The Moaning Sisters

Another ghost story for your amusement...

Above Georgetown, on the Potomac River, are three rocks, known as the Three Sisters, not merely because of their resemblance to each other—for they are parts of a submerged reef—but because of a tradition that, more than a hundred years ago, a boat in which three sisters had gone out for a row was swung against one of these rocks. The day was gusty and the boat was upset. All three of the girls were drowned. Either the sisters remain about this perilous spot or the rocks have prescience; at least, those who live near them on the shore hold one view or the other, for they declare that before every death on the river the sisters moan, the sound being heard above the lapping of the waves. It is different from any other sound in nature. Besides, it is an unquestioned fact that more accidents happen here than at any other point on the river.

Many are the upsets that have occurred and many are the swimmers who have gone down, the dark forms of the sisters being the last shapes that their water-blurred eyes have seen. It is only before a human life is to be yielded that this low wailing comes from the rocks, and when, on a night in May, 1889, the sound floated shoreward, just as the clock in Georgetown struck twelve, good people who were awake sighed and uttered a prayer for the one whose doom was so near at hand. Twelve hours later, at noon, a shell came speeding down the Potomac, with a young athlete jauntily pulling at the oars. As he neared the Three Sisters his boat appeared to be caught in an eddy; it swerved suddenly, as if struck; then it upset and the rower sank to his death.

Now if We Could Only get Along...

I found an interesting link to something I talk about a lot, probably too much, but I find it highly interesting.

Solar Mythology.

This is mankind's true religion. This is the religion ALL humans partake of. It is made up of the little fishbowl sects with names like Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam.

Unknown to most "normal" humans (who cannot see the bigger picture), all of mankind's religions are based on Astrology and the movements of the sun. This is something that was developed way back in the hunter-gatherer days as a means to ensure the survival of our race. A way to organize the primordial chaos which ruled man's early world. Important facts about the seasons, hunting, planting, and harvest times were rolled into mythic ritual and allegory and passed down through the generations to ensure their survival and prosperity. It was basically "cave-man science", or the nearest equivalent they could come up with.

As society advanced, it gradually took on organization, and was shaped into a myriad of different deities depending upon the culture at hand. These religions rose and fell, each copying the structure of the last and changing the cultural setting of the heroes and deities. The old deities becoming the devils of the new. The ruling classes learned they could control and pacify their populations with threats of eternal torment, and societal controls were then worked into the mix.

All of these religions retained the same core elements (things like the holy trinity, calendar and holidays, etc) with the difference being largely cultural. This is why we have all the major holidays occurring within three days of events such as the various Solstices' or equinoxes almost universally. It is also why we have similar stories, such as "the Great Deluge" and the resurrecting saviour being found in cultures as widely separated as the ancient Sumerians and the Native Americans who could not have possibly had direct contact. Religions such as Islam were later offshoots and founded after this syncretism occurred, but there are still broken elements of it to be found.

Alas, all this has been forgotten by most of mankind. They are too busy fighting and arguing that their version is the only true religion, though they are really all brothers under the same Sun. The original reason for the religion has been lost, and it has been replaced with basically empty dogma, in many cases. There are lots of fervent believers, but most really do not truly comprehend anything about what it is all about, or how mind-shatteringly large and old it really is. They can see lots of little trees, but are missing the giant forest that the trees comprise. It is sad really, because what was intended to help man live a better life, now entraps him in a constant cycle of war and deprivation.

Anyway, here are some of the better links about it...
Solar Mythology and the Bible

Story of Jesus is the Story of the Sun Passing Through the Zodiac

Here is a really good E-Book on the subject by JH Hill. (it was written in 1890, so it is a little dated, but mostly accurate) I have a PDF of this from a scanned copy. Email if you want a copy.