Re: VMs: Re: Strega, Grigori, four seasons, four stars etc...

[Pamela Richards <spirlhelix@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi, Nick

The earliest attribution of the four Watchers is to
the Persians in roughly 3000 BC.  Apart from
archaeological evidence, this time frame makes sense
if you take the current position of Regulus at 29 Leo
and subtract 76' for every one hundred years, which is
the approximate rate of precession.  Regulus
approaches Cancer 00, the summer equinox, in the 3000
BC millenia.

I tried to do the calculations, but I may be off due
to changes in the civil calendar, which I did not
account for. I found Regulus would have been at 00
Cancer in approximately 3836 BC.  

What are your dates for Etruscan culture?

Warmly,

Pam  

--- Nick Pelling <nickpelling@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Rene,
> 
> At 03:54 28/08/2004 -0700, Rene Zandbergen wrote:
> >Cute typo in Fomalhaut :-)
> 
> Wasn't mine, I just passed it on how I found it. :-o
> 
> >Anyway, it is again of interest to know from when
> >and where this identification of these four stars
> >originates.
> 
> My guess is that, generally in line with what Pamela
> Richards describes, 
> it's very old - and quite possibly Etruscan. I also
> find it interesting 
> that we've also discussed whether the crowned Leo
> zodiac nymph might 
> signify Regulus. :-)
> 
> Regardless, I continue to search...
> 
> FWIW, the worst thing about the whole Strega/Wicca
> thing is - as should be 
> fairly obvious already - there's not only a paucity
> of original sources 
> (apart from witchcraft trial transcripts, which may
> be somewhat atypical), 
> but also an entire modern layer of neopagan
> myth-making on top, trying to 
> reconstruct deep world-religions from the multiple
> streams of pagan 
> thought. Unfortunately for us, this whole neopagan
> "research programme" has 
> the effect of making it hard to determine what is
> (and what is not) "real 
> history". *sigh*
> 
> Cheers, .....Nick Pelling..... 
> 
> 
>
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