2200 BCE The Vernal Point, marking the Spring Equinox, is with the
Pleiades (31) that is, in the constellation Taurus, making the
Autumnal Equinox of the Egyptian New Year in the constellation Scorpio.
Around this time in the Middle
Minoan Period is the establishment of the early palace of Phaestos, Crete.
Construction of a second palace will begin c1700 BCE. Near Phaestos, a
decorated sarcophagus shows scenes of the death rites of this time. (55)
An alternative date for the Vernal
Point arriving at the cusp of constellation Aries is 2160 BCE. (99) The
following year [2159] is the estimated time of a total eclipse over Memphis
during the ancient Egypt Dynasty VIII. (240.
241)
The Pleiades, or the 7 sister stars,
will be accented in the future Druidic ‘May Feast of Life’ and the ‘November
Feast of Death’, which correspond to the Equinoxes and the two aspects of the
Mother Goddess. Prayers will be made before the Pleiades on November 1, a date
that will eventually become ‘All Souls Day’ and later ‘Halloween’.
The Pleiade
Stars in the constellation of Taurus.
c2100 BCE GUDEA
as ruler of the Sumerian city state of Lagash and reasserts the power of Sumer.
This event is followed by the reemergence and rise of the city of Ur, followed
by that of Babylon. (96) Gudea is called the ‘Shepherd of Ningirsu’. (173)
At the same
time, UR-NAMMU is king of Ur in
Sumer; his son is called Shulgi. Ur-Nammu aids the resurrection of Sumerian
superiority and begins a final dynasty of Sumerian kings. Ur-Nammu builds the
biggest and finest ziggurat in the land. His written Laws indicate an
enlightened ruler-ship. Ritual Lyres are ornamented with Bulls, symbols of
strength and fertility. These bulls have beards of Lapis Lazuli, (96) a stone also
important to the Egyptians for jewelry, decoration and statues.
Harp of Ur. Used to sing praise to goddess Inanna
By about this
time Sumerians and Semites are well integrated in Mesopotamia but with the
Semites probably dominating politically. (173) A Code of Law from the Akkadian kingdom of Eshnunna,
resembles the Covenant Code of the Bible. (173)
Gradually,
Mesopotamia is subject to intrusions of people from the east and west, namely
the Amorites and the Elamites, who are the ancestors of the Persians. (102)
2095 SHULGI (2095-2048) king of the Third Dynasty of UR, builds a
ziggurat at Eridu. (181)
2081 BCE ABRAHAM
the Hebrew, is also known as Abram or Father Oraham. He is King of Ur and a
Chaldean initiate. [166] Some give his date as c1300 but Abraham, as possibly a
composite character, is generally thought to have an historical date some time
before 2081. (84) Abraham is looked upon as the father of the Israelite
people (Hebrews/Jews) and is also honored by Christians and the Moslems as
their spiritual ancestor, and a model of faith in God. He the first great
patriarch of Israel, and often referred to as Father Brahm, which name is
apparently based on the Indian Brahma. Abram married his half-sister Sara
(later called Sarah) whose name means ‘Queen’ and is a reference to the
original Mother Goddess. (13) Possibly
these two characters of Abram and Sara, symbolize the Sun and Moon, and the
influence of these cosmic bodies on the living Earth and its inhabitants.
Abraham is
versed in Babylonian star law and carries the Egyptian Hermetic philosophy in
its Babylonian form, and which harbors the seeds of the Hebraic language. (242) Abram left Ur under divine inspiration and went to the
city of Harran. This is a location of the Sabians/Sabeans or star worshippers.
From Haran/Harran Abraham travels to Canaan, where he lives as a nomadic
chieftain. Canaan will become known as Palestine in the future, named after the
ass god Pales/Pan/Set, who is the disguised goddess Diva Palatua or Vesta. (13)
Abraham has a
son, Ishmael, by his wife’s Egyptian slave Hagar/Agar, and later a son, Isaac,
by his lawful wife Sarah. Sarah’s jealousy caused Hagar and Ishmael to be
ostracized. Ishmael’s descendants will be a Bedouin tribe called the Hagarites
and nomadic Arabian Ishmaelites, who will form the Biblical Twelve Tribes.
Abraham
took his other son Isaac to the spot designated by God to offer him in sacrifice as a symbol of his commitment. This place is an outcrop of rock on
Mount Moriah and destined to become the altar place of the Temple of Jerusalem.
(222) Also, known as Mount Zion, it will become the
site of the first Jewish temple to be built in the future by King Solomon, and later
function as a center for the Knights Templar.
Hebrew
tradition attributes the book of wisdom, ‘Sepher Yetzirah’ to Abraham who lived
when the pole star was Thuban of the constellation Draco (3500-2000 BCE).
Earth’s pole reached its closest to this star c2800 BCE indicating that Draco
was ‘the King on his Throne’ at this time, that is, the controller and pivot of
the universe. (232)
QUEEN
SHABIB (SHEBA) as the earthly
embodiment of the moon, reigned on the Sinai Peninsula at the time of Abraham, and
at the place where Moses will later receive the covenant that unites him to the
god Yahweh. Shabib will build Nisib and Edessa and establish the sanctuary of
Harran where is kept an idol of gold called Sin, the Moon-god of Sinai. The Egyptians knew the land of Sheba as Punt
or Ophir. Sheba’s capital is Marib (Mariaba) with a moon temple at Almaqah,
where priestesses are known as ‘Sabeans’ and priests are known as ‘Mukarrib’
(kindred of the moon). Queen Shabib is one of a long succession of matriarchal
Queens of Sheba and who are the fore-runners of the future King Solomon’s
‘Queen of Sheba’. (13)
Mythology
says that Harran was built by Nimrod and is the site of the death of Tammuz. Harran
will eventually pass through the hands of varying conquerors, from the
Babylonian Empire, the Persian Achaemenid dynasty, the Macedonian conqueror
Alexander the Great, and the Arabic Seleucid rulers; eventually to be located
in the country of Turkey. [328]
The
inhabitants of Harran will continue their ‘Pagan’ worship when Christianity
takes hold in the 4th century CE. Under Muslim threat in the 9th
century CE, the pagan Hurrans will adopt the name of Sabians, as they become
modified by Hellenic, Persian and other influences. Harran will remain a famous
site of ancient ‘beehive’ houses and will be the birth place of the future
Gnostic Mandean sect.
