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Esoteric meaning

two columns Yakhin and Boaz,

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At the dawn of civilization, the entrance to the sacred and mysterious places was guarded by two columns. In art and architecture, two columns are an archetypal symbol, symbolizing an important portal or passage to the unknown. The “stonemasons” have the pillars named Yakhin and Boaz and are one of the most easily recognizable symbols of the community, widely known in “custom” art, documents and buildings.

Consider the origin of this eternal symbol.

The concept of two pillars at the gates of holy places can be attributed to the ancient civilizations of antiquity, including from Atlantis, the lost source of hermetic knowledge [N.B ../: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermetism- this is the doctrine of the higher laws of nature, subject to both the principle of causality and the principle of analogy].

The symbolic meaning of the columns from time immemorial is to guard the gates to holy places and mysterious kingdoms. They mark the transition to the unknown and into another world.

Many people confuse the Pillars of Hercules (Pillars of Hercules) with the Pillars of Hercules. The fact is that this mythological concept has a completely different meaning than the geographical object that will be discussed further.

PILLARS OF HERCULES(lat.), Pillars of Hercules (Greek), Pillars of Melkart (Phoenician), the ancient name of the water surface of the Strait of Gibraltar. In Greek mythology, the pillars set by Hercules ( cm. HERCULES) at the end of the world in memory of his wanderings [http://dic.academic.ru/dic.nsf/es/73560].

PILLARS OF HERCULES(lat. Columnae herculis) is the name used in Antiquity to designate the heights that flank the entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar. [https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercules_Pillars].

The North Cliff / Pillar / Column (from the European side) is the Rock of Gibraltar (located in the possession of Great Britain, Gibraltar), and the Abila Mountain, located next to Ceuta [or Mount Acho, or Mount Jebel Musa in Tangier, Morocco]. The Rock of Gibraltar and the mountains of North Africa are two rocks between which the Strait of Gibraltar flows. According to legend, Hercules (Hercules) broke through the mountains on its way, and the resulting passage filled the Strait of Gibraltar. [http://www.turinfo.ru/attractions/gerkulesovi-stolbi]

Greek myths, later borrowed by the Romans, tell about 12 exploits of Hercules, one of which was the abduction of the cows of the giant Geryon. It is believed that these rocks were set by Hercules, during the performance of his tenth feat, on a journey for Geryon's cows.

According to Strabo [https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strabon], who in turn quoted Pindar [https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pindar], it follows that during his journey to West Hercules marked the farthest point of his route. This point served as a border for sailors in the ancient era, therefore, in a figurative sense, “Pillars of Hercules” is the end of the world, the end of the world and the expression “to reach the Pillars of Hercules” means “to reach the limit”.

Some Roman sources claim that when the Atlas Mountains stood in the way of Hercules, he did not climb them, but cut his way through, thus paving the Strait of Gibraltar and connecting the Mediterranean Sea with the Atlantic Ocean. The two mountains that formed along the shores of the strait began to be named after the hero. Diodorus of Siculus, on the contrary, argued that Hercules did not break through the isthmus, but, on the contrary, narrowed the already existing channel so that monsters from the ocean could not get into the Mediterranean Sea. According to Plato, the mythical Atlantis located behind the Pillars of Hercules.

The alleged view of the lost western part of the Peytinger table [https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peytinger's_table], which shows the Pillars of Hercules ("Columne Ercole") [https://otvet.mail.ru/question/64611403]

African Morocco coast ( autonomous city of Ceuta, Spanish colony) is located just 10 km of the water surface of the Strait of Gibraltar from European Spain (British military base Gibraltar). [http://users.livejournal.com/-pentagon-/4356.html]

According to the myth, Hercules installed two giant statues at this place, placed on high pillars. Since then, this point began to serve as the border of the other world for ancient sailors. Therefore, until now, the expression to reach the "Pillars of Hercules" means "to reach the edge, to the limit." It is believed that the son of the god Zeus and Alcmene, even narrowed the Strait of Gibraltar to prevent the monsters living in the “other world”, with which the Atlantic Ocean was associated, to penetrate the Mediterranean Sea. A natural creation or a son of God, in any case amazes with its beauty and mystery even the most sophisticated and experienced travelers. Indeed, here you get the impression that you are at the edge of the world. [http://snovadoma.ru/places/interes/hercules/]

According to Plato, on the Rock of Gibraltar and the opposite Abila Rock, two statues were erected on high columns, representing a kind of gateway from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic. In 711, the Arabs, led by Tariq ibn Ziyad, who sailed across the Strait of Gibraltar at the head of a large army, ‘for the glory of Allah’ destroyed the statues along with the columns.

The first to appreciate the strategic importance of the Rocks of the Moors. In 711, having overcome a narrow strait, they invaded Spain and on the northern ledge of the rock facing Spain, they built a castle, which is now called Moorish. They named the fortress by the name of their leader Tariq-ibn-Said - 'Jebel-at-Tariq' (= Mount Tariq). Over time, this name turned into Djibraltar, and the city under construction, and later the strait, began to be called in the same way. For the Moors, Mount Tariqa became the first outpost in Europe from where they made daring raids across mountains and seas.

One of the Gibraltar traditions says: “Every mountain requires worship. If you want to understand Mount Tariq, conquer its peak. And only when the sky above her becomes unnaturally close, the secret of these places will be revealed to you ”.

However, numerous conquerors rushed to Gibraltar not for a secret. With varying success, the fortress was besieged by the Normans, Castilians, Spaniards ... In 1309, Alonso Perez de Guzman captured the fortress on behalf of the Spanish king Ferdinand IV and turned it into a place of exile for criminals. However, the Moors soon reclaimed it, and only in 1462 did the Spaniards conquer the peninsula.

Less than 100 years later, a new siege began. This time the Algerian pirates became closely interested in Gibraltar, but the approaches to the fortress were so well fortified that for a long time it was considered impregnable. The Spaniards held Gibraltar in their hands for 250 years.

At the beginning of the 18th century, due to the intensified struggle of the major European powers, Gibraltar became the object of their colonial aspirations. In 1704, during the struggle for the Spanish Succession, English and Dutch privateers landed in Gibraltar. The Spanish garrison resisted for only one day, after which the admiral of the English fleet, George Rooke, raised the flag of the United Kingdom of Great Britain on the Rock. So the British crown acquired a new possession, which was formally secured by the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713.

The tenth article of this treaty read:

"The Catholic King, on behalf of his heirs and successors, cedes to the crown of Great Britain in full and undivided possession of the city and castle of Gibraltar, together with the port, fortifications and forts."

But Spain, of course, did not come to terms with the loss of Gibraltar and tried many times to regain it. The most dramatic was the fourteenth siege of the Rock, which lasted 4 years. From 1779, Gibraltar was besieged by the combined forces of the Spanish and French armies, but repeated assaults were unsuccessful.

It seemed that the British had come to Gibraltar for good, as the numerous posters on the walls proclaimed. "Gibraltar will remain British!" Therefore, it is not surprising that large military forces were concentrated here. The British turned the Rock into a well-equipped fortress.

A favorite symbol of Gibraltar is the image of the keys: the castle is the Rock itself, and the keys are with the one who owns it. And many wanted to own Gibraltar: over the centuries, various states, far and near, never tired of picking up the keys to the coveted castle.

Until the 8th century there were no permanent settlements here, although the strait was already known to the Roman and Greek geographers under the name of Calpe and Abila. Kalpe on the European coast, together with Abila on the African, according to the concepts of the ancients, made up the famous Pillars of Hercules, beyond which for a very long time the mariners did not dare to go. [http://www.liveinternet.ru/users/ugolieok/post337041360/ ]

Pillars of Hercules guarding the passage into the unknown.

Plato believed that the lost kingdom of Atlantis was located behind the Pillars of Hercules, in the area of the unknown. Renaissance traditions say the pillars carried a warning -

And also “Non plus ultra” =

“Nothing further beyond”, which means

(by the work of translators, of course) -

"Nothing except",

"Nothing but"

although I personally (preserving the Latin pun) would translate as follows:

serving as a "warning" for sailors and navigators that they do not need to go further, morally unprepared.

It is symbolic that “Going beyond the Pillars of Hercules” can mean abandoning the illusions of the material world, reaching a higher level of enlightenment.

The answer in Latin is: Alea iacta est.

["Hint" - here - https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_Rubicon])

Two columns, known as the Pillars of Hercules in ancient Greece, stood as gateways to the realm of enlightenment

The title page of Francis Bacon's book "New Atlantis" depicting the Pillars of Hercules as a gateway to a new world. According to the legends of occultism, Atlantis is the civilization in which all hermetic knowledge arose. The revival of this lost kingdom has been a dream of secret teachings for centuries

“The city of the chosen philosophers rises to the highest mountain peak of the Earth, but the wise gods live together in eternal bliss. In the foreground are the symbolic Pillars of Hercules that appear on the title page of Bacon's "Novum Organum" the order that is established in the sphere of the enlightened. " - Manly P. Hall,Lectures on Ancient Philosophy

* Mentioned by "Free Stones" *

The specific use of the terms Yachin and Boaz comes from the biblical description of the Temple of King Solomon. The architect of the temple was Hiram Abifa, who is also the main figure of all Masonic rituals. Verses 6: 1-38, as well as chapters 7 and 8 of the Third Book of Kings, describe the size, construction, and consecration of Solomon's temple. One passage describes more specifically the two pillars at the entrance to the temple:

"15. and he made two brass pillars, each eighteen cubits high, and an embossed lace twelve cubits embraced [the circumference] of both pillars;

16. And he made two crowns of brass to be placed on the top of the pillars: five cubits high in one crown, and five cubits high in the other crown;

17. braided nets and laces embossed as chains for the crowns that were on the top of the pillars: seven on one crown and seven on the other crown.

18. So he made the pillars and two rows of pomegranates around the net, to cover the crowns that are on the top of the pillars; he did the same for the other crown.

19. And in the narthex the crowns on the top of the pillars are made [like a lily], four cubits long,

20. and the crowns on both pillars above, just above the bulge that is next to the net; and on another crown, in rows around, two hundred pomegranates.

21. And he set the pillars to the porch of the temple; put the pillar on the right side and gave him the name Jachin (Yachin), and put the pillar on the left side and gave him the name Boaz (Boaz) ”(Third Book of Kings, Chapter 7, quoted in the Synodal Translation, 1876 [https: / /www.bibleonline.ru/bible/nrt/11/07/).

Artistic interpretation of the Temple of Solomon

Records of the Temple of Solomon are of great importance in Freemasonry, as every detail of the building carries an important esoteric meaning. Two pillars act as a "portal to the mysterious" and stand on either side of the entrance to the "Holy of Holies".

“According to the ancient rabbis, Solomon was initiated into secret teachings and the temple he built is in fact a home for initiations containing the accumulated pagan philosophical and phallic emblems. Pomegranates, columns crowned with palm leaves, pillars in front of the door, Babylonian cherubs, and the layout of the halls and draperies, all indicate a temple that was erected on the model of the shrines of Egypt and Atlantis ”- Manly P. Hall, The Secret Teachings of All Ages [https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manley_Palmer_Hall]

Here is Albert Pike's description of the pillars in the “recruits” text:

“You enter our Lodge between two columns. They are two pillars that stood in the Temple porch, on each side of the great eastern porch. These columns, made of bronze, four fingers wide in thickness, were, according to the most reliable estimates given in the third and fourth books of Kings, as confirmed by Jeremiah, eighteen cubits in height, with a capital of five cubits. The base of each was four cubits in diameter. The elbow is 1.707 feet (52 cm, but in the era of the Second Temple, two values of the cubit were used - 40 and 48 cm)... This means that the base of each was a little over thirty feet eight inches high, the capital was just over eight feet six inches high and the base diameter was six feet ten inches. The capitals were lined with bronze garnets, covered with bronze patterns, and decorated with bronze wreaths, and apparently imitated the shape of a lotus seed or Egyptian lily, a sacred symbol for Hindus and Egyptians. The pillar on the right, or in the south, was named, as the Hebrew word in the translation of the Bible, Yachin, and on the left - Boaz, and some translators believe that the first word means "He must establish", the second - "This is our strength."

These columns were imitations made by Hurum of Tire, large columns dedicated to wind and fire, at the entrance to the famous Temple of Malkarth, in the city of Tire. It is common in the rite of the York Lodge to see that the celestial globe is located on one side, and the globe on the other, but this is not justified if the object will imitate the original of the two columns of the temple.

We will leave the symbolic meaning of these pillars unexplained for now, only adding that the new student is holding a working instrument in the column of Yakhin, and this gives you the etymology and literal meaning of these two names.

The word Jachin, in Hebrew, is probably pronounced Ya-Kayan, and means, as a verbal noun, OH, which strengthens, and therefore, calm, stable, honest. The word Boaz, or Baaz, which means strong, strength, power, might, shelter, source of strength, fortress. The prefix means "with" or "in" and gives the word the meaning of gerund - "Fortification". The first word also means that he will set, or put in an upright position, from Kuhn's verb, he straightened. This probably means active and Life-giving energies and forces, and Boaz, stability, constancy, in a passive sense. " - Albert Pike, Moral_and_Dogma_ [https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_and_dogma_(book)]

Two columns on a masonic chessboard

Two columns in the building of the Masonic lodge

Monument in Israel with two columns

Priestess in the Tarot card, seated between Boaz and Yakhin

* Esoteric meaning, or
third "column" *

Like most occult symbols, Masonic pillars carry many levels of meaning, some are accessible to the uninitiated, while others are known to the higher ranks of Masons. However, it is generally accepted that Yakhin and Boaz represent a balance of opposing forces.

“These were the names [Yachin and Boaz] of two columns, cast in brass and installed on the porch of the temple of King Solomon. They were eighteen cubits high and were beautifully decorated with wreaths of chains, patterns, and pomegranates. At the top of each pillar was a large vessel - now misinterpreted as a ball or ball - one of the bowls likely contained fire and the other water. The celestial globe (originally the bowl of fire), crowning the right column (Yakhin), symbolizes the divine man, the globe (container with water), crowning the left column (Boaz), means earthly man. These two pillars, respectively, also mean active and passive emanations of Divine energy, the sun and the moon, sulfur and salt, good and evil, light and darkness. Between them there is a door leading to the house of God and, being installed at the gates of the sanctuary, they are a reminder that Jehovah is an androgynous and anthropomorphic entity. As two parallel columns, they represent the zodiac signs Cancer and Capricorn, which were previously placed in the initiation hall to represent birth and death - the extremes of physical life. They mean the summer and winter solstices, respectively, as Freemasons know under the relatively new name "Two St. John's." - Albert Pike, Morality and Dogma

Aleph is a man; Beth is a woman

1 - principle, 2 - word,

A - active, B - passive;

Unity - Boaz, Double - Yakhin.

In Chinese trigrams, a single line is Yang, a double line is Yin.

Boaz and Yakhin are the names of two symbolic columns located in front of the main door of the Kabbalistic temple of Solomon. These two columns in Kabbalah explain all the secrets of antagonism, both natural and political or religious; they also explain the productive struggle between a man and a woman, for, according to the law of nature, a woman must resist a man, and he must seduce or subjugate her. The "active" principle seeks the "passive" principle, the "fullness" is in love with "emptiness", the symbolic snake's throat draws its tail, and while spinning, it runs away from itself and pursues itself ...

The final union of reason and faith will be achieved not by their absolute distinction and separation, but by mutual control and fraternal cooperation. This is the meaning of the two columns of Solomon's portico, of which one is called Yachin and the other Boaz, one white and the other black. They are different and separate, they even appear to be opposite; but if a blind force wants to bring them closer together, the vault of the temple will collapse, since the separated ones have the same force, while the united ones represent two mutually annihilating forces. For the same reason, spiritual power immediately weakens itself as soon as it wants to usurp secular power, and secular power perishes as a victim of its seizure of spiritual power. Gregory VII destroyed the papacy, and the schismatic kings destroyed and will destroy the monarchy. Human balance needs two legs, worlds gravitate towards two forces, birth requires two sexes. This is the meaning of the mystery of Solomon, represented by the two pillars of the temple, Yachin and Boaz. ”- Eliphas Levi,The doctrine and ritual of higher magic [https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliphas_Levi]

It is believed that the unity of the two columns turns into a third column, in the middle, which esoterically represents man and humanity.

“When two columns find equilibrium between them, it means the union of Sushumna and Kundalini. This sacred marriage will create "Fire-Mist" for radiation throughout the human body, filling it with the will of the divine Light. This is what humanity will become the third pillar of the Temple of Wisdom. He / she will be a pillar formed by the union of strength (Yachin) and beauty (Boaz). This act is the 'Forgotten Word' in vibrational the system of physical incarnation of the soul. ”. - Corinne heline, Old Testament Bible Interpretations The Bible and the Tarot [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corinne_Heline]

The combination of the two opposing forces of the two columns produces the central column - the perfect man - Hercules.

* Kabbalistic meaning *

In Kabbalistic teachings, Yachin and Boaz represent two columns of “spheres of knowledge” in the tree of life.

The mutual arrangement of the three columns of the spheres of knowledge and the three great columns

“In the mysterious Tree of the" spheres of knowledge "among the Jews, these two columns symbolize mercy and severity. Standing in front of the gates of the Temple of King Solomon, these columns carried the same symbolic meaning as the obelisks in front of the sanctuaries of Egypt. In Kabbalistic interpretation, the names of the two pillars mean "In power shall My house be established." In the brilliance of mental and spiritual enlightenment, the high priest stood between the columns as a mute witness to perfect balance - this hypothetical point is equidistant from all extremes. Thus, he personifies the divine nature of man in the middle of his complex creation - the mysterious Pythagorean Monad in the presence of Duad. On one side towered a huge pillar of intelligence, and on the other, a brazen pillar of flesh. Halfway between the two stands an illustrious sage, but he cannot achieve this high stillness without first suffering on the cross, done by joining these pillars together. The first Jews sometimes represented two columns, Yakhin and Boaz, as the feet of Jehovah, which was read by the modern philosopher, as Wisdom and Love - the most exalted feelings that support the entire order of the World Order - both worldly and overwhelming.

The right column, which is called Yachin, has its foundation on Hochma, the outpouring of the Wisdom of God; the three balls represented on it are all masculine abilities.

The column on the left is called Boaz. The three balls on it are female abilities and perception abilities, for they are based on mutual understanding, receptivity and the ability to motherhood. Wisdom is seen as radiance and outpouring of feelings, and understanding as receptivity, or that which fills the current wisdom. The three pillars ultimately unite in Malchut, in which all the power of the upper worlds is manifested. " - Eliphas Levi, The doctrine and ritual of higher magic

* In pop culture, architecture and industry: *

Pillars are sometimes used in pop culture for reasons other than the decorative purposes of acquiring an esoteric meaning. Action taking place between or passing through pillars, symbolically representing transformations or initiations, can be found in cases such as:

The cover of the first Harry Potter book, where he accidentally discovers that he is a wizard. His initiation is visually represented as moving through two columns. The book's original title, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, is The Philosopher's Stone, an ancient alchemical concept representing initiation.

Rapper Kenny West, standing in the middle of a pair of columns in his deeply symbolic ‘Power’ video (K anye West ‘Power’, full length = 04:54 ) – https://my.mail.ru/mail/sania1776/video/_myvideo/14.html ;

There is a parody in stripped-down symbolism - https: // youtu. be / Td 8 r 3 FHVeKs

(Above is an obscenely censored Youtube clip, alas)

Among the many esoteric symbols contained in The Imaginarium of Doctor ParnAssus (2009, directed by Terry Gilliam), two columns stand on either side of the stage.

Two columns facing the IRS building in Kansas (IRS). Also notice the dual black and white ‘pattern’ and the hands on top, known as the ‘Hands of the Mysteries’.

Two huge columns in the center of Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, a city in which architecture and layout contain numerous elements of the occult, with an "oriental tinge";

In the Chinese city of Hangzhou, they plan to build unusual skyscraper towers Zhejiang Gate Towers, which will change color depending on the angle of observation. ‘Zhejiang’ in Chinese plays on the concept of “gate” and / or “portal”. The project was presented in June 2016 at the Laboratory for Visionary Architecture, which is known for using only environmentally friendly materials in its construction.

Two columns serving as guides for the 3 D growing table - Hercules New printer products. Also pay attention to the embodied symbolism in perfection of the combination of “encrypted” numbers 4 - 1 - 3 - (4 + 2 + 4), as the formula for the “basis” of creation 3 D.

Perfection of embodied power.

My version of modding the "third column" - I will give a little below, in the comments, including my attempts to lay out a video of adjustment and fitting.

The article was written for participation in the competition announced on the 3DToday website by Imprint.

Three majestic rock formations protrude from the water between the island of Khortytsya and Dneproges. They have long been popularly called Racks or Pillars, and the intervals between them are called "gates".

They then attracted the attention of the traveler. He even sketched them and described them in detail: "" As far as I can remember, these pillars, especially the first of them, from the side of the river, is a solid mass of smooth granite, in the upper part as if covered with stones of cyclopean dimensions, which are carefully ground to one another; from the side of the dry land, this rock rises by steps or ropes from separate parts, which, as is known, were made by a man's hand. It seems that the foundations of these Pillars are not artificial, but natural, as for the upper part - a man has already completed them "".

In the old days, these rocks were connected to the northern part of Khortitsa by a sandy peninsula covered with vines, and even earlier there was a forest in which wild goats were found. Each of the three Pillars has its own nickname. Near the right bank there is a rock of the Queen's Divan or Catherine's Chair. One hundred meters from the Chair - Maiden Font or Zaporozhye bowl. In the middle of the rock there is a depression of a fairly regular rounded shape. They say that the Zaporozhye Cossacks cooked dumplings here. They ate them with spoons of one and a half length, which for fun they fed each other through a bowl. On this island, the remains of a settlement of ancient people were found (their culture was named "Stogovskaya"). The third rock is unremarkable, except for its inclined position, for which the island was named Pohyly.
Vladimir SUPRUNENKO, "Zaporozhye Territory"
Photo by Dmitry ONISCHENKO

The Polish writer G. Podberezovsky, traveling along the Dnieper in 1860, called the Three Pillars "Pillars of Hercules", linking them with the legend of Herodotus about the meeting of Hercules with the serpentine goddess and the origin of the Scythians. Until the middle of the XIX century. Three Pillars were connected to Khortytsya by a sand spit overgrown with trees and bushes, which was washed away by the flood.

It can be seen that ancient travelers depicted and described these rocks on the Dnieper not as we see them now. But erosion, human activities (including the construction of the Dnieper Hydroelectric Power Station) have left them like this to us.
Let's turn our attention to the ancient drawing of the traveler and the last photograph. They are taller and looked like they were built from huge blocks. I don't think this is an artist's fantasy. Not seeing this fact - he would have depicted these rocks as rocks - monolithic. I would conclude that before us are the remains of the oldest hydraulic structures on the Dnieper. What do readers think? Let's discuss, maybe someone will post some more photos and share their thoughts ...

From various historical sources, we know that the Pillars of Hercules (Hercules) were erected on the shores of the Strait of Gibraltar in ancient times, possibly to control navigation through the strait. Messages about them were perceived as a fairy tale about ancient generations. It is known that 4-5 thousand years ago the Strait of Gibraltar was much narrower in width in comparison with its current position. Legends say that the strait then had devices blocking its course, similar to the approaching rocks (symplegades, plankts, kyaneans) of the Bosphorus Strait, through which the Argonauts sailed with the participation of Jason, Hercules and others to Colchis.

In the book by Robert Graves "Myths of Ancient Greece" it is said that the pillars of the cities of Abile (now Ceuta) and Kalpa on both banks of Gibraltar were not erected by the Greek Hercules, but much earlier. These pillars were originally called the Pillars of Krona (who ruled in the Golden Age and was buried on Bely Island, near Yamal), and then the pillars of the giant Biorea, whose power stretched so far. But then, the name Bioreus (who was also called Aegeon) was consigned to oblivion by subsequent generations of rulers as a result of multiple renaming. Over the past 2.5 millennia, the oceans, seas, lakes, rivers, continents, mountains, countries, and peoples have also been repeatedly renamed. It is possible that the Pillars of Hercules began to be called after the city of Tortes, located not far from Calpe, allegedly founded by Hercules and called Heraclea. Massive ancient walls and sheepfolds are still shown here. Legends and traditions say that there was another, even more ancient Hercules, who bore the name of Biorea. The repetition of the names of rulers, spiritual hierarchs, heroes is observed in our time.

In ancient Greek legends, it is mentioned that Hercules, during his next "feat" (the predatory abduction of the fairytale bulls of Geryon), erected the Pillars of Hercules (Dictionary of Antiquity, M., 1992, p. 129). Written sources say nothing about the place of installation of these pillars, their construction and purpose. Probably, in ancient times they were well known and considered a common truth.

About 2.5 thousand years ago, the famous philosopher and scientist Plato, giving information about Atlantis, mentioned (as a landmark) the Pillars of Hercules, behind which Atlantis was located. Currently, the official history unproven indicates that the Pillars of Hercules are rocks located on both sides of the Strait of Gibraltar, which are up to 426 meters above sea level. However, the rocks are not yet pillars. A number of historians, as an example, pointed to the higher mountains in the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea, located on two neighboring islands - Samothraki (height 1600 m) and Gokceada (697 m), located in front of the Dardanelles. In addition, there are many stone formations around the globe called pillars. They are found in many parts of the world. Only on the territory of Russia there are dozens of names of widely known pillars: Lena, Krasnoyarsk, Ural, Nizhneudinsk, etc. The origin of some of them is not entirely clear and requires further study.

But on Earth there are also other, real pillars and columns of gigantic dimensions, which do not cause a dispute about the possibility of their installation by ancient man. These include megaliths - cult structures made of huge boulders of the period of construction 2-3 thousand years BC. Megaliths include menhirs, dolmens, cromlechs. They are found in many places in Europe, North Africa, America, the Caucasus, India, Siberia ...

Analyzing the exploits and deeds of Hercules, we can say that he possessed great physical strength and unbridled character, and used this for destruction, murder, but not for creation. He looked more like a warrior. He did not have the divine ability to erect mountains, rocks, such as those found at the Strait of Gibraltar. A more real thing for Hercules was his participation in the installation of giant cult stones (menhirs) to atone for his many sins (killing his children, wife and other innocent people). Probably, in those days, these giant menhirs were called the Pillars of Hercules. They have survived to this day in Brittany, France, and other places.

The device of the Column of Hercules (according to I.E. Koltsov)

Designations: 1 - view of the Pillar of Hercules; 2 - an energy emitter inside the column; 3 - foundation pad; 4 - mineral energy emitters (flint, amber, rare earth elements, etc.); 5 - energy flows.

It is possible that radioactive chemical materials are used as a source of energy-field formation, which can be clarified by means of instruments. Such pillars were created to form vertical energy-field flows. The pillars were part of a complex of other religious buildings. Legends say that by being at these stones, people get rid of many diseases. The location of these pillars is associated with a system of underground passages. Pillars of Hercules, like the menhir from Brittany, were found on both sides of the Strait of Gibraltar. One pillar was on the north bank of the strait, southwest of the city of Algeciris, and the second was on the south bank, west of the city of Bensu. They were part of a whole complex of other structures that controlled the state of the strait and navigation. Much has been destroyed over the millennia. There are no more pillars, but powerful invisible energy continues to be present in their places. It can be fixed instrumentally. There should also be the remains of the Pillars of Hercules in the ground. Legends and research suggest that Hercules participated in the installation of the Pillars of Hercules on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea, west of the Algerian city of Tenes. In place of these pillars, there are also strong energy-field formations (flows). For modern technology, it is not difficult to establish their former location.

In ancient times, the Pillars of Hercules were in many parts of the world and had various designs. For example, such pillars were located on both sides of the Bosphorus Strait in the northern part of the existing city of Istanbul (former Byzantium, Constantinople), in the Caucasus, the Urals, in Greenland, etc. In the Bosphorus Strait, the Pillars of Hercules were also part of the complex of structures. This complex also included giant hollow stones of a floating dam, which could float out (move out) from the coastal channel across the current, blocking the strait, and, if necessary, sink to its bottom. Having pumped out water from the interior of the floating dam, it floated up and again retracted into the coast (see the figure below). Is it not about this convergence of the rocky shores of the strait that is said in the legend about the voyage of the Argonauts of Jason to Colchis for the Golden Fleece? The simple and wise decisions of the ancients could be used in our time. I hope that with such a decision there would be no disputes with the construction of a dam at the mouth of the Neva River and other places.

Jason sailed past these Symplegades with the Argonauts to Colchis
Designations: 1 - floating hollow rocks of Symplegada (kyanei, plankts); 2 - Pillars of Hercules.

According to ancient legends, the secret of magic and healing power against many diseases are hidden in giant stones (menhirs). These stones to the shores of Europe were carried by giants from the distant reaches of Africa (Morocco, Guinea ...), where they were created by dedicated priests. At that time, centers for the creation of mysterious giants from stone were also in Greenland, the Northern Black Sea region, at the bend of the Volga, in the Southern Urals, etc.

The Pillars of Hercules are special devices for forming a kind of "space communication" point, although they are less laborious to manufacture than pagodas and temples. They were created on the basis of engineering knowledge to transform the weak energy flows of the earth's rocks and atmosphere for cult purposes.

The conclusion is unambiguous that the Pillars of Hercules have nothing to do with the rocky heights of the mountains over the Strait of Gibraltar. A more detailed study of the mysterious menhirs in Brittany and other places is ahead.

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Some Roman sources claim that when the Atlas Mountains stood in the way of Hercules, he did not climb them, but cut his way through, thus paving the Strait of Gibraltar and connecting the Mediterranean Sea with the Atlantic Ocean. The two mountains that formed along the shores of the strait began to be named after the hero. Diodorus of Siculus, on the contrary, argued that Hercules did not break through the isthmus, but, on the contrary, narrowed the already existing channel so that the monsters from the ocean could not get into the Mediterranean Sea.

Pillars like columns

According to Plato, two statues on high columns were installed on the Rock of Gibraltar and Abila, representing a kind of gateway from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic. In 711, the Arab commander Tariq ibn Ziyad, who sailed across the Strait of Gibraltar at the head of a large army, ordered "for the glory of Allah" to destroy the statues along with the columns. The dollar sign ($) is said to be a stylized representation of the Pillars of Hercules entwined with the mythical serpent Python.

Mention by the Phoenicians

Beyond the Strait of Gibraltar, the Phoenicians founded several large colonies on the territory of modern Morocco. This is how the trading cities of Lixus, Shella and Mogador emerged.

The ancient historian Strabo describes the westernmost Tyrian temple of Melqart, located near modern Cadiz, calling it the temple of Hercules of Tyrian. The Phoenicians called Gibraltar the Pillars of Melqart, which probably gave rise to its Greek name. Strabo notes that people who visited this temple claimed that the two bronze columns in the temple are the real columns of Hercules. However, according to the historian, this was a hoax.

Cultural references

In The Divine Comedy, Dante Alighieri mentions Odysseus's journey to the Pillars of Hercules.
Alexander Gorodnitsky has a song called "Pillars of Hercules", which, in particular, was included in the repertoire and was performed by Arkady Severny.

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Excerpt from the Pillars of Hercules

- Father, I'm so scared! .. He takes Anna! And I don't know if I can save her ... Help me, father! Help at least with advice ...
There was nothing in the world that I would not agree to give Karaffe for Anna. I agreed to everything ... except for one thing - to give him immortality. And this, unfortunately, was exactly what the Holy Pope wanted.
- I am so afraid for her, father! .. I saw a girl here - she was dying. I helped her to leave ... Is it possible for Anna to get a similar test ?! Are we really not strong enough to save her? ..
- Do not let fear in your heart, daughter, no matter how painful you are. Don't you remember what you taught your daughter Girolamo? .. Fear creates an opportunity for the realization of what you are afraid of. He opens the doors. Don't let fear weaken you before you start fighting, honey. Don't let Karaffe win without even starting to resist.
- What am I to do, father? I didn't find his weakness. I didn't find what he was afraid of ... And I had no time left. What am I to do, tell me? ..
I understood that our short lives with Anna were approaching their sad end ... But Karaffa still lived, and I still did not know where to start in order to destroy him ...
- Go to Meteora, daughter. Only they can help you. Go there, my heart.
Father's voice sounded very sad, apparently the same as me, he did not believe that Meteora would help us.
- But they refused me, father, you know. They believe too much in their old "truth", which they once instilled in themselves. They won't help us.
- Listen to me, daughter ... Come back there. I know you don’t believe ... But they are the only ones who can still help you. You have no one else to turn to. Now I have to leave ... Sorry, dear. But I'll be back to you very soon. I will not leave you, Isidora.
The essence of the father began to habitually "sway" and melt, and after a moment it completely disappeared. And I, still perplexedly looking at where his transparent body had just shone, understood that I did not know where to start ... Karaffa declared too confidently that Anna would very soon be in his criminal hands, so I had time to fight there was almost nothing left.
Getting up and shaking myself from my heavy thoughts, I decided to follow my father's advice and go to Meteora again. It couldn't have been worse anyway. Therefore, tuning in to the North, I went ...
This time there were no mountains, no beautiful flowers ... I was greeted only by a spacious, very long stone hall, at the far end of which something incredibly bright and attractive sparkled with green light, like a dazzling emerald star. The air around her shone and pulsed, splashing out long tongues of burning green "flame", which, flashing, illuminated the huge hall to the very ceiling. Sever stood next to this unprecedented beauty, thinking about something sad.
- Hello to you, Isidora. I'm glad you came, ”he said gently, turning around.
- And hello, Sever. I came for a short time, - trying my best not to relax and not succumb to the charm of Meteora, I replied. - Tell me, Sever, how could you let Anna out of here? You knew what she was doing! How could you let her go ?! I hoped Meteora would be her protection, but she betrayed her so easily ... Explain, please, if you can ...
He looked at me with his sad, wise eyes, without saying a word. As if everything had already been said, and nothing could be changed ... Then, shaking his head in negative, he said softly:
- Meteora did not betray Anna, Isidora. Anna herself decided to leave. She is no longer a child, she thinks and decides in her own way, and we have no right to keep her here by force. Even if they do not agree with her decision. She was told that Caraffa would torture you if she did not agree to return there. Therefore, Anna decided to leave. Our rules are very strict and unchanging, Isidora. As soon as we transcend them once, and next time there will be a reason why life here quickly begins to change. This is unacceptable, we are not free to deviate from our path.
- You know, Sever, I think THIS is your main mistake ... You blindly locked yourself in your infallible laws, which, if you look closely at them, will turn out to be completely empty and, to some extent, even naive. You are dealing here with amazing people, each of whom is already wealth in itself. And they, so unusually bright and strong, cannot be tailored to fit one law! They simply will not obey him. You must be more flexible and understanding, North. Sometimes life becomes too unpredictable, just as circumstances are unpredictable. And you cannot judge in the same way what is first and foremost and what no longer fits into your long-established, outdated "framework". Do you yourself believe that your laws are correct? Tell me honestly, Sever! ..

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In the book by Robert Graves "The Myths of Ancient Greece" it is said that the pillars of the cities of Abile (now Ceuta) and Kalpa on both banks of Gibraltar were not erected by the Greek Hercules, but much earlier. These pillars were originally called the Pillars of Krona (who ruled in the Golden Age and was buried on Bely Island, near Yamal), and then the pillars of the giant Biorea, whose power stretched so far. But then, the name Bioreus (who was also called Aegeon) was consigned to oblivion by subsequent generations of rulers as a result of multiple renaming. Over the past 2.5 millennia, the oceans, seas, lakes, rivers, continents, mountains, countries, and peoples have also been repeatedly renamed. It is possible that the Pillars of Hercules began to be called after the city of Tortes, located not far from Calpe, allegedly founded by Hercules and called Heraclea. Massive ancient walls and sheepfolds are still shown here. Legends and traditions say that there was another, even more ancient Hercules, who bore the name of Biorea. The repetition of the names of rulers, spiritual hierarchs, heroes is observed in our time.
In ancient Greek legends, it is mentioned that Hercules, during his next "feat" (the predatory abduction of the fairytale bulls of Geryon), erected the Pillars of Hercules (Dictionary of Antiquity, M., 1992, p. 129). Written sources say nothing about the place of installation of these pillars, their construction and purpose. Probably, in ancient times they were well known and considered a common truth.
About 2.5 thousand years ago, the famous philosopher and scientist Plato, giving information about Atlantis, mentioned (as a landmark) the Pillars of Hercules, behind which Atlantis was located. Currently, the official history unproven indicates that the Pillars of Hercules are the rocks located on both sides of the Strait of Gibraltar, which are up to 426 meters above sea level. However, the rocks are not yet pillars. A number of historians, as an example, pointed to the higher mountains in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, located on two neighboring islands - Samothraki (1600 m) and Gokceada (697 m), located in front of the Dardanelles. In addition, there are many stone formations around the globe called pillars. They are found in many parts of the world. Only on the territory of Russia there are dozens of names of widely known pillars: Lena, Krasnoyarsk, Ural, Nizhneudinsk, etc. The origin of some of them is not entirely clear and requires further study.
But on Earth there are also other, real pillars and columns of gigantic dimensions, which do not cause a dispute about the possibility of their installation by ancient man. These include megaliths - cult structures made of huge boulders of the period of construction 2-3 thousand years BC. Megaliths include menhirs, dolmens, cromlechs. They are found in many places in Europe, North Africa, America, the Caucasus, India, Siberia ...
Analyzing the exploits and deeds of Hercules, we can say that he possessed great physical strength and unbridled character, and used this for destruction, murder, but not for creation. He looked more like a warrior. He did not have the divine ability to erect mountains, rocks, such as those found at the Strait of Gibraltar. A more real thing for Hercules was his participation in the installation of giant cult stones (menhirs) to atone for his many sins (killing his children, wife and other innocent people). Probably, in those days, these giant menhirs were called the Pillars of Hercules. They have survived to this day in Brittany, France, and other places.
The study of this menhir showed that there is a layered energy shell more than 0.5 m thick around it. The source of the energy-field formation is the special structure of the stone, as well as the energy devices located inside the pillar in its heel and middle part. The stone is installed on a special foundation cushion that provides energy supply (see fig.).

Pillar of Hercules (menhir in Brittany, France) and its energy field
The device of the Column of Hercules (according to I.E. Koltsov)
Designations: 1 - view of the Pillar of Hercules; 2 - an energy emitter inside the column; 3 - foundation pad; 4 - mineral energy emitters (flint, amber, rare earth elements, etc.); 5 - energy flows.

The study of this menhir showed that there is a layered energy shell more than 0.5 m thick around it. The source of the energy-field formation is the special structure of the stone, as well as the energy devices located inside the pillar in its heel and middle part. The stone is installed on a special foundation cushion that provides energy supply.
It is possible that radioactive chemical materials are used as a source of energy-field formation, which can be clarified by means of instruments. Such pillars were created to form vertical energy-field flows. The pillars were part of a complex of other religious buildings. Legends say that by being at these stones, people get rid of many diseases. The location of these pillars is associated with a system of underground passages. Pillars of Hercules, like the menhir from Brittany, were found on both sides of the Strait of Gibraltar. One pillar was on the northern bank of the strait, southwest of the city of Algeciris, and the second was on the southern bank, west of the city of Bensu. They were part of a whole complex of other structures that controlled the state of the strait and navigation. Much has been destroyed over the millennia. There are no more pillars, but powerful invisible energy continues to be present in their places. It can be fixed instrumentally. There should also be the remains of the Pillars of Hercules in the ground. Legends and research suggest that Hercules participated in the installation of the Pillars of Hercules on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea, west of the Algerian city of Tenes. In place of these pillars, there are also strong energy-field formations (flows). For modern technology, it is not difficult to establish their former location.
In ancient times, the Pillars of Hercules were in many parts of the world and had various designs. For example, such pillars were located on both sides of the Bosphorus Strait in the northern part of the existing city of Istanbul (former Byzantium, Constantinople), in the Caucasus, the Urals, in Greenland, etc. In the Bosphorus Strait, the Pillars of Hercules were also part of the complex of structures. This complex also included giant hollow stones of a floating dam, which could float out (move out) from the coastal channel across the current, blocking the strait, and, if necessary, sink to its bottom. Having pumped out water from the interior of the floating dam, it floated up and again retracted into the coast (see the figure below). Is it not about this convergence of the rocky shores of the strait that is said in the legend about the voyage of the Argonauts of Jason to Colchis for the Golden Fleece? The simple and wise decisions of the ancients could be used in our time. I hope that with such a decision there would be no disputes with the construction of a dam at the mouth of the Neva River and other places.

Jason sailed past these Symplegades with the Argonauts to Colchis
Designations: 1 - floating hollow rocks of Symplegada (kyanei, plankts); 2 - Pillars of Hercules.

More than four thousand years ago, Greenland was free of ice, and in its interior there was a sea, the entrance to which from the Arctic Ocean was also blocked by a floating dam in the eastern part of Wolfe Land (in the southern part of the Victoria Fjord). There, too, were the Pillars of Hercules. As for the territory of the European part of our country, on the map of Anthony Wood, published in 1555, two giant stone pillars to the north of the Black Sea (Ukraine) are clearly indicated. The purpose of these pillars is similar to that of the Iron Column in India.
According to ancient legends, the secret of magic and healing power against many diseases are hidden in giant stones (menhirs). These stones to the shores of Europe were carried by giants from the distant reaches of Africa (Morocco, Guinea ...), where they were created by dedicated priests. At that time, centers for the creation of mysterious giants from stone were also in Greenland, the Northern Black Sea region, at the bend of the Volga, in the Southern Urals, etc.
The Pillars of Hercules are special devices for forming a kind of "space communication" point, although they are less laborious to manufacture than pagodas and temples. They were created on the basis of engineering knowledge to transform the weak energy flows of the earth's rocks and atmosphere for cult purposes.
The conclusion is unambiguous that the Pillars of Hercules have nothing to do with the rocky heights of the mountains over the Strait of Gibraltar. A more detailed study of the mysterious menhirs in Brittany and other places is ahead.