BY special request of ‘Richard’, a generous donor to the Nifty Archive, I present a portion of Ode to Ganymede, an epic poem that forms the foundation of the Brotherhood, and the Aquarian Age and Culture. Originally discovered on fragments of four ancient clay tablets on the island of Thera in the Aegean, prior to World War II, the ‘poem’ was rediscovered in 1965. It existence was kept secret until December 21, 2012, when Master ‘Randolph’ presented the reassembled clay tablets, and a bronze copy, to the Temple School. What is provided below is a lyric canto" from the larger epic poem (much of the original is missing, and some of what survives has yet to be translated).
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MATERIAL PUBLISHED
Aquarius Training Manual for Catamites
Rites and Rituals in Aquarian Culture
Ode to Ganymede
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The Sexual Boy, A Guide to the Abodes of Erotes
From Robes to Genital Jewelry, Appropriate Attire in the Aquarian Age
ODE TO GANYMEDE (a partial translation)
In 1965, excavations at Akrotiri, Thera (modern Santorini) uncovered fragments of four inscribed clay tablets, previously known as The Teaching Fragments when they were initially discovered in the 1930s. Reconstruction of the tablets in 1966-9 revealed four separate languages, Archaic Greek, Archaic Cretan, Sumerian, and a previously unidentified, yet far more sophisticated language (termed ‘Atlantean’, based on Plato’s description of an ‘island of Atlas’ in Timaeus and Critias). Subsequent translation of the Archaic Greek text revealed an epic poem, Ode to Ganymede. While the poem’s style (dactylic hexameter) dates from the 7th century BC, there are ‘indications’ of a much earlier origin, Middle to early Late Bronze Age (ca. 20th-17th centuries B.C.).
Note: Please realize that this
portion of Ode to Ganymede has been modified from the original
for ease of reading.
Thera, a
now-extinct volcano, lies 128 miles from Athens, in the Cyclades
archipelago. It lies on a direct path from Crete to Mount Olympus in
Greece, its highest summit visible from Crete. In the
second
millennium before Christ, Thera erupted violently. Once a
single island, what remained after the eruption were ‘shards’
around a caldera, nowadays a lagoon 7.5 by 4.3 miles enclosed by
1,000-foot cliffs on three sides. It was a major catastrophe,
creating vast tidal waves in the Mediterranean and completely
destroying all life on Thera. It is likely that the explosion also
ended the Minoan civilization on Crete.
What existed on Thera before the eruption would seem lost forever, yet some artifacts remained hidden in a subterranean sanctuary: The Temple of Ganymede and Zeus. Excavated in the 1930s by an American archeologist with German assistance, the Temple entrance was sealed and concealed prior to the outbreak of hostilities. It was rediscovered in 1965. These remnants of the pre-eruption Theran culture are closely guarded, some in Germany, some in North America. They indicate a small, yet extremely advanced culture that actively traded throughout the Mediterranean.
After the eruption, it took between 500 and 800 years for settlements to begin to reappear on Thera, now under the auspices of Sparta, though it is postulated that Sparta itself was heavily influenced by the earlier Theran Culture. According to Edward Brongersma in The Thera Inscriptions Ritual or Slander?, a homosexual culture, like that of Sparta, emerged. Pederasty prevailed. (Brongersma, Journal of Homosexuality 20-4, 1990)
“The chief deity was Apollo
Karneios, the ram god, to which was attached a male fertility cult.”
(Marinatos, 1976; Scholte, 1958). Johann Friedrich Hiller von
Gärtringen, an archaeologist excavating the ruins of the old
city in the first years of this century, came across, in the temple
district just beneath the centre of the town, a number of curious
inscriptions carved into solid rock. They were some 50 to 70 metres
away from the temple of Apollo and not too far from the sanctuaries
of Zeus, Kures, Chiron, Athena, Ge and Artemis (Bethe,1907, p. 450).
Authorities are now in agreement that they date from the 6th or 7th
century BC. They deal, in part, with sexual activities and are quite
outspokenly sexual. The most frequently quoted runs:
(ton
deina) nai ton Delphinion h(o) Krimoon te(i)de ooiphe paida
Bathukleos adelpheo(n) de tou deina,
which means:
"By
the (Apollo) Delphinios, Krimon had sex here with a boy, the brother
of Bathykles."
(Brongersma, Journal of Homosexuality 20-4, 1990)
This inscription, as much graffiti as a heart-felt confirmation of boy-love, is but one among many on Thera. While some inscriptions are obscene, and others insulting or sarcastic, most are honest appraisals of men and boys engaged in homosexual love. Indeed, the act of confirmation by carving rock three thousand years ago ennobles a love that shouted out its name. The vast majority of inscriptions occur on a windy promontory 1,100 feet above the sea, close by the ruins of the temple of Apollo Karneios.
Just visible to the south, lies Crete, its pederasty the result of legend. In Crete, noble boys were ritually kidnapped (harpagmos) by a man of the aristocratic class. Each kidnapping was a reenactment of the kidnapping of Ganymede by Zeus. The tradition was in place around 1650-1500 BCE (the Minoan Period). Of special interest to Aquarians, in Politics (II. 10), Aristotle observes Minos established pederasty: "segregated the women and instituted sexual relations among the males so that women would not have children."
With the above in mind, and the prevalence of pederastic cultures throughout the ancient world, Ode to Ganymede anticipates an enchanting future for the Age of Aquarius.
“I
sing in praise of the divine Cup Bearer.
Son of Tros with golden
ringlets, eyes to light the sky.
Behold most beautiful of
mortals, charmed tongue of wit.
Flawless of limb, fleet-footed
across Phrygian meadow.
So handsome a face that the Eagle stole
him from Mount Ida,
guardian hounds baying at his fleeing
sheep.
On cloud-embedded Olympus, the immortal gods
welcomed
the violet-crowned boy with embrace.
So strong was the spell of
his Dardanian looks
every man among them longed to join with
him.
Fearing plunder, the Eagle soared, his spirit lustful.
Over
fragile foam, the waves of the roaring sea
to Atlas’
rocky fortress. There in luminescent glow,
upon unsoiled flesh,
did the greatest god lay hand,
Priapus’ ivory horn pierced,
preceding celestial unity.
In Absolute Union they joined, a sacred
mark about his navel,
When fountain issued of eternal youth and
immortality.
Hidden in the misty glade, did Camillus witness a
child’s awakening
Two precious pearls unneeded, token
of a boy’s submission,
the God did celebrate his love of
sweet Ganymede.
Taking pleasure from his beloved’s willing
adoration,
he placed wrist bracelets each of seven carnelian cat
eyes.
To grieving Tros, Hermes delivered four white
stallions,
the same that carry the immortals.
Thus freed
of obligation, the eagle marked his boy.
Upon the dagger he put
two rings, his rippling water seal,
the
other, the sign of master where all would see it,
forever
unveiling Eros’ barb to ensure undying passion.
He
placed a heavenly girdle around his waist.
In his divine hand, a
well-forged vessel,
beautiful and gold and filled with honey
wine.
The Gods greeted him merrily and sang in praise,
exalting
the eternal boy who bears the cup of immortality.
Hera alone,
envied him and fearful of her consort,
sought his demise by
malicious rumor.
Great Zeus in fondness of his sacred joy,
granted,
His delightful boy a heavenly palace, Aquarius in Uranus’
House.