Ashtar Command Book Blog

Friday, July 24, 2026

Friday

Credit: Maitreya Fields / YouTube

I can´t be the only one who sees the striking similarities between Red Tara and Lalita Tripura Sundari...

Thursday, July 23, 2026

The hares of eternity

Credit: The Devonshire Association(?)

I never heard of the mysterious Three Hare symbol before, so here we go! It must be some kind of swastiska stuff...

Can you tell me about the Three Hares symbol?

The Three Hares is one of the most fascinating and mysterious symbols in world art. It consists of three hares running in a circle, with each hare sharing an ear with its neighbor. Although there are only three ears in total, each hare appears to have two—a clever visual illusion.

What makes the symbol especially intriguing is that it appears across a vast geographical area—from China to the Middle East and Europe—over more than a thousand years.

The design

At first glance, you see three hares chasing one another.

Looking more closely, you notice:

there are only three ears,
each ear belongs simultaneously to two hares,
each hare nevertheless appears complete.

This ingenious construction has fascinated artists and mathematicians alike.

Where is it found?

The earliest known examples appear along the Silk Road.

China

Some of the oldest surviving examples are in the Mogao Caves, dating to around the 6th–7th centuries CE.

These Buddhist cave temples contain paintings of the Three Hares on their ceilings.

Central Asia

The motif spread westward along Silk Road trade routes.

Examples occur in:

Iran,
Afghanistan,
Uzbekistan.

Islamic art

The design appears in medieval Islamic decorative art, where geometric and symbolic motifs were highly developed.

It seems to have been appreciated primarily as an elegant ornamental pattern.

Europe

The motif eventually reached Europe.

It is especially famous in:

England (particularly Devon churches),
Germany,
France.

Many medieval churches have the Three Hares carved into wooden roof bosses.

What does it mean?

This is the mystery.

No medieval text explicitly explains the symbol.

Scholars therefore propose several possibilities.

1. Eternity

Because the hares form an unbroken circle, the symbol may represent:

eternity,
endless cycles,
continuity,
the wheel of time.

2. Interdependence

Each hare shares an ear.

Nothing is completely separate.

Modern interpreters often see this as expressing:

interconnectedness,
mutual dependence,
unity within plurality.

This interpretation resonates well with Buddhist philosophy, although we cannot say with certainty that it was the original intention.

3. The Moon

Since hares are ancient lunar animals throughout Asia, the Three Hares may have had lunar symbolism.

Possible meanings include:

lunar phases,
recurring cycles,
rebirth,
immortality.

This fits comfortably with both Chinese and Indian traditions.

4. Buddhism

Because the oldest examples are found in Buddhist cave temples, many scholars think the symbol originally had Buddhist significance.

Possible associations include:

cyclic existence (saṃsāra),
harmony,
compassion,
perfection.

However, no Buddhist scripture specifically explains the motif.

5. Christianity

When the motif appears in churches, some have interpreted it as representing the Holy Trinity:

three persons,
one essence.

The geometry certainly lends itself to this reading.

However, there is little evidence that this was the original meaning. It is more likely that medieval Christians adopted an already existing motif and gave it a Christian interpretation.

Could it have many meanings?

Quite possibly.

Unlike symbols with a fixed doctrinal explanation, the Three Hares seems to have been remarkably adaptable.

As it traveled across cultures, different communities could understand it in ways that fit their own traditions:

Buddhists: interdependence or cyclic existence.
Muslims: elegant geometric harmony.
Christians: the Trinity.
Folk traditions: luck, fertility, or the cycle of the seasons.

Why hares?

Hares themselves already carried rich symbolism across Eurasia.

They were associated with:

the Moon,
fertility,
spring,
vigilance,
transformation,
generosity (through Indian and Buddhist stories),
the Otherworld in Celtic tradition.

Using three hares naturally amplified these associations.

Relation to sacred geometry

The Three Hares also appeals because of its mathematical elegance.

It demonstrates how:

three creatures,
sharing only three ears,

can all appear anatomically complete.

The design beautifully balances:

unity,
multiplicity,
symmetry,
motion.

Rasrisk

Genrébild

Är han dubbelagent, eller vad?

Polisen som lärt upp den gängkriminella miljöns skyttar har ännu inte blivit avskedad

Wednesday, July 22, 2026

Wednesday

- AMA, chat!

Almost missed my "strange Ganesha pic of the week" session. So here we go, LOL.

Slumpens skördar

Alla de här dödsfallen är såklart en ren tillfällighet, eller hur?

Epsteins "svenske" scout hittad död

Trust me, bro

I think I linked to this before, but I can´t find it anymore. This must be the smartest guy in the world, I mean, he manages to debunk Hinduism and Buddhism (all of it) in little under five minutes. Sure wonder how the "dharmic" religions (which are much older than Protestantism) will survive this onslaught? Note that "Testify" can´t even tell the difference between Brahman and Brahma, LOL.

When Elvis met the zombies

So I asked ChatGPT (the free version) about "Elvis taxa" and "zombie taxa"...

What are Elvis taxa and zombie taxa?

These are two colorful terms used in biology and paleontology to describe different kinds of "apparent resurrections." They're informal rather than formal taxonomic categories, but they're widely understood.

Lazarus taxa

As we discussed, a Lazarus taxon is a species or lineage that was believed extinct but is later found to have survived.

Examples include:

Coelacanth
Wollemi pine
Lord Howe Island stick insect

The species never actually disappeared—it was simply overlooked.

Elvis taxa

An Elvis taxon is different.

The name refers jokingly to Elvis Presley impersonators.

An Elvis taxon is:

a newly evolved species,
that closely resembles an extinct one,
so it can easily be mistaken for the original.

The extinct organism has not returned.

Instead, evolution has independently produced something very similar.

Example

Imagine a trilobite species goes extinct.

Ten million years later another arthropod evolves that looks remarkably like that trilobite.

It isn't the same species or even necessarily closely related—it merely resembles it.

That resemblance makes it an Elvis taxon.

Real examples

Paleontologists have suggested Elvis taxa among:

planktonic microorganisms,
foraminifera,
ammonites,
certain fossil mollusks.

In these groups, shell shape can evolve repeatedly under similar environmental pressures.

Zombie taxa

A zombie taxon is something else again.

It is a fossil or specimen that appears much younger than it really is because it has been reworked.

For example:

A dinosaur fossil is buried 100 million years ago.
Millions of years later erosion exposes it.
Rivers transport the fossil.
It becomes buried again in sediments only a few million years old.

Someone finds it in the younger rocks and initially thinks:

"Dinosaurs survived much longer than we thought!"

But they did not.

The fossil itself is old—it has merely been redeposited.

It is therefore a zombie taxon.

Why zombie taxa matter

They can temporarily produce spectacular but false claims, such as:

dinosaurs surviving into the Paleogene,
marine reptiles surviving millions of years after their extinction.

Usually careful geological analysis shows the fossils were reworked from older deposits.

Other "resurrection" terms

Paleontology has accumulated several humorous terms:

Lazarus taxon – survives unnoticed, then is rediscovered.
Elvis taxon – an unrelated or newly evolved look-alike mistaken for the extinct form.
Zombie taxon – an old fossil redeposited into younger rocks, giving the illusion of later survival.

Some authors also mention "ghost lineages," though this is a different concept. A ghost lineage is an inferred evolutionary lineage that must have existed because of phylogenetic evidence, even though fossils from that interval have not yet been found.

A simple comparison

Term	What happened?	Organism actually survived?
Lazarus taxon	Survived unnoticed and was rediscovered	Yes
Elvis taxon	A different species evolved to resemble the extinct one	No
Zombie taxon	An old fossil was reworked into younger rocks	No
Ghost lineage	Evolution predicts the lineage existed despite a gap in the fossil record	Unknown (it's an inference about missing fossils rather than survival)

Together, these concepts remind us that the fossil record can be misleading in different ways. A surprising "reappearance" may represent a genuine rediscovery (Lazarus), convergent evolution (Elvis), geological redeposition (Zombie), or simply an incomplete fossil record (ghost lineage).