bsbray
5th May 2015, 01:30
I was reading a book about the symbolism of Druidism and related ancient religions/spiritual practices, published in 1849, called Étude sur le symbolisme druidique. It's written by Th. Prosper Le Blanc and can be found for free on Google books here (http://books.google.com/books/about/%C3%89tude_sur_le_symbolisme_druidique.html?id=IQ3 Tm2ArwXcC).
This book explains that in the Gaulish religion (of ancient Gaul, modern-day France), there was a "supreme god" whose name has been lost to time. This supreme deity was represented by a trinity of three deities, each representing a different aspect of this god: "Teut," "Bal the black," and "Kor."
The ancient Celts were all about some triads:
http://www.sourcememory.net/art2/gallaecia/formosas5.jpg http://www.dancingwithwater.com/wp-content/uploads/trispiral-at-Newgrange.jpg
https://esmeraldamac.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/triskele-brough-snake-19020816-british-museum1.jpg?w=300&h=294
The gods of the Celtic tribes of ancient Ireland, Britain and France often represented celestial events and marked the progression of the seasons. For example, during the first half of the year, between the winter solstice and the summer solstice, the Sun grows in power, higher and higher in the sky, and this time is divided into 6 months represented by male gods, and this is the time of planting. The next 6 months, from the summer solstice to the winter solstice, the Sun moves farther down the sky, and loses power as the weather becomes colder, and these 6 months are represented by goddesses. This is the time of harvesting.
In the pages centering on page 86 of this book (94 of the PDF), it's explained that the supreme god (out of which all the other gods arise) has a home in the North and comes out of that part of the sky and moves toward the West. (Note that when the Sun is the most towards the North, this is the time of the summer solstice and the warmest part of the month in the Northern Hemisphere.)
When the Sun goes into the West, it's said to enter the realm of a goddess of chaos. Also, the metaphysical supreme god incarnates into a human form known as Hu, Héus or Hésus.
So just to recap, we have an ancient Celtic god, which is both a unity and trinity at the same time (like the doctrine of the Trinity in Christianity), and when this god incarnates into a human form, he is sometimes known as Hésus (which would be pronounced exactly as the name Jesus is in Spanish today).
This book explains that in the Gaulish religion (of ancient Gaul, modern-day France), there was a "supreme god" whose name has been lost to time. This supreme deity was represented by a trinity of three deities, each representing a different aspect of this god: "Teut," "Bal the black," and "Kor."
The ancient Celts were all about some triads:
http://www.sourcememory.net/art2/gallaecia/formosas5.jpg http://www.dancingwithwater.com/wp-content/uploads/trispiral-at-Newgrange.jpg
https://esmeraldamac.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/triskele-brough-snake-19020816-british-museum1.jpg?w=300&h=294
The gods of the Celtic tribes of ancient Ireland, Britain and France often represented celestial events and marked the progression of the seasons. For example, during the first half of the year, between the winter solstice and the summer solstice, the Sun grows in power, higher and higher in the sky, and this time is divided into 6 months represented by male gods, and this is the time of planting. The next 6 months, from the summer solstice to the winter solstice, the Sun moves farther down the sky, and loses power as the weather becomes colder, and these 6 months are represented by goddesses. This is the time of harvesting.
In the pages centering on page 86 of this book (94 of the PDF), it's explained that the supreme god (out of which all the other gods arise) has a home in the North and comes out of that part of the sky and moves toward the West. (Note that when the Sun is the most towards the North, this is the time of the summer solstice and the warmest part of the month in the Northern Hemisphere.)
When the Sun goes into the West, it's said to enter the realm of a goddess of chaos. Also, the metaphysical supreme god incarnates into a human form known as Hu, Héus or Hésus.
So just to recap, we have an ancient Celtic god, which is both a unity and trinity at the same time (like the doctrine of the Trinity in Christianity), and when this god incarnates into a human form, he is sometimes known as Hésus (which would be pronounced exactly as the name Jesus is in Spanish today).