Leiden 1

Niederlande/Netherlands/Nederland
GRÜNE MÄNNER VON LEIDEN 2
GREEN MEN OF LEIDEN 2
GROENE MANNEN VAN LEIDEN 2

Nächste Orte: Haarlem, Den Haag

 


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Green Man

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Green Man

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Green Man

Leiden was a total surprise for me. (Although I spent many years of my youth there). At a first sight the Pieters Kerk (Church) showed all the sights of Calvinist "clean-up". After the Reformation it took over the State. All previous (catholic) memories were destroyed. The result: an empty church ("An empty church is our God", how right they were) with only uniform neutral (boring) capitals leiden_3754m.jpg (12527 bytes)

Green Man

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Son/Gods or Green Men

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MotherGoddess of Creation and Destruction
(To be compared with Kali)

Before leaving the church I was drawn to the organ. It had something peculiar about it. It was built around 1490, early Renaissance. Suddenly I saw these faces: black with golden masks. And others with the Attis cap. While in the centre this little female! monster with breasts. Strong intuition supported by visits to countless churches all over Europe gave me a first clue. This couldn't be true! In the bulwark of Dutch Calvinism I found a key drama of pre-Christian faith: MotherGoddess Kybele and Her Sons/Gods. I don't think that anybody has seen this scene before, ever.   leiden_3743.jpg (9364 bytes)

MotherGoddess of Creation and Destruction
(To be compared with Kali)

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MotherGoddess of Creation and Destruction
(To be compared with Kali)

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Son/Gods or Green Men

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Son/Gods or Green Men

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Son/Gods or Green Men

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Son/Gods or Green Men

My theory is that this scene came from Spain. (Holland at that time was Spanish territory). Especially churches in Northern Spain (Leon, Santiago de C.) show similarities. The Church had turned Kybele, at the centre of "the universe", into the Destructive "Bitch-Mother", surrounded by Her black-faced Son/Gods. Black Stone (meteorite) being Her symbol. These Green Men (leaves clearly present) wear crowns, indicating the respect they received from the people. In Leon the king is also portrayed as a Green Man (Many other kings of those times also, including Louis IX of France). leiden_3736.jpg (7232 bytes)

Son/Gods or Green Men

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Attis

If this is all true, and I believe it is, then my discovery is an absolute sensation. leiden_3738.jpg (5982 bytes)

Attis

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