Church Greek Hellenism Paradox in Willard, Ohio

[horsegirl600]

this might make me sound crazy but i see a blood-stained wall (or wine) with a person nealing in between the weird alter and pedistule. and lastly a cup with a cross on top.

[Austin933]

It is of the islands St. Francis Xavier visited in his lifetime. I currently attend the church and the school behind it, and Fr. Mel (recent priest) and Fr. Stan (current priest) say the exact words "it is the islands St. Francis visited when he was alive to preach and teach".

-Austin S.

[SasukeProductions222]

whats the point of this vid.?

[SaintRussell1914]

It looks like a female figure standing in a shower, and she seems to be surrounded by phalluses.

Swear to god, that's the first thing I saw.

[EmeiBaguazhang]

I do not see a dog at all!

I just see the usual stuff like the challence and junk.

I do see what looks like a chain of lslands.

If you think that the white part is a dog, I would say that that is only an optical illusion because of the white fabric piece with the wheat or whatever on it is supposed to be behind the island thing.

I don't really know, but it does not look like a famous artist did it.

It looks kind of average.

No offence to the artist. I am sure it was a commisioned work.

[thedarkmoonmidnight]

i could see where you got the dog being struck by lightening, but to me is seems like a spirit ascending (to heaven or w/e). Lightening travels from the group up, so it just seemed to make sense to me that perhaps w/e is at the bottom is rising and ascending to the great unknown. Just me i guess. Love and Light, Lady SilverVixen

[SAUNDERSacts2618]

Was the the Roman catholic church?

[MagickalHummingbird]

~*~ Bright Blessings PansGrove! ~*~  I SEE The God Pan With Little Horns Upon His Head ~ And Goat~Like Or Deer~Like Legs & Hind~Quarters With Tail ~ L@@KING Up ~ While Standing Beside A Skinny Young Tree With Leaves Or A Corn~Stalk! Some Mystical Forms Of Spirit Beings Energies Or Faeries Are Descending From The Sky!

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[DancingRabbit52]

My first impression was this was just a bunch of random paint splotches. It sort of looks like a map of Japan. On closer examination there is a light colored kneeling figure and a reddish stalk of corn. Who knows what that means.

The X P are the Greek letters Chi Rho which are the first two letters of the word Christ in Greek (CHRISTOS, xpistos). It's a common Catholic logo to mean Jesus.

[multifacetedmage]

I examined this pic carefully and, saw no dog or, lightining bolt but, i did see the following:

A headstone which is considered rightfully to be a emblem of death

the greek letters for rebirth that are shown around the Christian Easter I saw a corn stalk having to do with the grain of the harvest

I saw sunlight which representswarmth of the sun and in christianity is Jesus.

[pansgrove]

Cool.

[HannibalFL86]

Its probably indicative of Hades being cast out of Olympus.

[froach2]

I'm not too familiar with Greek lore, I follow the Gaelic pantheon as you can probably tell from my screen name. I couldn't see the pic real clearly, but if it is a dog being struck by lightning, my wild guess is it's Sirius (I think he's Greek), maybe he royally pissed Zeus off. Maybe that is an ancient myth that was never written down but was transmitted orally till it was painted.  Is this sensible or am I just dumb??? Hellenic isn't my forte.

[j71093h]

umm i couldnt really see it too well but i also have something to say in that in the myth i heard hades was not cast out but he zeus and poseidon had played a game of dice and zeus had won so he took the sky and poseidon came next and he took the water and that left hades with the earth/underearth and that is why hades is not in olympus he is too busy torturing the souls of the evil oh and yes i am a hellene too

[pansgrove]

Hey ... yah, I read that as "another take" from a book as well. Awesome.

[00MORDRED]

I thought the pantheon was a ruined temple

in greece.

however...most wiccan sects,accept only female

initiates....and its usually 2 men who control

the whole thing...not letting other men in.

especially well built hunks like me.:O)

peace.

:o)

5*****

[pansgrove]

No ... that is the PARTHENON. Never heard that about Wicca, gee unless you are referring to a specific sect of Wicca.

[HannibalFL86]

Really?

I have noticed that most Wiccan males are obese or frail.. social rejects, if you will.

[lordofthepies7]

well, i see the letter P the letter p is also a symbol for pluto. The planet pluto, if im not mistaking is ruled by hades of the underworld. The dog would be called Ceribus the three headed garden dog of hell. acoustiguy explimation makes more sense to me, about it being Japan.

[acoustiguy]

That would be my church and you more than likley would have talked to my mom at that piont about what the front of that church was all about.

[pansgrove]

I'm not too sure, as I was 4 or 5. LOL. Prob. did have an explination. What is the *REAL* answer? What is the mosaic suppose to be about?

[acoustiguy]

The real thing is a map of Japan. It's the route that St. Francis took during his mission work. but I suppose it can be seen how ever the brain wants it to I look at life with no wrong answers

[pansgrove]

Oh wow. How interesting. Thank you very much.

[seanirishdancer]

do you know zeus?

[pansgrove]

No, I tried to get to know him once. But he never had time.

[thelogicalGuy]

i dont know if i see a dog .. but i do see a man (priest) standing over a kneeling man..who seems to be begging for mercy...

maybe this is up for personal interpretation?

[matywaldy]

Ok I see,a white figure kneeling down maybe worshipping and a serpant of fire rising spiraling

[MsDiscord]

Hmmm....

I see a man, raising his hand to get the wee dog at his feet to beg for a treat..And there is a snake biting his butt :)

No lighteneing though...

[pansgrove]

LOL.

[Lindam06]

Ok i see a man,corn,the dog,lighting,a mans head at the bottom,at the top i also see a god or godess,huge bug

[Lindam06]

Yes their is alot to see,it show's much,I'm taking as if were telling us the future.

[pansgrove]

Wow, heavy! LOL.

[Suzbekistan]

I see corn...and a man and that's about it.

[matywaldy]

Im sorry,but at this moment in time I cant get anythink out of the picture

[matywaldy]

You were conected to the two gods,they were just saying hi and taking you to where you r now

[HollyKarma]

I Have to admit this matches nothing I have on Greek mythology Hun, I will ask Rev.Henry to take a peek and see, this is more his speed. Blessings to you Nella. Holly )0(

[Kallistos1]

I don't see a dog or anything...

But I do see a map of the Japanese islands. Since St. Francis Xavier evangelized the Far East, including Japan (indirectly I think), that makes some sense.

If you could email me the close up I can analyze it in more detail.

[RomanPhilosopher]

okay St Francis Xavier is the patron saint of missionaries for his work in Ventral and South East Asia. He is associated with a couple different symbols. The corn looking thing is a lily stalk. He is also associated with torches and flames. So I think that accounts for the smoke. I need the image to do anything more with it.

[RomanPhilosopher]

can you email me a copy of the picture. I can't make it out well. Alot of symbols in it I'd like to analyze up close and blown up. but from a distance it looks like smoke coming up from an alter in a city of God. I'd imagine its a scene from new jerusalem. BUt I really can't see it well in the video cos its moving and i can't make out the bottom very well.

[pansgrove]

i COULD do that, but really, I've looked at it a hundred times, and I got pretty good shots and they show up in the video. That's pretty much it. But, I'll email it to you. (shrug)

[xtraordinarymachine6]

to me it looks like a horse or centaur on its hine legs up on steps underneath a branch of a fruit tree thats hanging down and a corn stalk behind him and down in the left corner it looks like flames of some kind... but then looking at it again i also see the face of a little girl or young woman:-)... and yea i kind of do believe that u were meant to see it as a dog or hound being electricuted to give rise to ur beliefs in the greek pantheon:-)

[xtraordinarymachine6]

i dont know i see alot of stuff in this picture because then i also see the horned man coming out from behind a wall right next to the horse/centaur's behind.:-)

[obscurevisions]

Well, I can't really say much about the image itself, it just looks like a funky design to me with the symbol for peace and a cross and whatnot. The interesting thing though is that even if one were to look at it in the same sense as a Rorschach ink blot, you interpreted it as a hound being struck by lightning at an early age. Maybe somehow you knew all along where your heart resided in regards to the Gods? *shrugs* Just a thought.

BB )O(

[lksskjhh]

dont ya just love greek myth/story/realities ;) Emit.