What do Mount Fuji in Japanese culture, the Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount, Mecca in Islam, and the Black Hills for the Sioux all have in common?
Mythologists have linked Axis Mundi with a prehistoric cosmic event. The close approach of another star (Sol). They believe our original brown dwarf (Saturn) was ultimately extinguished in a cosmic light show which included the Axis plasma column connecting to our planet. I would attach images if that is possible.
Two comments. First, the trifoil map with Jerusalem at the center is not "from the middle ages". It includes "America", identified as the "New World" (in German) and when you follow the Wikipedia link to it, it is clearly identified there as being published in the City of Hanover in the 1580s! Second, there are many examples of axis mundis in the original cultures of what is now Latin America. The Mexica (aka Aztecs) and their many related peoples, such as those of Teotihucan, and the Maya built their pryamids to be axis mundi, mountains where their ruler/priests could commune with their gods, and beneath them lay the path to the underworld of night and death.
Thought provoking, concisely written and informative article on Axis Mundi. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you Particia!
Mythologists have linked Axis Mundi with a prehistoric cosmic event. The close approach of another star (Sol). They believe our original brown dwarf (Saturn) was ultimately extinguished in a cosmic light show which included the Axis plasma column connecting to our planet. I would attach images if that is possible.
Two comments. First, the trifoil map with Jerusalem at the center is not "from the middle ages". It includes "America", identified as the "New World" (in German) and when you follow the Wikipedia link to it, it is clearly identified there as being published in the City of Hanover in the 1580s! Second, there are many examples of axis mundis in the original cultures of what is now Latin America. The Mexica (aka Aztecs) and their many related peoples, such as those of Teotihucan, and the Maya built their pryamids to be axis mundi, mountains where their ruler/priests could commune with their gods, and beneath them lay the path to the underworld of night and death.