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[[File:Pallas Athene.JPG|thumb|Statue of Pallas Athena outside the Austrian Parliament Building, Vienna]] | <languages /> | ||
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'''Pallas Athena''', the Goddess of Truth, is a tremendous being of light who ensouls the cosmic consciousness of Truth. | '''Pallas Athena''', the Goddess of Truth, is a tremendous being of light who ensouls the cosmic consciousness of Truth. | ||
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She later kept the Mother flame of truth in ancient Greece, as that temple and that temple flame were transferred from Atlantis to that land. She served as directress of the temple virgins and oracles at [[Delphi]], who were messengers of the gods and goddesses who spoke Truth and the wisdom of the Law to the ancients. Pallas Athena and the members of the [[Brotherhood]] sought to keep alive the inner mysteries of the retreats. The memories of the gods, the functions of the temple virgins and the oracles of Delphi were the last vestiges of communication from the ascended masters in the Greek culture. After the closing over of those sources due to the discord and rebellion of the people, we begin to trace modern thought reaching and culminating in what manifests today as humanism. | She later kept the Mother flame of truth in ancient Greece, as that temple and that temple flame were transferred from Atlantis to that land. She served as directress of the temple virgins and oracles at [[Delphi]], who were messengers of the gods and goddesses who spoke Truth and the wisdom of the Law to the ancients. Pallas Athena and the members of the [[Brotherhood]] sought to keep alive the inner mysteries of the retreats. The memories of the gods, the functions of the temple virgins and the oracles of Delphi were the last vestiges of communication from the ascended masters in the Greek culture. After the closing over of those sources due to the discord and rebellion of the people, we begin to trace modern thought reaching and culminating in what manifests today as humanism. | ||
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[[File:Atena giustiniani, copia romana da originale greco.JPG|thumb|upright|left|Roman copy of an original Greek sculpture of Pallas Athena]] | [[File:Atena giustiniani, copia romana da originale greco.JPG|thumb|upright|left|<translate>Roman copy of an original Greek sculpture of Pallas Athena</translate>]] | ||
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== In ancient Greece == | == In ancient Greece == | ||
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According to the traditions of Greek mythology, Pallas Athena was the favorite daughter of Zeus, the powerful father of the Gods and king of Mount Olympus. Her mother was the Goddess Metis, whose name means “thought” or “intelligence.” Metis was believed to be so wise that she knew more than all the gods and men together. | According to the traditions of Greek mythology, Pallas Athena was the favorite daughter of Zeus, the powerful father of the Gods and king of Mount Olympus. Her mother was the Goddess Metis, whose name means “thought” or “intelligence.” Metis was believed to be so wise that she knew more than all the gods and men together. | ||
Zeus was warned that if he had children with Metis they would be more powerful than he and would eventually dethrone him. Thus, when Metis became pregnant with Athena, Zeus swallowed Metis in order to prevent the child’s birth. Soon after, Zeus became afflicted with a violent headache. He went to the smithy god Hephaestus, who split his skull with a bronze ax in order to relieve the pain. Out sprang the bright-eyed Athena in full armour, shouting triumphantly and brandishing a sharp spear! | Zeus was warned that if he had children with Metis they would be more powerful than he and would eventually dethrone him. Thus, when Metis became pregnant with Athena, Zeus swallowed Metis in order to prevent the child’s birth. Soon after, Zeus became afflicted with a violent headache. He went to the smithy god Hephaestus, who split his skull with a bronze ax in order to relieve the pain. Out sprang the bright-eyed Athena in full armour, shouting triumphantly and brandishing a sharp spear! | ||
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[[File:1200px-Acropilos wide view.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|The Acropolis and the Parthenon]] | [[File:1200px-Acropilos wide view.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|<translate>The Acropolis and the Parthenon</translate>]] | ||
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The birth of Athena from the head of Zeus can be seen as symbolic of her rational temperament. Her very nature reflects the triumph of reason over passion, as she is consistently unmoved by the emotions of passion or romantic love. Her father is the most powerful and her mother the wisest of the gods and goddesses. Athena is thus a product of the union of power and wisdom. | The birth of Athena from the head of Zeus can be seen as symbolic of her rational temperament. Her very nature reflects the triumph of reason over passion, as she is consistently unmoved by the emotions of passion or romantic love. Her father is the most powerful and her mother the wisest of the gods and goddesses. Athena is thus a product of the union of power and wisdom. | ||
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{{MTR}}, s.v. “Pallas Athena.” | {{MTR}}, s.v. “Pallas Athena.” | ||
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