natural fecundity, underground water and underground fire. Just to mention the great difference between Venus and Proserpina and the relevant Infernal characteristic of Ceres and the Great Mothers. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;It is important to briefly analyze also the relations between the Infera Dimension and Death also because this relation has generated many prejudices and misunderstandings. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;Every man has his own Genius as well as every woman has her own Juno (both deriving from the Latin term “generare” or “to generate”). These are vital and generating forces supporting the family (Lares) symbolized by the snake (infernal and telluric animal). This is an impersonal force which belongs to Nature, in particular to the Infernal Dimension. The seat of Lares is underground and they are under the influence of a feminine principle: Mania, &lt;i&gt;Mater Larum&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;Man/woman, when dying, loses his personality and he/she is reduced, for a short time, to be a “shade” which it will be extinguished as well (second death). The essential principle of the dead thus returns to Nature to be used again to generate other forms of life, as any other natural cycle of life. This is the reason why Lares are those “who make us live: they breed our body and regulate our souls” (Microbius: &lt;i&gt;Saturnalia&lt;/i&gt;). This is the reason why they are also identified with the (dead) Ancestors, with an invisible force. Similarly they are also the sacralization of the force of the “blood”, the family, the &lt;i&gt;gens&lt;/i&gt;. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;There are also those who do not become shades: they can win the second death. They are “Divi/Divae”, the “Enlightened” who, not being however Gods/Goddesses, have achieved a higher and transcending life going beyond the human life in the common sense. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;Therefore, two ways are in front of us. The former is the “Inferi path” where men/women temporarily return to give the vital energy back to the underground generating world. Here Death is “Becoming”. The latter is the path of the “Shining Gods/Goddesses”: this is the “Ancestors’ Via”. Here Death is sublimation. The former is linked to the darkness, the night, the six months of the solar descending, the Moon (symbol of Becoming), inhumation: this dimension is connected to the Janua Inferi and the Silver Key (Janus). The latter is linked to the shining light, fire, the daylight, the six months of the solar ascending, cremation: this dimension is connected to the Janua Coeli and the Gold Key (Janus) &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;The Traditional Roman Religion tends to create an aware consciousness in order to make the “Ancestors’ Via” prevail over the “Inferi path”: This means to be oriented towards a superior destiny and maintain a contact with the Divine according to the principles indicated by the Ancestors.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;Even in this case, the phenomenon of “Two Natures”, two orders of Gods/Goddesses as well as two different and opposite rites and cults clearly emerge. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-5915553111272813620?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/5915553111272813620/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=5915553111272813620' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/5915553111272813620'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/5915553111272813620'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2011/04/sacralization-of-space-superi-and.html' title='The Sacralization of Space: Superi and Inferi Gods/Goddesses'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-3193228533824069563</id><published>2011-04-08T02:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-08T03:16:43.625-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fulgores'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='segni/signs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Summanus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Giove/Jupiter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='puteal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bidental'/><title type='text'>Fulgores</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Fulgores (lightning) have a not secondary role for the Traditional Roman Religion both as &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;physical-natural phenomenon&lt;/span&gt; and as &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;symbolic element&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to a &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;physical-natural perspective&lt;/span&gt;, the lightning obeservation plays a peculiar importance because fulgores are a very powerful expression of Nature's Force. This obesrvation, as already mentioned for other kind of &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;signa&lt;/span&gt;, is not aimed at the future prediction, fortune-telling or other forms of vulgar magic, but rather to keep us in a status of &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;constant consciousness and awareness&lt;/span&gt; about role and position of humankind inside the world. This observation  thus must contribute to keep us "&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;awake&lt;/span&gt;" and &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;aware&lt;/span&gt; about the Nature's Force.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  The Fulgores discipline has mainly etruscan origins: etruscans divided the sky into 16 regions. We remain in line with the roman tradition dividing the sky into &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;4 regions&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please note again that &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;the fulgores observation is a mystical moment&lt;/span&gt;: the observer sets the orientation watching southwards (South is &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;"the origin of everything"&lt;/span&gt;). Two areas at the East are named "&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;sinistrae&lt;/span&gt;" (favourable) while those at the West are named "&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;dextrae&lt;/span&gt;" (unfavorable).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The value of a lightning is given by the area of the sky it comes from and that one where it ends.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  According to the roman tradition (very different from the etruscan one) only &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Jupiter &lt;/span&gt;and &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Summanus &lt;/span&gt;(Nocturne Jupiter) can throw lightning even if often on the base of indications and suggestions of other Deities.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Fulgores can be divided into three main categories (&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;manubiae&lt;/span&gt;):&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;ul style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;first manubiae&lt;/span&gt;  (favourable): they start on the left and end on the left -  they are used to "&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;suadere&lt;/span&gt;" or "&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;dissuadere&lt;/span&gt;" those have made a promise, a commitment, a plan&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;second manubiae&lt;/span&gt;: they start on the leftside and end on the rightside (or &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;viceversa&lt;/span&gt;)  - partially negative and harmful. They may indicate benefits with damages.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;third manubiae&lt;/span&gt;: they start on the rightside and end on the same side - totally negative . This kind of lightning is a sign of devastation, deep changes in the normal  status, nothing will remain as it was.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Other traditional classifications:&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;fulgor quod terebrat, quod discuit,  quod urit&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;fulgores minimae, maiores, ampliores&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;ostentatorium, perenptorium,  presagium&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;fulmen quod terreat, adlet, puniat&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;While observing fulgores it's important to note also.&lt;br /&gt;place (public/private, sacred/profane), time, receiver, circumstances, lightning's nature and strength&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some fulgores bring signs directed to humans, other do not announce anything, others may have a meaning but not intelligible to mankind (&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;fatidica,  bruta, vana&lt;/span&gt;).&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;The place, thing, entity hit by a fulgor must be purified to appease the Nature's Force. The site's purification must be achieved cancelling all the traces of the event: they have to be buried i&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;n loco&lt;/span&gt;. In the past also a sacrifice of a black sheep was held. The site is identified as  "&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;religiosus&lt;/span&gt;" and it mustn't be trampled on. The site is marked by an augur or a pontifex with a lituus and named "&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;puteal&lt;/span&gt;" or "&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;bidental&lt;/span&gt;" (the distinction of these two terms has been lost).&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;The lightning is a complex symbol and a deep understanding of its symbology is at the base of the mystical fulgores observation. Lightning is the symbol of the Sky's and Nature's force. Its symbols are the &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;scepter &lt;/span&gt;and the &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;lituus&lt;/span&gt;. Other symbols are the arrow, the hammer, the sword and all the weapons having two heads or blades.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is also symbol of divine paternity: it symbolizes production and destruction, condensation and dissipation. It's the symbol of the Nature's occult and secret Force.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the lightning the invisible force of Nature becomes visible and ineluctable: the force of the common man bends when dealing with it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jupiter and the supreme power (in a mystical sense) hold the scepter-fulgor (&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;the broken scepter&lt;/span&gt;) as symbol of "force's control" and achievement of an interior peace and stability against chaos.  Peace is intended as Perfect Activity and Pure Activity. Control and Calmness opposed to Agitation: it's a transcending force ready to be in action.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-3193228533824069563?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/3193228533824069563/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=3193228533824069563' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/3193228533824069563'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/3193228533824069563'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2011/04/fulgores_08.html' title='Fulgores'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-7276463103345800209</id><published>2011-04-08T01:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-08T02:27:42.863-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fulgores'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Summanus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Giove/Jupiter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='puteal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bidental'/><title type='text'>Fulgores</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I fulmini rivestono un ruolo non secondario all'interno della Religione Tradizionale Romana sia come fenomeno&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; fisico-naturale&lt;/span&gt; che come&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; elemento simbolico&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Da un punto di vista &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;fisico-naturale&lt;/span&gt; l'osservazione dei fulmini ha un'importanza peculiare perchè essi sono un'espressione molto potente della &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Forza della Natura&lt;/span&gt;. L'osservazione dei fulmini, come già detto per gli altri &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;signa&lt;/span&gt;, non ha lo scopo di predire il futuro od altre forme di magia volgare, quanto quella di &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;mantenerci in uno stato di costante coscienza e consapevolezza&lt;/span&gt; circa il ruolo e posizione dell'uomo nel mondo. Questa osservazione contribuisce pertanto a mantenerci "&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;svegli&lt;/span&gt;" e consapevoli della Forza della Natura.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La disciplina dell'osservazione delle folgori è principalmente di origine etrusca che divideva il cielo in 16 regioni. Per quanto ci riguarda, ci atteniamo alla tradizione romana che prevede la divisione del cielo in &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;4 regioni&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ricordo ancora che &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;l'osservazione dei fulmini è un momento "mistico"&lt;/span&gt;: l'osservatore stabilisce l'orientamento avendo davanti a sè il Sud ("origine di tutte le cose"). Le due aree ad Est sono dette "&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;sinistrae&lt;/span&gt;" (propizie, favorevoli), quelle a Ovest sono dette "&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;dextrae&lt;/span&gt;" (sfavorevoli).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il valore del fulmine è dato dalla porzione di cielo da cui proviene e quella in cui ha fine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Secondo la tradizione romana (diversa da quella etrusca) solo &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Giove &lt;/span&gt;e &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Summano &lt;/span&gt;(Giove Notturno) possono lanciare fulmini, anche se spesso secondo il suggerimento ed il consiglio di altre divinità.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I fulmini possono essere di tre tipi principali (&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;manubiae&lt;/span&gt;):&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;prime manubiae&lt;/span&gt; (benefiche): partono da sinistra e finiscono a sinistra - servono per "&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;suadere&lt;/span&gt;" o "&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;dissuadere&lt;/span&gt;" coloro che hanno formulato un progetto, una promessa, un impegno&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;seconde manubiae&lt;/span&gt;: partono a sinistra e finiscono a destra (o viceversa) parzialmente nocive e negative ed indicano beneficio seguito da danno (o viceversa)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;terze manubiae&lt;/span&gt;: partono a destra e finiscono a destra - totalmente negative, fulmine che porta devastazione, mutazione dello stato delle cose, non lascia sussistere nulla di ciò che era.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Altre classificazioni:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;fulgor quod terebrat, quod discuit, quod urit&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;fulgores minimae, maiores, ampliores&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;ostentatorium, perenptorium, presagium&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;fulmen quod terreat, adlet, puniat&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nell'osservazione dei fulmini è importante inoltre analizzare:&lt;br /&gt;luogo (pubblico/privato, sacro/profano), tempo, destinatario, circostanze, natura e forza del fulmine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vi sono poi fulmini il cui segno riguarda gli uomini, quelli che non annunciano nulla e quelli che forse hanno un senso ma non sono comprensibili all'uomo (&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;fatidica, bruta, vana&lt;/span&gt;).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il luogo, la cosa, l'essere folgorato devono essere purificati per placare la forza della Natura. La purificazione del luogo avviene eliminando tutte le tracce dell'evento seppellendole sul posto. Anticamente venivano anche sacrificate delle pecore nere. Il sito viene denominato "&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;religiosus&lt;/span&gt;" e &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;non deve essere calpestato&lt;/span&gt;: il luogo viene circoscritto da un augur o da un pontifex con il lituo e chiamato "&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;puteal&lt;/span&gt;" o "&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;bidental&lt;/span&gt;" (la distinzione è andata perduta).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il fulmine è un simbolo complesso e la comprensione profonda della sua simbologia sono alla base dell'osservazione mistica dei fulmini. Esso è simbolo di forza del cielo e della Natura: è simbolizzato dallo &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;scettro &lt;/span&gt;e dal &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;lituo&lt;/span&gt;. Altri simboli sono la freccia, il martello e tutte le armi a due punte o due lame.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E' inoltre simbolo di paternità divina, simboleggia il potere di produzione e di distruzione, la condensazione e la dissipazione. E' simbolo di forza occulta della Natura.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nel fulmine la forza invisibile della Natura diventa visibile ed ineluttabile: la forza dell'uomo comune si piega di fronte ad essa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Giove ed il potere sovrano (in senso mistico e non politico) detengono lo scettro-fulmine (&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;lo scettro spezzato&lt;/span&gt;) come simbolo del "controllo della forza": raggiungimento di una pace interiore e di stabilità in mezzo al caos. Pace come perfezione di attività e attività pura. Controllo e calma in opposizione all'agitazione: forza trascendente pronta a scattare.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-7276463103345800209?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/7276463103345800209/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=7276463103345800209' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/7276463103345800209'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/7276463103345800209'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2011/04/fulgores.html' title='Fulgores'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-8676946647792774989</id><published>2011-04-01T01:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-01T01:40:23.340-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cerere/Ceres'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Flora'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='calendario/calendar'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Robigo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Aprile/April'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tellus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Venere/Venus'/><title type='text'>April</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;April is a month enterely dedicated to  &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Nature &lt;/span&gt;and to &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Nature's Beauty&lt;/span&gt;. Many Goddesses are  celebrated during this month above all &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Venus&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Venus  is the sacralization of Beauty: in particular she is "&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Revealed and Disclosed Beauty&lt;/span&gt;".&lt;br /&gt;Her  sacred trees are: cherry tree, myrtle, daisy, rose, lime and apple  tree.&lt;br /&gt;Her sacred animals are: stork, sparrow, frog, dolphin, swan,  hare, turtle and dove.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Venus is also identified as:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;ul style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;Venere Pandemia: physical love&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Venere  Urania: spiritual love&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Venere Murcia: she-mitigating&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Venere  Verticordia: passion&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Venus  is symbolized by a cone dark stone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Other important Gods/Goddesses  celebrated in April are:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;ul style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Ceres&lt;/span&gt;: "the  nuorishing land". She is also named "&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Flavia&lt;/span&gt;"  (blonde, clear), "&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;frugifera&lt;/span&gt;"  (giving fruits), she is the sacred symbol of corn cultivation. Spike,  poppy, pig and heifer are sacred to Ceres.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;ul style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Tellus&lt;/span&gt;: the Earth, symbol of stability and  solidity (&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Tellus Stabilita&lt;/span&gt;),  she-generating energy. She is represented surrounded by children. Sacred  animal: veal&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;ul style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Pale&lt;/span&gt;: ancient  Goddess of pastures and herds.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;ul style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Robigo&lt;/span&gt;:  "Rust". Negative God provoking inactivity and many plant, animal and  human deseases.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;ul style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Flora&lt;/span&gt;: Goddess of  Flowers. She is the symbol of spring. Seeds and honey are sacred to  Flora.  She is represented by a wicker basket full of flowers she will  put on trees.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-8676946647792774989?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/8676946647792774989/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=8676946647792774989' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/8676946647792774989'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/8676946647792774989'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2011/04/april.html' title='April'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-3948733606631415032</id><published>2011-04-01T01:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-01T01:37:09.088-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='calendario/calendar'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Aprile/April'/><title type='text'>Aprile</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Aprile è un mese dedicato alla &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Natura &lt;/span&gt;e alla bellezza della Natura.  Molte divinità femminili sono celebrate in questo mese soprattutto &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Venere&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Venere &lt;/span&gt;è la sacralizzazione della  bellezza, in particolare &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;"la bellezza  disvelata&lt;/span&gt;".&lt;br /&gt;Gli alberi sacri a Venere sono:&lt;br /&gt;il ciliegio, il  mirto, la margherita, la rosa, il tiglio, il melo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gli animali  sacri a Venere sono:&lt;br /&gt;la cicogna, il passero, la rana, il delfino, il  cigno, la lepre, la tartaruga e la colomba.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Venere viene  indentificata come:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;Venere  Pandemia: amore fisico&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Venere Urania: amore spirituale&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Venere  Murcia: la mitigante&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Venere Verticordia: la passione&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Venere a Roma era simboleggiata da una  Pietra Nera di forma conica.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le altre divinità celebrate nel  mese di aprile sono:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Cerere&lt;/span&gt;: la Terra  che Nutre. E' detta "Flavia" (la bionda, la chiara), "frugifera" (che  dona frutti), presiede alla coltivazione del grano. Le sono sacri: la  spiga e il papavero. Animali sacri: maiale e giovenca.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Tellus&lt;/span&gt;: la terra  simbolo di solidità e stabilità (&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Tellus  Stabilita&lt;/span&gt;), energia della generazione. Appare circondata da  bambini. Animale sacro: il vitello&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Pale&lt;/span&gt;: antica Dea  dei pascoli e dei greggi&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Robigo&lt;/span&gt;: la "ruggine". Divinità negativa  causa inattività e malattie delle piante, degli uomini e degli animali&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Flora&lt;/span&gt;: Dea dei  Fiori, simbolo della primavera. Sacri le sono i semi ed il miele. E'  rappresentata da un cesto di vimini pieno di fiori che deporrà sugli  alberi.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-3948733606631415032?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/3948733606631415032/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=3948733606631415032' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/3948733606631415032'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/3948733606631415032'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2011/04/aprile.html' title='Aprile'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-8243803585283905315</id><published>2011-03-23T03:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-23T03:53:36.521-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ateismo/atheism'/><title type='text'>Atheism</title><content type='html'>The problem of Atheism detains peculiar aspects within Traditional Religion: it's a very complex issue hardly simplified into elementary concepts. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Atheism, in general terms, is based on a negation of a transcendent dimension in Nature and in reality. According to a traditional perspective, atheist is not who denies and refuses the existence of Gods/Goddesses, but rather&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; who has been abandoned by Gods/Goddesses&lt;/span&gt;. The analytical perspective is thus reversed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A man abandoned by Gods/Goddesses (even for his choice and decision), is a man abandoned to his fate: he is thus a-theist, deprived of the Gods'/Goddesses' presence and support.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Traditional Religion identifies a distinction between religious and not-religious man rather than believer and atheist. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If Nature and reality are "cases" or "containers", which can be read and interpreted by scientific laws, Gods/Goddesses are the meta-physical content of Nature and reality which finally become expressions of the Divine's manifestation. Describing and interpreting such content is not a science goal: it's impossible to describe into mathematical formula the joy and role of family links (Vesta), the role of Law and Authority (Jupiter/Juno) or the revealed beauty of a Sunset (Venus): these links and meanings have to be interpreted through a different meta-scientific perspective.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gods/Goddesses may be ignored or disdained: but this approach makes a man/woman a not-religious man/woman. The transcendent dimension is not denied because the idea of humanity, Nature and reality will be otherwise unavoidably reduced and degraded.  This degradation results from a negation of those fundamental aspects of human spirit directly connected to this transcendent dimension. This dimension makes mankind and Nature not only a mere quantitative phenomenon, but a &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;qualitative &lt;/span&gt;one. If we consider only these quantitative aspects anything is "crippled": both dimensions have thus to be integrated.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mankind is presently living in this crippled condition whose effects are definitively evident.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Regaining "quality" to mankind and Nature thus firstly means overcoming "Theism" or the God's personification and humanization, the idea of Providence, sanctions, Hell and Heaven, the idea of Divine linked to a sterile idea of Good and Evil. Overcoming theism implies consequently overcoming Atheism because the concept of "Believing" disappears. Disappearing the idea of "believing", also the idea of "believer" will disappear and consequently also the idea of "not-believer". If the term "believer" is a non-sense, similarly also the term "atheist", in conventional terms, will be a non-sense.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-8243803585283905315?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/8243803585283905315/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=8243803585283905315' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/8243803585283905315'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/8243803585283905315'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2011/03/atheism.html' title='Atheism'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-1423848867288192345</id><published>2011-03-22T09:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-23T03:23:26.308-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ateismo/ateism'/><title type='text'>Ateismo</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;La questione dell'Ateismo presenta dei caratteri peculiari nella Religione Tradizionale. L'ateismo convenzionale di fatto implica una negazione del "trascendente" nella realtà e nella Natura. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;L'ateismo nella prospettiva tradizionale si presenta come una questione complessa difficilmente riducibile in concetti elementari. Ad un livello molto superficiale si può dire che l'ateo non è colui che nega l'esitenza degli Dei/Dee, ma colui che è "&lt;em&gt;abbandonato dagli Dei/Dee&lt;/em&gt;". La prospettiva è quindi rovesciata con implicazioni molto complesse.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;L'uomo abbandonato dagli Dei/Dee (anche per sua scelta) è un uomo abbandonato a sè stesso: quindi "ateo", privato della presenza degli Dei/Dee.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La Religione Tradizionale semmai pone la distinzione fra uomo religioso e uomo non religioso.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Se il mondo e la realtà sono "contenitori", interpretati da leggi formulate dalla scienza, gli Dei/Dee sono il "contenuto meta-fisico" di ogni ambito del reale e della Natura, che alla fine si presenta come forme di manifestazione delle divinità. Non è compito della scienza delineare formule o leggi per interpretare questo contenuto; l'interpretazione di questi nessi e manifestazioni è compito di una dimensione meta-scientifica. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gli Dei/Dee possono essere ignorati o disprezzati: questo rende l'uomo non religioso. Questo però non implica una negazione della realtà sovrasensibile perchè altrimenti si avrebbe una menomazione e una degradazione della concezione che l'uomo ha di sè stesso, della Natura e della realtà.Questa degradazione si realizza perchè gli aspetti fondamentali dello spirito umano si legano proprio a questa dimensione sovra-umana che rende l'uomo e la realtà non più solamente un mero fenomeno quantitativo, ma &lt;strong&gt;qualitativo&lt;/strong&gt;. Fermarsi solo agli aspetti quantitativi vuol dire "degradazione": le due prospettive (quantitativa e qualitativa) devono essere quindi integrate.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;L'uomo oggi vive "amputato" di una dimensione e gli effetti di questa menomazione sono evidenti.Restituire "qualità" all'uomo e alla realtà vuol dire in primo luogo superare il "teismo" ovvero la personificazione ed umanizzazione del Divino, l'idea di Provvidenza, l'idea delle sanzioni , del Paradiso e dell'Inferno, il Divino legato ad una mera idea di Bene e di Male. Superare il Dio-Persona del "teismo" implica, conseguentemente un superamento dell'ateismo: svanisce il concetto di "credere" e di "credente" e parallelamente di "non-credente". Se quindi il termine "credente" perde il suo senso, allo stesso modo perde di senso il concetto di "ateo", nel senso convenzionale del termine.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-1423848867288192345?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/1423848867288192345/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=1423848867288192345' title='2 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/1423848867288192345'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/1423848867288192345'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2011/03/ateismo.html' title='Ateismo'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-5121087837867182101</id><published>2011-03-08T03:29:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-03-08T03:32:00.615-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Triade/triad'/><title type='text'>The Triad</title><content type='html'>&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;w:worddocument&gt;   &lt;w:view&gt;Normal&lt;/w:View&gt;   &lt;w:zoom&gt;0&lt;/w:Zoom&gt;   &lt;w:hyphenationzone&gt;14&lt;/w:HyphenationZone&gt;   &lt;w:punctuationkerning/&gt;   &lt;w:validateagainstschemas/&gt;   &lt;w:saveifxmlinvalid&gt;false&lt;/w:SaveIfXMLInvalid&gt;   &lt;w:ignoremixedcontent&gt;false&lt;/w:IgnoreMixedContent&gt;   &lt;w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext&gt;false&lt;/w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText&gt;   &lt;w:compatibility&gt;    &lt;w:breakwrappedtables/&gt;    &lt;w:snaptogridincell/&gt;    &lt;w:wraptextwithpunct/&gt;    &lt;w:useasianbreakrules/&gt;    &lt;w:dontgrowautofit/&gt;   &lt;/w:Compatibility&gt;   &lt;w:browserlevel&gt;MicrosoftInternetExplorer4&lt;/w:BrowserLevel&gt;  &lt;/w:WordDocument&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"&gt;  &lt;/w:LatentStyles&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;style&gt; &lt;!--  /* Font Definitions */  @font-face  {font-family:Wingdings;  panose-1:5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;  mso-font-charset:2;  mso-generic-font-family:auto;  mso-font-pitch:variable;  mso-font-signature:0 268435456 0 0 -2147483648 0;}  /* Style Definitions */  p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal  {mso-style-parent:"";  margin:0cm;  margin-bottom:.0001pt;  mso-pagination:widow-orphan;  font-size:12.0pt;  font-family:"Times New Roman";  mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} h1  {mso-style-next:Normale;  margin:0cm;  margin-bottom:.0001pt;  text-align:justify;  mso-pagination:widow-orphan;  page-break-after:avoid;  mso-outline-level:1;  font-size:14.0pt;  mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;  font-family:"Times New Roman";  mso-font-kerning:0pt;} @page Section1  {size:612.0pt 792.0pt;  margin:70.85pt 2.0cm 2.0cm 2.0cm;  mso-header-margin:36.0pt;  mso-footer-margin:36.0pt;  mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1  {page:Section1;}  /* List Definitions */  @list l0  {mso-list-id:921373658;  mso-list-type:hybrid;  mso-list-template-ids:-590309812 68157441 68157443 68157445 68157441 68157443 68157445 68157441 68157443 68157445;} @list l0:level1  {mso-level-number-format:bullet;  mso-level-text:;  mso-level-tab-stop:36.0pt;  mso-level-number-position:left;  text-indent:-18.0pt;  font-family:Symbol;} ol  {margin-bottom:0cm;} ul  {margin-bottom:0cm;} --&gt; &lt;/style&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 10]&gt; &lt;style&gt;  /* Style Definitions */  table.MsoNormalTable  {mso-style-name:"Tabella normale";  mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;  mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;  mso-style-noshow:yes;  mso-style-parent:"";  mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;  mso-para-margin:0cm;  mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;  mso-pagination:widow-orphan;  font-size:10.0pt;  font-family:"Times New Roman";  mso-ansi-language:#0400;  mso-fareast-language:#0400;  mso-bidi-language:#0400;} &lt;/style&gt; &lt;![endif]--&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;The highest level of the Divine expression is articulated through a Triad or three key-manifestations of the Divine. The Triad describes the expression of the three main Divine Functions. The Traditional Roman Religion is based on a First Triad (or Archaic Triad) and a Second Triad. The First Triad is composed of Jupiter-Mars-Quirinus: the Second Triad is composed of Jupiter-Juno-Minerva.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;h1 style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;h1 style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;The First Triad&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;The First Triad is mentioned in many religious formula and rituals (&lt;i&gt;devotio&lt;/i&gt;, ritual of the Salii, consacration of &lt;i&gt;spolia opima&lt;/i&gt;, etc…), and historically it was embedded and personified by the main &lt;i&gt;flamines&lt;/i&gt;: the Flamen Dialis, the Flamen Martialis, the Flamen Quirinalis.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul style="margin-top: 0cm; font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;" type="disc"&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;The      first function expressed by the Triad is &lt;b&gt;Authority&lt;/b&gt;, sacralized by      the theology and symbology of &lt;b&gt;Jupiter&lt;/b&gt;: it is materialized into      legal and sacral power and into Law.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;The      second function is &lt;b&gt;Force&lt;/b&gt;, in physical sense as well as fecundating      energy, sacralized by the theology and symbology of &lt;b&gt;Mars&lt;/b&gt;: it is      materialized into martial activities and into the energy of Nature.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;The      third function is &lt;b&gt;Civil and Social Organization and Prosperity&lt;/b&gt;,      sacralized by the theology and symbology of &lt;b&gt;Quirinus&lt;/b&gt;: it is      materialized into civil commitment and work activities&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-5121087837867182101?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/5121087837867182101/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=5121087837867182101' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/5121087837867182101'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/5121087837867182101'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2011/03/triad.html' title='The Triad'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-6026211973523238038</id><published>2011-03-08T03:25:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-03-08T03:29:19.788-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Triade/triad'/><title type='text'>La Triade</title><content type='html'>&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt; 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 mso-level-text:;  mso-level-tab-stop:36.0pt;  mso-level-number-position:left;  text-indent:-18.0pt;  font-family:Symbol;} ol  {margin-bottom:0cm;} ul  {margin-bottom:0cm;} --&gt; &lt;/style&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 10]&gt; &lt;style&gt;  /* Style Definitions */  table.MsoNormalTable  {mso-style-name:"Tabella normale";  mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;  mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;  mso-style-noshow:yes;  mso-style-parent:"";  mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;  mso-para-margin:0cm;  mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;  mso-pagination:widow-orphan;  font-size:10.0pt;  font-family:"Times New Roman";  mso-ansi-language:#0400;  mso-fareast-language:#0400;  mso-bidi-language:#0400;} &lt;/style&gt; &lt;![endif]--&gt;  &lt;p style="text-align: justify; font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Il vertice dell’espressione divina nella Religione Tradizionale Romana si declina attraverso una Triade ovvero tre manifestazioni chiave ed epicali del divino. La Triade descrive la manifestazione delle tre funzioni principali del divino.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify; font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify; font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;La Religione Tradizionale Romana presenta una &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Prima Triade&lt;/span&gt; (o Triade Arcaica) e una &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Seconda Triade&lt;/span&gt;. La Prima Triade è composta da Giove-Marte-Quirino, mentre la Seconda è composta da Giove-Giunone-Minerva. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify; font-family: georgia;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify; font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify; font-family: georgia;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;h1 style="text-align: justify; font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;h1 style="text-align: justify; font-family: georgia;" face="georgia"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;La Prima Triade&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify; font-family: georgia;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify; font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify; font-family: georgia;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify; font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify; font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;La Prima Triade è menzionata in numerose formule e rituali (&lt;i&gt;devotio&lt;/i&gt;, rituale dei Salii, consacrazione degli &lt;i&gt;spolia opima&lt;/i&gt;, ecc…) e storicamente era impersonificata dai tre &lt;i&gt;flamines&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt; maggiori: il Flamen Dialis, il Flamen Martialis, il Flamen Quirinalis.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify; font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify; font-family: georgia;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify; font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal" face="georgia"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify; font-family: georgia;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul  style="margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify; font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" type="disc"&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;La prima funzione espressa dalla Triade è &lt;b&gt;l’Autorità&lt;/b&gt;,      sacralizzata dalla teologia e simbologia di &lt;b&gt;Giove&lt;/b&gt;: essa si declina      nel potere legale e sacrale e dal diritto.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;La seconda funzione è la &lt;b&gt;Forza&lt;/b&gt;, in senso      fisico, ma anche come forza fecondante, sacralizzata dalla teologia e simbologia      di &lt;b&gt;Marte&lt;/b&gt;: essa si declina nelle attività marziali e nelle energie      della Natura.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;La terza funzione è &lt;b&gt;l’organizzazione civile e      sociale e la prosperità&lt;/b&gt;, sacralizzata dalla teologia e simbologia di &lt;b&gt;Quirino&lt;/b&gt;:      essa si declina nell’impegno civile e nel lavoro.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-6026211973523238038?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/6026211973523238038/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=6026211973523238038' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/6026211973523238038'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/6026211973523238038'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2011/03/la-triade.html' title='La Triade'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-680510645749849665</id><published>2011-03-02T01:25:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-03-02T01:31:10.137-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='principi/principles'/><title type='text'>Reflections</title><content type='html'>In occasion of the beginning of the sacred year according to the ancient calendar of King Numa, I include some personal reflections and considerations.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt; 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 margin:0cm;  margin-bottom:.0001pt;  mso-pagination:widow-orphan;  font-size:12.0pt;  font-family:"Times New Roman";  mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1  {size:612.0pt 792.0pt;  margin:70.85pt 2.0cm 2.0cm 2.0cm;  mso-header-margin:36.0pt;  mso-footer-margin:36.0pt;  mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1  {page:Section1;} --&gt; &lt;/style&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 10]&gt; &lt;style&gt;  /* Style Definitions */  table.MsoNormalTable  {mso-style-name:"Tabella normale";  mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;  mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;  mso-style-noshow:yes;  mso-style-parent:"";  mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;  mso-para-margin:0cm;  mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;  mso-pagination:widow-orphan;  font-size:10.0pt;  font-family:"Times New Roman";  mso-ansi-language:#0400;  mso-fareast-language:#0400;  mso-bidi-language:#0400;} &lt;/style&gt; &lt;![endif]--&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;We are today living in a phase of social, political, ethical, economic and environmental chaos resulting by a culture which, after having cancelled any immaterial contents from the world, has deprived the human kind of any sense of responsibility (in spatial and temporal terms). The Divine has been expelled by the Nature and by our planet Earth: “man” has become the sole criterion and measure for all. It is necessary to re-acknowledge that “All is interconnected” and at present it has become particularly urgent to re-create and re-generate again an harmony with Nature, her forces, her energies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;A re-appropriation of Gods and Goddesses has thus become an urgent priority because they are essentially the “Spirit of the Earth and Nature”; they are the essential element capable to provide dignity to the reality around us. Therefore they must become visible again to those wishing to live their lives in conscience, awareness and responsibility.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;To do this the great heritage of the Traditional Roman Religion can represent a huge ethical and spiritual resource also acting as a “compass” in re-directing men and women towards a reconstruction of the harmony (Pax Deorum) we have lost. This traditional heritage, to which it must be assigned its original dignity and value removing those prejudices generated by ignorance and antagonism, is thus a “map” useful to undertake and remain in the “Via” in order to consider and understand the World as a network of signs, signals and values, as a spiritual communication network. Therefore, the Traditional Roman Religion represents a path “to go back home”, it’s a “Via” for a return journey based on responsibility towards oneself, others and Nature. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;It is important to be aware that the past cannot come back in the same way in which it once has been materialized, but its ideas and values can be distilled: what disappeared as civilization can live again as “principle”.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;The Traditional Roman Religion is essentially based on the ethics of the natural "end" and "limit". The measure of this "end" is Death. Everything is living is destined to die, but, even if destined to die, it doesn't mean that life is not worth living. Everything has its own "time". It is important not to miss the joy life offers to us: "carpe diem". We thus must "conquest our time" to valorise life as it is. We must live our life as well as our death with dignity. We can live our life being always aware of our limits.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;The Traditional Roman Religion is essentially based on the principle of tolerance and refuse any idea of “religions’ wars and clashes” in any expression and manifestation. This tolerance is expression of a religious cosmopolitanism in which believers, not- believers and believers from other religions are recognized in their diversity and multiplicity (principle of universal tolerance): they are not a threat to any type of monopoly of an absolute truth, but they are all a source of enrichment.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-680510645749849665?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/680510645749849665/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=680510645749849665' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/680510645749849665'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/680510645749849665'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2011/03/reflections.html' title='Reflections'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-8418992601377897291</id><published>2011-03-02T01:18:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-03-02T01:25:06.294-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='principi/principles'/><title type='text'>Riflessioni</title><content type='html'>In occasione dell'inizio dell'anno sacro secondo il calendario antico di Re Numa, approfitto per riportare alcune mie considerazioni personali.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PersonName"&gt;&lt;/o:smarttagtype&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;w:worddocument&gt;   &lt;w:view&gt;Normal&lt;/w:View&gt;   &lt;w:zoom&gt;0&lt;/w:Zoom&gt;   &lt;w:hyphenationzone&gt;14&lt;/w:HyphenationZone&gt;   &lt;w:punctuationkerning/&gt;   &lt;w:validateagainstschemas/&gt;   &lt;w:saveifxmlinvalid&gt;false&lt;/w:SaveIfXMLInvalid&gt;   &lt;w:ignoremixedcontent&gt;false&lt;/w:IgnoreMixedContent&gt;   &lt;w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext&gt;false&lt;/w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText&gt;   &lt;w:compatibility&gt;    &lt;w:breakwrappedtables/&gt;    &lt;w:snaptogridincell/&gt;    &lt;w:wraptextwithpunct/&gt;    &lt;w:useasianbreakrules/&gt;    &lt;w:dontgrowautofit/&gt;   &lt;/w:Compatibility&gt;   &lt;w:browserlevel&gt;MicrosoftInternetExplorer4&lt;/w:BrowserLevel&gt;  &lt;/w:WordDocument&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"&gt;  &lt;/w:LatentStyles&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if !mso]&gt;&lt;object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"&gt;&lt;/object&gt; &lt;style&gt; st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } &lt;/style&gt; &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;style&gt; &lt;!--  /* Style Definitions */  p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal  {mso-style-parent:"";  margin:0cm;  margin-bottom:.0001pt;  mso-pagination:widow-orphan;  font-size:12.0pt;  font-family:"Times New Roman";  mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1  {size:612.0pt 792.0pt;  margin:70.85pt 2.0cm 2.0cm 2.0cm;  mso-header-margin:36.0pt;  mso-footer-margin:36.0pt;  mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1  {page:Section1;} --&gt; &lt;/style&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 10]&gt; &lt;style&gt;  /* Style Definitions */  table.MsoNormalTable  {mso-style-name:"Tabella normale";  mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;  mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;  mso-style-noshow:yes;  mso-style-parent:"";  mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;  mso-para-margin:0cm;  mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;  mso-pagination:widow-orphan;  font-size:10.0pt;  font-family:"Times New Roman";  mso-ansi-language:#0400;  mso-fareast-language:#0400;  mso-bidi-language:#0400;} &lt;/style&gt; &lt;![endif]--&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Oggi ci troviamo a constatare che l’umanità sta vivendo una fase di caos sociale, economico, politico ed ambientale causato da una cultura che, dopo aver svuotato il mondo di ogni contenuto, ha privato l’uomo di qualsiasi senso di responsabilità (spaziale e temporale). Il Divino è stato espulso dalla Natura e dal nostro pianeta e l’uomo è stato assunto a criterio unico di misura di tutte le cose. Siamo consapevoli che Tutto è connesso ed oggi è più che mai necessario tornare ad essere ri-sintonizzati con &lt;st1:personname productid="la Natura" st="on"&gt;la Natura&lt;/st1:personname&gt;, le sue forze e le sue energie. Abbiamo bisogno quindi di riappropriarci degli Dei e delle Dee che sono lo spirito della Terra (il nostro Pianeta) e sono ciò che danno dignità alla realtà che ci circonda: abbiamo bisogno che tornino ad essere visibili agli uomini che desiderano vivere in coscienza e consapevolezza.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Per fare questo si fa riferimento al grande retaggio della Tradizione Romana: essa rappresenta un grande bacino etico e spirituale che può fungere da bussola per ri-orientarci a ricostruire questa sintonia (Pax Deorum) che è andata perduta. Questo retaggio tradizionale, cui viene restituita la sua originaria dignità e valore ripulendolo dai pregiudizi sedimentati dall’ignoranza e dall’antagonismo, è quindi una mappa per non perdere la “Via”, per tornare a vedere e comprendere il Mondo come un insieme di segnali e di valori, una rete di comunicazione. &lt;st1:personname productid="La Religione Tradizionale" st="on"&gt;La Religione Tradizionale&lt;/st1:personname&gt; Romana rappresenta un ritorno a casa, è una Via per un viaggio di ritorno fondato sulla responsabilità verso sé stessi, verso gli altri e verso &lt;st1:personname productid="la Terra." st="on"&gt;la Terra.&lt;/st1:personname&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;E’ importante essere consapevoli che il passato non può ritornare nello stesso modo in cui si è manifestato una volta, ma esso può essere ripreso sottoforma di idee e valori: ciò che si è dissolto come civiltà può tornare a vivere come “principio” e “criterio”.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;st1:personname productid="La Religione Tradizionale" st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:personname productid="La Religione" st="on"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/st1:personname&gt;&lt;/st1:personname&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;st1:personname productid="La Religione Tradizionale" st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:personname productid="La Religione" st="on"&gt;La Religione&lt;/st1:personname&gt; Tradizionale&lt;/st1:personname&gt; Romana si fonda essenzialmente sull’etica del limite e del finito naturale. La misura di questo limite è la “morte”. Tutto ciò che vive è destinato a perire, ma, anche se destinato a morire, ciò non significa che non sia degno di vivere. Ogni cosa possiede il suo tempo. E’ indispensabile non perdere quella gioia che la vita ci offre: “carpe diem”. Siamo tenuti quindi a conquistare il nostro tempo per valorizzare la vita per quello che essa essenzialmente è. Bisogna vivere la vita, così come la morte, con dignità essendo sempre consapevoli dei propri limiti. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;st1:personname productid="La Religione Tradizionale" st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:personname productid="La Religione" st="on"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/st1:personname&gt;&lt;/st1:personname&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;st1:personname productid="La Religione Tradizionale" st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:personname productid="La Religione" st="on"&gt;La Religione&lt;/st1:personname&gt; Tradizionale&lt;/st1:personname&gt; Romana si fonda principalmente sull’idea di tolleranza e rifiuta ogni idea di “guerra o scontro di religione” in qualsiasi forma, espressione e manifestazione. Questa tolleranza è la materializzazione del principio di “cosmopolitismo religioso” in base al quale credenti, non credenti o credenti di altre religioni sono riconosciuti nella loro diversità e molteplicità (principio di tolleranza universale): nessuno viene considerato una minaccia al monopolio di una verità assoluta, ma costituiscono tutti una fonte di arricchimento.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-8418992601377897291?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/8418992601377897291/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=8418992601377897291' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/8418992601377897291'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/8418992601377897291'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2011/03/riflessioni.html' title='Riflessioni'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-8756444755818368628</id><published>2011-03-01T01:43:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-03-01T01:48:30.154-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Marte/Mars'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='calendario/calendar'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cibele/Cybele'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Marzo/March'/><title type='text'>March</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;After having celebrated the &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Februalia&lt;/span&gt;  as final rite of purification during the last day of February, on March  the 1st the &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Sacred Year&lt;/span&gt; begins.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;March  is thus a very important month characterized by many celebrations.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;March  is enterely dedicated to Life and Nature re-birth in all their  expressions. This month is dedicated to the generating forces converging  into two polatiries: &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Mars &lt;/span&gt;(Male  Polarity) and &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Cybele&lt;/span&gt; (Female  Polarity)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Mars  &lt;/span&gt;- usually wrongly labelled as the God of War - is the  "He-generating". He is symbolically Romolus' and Remus' father being in  this way Father of the Roman People. Mars is the Fecundating Male  Energy: Earth, Plants, Flowers, Fields, etc. He is defined as &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Marmor&lt;/span&gt; (shining, gleaming) but more  frequently as  &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Marmar &lt;/span&gt;(Reproductive  Force of the Nature) or &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Gradivus &lt;/span&gt;(Fecundating  Vegetation).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sacred plants to Mars are: figtree and oak. Sacred  animals are: wolf, horse and woodpecker.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If Janus is the  sacralization of the "beginnings", Mars is the sacralization of the  "activity" and "things' blossoming". To Mars are dedicated the "Sacrae  Prima-verae" of youth who entered the adult life as foundators and  fecundators.&lt;br /&gt;His sacred symbol is a Spear.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Cybele &lt;/span&gt;is the female polarity of  fecundity (She-Fecundating). Cybele is by definition the &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Great Mather&lt;/span&gt; embracing all the Goddesses  having specific characteristics. In the same time she is associated to the  main Goddesses: Iuno, Vesta, Tellus, Bona Dea, Maia, Gaia, Flora, Ceres,  Pomona, etc.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Cybele  is the perennial energy of the Nature renewal. She is the &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Lady of the Plants&lt;/span&gt;: pine, boxtree and  oak are sacred plants to Cybele. She is also the &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Lady of the Animals&lt;/span&gt;. Humans have  learnt from her how to cultivate corn and cereals.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cybele's  sacred symbols are: the Tower and the Lion.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;1 - 6  march:  Matronalia, Fire of Vesta&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;4 - 10 march: Ludi Megalesi&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;7  march: Mars' Agonalia, Iunonalia&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;9 march: Mars' Weapons&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;14  march: Equiria, Mamuralia&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;15 - 27 march: Megalesia, Anna  Perenna&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;17 march: Liberalia&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;19 march: Mars' Weapons,  Great Quinquatria (by 21st march)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;23 march: Tubilustrium&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-8756444755818368628?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/8756444755818368628/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=8756444755818368628' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/8756444755818368628'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/8756444755818368628'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2011/03/march.html' title='March'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-5963967728719476089</id><published>2011-03-01T01:40:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-03-01T01:42:28.622-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Marte/Mars'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='calendario/calendar'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cibele/Cybele'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Marzo/March'/><title type='text'>Marzo</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Dopo aver celebrato i &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Februalia &lt;/span&gt;come  rito di purificazione durante l'ultimo giorno di Febbraio, con il 1  Marzo inizia l'&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Anno Sacro&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Marzo  è quindi un mese importantissimo e ricco di celebrazioni.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Marzo è  interamente dedicato alla rinasciata della vita e della Natura in tutte  le sue espressioni. Il mese è dedicato alle forze generatrici che  convergono nella polarità maschile di &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Marte  &lt;/span&gt;ed in quella femminile di &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Cibele&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Marte &lt;/span&gt;- spesso  erroneamente identificato come il Dio della guerra - è il "generatore".  E' simbolicamente padre di Romolo e Remo quindi padre del Popolo Romano.  Marte è l'energia maschile che feconda: la Terra, le Piante, i Fiori, i  campi agricoli, ecc...&lt;br /&gt;Viene definito &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Marmor&lt;/span&gt; (splendente, luccicante), ma più spesso &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Marmar &lt;/span&gt;(forza riproduttiva della  Natura) o &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Gradivus &lt;/span&gt;(Fecondatore  della Vegetazione).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le piante sacre di Marte sono il Fico e la  Quercia. I suoi animali sacri sono il lupo, il cavallo e il picchio.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Se  Giano è la sacralizzazione degli inizi, Marte è la sacralizzazione  dell'attività e dello sbocciare delle cose. A lui sono dedicate le  "primavere sacre" dei giovani che entravano nella vita adulta e  diventavano fecondatori e fondatori.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il suo simbolo è la &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Lancia&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Cibele&lt;/span&gt; è la  polarità femminile della fecondità. Cibele è la &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Grande Madre&lt;/span&gt; per definizione ed unisce  in sè stessa tutte le divinità femminili aventi dei compiti specifici.  Essa è inoltre associata alle maggiori divinità femminili: Giunone,  Vesta, Tellus, Bona Dea, Maia, Gaia, Cerere, ecc...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cibele è  l'energia perenne del rinnovamento della Natura. Cibele è la &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Signora delle Piante&lt;/span&gt;: a lei sono sacri  il Pino, il Bosso e la Quercia. Essa è anche &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Signora degli Animali&lt;/span&gt;. Da lei gli uomini hanno appreso la  coltivazione del grano e dei cereali.&lt;br /&gt;I suoi simboli sono la Torre ed  il Leone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;1 - 6 marzo:  Matronalia Fuoco di Vesta&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;4  - 10 marzo: Ludi Megalesi&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;7 marzo: Agonalia di Marte, Iunonalia&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;9  marzo: Armi di Marte&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;14 marzo: Equiria, Mamuralia&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;15 -  27 marzo: Megalesia, Anna Perenna&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;17 marzo: Liberalia&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;19  marzo: Armi di Marte, Grandi Quinquatria (fino al 21 marzo)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;23  marzo: Tubilustrium&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-5963967728719476089?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/5963967728719476089/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=5963967728719476089' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/5963967728719476089'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/5963967728719476089'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2011/03/marzo.html' title='Marzo'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-6562638458927340684</id><published>2011-02-16T01:49:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-16T02:18:10.065-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='etica pagana/pagan ethics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='I 5 Voti/The 5 vows'/><title type='text'>The 5 vows in the Traditional Roman Religion</title><content type='html'>First of all, it is important to remind that &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;the Ancient Believers in the Traditional Roman Religion do not "pray"&lt;/span&gt; in the conventional meaning of this term: nobody is "servant" of a God or Goddess.&lt;br /&gt;Gods/Goddesses must be "cultivated" (&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Colere Deos&lt;/span&gt;) in order to achieve a &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Pax  Deorum&lt;/span&gt;, an armony with these forces around us. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Cultivating Gods/Goddesses is an activity requiring constant personal commitment and a quiet force: the main tool to nourish this quiet force is the practicing of the &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Virtus &lt;/span&gt;which is the fundamental principle to undertake the Via and follow its journey.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; How can one achieve this? Following these 5 vows (&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;votum &lt;/span&gt;= commitment, pledge) is an important step to be constantly oriented to the Virtus and undertake the Roman Via:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Frugality&lt;/span&gt;: live in semplicity and sobriety, avoiding excesses and ostentation,  being satisfied with what is really necessary&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Superiority&lt;/span&gt;: never feel inferior or second to nobody in the  practicing of the Via&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Humanity&lt;/span&gt;: act for the others' and the community's well being&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Usefulness&lt;/span&gt;: act in order to make your actions useful to others and to the community&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Pietas&lt;/span&gt;: what is positive and negative in a family is evidenced by the descendants' behaviour. We have the duty to highlight what is good in our famliy: only following the &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;mos maiorum&lt;/span&gt; and cultivating Gods/Goddesses we can achieve such a result and build our Pax Deorum.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;These principles are very similar and common in the traditional japan religion: nonetheless they well summarize the fundamental &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;principia&lt;/span&gt;  of the traditional latin ethics.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Following these 5 vows one can undertake the Via towards the costruction of the Virtus and the achievement of he Pax Deorum: in this way the Ancient Believer doesn't need to pray bacause Gods/Goddesses will always support him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-6562638458927340684?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/6562638458927340684/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=6562638458927340684' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/6562638458927340684'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/6562638458927340684'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2011/02/5-vows-in-traditional-roman-religion.html' title='The 5 vows in the Traditional Roman Religion'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-5122303147316928104</id><published>2011-02-16T01:31:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-16T02:18:54.087-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='etica pagana/pagan ethics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='I 5 Voti/The 5 vows'/><title type='text'>I 5 Voti della Religione Tradizionale Romana</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;In primo luogo è importante ricordare che g&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;li Antichi Credenti nella Religione Tradizionale Romana non "pregano"&lt;/span&gt;, nel senso convenzionale del termine; nessuno è "servo" di un Dio o di una Dea. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Gli Dei e le Dee si "coltivano"&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Colere Deos&lt;/span&gt;) allo scopo di addivenire alla realizzazione della &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Pax Deorum&lt;/span&gt; ovvero un'armonia con queste forze che ci circondano.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Coltivare gli Dei/Dee è un opera che richiede un impegno personale costante ed una forza tranquilla: lo strumento principale per alimentare questa forza tranquilla è la pratica della &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Virtus&lt;/span&gt; che è il principio fondamentale per intraprendere la Via e mantenersi sul suo percorso.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Come è possibile praticare la Virtus ed intraprendere il cammino della Via Romana?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Per fare questo è essenziale seguire e rispettare 5 voti (&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;votum&lt;/span&gt;= promessa, impegno) ovvero:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Frugalità&lt;/span&gt;: vivere nella semplicità e nella sobrietà, allontanando gli eccessi e accontentandosi di ciò che è realmente necessario&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Superiorità&lt;/span&gt;: mai sentirsi inferiore a nessuno nella pratica della Via&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Umanità&lt;/span&gt;: operare per il bene degli altri e della comunità&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Utilità&lt;/span&gt;: fare in modo che il proprio operato sia utile agli altri ed alla comunità&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Pietà&lt;/span&gt;: ciò che vi è di buono e di cattivo in una famiglia è evidenziato dal comportamento dei discendenti. Abbiamo il dovere di mettere in luce ciò che vi è di buono nella nostra famiglia: solo seguendo il &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;mos maiorum&lt;/span&gt; e coltivando gli Dei/Dee possiamo ottenere questo risultato e raggiungere la Pax Deorum.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Questi principi sono comuni anche alla tradizione religiosa giapponese, ma ben sintetizzano il &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;principia&lt;/span&gt; fondamentali dell'etica tradizionale latina.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Seguendo questi 5 Voti si intraprende la Via nella speranza di costruire la propria Virtus: in questo modo l'Antico Credente non ha bisogno di pregare perchè gli Dei/Dee lo seguiranno.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-5122303147316928104?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/5122303147316928104/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=5122303147316928104' title='2 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/5122303147316928104'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/5122303147316928104'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2011/02/i-5-voti-della-religione-tradizionale.html' title='I 5 Voti della Religione Tradizionale Romana'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-6832661949148700495</id><published>2011-02-08T02:27:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-09T02:22:29.885-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='riti/rites'/><title type='text'>Rites and Rituals in Modern Traditional Roman Religion</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Rites and rituals pose severe problems in those religions inspired to an antique tradition: above all problems of "meaning" and "sense" because in this case the problem is how define and understand the meaning of functions based on values typical of another "time". First of all,  this difficulty derives from the fact that "we live our time" which is not only chronologically but also conceptually very far from the time when these rites were imagined, designed, lived and practiced in everyday life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is thus a problematic fact in practical terms: today it is very difficult for us to concretely make a relatively simple rite like the "sacrifice" in its original form not only in practical terms but also in sacral ones because we can hardly imagine the inner meaning of this rite. If it is very difficult for us the sacrifice, it is impossible to think about more complex rites like the October Equus.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When speaking about a problem of "sense", I mean that the problem is not how make a mechanical repetition of some acts and gestures as well as the repetition of some formulas from the Tradition: there are many examples of these rites which are mere "commemorations". These commemorations lack a symbolic "content" and the link to a precise systems of values and a perception of the world: this lack makes these rites meaningless flabby parodies. It 's like having the alphabet of an ancient language without having the related syntax: we can put together some letters but we don't know what we have written.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our times are extremely far from that system of values and visions: maybe we have never been so far like in present times. We live in a Christian culture and, above all, we live in the modern technological society.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Antique rites were linked to a precise and complex symbolic code, but many antique symbols have been reversed, forgotten or ignored. These antique symbols were linked to the role and position mankind occupies within the natural order. Today all this has changed also because mankind lives completely disconnected from the natural cycles and dynamics.  This is the reason why for example the sacrifice is presently inconceivable because it had the aim, among others, to make natural the act of eating animals being a form of violence which "makes the living disappear". Sacrifice becomes a remedy to justify how what is disappearing is necessary to make  something else survive (&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;macte&lt;/span&gt;: grow!). Sacrifice is the act through which an unavoidable violence necessary to survive is driven to an aware consciousness. Without this consciousness, eating is just a mechanical act completely disconnected to Nature. These considerations can be extented to all the aspects of human existence: but in the techological era all acts are, and can be only, mechanical acts. After all, we live in the Khali Yuga time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For the &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;homo technologicus&lt;/span&gt; antique rites are uncoinceivable, ridicolous, grotesque. Antique symbols are meaninless, no-use, naive in the technological society. Also monoteistic religions, notwithstanding their great apparatus, are likely to be empty boxes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What can we do?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We can try to reconstruct a religious link with Nature, her manifestations, her beats, her rhythms, rediscovering the divine soul of Nature. The problem is not to fight technology and its gadgets  pursuing a "natural heaven" in an eternal nostalgia: we are men and women living our times. We have to reconstruct an &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;a&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;ware consciousness&lt;/span&gt; with the support of this great ancient heritage which represents an immense base of great &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;wisdom&lt;/span&gt;. It is clear enough that the Antique Roman Religion, as it was in the past, is dead, but what once has dead maybe was not worth dying.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On these bases it is possible "to build": maybe we can build only poor shacks over splendid ruins. But it is better to live in these shacks than remaining in the ruins passively suffering a decaying world.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think that when any act in our everyday life is a rite, maybe we are moving towards the "Via": this is a little contribution to be and remain awake. Family, friends, meals, civil duties, rensponsibilites towards the others, the respect for Nature, anything can become again a sacred act. In this way we can see again the "content" of the world around us in all its facets: and the "divine" is always hidden there.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-6832661949148700495?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/6832661949148700495/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=6832661949148700495' title='2 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/6832661949148700495'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/6832661949148700495'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2011/02/rites-and-rituals-in-modern-traditional.html' title='Rites and Rituals in Modern Traditional Roman Religion'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-92619210418004452</id><published>2011-02-08T01:49:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-08T03:26:21.048-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='riti/rites'/><title type='text'>Riti e Rituali nella Religione Tradizionale Romana moderna</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I riti ed i rituali pongono molti problemi nelle religioni che si ispirano ad una tradizione antica: soprattutto problemi di "senso" poichè in questo caso si tratta proprio di definire ed afferrare il significato di funzioni che si rifanno a valori di un altro Tempo. Questa problematicità deriva in prima istanza dal fatto che noi viviamo il nostro tempo che è non solo cronologicamente, ma anche concettualmente molto distante da quello in cui questi riti furono pensati, vissuti e praticati nella quotidianità.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vi è certamente una prima problematicità di tipo pratico: per noi oggi è difficilmente immaginabile praticare materialmente un rito relativamente semplice come il "sacrificio" nella sua forma originaria non solo in termini pratici, ma anche sacrali perchè con molta fatica possiamo concepire il senso profondo di questo rito. Se è difficilissimo il sacrificio, è impossibile pensare a riti molto più complessi come l'October Equus.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quando parlo di problema di senso intendo dire che la questione non è nella ripetizione meccanica di certi gesti o nella ripetizione di formule che la Tradizione ci ha tramandato: tantissimi sono i riti che vengono rievocati in questo modo. Quello che però manca, e che rende queste rievocazioni quasi delle parodie fiacche e svuotate di significato, è appunto il "contenuto" simbolico e l'aggancio ad un ben determinato sistema di valori ed ad una visione del mondo. E' come disporre di un alfabeto di una lingua antica di cui non si possiede la sintassi: mettiamo insieme delle lettere senza sapere il senso di quello che abbiamo scritto.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La nostra epoca è lontanissima da quel sistema di valori e da quella visione del mondo: anzi forse non siamo mai stati così lontani come in questa epoca. Di mezzo c'è il cristianesimo ma sopratuttto la cultura tecnologica della società contemporanea.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I riti antichi si legano ad un codice simbolico preciso e complesso, ma molti di questi simboli sono stati rovesciati o dimenticati. Si trattava di simboli fortemente connessi al ruolo ed alla posizione che l'uomo detiene nell'ordine naturale. Oggi tutto questo non c'è più anche perchè gli uomini vivono completamente slegati dai cicli e dalle logiche della Natura. L'inconcepibilità del sacrificio dipende anche dal fatto che, tra le altre cose, esso aveva lo scopo di rendere naturale il gesto di mangiare gli animali che è una forma di violenza che fa "sparire il vivente".  Il sacrificio diventa un rimedio per giustificare come ciò che scompare serva a far sussistere qualcos'altro (&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;macte&lt;/span&gt;: accresciti). Il sacrificio è l'atto con cui la violenza inevitabile per la sopravvivenza viene condotta alla coscienza. Senza questa coscienza, il mangiare è un atto meccanico. Ma oggi mangiare è proprio solamente un atto meccanico completamente svincolato dalla realtà della Natura. E quello che vale per il sacrificio-mangiare può essere esteso a tutti gli aspetti dell'esistenza umana: nell'era tecnologica tutti gli atti sono, e non possono essere altro che, meccanici. Non dimentichiamoci che siamo nel periodo di Khali Yuga.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Per l'&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;homo technologicus&lt;/span&gt; i riti antichi sono "incomprensibili" e appaiono grotteschi e risibili. I simboli antichi sono diventati inutili, indecifrabili, superflui nella società tecnologica. Le stesse religioni monoteistiche, dotate di grandi apparati, appaiono come delle scatole vuote.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cosa possiamo fare?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quello che si può fare è ricostruire un legame "religioso" con la Natura, le sue manifestazioni, i suoi battiti, i suoi ritmi, ritrovandovi il "divino". Non si tratta di combattere la tecnologia e tornare ad uno stadio "naturale" di perenne nostalgia: siamo uomini e donne del nostro tempo. Si tratta di ricostruire una &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;coscienza consapevole&lt;/span&gt; con il supporto di un grande retaggio antico che rappresenta un patrimonio di immensa &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;saggezza&lt;/span&gt;. E' evidente che la Religione Romana Antica è morta per sempre, ma non è detto che ciò che è morto meritasse di morire.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Su queste fondamenta è possibile "costruire": saranno magari delle misere capanne sopra rovine magnifiche. Ma è sempre meglio che marcire nelle rovine e subire passivamente un mondo in rovina.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Penso che fare in modo che ogni gesto della nostra quotidianità torni ad essere un rito può essere un piccolo contributo a rimanere sulla "Via",  a "svegliarsi" e a rimanere svegli. Il convivio, la famiglia, l'amicizia, i doveri civici, la responsabilità verso gli altri, il rispetto della Natura che ci sostiene, tutto può tornare ad essere sacro. Si tratta di tornare a vedere il "contenuto" del Mondo in tutte le sue sfaccettature: ed è lì che si nasconde il "divino".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-92619210418004452?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/92619210418004452/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=92619210418004452' title='2 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/92619210418004452'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/92619210418004452'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2011/02/riti-e-rituali-nella-religione.html' title='Riti e Rituali nella Religione Tradizionale Romana moderna'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-7228843082879123099</id><published>2011-02-01T01:17:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-01T01:19:28.063-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='calendario/calendar'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Februus/Februa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Febbraio/February'/><title type='text'>February</title><content type='html'>February (Februa) is dedicated to &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;purification&lt;/span&gt;.  During this month, festivities are focused on the memory of  defuncts, magical animals, peaceful activities and sleep. The tool used  for purification is named &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;februum&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It  is important to remind that the traditional year will begin on March:  thus purification during February is necessary to prepare the beginning  of the new year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This month is dedicated to Februus and Februa  (male and feminine numen of "The Purifying") who, being positive  energies, are opposed to Febris (The Fever), negative energy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The  festivities during February are thus linked to purification activities  (for the body, spirit, sites, objects, etc.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;February the 1st &lt;/span&gt; - &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Amburbium&lt;/span&gt;: festivity for the  purification of villages and cities and their public sites through a  circular procession holding a &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;februum&lt;/span&gt;  (a purification tool). The same ceremony can be applied for home  purification.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;february 13th - 21st - Parentalia&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;february  15th - Lupercalia&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;february 17th - Quirinalia&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;february  21st - Feralia&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;february 23rd - Terminalia&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;february 24th -  Regifugium&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;february 27th - Equiria&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;february 28th -  Februalia&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-7228843082879123099?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/7228843082879123099/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=7228843082879123099' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/7228843082879123099'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/7228843082879123099'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2011/02/february.html' title='February'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-200281362262376809</id><published>2011-02-01T01:14:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-01T01:16:47.495-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='calendario/calendar'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Februus/Februa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Febbraio/February'/><title type='text'>Febbraio</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Il mese di Febbraio (Februa) è dedicato alla &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;purificazione&lt;/span&gt;. Durante questo mese vengono ricordati i  defunti, gli animali magici, le attività pacifiche ed il sonno. Tutti  gli strumenti di purificazione si chiamano &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;februum&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bisogna ricordare che l'anno  tradizionale inizia con il mese di marzo: quindi la purificazione del  mese di febbraio è necessaria come preparazione per l'avvio dell'anno  vero e proprio.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il mese è dedicato a Februus e Februa (il  Purificatore/la Purificatrice) che, in quanto energie positive, si  oppongono a Febris (la Febbre) energia negativa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tutte le  festività del mese sono quindi legate ad attività di purificazione (del  corpo, dello spirito, dei luoghi, degli oggetti, ecc...)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;1 febbraio&lt;/span&gt; - &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Amburbium&lt;/span&gt;: festa di purificazione del villaggio o della  città e dei suoi luoghi pubblici tramite una processione circolare  tenendo in mano un &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;februum &lt;/span&gt;ovvero  uno strumento di purificazione. Stessa cerimonia per la purificazione  della casa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;13-21 febbraio - Parentalia&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;15  febbraio - Lupercalia&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;17 febbraio - Quirinalia&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;21  febbraio - Feralia&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;23 febbraio - Terminalia&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;24 febbraio -  Regifugium&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;27 febbraio - Equiria&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;28 febbraio -  Februalia&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-200281362262376809?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/200281362262376809/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=200281362262376809' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/200281362262376809'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/200281362262376809'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2011/02/febbraio.html' title='Febbraio'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-9106575792750550822</id><published>2011-01-31T01:50:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-16T02:32:56.825-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='segni/signs'/><title type='text'>Signs/2</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The signs' observation and understanding is a particularly difficult moment requiring a clear, precise and specific awareness. It is easy to fall into superstition. In brief, signs' perception implies deep meditation and reflection, awaking this awareness about signs and signals coming from Nature.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Of course, everyone is free to feel these signs and how feel these signs: Tradition can however provide us with some useful indications. Some birds (&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;aves augurales&lt;/span&gt;) can provide valid signs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tradition distinguishes these birds into &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;alites &lt;/span&gt;(providing signs with their flight) and &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;oscines &lt;/span&gt;(providing signs with their call):  among these Tradition evidences the crow, the rook, the owl and the magpie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Birds can provide favorable as well as unfavorable according to:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;for the &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;alites&lt;/span&gt;: sky region, flight's height and type, behaviour, place where they perch;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;for the &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;oscines&lt;/span&gt;: tone, call direction&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Impetrativa &lt;/span&gt;sings&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;may imply relatively few problems because they are fundamentally requested signs. More problems are linked to &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;signa oblativa&lt;/span&gt; which are self-manifested, with no direct and voluntary request.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tradition classifies these signs into:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;signa ex caelo (thunder and flash)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;signa ex avibus (signs from birds)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;signa ex tripudiis (signs from the sacred chickens)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;signa ex quadrupedibus (signs from dogs, horses, wolves and foxes)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Tradition identifies also the &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;signa ex diris&lt;/span&gt;, threatening signs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dissonance and lack of harmony with the Divine can be manifested through negative signs classified as follows:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;prodigium&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;ostentum &lt;/span&gt;e &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;portentum &lt;/span&gt;(negative phenomena of inanimate nature)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;monstrum &lt;/span&gt;e &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;miraculum &lt;/span&gt;(negative phenomena of animate nature)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-9106575792750550822?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/9106575792750550822/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=9106575792750550822' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/9106575792750550822'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/9106575792750550822'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2011/01/signs2.html' title='Signs/2'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-1113867257406610632</id><published>2011-01-31T01:32:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-31T01:47:40.863-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='segni/signs'/><title type='text'>Segni/2</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;L'osservazione e comprensione dei segni è un momento complesso che richiede una coscienza consapevole precisa e determinata. E' facile cadere nella superstizione. In sostanza, la precezione dei segni si lega alla meditazione profonda ed al risveglio di questa coscienza su questi segnali che  provengono dalla Natura.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ovviamente ciascuno di noi è libero di "sentire" questi segni: la tradizione antica ci fornisce qualche utile indicazione. Alcuni uccelli (&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;aves augurales&lt;/span&gt;) possono dare dei segni validi.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La tradizione distingue questi uccelli in &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;alites &lt;/span&gt;(che danno segni con il volo) e gli &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;oscines &lt;/span&gt;(che danno segni con il grido): di questi ultimi in particolare si evidenziano il corvo, la cornacchia, la civetta e la gazza.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gli uccelli possono dare segni favorevoli o sfavorevoli secondo:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;per gli &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;alites&lt;/span&gt;: regione del cielo, altezza e tipo di volo, comportamento, punto in cui si vanno ad appollaiare&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;per gli &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;oscines&lt;/span&gt;: tono, direzione della voce&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I segni &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;impetrativa &lt;/span&gt;pongono relativamente pochi problemi perchè sono segni che si richiedono. Maggiori problemi sono posti dai &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;signa oblativa&lt;/span&gt; che si presentano da soli senza essere richiesti.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La Tradizione in questo caso distingue:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;signa ex caelo (tuono e fulmine)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;signa ex avibus (segni dagli uccelli)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;signa ex tripudiis (segni dai polli sacri)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;signa ex quadrupedibus (segni da cani, cavalli, lupi e volpi)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vi sono poi i &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;signa ex diris&lt;/span&gt; ovvero i segni minacciosi.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La dissonanza o la disarmonia con il divino si manifesta con segni negativi classificati dalla Tradizione come segue:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;prodigium&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;ostentum &lt;/span&gt;e &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;portentum &lt;/span&gt;(per fenomeni negativi di natura inanimata)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;monstrum &lt;/span&gt;e &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;miraculum &lt;/span&gt;(per fenomeni negativi di natura animata)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-1113867257406610632?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/1113867257406610632/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=1113867257406610632' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/1113867257406610632'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/1113867257406610632'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2011/01/segni2.html' title='Segni/2'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-6341321400858638466</id><published>2011-01-18T01:17:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-18T02:00:07.484-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='segni/signs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='augur'/><title type='text'>Signs/1</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Nature is not an immense mechanism: Nature is not made only of chemical-physical reactions and phenomena. These observations can describe Nature as a "container": they are unable to describe what Nature essentially contains. This untangible "content" may show different names, expressions, manifestations: in the Traditional Roman Religion this "content" is expressed by Gods/Goddesses or, better, some of them, in particular those described by Natural Theology.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gods/Goddesses send some "signs" or "signals" which of course are not their sole expression tools.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the past the &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Augures&lt;/span&gt; (a "board" completely indpendent from the Pontifices) were called to manage the &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;ius augurale&lt;/span&gt;  which was secret: it has completely got lost. They had doctrines, rites, cerimonies directed to the consultation and interpretation of divine signs. This means that signs' interpretation (both as &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;augurium&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;auspicium &lt;/span&gt;- a distinction very difficult to made) cannot be used to foresee.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Usually the augur address his prayer (the term "prayer" is not completely correct and appropriate) to Jupiter/Juno (as "Signs' Sovereigns") asking if it is &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;fas&lt;/span&gt; (or "if the mystic foundation exists for...) a given site, a given action, a given decision, etc...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The wording is as follows:  &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;"Iuppiter/Juno  si fas est ... send me this sign"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;The procedure (according to T. Livius) is based on the activation of a communication with a God/Goddess through a &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;lituus &lt;/span&gt;(a curved wooden stick with no knobs)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is important to note and evidence that all this can have a value, a sense and a meaning only if one can achieve a complete and deep change in the way he/her perceive and see the world and the universe around us. It is essential to build, day after day, a serene and clear awareness about what we cannot otherwise "see". Without this awareness, this sort of quiet energy, all this, as in the case of rites in any other religion, are only folkcloristic expressions, a game, a nonsense fiction, a simulation, a parody deprived of any meaning and sense.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How to get the &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;augurium&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The site where to observe sings (&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;auspicia  impetrativa&lt;/span&gt;) must be a sacred place limited by the  &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;lituus &lt;/span&gt;or a &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;templum&lt;/span&gt;. It must be quadrangular, oriented (except for Vesta who requires circular sites), with or without visible borders: it must have only one entrance. The site must be freed by impure or hostile forces which can eventually occupy it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The augur must have his/her face southward oriented (&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Pars  Antica&lt;/span&gt; - the origin of anything) and his/her back northward oriented (&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Pars Postica&lt;/span&gt;); head must be veiled and he/she must hold the &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;lituus&lt;/span&gt; in the right hand. The augur, invoking the God/Goddess, limit four main areas in the sky (&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;regiones&lt;/span&gt;) drawing a line from east to west: in addition to the &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Pars Antica&lt;/span&gt; and the &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Pars Postica&lt;/span&gt;, he/she has the &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Dextrae Partes&lt;/span&gt; (on the right) and the &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Levae Partes&lt;/span&gt; (on the left).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He/she will focus his/her view on a reference point on the front. The augur passes his/her &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;lituus &lt;/span&gt;from the right to the left hand asking: "Jupiter/Juno if  &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;fas  &lt;/span&gt;is that&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;... make evident and precise signs appear between the limits I have assigned and set". After that the augur list the signs he/she wants to see or perceive.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;to be continued&lt;/span&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-6341321400858638466?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/6341321400858638466/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=6341321400858638466' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/6341321400858638466'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/6341321400858638466'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2011/01/signs1.html' title='Signs/1'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-5084812199673456641</id><published>2011-01-18T00:46:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-18T01:17:15.008-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='segni/signs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='augur'/><title type='text'>Segni/1</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;La Natura non è un immenso ingranaggio: non è fatta solo da reazioni e fenomeni chimici-fisici. Queste osservazioni possono descrivere il "contenitore" della Natura, ma non quello che la Natura contiene. Questo contenuto intangibile può avere tante denominazioni, espressioni e manifestazioni: nella Religione Tradizionale Romana questo "contenuto" è espresso dagli Dei e dalle Dee o, per lo meno, da alcuni di essi/esse quelli cioè che vengono descritti dalla Teologia Naturale.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gli Dei e le Dee mandano dei "segni" o dei "segnali" che ovviamente non sono i loro unici mezzi di espressione.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In passato gli &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Auguri&lt;/span&gt; (un collegio completamente indipendente da quello dei Pontefici) erano chiamati a gestire lo &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;ius augurale&lt;/span&gt; che era segreto e che è andato perduto. Essi possedevano dottrine, riti e cerimonie finalizzati alla &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;consultazione ed interpretazione&lt;/span&gt; dei segni. Questo significa che &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;l'interpretazione dei segni&lt;/span&gt; (nelle forme di &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;augurium&lt;/span&gt; e &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;auspicium &lt;/span&gt;- una distinzione molto difficile da effettuare) &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;non serviva e non serve tuttora a prevedere&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Solitamente ci si rivolge a Giove/Giunone (nella loro veste di "sovrani dei segni") se sia &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;fas&lt;/span&gt; (ovvero "se esiste il fondamento mistico a che...") un determinato luogo, una certa azione, una certa decisione, ecc...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La formula è la seguente: &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;"Iuppiter/Juno si fas est ... inviami un determinato segno"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il procedimento (sulla base di quanto descritto da Tito Livio) prevede l'attivazione di una comunicazione con un determinato Dio/Dea per mezzo di un &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;lituus &lt;/span&gt;(bastone ricurvo privo di nodi).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E' importante sottolineare che tutto questo ha un valore ed un senso solo se si riesce a conseguire un profondo cambiamento nel modo in cui vediamo e percepiamo il mondo e l'universo che ci circondano. Si tratta infatti di costruire, giorno per giorno, una consapevolezza serena e nitida di ciò che non si vede. Se non si possiede questa consapevolezza, questa forza tranquilla, tutto questo, come può del resto avvenire per qualsiasi rito di qualsiasi altro credo, non sarà altro che folclore, un gioco, una finzione svuotati di qualsiasi significato e senso.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Come prendere l'&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;augurium&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il Luogo per osservare i segni (&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;auspicia impetrativa&lt;/span&gt;) deve essere un luogo sacro delimitato dal &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;lituus &lt;/span&gt;ovvero un &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;templum&lt;/span&gt;. Deve essere quadrangolare, orientato (eccetto che per Vesta che richiede luoghi circolari), con o senza contorno visibilmente segnato, e deve essere munito di un solo ingresso. Il luogo deve essere liberato da tutte le forze impure o ostili che possono eventualmente risiedervi.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;L'augure deve avere il volto rivolto a Sud (&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Pars  Antica&lt;/span&gt; - origine di tutte le cose) e le spalle a Nord (&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Pars Postica&lt;/span&gt;); il capo deve essere velato e deve tenere sulla mano destra il &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;lituus&lt;/span&gt;. L'augure, invocando il Dio/Dea delimita quattro zone del cielo (&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;regiones&lt;/span&gt;) tracciando una linea da est ad ovest: oltre alla &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Pars Antica&lt;/span&gt; e &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Pars Postica&lt;/span&gt;, a destra avrà le &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Dextrae Partes&lt;/span&gt; e a sinistra le &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Levae Partes&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Davanti a sè fissa un punto di riferimento. L'augure passa il &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;lituus &lt;/span&gt;dalla mano destra a quella sinistra e chiede: "Giove/Giunone se è &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;fas &lt;/span&gt;che ... fai apparire dinnanzi a me dei segni evidenti e precisi fra i limiti che ho stabilito" Dopo l'augure elenca gli auspici che vuole vedere giungere.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;continua&lt;/span&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-5084812199673456641?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/5084812199673456641/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=5084812199673456641' title='3 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/5084812199673456641'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/5084812199673456641'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2011/01/segni1.html' title='Segni/1'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-5820319618046455109</id><published>2011-01-03T03:01:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-03T03:02:38.867-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gennaio/January'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Giano/Janus'/><title type='text'>January</title><content type='html'>This month is entirely dedicated to Ianus, a male God, symbolizing the  sacralization of the "beginnings", springs, doors and gates (Ianua)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ianus  essentially sacralizes the "passage" both in spatial and in temporal  sense unifying two spaces as well as two times. Also for this reason  Ianus is symbolically represented having two opposite faces one oriented  to the past and one to the future (also having however a third face not  visible for the common man).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ianus' main symbol is a couple of  keys: a golden and a silver key.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ianus' female polarity are  Carna, Iuturna and Diana.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Main festivities in January are:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;January  9th : Ianus' Agonalia&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;January 11th: Iuturnalia&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;January  12th - 15th: Carmentalia&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;January 22nd - 24th: Paganalia&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;January  25th: Sementina&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-5820319618046455109?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/5820319618046455109/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=5820319618046455109' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/5820319618046455109'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/5820319618046455109'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2011/01/january.html' title='January'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-441337874871003621</id><published>2011-01-03T02:59:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-03T03:00:47.866-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gennaio/January'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Giano/Janus'/><title type='text'>Gennaio</title><content type='html'>Il mese di Gennaio è interamente dedicato a Giano "Ianus", divinità  maschile, che sinboleggia la sacralizzazione degli inizi, delle sorgenti  e delle porte (Ianua).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fondamentalmente Giano sacralizza "il  passaggio" sia in senso spaziale che temporale ed unisce due spazi così  come due tempi. Anche per questo Giano è rappresentato simbolicamente  con due volti uno rivolto al passato ed uno rivolto al futuro pur avendo  un terzo volto non visibile per l'uomo comune.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il simbolo di  Giano sono due chiavi: una d'oro ed una d'argento.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le polarità  femminili di Giano sono Carna, Giuturna e Diana.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le festività  principali del mese di Gennaio sono:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;9 Gennaio: Agonalia di  Giano&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;11 Gennaio: Iuturnalia&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;12 - 15 Gennaio:  Carmentalia&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;22 - 24 Gennaio: Paganalia&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;25 Gennaio:  Sementina&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-441337874871003621?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/441337874871003621/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=441337874871003621' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/441337874871003621'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/441337874871003621'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2011/01/gennaio.html' title='Gennaio'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-5091928179227287798</id><published>2010-12-21T03:26:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-21T03:28:51.232-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Divalia'/><title type='text'>December the 21st: Divalia</title><content type='html'>This day is dedicated to an ancient Goddess, Angerona - Dea Dia, so  ancient that also for Romans was rather mysterious. This day and Dea Dia  are devoted to the rites of a particularly important moment of the  year: the winter solstice&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In this peculiar day named &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;dies brevissimus&lt;/span&gt; (shortest day), the  Ianua Coeli (The Sky Gates) are opened (the Ianus' golden key) and light  preavils again over darkness. The biological cycle of life begins  again.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The importance of Dea Dia is given also by the fact that  the temple of this Goddess, on 19 or 29 May, was the sacred place where  the Arvales met to attend to important liturgies (Arvalia) in favour of  Lares. Arvales, dressed with white gowns (white expresses magical  sovereignty) through ceremonies for Dea Dia, Lares and Mars-father  affirmed the ties of the mankind with Mother Earth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;During this  day, which marks the beginning of the Arvalic Year, we remember our  Lares or The Ancestors and the future descendants; we, the living part  of the family, thus are the "present ring" of a long chain being  suspended between past and future.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Lar Familiaris&lt;/span&gt; is the "family's soul" whose symbol is  the home firelight as in the case of Vesta Mater.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The home  ceremony must be made after the sunset being addressed to the imagines  of the two Home Lares (representing the two universal polarities:  masculine and feminine).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The opening formula is as follows&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SACRA  PRIVATA PERPETUE MANENTO&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then the Ancient Invocation (Semones)  of the Arvales:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;E Nos Lases  Ivvate (three times)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Neve  Lve Rve Marmar Sins Incvurrere in Pleores (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;three times&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Satvr Fv Fere  Mars Limen Sali Sta Berber (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;three  times&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Semvnis Alternei Advocapit Conctos (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;three times&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;E Nos Marmar  Ivvato (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;three times&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Trivmpe (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;five times&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Afterwards, a very frugal  meal can be eaten based on a simple soup of spelt, broad beans, lentils  accompanied by simple flatbread and wine. Meat must be totally avoided.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-5091928179227287798?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/5091928179227287798/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=5091928179227287798' title='1 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/5091928179227287798'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/5091928179227287798'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2010/12/december-21st-divalia.html' title='December the 21st: Divalia'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-8434953026629274368</id><published>2010-12-21T03:23:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-21T03:24:43.188-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Divalia'/><title type='text'>21 Dicembre: Divalia</title><content type='html'>La giornata del 21 dicembre è dedicata ad una Dea antichissima, Angerona  - Dea Dia, talmente antica da essere quasi misteriosa per gli stessi  Romani. La giornata della Dea Dia ritualizza un momento particolarmente  importante dell'anno: il solstizio d'inverno.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In questo giorno  particolare detto &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;dies brevissimus&lt;/span&gt;  (giorno brevissimo) si aprono le &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Ianua  Coeli&lt;/span&gt; ovvero le Porte del Cielo (Chiave d'Oro di Giano) e la  luce torna a prevalere sulle tenebre. Ricomincia il ciclo biologico  della vita.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;L'importanza del ruolo della Dea Dia è data anche dal  fatto che nel tempio di questa Dea si ritrovavano il 19 o il 29 di  maggio, i Fratelli Arvali (Arvales) per svolgere importanti liturgie in  favore dei Lares (Arvalia). Gli Arvali vestiti di bianco (colore che  esprime sovranità magica) tramite le cerimonie alla Dea Dia, ai Lares e a  Marte (padre e fecondatore), affermavano il legame degli uomini alla  loro terra.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In questo giorno, che segna l'inizio dell'anno  arvalico, quindi ricordiamo i nostri Lares ovvero gli antenati e i  discendenti futuri: noi viventi rappresentiamo quindi l'anello  "presente" di una lunga catena sospesi fra passato e futuro.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il  Lar Familiaris è "l'anima della famiglia" il cui simbolo è il fuoco  domestico, come nel caso di Vesta (Vesta Mater).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La cerimonia  domestica si deve svolgere dopo il tramonto del sole rivolti alle due  immagini dei Lares domestici (rappresentanti le due polarità universali:  maschile e femminile).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La formula di apertura della cerimonia è  la seguente:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SACRA PRIVATA PERPETUE MANENTO&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quindi si  reciti l'antica invocazione (Semones) dei Fratelli Arvali:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;E Nos Lases Ivvate (tre volte)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Neve Lve Rve Marmar Sins Incvurrere in  Pleores (tre volte)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Satvr Fv  Fere Mars Limen Sali Sta Berber (tre volte)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Semvnis Alternei Advocapit Conctos (tre  volte)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;E Nos Marmar Ivvato  (tre volte)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Trivmpe (cinque  volte)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Successivamente si può consumare un pasto frugale a  base di una minestra di farro, fave e lenticchie accompagnata da  semplici focacce e vino.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Evitare tassativamente la carne.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-8434953026629274368?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/8434953026629274368/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=8434953026629274368' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/8434953026629274368'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/8434953026629274368'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2010/12/21-dicembre-divalia.html' title='21 Dicembre: Divalia'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-8876325669294014504</id><published>2010-12-13T03:48:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-13T04:03:30.424-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pietas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gravitas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Virtus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='valori/values'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Constantia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fides'/><title type='text'>Traditional Roman Values</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;There are some ethical values which not only public and private life, but also the Traditional Roman Religion constantly refers to. Surely the most important is &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Pietas&lt;/span&gt;, a very complex concept which regulates the relations between Mankind and Divine. I'll discuss this concept separately. I think that it is important to cite other values whose description may become useful also for the understanding of the concept of Pietas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The first one is the idea of  &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Fides&lt;/span&gt;. It describes the &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;reciprocal &lt;/span&gt;ethical and religious obligation between mankind and the Divine and among humans. Fides can be expressed thorugh loyalty, fidelity, honesty in acts and words, in public and private life, in reciprocal trust and security.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then it must be cited  &lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Constantia  &lt;/span&gt;or the absolute coherence and firmness in values and decisions. It emerges in the everyday life through firmness and constance in behaviours.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Finally there is  &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Gravitas&lt;/span&gt;. It is a quiet and secure force about the awareness of the personal moral value. It emerges in dignity and composure of behaviours, acts and words.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These three values are embedded into the idea of  &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Virtus&lt;/span&gt;. Volgarity, excess and lack of control do not belong to Roman Tradition. If you do not hold Virtus and the values connected to it, it is not possible to immagine any approach to Pieats: Pietas will become just a series of empty rites withou any value.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-8876325669294014504?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/8876325669294014504/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=8876325669294014504' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/8876325669294014504'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/8876325669294014504'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2010/12/traditional-roman-values.html' title='Traditional Roman Values'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-3009643188203716711</id><published>2010-12-13T03:33:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-13T03:48:08.327-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pietas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gravitas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Virtus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='valori/values'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Constantia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fides'/><title type='text'>Valori tradizionali Romani</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Vi sono alcuni valori etici cui non solo la vita pubblica e privata, anche la Religione Tradizionale Romana fa costantemente riferimento. Sicuramente il più importante è il concetto di &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Pietas&lt;/span&gt;, un concetto molto complesso, che regola i rapporti fra l'umanità e il Divino, e che affronterò in dettaglio. Prima però di descrivere la Pietas credo sia utile descrivere alcuni valori di riferimento, la cui analisi può in seguito facilitare la comprensione di un concetto decisamente più complesso come appunto quello di Pietas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il primo valore è la &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Fides&lt;/span&gt;. Essa descrive la &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;reciproca &lt;/span&gt;obbligazione religiosa e morale tra l'umanità ed il Divino, e fra tutti gli uomini. La Fides si esprime nella lealtà, fedeltà, onestà negli atti e nelle parole, nella vita pubblica e privata, nella reciproca fiducia e sicurezza.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vi è poi la &lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Constantia &lt;/span&gt;ovvero assoluta coerenza e saldezza di principi e propositi. Essa traspare nella quotidianità per mezzo della fermezza e la perseveranza negli atteggiamenti.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quindi deve essere segnalata la &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Gravitas&lt;/span&gt;. E' una forza tranquilla e sicura di coscienza del proprio valore morale. Si manifesta nella dignitosa compostezza degli atti e delle parole.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Questi tre principi si fondono e si sostanziano nella &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Virtus&lt;/span&gt;. La volgarità, gli eccessi, la mancanza di controllo non appartengono all'etica tradizionale. Se non si possiede la &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Virtus&lt;/span&gt;, e i valori ad essa connessi, non si può nemmeno immaginare di avvicinarsi alla &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Pietas &lt;/span&gt;che altrimenti si ridurrebbe ad una serie di riti vuoti senza valore.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-3009643188203716711?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/3009643188203716711/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=3009643188203716711' title='2 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/3009643188203716711'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/3009643188203716711'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2010/12/valori-tradizionali-romani.html' title='Valori tradizionali Romani'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-1585111499656601466</id><published>2010-11-30T01:33:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-30T01:35:03.885-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dicembre/december'/><title type='text'>December</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;December derives its name from the  fact to be the 10th month of the king Numa's ancient calendar which begins on March.  December represents the "depth", the origins and the beginning of Time. This  is a very particular month focused essentially on the festivities and rites  of Saturnalia and Divalia (dec. 21st). If Janus represents the  beginning, Saturnus (to which December is dedicated) represents the  "end".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Main festivities are:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 december - Bona Dea&lt;br /&gt;5  december - Faunalia&lt;br /&gt;10 december -  Janus' Agonalia&lt;br /&gt;15 december-  Consualia&lt;br /&gt;17 december- Opalia&lt;br /&gt;18 - 22 december- Saturnalia&lt;br /&gt;21  december- Divalia&lt;br /&gt;25 december- Sol Invictus&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-1585111499656601466?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/1585111499656601466/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=1585111499656601466' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/1585111499656601466'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/1585111499656601466'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2010/11/december.html' title='December'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-1726910416792724385</id><published>2010-11-30T01:32:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-30T01:32:58.405-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dicembre/december'/><title type='text'>Dicembre</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Dicembre deve il suo nome al fatto di  essere il decimo mese dell'antico anno che iniziava a Marzo. Dicembre  rappresenta la profondità, le origini e l'inizio del Tempo. E' un mese  molto particolare poichè il mese si incentra sui Saturnalia e sulla data  del 21 dicembre (Divalia). Se Giano rappresenta "l'inizio", Saturno (a  cui il mese di Dicembre è dedicato) rappresenta "la fine".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le  festività principali sono:&lt;br /&gt;1 dicembre - Bona Dea&lt;br /&gt;5 dicembre -  Faunalia&lt;br /&gt;10 dicembre -  Agonalia di Giano&lt;br /&gt;15 dicembre - Consualia&lt;br /&gt;17  dicembre - Opalia&lt;br /&gt;18 - 22 dicembre - Saturnalia&lt;br /&gt;21 dicembre -  Divalia&lt;br /&gt;25 dicembre - Sol Invictus&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-1726910416792724385?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/1726910416792724385/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=1726910416792724385' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/1726910416792724385'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/1726910416792724385'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2010/11/dicembre.html' title='Dicembre'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-5555647354846995110</id><published>2010-11-13T01:55:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-13T02:33:27.294-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cibo/food'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dieta/diet'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='farro/spelt'/><title type='text'>The Spelt</title><content type='html'>I've noticed that my previous post about food has stimulated some interest. For this reason now I will describe a rather complex issue related to a peculiar food which I have deliberately not mentioned in my previous post: the &lt;strong&gt;spelt&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Spelt in fact plays a pivotal role within the Traditional Roman Religion: for this reason I devote to spelt this specific post but highlighting that it is very difficult to be exahustive here. I thus will cite just few general concepts and ideas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Spelt is a sacred food by definition. It plays the same role barley plays for ancient greeks. Gods and Goddesses address to the followers of roman religion calling them: spelt eaters.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are many rites linked to spelt harvesting I cannot describe here. It is important to remember that spelt was eaten as &lt;em&gt;puls&lt;/em&gt;: this is a sort of mush with a little bit of lard and a puree of broad beans for the festivity dedicated to Carna (June the 1st)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Panes Laureati&lt;/em&gt; were not proved flat breads made with spelt, water, salt and laurel leaves.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Flamen Dialis ate &lt;em&gt;strues&lt;/em&gt; (spelt and honey) and &lt;em&gt;fertum&lt;/em&gt; (spelt, salt, milk and sheep liver): these were sacred not proved flat breads.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is important to remind the &lt;em&gt;mola&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;salsa&lt;/em&gt; (spelt and salt) prepared by the Vestales. this flour was necessary for bloody sacrifices: the animal became sacred when its head was covered with mola salsa.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A flat bread made with spelt and honey was necessary also for not-bloody sacrifices (&lt;em&gt;libum&lt;/em&gt;) and with the name of &lt;em&gt;ianual&lt;/em&gt;  was used as a gift to be exchanged during the festivities of january the 1st.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A specific discussion should be reserved to &lt;em&gt;confarreatio&lt;/em&gt; (the communion or marriage with spelt): this is the most sacred form of marriage.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Spelt is the symbol of frugality, semplicity and moderation in eating.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Spelt is sacred in the Traditional Roman Religion also because it is linked to the importantce of the family and the Ancestors' Cult. Spelt represents the Ancient Food or "what our ancestors ate". Eating spelt in the everyday diet within the family the links with the ancestors and the family links themselves are simbolically reinforced.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For this reason it is important to eat spelt in any occasion: today it is quite easy. Spelt can be easily found in soups, grains and it can be eaten also in different ways and in many salads. It is possible to find also spelt flour or bread and flat breads made with spelt flour.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also taday spelt can become again an important element within the everyday meals and in many specific festivities: for example a spelt soup is the central dish for the meal in the night of december 21st for the festivity od Divalia and the opening of Janua Coeli.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-5555647354846995110?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/5555647354846995110/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=5555647354846995110' title='6 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/5555647354846995110'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/5555647354846995110'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2010/11/spelt.html' title='The Spelt'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-8800723266194979925</id><published>2010-11-13T01:23:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-13T01:54:11.815-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cibo/food'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dieta/diet'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='farro/spelt'/><title type='text'>Il Farro</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Ho notato che il mio post precedente relativo al cibo ha suscitato un certo interesse: Per questo ora intendo affrontare un argomento complesso relativo ad un alimento particolare che ho deliberatamente trascurato dal citare finora: il &lt;strong&gt;farro&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Il farro infatti svolge un ruolo focale nella Religione Tradizionale Romana: per questo motivo dedico quindi al farro una sezione specifica. Ovviamente è molto difficile essere esaurienti in questa sede: quello che riporterò sono solo concetti ed idee generali.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Il farro è l'alimento sacro per definizione. Esso svolge il ruolo che ha l'orzo per i Greci. Gli Dei e le Dee si rivolgono agli uomini e alle donne di credo romano chiamandoli "&lt;strong&gt;mangiatori di farro&lt;/strong&gt;". &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Tralasciando tutti i rituali e le procedure per la sua raccolta e mietitura, bisogna ricordare che il farro veniva consumato sottoforma di &lt;em&gt;puls&lt;/em&gt;: si tratta di una polenta guarnita con pochissimo lardo e cui si aggiungeva un purè di fave novelle nella festa dedicata a Carma (1 giugno).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Vi erano poi i &lt;em&gt;panes laureati&lt;/em&gt; focacce non lievitate di farro fatte con acqua, sale e foglie di alloro. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Il Flamine Dialis mangiava le &lt;em&gt;strues&lt;/em&gt; (farro e miele) e &lt;em&gt;fertum&lt;/em&gt; (con farro, sale, latte e fegato di pecora), focacce sacre (mai lievitate) di farro.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Da ricordare la &lt;em&gt;mola salsa&lt;/em&gt; (farro misto a sale) preparata dalle Vestali necessaria per l'esecuzione dei sacrifici cruenti. L'animale da sacrificare diveniva &lt;em&gt;sacer&lt;/em&gt; quando gli si aspergeva il capo con la mola salsa. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;La focaccia di farro e miele (&lt;em&gt;libum&lt;/em&gt;) serviva anche per i riti non cruenti e, con il nome di &lt;em&gt;ianual&lt;/em&gt;, viene scambiata fra famiglie e amici a titolo propiziatorio il 1 gennaio.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Un discorso sepcifico andrebbe fatto per la &lt;em&gt;confarreatio&lt;/em&gt; (il matrimonio o comunione con il farro), ovvero la forma più sacra di matrimonio,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;La sacralità del farro per la Religione Tradizionale Romana è legata anche alla sacralità della famiglia e al culto degli Antenati: il farro rappresenta infatti il cibo "antico" o "primordiale". In pratica rappresenta l'alimento del capostipite di ogni famiglia: consumando il farro nei pasti in famiglia viene rinsaldato il legame famigliare ed il legame con gli Antenati.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Consumare farro ogni volta che è possibile è oggi piuttosto facile: sotto forma di minestre, zuppe, o in insalate. Esistono poi pani e focacce alla farina di farro. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Anche oggi il farro può quindi tornare ad essere un momento importante dell'alimentazione quotidiana o di molte festività specifiche: ad esempio la minestra di farro è il momento centrale del pasto consumato la notte del 21 dicembre per la festività dei Divalia e l'apertura delle Junua Coeli.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-8800723266194979925?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/8800723266194979925/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=8800723266194979925' title='1 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/8800723266194979925'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/8800723266194979925'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2010/11/il-farro.html' title='Il Farro'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-187250219267381573</id><published>2010-11-05T04:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-11-08T03:42:06.313-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cibo/food'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dieta/diet'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pasto/meal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vesta'/><title type='text'>Food</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Food, diet and meals play a relevant role in the Traditional Roman Religion. Unfortunately the imagine we have today of the relation of the Ancient Romans with food has been totally distorted by the defaming propaganda of the new religions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nonetheless, the Ancient Romans themselves tended to be ironic about the way liberti (often christians) ate without any decency and limits: just to mention the famous Trimalchio's Party in the Petronius Satyricon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the contrary, Ancient Romans ate very little and in a very simple way: we now found our everyday habits on the same tradition.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The diet was based on three main frugal meals:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;jentaculum&lt;/span&gt; (breakfast)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;prandium &lt;/span&gt;(lunch)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;cena&lt;/span&gt; (dinner)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;During the meal just few things were eaten: usually vegetables (beans, lentils, cabbage, fresh vegetables) and fruits, a little meat, bread and flat bread, wine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Only the cena was a real meal, while the others were rather fast snacks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today our meals must be inspired to the same principles: frugality and balance.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Meat consumption in particular must be limited: never eat raw meat. In some days it is not possible to eat meat (see the calendar and the festivities). Meat thus plays a peculiar role also in consideration of the principle "from death, life": during sacrifice it was used the formula "Macte!" whose meaning is "grow!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The calendar in fact inspired often what, when and how eat. In the same way, a totally rigorous vegetarian diet is not predicted in the Roman Traditional Religion.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Food and diet thus are used to confirm the role of mankind within the natural order (see also the prometeus myth): we are not savage animals hence we do not eat too much meat and raw meat.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Moderation, frugality and balance always inspire the diet&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Too much food or alchool absolutely do not belong to the Traditional Roman Religion also because this violates the principles of dignitas and gravitas to which any pater and mater familias are inspired.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Meals are also sacred events because the meal is the moment where family members gather: meals are thus sacred to &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Vesta&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-187250219267381573?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/187250219267381573/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=187250219267381573' title='4 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/187250219267381573'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/187250219267381573'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2010/11/food.html' title='Food'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-3509802670375609554</id><published>2010-11-05T04:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-11-05T04:39:48.880-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cibo/food'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dieta/diet'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pasto/meal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vesta'/><title type='text'>Cibo e Alimentazione</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Il cibo e l'alimentazione nella Religione Tradizionale Romana svolgono un ruolo molto particolare. Purtroppo l'immagine che ci è giunta del rapporto degli antichi con il cibo è stata totalmente deformata dalla propaganda diffamatoria delle nuove religioni che si sono imposte nel tempo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;D'altro canto gli stessi Antichi ironizzavano su come mangiassero senza limiti e senza decenza soprattutto i liberti (spesso di religione cristiana): un caso su tutti la famosa Cena di Trimalcione descritta nel Satyricon di Petronio.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In realtà i Romani mangiavano piuttosto poco ed in modo molto semplice e su questa tradizione si fondano anche le nostre abitudini attuali.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La dieta si fondava su tre pasti piuttosto frugali:&lt;br /&gt;il &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;jentaculum&lt;/span&gt; (la colazione)&lt;br /&gt;il &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;prandium &lt;/span&gt;(il pranzo)&lt;br /&gt;la &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;cena&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gli elementi base erano quasi sempre verdure (legumi, cavoli, verdura  fresca), formaggio, poca carne, pane e focacce, vino.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dei tre pasti alla fine solo la cena era un pasto vero e proprio.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oggi i nostri pasti si orientano alla stessa filosofia: &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;frugalità ed equilibrio&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il consumo della carne in particolare deve essere molto regolato: la carne non può essere mai mangiata cruda. In alcuni giorni del calendario poi non è possibile mangiare carne (vedere il calendario e le relative festività). L'alimentazione è anche fissata infatti da alcune festività del calendario dove è segnalato cosa, come e quando mangiare. Allo stesso modo una dieta totalmente vegetariana non rientra nei canoni tradizionali.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il rapporto con la carne. secondo la tradizione, è quindi molto particolare anche in considerazione del principio "dalla morte, la vita": nel momento del sacrificio il sacrificante pronunciava la parola "Macte" ovvero "accresciti".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gli uomini, secondo la tradizione, occupano un ruolo ben preciso nell'ordine della Natura, come ricorda del resto il mito Prometeico: gli uomini non sono bestie feroci (no all'eccesso smodato di consumo di carne e mai cruda) e del resto non sono nemmeno degli erbivori. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;La moderazione, la frugalità e l'equilibrio devono sempre quindi ispirare la dieta&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ingozzarsi di cibo e di alcool tassativamente non rientra quindi nella Religione Tradizionale Romana anche perchè è una violazione del principio di &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;dignitas &lt;/span&gt;e &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;gravitas&lt;/span&gt; cui si deve ispirare ogni pater e mater familias.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I pasti sono poi il momento in cui la famiglia si riunisce: per questo rivestono sempre una funzione sacrale. Il pasto è sacro a &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Vesta &lt;/span&gt;che siede sempre vicino al focolare domestico o al luogo in cui si preparano i pasti.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-3509802670375609554?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/3509802670375609554/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=3509802670375609554' title='5 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/3509802670375609554'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/3509802670375609554'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2010/11/cibo-e-alimentazione.html' title='Cibo e Alimentazione'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-5090960124440736430</id><published>2010-11-03T02:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-11-03T02:48:37.493-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='calendario/calendar'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Novembre/Novembre'/><title type='text'>November</title><content type='html'>November, whose name derives from the fact that it was the 9th month in  the ancient calendar beginning in March, represents a period of  "interiority". November follows the way of natural energy back under the  ground during winter. This period is dedicated to underground Gods  (&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Inferi&lt;/span&gt;) from who derives the energy for the creatures on the surface.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;November  is thus dedicated to Pluto (&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Underground Jupiter&lt;/span&gt;) whose name means  "extremely rich", and to Proserpina (the Girl walking like snakes).  Pluto represents the deep, Proserpina a vital force nourishing life in  spring.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Black animals, cypress and narcissus are sacred to &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Pluto&lt;/span&gt;. He may be evoked beating the hands on the ground&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pomegranate  tree and poppy are sacred to &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Proserpina &lt;/span&gt;who protects also funerals.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-5090960124440736430?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/5090960124440736430/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=5090960124440736430' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/5090960124440736430'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/5090960124440736430'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2010/11/november.html' title='November'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-6822169806490906930</id><published>2010-11-03T02:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-11-03T02:46:05.327-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='calendario/calendar'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Novembre/Novembre'/><title type='text'>Novembre</title><content type='html'>Il mese di Novembre, così denominato perchè era il nono mese dell'anno  antico che iniziava a Marzo, rappresenta il periodo dell'"Interiorità".  Novembre segue il percorso di rientro nella Terra dell'energia  vegetativa fino all'inverno. E' un periodo dedicato alle divinità  sotterranee (Inferi) da cui deriva l'abbondanza della vita sulla  superficie della Terra.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Novembre è dedicato pertanto a &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Plutone &lt;/span&gt;(Giove Infero) che significa  "ricchissimo" e a &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Proserpina &lt;/span&gt;(La  Fanciulla che procede come i Serpenti). Plutone rappresenta la  profondità, Proserpina la forza vitale che alimenterà la vita in  primavera.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A Plutone sono sacri tutti gli animali neri, il  cipresso ed il narciso. Viene invocato battendo le mani per terra.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A  Proserpina sono sacri il melograno ed il papavero. I funerali sono  sottoposti alla sua protezione.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-6822169806490906930?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/6822169806490906930/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=6822169806490906930' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/6822169806490906930'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/6822169806490906930'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2010/11/novembre.html' title='Novembre'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-5534274010805975484</id><published>2010-10-13T01:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-14T02:37:23.356-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nettuno/Neptune'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fontinalia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Juturna'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ninfe/Nymphs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='acqua/water'/><title type='text'>Acqua/Water</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;La giornata del 13 ottobre è dedicata all'acqua ed alle sorgenti naturali con la festività dei &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;"Fontinalia"&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In questo giorno poniamo dei fiori presso le sorgenti e le fontane per sottolineare l'importanza che viene attribuita a questo elemento naturale così connesso alla vita.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Essendo sacra l'acqua che beviamo e che ci dona la vita anche le fontane sono sacre. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Fons/Juturna&lt;/span&gt; rappresenta lo spirito, nelle sue due polarità maschile e  femminile, della sacralizzazione dell'acqua potabile e delle sorgenti.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La fontana/sorgente ha anche un importante valore simbolico perchè rappresenta un "Inizio". di conseguenza Juturna (Iuturna, Diuturna) è strettamente legata alla figura di Giano (L'Inizio).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Da ricordare che le sorgenti, come &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;locus&lt;/span&gt;, ospitano delle figure spirituali particolari: le &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;ninfe&lt;/span&gt;. Esse sono la rappresentazione sacrale degli ambienti acquatici. Inoltre l'acqua (non di mare) si ricollega alla figura di &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Nettuno&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;_________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;The day october 13 is dedicated to water and springs with the festivity of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Fontinalia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;. In this day we put flowers near springs and fountains to evidence the importance to tribute to this so essential element for our life. Being water we drink and giving us life, sacred also fountains are sacred. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Fons/Juturna&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; represents the spirit, in its two male/female polarities,  of the sacralization of drinking water and springs.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Fountains and springs detain also an important symbolic value because they represent a "beginning": consequently Juturna (Iuturna, Diuturna) is strctly linked to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Janus&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; (The Beginning).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;It is relevant to note that springs (as loci - sites), host particular spiritual figures: the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;nymphs.&lt;/span&gt; They are the sacral representation of inner water sites. In addition water (not seawater) is linked to the figure of &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Neptun&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-5534274010805975484?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/5534274010805975484/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=5534274010805975484' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/5534274010805975484'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/5534274010805975484'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2010/10/acqua.html' title='Acqua/Water'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-8767650341280928203</id><published>2010-10-06T02:24:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-06T02:24:52.251-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ottobre/October'/><title type='text'>October</title><content type='html'>October represents the last month in the active year symbolizing also  the beginning of a period of intense spirituality. In October Nature  begins in fact her period of cyclical death.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oct. 12 is dedicated  to &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Fontinalia&lt;/span&gt; or the  "Celebration of underground and invisible springs" while oct. 15 is  dedicated to the complex ritual of  "October Equus".&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-8767650341280928203?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/8767650341280928203/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=8767650341280928203' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/8767650341280928203'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/8767650341280928203'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2010/10/october.html' title='October'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-4321925299264349689</id><published>2010-10-06T02:23:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-06T02:23:59.463-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ottobre'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='calendario/calendar'/><title type='text'>Ottobre</title><content type='html'>Ottobre rappresenta l'ultimo mese dell'anno attivo e simbolizza un  periodo di intensa spiritualità. In questo periodo infatti la Natura si  avvia verso una fase di morte ciclica.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il 12 ottobre si  festeggiano le &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Fontinalia&lt;/span&gt;  ovvero la "Festa delle Fonti sotterranee ed invisibili" mentre il giorno  15 si celebrava la  complessa festa e rituale dell' "October Equus".&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-4321925299264349689?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/4321925299264349689/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=4321925299264349689' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/4321925299264349689'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/4321925299264349689'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2010/10/ottobre.html' title='Ottobre'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-7949599936398046655</id><published>2010-09-07T04:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-07T04:08:27.629-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='calendario/calendar'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Settembre/September'/><title type='text'>Settembre</title><content type='html'>Il nome di questo mese deriva dal fatto che era il settimo mese dell'antico calendario del Re Numa che iniziava a Marzo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il mese è dedicato a &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Giove &lt;/span&gt;(&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Iuppiter&lt;/span&gt;  significa "Dio Padre") e rappresenta la sacralizzazione dell'Autorità  con una forte connotazione sociale e pubblica, come avviene per la sua  polarità femminile Giunone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Giove pertanto rappresenta lo &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Stato &lt;/span&gt;e &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;l'istituzione famigliare&lt;/span&gt;. Rappresenta come energia il cielo, la pioggia, la neve, il fulmine, il tuono e la rugiada.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gli animali sacri di Giove sono l'aquila e l'avvoltoio.&lt;br /&gt;La pianta sacra a Giove è la quercia. Giove può manifestarsi attraverso il fruscio delle fronde delle querce.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Giove è protagonista di una serie lunghissima di appellativi (&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Indigitamenta&lt;/span&gt;) tra i quali &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Lucetius&lt;/span&gt; (Origine della Luce del Giorno), &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Pluvius &lt;/span&gt;(Piovoso), &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Fulgurator &lt;/span&gt;(Fulmine diurno), &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Summanus&lt;/span&gt; (fulmine della notte), &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Pantocrator &lt;/span&gt;(Signore di Tutto), &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Trioculos &lt;/span&gt;(dai tre occhi), &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Prodigalis&lt;/span&gt; (Liberatore da incantesimi), Penninus (Signore delle Vette).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il simbolo principale di Giove è comunque il fulmine.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-7949599936398046655?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/7949599936398046655/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=7949599936398046655' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/7949599936398046655'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/7949599936398046655'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2010/09/settembre.html' title='Settembre'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-3085256482716299811</id><published>2010-09-07T04:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-07T04:06:54.174-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='calendario/calendar'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Settembre/September'/><title type='text'>September</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="post-body entry-content"&gt; The name of this month derives from the fact to be the 7th month in the ancient calendar, beginning on March, of King Numa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;September is dedicated to &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Jupiter&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Iuppiter&lt;/span&gt;  means "God Father") representing the sacralization of Authority in  particular social and public authority, like his female polarity Juno.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jupiter  thus represents the State and the Family as social institution. He  represents, as cosmic energy, the sky, the rain, the snow, the lightning  and the dew.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sacred animals to Jupiter are the eagle and the vulture.&lt;br /&gt;Sacred tree to Jupiter is the Oak: Jupiter may manifest himself through the whoosh of the oak's leaves&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jupiter has a long list of appellations (Indigitamenta) among which &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Lucetius&lt;/span&gt; (Light's Origin), &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Pluvius &lt;/span&gt;(raining), &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Fulgurator &lt;/span&gt;(Day Lightning) &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Summanus&lt;/span&gt; (Night Lightning), &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Pantocrator &lt;/span&gt;(Lord of anything), &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Trioculos &lt;/span&gt;(with three eyes), &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Prodigalis&lt;/span&gt; (prodigies Liberator), &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Penninus&lt;/span&gt; (Lord of peaks).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The main Jupiter's symbol is the Lightning  &lt;/div&gt;   &lt;span class="post-author vcard"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-3085256482716299811?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/3085256482716299811/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=3085256482716299811' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/3085256482716299811'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/3085256482716299811'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2010/09/september.html' title='September'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-4285088539953443210</id><published>2010-08-01T07:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-01T07:30:08.041-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Agosto/August'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='calendario/calendar'/><title type='text'>Agosto</title><content type='html'>Il nome originale di questo mese è Sextilis poichè era il sesto mese del calendario antico. Venne denominato Augustus in onore dell' Imperatore Ottaviano Augusto.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il mese è dedicato alla raccolta e alla conservazione. In particolare il mese è dedicato a Diana ovvero la polarità femminile di Apollo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Diana viene definita come la "Sempre Lontana": si tratta di una Dea non-urbana poichè rappresenta la sacralizzazione dei boschi, delle foreste e dei luoghi selvaggi.&lt;br /&gt;La sua danza sacra, riservata esclisivamente alle donne, è la "Ridda".&lt;br /&gt;Durante il giorno Diana protegge gli animali selvatici e ne preserva la vita; durante la notte Diana va a caccia di animali selvatici e ne apporta la morte. In questo modo questa Dea impersonifica sia la vita che la morte come unica sorgente.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gli animali sacri di Diana sono: la quaglia, il leone, l'orso, il cervo ed il cane da caccia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Come Apollo è rappresentato dal Sole, Diana è rappresentata dalla Luna. Il suo simbolo principale è l'Arco che rappresenta la Falce di Luna e "l'arma selvaggia".&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/105187899344011071-4285088539953443210?l=lases.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/feeds/4285088539953443210/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=105187899344011071&amp;postID=4285088539953443210' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/4285088539953443210'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/105187899344011071/posts/default/4285088539953443210'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lases.blogspot.com/2010/08/agosto.html' title='Agosto'/><author><name>Carmelo Cannarella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fwmtNvczMwM/SCQia6UogZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/i0iREEZzAFY/S220/IMG_1120.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
