The ‘Golden Kinnari’ similar to that pictured above was excavated upon the island of the Philippines, its age is said to be over 1000 years, dating back to a pre islamic age when the Philippines, along with the Indonesian islands and the Indo/Chinese peninsula were all part of an Ancient Vedic culture. ‘Kinnari’ are described … Read more
‘Hermes’ sat there in contemplation as his disciple requested that he make him immortal. Smiling and shaking his head he explained that he himself did not possess immortality so how could he bestow it upon his disciple, please reconsider and ask again. ‘Master’ the disciple again requested ‘when the soul is reborn it forgets its … Read more
Aryan is a Sanskrit word which means those who are ‘noble’ and just as it became the name of a very powerful country of the Middle East which is now known as ‘Iran’ it has been said by many that the word ‘Aryan’ was once the original name for the green lands of Ireland. As … Read more
Amongst the ancient Gaelic and Celts of Ireland and Scotland we find that the property upon which the family lived was known as ‘Baile’ a word from Gaelic whose meaning is described as ones home, dwelling, farm, village and town. The modern day meaning of Baile would be ‘town’ and ‘township’ a description which is … Read more
Danu is a word from the Ancient language of Sanskrit whose meaning is ‘flowing water’ and throughout the Vedas of India it describes a water goddess known as Danu, a river goddess whose name can be seen throughout Europe as the rivers Danube, Don, Dnieper and Dniester. Danu can be found upon the Indonesian island … Read more
Across the lands of Scotland we find many place names which begin with “Ard” a Celtic prefix whose meaning has been described as high, elevated and lofty and one which is seen within names such as Ardbroath, Ardgay, Ardeer, Ardchattan, Ardwell, Ardmaddy and many more. The original meaning of ‘Ard’ may be seen within the … Read more
Across the lands of Scotland we find numerous place names such as Aberdeen, Abermore and Aberdour, all of which possess the prefix ‘Aber’ whose meaning is that which pours into ( ber ) the waters ( abh ) as in the confluence, the estuary and the mouth of the river. Aber is formed ‘Abh’ a … Read more
Across the Celtic lands of Scotland we find the place names such as Strathspey, Strathclyde and Strathmore, all of which possess the prefix ‘strath’ meaning that which is ‘broad’ and that which is ‘wide’ as in a ‘broad valley’ a ‘wide valley’ and in particular a ‘broad river valley’. Strath is formed from the letter … Read more
‘Babhru’ is a word from Sanskrit meaning ‘brown’ it also means ‘mongoose’ due to its brown fur and it also means ‘brown cow’. Babhru can be seen in the Indo/euro ‘Bhebhros’ meaning ‘beaver’ the Lithuanian ‘Bebrus’ meaning ‘beaver’ the Old Church Slavonic ‘Bebr’ meaning ‘beaver’ and the Russian ‘Bobr’ meaning ‘beaver’ so named due to … Read more
Within the halo of this universe resides ‘Svetadvipa’ an island which is surrounded by an ocean of milk and which is the abode of ‘Visnu’ its name meaning the island ( dvipa ) within the milky white ( sveta ) ocean’. ‘Svet’ and ‘svit’ are ancient Sanskrit words which can be found in texts such … Read more
