11 11 Phenenomon

For whoever that has a strange tingling feeling whenever they saw a clock, watch or anything that you can say indicated the day's time, have you ever really think about it?

Dunno, but for the one that doesn't want to know about it. Please don't read this article any longer for your own sake.

11:11 signals are driving me nuts!

Not really. Dunno about others, but why do you fear or scared this kind of amazing unexplainable phenomenon?

Hey, what will you see when you look on the twin towers of the world trade center? The date of the incident? The one that struck that twin was American Airlines Flight '11' And many more. I just too lazy to add it.

Hell, I even put 11 to my E-mail without knowing why did I do that. My name also had many 11 in them. Now, at least three times a day it will appear whenever I'm trying to see what time it is. Surely, that's lovely.

There are many more about that in the internet. Just search it.

Oh, my opinion for that number is... like a thief, it will come to human when they don't expect it. When you drop your guard and it will come to you. ? Why do I feel seeing this kind of line somewhere? Must be my imagination.

Here is a good place for that, though there are many more.

http://board.1111angels.com/

The Doppelgänger

The Doppelgänger has had a long history in mythology both contemporary and ancient. The Norse vardøger was seen as a symbol of foreboding and death for the viewer. Often, these apparitions are held with the same fear and reverence as other ghosts. Doppelgänger in literal German is derived from the words “Double” and “Goer.” To see the face of your own doppelgänger, it is said, is to see your own death. But it wasn’t simply anyone who saw the dreaded doppelgänger, as many famous people saw them as well, including presidents.

Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein, had her own brush with the paranormal when her husband Percy approached her after seeing his own image. Percy had previously had visions of encountering his double who approached him and asked, “How long do you mean to be content?” This encounter happened in June, and on the 8th of July Percy drowned. Also associated with his doppelgänger was a dream of a flooded house where Percy was drowning. Mary Shelly wrote this account of her husband while grieving over his loss.

Not all doppelgängers, however are actually seen by the apparition’s counterpart. On one occasion, John Donne saw the ghostly apparition of his still living wife pass through his room twice holding a dead child in her arms. This event was on the same night as her wife’s miscarriage as he was staying the night in Sir Robert. Though Sir Robert told him he had merely been dreaming, Dr. Donne told him that the event had been quite real and while he was still waiting to go to bed. He then went on to say, according to the account of Izaak Walton, that the second time the apparition passed through his room she looked over at him and vanished.

And it was a doppelgänger which was one of Lincoln’s own predictors of his reelection and eventual death in office (according to Mary Todd Lincoln). As Lincoln laid down on the couch the day of his first election as president, in an old mirror on the other side of the room he caught the image of his own face, then next to it his face a double, paler in complexion than the first and sickly looking. He moved, and the face moved. As he got up to inspect the mirror it vanished. He then sat back down on the couch to see the object reappear. In the excitement of the presidency, Lincoln found himself forgetting about the object until later when he attempted to reproduce the conditions of the experiment again. In doing so, he found that once again the image appeared to his eyes, although he did try to show the image to his wife, she never was able to actually see it, though she did tell him it was a harbinger of his second term in office and then eventual death. So how is it possible that a ghost could manifest if the phantom is based on a person who is already alive? Why is this less common than apparitions of the deceased?

The Power of Intentions

A recent study into the power of influencing the environment through thought was conducted in Tokyo where a group of people focused their intentions on water and got astounding results. The ultimate goal of the experiment is to develop a sort of psionic healing that is based in hard sciences. This scientific discovery will finally vindicate what spiritual healers have been practicing for thousands of years.

The study began when a group of 2,000 test subjects were assembled and told to focus their “intentions” on a container of standing water in California to make it more aesthetically pleasing to observers. In addition to the room with standing water in California, there were other containers of standing water in other rooms that the group and scientists in Tokyo were never told about. These containers were the control, making this a double blind study. Then, as the collective intentions of the group somehow manipulated the water, it was frozen and a third party was brought in to compare the frozen “intention” sample and the frozen control samples for aesthetic appeal. What the scientists found was that the intention sample had a distinct statistical preference when hundreds of witnesses gave their blind opinion, not knowing the nature of the experiment or which (if any) of the three frozen blocks of ice had any difference.

What was the nature of the preference, however? And by what means was this communication taking place? There has been documented in the past a distinct collective consciousness of living organisms, particularly within the same species. Birds are able to fly in massive flocks that appear so cooperative and uniformed that they can be mistaken at a distance for a single ghost-like creature or even a cloud of smoke. Yet these are creatures that are somehow able to perform complex aerial maneuvers even while completely surrounded on every side by other birds trying to maneuver similarly. What makes them all cooperate so well? In addition, studies have documented birds who will suddenly have great insight into how to solve a puzzle as long as another bird has solved it before and within a certain range, even if the two birds are unaware of each others’ existence and never interact with one another.

Of course these intention experiments don’t betray any knowledge that hasn’t already been held by spiritual healers for generations upon generations. The very act of wishing someone well, without any background in shamanistic intentions has long been thought to be able to contribute to healing. Support networks are perhaps important even beyond the simple positive feedback they are attributed.

Alternately, negative feedback seems to have an effect as well. Those who are not properly protected can find themselves “attacked” by mysterious energies that they know little or nothing about, or are even unaware of altogether. Intention has been credited since mysticism was first acknowledged as being an incredible power both from and for human beings. And it seems that science is finally catching up and realizing that information is power for more reasons than were previously understood.

The Sumerian Legend of Lilith

The following text was translated from an ancient hebrew version of the Sumerian legend of Lilith (called Lilitu in Sumerian). Lilith is an agricultural/fertility goddess, her myth is found in over 100 different religions and has numerous variatians on her name (Lilit, Lolita, Lilitu, Lilith). For example in the ben-Sira version of the Bible Lilith is the first wife of Adam and in Greek mythology she is the goddess of the dark moon (Artemis is the goddess of the full moon).

There are 30 stanzas and 150 lines in this epic poem. I have taken several poetic liberties in order to make the text easier to read (the translated version uses many archaic words that are rarely used).


Basically, this is a different version of Lilith that most people know. Please like it as I do so. :D



Before the stars were born
Before people built great cities
The great mountain Atlen shook
And bled fiery blood
As it gave birth to Lilitu

The land all around burned
Many animals and people died
When Lilitu opened her eyes
Lilitu saw the ashes of her birth
And wept tears like rain

Lilitu's tears became rivers and streams
Flowers grew where Lilitu walked
Trees grew where Lilitu sat
The ashes became fertile soil
And an orchard became Lilitu's home

In Lilitu's orchard many animals are
People came to live in paradise
Lilitu gave them grain and taught them to harvest
Lilitu made bread and beer
The people rejoiced, ate and drank

One day a great prince came to the land of Atlen
He spied Lilitu and wooed her
But Lilitu spurned and rejected him
The great prince became very angry
He spied two lions and killed them both

Lilitu wept for the lions
She cradled their heads in her arms
The lions awoke to her tears
The lions licked away her tears and became strong
They became Lilitu's loyal friends

The great prince saw this
And again he wooed Lilitu
But Lilitu became a bird
She flew away from him
Angry, the prince began hunting birds

Lilitu saw this and was upset
To spite the prince she spat at him
And mated with a serpent
Lilitu gave birth very quickly
Her child was like no other

The child had six arms
The child had a serpent's tail
The child was very strong
Lilitu called the child a marilitu
The Marilitu attacked the great prince

The great prince and the marilitu fought
The fought day and night
For night after night
And day after day
But neither could win the fight

Lilitu saw this and mated again
Another marilitu was born
And another and another
Two hundred and sixteen were born
In fear the great prince ran away

The people of the orchard rejoiced
The marilitu's farmed the land
The marilitu's protected the people
But the great prince swore vengeance
He cursed the mountain Atlen and its land

Atlen became angry at this curse
The mountain and the land shook
Atlen shook and bled and cried
Its fiery blood made fires
And its tears made floods

Afraid Lilitu turned into a great bird
She grasped people in her feet
She carried animals on her back
The marilitu's and the lions carried people too
Together they fled the land of Atlen

Lilitu went west and east
Lilitu went north and south
Finally she came to dry land
The people thanked Lilitu greatly
The people built statues in her honour

Lilitu wept for her lost home
Her tears formed two rivers
The rivers joined together
They flowed into the ocean
The people grew grain by the river

The people grew great orchards
They built buildings and towers of stone
The people grew healthy and the land rich
Merchants from far places travelled there
News of the wealth of the land grew

The great prince heard of the land
He sent his heralds to inquire of its lady
But Lilitu fed his heralds to her lions
The great prince sent an army
But the marilitu's destroyed his army

Finally the great prince went
When he saw the beautiful orchards
When he saw the six-armed marilitus
The great prince knew the lady was Lilitu
In fear he disguised himself as a woman

The great prince went to Lilitu's temple
His disguise fooled the people
But the lions knew his scent
The two lions warned Lilitu
So Lilitu prepared a trap

Lilitu summoned thirty-six young men
She filled a hall with thirty-six silver platters
She ordered thirty-six beasts slaughtered
At last she was ready
She invited the people to the feast

People came from all over the land
The great prince came too
The great prince arrived in disguise
But Lilitu knew him eagerly
She welcomed him as an honoured guest

The great prince accepted her hospitality
He sat before all the people
The thirty-six young men were brought forth
"Please choose a man," Lilitu commanded
Not wanting to be rude the great prince chose one

Lilitu bade the great prince to sit beside the young man
The silver platters were brought forth
The people feasted on the meat of thirty-six beasts
Great gifts were brough forth
Lilitu gave the gifts to the great prince

Confused the great prince accepted
Then the feast was finally over
Curious, the great prince questioned Lilitu
"Do you always give such grand gifts to strangers?"
"Only when someone is married," Lilitu answered

Realizing what had happened the great prince became angry
He ripped off his disguise
He drew his sword and his dagger
"Why have you made me marry this man?" he demanded
"Because you can never marry me," Lilitu answered

Enraged the great prince attacked Lilitu
The two fought endlessly for Lilitu was very strong
Whenever the prince would get too bold
Lilitu would change into a bird
The great prince fell to the ground and wept in despair

The great prince professed his love
He promised that he would never quit
He prepared to cut his own throat
Finally Lilitu grew tired of this game
She felt pity for the great prince

"I will grant you one kiss," Lilitu declared
Desperate the great prince accepted
The moment the great prince's kiss had been dealt
His body flooded with life and then death
So great was the pleasure of one kiss that he died

Lilitu wept for the great prince
But the great prince remained dead
Saddened Lilitu knew she could never love
No mortal man could taste her kiss and live
Her tears brought life, but her kiss brought death







Notes:

Atlen means "paradise", so the words "Atlen mountain" roughly translates as "mountain paradise".

The fiery blood is obviously lava from a volcano, Atlen was evidently volcanic.

Etlen or Eten is the Egyptian word for "paradise". It is also the same word used to describe "Eden" and also "Atlantis". The Lilith myth seems to be a combination of both myths, likely before it split into separate ideas.

Fact: Ashes make good soil for planting.

In Buddhism, lotus flowers grew wherever Buddha walked.

Its important to note that Lilith doesn't seduce the prince. He merely falls in love with her beauty and pursues her.

The two lions are frequently found flanking Lilith in sculptures.

Sumeria (where modern Iraq is now) is the first location that domesticated grain was grown, and also the invention of beer and bread.

Lilith is often depicted as having the feet and wings of a bird.

The serpent in this myth could be the basis for the serpent found in the biblical version of Adam/Eve. Ancient believers in Judeo-Christianity borrowed heavily from previous religions in order to create a new religion, but often demonized symbols of other religions.

Sculptures of mariliths are extremely rare. Many were destroyed because newer religions believed they were demons.

Six seems to be a sacred number to Lilith. The mariliths have six arms, the 36 platters and the 216 mariliths that were born.

Every religion has a great flood myth of some kind.

The two rivers is believed to be the Tigris and the Euphrates, which stretch all the way from the Persian Gulf to modern Turkey.

The towers mentioned are believed to be the ziggurats found in Iraq.

Lilith's kiss of death is the source of the succubus myth, but its interesting to note that it kills men based upon the idea of "too much life/too much pleasure". Its also interesting to note the sadness, for the story seems to be a lament for the goddess and her loneliness.

10 of Some Gruesome Fairy Tale Origins

Fairy tales of the past were often full of macabre and gruesome twists and endings. These days, companies like Disney have sanitized them for a modern audience that is clearly deemed unable to cope, and so we see happy endings everywhere. (Personally that's suck)

This list looks at some of the common endings we are familiar with or not– and explains the original
gruesome origins. If you know of any others, be sure to mention it in the comments – speak up.

But fairy tales are fairy tales after all. It's just the true first edition or probably the darker edition is still exist in the depth of Tartarus. Who knows?

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The Pied Piper

In the tale of the Pied Piper, we have a village overrun with rats. A man arrives dressed in clothes of pied (a patchwork of colors) and offers to rid the town of the vermin. The villagers agree to pay a vast sum of money if the piper can do it – and he does. He plays music on his pipe which draws all the rats out of the town. When he returns for payment – the villagers won’t cough up so the Pied Piper decides to rid the town of children too! In the darker original, the piper leads the children to a river where they all drown (except a lame boy who couldn’t keep up).

In most modern variants, the piper draws the children to a cave out of the town and when the townsfolk finally agree to pay up, he sends them back. Some modern scholars say that there are connotations of pedophilia in this fairy tale.

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Little Red Riding Hood

The version of this tale that most of us are familiar with ends with Riding Hood being saved by the woodsman who kills the wicked wolf. But in fact,the original French version (by Charles Perrault) of the tale was not quite so nice. In this version, the little girl is a well bred young lady who is given false instructions by the wolf when she asks the way to her grandmothers.

Foolishly riding hood takes the advice of the wolf and ends up being eaten. Or sometimes the wolf make the riding hood indirectly cannibalized her own grandmother. And here the story ends. There is no woodsman – no grandmother – just a fat wolf and a dead Red Riding Hood. The moral to this story is to not take advice from strangers.

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The Little Mermaid

The 1989 version of the Little Mermaid might be better known as “The big whopper!” In the Disney version, the film ends with Ariel the mermaid being changed into a human so she can marry Eric. They marry in a wonderful wedding attended by humans and merpeople.

But, in the very first version by Hans Christian Andersen, the mermaid sees the Prince marry a princess and she despairs. She is offered a knife with which to stab the prince to death, but rather than do that she jumps into the sea and dies by turning to froth mercilessly without the prince care about that fact.

Hans Christian Andersen modified the ending slightly to make it more pleasant. In his new ending, instead of dying when turned to froth, she becomes a “daughter of the air” waiting to go to heaven – so, frankly, she is still dead for all intents and purposes.

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Snow White

In the tale of snow white that we are all familiar with, the Queen asks a huntsman to kill her and bring her heart back as proof. Instead, the huntsman can’t bring himself to do it and returns with the heart of a boar. Now, fortunately disney hasn’t done too much damage to this tale, but they did leave out one important original element: inthe original tale, the Queen actually asks for Snow White’s liver and lungs – which are to be served for dinner that night! Also in the original , Snow White wakes up when she is jostled by the prince’s horse as he carries her back to his castle – not from a magical kiss.

What the prince wanted to do with a dead girl’s body I will leave to your imagination you naughty teenagers. Oh – in the Grimm version,the tale ends with the Queen being forced to dance to death in red hot iron shoes! What in the hell?

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Sleeping Beauty

In the original sleeping beauty, the lovely princess is put to sleep when she pricks her finger on a spindle. She sleeps for one hundred years when a prince finally arrives, kisses her, and awakens her. They fall in love, marry, and (surprise surprise) live happily ever after. But alas,the original tale is not so sweet (in fact, you have to read this to believe it.)

In the original , the young woman is put to sleep because of a prophesy, rather than a curse. And it isn’t the kiss of a prince which wakes her up: the king seeing her asleep, and rather fancying having a bit, rapes her. After nine months she gives birth to two children (while she is still asleep). One of the children sucks her finger which removes the piece of flax which was keeping her asleep. She wakes up to find herself raped and the mother of two kids. Suck eh?

5

Rumpelstiltskin

This fair tale is a little different from the others because rather than sanitizing the original, it was modified by the original author to make it more gruesome. In the original tale, Rumpelstiltskin spins straw into gold for a young girl who faces death unless she is able to perform the feat. In return, he asks for her first born child. She agrees – but when the day comes to hand over the kid, she can’t do it. Rumpelstiltskin tells her that he will let her off the bargain if she can guess his name. She overhears him singing his name by a fire and so she guesses it correctly. Rumpelstiltskin, furious, runs away, never to be seen again. But in the updated version, things are a little messier. Rumpelstiltskin is so angry that he drives his right foot deep into the ground. He then grabs his left leg and rips himself in half. Needless to say this kills him.

4

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

In this heart warming tale, we hear of pretty little goldilocks who finds the house of the three bears. She sneaks inside and eats their food, sits in their chairs, and finally falls asleep on the bed of the littlest bear. When the bears return home they find her asleep – she awakens and escapes out the window in terror.The original tale (which actually only dates to 1837) has two possible variations. In the first, the bears find Goldilocks and rip her apart and eat her. In the second, Goldilocks is actually an old hag who (like the sanitized version) jumps out of a window when the bears wake her up. The story ends by telling us that she either broke her neck in the fall, or was arrested for vagrancy and sent to the “House of Correction”.

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Hansel and Gretel

In the widely known version of Hansel and Gretel, we hear of two little children who become lost in the forest, eventually finding their way to a gingerbread house which belongs to a wicked witch.The children end up enslaved for a time as the witch prepares them for eating. They figure their way out and throw the witch in a fire and escape. In an earlier French version of this tale (called The Lost Children), instead of a witch we have a devil. Now the wicked old devil is tricked by the children (in much the same way as Hansel and Gretel) but he works it out and puts together a sawhorse to put one of the children on to bleed (that isn’t an error – he really does). The children pretend not to know how to get on the sawhorse so the devil’s wife demonstrates. While she is lying down the kids slash her throat and escape.

Energetic children for capable for their first kill with open up their victim throat.

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The Girl Without Hands

Frankly, the revised version of this fairy tale is not a great deal better than the original, but there are sufficient differences to include it here. In the new version, a poor man is offered wealth by the devil if he gives him whatever is standing behind his mill. The poor man thinks it is an apple tree and agrees – but it is actually his daughter. The devil tries to take the daughter but can’t – because she is pure, so he threatens to take the father unless the daughter allows her father to chop off her hands. She agrees and the father does the deed. Now – that is not particularly nice, but it is slightly worse in some of the earlier variants in which the young girl chops off her own arms in order to make herself ugly to her brother who is trying to rape her. In another variant, the father chops off the daughter’s hands because she refuses to let him have sex with her.

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Cinderella

In the modern Cinderella fairy tale we have the beautiful Cinderella swept off her feet by the prince and her wicked step sisters marrying two lords – with everyone living happily ever after. The fairy tale has its origins way back in the 1st century BC where Strabo’s heroine was actually called Rhodopis, not Cinderella.

The story was very similar to the modern one with the exception of the glass slippers and pumpkin coach. But, lurking behind the pretty tale is a more sinister variation by the Grimm brothers: in this version, the nasty step-sisters cut off parts of their own feet in order to fit them into the glass slipper – hoping to fool the prince. The prince is alerted to the trickery by two pigeons who peck out the step sister’s eyes. They end up spending the rest of their lives as blind beggars while Cinderella gets to lounge about in luxury at the prince’s castle snot at them whenever she see them.

The moral? Think for it yourself.

Contributor: JFrater with edit