Saxons in Ireland

In 1999 the Irish Times ran a piece featuring the work of archaeologists who had been digging an area of Dublin once occupied by the Viking. They found underneath the Viking Settlement a Saxon dwelling. Logic tells us that this would not have been a single dwelling but part of a Saxon settlement which was either found, or the archaeological dig stopped there. I am aware that there is no record of the Saxons being in Ireland, but there may be another explanation for this.

Here is a modern map of Ireland, and Dublin can be seen on the east coast in the County of Leinster. In considering Ireland we should take into account that the area now Ulster was occupied by the Scots, and this area was far larger than the Ulster of today. The mythology of this area comes under the Ulster Cycle. It is the Leinster area that we are interested in. Now take a look at the ancient map from the first century CE drawn up by Ptolemy -

You will notice that the area now known as Leinster was occupied by a tribe known as the Cauci; this tribe is clearly the Chauci who were yet another Germanic Tribe here in these islands at this time. However, this tribe is of interest to us since they lived in Germania between the River Ems and Elba, and were related to the Angles and Saxons. It is thus quite possible that this tribe were the ones that give us the 'Saxon Dwelling' in Dublin. The Saxons were a confederation of tribes and the Chauci seem to have been absorbed into this in later times. 

There are also other notable tribes in Ireland who also dwelt in England & Wales -

The Gangani - We have looked at these in regard to the Tegeingl/Deceanglii and here they were in Western Ireland, before moving over to Leinster. The Gangani are usually said to have been in Connaught, but here they seem to have been in the area of Limerick in Munster.

The Hiberni - These gave their name to Hibernia which was once a name used of Ireland.

The Brigantes - also dwelt in Northern England.

The Coriondi - May be the same as the Coritani who lived in the Mercia area.

In regard to the Gangani there seems to be a problem here since some scholars have noted that they moved from the mainland across into Western Ireland which was the only area free for them. They are recorded as living in the area of West Gwynedd whilst the Tegeingl lived in East Gwynedd and Anglesey, with the Ordovices in between. But they are also recorded (and not shown on Ptolemy's map) as living in the Leinster area of Ireland. 

Tribes of Early Britain

The Chatti or Catti.

The Chatti were a Germanic Tribe who dwelt in the area of the Weser in Lower Saxony. They were described as fearsome warriors by the Romans, and they joined with the Cheruscans under Arminius to defeat the Roman Legions of Varus at Teutoburg Wald. They were famed for using infantry in battles. After they had again clashed with the Romans and in the process slew a Roman General they were banished from their lands. Moving northwards and westwards into Holland, some settled there. Another section moved across the seas into Northern Scotland. 

This section occupied the area known as Caithness which was originally (in the 1st Century CE) known as 'Cattiness'. They became the 'Chattan Clan' from which the following Scottish Clans came from through intermarriage between the Chatti and the Picts -

The Chattan Clan - Kethi, Keychti, Keths, or Keiths, and thus the Keith Clan.

The Earls of Chatti or Sutherland.

The McPhersons.

It seems that a section of the Chatti moved south into England around 76 CE. Now, there is a point here that seems to have been overlooked, and that is why a part of this Germanic Tribe should have left the rest in Holland to move across the waters into a strange land to them. There was already a tribe known as the Chatti based in Surrey, another tribe called the Catuvellauni in West Essex, and the Cassi in Middlesex, all tribes whose names fit with those of the Chatti in Germany, and other like-named tribes around them - the Chattuari in Northern Germany who moved over the Rhine as a Frankish people, and the Chasuari mentioned by Tacitus. 

The Attacotti.

Why should a people move across the seas leaving others behind in Holland? Maybe they moved because there was already a presence in Northern Scotland of the Chatti, whom they would have been in close contact with as kinfolk. The name 'Attacotti' has never been explained, and these were part of a Pictish Kingdom. But there is a Gothic word 'atta' which means 'father', thus making Atta-Cotti 'Father Cotti', maybe a corruption of 'Father Catti'? The Gothic link is important as I will show. It would seem that the Chatti of Surrey were held to have been here since the Bronze Age, so the 1st Century CE move southwards may even have been related to a move nearer these people of the same kin. 

Were the Attacotti a Germanic Tribe? Well, they were said to be a different tribe to the Picts, the latter being made up of the Dicalydones (Caledonians) and the Verturiones. We have to remember that these are Roman names using the suffix 'iones'. An alternative name for this tribe was the Vecturiones so, leaving out the Roman suffix we have Vectur which may well be related to the Vecta who is one of the Ancestral Names of the Oiscingas of whom Hengest and Horsa of the Jutes were descended. It is relevant (and important to this argument) to recall that they claimed a descent from the Goths.

Going back to the Chatti in Northern Scotland, one of the Pictish Kingdoms was called Got which was translated in the Irish texts as Cait. Thus Got and Cait are one and the same names referring to the Chatti. Another version of the Attacotti is the Atecutti. We have to remember too that at some time during the 4th Century CE there was a Saxon invasion of the Orkneys, recorded in a poem from around 400 CE by Claudian - "The Orkney Isles with Saxon Blood were wet". Again, during the 5th Century CE another invasion of Orkney is recorded, in which Octa (son or grandson of Hengest) and Ebussa led the raids. 

The confusion over the Chatti stems also from the typical Greek use of the term 'Celtic' for the Germanic Tribes; the Greeks referred to the Chatti as 'Celtic', using the alternative of 'Kenni' - a name which sounds like the Cenimagni who were a 'minor' tribe here in England, but whose name itself suggests a link to the Iceni of East Anglia. We have to be wary here though since the Chatti seem to be linked to the Totem of the Cat, but many of the Iceni coins have the Wolf, and seem to be linked to the later Wuffingas or 'Sons of the Wolf' who were linked to Sweden. There seems to be some kind of 'continuum' in East Anglia, suggesting a link between the Iceni and Wuffingas, maybe some common origin back in the mists of time. 

Here the connection to the Goths may well come in; there are certain ancient tribes whose name is connected to the Goths -

The Goths,

The Geats,

The Getae,

The Jutes. 

We should recall here that there was a presence of Goths in the area of Gotaland in Sweden, and this name is pronounced 'Yotaland' which suggests that 'Jute' may well be a rendering of the same sound. There is also a 'Kategut' in Sweden. The problem here is whether the original Chatti name derives from 'Cat'; an emblem of the Chatti is a cat but we cannot say whether this was their original Totem. The 'Ch' in the name could well be sounded as the Scottish 'Loch' which would make the sound different from 'Catti'. We do know from records that two kings of Chatti origin were named Gethus and Gothus both suggesting 'Goth'. Gaut was a by-name of Woden which was probably the case with Geat. 

Although this may not be relevant the title of 'The Buddha' was Gauthama, who was of the Sakya Tribe of Northern India, sometimes linked to the Sacae (Greek), Sakae (Persian) and the Sacae-Sani (Roman). If all of these are related in the far distant past then we can go even further east to find links between tribes with similar names. 

The problem lies once again with the dogma imposed by established scholars whereby there was no Germanic Tribes here in these islands before the Romans came. There is also a problem in that Germany has a similar outlook to historians; we are told that the Celts occupied Germany, and that presumably (like the Anglo-Saxons) the German Tribes 'supplanted' these Celts. No-one seems to know where the Celts went to, so we can assume that this is another piece of misinformation brought down to us. The use of the terms 'Germanic' and 'Celtic' is rather confusing since most were one and the same, perhaps with varying dialects and fashions. But the problem lies with the misuse of the term 'Celtic' by scholars in order to suppress our Germanic origins and history. 

We can understand this with nations such as the Scots, Welsh and Irish since due to the usurpation of the English Aristocracy by a Norman-Breton Aristocracy (aided by English traitors within the English Aristocracy) the English were used to further the conquest of the Norman-Bretons in these islands. In time the other nations must have been forced to try to share a common ancestry in the 'Celt's, despite the fact that Scotland has some 50% Germanic-Norse origins, and the actual language of the Scots is Old English. (The language of the Gaels to the North is Gaelic.) But today this does not apply, and the Anglo-Saxon Aristocracy (apart from the section that moved eastwards and took up a role in the Varangian Guard of the Eastern Empire, some of whom settled in 'New England') merged into the Common Folk of England, where they remain today in the English Blood. What is left of the 'British Aristocracy' are the ancestors of the Norman-Breton Barons. Wales and Ireland had a proportion of Germanic Ancestry as we have shown before, and Northern Ireland. Two world wars against the Germans did not help us either, for prior to this the English regarded themselves as Teutonic. 

There is also the problem that the term 'Pict' was not used until around the 3rd Century CE, and no people of this name had been recorded before this time. The name, as some suggest, may have been a Roman one used because they painted themselves with 'pictures', but this is a guess. The name Caledonii seems to have been used for these people by the Romans, but again this brings in yet another complication. Caledon was an ancient city-state in Aetolia which was in Western Greece, and according to one source a wave of Greek migrations took place around 1250 BCE which included the Caledonians. This puts the idea of the Picts being Scandinavia into question, although they may well have originated in the North.  

With the above in mind, however, there are similar-sounding names to the Tuatha de Danaan in the Danaoi (Greece) and the Danavas (India). There is also an ancient tribe of Western Europe called the Taezali whose name may be related to the Thessalonians. It is also the case that some Welsh names are actually Greek, the name Myrrdyn being a typical example, being from the Greek 'myriad'. 

There is also a stone called the 'Daniel Stone' in Northern Scotland, showing a Wolf seemingly swallowing the head of a man, or perhaps a god - Woden? We have seen in another article how a tribe in Gaul - the Suissones - had a similar motif on their coins. 

I believe that some people have linked the Chatti to the Hittites. The name Khatti was given to Western Anatolia and the term Khatti was used by the Assyrians for the Hittites. The Egyptians called them the Kheta and the Greeks the Ketioi. The Hittites were an Indo-European people it would seem, or at least spoke an Indo-European tongue. This is as far as we can go with this because there is no evidence to link them together. One of the stumbling-blocks we face here is that of 'British-Israelitism' which steps in to sown the many of these ancient tribes descended from the 'Lost Tribes of Israel', which comes in handy for an agenda where the Aryan Aristocracy is supplanted as it has been today. 

Another point here is that the terms 'Welsh' and 'Gael' are usually rendered as 'foreigner' and as I have said of the English use of the term it does not make sense to see an indigenous people being called 'foreign' to incoming invaders. In Irish Lore the term 'Fingaill' and 'Dubhgaill' were used for 'Fair Foreigner' and 'Dark Foreigner', of peoples from outside who settled there. The words 'wealas' and 'gael' must therefore have a common origin from a common tongue. 

We should also take into account that since we know that a catastrophic change came to the ancient land of At-al-land in the North-West the peoples of this land may have scattered far and wide, thus breaking up tribal groups into smaller, scattered groups, maybe moving as far as the East. Some would have remained on pockets of land still above the waters, thus leaving behind the same tribal groups in these islands. Without recognising this catastrophic event we cannot understand these ideas. 

There is one thing that stands out clearly with the Picts, and that is they had a non Indo-European means of descent which was through the maternal line rather than the paternal line. This is why the disappeared from view since their Royal Lines were absorbed into the Scots and other tribes of the North. This type of lineage is alien to the Aryan Tribes which means that they may have been influenced from outside, hinting that they cam from more southerly areas of the world. Whatever the case here, it does shown that tribal names such as this are not passed down unless they are passed through the paternal line. 

Note: This article was inspired by an email sent by CMR, a US Folk-Comrade who mentioned the 'Chatti'. 

Note: There is also the possibility that the 'Atta-Cotti' were the 'Atta-Gotti' which would make sense since the word 'atta' is Gothic for 'father'. The Catti, Chatti and Attacottic could thus have been Goths - the 'Men of God'. (Added February 19th 2019.)

Ar-Kan Rune-Row

Ar-Kan Rune-Row

Hamasson sent this design to me and since it is a good way to show everyone the Ar-Kan Rune-Row I thought that I would post this straight away. For those who are not too familiar with this I shall list the rune-names below. The system is split into Four AEttir each section with eight runes, and the Gar-Rune ('Spear of Woden') represents the Cosmic Axis and Spiritual Centre -

Feoh 

Ur

Thorn

Os

Rad/Rit

Ken/Kan

Gyfu

Wyn

Haegl

Nyd

Is

Ger/Year

Eoh

Peorth

Eolhs

Sigel/Sieg

Tir/Tiw

Beorc

Mann

Eh(w)/Ech(w) - 'ch' as in 'Loch'.

Lagu

Ing

Daeg

Edhel

Ac

AEsc

Yr

Ior (Pronounce all of the letters)

Ear (Pronounce all of the letters)

Cweorth/Sweorth

Calc (hard 'c')

Stan

GAR

The rune-staves are those we use as standard, with certain variations in some of the runes, variations which suit whatever reason we are using them for. The two runes which have changes are the Haegl-Rune and the Stan-Rune; the alternative runes are shown below -

Haegl-Rune

Stan-Rune

Ar-Kan Rune-Lag

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The Fire of Ingwe - Part One

"By coming forward, he (Agni) has created kingship. He has conferred on you majesty and victory over your enemies."

Atharva Veda 13.1.4-5.

I have equated Agni with our own Ingwe because after years of study the two seem connected with the same Mystical Fire which is associated with Kingship and with Immortality. The Fire of Ingwe is the 'Solar Glory' or 'Solar Victory' and is a metaphysical reality and not mere symbolism. This 'Solar Glory' is the hvareno of the Persians. In Vedic Lore we find Agni-Vaishvanara as the Spiritual Fire that leads conquering kings to victory. This was associated with 'good fortune' and thus to the Heil recorded in Germanic Lore. At first there seems no link between Heil - meaning 'whole' etc. - and 'fire' but when we note that the Heil Salute invokes the Ken-Rune, the Rune of Fire, this becomes clear. This is associated with Sieg  and with 'Victory'. 

The 'Solar Glory' or Hvareno is said to belong 'to the Aryan Nations, born and unborn, and to the Holy Zarathustra'. In Persian Lore the Eternal Conflict is between the Arya and the Turanians (*) and in one legend it is a Turanian Shah who tries to steal the 'Glory' from a lake but it is Kai Kushrau the Aryan Shah who receives it by Divine Right. The tale is that of Hama chasing Loki after he has stolen the Brosingamen Necklace ('Necklace of Fire') and dived into a lake, into which Hama dives to retrieve the stolen necklace. This is the Necklace of Freya. The Persian Goddess known as Ardvi Sura Anahita is the equivalent of our own Freya, for it is she who owns the Hvareno just as it is Freya who owns the Necklace of Fire. 

(*) The Turanians are the Persian equivalent to the Vedic 'Dasyus' and the Eddaic 'Joten'.

The 'Fire of Kingship' is inherent in the Ken-Rune which has the following important concepts -

King - cyning/konungr/The Kon. The Sacral King.

Kin - the 'kin' and the 'king' are one.

Ken - Knowledge, wisdom and understanding bring this 'Kingly Glory'.

Kun - The 'Serpent-Fire' or 'Fire of Ingwe' which is the Kundalini or 'Candle Fire' which lies within the burial-mound of the AEthelinga (English Rune-Poem). The 'Chan' or 'Serpent' to which Votan belonged - the 'Race of the Serpent'. 

Kon - The highest caste as given by Rig-Hama (Agni-Ingwe). 

Kan - The Fire-Dragon or Fire-Serpent; the 'Khan' or 'Divine King'. 

Maegan and Hael (Heil) are qualities of the Sacral Kingship, especially the latter which meant 'luck' or 'good fortune', but which in esoteric terms denoted this Mystical Fire which is the Hvareno or 'Glory of Light'. In the 'Lay of Rig' we find that Rig teaches Runic Knowledge to the contender for Sacral Kingship. 

I have shown before how both Hama-Heimdall and Ingwe have many similarities; there are also overlaps with Woden too. We find in the Holy White Stone of Ing that the 'Gift of Ing' is Fire, and here the Ken-Rune is carved as an 'inverted Y' which is the Sacrificial Fire and the Sacrificial Smoke that sours towards the heavens and the Gods. This Sacrificial Fire is the link between Midgard and Asgard, as is the Bifrost Bridge and also Heimdall who links Man to the Gods. The Rune of Hama is the Man-Rune.

I am not going into the links between Agni-Ingwe-Hama-Woden but here I shall list some of the concepts attributed to Agni/Fire in the Vedas, through the work of Sri Aurobindo (*) -

• Agni - The Inner Fire,
• The Mystic Fire that raises Man to the Immortal, to the Great Heaven,
• Agni is Higher Truth and the Path to Higher Truth,
• Agni is Truth (satyam), Right (rtam), and Vast (brhat),
• He is the One Truth, the One Reality,
• The Flame of Agni is the Seven-Tongued Power of the Will,
• God of Knowledge,
• Mediator between Earth and Heaven (Midgard and Asgard), the 'Messenger' and the 'Traveller',
• Primal Word of the Truth,
• The force that pervades all - Agni Vaisvanara,
• Purifying Fire,
• Son of Force. Son of Energy,
• The 'Immortal Messenger',
• The 'Child of Energy',
• 'Wide-Seeing' 'Seer of the Word',
• Tongue of Flame/Ageless Flame/Flame of Energy/Flame-Seer/Ageless Fire/The Shining One/Fire that has come forth from the Truth.
• The Winged Flame/God of Force and Fire,
• The Flame - Child of Light.
• Light of the Sun-World,
• Lord of the Brilliant Flame,
• Guardian of the Immortals.
• Twice-Born Agni,
• Child of the Waters, the most Strong and Mighty Fire,
• 'Flame in Man',
• 'Fire, the Son of Force',
• Immortal Fire,
• The Divine Traveller,
• Rider of the Golden Chariot pulled by Red Horses,
• The Golden Fire/The Luminous One
• The Ancient One/The Young One/The Youth/Youngest of the Gods
• The Flaming Arrow, High-Kindled, Universal Fire,
• Priest of the Call, Priest of the Word, Lord of the Sacrifice,
• The Horse of Power/Steadfast in Light,
• Golden-tusked/'...like a beast with golden beard and tusks of bright purity..'
• Fire who dwells in the house, master of the house...,
• The Sacrificial Flame,
• The Hawk of the Heavens,
• The Mighty One,
• Priest of the Word/ Carrier of the Offerings/Knower of all things born,
• Flame born in Heaven/Flame born of the Waters/'Twice-Born',
• Slayer of Darkness
• Terror of the Destroyer/ Enemy of the Forces of Darkness and Chaos/ Enemy of the Forces of Division, of Lies and Deceit. Enemy of the Demon-Sorcerers.
• Flame-Seer/ Son of the Wideness.
• Fire of the Gelded Horse/Fire born from Atharvan,
• The Living son of the Stone.
• The Bringer of the Soma (as the Hawk).

These are enough to shown how Agni has many of the attributes of Woden, Hama and Ingwe, and many of the ancient Vedic Hymns are to Agni. Agni is seen to be the Fiery-Force that flows within plants and trees (sap) and the blood of Man. He is the 'Inner Fire' that gives life to us, for when we grow cold we die. As Rig-Manu he came to father the Castes of Aryan Man whence the 'Divine Spark' was placed within each of these Aryan Castes. Agni, like Hama, is associated with a 'Golden Necklace'.

Agni is sometimes referred to as Angiras and associated with him are the Angiras or Angirasas. The name is directly linked to Ang-Eng-Ing, the roots of Ingwe. Not only that, Agni-Angiras is said to be a 'messenger' or 'traveller' since he is the god who mediates between Man and Gods. Is it thus a coincidence that the 'messengers' of the Greek Legends were called 'angels'? That is what the term means, a term misused by the Christians, and today distorted anew by a new breed of 'New Agers' and 'Pagans'. The Greek aggelos, pronounced 'angelos' means 'angel' and I have mentioned how Ygg and Yng could be seen as linked - the link between Ygg (Ancient Name of Woden) and Yng (Ingwe).

The Chariot of Ing is most likely the Great Bear or Waen which has Seven Stars; the Sacred Number 7 is attributed to Agni over and over again. Agni is the 'Driver of the Waen' and thus perhaps Bootes, the constellation of Ingwe. Agni is associated with the Ram (Heimdall) and the Boar (Ingwe) as we see in the concepts outlined above. He has a 'Golden Necklace' and we find Hama seeking and retrieving the lost Necklace of the Brisingas, the property of the Goddess Freya. This necklace is the Necklace of Fire which is taken from the Waters. Ingwe is the Hero-God who is 'Born of the Waters' and arises from the Great Deep (Waters of Dissolution). 

We can perhaps gleam more knowledge of this through a rather unsavoury source - Aleister Crowley. As I have said before, I do not condone his life-style, nor his work, but I do see something important in his Book of the Law, and it is to this that I seek this knowledge.

We have seen the links between Horus and Ingwe, and in the Book of the Law Horus is featured in Part II as Hadit. This is, I believe, a Chaldean name, here used for some unknown reason within an Egyptian Text. Hadit is the Centre of the Sphere which is everywhere whilst his 'bride' is Nut/Nu/Nuit who is the circumeference which is knowhere found. The 'Centre which is everywhere and the Circumference which is nowhere' feature heavily in the works of Miguel Serrano, though I don't think he was a fan of Crowley. 

The key to this is in the statement -

"I am the Flame that burns in every heart of man, and in the core of every star. I am Life and the Giver of Life..."

This is the basis of the Vedic God, Agni, who is the Flame of Life that burns within all life. He is termed 'the axle of the wheel' which is interesting since Agni is kindled from the friction of the Fire-Wheel around its Axle. He is of 'Force and Fire', as we see in Agni. He is also seen as a 'Snake that giveth Knowledge and Delight and Bright Glory...' which can also be seen as Ingwe (Serpent) and Agni (Bright Glory and Delight). 

Hadit is also said to be the 'Secret Serpent coiled about to spring' which is the Fire-Serpent or Kundalini, also associated with Agni-Ingwe. Just as Agni is both of Heaven and Earth, so is Hadit said to be one with Nuit when he lifts his head, and one with the Earth when he droops his head. Hadit is, like Agni, not associated with 'reason' but with the 'Will' -

'If Will stops and cries Why, invoking Because, then Will stops and does nought.

If Power asks Why, then is Power weakness.'

Hadit is the 'secret centre' and seems to have been symbolised by the Winged Globe, and he is the Winged Secret Flame. We have seen how Horus is the 'Hawk-Headed God' and Agni is also seen as a Hawk. The Winged Secret Flame is the Fire-Serpent. This is the Secret Fire that is within us, and this is the Fire of Ingwe. Hadit is called the 'Winged Snake of Light'.

In Crowley's Book of the Law we find the Stele of Revealing mentioned; this was (at least some decades ago when I visited Egypt) housed in the Cairo Museum, numbered 666 (significant to Crowley, of course). It shows Nut/Nuit arched over Hadit (the Winged Globe). Below these are (to the left) the figure of Horus as the 'Hawk-Headed God' with the Solar-Disc above his head.

There seems to be a problem in that Hadit is equated by Crowley with Horus, or an aspect of Horus he calls Heru-Ra-Ha which is a 'combination of twin gods' named Ra-Hoor-Khuit (**) and Hoor-Paar-Kraat. Yet those who have followed (or seemingly followed) Crowley equate Hadit with Set, the exact opposite to Horus, who is the slayer of Set. Thus the God of Darkness and Chaos has seemingly been substituted for the God of Light and Order. Admittedly, later in his work, Crowley seems to have given mixed signals and some of his evocations are definitely Dark Forces, but the Book of the Law is definitely based around the Solar-Powers.

(**) Ra-Hoor-Khuit is described as a 'God of War and Vengeance' and seems to be an aspect of Horus like our Wid-Ar the Avenger. His work is done through the Book of the Law - III.

There is a strange text within the Vedas which seems to shed light upon the source of the Servants of Darkness -

"O Fire, who are these who are binders of the Adversary, who are the guardians, the luminous ones that shall possess and conquer? who keep the foundation of the falsehood? who are guardians of the untrue Word?

These were thy comrades, O Fire, who have turned away from they, they were benignant and have become malign; they have done violence to themselves by their words spreading crooked things to the seekers after straightness...'

We refer to these as The Illuminati and their source seems to have been through the God of Fire and Light; they have fallen from the Light into the Darkness - the 'Fallen Angels' would be an apt term in light of this, especially as this term has actually been coined of the source of Evil in this world. 

Nineteen Eighty-Four

Over the Yule period I watched the Nineteen Eighty-Four film which was released in 1984 and starred Richard Burton, John Hurt, Suzanna Hamilton and Cyril Cusack. Having read the book a few years ago, and also writing a piece on this revealing how so much of it has become reality in our times, I decided to watch the film, even though it was rather boring as it turned out. 

Some have tried to link Orwell's totalitarian state to the Nazis, but as clearly shown in the logo above 'Ingsoc' means 'English Socialism'. and although the colours White, Red and Black are used this does not fit with the message that is clearly imposed upon this logo - the clasping of a White Hand and a Black Hand. This message was not restricted to this film and has been used over and over again within messages designed as a propaganda exercise for the Global Order. The image is that of 'Black and White Unite' which is a leftist propaganda slogan. The film tried to infer that National Socialism was the basis of 'The Party' but from Orwell's other works we find that he attacked not only Nazism but also Egalitarian Socialism and Marxist Communism, even though not naming them directly. 

But there is something else about this logo, and that is the "V" symbol which has also been used in the 'V for Victory' symbolism of VE Day and other celebrations. I believe that it was back in 1995 with the fifty years celebrations that a VE Day logo was created in such a way that the occult imagery was quite obvious. Unfortunately, I have lost the cutting that I had from the time and cannot find any trace of this symbol online, so I will have to describe it as best I can remember it. 

I recall that it had the usual 'V' image but this was within a kind of 'fire-basket' with flames and (I think) a torch. This is as far as I can recall the imagery, but it certainly looked like similar occult symbols, especially the 'torch' which features on the image of 'Baphomet'. 

In the above we see the 'V for Victory' mudra which was used during World War II by Winston Churchill, who is said to have had certain occult links. What is interesting about this symbol is that it was said by Aleister Crowley to be the Symbol of Typhon the Destroyer. Crowley worked for British Intelligence and it seems that through them he passed this symbolism to Churchill who approved it and henceforth used it as his personal 'V For Victory' symbol. 

In Crowleyan terms ISIS-APOPHIS-OSIRIS (IAO) stood for the destruction of Nature (Isis) by Apophis the Destroyer, and its regeneration though Osiris 'slain and risen'. This seems to be from the Golden Dawn and is a modern interpretation of the Gnostic IAO formula. Apophis is Typhon or Set, and this is the Dark God worshipped by the Hyksos who usurped the power of the Egyptian Pharaohs and ruled Egypt until they were overthrown. Apophis is the 'anti-god' of the Egyptians. Some think that this symbolism ('V') was used to destroy the power of the Swastika, hence Crowley's involvement in British Intelligence and the use of the symbol by Churchill. 

Clearly the use of the above occult symbolism has been used to further the aims of the New World Order which arose out of the 'victory' of World War II, even though in fact it was far from this since it cost the lives of millions of Europeans, and Britain hardly 'won' since the British Empire was carved up in order to forge the basis of a One-World State. How many nations in history have 'won' a war and lost territory in doing so? Ever since then Orwell's idea, 'WAR IS PEACE', took hold through the continuous wars since then followed by the ever-continuing 'War on Terror' which is still going on into the future. 

I have been over the symbolism of the figure known as 'Baphomet' as shown above, but will repeat this here for convenience -

• The V-Shaped horns of the goat may well have the same symbolism as the 'V' sign.
• This is a male-female composite which is all part of the 'dissolution' process, today found in the drive in which 'gender' cannot be 'assumed'.
• The right hand points at a White Moon (White Man) whilst the left hand points downwards at a Black Moon (Black Man). The alchemical formula - Solve et Coagula - on the arms suggests 'to break down and run together'.
• This figure squats upon the globe of the Earth, symbolic of world-domination. 
• The goat's head also suggests a composite 'animal-man' as well as the mixing of male-female, black-white. 
• The torch probably symbolises the 'Illuminated Ones' or 'Illuminati' since these people feel themselves 'enlightened' even though they are merely the 'Counter-Initiation' who dwell in darkness and ignorance.
• The black wings may suggest that these forces seek to dominate the spiritual realms too. 

Clearly the message given in this film is that of a future totalitarian state, and that this state is, like we are today, ruled by 'socialism'. There is a growing backlash against this leftist control which imposes restrictions on freedom of speech and movement. The raid by the Thought Police mimics the 'Dawn Police Raids' used today against those who oppose this corrupt system - left or right, or anyone else. The use of hidden cameras has come about in a different way through CCTV which is openly used, and openly accepted by the gullible who see it as a means of 'fighting crime' - even though crime is rocketing out of control, proving this is not working at all (or is not designed for this). 

What Orwell did not foresee was the extent to which this control extended, for in his work the 'proles' were far freer since it was the party members who were the subject of complete control. Today we see that the 'party-members' extend through all bureaucratic levels of society but the 'proles' are also controlled through propaganda, and used to further the aims of the state, whether through the violence of the mob or through passing information to the system. That control seemed almost complete until recent months when a growing opposition appeared from nowhere. There is obviously something deeper working here.

I am assuming that the 'Ingsoc' image was created for this film and not the idea of Orwell himself; it is certainly the work of the Counter-Initiation and a useful tool in their Eternal War against the Forces of Light and Order. It is still being used today, long after World War II. Where the problem lies in researching this is the mist that surrounds Aleister Crowley and his work; he is not exactly a good example to live by. Neither is his work clear either since his 'Book of the Law' is clearly anti-democratic, anti-people, anti-equality and yet here we seem to have him on the side of 'democracy' and 'equality' since this was the force that became dominant after World War II. In his list of 'saints' he mentions Adam Waushaupt who created the Illuminati on the basis of 'Liberty, Equality, Fraternity' - the so-called 'Brotherhood of Man'. Some of the evocations he made in ritual are those of Dark Powers, although he may have evoked these to gain knowledge of them - we do not know. On the other hand he was clearly indebted to Friedrich Nietzsche and his idea of the 'Overman'. 

One of the important things we need to remember is that symbolism is shown to be a powerful force in itself, and that any movement for change needs to have a powerful symbol that can be used to move the masses. The 'V for Victory' symbol invoking Apophis the Destroyer is such a symbol, as is the powerful Swastika which even today is rising again as an Aryan Symbol, Polar Symbol and Solar Symbol. This is the 'Fool's Foot' (Fylfot) which today resurrects the Divine Fool or The Hooded Man. 

Note (added January 2nd 2019) - The 'V' sign seems to have been used as a kind of insult to others, as it is used today in the form of the opposite to the sign on the poster - where the hand faces towards the one using it. There are photos of Churchill using the sign in both of the variations, and presumably someone had to point out to him this error. 

The above shows the Crowleyan use of the symbol but I have no idea as to whether this was his work or one of those who came after him and put this together. Since this is said to be the 'Sign of Apophis' this is something that needs to be looked into at some point. It is important because the name was taken up by one of the Hyksos Kings who invaded Egypt and through this king the ancient Egyptian Kingship was destroyed and gave way to the Pharaohs. In doing this, it seems, the ancient knowledge of resurrection and immortality was lost. It appears that the Hyksos and the Habiru ('Hebrews') were a kindred Semitic people who eventually merged to form the 'Tribes of Israel'. Apophis was the 'Serpent of Evil' and the polar-opposite to the Egyptian Ma'at - Goddess of Right, Order, Justice and Light. 

Scef-Ingui

This is the one hundred and 88th post on this blog; to mark this occasion I am going to remind people of the importance of Ingui, and in doing so equate him with Scef (Sheaf). 

"This Sheaf came to land in a small boat, surrounded by weapons, on an island in the ocean which is called Scani. He was indeed a very young child and unknown to the folk of that land. However, they took him up and looked after him as carefully as if he were one of their own kin and afterwards elected him king. And King AEthelwulf came from the line of his descendants."

(Ealdorman AEthelweard in 990 added this note to the genealogy of the West Saxon Royal Line.)

About 150 years after this recording William of Malmesbury told the story of Sheaf as below -

"He was brought as a child in a ship without oars...he was asleep and a sheaf of corn lay at his head. Therefore he was called Sheaf and taken for a miracle by the people of that region and carefully fostered. When he grew up he reigned in a town that was called Slaswic and now called Haithebi. Now that district is called Old Anglia...from it the Anglii came to Britain. 

De Gestis Regum Anglorum Book II.

In the time of King Edmund I (941-946) the monks of the Abbey of Abingdon were in dispute over a piece of land and this is recorded about it -

"....the monks put a sheaf of corn, with a lighted taper at its head, onto a round shield and launched the shield into the Thames where it flowed past the abbey...."

This 'ritual' was used to lay claim to a piece of land but it clearly derives from the Legend of Sheaf. The West Saxon Royal Line stemmed from Woden, but the name 'Noah' was added to Christianise it - we would think maybe. They also added Scef (Sheaf), Scyld (Shield, his son) and Beow (Barley, son of Scyld), the latter becoming 'John Barleycorn' of the song. 

We are primed to see the 'addition' of a Christian figure (Old Testament really) as being a deliberate attempt by the Christians to legitimise their new religion, but if we consider that a dual-faith existed until around the Tenth Century at least the addition of 'Noah' could have been because he is the one figure associated with 'The Flood'. There are certain things that hint that this legend was not originally about the area from which the English moved from to get over to England, but was a far older legend about an earlier folk-movement. 

• The entry of 'Noah' associated with a Great Flood and catastrophe.
• The 'ship without oars' is just one version of this, and it is the opinion of many that this was a ship pulled by Swans, a theme developed in the figure of Lohengrin. Swans are, and always have been, associated with Thule and Hyperborea.
• There are certain distinct symbols we can get from the Legend of Sheaf and the Legend of Scyld Scefing (Shield, Son of Sheaf) found in Beowulf - Sheaf of Corn, Sun-Disc or Sun-Shield, the Lighted Taper (Fire).

The archetype that comes to mind is that of Hama-Heimdall who is also associated with Fire; he is the 'Manu of the Aryans' and his role as the progenitor of the Divine Order of Caste is the same as Manu of the Hindus. The figure of Sheaf 'appears from the Great Deep' which is something etched firmly in the English Consciousness. Even in the animated 'Beowulf' film this very theme arises as Beowulf appears from the sea (Great Deep), and the song has this written into it too. 

The above symbol is that of the Swan Ship that arises from the Great Deep (Wafeln) and depictions of swan-masted ships of this same shape can be found in Scandinavia. This is the Swan-Ship that sails upon the Waters of Chaos and Dissolution. This is important because the Legend of Sheaf most likely recalls the folk-movement out of At-al-land when Ingwe led the English Tribes away from the catastrophic sinking of the land-mass, leading them eastwards across the waves. This, of course, is not recorded since it is the arrival of Sheaf that is given to us by these records. But we have to realise that this is an Archetypal Myth which is clear when we hear of a 'ship without oars' because the Sun-Child and 'Child of Light' is an Avatar of Ingwe who appears at a particular time of the Cycle of the Ages in order to aid his Folk in a time of disasters. This Archetypal Myth would also appear far earlier than the sinking of At-al-land, back to the Legend of Thule-Hyperborea. 

In my opinion we should not take the account of the Abingdon monks in a literal sense; what is more likely is that this ancient Legend of Scef was recorded through hiding it within a Christian context, as has been done in the New Testament. The 'disputed meadows' that were being flooded became 'an island' which merely adds yet another symbolism to the account - Sheaf of Corn, Shield, Taper, and Island. 

I know the English may lay claim to this myth but I would be very surprised if it is not known to many Indo-European Myths and Legends. It was known to the Langobards who are akin to the English. Further research is needed on this subject because if it does appear (obviously not the same version) in other mythologies then we may be able to get even more knowledge of the figure of Scef-Ingwe. The Legend of Agni from the Vedas is certainly based around a Fire-God who appears from the waters and whose role is to create Fire-by-Friction, which is hinted at in the 'lighted taper' mentioned by the Abingdon monks. We can gain a great deal of knowledge from the accounts of Agni which add to our own work.