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[url=mailto:[email protected]][email protected][/url], Don Danko <mageson6666@... wrote:
"It is said that, one day, Julian tried to
organise a procession through the streets of Constantinople, in honour of
Dionysos, the God of impetuous Joy, and overflowing Life.
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But it was already too late, and the
attempt proved a failure. The procession was but a ridiculous show, and when
returning, at evening, after it was finished, Julian was as sad as if his eyes
had embraced the whole gloomy future of the Mediterranean World. It is said that
he was sitting in the gardens of his palace, in front of old blocks of marble,
half-hidden with ivy, when a faithful friend, guessing the cause of his sadness,
asked him: "What else did you expect? These are the days of our death. What was
your aim, in ordering this procession? What did you want?" The Emperor looked at
him silently; then, pulling aside the ivy, he pointed out to him what was
behind: a master-piece of some artist of the ancient days: a procession in
honour of Dionysos, carved out in white marble; a smile of the World's youth; a
thing of beauty: "This is what I wanted."
This was at the time when the great
Samudra Gupta was ruling over India.
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Oh! if only Julian could have seen what a
display of beauty, in daily life and in festivities, and in processions in
honour of Gods and Goddesses much akin to his, was going on, over there! If only
he could have seen that Aryan Paganism would live and flourish forever, in that
luxuriant land; that India would preserve the World's youth from age to age,
through an endless future!
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Then, certainly, he would have blessed the
great country, with tears of joy.
Just go to Madura or to Rameswaram,
nowadays, and see a real Hindu procession there, with elephants bearing
immemorial signs of sandal and vermillion upon their foreheads, and draperies of
silk and gold flowing over their backs, down to the ground; with flutes and
drums, and torches reflecting their light upon the half-naked bronze bodies, as
beautiful as living Greek statues; with chariots of flowers, slowly going around
the sacred tank. Just see the pious crowd (hundreds and thousands of pilgrims,
gathered from all parts of India), throwing flowers, as the chariots pass. And
above all this, above the calm waters, the beautiful crowd, the mighty pillars,
the huge pyramidal towers, shining in the moon-light ... above all this, behold
the one, simple, phosphorescent sky.
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Just watch an ordinary scene of Hindu
life: a line of young women walking into a temple, on a festival day. Draped in
bright coloured sarees, sparkling with jewels, one by one they come, the
graceful daughters of India, with flowers in their hair, with flowers and
offerings in their hands. In the background: thatched huts, among the high
coconut trees and green rice-fields all around -- the beauty of the Indian
countryside.
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One by one they come ... like the Athenian
maidens of old, whose image we see upon the prize of the Parthenon. The lover of
Beauty, Julian, the Sun-worshipper, if only he could have seen them, would have
said, beholding the reality of his own dream: "This is what I wanted!"
-S.Devi.
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From: Magus Immortalis <magus.immortalis@...
To: "
[url=mailto:[email protected]][email protected][/url]" <
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Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 10:45:07 PM
Subject: Re: [JoyofSatan666] Savitri Devi
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Awesome! I shall bookmark it. Thanks HP Don.Â
Hail Satan!
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From: Don Danko <mageson6666@...
To: "
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Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 10:41:01 PM
Subject: Re: [JoyofSatan666] Savitri Devi
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You can read a lot of her work online here:
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http://www.savitridevi.org/home.html
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From: magus.immortalis <magus.immortalis@...
To:
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Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 10:30:59 PM
Subject: [JoyofSatan666] Savitri Devi
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HP Don, if you're reading this, I wanted to say thank you for the recommendation. I saw your glowing review of Savitri Devi's book "The Lightning and the Sun" in the Advanced Meditation group:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Advanced_ ... ssage/5317 I noticed on Amazon she has written other books, but obviously I cannot buy them all right now. Is there any of her other works that you think highly of and can recommend? Hail Satan!
