The Olympic closing ceremony

Not sure if this is theme running through other Olympic ceremonies, but did anyone else notice how much occult and mythological symbolism there was in it? I'm not one for reading much into these things, but I was quite surprised by it all.

Originally posted by divegeester
Not sure if this is theme running through other Olympic ceremonies, but did anyone else notice how much occult and mythological symbolism there was in it? I'm not one for reading much into these things, but I was quite surprised by it all.

Originally posted by divegeester
Not sure if this is theme running through other Olympic ceremonies, but did anyone else notice how much occult and mythological symbolism there was in it? I'm not one for reading much into these things, but I was quite surprised by it all.

Originally posted by divegeester
Not sure if this is theme running through other Olympic ceremonies, but did anyone else notice how much occult and mythological symbolism there was in it? I'm not one for reading much into these things, but I was quite surprised by it all.

The opening ceremony was pretty good. However, this closing ceremony was a dud.

Originally posted by stellspalfie
i didnt notice, but i wasnt paying much attention. i guess britains religious roots lie are pagan and the occult has played a large part in our literature and everyday lives, every paper has a horoscope, there seems to be an army of spirit guides touring the country and everybody has a creepy aunt or grandma that reads tea-leafs or tarrot cards. althoug ...[text shortened]... t the movie 'the wicker man' (the origninal not nic cage in a bear suit roundhousing barmaids)

"They caused the bloody eagle to be carved on the back of Ælla, and they cut away all of the ribs from the spine, and then they ripped out his lungs."

Uncertain origin, said to be from Anglo-Saxon Chronicle but I can't find it in there:
http://omacl.org/Anglo/part1.html

The following is from the Orkneying Saga:
There they found Halfdan Long-leg, and Einar made them carve an eagle on his back with a sword, and cut the ribs all from the backbone, and draw the lungs there out, and gave him to Odin for the victory he had won"

Originally posted by AThousandYoung
LOL @ creepy old aunt 😀

Wicker men are Celtic, not English. Traditional English ritual execution involves hanging people or cutting them into blood eagles.

From the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle:

"They caused the bloody eagle to be carved on the back of Ælla, and they cut away all of the ribs from the spine, and then they ripped out his lungs."

Originally posted by kevcvs57
It was'nt an execution it was a fertility rite, and probably hardly, if ever involved a human sacrifice, lots of woodland, and farmyard animals though.

Over here, once Aunt's reach 60 they are automatically designated 'Creepy' it's the law.

Caesar and the geographer Strabo mention the wicker man as one of many ways the Druids of Gaul performed sacrifices.[4] Caesar reports that some of the Gauls built the effigies out of sticks and placed living men inside, then set them on fire to pay tribute to the gods. Caesar writes that though the Druids generally used thieves and criminals, as they pleased the gods more, they sometimes used innocent men when no delinquents could be found.[5]

One medieval commentary, the 10th-century Commenta Bernensia, states that men were burned in a wooden mannequin in sacrifice to Taranis.

Originally posted by AThousandYoung
According to Julius Caesar the wicker man was used for human sacrifice. Other medieval writers claimed it was for sacrifice specifically to Taranis (Celtic storm god).

From wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicker_Man

Caesar and the geographer Strabo mention the wicker man as one of many ways the Druids of Gaul performed sacrifices.[4] ...[text shortened]... ta Bernensia, states that men were burned in a wooden mannequin in sacrifice to Taranis.

Originally posted by kevcvs57
Screw Julius Ceasar he was Roman Emperor and a well known propagandist, of course He is going to paint the Celts He was trying to slaughter in the worst possible light.

It was definitely a form of sacrifice, but it was more likely a rain god as apposed to the nasty storm god claimed by 'monastery' trained scribes.

Step away from wiki if you want an unbiased view of wicker 😠

ahhh!!!!!!, i dont know who to reply to, its like watching your parents argue!!!

fertility/sacrifice either way the celtic influence runs deep in this septic isle of ours. coming from the north eastern coast and the ginger tinge to my facial hair (despite my brown head hair) and my capacity to drink beer and my ability to sacrifice potential ale if there is a fertile woman around (by woman i mean my wife, just incase she reads this).

Originally posted by RJHinds
The opening ceremony was pretty good. However, this closing ceremony was a dud.

I heard a number of people complain that they didn't have Sir Elton John play.

Originally posted by AThousandYoung
I heard a number of people complain that they didn't have Sir Elton John play.

Roman style sacrifice usually involved burying people alive. There was also this sacrifice:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Marius_Gratidianus#Sacrificial_death

Gratidianus "had his life drained out of him piece by piece, in effect: his legs and arms were first broken, and his eyes gouged out."

They also threw old men over cliffs and hung young boys. I wouldn't be surprised if the Crucifiction wasn't originally a pagan human sacrifice method.

Oh yeah, if the legions captured people, sometimes the general would strangle him to death in front of a statue of Mars (or something like that).