160 - Richard Rohlin - A Universal History
The Symbolic World
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Is Saint Olga the New Helen of Troy?
There's this X shaped cross shaped movement in the development of Roman history and Western civilization. Exiles from Troy move West to found a new Troy, which eventually becomes Rome or it's London, new Troy. And then you have a king from new Troy, Constantine is a Roman emperor, but he's also from Britain, moving East to the ruins of Old Troy to found the new Rome,. Which is Constantinople, which becomes the first Christian city. There are no pagan temples in Constantinople. Right? Christ had not yet entered the picture. The stump of Jesse had been cut down and it had not yet sprung up again. So when it springs up, that creates the potential for the Hellenic
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