This is actually the anatomy of the brain embedded in Michelangelo's art. In the God's left arm is the Goddess of Wisdom Sophia marked with red circle (Michelangelo's Creation of Adam)
Chiasm in Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel brain
(Vuecrypte) Once you see it, you'll never unsee it
CHRISM (also called myrrh, myron, and holy anointing oil) is a consecrated oil used in many forms of Christianity:
Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Assyrian, Nordic Lutheran, Anglican, and Old Catholic churches in the administration of some sacraments and ecclesiastical functions.
Jesus Christ is called "Christ" because he is said to have been "anointed" the "Anointed One" (kristos) like the "king of heaven" or "prince of peace" would be by his monarch sky-father when Christian divinities are viewed as Greco-Roman-European ideals of imperial rulers.
What was Jesus really "anointed" with, his own internal cerebrospinal fluid or DMT-containing, melatonin, and other hormone-containing pituitary and pineal gland exudation?
The English chrism derives from Koine Greek via Latin and Old French. In Greek, khrîsma (χρῖσμα) was originally the verbal noun ("[the act of] anointing," "unction") of "anoint" (χρίειν) [1].
By extension, along with khrîma (χρῖμα), khrîstai (χρῖσται), and later khrísma (χρίσμα), it came to be used for the anointing oil or ointment itself.
Khrísma came into Latin as chrisma, which appears in the works of Tertullian.
We need a Jesus for Rome
This was adopted directly into Old English as crisma, which developed into Middle English crisme and various related spellings [1].
In Old French, the original Latin was conflated with cramum ("cream"), developing into cresme, which was also borrowed into Middle English around 1300 as "creme" and various related spellings.
The spelling chrism after the Latin original was generally adopted in the 16th century, after which "cream" came to be restricted to its present meaning [1]. More
(Unframed) Nobody noticed Michelangelo hid something in the palm of Mary.
[Is it really the Gnostic apostle-wife Mary Magdalene, rather than the idealized Virgin Mother Mary? Mary Magadalene was deleted from the post-Gnostic Christian tradition. And it became a heresy to say anything nice about Mary Magdalene or anything that might promote the sacred feminine or female divinity because it works against a patriarchy trying to establish all-male control.]
First, what is "Juice"? - That is explained below as the sort of nectar that gives the goddess her power to bestow youth on those whom she serves or those who win her favor. So we ask...
QUESTION: How shall we worship Youth?
ANSWER: Maybe the ancient Greek way? First, what is "worship"? We need to petition her for more youth of our own. Oh, please, Great Goddess, make us young! Make us healthy! Make us pretty and long-lived!
Worship is an act of religious devotion usually directed towards a deity or God. For many, worship is not about an emotion, it is more about a recognition of a God. An act of worship may be performed individually, in an informal or formal group, or by a designated leader. Such acts may involve honoring [1, 2, 3].
ETYMOLOGY: The word is derived from the Old English weorþscipe, meaning to venerate "worship, honor shown to an object or deity [4]," which has been etymologized as "worthiness" or "worth-ship" — at its simplest, to give worth to something.
The Eastern ideal of devas (gods, lit. "shining ones")
Sanskrit amrita (Hindi amrit, Pali amata, "deathless," also sudha, amiy, and ami) is the word for "immortality," a central concept in Dharmic religions, often referred to in ancient Indian texts as an elixir [1]. Its first occurrence is in the Rig Veda, where it is considered one of several synonyms for soma, the drink of the celestial devas [2]. Amrita plays a significant role in the Samudra Manthana and is the cause of the conflict between devas (gods) and asuras (anti-gods), each competing for it to obtain longevity or immortality [3]. It has varying significance in different Indian religions. In Buddhism, it is a synonym for nirvana ("the deathless").
The Goddess of Justice Themis
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The masculine word Amrit, feminine Amritā, is also a common first name for Hindus and Sikhs [4]. It is cognate to and shares many similarities with Greek ambrosia, both originating from a common Proto-Indo-European source [5, 6].
ETYMOLOGY: Amrita is composed of the negative prefix a- (अ, Sanskrit for "not") + mṛtyu (Sanskrit for "death"), therefore "not death," "deathless," or "immortal." The concept of a drink for immortality is attested in at least two Indo-European languages, Ancient Greek and Sanskrit. The Greek ἀμβροσία (ambrosia, from ἀ- “not” + βροτός “mortal”) is semantically linked to the Sanskrit अमृत (amṛta), both denoting a drink or food that "gods" (devas) use to achieve longevity and immortality. The two words appear to be derived from the same Indo-European form *ṇ-mṛ-tós, "un-dying" [7] (n-: negative prefix from which the prefix a- in both Greek and Sanskrit are derived + mṛ: zero grade of *mer-, "to die" + -to-: adjectival suffix). A semantically similar etymology exists for Greek (νέκταρ, néktar) "nectar," the beverage of the gods, a compound of the PIE roots *nek-, "death," and -*tar, "overcoming." More
Alabaster Shiva in white marble, triune God of India
When Heracles' nephew and charioteer Iolaus was about to fight Eurystheus, he asked Hebe to make him young again for one day.
Hebe was initially reluctant, but the Goddess of Justice Themis told her it was a fair and just thing to do. Hebe granted Iolaus' wish, and he emerged victorious in battle.
Eventually Hebe lost her job as a cupbearer of the gods (a nectar server) when she tripped and her dress came undone, exposing her breasts.
Apollo dismissed her, and she was replaced by Prince Ganymede, Zeus' pederastic homosexual lover and protege (sugar baby).
The Buddhist Goddess of Youth: Kwan Yin
Avalokita transformed into a female
If Early (pre-sectarian) Buddhism had gods and goddesses (personifications) for everything, there would surely be one for youth, vitality, health, and beauty. The Buddha was not out to found a "religion" and therefore had no need to personify and mythologize everything like a pantheistic or polytheistic tradition might. But so powerful was the influence of Hinduism (Vedic Brahmanism) on Chinese Mahayana and Tibetan Vajrayana that these later Buddhist traditions did just that, with the all-lovable Goddess of Compassion Guanyin (Chenrezig) Bodhisattva becoming the ever youthful, ever-beautiful, ever delightful "Mother Mary" and "Mary Magdalene" of Buddhism. Theravada loves her, too, as ancient Sri Lankan statuary reveals that she was venerated far and wide.
Youthful Buddhist fairy Kwan Yin rides a dragon
Prajnaparamita of Java
Of course, we at Wisdom Quarterly prefer the personification of Perfect Wisdom (Prajnaparamita of Java), but that's just our silliness. The historical Buddha could not turn the attention of the monastics of his day from lovable Ananda to wise Sariputra, try as he might. Ananda just had that sort of Scythian (Indo-Sakan) charm, friendliness (metta), and warm, nonjudgmental nature. What is the root of "friendship," of agape given to others? Is it loving-kindness, compassion, happiness in the happiness of others, or unbiased looking on (the Four Divine Abidings)? Or is the core of the kalayana-mitta ideal, the ability to announce the path-of-practice that leads to spiritual liberation, the Dhamma? What is so great about wisdom (panna, prajna) anyway, and why isn't this publication called Compassion Quarterly?
What is the ideal of beauty?
That's a good question. Karuna is great. We love it and need more of it. But all the compassion in the world would not lead one to vimutti, moksha, liberation-by-wisdom. What a friend can do for one in the utmost is share the Dharma, the Dhamma, that which the historical Buddha himself taught to a benighted world hungry for light and the alleviation of suffering, disappointment, and samsara.
The Bhutanese, Nepalese, Tibetans, Russians, and Mongolians have many Vajrayana goddesses, like the multihued Taras and personifications for all kinds of popular desires -- riches, powers, magic...love and lust deities.
FREE. Open to the public. Twice a year, Rhythms of the Village and Oh Happy Day Vegan Cafe sponsor a giant community festival of live music, healing arts, crafts, Aztec dancers, entertainers, and good old fashioned fun. Post Eaton Fire, it is now held on the much larger Muir High School campus on Lincoln Ave. It has grown exponentially. Come try vegan and other food trucks, free spiritual healing modalities, and see Baba Onochie and Ameca plus Vegan John. Keeping the community alive!
(2b.alwaysloved, May 5, 2026) Indigenous, aboriginal, copper-colored people of Turtle Island who are called "American" Indians are misclassified as "African" American Blacks.
Health and wellness at Spring Fest
They are actually the original inhabitants of the Americas and the Caribbean who built civilizations here long before Eurasians, Africans, and Europeans came to Turtle Island. They had kings and queens. Native Americans of Eurasian [Siberian, etc.] descent are not indigenous to the Americas or the Caribbean but rather are descendants of slaves from China, Japan, the Philippines, India, Southwest Asia, who arrived on Spanish and Portuguese Manila Galleons. They also came from Europe, including the UK, and married the indigenous American Indians misclassified as African American Blacks, who were taught in church schools how to be Indians and signed on Indian Rolls for $5 to take over the lands and identity of the indigenous American Indians misclassified as African American Blacks.
References: 1828 Webster's dictionary and the New Oxford American English Dictionary definition of "American." The Library of Congress. The U.S. Census records (Rev 7:9,10). (Posted on Instagram, edited for clarity by Wisdom Quarterly).
(ETimes) Epstein had a painting of buddy Bill "Bubba" Clinton in the blue single-polkadot dress Monica "Lollypop" Lewinski ruined on their date. Cheeky devil. Epstein also had a painting (shown below) of George W. Bush holding paper airplanes over knocked down Jenga towers. Whatever could these artworks be referring to? *Grunt, guffaw, nudge-nudge, wink-wink*
"Realms of the Dharma: Buddhist Art Across Asia" presents an international survey of Buddhism and Buddhist art, beginning with the religion’s origins in India and following its spread through mainland and island Southeast Asia (Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Indonesia), the Himalayas (Kashmir, Nepal, and Tibet), and East Asia (China, Korea, and Japan).
Incorporating 180 masterpieces of pan-Asian Buddhist art, the exhibition introduces key concepts of Buddhist thought and practice viewed through the prism of rare and extraordinarily beautiful Buddhist sculptures, paintings, and ritual objects.
Drawn from LACMA’s permanent collection, with several significant loans from private collections, the exhibition explores:
the life of the historical Buddha,
the role of the bodhisattva or Buddhist savior,
Buddhist cosmology,
and such key concepts as Dharma, karma, nirvana, mantra, mudra, and mandala.
The show focuses on art associated with such key phases of Buddhism as Theravada (early monastic Buddhism), Mahayana (the “Great Vehicle” populism), Vajrayana (the “Diamond Vehicle”—tantric or esoteric Buddhism), and Chan (Zen).
While closed on the Day of the Dead, the exhibit reopens along with the museum on Nov. 2, 2025, and continues until July 12, 2026. Ticket purchase necessary. Discounted for members.
Chhattisgarh is a landlocked state in Central India. It is the ninth largest state by area, and with a population of roughly 30 million, the 17th most populous [14]. It borders seven states:
Uttar Pradesh to the north,
Madhya Pradesh to the northwest,
Maharashtra to the southwest,
Jharkhand to the northeast,
Odisha to the east,
Andhra Pradesh and
Telangana to the south [15].
Formerly a part of Madhya Pradesh, it was granted statehood on Nov. 1, 2000, with Raipur as the designated state capital [16]. The Sitabenga caves in Chhattisgarh, one of the earliest examples of theatre architecture in India, are dated to the Mauryan period of 3rd century BCE. More
Oldest in Europe? Spain's caves
Centuries old Mexican cave art
Cave unexplored for 500 years reveals previously unknown Mesoamerican people
(Discovery Future) Oct. 14, 2025: Deep within the remote mountains of Guerrero, Mexico, a team of explorers stumbled upon what they first thought was trash—only to discover it was a 500-year-old treasure hidden in the depths of a cave no human had entered for centuries. Inside Tlayócoc, the “Cave of Badgers,” archeologists uncovered 14 extraordinary artifacts crafted by a previously unknown culture now called the Tlacotepehua
These objects—shell bracelets, stone disks, and carbonized wood—reveal a lost people who likely practiced agriculture, held sacred cave rituals, and possessed their own spiritual and artistic traditions. This discovery sheds light on a forgotten civilization that thrived in the shadow of great Mesoamerican powers like the Aztec and Maya.
Who were the Tlacotepehua?
Why did they vanish?
And what do their sacred offerings tell us about their beliefs, their environment, and their place in history?
Join as we explore how this cave discovery is rewriting what we know about pre-Hispanic (pre-Columbus) Mexico, uncovering the mysteries of a people lost to time.
(MSN) In a remote region of Brazil, archeologists have unearthed rock art dating back approximately 9,000 years, which intriguingly depicts scenes that seem to reference dinosaurs. Found alongside ancient dinosaur footprints, this discovery challenges our [current, scientific and therefore very slow-to-change] understanding of early human awareness of now presumed-to-be-] extinct megafauna and suggests that these prehistoric humans may have interacted with or observed dinosaurs or dinosaur remnants [individuals or whole unknown species of descendants], incorporating them into their cultural expressions. More
The history of Buddhism in Cambodia spans a number of successive kingdoms and empires. Buddhism entered Cambodia via two different streams. The earliest forms of Buddhism, along with Hindu influences, entered the Kingdom of Funan with Hindu merchants. In later history, a second stream of Buddhism entered Khmer culture during the Angkor empire when Cambodia absorbed the various Buddhist traditions of the Mon kingdoms of Dvaravati and Haripunchai. For the first thousand years of Khmer history, Cambodia was ruled by a series of Hindu kings with an occasional Buddhist king, such as Jayavarman I of Funan, Jayavarman VII, who became a Mahayanist, and Suryavarman I. A variety of Buddhist traditions co-existed peacefully throughout Cambodian lands, under the tolerant auspices of Hindu kings and the neighboring Mon-Theravada kingdoms.
On the walls of the famous Khmer rock art of Buddhist Cambodia, with strong Hindu and Jain syncretism, there are stone depictions of a very famous dinosaur that was only "discovered" and made popular by the West in the last century or so: the stegosaurus.
Moreover, a German expat bought land in Mexico which, when he surveyed it on horseback, yielded a series of ceramic figures, more than 30,000 of them. This is the Acambaro Figures Collection. Some showed cryptids, while others showed humans on the back of dinosaurs, playfully riding them. This entire collection was deemed a hoax, as if Mexican farm hands had built a ceramic workshop and fabricated the priceless works of art. Even if that's the case, HOW could Mexican farmers possibly know what dinosaur fossils -- which had not been discovered yet and had certainly not been brought into the popular imagination like they are now with cartoons like The Flintstones (pre-Mandela Effect)?
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