1/8/2023 0 Comments Affectus translationnot too close and not too far away from the star it orbits. The first step is to identify suitable planets, one’s that revolve around a similar size star, in the life-enabling ‘Goldilocks Zone‘ i.e. So if the time-span of homo sapiens is limited on this planet some ‘visionaries’ have started looking for other homes. We know that bacteria can survive for years in the chill of deep-space, shielded from solar radiation. This is the plan of seeding alien worlds with microorganisms from the earth. It seems that we are not restricted to shaping our own planet, I have just been reading about ‘directed panspermia’. Manmade artifacts such as litter, engineering structures, old cars etc will be known as ‘technofossils’. Of the 60 billion chicken that are bred and consumed a year, there are so many bones filling our landfills that it is possible we are laying interesting layers for future geologists to discover – when the planet has become vegan. One of the more interesting ways of the new ‘Anthropocene’ is how we are affecting the fossil record, particularly with chicken bones. Beyond harnessing the power of the atom we have also discovered that we are affecting the planet in ways that we could not imagine. This reflects our impact on the planet, on its geology and its ecosystems, with climate change constituting a small part of this ‘human-shaping’ effect. Geologists recently claimed that we are entering a new planetary epoch called the Anthropocene. The power of humankind has become breathtaking. that task seems clearer today and more urgent. In the midst of all of this, Pope Francis urges us to build bridges, not walls…. With so many accusations, in so many walks of life, sometimes it is difficult to discern between the facts and lies. Some people describe the ‘Diabolos’, as the divider or the slanderer. We live in an age of division and rancour. With rumours of schism and criticisms of the Pope, it is worth remembering that one of the marks of true renewal, according to Yves Congar, is that it is in communion with the whole Church. I have been reflecting on some of the resonances. Christianity spread around the world through communication and connection. At this time I also created a PowerPoint foil with a version of the Runic stone where Harald held a cellphone in one hand and a notebook in the other and with a translation of the runes:īluetooth Special Interest Group, wishes to unite different devices in the way the tribes were united by Harald Bluetooth. Harald had united Denmark and Christianized the Danes! It occurred to me that this would make a good codename for the program. Modern short-link radio technology was developed in Lund in Sweden in 1989, but named Bluetooth by Jim Kardach of Intel in 1996, who explains the story in a blog on Tech History: Undoubtedly, some of the unity was brought about by conquest and force but after his conversion, according to lore, Harald had an uncanny ability to bring people together in non-violent negotiations. His initials H ( ᚼ ) and B ( ᛒ ) in ancient runes, may look familiar to you, in fact, you may have glanced at them several times today! As well as constructing the oldest bridge in Scandinavia at Ravning, he also united various tribes as did Alfred. He is remembered as a great King and a bridge builder in multiple ways. The baptism is recorded in this magnificent gold altar plate from the 12th Century. He was baptised around 960 by ‘Poppo the Monk’ after Poppo allegedly had passed through a ‘Trial by Fire’ to prove the power of his God was most powerful. Historians think that Harald had a prominent bad tooth … hence t he name, ‘Bluetooth’. The King in Denmark was Harald Bluetooth. With Christianity came learning and writing, which mystified the Vikings who dismissed this as sorcery at first, but came to understand its significance, not least as a reliable way of disseminating orders. As told in the Saxon Chronicles of Bernard Cornwall, it was a time of uniting disparate kingdoms and the Birth of England. This has been dramatised by the fascinating Netflix series ‘The Last Kingdom’ which covers the partial Viking Conquest of Britain and the fightback of the Christian King, Alfred the Great. I think particularly interesting is the gradual emergence out of a violent pagan culture, into the unifying and eventually pacifying force of Christianity. As we also know they did a lot raping and pillaging. These incredible navigators landed in N.America 500 years before Columbus. Not least the history of Denmark and the impact of the Viking Age (793-1066). I was in Copenhagen for the first time last week and was fascinated by many things.
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