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miércoles, 25 de febrero de 2009

KUKULKAN - MONAD


kukulkan - monad, originalmente cargada por sanchezdot.

Serpiente emplumada (ometeotl)

Ometeotl is the name of the dual god Ometecutli/Omecihuatl in Aztec mythology. Teotl originally was translated as god, but most translators[citation needed] now prefer lord since the concept is not equivalent to the European concept of God. Some people translate teotl as energy, but this is not generally accepted. The literal translation of the name is "Lord Two", Miguel Leon-Portilla interprets this as "Lord of the Duality".

In the Nahua/Aztec tradition, Ometeolt/Omecihualt is a dual god, male and female, who was the creator of Cemanahuatl. Ometeotl's male aspect is Ometecutli, his/her female aspect is Omecihuatl. S/he dwelled in and ruled over Omeyocan ("Two Place"), home of the gods.

There were no temples dedicated to this god, but references to Ometeotl appear in a number of post-conquest Aztec codices and poetry.

Ometeotl was also referred by other names: Tloque Nahuaque, "Owner of the Near and Far"; Moyocoyatzin, "The Inventor of Himself"; Ipalnemohua, "The Giver of Life".

Ometecuhtli ("two-lord"; also Ometeoltloque, Ometecutli, Tloque Nahuaque, Citlatonac), the male aspect, was a deity associated with fire, a creator deity and one of the highest gods in the pantheon, though he had no cult and was not actively worshipped.

An Aztec poem declares:


The giver of life mock of us
only a dream we chase
oh my friends
our hearth trust
But he really mock of us
but with emotion we enjoy
in the green things and in the paintings
The giver of life make us live
he knows, he rules
how we, the men, will die
nobody, nobody, nobody
really lives on earth.

(Manuscript, Cantares Mexicanos/National Library of Mexico)

* * *

Ometecuhtli (El Señor Dios) y Omecihuatl, La Señora Dios, formaban la dualidad creadora en la religión mexica. Eruditos como Miguel León-Portilla traducen a Ometeótl/Omecihuatl como Señor/Señora de la Dualidad, implicando un solo dios de carácter dual.

Ometecuhtli representa la esencia masculina de la creación. Es esposo de Omecihuatl y padre de Tezcatlipoca rojo (Xipe Tótec), Tezcatlipoca negro (Tezcatlipoca), Tezcatlipoca blanco (Quetzalcóatl), y Tezcatlipoca azul (Huitzilopochtli). También se le llama Tonacatecuhtli [tonaka'tekutli], "Señor de nuestra carne".

En ningún lugar puede ser

la casa del sumo árbitro;
en todo lugar es invocado,
en todo lugar es venerado;
se busca su renombre, su gloria en la tierra

...
Nadie puede ser,
nadie puede ser amigo
del que hace vivir a todo;
solamente es invocado,
sólo a su lado y junto a él
puede haber vida en la tierra.

"Cantares Mexicanos" / Moyocoyatzin

Este es un dios antiguo, que no tenía templos, y era casi desconocido por el pueblo, pero muy nombrado en los poemas de las clases altas. Debido a que se le menciona de una manera que parece ignorar el resto de la cosmogonía azteca, Leon Portilla sugiere que tal vez los sabios aztecas estaban en un proceso de aglutinar a los demás dioses en esta deidad.

Omecihuatl (Mujer dos, Señora de la Dualidad), diosa que representa la esencia femenina de la creación en la religión mexica. Esposa de Ometecuhtli. También se le conoce como tonacacihuatl, Señora de nuestra carne.

Ometeótl es también llamado "in Tonan, in Tota, Huehueteotl", "Madre nuestra, Padre nuestro, Viejo Dios". Como dualidad y unidad masculino-femenina, reside en Omeyocann, "el Sitio de la Dualidad", que, a su vez, ocupa el más alto lugar de los cielos. El/ella es padre/madre del Universo y cuanto hay en él. Como "Señor y Señora de Nuestra Carne y Sustento", suministra la energía cósmica universal de la que todas las cosas derivan, así como la continuidad de su existencia y sustento. Provee y mantiene el ritmo oscilante del universo, y le confiere a cada cosa su naturaleza particular. Es en virtud de estos atributos que se lo/la llama "el Uno Mediante Quien Todos Vivimos" y el/la que "es el verdadero ser de todas las cosas, preservándolas y nutriéndolas". Por ser metafísicamente inmanente, Ometeótl es llamado/a Tloque Nahuaque, amo de lo cercano y lo lejano o el/la que está cerca de todas las cosas y de quien todas las cosas están cerca. En tanto epistemológicamente trascendente, se lo/la llama Yohualli-ehecátl, Uno que es Invisible (como la noche) e Intangible (como el viento). Recibe también los nombres de Moyocoyatzin, "el inventor de sí mismo" e Ipalnemohua, "el dador de vida".

La existencia de Ometeótl es sostenida y defendida por Caso, León-Portilla y López Austin (ver Bibliografía)

Para los aztecas, Téotl es una fuerza, un principio o una energía sacra autogenerada, única y dinámica, que creó y continuamente genera, permea y gobierna el universo. Se manifiesta de muchas formas, cíclica y regularmente, y en particular como dualidad (ver Ometéotl). Teótl es esencialmente devenir, movimiento y cambio.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ometeotl

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%A9otl

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%A9otl


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lunes, 23 de febrero de 2009

DOME OF THE REICHSTAG BUILDING - LA CÚPULA DEL REICHSTAG - REICHSTAGSKUPPEL BERLIN

Thanks for more than 2.300 clicks on that picture. Eye-catching and a masterpiece of modern technology, the dome is one of the main attractions of the Reichstag building. The figures alone are impressive – 23 metres high and 40 metres in diameter. A total of 800 metric tonnes of steel were used in the construction and the outer shell consists of 3000 square metres of glass. Architect: Sir Norman Foster

¡muchas gracias para arriba 2.300 clic sobre la foto! La cúpula del Reichstag (en alemán Reichstagsgebäude, abreviado Reichstag) est un golpe maestro del tecnología. Hasta junio de 2006, una cifra de 18 millones de personas ha acudido al Reichstag, ya sea para subir a la cúpula, seguir un debate o realizar la visita guiada. La cúpula que se añadió durante las reformas se ha convertido en una atracción turística de primer nivel y en un símbolo de la ciudad Berlin. Posee un diámetro de 40 metros y una altura de 23,5 y pesa 800 toneladas. Arquitecto británico Sir Norman Foster.

Vielen Dank für über 2.300 Klicks auf das Foto! Rund 23 Meter hoch und 40 Meter breit - seit 1999 hat das Reichstagsgebäude in Berlin wieder eine Kuppel. Die Konstruktion von Architekt Sir Norman Foster ist aus Stahl und Glas. Die Kuppel ist öffentlich zugänglich und versorgt den Plenarsaal mit modernster Belichtungs- und Beleuchtungstechnik. Auf gegenläufigen Rampen, die eine für den Aufstieg, die andere für den Abstieg, gelangt man im Inneren der Kuppel auf eine Aussichtsplattform mit wunderschönen Rundblick über Berlin. Dafür wurde im Inneren der Kuppel ein Montagegerüst errichtet.


Reichstag

The Reichstag at the end of the nineteenth century
Building
Town Berlin
Country Germany
Construction
Started 9 June 1884
Design team
Architect Paul Wallot

Reichstag building at night, 2002

The Reichstag building in Berlin was constructed to house the Reichstag, the first parliament of the German Empire. It was opened in 1894 and housed the Reichstag until 1933, when it was severely damaged in a fire supposedly set by Dutch communist Marinus van der Lubbe, who was later beheaded for the crime. That verdict has been a subject of controversy over the years. The National Socialist German Workers Party used this event as casus belli to begin a purge of "traitors" in Berlin and to ban the Communist Party of Germany.

The building remained in ruins until the reunification of Germany, when it underwent reconstruction led by internationally renowned architect Norman Foster. After its completion in 1999, it became the meeting place of the modern German parliament, the Bundestag.

The Reichstag as a parliament dates back to the Holy Roman Empire and ceased to act as a true parliament in the years of the Nazi regime (1933–1945). In today's usage, the German term Reichstag or Reichstagsgebäude (Reichstag building) refers to the building, while the term Bundestag refers to the institution.

Reichstag dome at night

History of the building

Construction of the building began well after 1871. Previously, the parliament had assembled in several other buildings in the Leipziger Straße in Berlin; but these were generally considered too small, so in 1872 an architectural contest with 103 participating architects was carried out to erect an all-new building. Work did not start until ten years later though, due to various problems with purchasing property for the new building and arguments between Wilhelm I, Otto von Bismarck, and the members of the Reichstag about how the construction should be performed.

Panorama of the Reichstag Building, July 2006

In 1882, another architectural contest was held, with 189 architects participating. This time the winner, the Frankfurt architect Paul Wallot, would actually have his plan executed. On 9 June 1884, the foundation stone was finally laid by Wilhelm I. Before construction was completed in 1894, Wilhelm I died (in 1888, the Year of Three Emperors). His successor, Wilhelm II, objected to parliament as an institution to a much greater extent. The original building was most acclaimed for the construction of an original cupola of steel and glass, an engineering masterpiece of the time.

Spiral walkway up to top of dome at Reichstag

In 1916 the iconic words "Dem Deutschen Volke" ("To the German people") were carved above the main facade of the building, much to the displeasure of Wilhelm II who had tried to block the adding of the inscription due to its democratic significance. After World War I had ended and Wilhelm had abdicated, during the revolutionary days of 1918, Philipp Scheidemann proclaimed the institution of a republic from one of the balconies of the Reichstag building on 9 November. The building continued to be the seat of the parliament of the Weimar Republic (1919–1933), which was still called Reichstag.

The Reichstag building, June 2003

Norman Foster


Personal information
Name Norman Foster
Nationality British
Birth date June 1, 1935 (1935-06-01) (age 73)
Birth place Stockport, Cheshire, England
Work
Practice name Foster + Partners
Significant buildings 30 St Mary Axe, London

Willis Faber and Dumas Headquarters, Ipswich
Wembley Stadium

Significant projects American Hangar at the Imperial War Museum Duxford
Awards and prizes Stirling Prize, Pritzker Architecture Prize, Minerva Medal

Norman Robert Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, OM, FRIBA, FCSD, RDI, (born 1 June 1935) is a British architect whose company maintains an international design practice. He is Britain's most prolific builder of landmark office buildings.

Foster was born in the Reddish area of Stockport, England, to a working-class family. He was naturally gifted and performed well at school and took an interest in architecture, particularly in the works of Frank Lloyd Wright, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Le Corbusier.

Leaving school at 16, he worked in the Manchester City Treasurer's office before joining National Service in the Royal Air Force. After he was discharged, in 1956 Foster attended the University of Manchester's School of Architecture and City Planning (graduating in 1961). Later, he won the Henry Fellowship to the Yale School of Architecture, where he met former business partner Richard Rogers and earned his Master's degree. He then travelled in America for a year, returning to the UK in 1962 where he set up an architectural practice as Team 4 with Rogers and their respective girlfriends, the sisters Georgie and Wendy Cheesman. Georgie (later Wolton) was the only one of the team that had passed her RIBA exams allowing them to set up in practice on their own. Team 4 quickly earned a reputation for high-tech industrial design.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Foster,_Baron_Foster_of_Thames_Bank

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichstag_building


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miércoles, 18 de febrero de 2009

THE NIGHT OF THE NATIVE WARRIORS


The night of the native warriors, originalmente cargada por Little Booby.
"To be a warrior is not a simple matter of wishing to be one. It is rather an endless struggle that will go on to the very last moment of our lives. Nobody is born a warrior, in exactly the same way that nobody is born an average man. We make ourselves into one or the other."

- Carlos Castaneda

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Castaneda


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sábado, 14 de febrero de 2009

44 - PAN - MONAD


44 - PAN - monad, originalmente cargada por sanchezdot.


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lunes, 9 de febrero de 2009

COMPLETE GOD


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miércoles, 4 de febrero de 2009

LITTLE GARDEN - GALAXY


little garden-galaxy, iii, originalmente cargada por @ires.


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LITTLE GARDEN - GALAXY IV


little garden-galaxy, iv, originalmente cargada por @ires.


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