tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1051878993440110712024-02-27T00:04:40.603-08:00E Nos Lases IuvateCarmelo Cannarellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314noreply@blogger.comBlogger662125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-21541728846561718862020-03-25T07:45:00.002-07:002020-03-25T07:48:35.659-07:00Minerva, Minerva Medica<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In questi giorni così particolari il mio pensiero è stato costantemente rivolto a <b>Minerva</b>, in particolare nella sua declinazione di <b>Minerva Medica</b>. Sarà forse anche una coincidenza il fatto che il 19 marzo cade la festività dei <i>Quinquatria</i>, festività specificatamente dedicata a Minerva.</div>
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Minerva è una antica Dea Italica, la cui denominazione tradizionale <b><i>Menerua</i> </b>già rimanda a Mens ovvero il <i>pensiero </i>e a <b>Metis</b>, secondo la tradizione ellenica.</div>
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Menerua è innanzitutto una <i>vir-go</i> ovvero una forza, una potenza femminile libera che non è sottoposta al controllo di niente e di nessuno, domina senza essere dominata. </div>
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Menerua è parte integrante essenziale della Grande Triade Capitolina insieme a Giove e a Giunone. Insieme essi formano un'unica espressione del divino: Giunone è la Natura in quanto <i>Mater-Materia</i>, Giove è Natura in quanto <i>impulso generatore</i>, Minerva è la Mente che <i>controlla </i>tale impulso. Essendo un'unica espressione del Divino, Minerva è anche Padre Generatore, casta, virgo.</div>
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Menerua è una potenza divina con una pluralità di funzioni, ma possiede un campo specifico di azione. Il suo campo di azione è caratterizzato dalla presenza della <i>sollertia</i> ovvero l'abilità e l'intelligenza pratica e teorica. Dove c'è quindi <i>sollertia</i>, lì c'è Minerva. Minerva non genera, non feconda: è potenza tecnica del saper fare. Minerva Medica è la ragione, è la scienza della Medicina.<br />
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Il suo albero sacro è l'ulivo. Sacro a Minerva è l'olio che alimenta, cura e porta la luce.</div>
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Grazie a sua madre - la sposa inghiottita - Minerva è ben dotata di <i>metis</i>.<br />
Essa è coperta di bronzo e porta armi lucenti.<br />
La sua casa è ricoperta di bronzo che abbaglia gli occhi.<br />
Essa ha rinunciato alla passività. ha rinunciato al matrimonio, è <i>virtus </i>alla massima intensità<br />
Essa è prudente come la volpe.<br />
Essa è l'occhio che vede nella notte.<br />
Essa è civetta.<br />
Essa conduce la barca nella notte attraverso le burrasche.<br />
Essa è colpo d'occhio, essa è agguato, essa è imboscata.<br />
Essa è astuzia, doppiezza, strategia.<br />
Essa nasce lanciando un immane grido di guerra.<br />
Essa è voce sonora della tromba.<br />
Essa ha lo sguardo splendente.<br />
Essa regge l'egida forgiata da Metis.<br />
Essa è creatrice dei numeri, essa è l'Uno (<b>I</b>).<br />
Essa è il morso che doma, controlla e guida il cavallo selvaggio: è il freno, è il controllo.<br />
Essa conosce l'Arte e stende la sua mano sul forno.<br />
Essa dirige, corregge la rotta, indirizza lo studio e la ricerca, conduce diritto, prevede e fissa il suo sguardo sull'obiettivo ultimo<br />
Minerva ha la lancia cui si appoggia, con la testa inclinata: essa è in piedi (<b>I</b>), immobile ma con un piede che accenna ad un passo prudente.<br />
"Non è la forza, ma è Minerva che fa saggio/a l'uomo e la donna".<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; font-style: italic; text-align: justify;">Minerva unigenita, augusta figlia del grande Giove,<br />divina, dea beata, che susciti la guerra, dall'animo forte,<br />indicibile, dicibile, di gran nome, che abiti negli antri,<br />che governi le alture elevate dei gioghi montani<br />e i monti ombrosi, e rallegri il tuo cuore nelle valli,<br />godi delle armi, con le follie sconvolgi le anime dei mortali,<br />fanciulla che estenui, dall'animo che incute terrore,<br />che hai ucciso la Gorgone, che fuggi i talami, madre felicissima delle arti,<br />eccitatrice, follia per i malvagi per i buoni saggezza;<br />sei maschio e femmina, generatrice di guerra, astuzia,<br />dalle forme svariate, dracena, invasata, splendidamente onorata,<br />distruttrice dei Giganti Flegrei, guidatrice di cavalli,<br />Tritogenia, che sciogli dai mali, demone apportatore di vittoria,<br />giorno e notte, sempre, nelle ore piccole<br />ascolta me che prego, infondi la pace molto felice<br />e sazietà e Salute nelle stagioni felici,<br />Glaucopide, inventrice delle arti, regina molto invocata.</span><br />
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(Adattamento dell'Inno Orfico ad Atena, trad. Lorenzo Valla)<br />
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Carmelo Cannarellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-57443696668382435412019-05-29T00:10:00.001-07:002019-05-29T00:10:26.397-07:00Il vento del cambiamento<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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"Io non sopporto tutta questa
feccia che è venuta ad affollare le rive del Tevere portando con sé lingua,
costumi, flautisti e corde oblique, parrucchieri, tamburi esotici e prostitute…
Tutta questa gentaccia viene all’assalto dell’Esquilino o del Viminale: prima
conquistano l’anima delle grandi case e poi ne diventano i padroni. Eccoli qui:
mente sveglia, audacia sfrontata, lingua pronta. Che credi chi siano? Ognuno di
loro ha dentro di sé un uomo tuttofare: grammatico, retore, geometra, pittore,
massaggiatore, augure, funambolo, medico, mago: tutto sa fare questo tipetto:
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Ed io non dovrei tenermi alla larga dai loro vestiti
eleganti? Devo sopportare che firmino prima di me nei contratti o che a tavola
abbia il posto migliore uno di costoro portato a Roma dallo stesso vento con le
prugne e con i fichi? Non conta proprio più niente che nella nostra infanzia
abbiamo respirato l’aria dell’Aventino e ci siamo nutriti di olive sabine?
Maledetti adulatori! Sono pronti a lodare il discorso del primo imbecille…</div>
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Anche noi Romani siamo capaci di simili cose,<i> ma a loro la
gente crede</i>. Sono proprio una nazione di commedianti… Insomma non siamo alla
pari: ha troppo vantaggio chi di giorno o di notte è capace di cambiare la
faccia secondo quella degli altri, sempre pronto a battere le mani per la
gioia o alzare grida di lode… Per di più per costoro non c’è nulla di sacro né
che possa dirsi al sicuro delle loro brame.</div>
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Non c’è più posto per un Romano quando c’è gente che per
vizio congenito non divide nulla con un amico, ma tiene tutto per sé".</div>
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Carmelo Cannarellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-15866233143197764702018-10-12T04:21:00.000-07:002018-10-12T04:24:12.799-07:00Il Faggio<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Sono nato e risiedo nella Tuscia (Alto Lazio) ed uno dei luoghi più belli di questa splendida regione è senza dubbio la Faggeta posta sulla sommità del Monte Cimino. Il faggio non è un albero che si incontra facilmente nel panorama italiano: per questa ragione dalle nostre parti andiamo molto fieri ed orgogliosi di questo splendido santuario naturale. </div>
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Il <b>Faggio </b>nella Spiritualità Tradizionale è uno di quegli alberi che rappresenta l'<i>assialità </i>e l'unione fra i Tre Mondi: quello Infero, la Terra e quello Supero. Nella Tradizione Romana rientra fra gli <i>Arbores Felices</i>, quindi in particolare connessione con gli Dei e le Dee del Cielo e della superfice della Terra: con il suo legno venivano realizzate coppe per lo svolgimento di molti rituali sacri anche perchè veniva considerato apportatore di salute.</div>
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Il nome sacro di questo albero è <i><b>Fagutal </b></i>e ciò lo rimanda ad uno dei colli sacri di Roma per l'appunto il <i>Fagutal </i>così denominato per la presenza appunto di un bosco sacro di faggi dedicati a<i> Juppiter Fagutalis</i> (Giove del Faggio). L'albero quindi è sacro a Giove e in particolare a <b>Giunone </b>(nonchè a molte ninfe dei boschi)<b> </b>in quanto polarità femminile dato che tutti gli alberi esprimono la polarità femminile. </div>
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Il faggio è uno di quegli alberi, come le Querce Madri, che non può essere tagliato o violato se non dietro consultazione di un pontefice o di un augure. Per la sua longevità, ogni offesa recata a questo albero simbolicamente rappresenta un'offesa alla vita: ancor oggi dalla credenza popolare è considerato di pessimo auspicio il taglio del faggio.</div>
Carmelo Cannarellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-31629997098023202622018-09-13T05:28:00.002-07:002018-09-13T05:28:57.311-07:00Mater Matuta - Aurora<div style="text-align: justify;">
There are some occassions in which, with a feeling of wonder, one has the clear impression to meet the Divine in a particular expression and manifestation. This is what I felt early this morning when with my eyes I met the glance of <b>Mater Matuta.</b></div>
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Mater Matuta, Mother of the Morning, Aurora, the Dawn, the Sister Goddess, is the sacralization of the first sunbeam embracing Earth, the first
sunbeam expelling darkness. She marks the beginning of a new day. For
this reason her male polarity (<span style="font-style: italic;">Pater Matutinus</span>) is often linked to Janus and Portunus.</div>
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<i>At a fixed time also Matuta diffuses the rosy <span class="marginNote right">Dawn comes, </span></i></div>
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<i><span class="marginNote right">either because the coming sun sends rays before him; </span></i></div>
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<i><span class="marginNote right">or because his fires gradually collect,</span> </i></div>
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<i>dawn through the regions of ether and spreads out her light, </i></div>
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because the same sun returning under the earth takes his first hold on
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<i>as he tries to kindle it with his rays, </i></div>
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gathering together of fires, </i></div>
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<i>and many seeds of heat are accustomed </i></div>
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<i>which make each day the light of a new
sun arise: </i></div>
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<i>just as it is said that from the lofty mountains of Ida at sunrise </i></div>
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<i>and then as it were these gather together into one globe </i></div>
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Carmelo Cannarellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-28313662816062824032018-09-13T05:13:00.001-07:002018-09-13T05:13:40.147-07:00Mater Matuta - Aurora<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ci sono delle circostanze in cui, con un certo stupore, si prova la sensazione chiara di incontrare il Divino in una sua qualche manifestazione. Così è stato in queste prime ore del mattino quando con gli occhi ho incrociato lo sguardo di <b>Mater Matuta</b>. </span></span></div>
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il primo raggio di luce che allontana le tenebre ed il buio della notte.
Essa segna l'inizio di un nuovo giorno. Per questo la sua polarità
maschile (<span style="font-style: italic;">Pater Matutinus</span>) è spesso associata a Giano e a Portunus.</span></span> </div>
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rive dell’etere e spande la luce… </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>E’ fama che dalle alte vette dell’Ida </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>si assista a questi fuochi sparsi </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>quando sorge la luce, </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>poi al loro
riunirsi come in un unico globo, </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>formando il disco del sole e della
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">(Lucrezio, <i>De Rerum Natura</i>) </span></span></div>
Carmelo Cannarellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-80634779036901713082018-07-04T23:37:00.001-07:002018-07-04T23:37:20.765-07:00July - Apollo<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The
original name of this month was <i>Quintilis </i>because it was the fifth
month in the ancient calendar of King Numa. Then it was named <b>Julius </b>in
honour of Julius Caesar.<br />
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This month is dedicated to <span style="font-weight: bold;">Apollo </span>(male polarity): this
is a period dedicated to transcendence, wisdom, medicine, music
and poetry. 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".<br />
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Sacred animals to Apollo are: swan, wolf,
deer and, above all, dolphin.<br />
Sacred plants and trees are: cypress, hyacinth and <b><i>laurel</i></b>.<br />
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Ludi Saeculares were dedicated to Apollo
(and to <span style="font-weight: bold;">Diana
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these games were held in Rome every 100 years.</span></div>
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It is always important to remind that the ancient sacred calendar
provide us with a sort of compass to direct us along the Sacred Time and
its forces and energies. We may say that this period of the year
is highly permeated by the <i>energy</i> of Apollo, an extremely complex God.
For this reason I think it could be useful, for a Cultrix and a Cultor,
to share some basic concepts and principles necessary to identify his
characteristics and to understand his role and meaning. Of course the
terms and concepts expressed below have to be intented in a non-profane
perspective. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"Apollo dwells with Helios, sharing the same semplicity of thoughts,
immutable in substance and unvarying his activity". (Emperor Julian, <i>Hymn to King Helios</i>, 22) </span></div>
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Apollo in particular is the <i>pulsating </i>of the Sun Rays. He is "Pure Light" being defined as "shining", "brillant", "clear". His main symbol is the <b>Lyre</b> to represent the Celestial Harmony. He holds also the <i>arrows </i>symbolizing the creative and destructive force of the Sun Rays. <br /><br />
The sacred name of this God is considered as a "well tuned and harmonized name" evidencing the link with <b>Music</b>. Of course <i>Music </i>has
to be intented here as the <i>Universal and Cosmic harmonized sound</i> rather
than the common expression of music. This Music, this sound, in fact results from
the Universe's <i>movement </i>and action. Apollo provides the Universe with
order and "measure" cancelling any dissonance. He is placed in the
Center as an "<i>orchestra leader</i>" coordinating the Cosmic Music and
acting as a Balance Point, the <i>equilibrium</i>. According to the Chaldea Order, Apollo is
placed in the balance point among the nine spheres: these spheres dance
in harmony around the Sun. The <i>harmonia mundi</i> results from the totality of the sounds and singing deriving from all these spheres (<i>universitas
sonorum</i>) within the whole Cosmic structure of the Universe. <br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Just
note, taking into consideration the reflections made above, the
peculiar role music, within this sacred perspective, had in the past as
critical component of the Sacred Science and Knowledge directly
integrated, interconnected and linked to philosophy, astronomy, maths
and geometry.</span></i></div>
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Apollo is surrounded by the <b>Muses</b> "singing for him", by the seven
planets and the fixed sphere. The Muses are the divine expression of
the Thought's Action: they are the Universe's singing activity. Apollo and the
Muses are those forces directing the Universe (<i><b>Apollon Musagète</b></i>
- directing the Muses). He is the Muses' unifying element, Lord of the
Total Harmony, a force connecting different elements at the base of
this Cosmic Harmony.<br /><br />
Apollo has the power to render "the entire intellectual substance an
unity because he joins the extremes in an unique and identical reality"
(Emperor Julian, <i>Hymn to King Helios</i>, 22) <br /><br />
His rays show a dancing pace, they are pure, they provide force and energy to the
"links": not accidentally, with his rays the Vestals ignited the Sacred
Fire of Vesta (<i>Apollo provides Vesta with Energy - The Solar-Cosmic
Force ignites the "Links"- the "Relations" between elements which
otherwise are sterile</i>). <br /><br />
As already mentioned, his sacred plant is the <b>laurel</b> because this plant is "<i>full of fire</i>" being capable to keep the negative daemons away. Furthermore, Tradition indicates that the laurel is a "<i>loquacious plant when burning</i>"
evidencing the prophetic power expressed by Apollo. Pythis in Delphi
held a branch of laurel in a hand, chewing the laurel leaves and
inhaling the smoke from the burning leaves. A crakling laurel manifests
the Apollo's oracle power who gives oracles near this plant. <br /><br />
The laurel is also an important plant in Theurgy, for purification and curative practices. <br /><br />
Apollo has the power to remove <i>Evil,</i> in a very broad sense:
Asclepius is the Apollo representation as The Medicine. In this case, he
has a stick, symbolizing the axis, the support for men and women against the deseases, around which
a snake is clung as symbol of body and soul salvation. Being connected
to the Sun Rays, Apollo relieves from deseases, purifies the body and
restores harmony to the body. A physical or a psychic desease is symptom
of a "dis-order", "disgregation", "dis-harmony". The heat of the Sun
Rays restores the "equilibrium", the "balance". Apollo is a curative
force not only in physical terms because he restores balance to the soul
conveying the Rays coming from the <i>Inner Sun</i>.<br /><br />
Everyone of us has inside his/her deeper substance a matter deriving
from the Cosmic energy, the energy of the Sun and the other stars. Even
Science has confirmed that we are made of Cosmic Matter: we are made of
Light. In our rational part a Sun Ray shines thanks to Apollo. If we
will be capable to understand and codify the "Apollo's Message", we have
the possibility to take part of the "Knowledge" becoming Solar Women
and Men or Perfect Women and Men, thus igniting this Sun Ray hidden
inside us and turning on this Light inside us. The so-called common
people are just purely and solely rational individuals who however still
"<i>ignore</i>": there is no light inside them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> I have just cited few minimal, superficial and brief considerations.
Nonetheless, on the base of this, can we define these issues as a
component of a <i>Religion </i>according to a profane, devotional sense? Maybe we are dealing with something more complex and deeper...</span></div>
Carmelo Cannarellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-73091929663691699292018-07-04T23:36:00.000-07:002018-07-04T23:36:18.565-07:00Luglio - Apollo<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">L'antico nome di questo mese è <span style="font-weight: bold;"> Quintilis </span>poichè
era il quinto mese dell'antico calendario di Numa che iniziava a
Marzo. In seguito venne chiamato Julius in onore di Giulio Cesare.<br />
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Il mese è dedicato ad <span style="font-weight: bold;">Apollo </span>(polarità
maschile): si tratta quindi di un periodo dedicato alla trascendenza,
alla saggezza, alla medicina, alla musica e alla poesia.<br />
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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".<br />
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Gli animali sacri ad Apollo sono: il cigno, il lupo, il cervo e soprattutto il delfino.<br />
Le piante e gli alberi sacri ad Apollo sono: il cipresso, il giacinto e l'alloro.<br />
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Ad Apollo (e a <span style="font-weight: bold;">Diana </span>sua polarità femminile) erano dedicati i <span style="font-style: italic;">Ludi Saeculare</span>s che si tenevano a Roma ogni cento anni.</span></div>
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Poichè il calendario sacro agisce come una sorta di bussola per
orientarci fra le forze e le energie divine, possiamo dire che questo
periodo dell'anno è fortemente permeato dall'energia di <b>Apollo</b>,
una Divinità estremamente complessa. Pertanto ritengo possa essere utile
approfondirne, sia pur brevemente, le caratteristiche per comprenderne
il significato ed il ruolo. Ovviamente quello che segue deve essere
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"Apollo dimora con Helios e ne condivide la semplicità dei pensieri,
l'immutabilità della sostanza e l'uniformità dell'attività" (Giuliano
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Apollo è in particolare il <i>pulsare</i> dei raggi del Sole. Esso è "Luce": viene definito "lucente", "splendente", "chiaro", "brillante" ed è simboleggiato dalla <b>lira </b>per rappresentare l'armonia celeste. Esso reca le <b>frecce </b>che simboleggiano appunto la forza dei Raggi del Sole che hanno un potere creativo o distruttivo. </span></div>
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Lo stesso nome di Apollo viene definito come "ben accordato ed
armonizzato", da qui l'associazione con la musica. Ma la musica di cui
si parla non è quella profana, ma quella "universale" e "cosmica"
risultante dall'armonia dell'Universo stesso. Apollo infatti porta
l'ordine e la misura nell'Universo eliminando ogni dissonanza. Egli
quindi si pone al centro come un "direttore d'orchestra" coordinando la
musica del cosmo ed agendo come un equilibratore. Secondo l'ordine dei
Caldei Apollo si trova infatti nel punto di equilibrio delle nove sfere:
le nove sfere "danzano in armonia intorno al Sole". L'<i>harmonia mundi</i> risulta quindi dall'insieme del suono e canto di tutte le sfere (<i>universitas sonorum</i>) all'interno di tutta la struttura cosmica dell'Universo.</span></div>
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Apollo è circondato dalle Nove <b>Muse </b>"che cantano per Lui", dai
sette pianeti e dalla "sfera fissa". Le Muse sono l'espressione divina
dell'attività del pensiero: esse sono "il canto dell'Universo". Apollo e
le Muse sono quindi quelle forze che "dirigono" l'Universo (<b>Apollo Musagete</b>
- che dirige le Muse). Apollo è l'elemento unificante delle Muse,
Signore dell'Armonia Totale, forza che lega elementi differenti che sono
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Il suo potere principale è quello "grazie al quale fa apparire l'intera
sostanza intellettuale come un tutto unico, perchè congiunge i suoi
estremi in un'unica ed identica realtà" (Giuliano Imperatore, <i>A Helios Re</i>, 22). </span></div>
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I suoi raggi hanno un andamento "danzante" e con i suoi raggi le Vestali accendevano e custodivano il Fuoco Sacro di Vesta.</span></div>
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Come già detto, la sua pianta simbolica è l'<b>alloro </b>perchè considerata "<i>pianta piena di fuoco</i>"
capace di allontanare i daemoni negativi. Inoltre la tradizione indica
che l'alloro è una "pianta loquace quando brucia" e ciò viene associato
al potere profetico connesso ad Apollo. La Pizia a Delfi ne impugnava un
ramo, ne masticava le foglie e ne inalava i fumi dalle foglie bruciate.
L'alloro che crepita manifesta il potere oracolare di Apollo che può
dare oracoli dove cresce questa pianta. </span></div>
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Apollo ha inoltre il potere di allontanare i <i>mali </i>dagli uomini e
dalle donne: Asclepio è il suo simbolo come forza della medicina. In
questo caso esso presenta un bastone come sostegno ai malati intorno al
quale si avvinghia un serpente come simbolo della salvezza del corpo e
dell'anima. Essendo legato ai raggi del Sole, Apollo libera dalle
malattie, purifica il corpo e restituisce armonia al corpo. La malattia
infatti è sintomo di disordine, disgregazione, disarmonia. Il calore dei
raggi del Sole riporta invece l'equilibrio. Apollo quindi è forza
curativa e salvifica non solo del corpo ma anche dell'<i>Anima </i>poichè veicola i Raggi del <i>Sole Interiore</i>.
Poichè ciascuno di noi contiene in sè quella materia che deriva
dall'energia del Sole, del Cosmo e delle altre stelle, nella parte
razionale di una persona risplende un raggio per opera del Sole-Apollo.
La comprensione del "messaggio di Apollo" implica di avere parte della
Conoscenza e di divenire Uomini e Donne Solari ovvero Perfetti. Gli
altri sono uomini e donne puramente e solamente razionali, ma che
tuttavia "ignorano".</span></div>
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Quelle che ho qui riportato sono considerazioni "minime", superficiali e
brevi. Tuttavia, sulla base di ciò, possiamo ancora definire tutto
questo pertinenza di una religione nell'accezione "moderna" e devozionale del termine?
Non ci troviamo forse di fronte a qualcosa di più complesso, di più
profondo?</span></div>
Carmelo Cannarellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-87596106118547006592018-06-11T05:02:00.000-07:002018-06-11T05:02:44.927-07:00June<div style="text-align: justify;">
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sacralization of the universal feminine polarity manifesting her force
both in microcosm and in macrocosm. We call "female polarity" that
centripetal, coagulating, generating, creating force permeating
everything in opposition to that polarity we call "male polarity" being a
centrifugal, dissolving, disgregating force. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Each individual has both polarities: the perfect being, the Androgyne <i>Rebis</i>, can show simoultaneously these two forces. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">For this reason June is therefore a
feminine month by definition during which this energy, pertaining both men
and women, is celebrated. In a more profane sense, June is essentially
dedicated to women. </span></span></div>
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great Goddess representing the
sacralization of the feminine being, the Jupiter's feminine polarity with
who she shares the simbology of authority, preminence, majesty, heights.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">(It
is interesting to note the relevant difference between Juno and other
feminine forces such as Ceres, Diana or Vesta. I will discuss some more
complex aspects related to Juno in a specific post) </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Juno represents marriage,
fertility, birth and motherhood. Her sacred ministress, the <span style="font-style: italic;">flaminica </span>-
the flamen Dialis' wife (Jupiter Minister) every first day of the
month, sacrificed to Juno a white heifer to ask protection for women.</span></span>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Sacred
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The sacred tree of Juno is the oak.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Examples of Juno's <i>Indigitamenta</i>: </span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Juno Fluonia - sacralization of
menstruation</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Juno Domiduca - sacralization of the movement of
the young wife to
her new house</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Juno Cinxia - sacralization of the opening of
the young wife belt
after the marriage</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Juno Juga e Iunxia - sacralization of
wedding</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Juno Lucina - sacralization of birth</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Juno is also the feminine
polarization of the <i>Genius</i>.
Every man has his own Genius or his spiritual and invisible essence
keeping the material part alive. In the same way every woman has her own
Juno.</span></span>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">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. </span></span></div>
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Carmelo Cannarellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-1298217153505120472018-06-11T04:57:00.000-07:002018-06-11T04:57:29.942-07:00Giugno<div style="text-align: justify;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl2Gh2MXU70rtx-gbEpoXaYcmVcGjmhIeYhnjcgIOxTFM2Kd6aGRjLhTryqynSaVIpYsdtcgD6SZPEX8qJRsktRi4NnfdToN12qo9OQFcHhg7tMWJ-_4V6Wjpr09iRHjJx-AYS9ivK14M/s1600/Era+Giunone.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl2Gh2MXU70rtx-gbEpoXaYcmVcGjmhIeYhnjcgIOxTFM2Kd6aGRjLhTryqynSaVIpYsdtcgD6SZPEX8qJRsktRi4NnfdToN12qo9OQFcHhg7tMWJ-_4V6Wjpr09iRHjJx-AYS9ivK14M/s320/Era+Giunone.jpg" width="169" /></a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Questo mese è interamente dedicato alla sacralizzazione della polarità
femminile dell'Universo che si manifesta nel macrocosmo e nel
microcosmo. Chiamiamo "polarità femminile" quella forza centripeta,
coagulante, generativa, creativa presente in tutte le cose in
opposizione alla polarità che chiamiamo "maschile" che è centrifuga,
dissolvitrice, disgragatrice. Ogni individuo possiede dentro di sè queste
due polarità che sono due espressioni del medesimo processo: l'essere perfetto, il <i>Rebis </i>androgino, è capace di evidenziare contemporaneamente queste due forze.</span></span></div>
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Per questo motivo Giugno è quindi un mese femminile in cui si celebra
questa energia presente anche negli uomini e nelle donne. In senso
maggiormente profano Giugno è principalmente dedicato alle donne.</span></span></div>
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Giugno trae il suo nome
dalla <b>Juno</b> con riferimento in particolare alla Dea <span style="font-weight: bold;">Giunone </span>che
rappresenta la sacralizzazione dell'essere femminile, polarità
femminile di Giove con cui condivide la simbologia legata all'autorità,
alla sommità.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">(da
notare quanto profondamente Giunone differisca da altre espressioni
della forza femminile in particolare Cerere, Vesta e Diana: mi riservo
di riflettere su aspetti più profondi della manifestazione Divina e
Spirituale di Giunone in uno specifico post)</span></span>
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Giunone
rappresenta il matrimonio, la fecondità, il parto e la maternità. La
sua sacerdotessa, la <span style="font-style: italic;">flaminica </span>moglie
del <span style="font-style: italic;">flamen Dialis</span> (di Giove)
ogni primo giorno del mese sacrificava una giovenca bianca per
invocare la protezione su tutte le donne.</span></span>
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Animali sacri a
Giunone sono: l'oca e la cornacchia.</span></span></div>
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Esempi di <i>indigitamenta</i> di Giunone:</span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Juno Fluonia - sacralizzazione del ciclo mestruale</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Juno Domiduca - sacralizzazione del trasferimento della sposa
nella nuova casa</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Juno Cinxia - sacralizzazione dello scioglimento della cintura
della sposa il giorno delle nozze</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Juno Juga e Iunxia - sacralizzazione del matrimonio</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Juno Lucina - sacralizzazione del parto</span></span></li>
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Giunone (<i>Juno</i>) è il femminile di <span style="font-weight: bold;">Genius</span>.
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 <span style="font-weight: bold;">Juno</span>.</span></span><br />
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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.
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Carmelo Cannarellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-7019100037158479212018-05-01T23:53:00.000-07:002018-05-01T23:53:53.305-07:00Maia - May<div style="text-align: justify;">
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May is a month dedicated to the "underground fire" of the Earth and to Mystery (what
is not perceivable and unknown). In particular this month is dedicated
to the Goddess <span style="font-weight: bold;">Maia</span>, an
underground Goddess (<i>ctonia</i>) whose male polarity is <span style="font-weight: bold;"> Vulcan</span><br /><br />Maia is a <span style="font-style: italic;">Magna Mater</span> (Great Mother) and the term <span style="font-style: italic;">Maiestas </span>derives from
her name:
she is defined also <span style="font-style: italic;">Stata Mater</span>
(she blocking fire).<br /><br />She is also defined as "she giving
shapes to all". </span></span></div>
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I want to dedicate this <i>comprecatio </i>by Gellius as invocation to
Maia.</span></span>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Te,
Anna ac Peranna. Panda te lito Pales, </i></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>
Nerienes ac Minerua, Fortuna ac Ceres</i></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I donate my offering to You<br />
to You making and completing the cycle of the Seasons,<br />
to You opening the seed and from which You obtain the spike<br />
to You being Strength and Force<br />
to You being Intelligence<br />
to You being Fortune<br />
to You giving Life</span></span></div>
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Maia and Volcan are linked to two different kind of underground-inferi
"heat" and "fire". Of course these "fire" and "heat" have to be
interpreted as occult and super-natural fire and heat rather than
physical, profane and vulgar phenomena. </span></span></div>
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The fire and heat sacralized by <b>Maia </b>show different features. Even in
this case, we are talking about occult, underground, hidden, infernal
forces but not linked to metals: "<i>everything depends</i>" however on these
forces. While the Vulcan's fire and heat burn and forge, the Maia's
ones do not burn and forge. This fire and this heat are subtle and mild.
These are continuos interior forces. This is a <i>fire without light</i>. This is a heat <i>coming from the inside</i> propagating everywhere underground wrapping up everything like a <i>mild fewer</i>. It is a sensation of something perpetually and slowly burning somewhere in an occult, remote and deep place inside the Earth.</span></span></div>
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It's better to define it "<i>tepor</i>" (warmth), rather than "heat", feeding all the Nature: it is a warmth generated by the "Earth's
Blood" moving from her Deep Heart and diffused everywhere underground
through the veins and capillaries of the Earth.</span></span></div>
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This <i>tepor </i>is at the base of life, growth and development of all
the expressions of Nature. Everything created, produced, emanated is
provided with a <i>tepor</i>, the Maia's warmth.</span></span></div>
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It is important to remind that Great and Small are the same: the macro
and micro dimensions are the same. For this reason the cosmic and Naural
dimensions are similar to the human one. </span></span></div>
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We can thus find this tepor in anything provided with Life: this warmth is
diffused through the body opposing to the cold status of Death. Not
surpisingly any sacrifice (i.e. a <i>libatio</i>) involves the act of burning the offering on a fire because it makes visible this foundamental aspect of life. </span></span></div>
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This tepor, generated by a fire without light, is also an enthusiasm, a
passion, a fervor. It is a warmth linked also to friendship and love
("warmly" is said in the common language). It is thus the warmth of love
opposed to the cold rationality. It is the warmth of the "sacred
breath" (<i>flamen</i>), pouring Life: it is the <i>sensation to be alive </i>(Genius-Juno). It is also the warmth produced by meditative and contemplation practices.</span></span></div>
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Maia is therefore a vital force irradiating in the Earth Depth as well as inside us through the blood.</span></span></div>
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Like the lava produced by a Volcano destroys everything but representing
however the foundamental base for the creation of an extremely fertile
field, similarly the living heat and fire of Maia can become a devastating
force when too powerful.</span></span></div>
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<i><br /></i>Carmelo Cannarellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-89846499161763243262018-05-01T23:44:00.001-07:002018-05-01T23:44:34.856-07:00Maia - Maggio<div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNLWEuzvsWu5d0jWCscy5PxOntO8KFpVIXYJ3LKCsR40CWiK1c1mlYN7FeogeUvonBgLZ4AKzC6UwVV-tQGn7i5Yx_KgNQ-foucD_lwU7MBe2J_t484M20uyxDIqNFJxFIxbn6EzYEKwI/s1600/lava.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" class="CSS_LIGHTBOX_SCALED_IMAGE_IMG" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNLWEuzvsWu5d0jWCscy5PxOntO8KFpVIXYJ3LKCsR40CWiK1c1mlYN7FeogeUvonBgLZ4AKzC6UwVV-tQGn7i5Yx_KgNQ-foucD_lwU7MBe2J_t484M20uyxDIqNFJxFIxbn6EzYEKwI/s320/lava.jpg" style="height: 183px; width: 275px;" width="320" /></a>Maggio è il mese dedicato al fuoco sotterraneo della Terra ed al mistero (ciò che
non è percepibile ed è ignoto).<br /><br />In particolare il mese è dedicato
alla Dea <span style="font-weight: bold;">Maia</span>, divinità
sotterranea (<span style="font-style: italic;">ctonia</span>) la cui
polarità maschile è <span style="font-weight: bold;">Vulcano</span>.<br /><br />Maia
è una <span style="font-style: italic;">Magna Mater</span> (da cui
deriva il termine <span style="font-style: italic;">Maiestas</span>) ed
è definita <span style="font-style: italic;">Stata Mater</span> (<span style="font-style: italic;">colei che arresta il fuoco</span>).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">E'
definita inoltre come "colei che dà le forme". </span></span></div>
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Dedico questa <i>comprecatio </i>di Gellio come invocazione a Maia.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Te,
Anna ac Peranna. Panda te lito Pales, </i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>
Nerienes ac Minerua, Fortuna ac Ceres</i></span></span><br />
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A Te piacciano le mie offerte</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
a Te che compi e a Te che perpetui il ciclo delle stagioni,</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
a Te che apri il seme e a Te che ne trai la spiga,</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
a Te che sei forza e a te che sei intelligenza,</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
a te che sei Fortuna e a Te che dài vita. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Maia e Vulcano sono connessi a due forme sotterranee-ctonie di "calore" e
di "fuoco". Ovviamente non si deve intendere fuoco o calore in senso
fisico, profano e volgare, ma di un fuoco e di un calore occulto. Poichè
siamo nel mese dedicato a Maia, posso ora solo accennare che il calore
ed il fuoco sacralizzato nella polarità maschile di <b>Vulcano </b>sono
energie primordiali della Terra capaci di "accendere e vitalizzare i
metalli". Si tratta di energie sotterranee legate quindi ai <b><i>metalli </i></b>(anche
qui in senso esoterico e non fisico), alle loro proprietà simboliche:
basta appena accennare al mito metallurgico di Vulcano (il forgiatore) e
alla simbologia delle armi da lui costruite. </span></span></div>
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Diverso è il fuoco ed il calore sotterraneo sacralizzato da <b>Maia</b>. Anche in questo caso ci troviamo di fronte a forze occulte, sotterranee, ma da cui "<i>tutto dipende</i>".
Mentre il fuoco ed il calore di Vulcano bruciano e fondono, quello di
Maia non brucia e non fonde. Si tratta di un fuoco e di un calore
sottili miti, continui, interiori, in particolare è un <i>fuoco senza luce</i>, il fuoco ed il calore presenti all'<i>interno</i>,
che si propagano sottoterra avvolgendo tutto come una debole febbre.
E' la sensazione di qualcosa che brucia incessantemente e lentamente da
qualche parte in un luogo occulto, remoto e profondissimo all'interno
della Terra. </span></span></div>
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Più che un calore è un "<i><b>tepor</b></i>", un tepore che alimenta
tutta la Natura: è il tepore generato dal "sangue della Terra" che parte
dal suo Cuore Profondo e si diffonde sottoterra ovunque attraverso vene
e capillari della Terra stessa. </span></span></div>
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E' un tepore ed un fuoco che danno la Vita, che accrescono e che
sviluppano. Tutto ciò che è creato, prodotto, emanato è dotato di
"tepor", il calore di Maia.</span></span></div>
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Poichè, bisogna sempre ricordarlo, ciò che è Grande è uguale a ciò che è
Piccolo, ritroviamo per analogia nel microcosmo e nella dimensione
umana ciò che è presente nel macrocosmo e nella dimensione della
Natura. </span></span></div>
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Lo ritroviamo come il tepore di tutto
ciò che è dotato di vita e che si diffonde su tutto il corpo
contrapponendosi al freddo della morte. Non casualmente il sacrificio
(ad es. la <i>libatio</i>) prevede di bruciare l'offerta sul fuoco, poiché
rende visibile questo fondamento della vita.</span></span></div>
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Questo <i>tepor, </i>che è emanato da un <i>fuoco senza luce</i>,<i> </i>è
anche un entusiasmo, una passione, un fervore. E' un calore che avvolge
che si lega anche all'affetto e all'amore ("calorosamente" si dice nel
linguaggio comune). E' il calore quindi dell'<i>affettività </i>che si contrappone alla freddezza della <i>razionalità</i>.</span></span></div>
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E' il calore del "soffio sacro" (<i>flamen</i>) che infonde la vita, è la <i>sensazione di essere vivi</i> (Genius-Juno) ed anche il calore prodotto da pratiche meditative e di contemplazione.</span></span></div>
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Maia quindi è una forza vitale che si irradia nei capilari delle profondità della
Terra così come all'interno di ciascuno di noi attraverso il "sangue".</span></span></div>
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Come la lava prodotta da un vulcano distrugge tutto al suo passaggio, ma
rappresenta la base per la creazione di un terreno fertilissimo, allo
stesso modo il calore ed il fuoco di Maia (<i>tepor</i>), può essere devastante, quando è troppo potente. </span></span></div>
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Carmelo Cannarellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-91265121887691081352018-04-20T02:06:00.000-07:002018-04-20T02:08:50.683-07:00April 21st: Dies Natalis Romae - Palilie<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I
have already written some reflections about this relevant day in the
Traditional Roman Calendar. I use this post to put them together... </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Rome has been founded on 21st april 753 b.c. over the Palatine by Romolus with a rite based on the delimitation of the <span style="font-style: italic;">templum </span>with a <span style="font-style: italic;">lituum</span>,
auspices' reading and interpretation, offering to Gods/Goddesses and
to Earth, delimitation of the sacred space with a lituum, construction
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the <span style="font-style: italic;">pomerium</span> (sacred border) traced on the ground with a plough's furrow, delimitation of the <span style="font-style: italic;">Via Sacra</span> around the <i>pomerium</i>.<br /><br />Through this rite <span style="font-weight: bold;">Rome became not only a physical space, but also a meta-physical space</span> where great sacred and divine energies and forces are concentrated. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Rome is thus not only a "place" but also a "meta-place".</span>
Thanks to this consecration, or a translation into the Divine
dimension, Rome may be the center of other religions but it will
remain the site of the Ancient Gods/Goddesses forever.<br /><br />Costantinopolis is the only city in the world founded with the same rite.<br /><br />__________________________________________<br /><br />This day is dedicated also to the ancient Goddess <span style="font-weight: bold;">Pale</span>, Goddess of shepherds, sheep farming and flocks.<br /><br />This is a <span style="font-weight: bold;">purification day</span> during which flat bread and milk are eaten and offered to this Goddess.<br /><br />At night straw fires are lighted.<br />In the past cattle was passed three times through these fires as a purification rite. </span></span></div>
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The day of April 21st is dedicated to the foundation of Rome and to the
Ancient Goddess of Pale. In many blogs there are detailed hystorical
descriptions about these importatn festivals. </span></span></div>
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It seems to me quite useless to add something else to this here also
because in this blog I'm trying to dismiss, whenever possible, the
hystorical rhetoric and to reconstructionism. I don't like also that in Rome these ceremonies have been quite essentially
biased on costume parades. Too much folklore; this is a carnival party.
That's all. </span></span></div>
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During a day like this a Cultor and a Cultrix should wonder what these festivities mean for them <i><b>today</b></i>, what meaning and sense these festivities may have <i><b>today </b></i>wondering also about the value we can assign <i><b>today</b></i>
to these festivals: which kind of contribution can these festivals
provide to our spirituality within the Traditional Roman Spirituality <i><b>today</b></i>?
I don't think that insisting on the purification of flocks can be
useful or understandable for us (except for someone involved in sheep or
livestock breeding).</span></span></div>
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Anyway. I ask to myself how it can be possible to spiritually live this
day and how this day can contribute to my spirituality for the days to
come. </span></span></div>
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I think that the Traditional Roman Spirituality today, among others, is a
kind of deep spirituality linked to the cult (practice) of the <b>Ancestors</b>. Role and meaning of Ancestors (also as metaphysical concept) strongly inspire this kind of Credo. </span></span></div>
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The foundation of Rome (its myth and the festivity dedicated to an
ancient Goddess) therefore recalls an idea of Ancestors, an idea of
Beginning, Origin, the birth of a Spiritual Tradition. This day evokes a
type of primordial humankind where Life is sacred, men and women are
strictly close to Gods and Goddesses (in a very broad sense). </span></span></div>
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We thus remind a Time when every action, gesture, thought were sacred.
This is a Time when the urban space where men and women live is
co-shared with Gods and Goddesses. Every man and woman are priest and
priestess because living is a sacred action, the city-village is a
Temple, every form and expression of the Reality reveals and discloses
the Divine Presence. And men and women can easily perceive the sacred <i>Breath </i>(flamen) of this Divine Presence.</span></span></div>
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In this <i><b>primal status</b></i> there is a pure, immediate, direct, plain <i><b>elementarity</b></i>: what is immensely great is like what is immensely small. Microcosm and macrocosm are the same. </span></span></div>
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I think that in this day (rather than dressing masks) it should be
better to direct our thoughts toward this concept of frugality, simplicity, primal status which
the idea of Ancestors and their cult materialize. We have to regain
this deep sense and meaning connected to these festivals, the real idea
of Ancestors (a concept we have completely lost) which must inspire our
everyday life. </span></span></div>
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We should daily reflect about these principles.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Ho
già scritto alcune riflessioni su questa importante data del calendario
tradizionale romano. Utilizzo questo post per metterle tutte insieme.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Il 21 aprile 753 a. c. Roma viene fondata sul Palatino da Romolo con un
rito che ha previsto la delimitazione del <i>templum </i>con un lituo,
lettura degli auspici, offerta agli Dei e alla Terra, delimitazione
dello spazio sacro con il lituo, costruzione del <i>pomerium </i>tracciato
nella Terra con un solco dell'aratro, delimitazione della Via Sacra
intorno al <i>pomerium</i>.<br><br>Attraverso questo rito <span style="font-weight: bold;">Roma diventa non solo uno spazio fisico, ma anche uno spazio metafisico </span>dove
si concentrano grandi energie naturali e forze divine. 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.<br><br>L'unica altra città al mondo fondata con il medesimo rito è Costantinopoli.<br><br>Giornata dedicata all'antica <span style="font-weight: bold;">Dea Pale</span>, Dea dei pastori, della pastorizia e delle greggi.<br><br>Giornata della <span style="font-weight: bold;">purificazione</span>
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. </span></span></div>
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Oggi si celebra la fondazione di Roma e la Festa della Dea Pale. Sui
blog si trovano dettagliate descrizioni storiche di queste due
importanti festività. </span></span></div>
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Mi sembra pertanto inutile aggiungere altro anche perchè in questo blog
sto cercando di rinunciare il più possibile alla retorica storica e al
ricostruzionismo. Non mi piace più di tanto che nella stessa città
di Roma questi festeggiamenti consistano essenzialmente in parate
in costume. Troppo folclore, troppo carnevale. Poca sostanza. </span></span></div>
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Insomma in una data come questa, il Cultor e la Cultrix di oggi si dovrebbero chiedere cosa significhino queste festività <i><b>oggi</b></i>: quale possa essere il loro più intimo significato e quale valore possiamo dare <i><b>oggi</b></i> a queste festività: quale contributo possano dare alla spiritualità Tradizionale Romana <i><b>oggi</b></i>. Non credo che la purificazione delle greggi (salvo qualcuno dedito alla pastorizia) ci possa aiutare più di tanto. </span></span></div>
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Quindi chiedo a me stesso in primo luogo come vivere spiritualmente
questa giornata e come questa stessa giornata possa contribuire alla
spiritualità per i giorni a venire.</span></span></div>
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Ebbene, penso che la Spiritualità Tradizionale Romana oggi sia, tra le
altre cose, una forma di spiritualità profonda legata al culto (pratica)
degli <i><b>Antenati</b></i>: il ruolo ed il significato degli Antenati (anche come concetto metafisico) ispirano fortemente questo tipo di Credo.</span></span></div>
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La fondazione di Roma (il suo mito e la festività di un'antica Dea)
quindi ci rimanda ad un'idea di Antenati, ad un'idea di Principio, di
Inizio, della nascita di una tradizione spirituale. Questa giornata ci
rimanda quindi ad un'umanità primordiale dove tutta la vita è sacra, in
cui uomini e donne sono strettamente vicini agli Dei e alle Dee (in un
senso estremamente ampio).</span></span></div>
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Veniamo rimandati ad un Tempo in cui ogni atto, ogni gesto, ogni
pensiero era sacro. Si tratta di un Tempo in cui lo spazio urbano degli
uomini e delle donne viene condiviso con quello degli Dei e delle Dee.
Ogni uomo e ogni donna sono sacerdoti e sacerdotesse perchè già lo
stesso vivere è un atto sacro, la città è essa stessa Tempio, tutte le
forme e le espressioni della Realtà rivelano la presenza divina. E di
questa presenza divina gli uomini e le donne ne percepiscono il Soffio (<i>flamen</i>).</span></span></div>
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In questa <b><i>primordialità </i></b>si trova un'<i><b>elementarietà </b></i>pura,
immediata, semplice, diretta: tutto ciò che è immensamente grande è
uguale a tutto quello che è immensamente piccolo. Quello che è in alto è
uguale a quello che è in basso.</span></span></div>
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Penso quindi che in una giornata come questa (piuttosto che mascherarsi)
si dovrebbe volgere i propri pensieri a questo concetto di
semplicità, frugalità e primordialità che l'immagine degli Antenati e del loro Culto
materializza. Si tratta pertanto di recuperare un senso ed un
significato profondo celato in queste festività, sul senso del concetto
di Antenati (un concetto che abbiamo quasi completamente smarrito) che
debbono ispirare la nostra quotidianità.</span></span></div>
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<span class="notranslate"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">During this period of the year, between March and April, the Nature is in a phase of great activity related to <i>generation </i>and <i>re-generation</i>.</span></span> <span class="notranslate"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The month of March in particular is dedicated to the male generating power linked to <b>Mars,</b> while April is a period dedicated to the sacred feminine generating force connected to <b>Venus.</b></span></span></div>
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Venus, because these aspects represent a distinctive element of
the Traditional Roman </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">Spirituality</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">as well as for the Traditional Spirituality as a whole.</span></div>
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order to understand this peculiarity it is important to remind that
monotheism depicts a god, alone, creating and separating the elements,
giving shape to the universe and modeling a man (not a woman...) with his
hands.</span></span> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">M</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">onotheism</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"> </span><span class="notranslate" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">therefore implies a substantial distance, an unbridgeable difference between the creator god and his creatures.</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"> </span><span class="notranslate" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">God, Nature and humanity are totally separated entities having nothing in common (in the past, in the present and in the future).</span></span></div>
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<span class="notranslate"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In the Traditional Roman </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">Spirituality</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"> </span><span class="notranslate" style="font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">creation is linked to a <i>generation</i> process highly depending on an act of <i>Love.</i></span></span><span style="font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"> </span><span class="notranslate" style="font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Everything
springs from an Union of Love between a God and a Goddess which are both
involved in generation: we have the same for all the beings of the
Nature and thus for humanity.</span></span><span style="font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"> </span><span class="notranslate" style="font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Divine, the Nature and the Mankind are united by this feature, by this force that attracts and binds all the Beings.</span></span><span style="font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"> T</span><span class="notranslate" style="font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">his
force, attracting and binding, is sacralized in the figure of Venus: this force keeps locked together the male and the feminine polarities, as
different components of a single whole Entity in all things (see the <i>yin-yang</i>) becoming the precondition of every union of Love,</span></span></div>
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<span class="notranslate"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Love is such a powerful force to render Death a key component of generation.</span></span> <span class="notranslate"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This meaning explains the definition of Venus as <i>Mors et Vita origo.</i></span></span></div>
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<span class="notranslate"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This
splendid Etruscan sarcophagus, more than any other explanation,
symbolically describes the power of this force, this bond of love that
unites the male and the feminine polarities "embraced" (as in yin-yang)
as a precondition for the re-birth and re generation from death.</span></span></div>
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being a common aspect to all "existing realities", this force of Love
makes reality "permeable": the Divine, Nature and Humanity are not
separated and distinct entities.</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"></span><br />
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<span class="notranslate"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">This</span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">common vital energy, that pervades the universe, renders Gods and Goddesses close to and <i>present</i> in men and women and <i>viceversa</i>.</span></span> <span class="notranslate"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">Similarly Nature becomes part of us and we are part of the Nature.</span></span> <span class="notranslate"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">The Divine lives within us and within the Nature and the Nature and humanity are similarly present</span> <i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">in</i> <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">the Divine</span></span></div>
Carmelo Cannarellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-304689635259424492018-04-06T03:02:00.000-07:002018-04-06T03:02:42.461-07:00Aprile: generazione<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In questo
periodo dell'anno, a cavallo fra marzo ed aprile, la Natura si trova in
una fase di grande attività connessa alla generazione e alla
ri-generazione. Il mese di Marzo in particolare è dedicato alla forza
generatrice maschile legata a <b>Marte</b>, mentre Aprile è un periodo dedicato alla sacralizzazione della forza generatrice femminile connessa a <b>Venere</b>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">E'
importante sottolineare il valore ed il senso della generazione espressa
da Venere, perchè rappresenta un elemento distintivo della Spiritualità
Tradizionale Romana così come per la Spiritualità Tradizionale nel suo
complesso.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Per capire
questa peculiarità basta ricordare che nel monoteismo viene
rappresentato un dio che, da solo, crea e separa gli elementi, dà forma
all'universo e che modella l'uomo (non la donna) con le sue mani. In tal
modo si evidenzia una distanza sostanziale, una diversità incolmabile,
fra il dio creatore e le sue creature. Dio, la Natura e l'umanità sono
soggetti totalmente distinti che non hanno, ne avranno, mai nulla in
comune.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Nella Spiritualità Tradizionale Romana la creazione è legata ad una <i>generazione </i>sempre dipendente da un atto di <i>Amore</i>.
Tutto scaturisce da un'unione di amore fra un Dio e una Dea che insieme
partecipano alla generazione: lo stesso avviene per tutti gli esseri
della Natura e quindi per l'umanità. Il Divino, il Naturale e l'Umano
sono accomunati da questa caratteristica, da questa forza che attrae e
lega gli Esseri. E' questa forza che attrae e lega, sacralizzata nella
figura di Venere, e che tiene avvinghiati il maschile ed il femminile,
come aspetti diversi di un unico Tutto presente in ogni cosa (vedere lo
yin-yang), il presupposto di ogni unione di Amore, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">L'Amore è
una forza talmente potente da rendere la Morte una componente
fondamentale della generazione. In questo senso si spiega la stessa
definizione di Venere come <i>Mors et Vita origo</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Questo
splendido sarcofago etrusco, più di ogni altra spiegazione, descrive
simbolicamente la potenza di questa forza, di questo legame di Amore che
unisce il maschile ed il femminile abbracciati (come nello yin-yang)
come presupposto per la ri-nascita e la ri-generazione dalla morte.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">Inoltre,
essendo un aspetto comune a tutto ciò che esiste, questa forza di Amore
rende la realtà "permeabile": il Divino, la Natura e l'Umanità non sono
entità separate e distinte. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">Q</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">uesta stessa energia vitale che pervade l'Universo fa sì che gli Dei e le Dee possano essere vicini e <i>presenti </i>negli
uomini e nelle donne e viceversa. Allo stesso modo la Natura diventa
parte di noi e noi parte della Natura. Il Divino è in noi e nella
Natura e la Natura e l'umanità sono in qualche modo presente </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">dentro </i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">il Divino </span></div>
Carmelo Cannarellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-89000852452966539802018-03-13T03:59:00.000-07:002018-03-13T04:09:30.479-07:00He-wolf and She-wolf<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name">
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<br />March is a period strongly permeated by the generating energy of Mars and Nerio. Symbol-animal of this generative force is the wolf and especially the she-wolf, highly shaping all the aspects of the traditional Roman culture and spirituality.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> It is almost superfluous to remember that the twins Romulus and Remus are abandoned and then a she-wolf breast-fed them with her milk and saved them from death. She becomes one of the main symbols of Rome. The symbology of the wolf can be found not only in the generation festivals (Lupercalia ) but also in the Roman army (the signifer and its magical-liturgical role).<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<br />In short, it is clear that there are many and complex aspects, issues and implications I certainly can not discuss in detail here. <br /><br /> One aspect I can now mention, even if just briefly, is the man-wolf and the wolf-woman. These particular figures were once very common in many areas of Central Italy: now they have been completely forgotten. In some cases they also gave life to the myth of werewolf and werewolves but things are much more complex. <br /><br /> In many mountain areas of the Central-Southern Apennines (but not only) the image of the wolf-men and the wolf-women were very deep-rooted as confirmed in many geographical sites' names. One relevant example is the sacred place of irradiation of Mount Soratte, a focal point of the worship of Apollo Soratus . This Deity of the woods had natural sanctuaries guarded by the Hyrpi and the Hyrpae, men and women dressed with wolf skins. <br /><br />This example has many similarities, albeit with remarkable differences, with other wild figures such as the Rex Nemorensis and Diana (Apollo's female polarity). Irpinia, Sora, Soriano nel Cimino, Sovana, Sorano, etc ... are all places connected with this God and with the wolf-men and the wolf-women. <br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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The symbolism of the wolf and the she-wolf, which is directly assumed by the wolf-men and the lupe-women, is twofold, as in other similar symbols. Surely there is a wild powerful force giving life as well as death (see my previous post on <a href="http://lases.blogspot.it/2016/12/bona-dea-fauna-2_20.html">Bona Dea</a>). It is important to highlight that the she-wolf of Rome is a mother who feeds, who saves two children (back Bona Dea): there is no ferocity, there is no violence. Not accidentally the she-wolf is associated with the sow : who knows the Roman sacred symbolism can easily interpret the correlation. <br /><br /> Men and women covered with skins of wolves and faces stained with animal blood have for centuries passed through the mountains and forests in central Italy, guardians of the secrets of trees, plants, animals and the deepest places in the woods. They were the personification of the sacredness of these places. Obviously, in the action of eradicating traditional culture and spirituality these figures have been associated with werewolves, witches, demons and the all the worst possible. The substitution of the ancient Gods and Goddesses with various saints and the current presence of satanic worships in these places are therefore the expression of the same hostile culture towards the traditional Roman spirituality we must reject without any hesitation.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Siamo nel mese di marzo, un periodo fortemente permeato dall'energia generatrice <b>Marte </b>e di <b>Nerio</b>. Animale simbolo di questa forza generatrice è il <b>lupo</b> e soprattutto la <b>lupa</b>, un animale che caratterizza marcatamente tutti gli aspetti della cultura e della spiritualità tradizionale romana. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">E' pressochè superfluo ricordare che i gemelli Romolo e Remo vengono abbandonati per poi essere trovati e nutriti da una lupa che diventerà poi uno dei simboli principali di Roma. Troveremo poi la simbologia del lupo non solo nelle festività di generazione (<i>Lupercalia</i>) ma anche nell'esercito (il <i>signifer </i>ed il suo ruolo magico-liturgico).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Un aspetto che però posso ora citare, sia pur brevemente, è quello dell'uomo-lupo e della donna-lupo. Si tratta di due figure molto particolari che un tempo erano molto comuni in molte zone del centro-Italia che oggi sono andate completamente dimenticate. In alcuni casi hanno dato anche vita al mito del lupo mannaro e dei licantropi. In realtà le cose sono molto più complesse.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Soprattutto in aree montane dell'Appennino Centro-Meridionale (ma non solo) l'immagine degli uomini-lupo e delle donne-lupe era molto radicata. Basta pensare ad un luogo sacro di irradiazione come il <b>Monte Soratte</b>, punto nevralgico del culto di<b> Apollo Soratus</b>. Questa Divinità dei boschi aveva dei santuari naturali presidiati dagli <i>Hyrpi </i>e dalle <i>Hyrpae</i>, uomini e donne che si coprivano di pelli di lupo. Per molti aspetti noto una certa somiglianza, comunque con le relative profonde differenze, con altre figure come il Rex Nemorensis e Diana (polarità femminile di Apollo). L'Irpinia, Sora, Soriano nel Cimino, Sovana, Sorano, ecc... sono tutti luoghi connessi con questo Dio e con gli uomini-lupo e le donne-lupe. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">La simbologia del lupo e della lupa, che viene direttamente assunta dagli uomini-lupo e dalle donne-lupe, è duplice, come del resto avviene per altri simboli simili. Sicuramente si manifesta una forza prorompente che dà la vita e che può togliere la vita (cfr il mio precedente post su <a href="http://lases.blogspot.it/2016/12/bona-dea-fauna-2.html" target="_blank">Bona Dea</a>). Non bisogna dimenticare che la lupa di Roma è una <i>madre </i>che nutre, che salva due bambini (torna Bona Dea): non c'è ferocia, non c'è violenza. Non è un caso che la lupa sia associata alla <i><b>scrofa</b></i>: chiunque conosca la simbologia sacra romana riesce a interpretare facilmente la correlazione. </span></span></div>
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Carmelo Cannarellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-47955370654515414562018-03-05T22:49:00.000-08:002018-03-05T22:49:03.723-08:00March<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name">
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as final rite of purification during the last day of February, on
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begins.<br /><br />March is thus a very important month characterized by
many celebrations, rites and festivals.<br /><br />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: <span style="font-weight: bold;">Mars </span>(Male
Polarity) and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Cybele</span> (Feminine
Polarity)<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Mars
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usually labelled as the God of War - is the
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He is symbolically Romolus' and Remus' father being in this way Father
of the Roman People. Mars is the Fecundating Male Energy, expanding
active energy: fecundating Earth,
Plants, Flowers, Fields, etc. He is defined as <span style="font-style: italic;">Marmor</span> (shining, gleaming) but more frequently as <span style="font-style: italic;">Marmar </span>(Reproductive Force of the
Nature) or <span style="font-style: italic;">Gradivus </span>(Fecundating
Vegetation).<br /><br />Sacred plants to Mars are: figtree and oak. Sacred
animals are: wolf, horse and woodpecker.<br /><br />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
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The Mars antique female polarity is <i><b>Nerio </b></i>but in the time course she tended to have a smaller and smaller importance.</div>
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fecundity (She-Fecundating). Cybele is by definition the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Great Mather</span>
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.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"></span>Cybele is the
perennial energy of the Nature renewal. She is the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Lady of the Plants</span>: pine, boxtree and
oak are sacred plants to Cybele. She is also the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Lady of the Animals</span>. Humans have
learnt from her how to cultivate corn and cereals.<br /><br />Cybele's
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<li>4 - 10 march: Ludi Megalesi</li>
<li>7 march: Mars' Agonalia, Iunonalia</li>
<li>9 march: Mars' Weapons</li>
<li>14 march: Equiria, Mamuralia</li>
<li>15 - 27 march: Megalesia, Anna Perenna</li>
<li>17 march: Liberalia</li>
<li>19 march: Mars' Weapons, Great Quinquatria (by 21st march)</li>
<li>23 march: Tubilustrium</li>
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Carmelo Cannarellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-31780747010512008322018-03-05T22:46:00.000-08:002018-03-05T22:46:26.866-08:00Marzo<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name">
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rito di purificazione durante l'ultimo giorno di Febbraio, con il 1
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è quindi un mese importantissimo e ricco di celebrazioni.<br /><br />Marzo
è interamente dedicato alla rinascita della vita e della Natura in
tutte le sue espressioni. Il mese è dedicato alle forze generatrici che
convergono nella polarità maschile di <span style="font-weight: bold;">Marte
</span>ed in quella femminile di <span style="font-weight: bold;">Cibele</span>.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Marte </span>-
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"generatore". E' simbolicamente padre di Romolo e Remo quindi padre del
Popolo Romano. Marte è l'energia maschile, energia in espansione
attiva che feconda: la Terra, le
Piante, i Fiori, i campi agricoli, ecc...<br />Viene definito <span style="font-style: italic;">Marmor</span> (splendente, luccicante), ma
più spesso <span style="font-style: italic;">Marmar </span>(forza
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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.<br /><br />Il suo simbolo è la <span style="font-style: italic;">Lancia</span>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Cibele</span> è la
polarità femminile della fecondità. Cibele è la <span style="font-weight: bold;">Grande Madre</span>
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...<br /><br />Cibele è l'energia perenne del rinnovamento della
Natura. Cibele è la <span style="font-weight: bold;">Signora delle
Piante</span>: a lei sono sacri il Pino, il Bosso e la Quercia. Essa è
anche <span style="font-weight: bold;">Signora degli Animali</span>. Da
lei gli uomini e le donne hanno appreso la coltivazione del grano e dei cereali.<br />I
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">1 - 6 marzo: Matronalia Fuoco di Vesta</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">4 - 10 marzo: Ludi Megalesi</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">7 marzo: Agonalia di Marte, Iunonalia</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">9 marzo: Armi di Marte</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">14 marzo: Equiria, Mamuralia</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">15 - 27 marzo: Megalesia, Anna Perenna</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">17 marzo: Liberalia</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">19 marzo: Armi di Marte, Grandi Quinquatria (fino al 21 marzo)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">23 marzo: Tubilustrium</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">February is dedicated to <b>purification</b>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">In this month, festivities, rituals and
festivals are focused on the memory of defuncts, magical animals, peaceful
activities, otium and sleeping. Any tool used for purification is named <i>februum</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">It is important to remind that the traditional year
will begin on March 1st: thus purification during February is necessary to
prepare the beginning of the new year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">This month is dedicated to <b>Februus </b>and <b>Februa
</b>(male and female numen of "The Purifying") who, being positive
energies, are opposed to <i>Febris </i>(The Fever), the negative energy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">The festivities during February are thus linked to
purification activities (for the body, spirit, sites, objects, etc.)</span></div>
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the purification of villages and cities and their public sites through a
circular procession holding a <i>februum</i> (a purification tool). The same
ceremony can be applied for home purification.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">This kind of public purification rite is not
(unfortunately) at present viable, but a private version of Amburbium can be
made to purify our private space at home. The Amburbium can be made walking
outside around the house (or, when not possible, inside the house) holding in
the left hand a <i>lituus (</i>or a <i>baculum) </i>and offering to
Februus/Februa milk, wine and water. During these days of purification, it's
better to refrain from eating meat and drinking alcohols and liquors. When
possible it's good to devote time to reflections and meditation. This
purification process should be considered of sort of therapy of purification
essentially based on the following principles:</span></div>
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</span></li>
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your own flight every day! At least just one moment which can be brief but
intense. Everyday a spiritual exercise, alone or with another person desiring
personal improving. Escaping the idea of duration and time. Trying to eliminate
passions, vanity, fame. Avoiding gossip, pity and hate. Loving the entire
community of free men/women. Becoming eternal, overcoming personal limits"</i>.</span></div>
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Februus/Februa re-adapting the invocation for the land purification from Cato (<i>De
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propitious to me, to my family, to my house. I offer to you this wine so that
you will keep diseases, desolation and all visible/invisible harms out of our
bodies, spirits and souls. Give well-being to me, to my family and to this
house. purify me, my family and my house".</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;"></span></div>
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13th - 21st - Parentalia</span></li>
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15th - Lupercalia</span></li>
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17th - Quirinalia</span></li>
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21st - Feralia</span></li>
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23rd - Terminalia</span></li>
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24th - Regifugium</span></li>
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27th - Equiria</span></li>
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28th - Februalia</span></li>
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Carmelo Cannarellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-76358070980309118142018-02-13T22:52:00.000-08:002018-02-13T22:52:52.702-08:00Febbraio<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Il mese di Febbraio è
dedicato alla <span style="font-weight: bold;">purificazione</span>.
Durante questo mese vengono ricordati i defunti, gli animali magici, le
attività pacifiche ed il sonno. Tutti gli strumenti di purificazione
si chiamano <span style="font-style: italic;">februum</span>.<br />
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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.<br />
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Il mese è dedicato a <b>
Februus </b>e <b>Februa </b>(il Purificatore/la Purificatrice) che, in quanto
energie positive, si oppongono a <b>Febris </b>(la Febbre) energia negativa.<br />
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le festività del mese sono quindi legate ad attività di purificazione
(del corpo, dello spirito, dei luoghi, degli oggetti, ecc...)<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">1 febbraio</span> - <span style="font-style: italic;">Amburbium</span>: festa di purificazione del villaggio o della
città e dei suoi luoghi pubblici tramite una processione circolare
tenendo in mano un <span style="font-style: italic;">februum </span>ovvero
uno strumento di purificazione. Stessa cerimonia per la purificazione
della casa.</span></div>
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L'Amburbium prevede un camminare
intorno alla casa (o al suo interno ove ciò non sia possibile) tenendo
in mano il lituo (o il baculum) e offrendo a Februus/Februa latte, vino e acqua.
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In questi giorni di purificazione sarà utile astenersi dal consumo della
carne e di alcolici. Quando possibile dedicare tempo alla riflessione e
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Questo processo di purificazione deve essere considerato una vera e
propria forma di terapia. Questa terapia di purificazione si deve basare
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">la ricerca</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">l'esame approfondito</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">la lettura</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">il silenzio </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">l'ascolto</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">l'attenzione</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">il dominio di sè</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">l'indifferenza alle cose indifferenti</span></li>
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Cito le parole di G. Friedmann: "Fare il proprio volo ogni giorno!
Almeno un momento che può essere breve, purchè sia intenso. Ogni giorno
un esercizio spirituale, da solo o in compagnia di una persona che vuole
parimenti migliorare. Uscire dalla durata. Sforzarsi di spogliarsi
delle proprie passioni, delle vanità, del desiderio di rumore intorno al
proprio nome. Fuggire la maldicenza. Deporre la pietà e l'odio. Amare
tutti gli uomini liberi. Eternarsi superandosi".</span></div>
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Una piccola invocazione a Februus/Februa riadattata dall'invocazione di
Catone per la purificazione dei campi.</span></div>
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Invocare prima Giano, poi Giove/Giunone quindi Februus/Februa libando
con vino. Chiudere l'invocazione citando Vesta.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>"Februus/Februa vi prego e vi chiedo di essere propizi a me, alla mia
famiglia, alla mia casa. Offro questo vino affinchè allontaniate la
malattia, la desolazione e tutti mali visibili e invisibili dai nostri
corpi e dai nostri animi. Date benessere a me, alla mia famiglia e a
questa casa: purificate me, la mia famiglia e questa casa".</i></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">13-21
febbraio - Parentalia</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">15 febbraio - Lupercalia</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">17
febbraio - Quirinalia</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">21 febbraio - Feralia</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">23 febbraio
- Terminalia</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">24 febbraio - Regifugium</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">27 febbraio -
Equiria</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">28 febbraio - Februalia</span></li>
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Carmelo Cannarellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-48943725064085586442018-01-10T00:26:00.002-08:002018-01-10T00:26:57.509-08:00January - Janus<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This month is entirely dedicated to Ianus, a male Divine Force, symbolizing the sacralization of the "beginnings", springs, doors and gates (Ianua)<br /><br />Ianus essentially sacralizes the "passage" both in space and in time unifying and connecting 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).<br /><br />Ianus' main symbol is a couple of keys: a golden and a silver key (Ianua Coeli and Ianua Inferi: solstices).<br /><br />Ianus' female polarities are Cardea, Iuturna and Diana.<br /><br />Main festivities in January are:<br /></span></div>
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<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">January 9th : Ianus' Agonalia</span></li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">January 11th: Iuturnalia</span></li>
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<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">January 22nd - 24th: Paganalia</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Therefore, not acidentaly this month, placed out of the King Numa' s sacred calendar (together with February), is situated at the beginnings of the year: this period is thus highly permeated by the Divine Energy of Janus. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Janus is an extremely complex Divine Force implying, being the sacralization of the beginnings, very difficult hermetic and iniziatic implications. In this post I can't discuss these aspects in detail but I hope to have the opportunity to analyze them in a more specific occasion very soon. </span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #404040;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040;">I include here some brief considerations I have made about Janus in a previous post I have written about the symbolic value and meaning of the </span><a href="http://lases.blogspot.it/2013/01/the-arch.html" style="background-color: white; color: #8b3200; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Arch</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"<i>Janus represents, among other, the sacralization of the "passage" in terms of space, time and initiation (the vessel). Related to Time, Janus is the sacralization of the moments of passage or "phase change" during natural cycles, in the human life, etc. Related to Space, doors, gates and all the sites representing a passage have a sacred energy embodied by Janus. Like the time passages, the spatial passages represent a phase modification, a fracture and a discontinuity: the door, for example, divides and put in contact two spaces having different identities. In particular the door of the Temple (both architectural and natural) is a break-point between an "in" and an "out".</i></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Therefore "passing through the door" is always a "dramatic" moment (in sacred sense): above all the passage through the "narrow gate" (observe the etruscan tombs or the ctonic sactuaries - palingenesis) and the bridges (structures unifying what Nature divided)."</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">All the traditional invocations for the worship of any kind of Deity should begin firstly invoking or citing Janus (while Vesta is usually cited or invoked in the final part of the invocation). Every beginning is therefore sacred to Janus: for this reason I here include the Versus Ianuli to be used for this scope.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />Dimon em cante,<br />Dimon deiuo sub plecate.<br /><br />O Zeul, ad oreso omnia.<br />Verom ad patulcie,<br />Cosmis es ianeos,<br />Ianes es duonos,<br />Ceros es Manos<br />Po meliosom regom.<br /><br /><br /><i>Let's sing the Gods' Father</i><br /><i>Let's invoke the Deities' God</i><br /><i>Sun! Rise to the world</i><br /><i>to the celestial Gate, you the sacred opener</i><br /><i>Your are the sacred gate keeper</i><br /><i>You are the good Ianes</i><br /><i>You are the benign He-Generating</i><br /><i>of more powerful Gods.</i><br /><br />(Carmen Saliare)</span></div>
Carmelo Cannarellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-20251718969482976572018-01-10T00:19:00.000-08:002018-01-10T00:27:31.762-08:00Gennaio - Giano<br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Il mese di Gennaio è interamente dedicato a <b>Giano </b>"Ianus", divinità maschile, che simboleggia la sacralizzazione degli inizi, delle sorgenti e delle porte (<i>Ianua</i>).<br /><br />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.<br /><br />Il simbolo di Giano sono due chiavi: una d'oro ed una d'argento a rappresentare rispettivamente Ianua Coeli e Ianua Inferi.<br /><br />Le polarità femminili di Giano sono Cardea, Giuturna e Diana.<br /><br />Le festività principali del mese di Gennaio sono:</span></div>
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<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">11 Gennaio: Iuturnalia</span></li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">12 - 15 Gennaio: Carmentalia</span></li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">22 - 24 Gennaio: Paganalia</span></li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">25 Gennaio: Sementina</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Non casualmente quindi questo mese, posto fuori dal calendario sacro del Re Numa insieme al mese di Febbraio, viene posto all'inizio dell'anno: tutto questo periodo è pertanto fortemente permeato dall'energia divina di Giano. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Giano è una Forza Divina estremamente complessa che, proprio perchè "sacralizzazione degli inizi" presenta delle difficili implicazioni ermetiche ed appunto <i><b>iniziatiche </b></i>che in questa sede non possono essere trattate. Mi riservo di dedicare uno spazio specifico al valore ermetico-iniziatico di Giano.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Intanto posso riportare alcune considerazioni che ho già fatto su Giano quando ho sommariamente trattato del valore simbolico dell'<a href="http://lases.blogspot.it/2013/01/larco.html" style="color: #8b3200; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Arco</a>.</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"Giano infatti rappresenta, tra l'altro, la sacralizzazione del "passaggio" in senso spaziale, temporale ed iniziatico (la barca). In senso temporale Giano sacralizza tutti i momenti, piccoli e grandi, di passaggio o "cambiamento di fase" sia nel corso dello svolgimento dei cicli naturali sia nella vita dell'uomo e della donna. In senso spaziale tutte le porte, i ponti ed i luoghi che materializzano un passaggio presentano un'energia sacra identificabile nella figura di Giano. Come avviene nei "passaggi temporali", anche i "passaggi spaziali" rappresentano un cambiamento di fase e comunque una frattura ed una discontinuità: la porta, ad esempio, divide e mette in comunicazione due spazi aventi identità distinte. In particolare la porta del Tempio (sia architettonico che naturale) costituisce un punto di interruzione fra ciò che è dentro e ciò che è fuori. L'attraversamento della porta rappresenta un "cambiamento di stato": ciò è rilevante per un luogo sacro come un Tempio, ma lo stesso avviene ad esempio per la porta di casa.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">L'"attraversamento della porta" è quindi sempre un momento "drammatico" (in senso sacro): soprattutto il passaggio attraverso la "porta stretta" (osservare le tombe etrusche o i santuari ctonii - palingenesi) ed i ponti (strutture che uniscono ciò che la Natura ha diviso)."</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Tutte le invocazioni tradizionali di qualsiasi divinità dovrebbero iniziare invocando o citando per primo Giano (mentre Vesta viene tradizionalmente citata ed invocata per ultima). Ogni inizio è quindi sacro a Giano: per tale ragione inserisco di seguito il Versus Ianuli da utilizzare per questo scopo.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Dimon em cante,<br />Dimon deiuo sub plecate.<br /><br />O Zeul, ad oreso omnia.<br />Verom ad patulcie,<br />Cosmis es ianeos,<br />Ianes es duonos,<br />Ceros es Manos<br />Po meliosom regom.<br /><br /><i>INNO A GIANO</i><br /><i></i><br /><i>Cantatelo, il padre degli Dei;<br />supplicatelo il Dio degli Dei.</i><br /><i>Oh, Sole, sorgi al mondo!<br />Alla porta del cielo, o tu che apri!<br />sei il gentile portiere;<br />sei il buon Ianes,<br />sei il benefico generatore.....</i><br /><i>di più "potenti Signori".</i><br /><br /><br />(Carmen Saliare)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This day is dedicated to the worship of 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<br /><br />In this peculiar day, named <span style="font-style: italic;">dies brevissimus</span>
(shortest day), the Ianua Coeli (The Sky Gates) are opened (the Ianus'
golden key) and light preavils again over the darkness. The biological
cycle of life begins again.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />The <span style="font-style: italic;">Lar Familiaris</span> is the "family's soul" whose symbol is the home firelight as in the case of Vesta Mater.<br /><br />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).<br /><br />The opening formula is as follows<br /><br />SACRA PRIVATA PERPETUE MANENTO<br /><br />Then the Ancient Invocation (Semones) of the Arvales:<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">E Nos Lases Ivvate (three times)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Neve Lve Rve Marmar Sins Incvurrere in Pleores (</span><span style="font-style: italic;">three times</span><span style="font-style: italic;">)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Satvr Fv Fere Mars Limen Sali Sta Berber (</span><span style="font-style: italic;">three times</span><span style="font-style: italic;">)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Semvnis Alternei Advocapit Conctos (</span><span style="font-style: italic;">three times</span><span style="font-style: italic;">)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">E Nos Marmar Ivvato (</span><span style="font-style: italic;">three times</span><span style="font-style: italic;">)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Trivmpe (</span><span style="font-style: italic;">five times</span><span style="font-style: italic;">)</span><br /><br />Afterwards,
a very frugal meal can be eaten based on a simple soup of spelt, broad
beans, lentils accompanied by simple flatbread and wine. Eating meat should be avoided.
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">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.<br /><br />In questo giorno particolare detto <span style="font-style: italic;">dies brevissimus</span> (giorno brevissimo) si aprono le <span style="font-style: italic;">Ianua Coeli</span>
ovvero le Porte del Cielo (Chiave d'Oro di Giano) e la luce torna a
prevalere sulle tenebre. Ricomincia il ciclo biologico della vita.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />Il Lar Familiaris è "l'anima della famiglia" il cui simbolo è il fuoco domestico, come nel caso di Vesta (Vesta Mater).<br /><br />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).<br /><br />La formula di apertura della cerimonia è la seguente:<br /><br />SACRA PRIVATA PERPETUE MANENTO<br /><br />Quindi si reciti l'antica invocazione (Semones) dei Fratelli Arvali:<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">E Nos Lases Ivvate (tre volte)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Neve Lve Rve Marmar Sins Incvurrere in Pleores (tre volte)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Satvr Fv Fere Mars Limen Sali Sta Berber (tre volte)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Semvnis Alternei Advocapit Conctos (tre volte)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">E Nos Marmar Ivvato (tre volte)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Trivmpe (cinque volte)</span><br /><br />Successivamente
si può consumare un pasto frugale a base di una minestra di farro,
fave e lenticchie accompagnata da semplici focacce e vino.<br /><br />Evitare tassativamente la carne.
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