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Date Posted: 01:00:56 04/29/05 Fri
Author: Martin Luther of Sion
Subject: Theosophy Is Open
In reply to: Longinus Perspective 's message, "Vaticinium ex eventu" on 00:49:00 04/29/05 Fri

3:17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:

III 34
Quand le deffaut du Soleil lors sera,
Sur le plein iour le monstre sera veu;
Tout autrement on l'interpretera,
Cherté n'a garde, nul n'y aura pourueu.

When the eclipse of the Sun will then be,
The monster will be seen in full day:
Quite otherwise will one interpret it,
High price unguarded: none will have foreseen it.

2:7 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.

The name Rasputin in Russian does not mean "licentious", as is often claimed. There is, however, a very similar Russian adjective rasputny (распу́тный) which does mean "licentious" and the corresponding noun rasputnik. There is no definite explanation of the origin of this not uncommon surname, which does not have a "disgraceful" meaning, as the contemporary Russian writer Valentin Rasputin would be quick to explain. There are at least two options for the root of the word One of them is "put' ", which means "way", "road". Close nouns are rasputye, a place where the roads diverge or converge and rasputitsa (распу́тица, "muddy road season"). Some historians argue that his name signifies, roughly, a place where two rivers meet, which describes the area from which the Rasputin family originates. Another possibility is "put", which gives rise to the verb "putat": "entangle" or "mix up", with "rasputat" being its antonym: "detangle", "untie", "clean up a misunderstanding", etc.

However the most grounded explanation is a standard Russian surname derivation from the old Slavic name "Rasputa" ("Rasputko") (recorded as early as in 16th century) with the meaning "ill-behaved child", the one whose ways are against traditions or the will of parents.

It is said that Rasputin tried to have his name changed to the inconspicuous "Novy" (Новый, 'New') after his first pilgrimage to the Holy Land, but this is a subject of dispute.

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