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Old 05-13-2009, 03:34 AM   #653
judykott
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Near Astana, Kazakhstan
The other reason I feel this region is so important is the significance of the mountain range Tien Shan Mountains, birth of the moon clan. Tien Shan or Tian Shan stands for heaven/celestial mountains or god/spirit montains. The highest one in Kazakhstan is Khan Tengri, Lord of the Spirits. It is described as the most beautiful peak in the world for it's geometric ridges and symetry. It is a marbel mountain.The height of it is 22,999 which in numerolgy has great signifigance. More later about this and a few other things I am looking at.


at sunset it is sometimes called Kan(khan) Tau, blood mountain, Kan also means ruler or king, and Tau cross so it could be King of the Cross or Ruler of the Cross, Royal Blood


The meaning of Tau
The Tau Cross

also known as the Crux Commissa, Crutch, Old Testament, Anticipatory, Advent, or St. Anthony's Cross

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Tau Cross
The Tau Cross is so named from the Hebrew alphabet's last letter 'X', which was pronounced 'Taw'. This same sound transliterates to the Greek letter 'T'. Both the 'X' and 'T' shapes are used in forms of the Chi-Rho Cross.
Crutch Cross gets its name from the similarity between the letter 'T' and a walking aid. Indeed, the Christian cross is used by many people for their journey through life.
Crux Commissa means a cross a cross made by joining or attaching pieces together. With the cross bar used as a carrying handle, it is called Crux Ansata and represents a symbol of divinity on Egyptian and Assyro-Babylonian sculptures, such as Isis and Osiris. (See also the Ankh Cross) It was the emblem of immortality, life in general, and sometimes a phallic symbol. A pagan sign of the mystic Tau of the Chaldeans and the Egyptians, this cross was a symbol of the Roman god Mithras and the Greek Attis, and their forerunner Tammuz, the Sumerian solar god, consort of the goddess Ishtar. Conveniently, the original form of the letter 'T' was the initial letter of the god of Tammuz. During baptism ceremonies, this cross was marked on the foreheads by the pagan priest.
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A tilak marked on a girl's forehead
Today in India and elsewhere, marking the forehead (at the point of the Ajna Chakra - the location of one's third eye, or conscience) with a sacred tilak mark, is a custom practised by Hindus and others, signifying that they follow Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva, Devi or Shakti.
The Tau Cross appears in artworks depicting Moses when God told him to "Make a snake and put it up on a pole; anyone who is bitten can look at it and live." (Numbers 21:8). (See also Serpent Cross.) Jesus prophesied his own crucifixion by saying "Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life." (John 3:14-15.) This anticipation of His own crucifixion leads to another name, the Anticipatory Cross or the Advent Cross, and used by some churches for Advent, four Sundays before Christmas. (See also Holly Cross.)

A priest marks the Sign of the Cross
Forty days before Easter, the first day of Lent, some Christian churches celebrate Ash Wednesday by marking the Sign of the Cross on the foreheads of believers, as a reminder of their mortality (hence ash) and penance for their sin (dirt). The ashes are from the palms of the previous Palm Sunday. (See also Palm Cross.)
Forehead-marking for the faithful is mentioned in Ezekiel 9:4
And the Lord said to him, "Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that are done in the midst of it."
This is taken to mean that those who sigh (out of grief for other men's sins and sorrows) and cry (openly bewail the abominations of wicked Jerusalem), should be identified by a mark. In short - God's faithful followers should have their foreheads marked for salvation. The mark made was that of a Tau cross. (Little did the writers know that centuries later, a cross would have a further dedication as a mark of salvation.) We take it that the mark was Tau, because the Bible's Latin Vulgate version reads:
et dixit Dominus ad eum transi per mediam civitatem in medio Hierusalem et signa thau super frontes virorum gementium et dolentium super cunctis abominationibus quae fiunt in medio eius
Much later, the Tau cross shape attributed to Moses as an instrument of healing was adopted by the Egyptian Fr. Anthony when he followed an ascetic life in the Egyptian desert. Although his lifestyle was simple and hermit like, he was admired for his health (he lived to be 105) and wisdom. His fame spread - even reaching Emperor Constantine - and the Tau cross then took on an additional name: the St. Anthony's Cross.

A monk's habit, arms outstretched, as a Tau Cross

St. Francis adopted St. Anthony's Cross after meeting monks working at a leper house in Assisi and the hospital of St. Blase in Rome (now the church of San Francisco a Ripa) where Francis stayed. He used this cross for protection against the plague and other skin diseases, matching the Egyptian claim that the symbol aided immortality and general well-being. Stretching out his arms, St. Francis demonstrated to his friars that their habit was the shape of the Tau cross. They must go out into the world, wearing this cross like an incarnation of Christ.

Franciscan Symbol
The Tau is often found on Franciscan logos, with or without the crossed arms of Christ and St. Francis.
The monks were Antonines from the holy Order of Hospitallers of St. Anthony. (In the early 11th century, relics of St. Anthony had been taken to south western France where the Order was founded.) The monks wore a Tau cross on their habits and about that time, there was a dreadful poisoning of ignis sacer. The symptoms included severe burning sensation in the fingers and toes, which led to blisters of gangrene and even loss of limbs due to restricted blood circulation. This was surely punishment from God and victims went to the St. Anthony monks for treatment. The malady became known as 'St. Anthony's Fire' or 'Holy Fire'. (It was caused by grain contaminated with a fungus called ergot. Other symptoms of ergotism include convulsive seizures, spasms and hallucinations. Ergot contains ergotamine which in 1938 was used to synthesize Lysergsäure-diethylamid, better known as LSD.)
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