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The Significance of the Praying Mantis?
#22195630 - 09/06/15 03:11 AM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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So I've seen the praying mantis in several psychedelic themes (example: a praying mantis is shown in 'DMT: The Spirit Molecule'). I also saw someone on the shroomery with one as their signature.
The other day I was outside and I live in a really really hot/dry area so I've been watering these weeds that look like small sunflowers to help feed the bees and monarch butterflies and while I was outside watering them I felt something crawling on my hand and it was a BIG Praying Mantis. And it was just studying my face. Like I'm not even exaggerating when I say this thing was just zoned in on my face. I've never seen a bug act so intelligent and aware. I set it on one of the sunflower leaves and it walked on the leaf and turned it's head to stare at my face and we just watched each other for a while. I felt like I learned so much from staring at it's eyes. Their eyes are so interesting, if you really look at them, they have what looks like a set of eyes within their eyes.
I almost feel like it was delivering a message to me. Maybe I'm just looking into it too much but after that encounter I really just can't help but feel like I learned something very important. I don't know how to describe it but I'm almost sure of it.
Anyone have any ideas what the significance of the Praying Mantis is? Or what it means if one presents itself to you?
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Re: The Significance of the Praying Mantis? [Re: Kush_Zombie]
#22195660 - 09/06/15 03:35 AM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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for those of you that are interested, I found these articles about the subject.
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The praying mantis is the oldest symbol of God: the African Bushman’s manifestation of God come to Earth, “the voice of the infinite in the small,”* a divine messenger. When one is seen, diviners try to determine the current message. In this culture they are also associated with restoring life into the dead. “Mantis” is the Greek word for “prophet” or “seer,” a being with spiritual or mystical powers.
Meet the eye of a mantis and feel the presence of God. Interspecies communicator Sharon Callahan says, “the I of me, and the I of the creature became one and we rested on the breath of God.” She notes that a praying mantis appears sometimes in person, other times in a dream or even in an object of art, but always with the “shiny conscious eye ~ God looking at me through the eye of the Mantis.”
The praying mantis shows the way. In the Arabic and Turkish cultures a mantis points pilgrims to Mecca, the holiest site in the Islamic world. In Africa it helps find lost sheep and goats. In France, it's believed that if you are lost the mantis points the way home.
"Follow Mantis" means putting that core aspect of yourself, your foundation of Spirit, at the helm and let it direct your intellect and ultimately your life.
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The mantis comes to us when we need peace, quiet and calm in our lives. Usually the mantis makes an appearance when we've flooded our lives with so much business, activity, or chaos that we can no longer hear the still small voice within us because of the external din we've created. After observing this creature for any length of time you can see why the symbolism of the praying mantis deals with stillness and patience. The mantis takes her time, and lives her life at her own silent pace. A quick-list of praying mantis symbolism:
Stillness Awareness Creativity Patience Mindful Calm Balance Intuition
These traits have lead the mantis to be a symbol of meditation and contemplation. In fact, in China, the mantis has long been honored for her mindful movements. The mantis never makes a move unless she is 100% positive it is the right thing for her to do. This is a message to us to contemplate and be sure our minds and souls all agree together about the choices we are making in our lives. Overwhelmingly in most cultures the mantis is a symbol of stillness. As such, she is an ambassador from the animal kingdom giving testimony to the benefits of meditation, and calming our minds. An appearance from the mantis is a message to be still, go within, meditate, get quite and reach a place of calm. It may also a sign for you to be more mindful of the choices you are making and confirm that these choices are congruent."
Very interesting. Maybe I was being delivered a message after all.
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Re: The Significance of the Praying Mantis? [Re: Kush_Zombie]
#22196611 - 09/06/15 10:40 AM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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Here's a memorable psychedelic poster from the 60s. I never owned it then, but perhaps a replica is available if you're interested enough to look (for pondering).
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MarkostheGnostic said: Here's a memorable psychedelic poster from the 60s. I never owned it then, but perhaps a replica is available if you're interested enough to look (for pondering).

That's not in an Egyptian tomb by any chance is it? Not the actual picture but is the mantis in a tomb?
The only reason I'm asking is because I've taken several DMT trips (give or take 10) and the most reoccurring theme in my trips revolves around the Egyptians.
In one trip I saw Egyptian hieroglyphics, most notably this painting of 2 pharaohs facing each other and both of them holding the same staff.
In another trip I flew over two pyramids that were red. In the trip I assumed they were on mars but I was basically looking down on it as if I were a satellite orbiting by.
In another trip (and I'm just going to copy and paste this one from another thread I wrote about it in) I remember being in a pyramid at one point talking to a woman with green hair and green glowing eyes. I kept persisting that she show me something even though I wasn't completely sure what it was I was wanting her to show me but I knew she knew something extraordinary. She came up to my face extremely quickly once I asked almost as if to see if she could scare me while at the same time looking very deep into my soul. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't intimidated but I insisted that she still show me. She brought me to a hidden door in the pyramid and there was this sphere that contained more energy than any of us could comprehend. I was in awe and wasn't exactly sure what it was I was staring at except I knew it was a power source of some sort. An extremely powerful power source that was pure. I don't remember anything after that but I still thank her for showing me what she did, it was very clear that she didn't have to bother with me or could have easily caused discomfort of some sort to my mind if not my soul.
DMT has answered so many questions for me and added about 20 new questions to every question it answered
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Re: The Significance of the Praying Mantis? [Re: Kush_Zombie]
#22196705 - 09/06/15 11:03 AM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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When I was in Kyoto I saw a praying mantis chilling in a garden, so I crouched down and got close to try to take a photo. Suddenly, it charged at me and attacked the lens. I spazzed out and dropped the camera. What was it trying to tell me?
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Re: The Significance of the Praying Mantis? [Re: DisoRDeR]
#22196742 - 09/06/15 11:13 AM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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DisoRDeR said: When I was in Kyoto I saw a praying mantis chilling in a garden, so I crouched down and got close to try to take a photo. Suddenly, it charged at me and attacked the lens. I spazzed out and dropped the camera. What was it trying to tell me?
I found this.
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The only thing that is certain is that the mantis (or claw ninjas) will be back to finish the job. I'm sorry to say that this sounds like a classic mob hit and you are their next target. It takes nearly one year for mantis mobs to plan out a human kill but you can be sure that this is not through yet. I suggest that you go to a friend's house or some close relatives and just lay low for a while. Unfortunately, I do not know what else you can do besides running away. Good luck!

Maybe it just doesn't like to have its picture taken  I couldn't really find any information on the meaning of it attacking someone but I did try
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Re: The Significance of the Praying Mantis? [Re: Kush_Zombie]
#22197389 - 09/06/15 02:04 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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It's poster art, and the bishop or whatever appears to be the top of a carved sarcophagus such as what one finds in Westminster Cathedral. There is nothing unusual about accessing Egyptian themes on psychedelics. I once reached down to touch a bronze plaque I had never seen before in the formal garden of my college. I saw Greek raised letters. When my fingers touched them, the plaque resumed its actual substance, very fine and rippled dusty soil.
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Re: The Significance of the Praying Mantis? [Re: Kush_Zombie]
#22199466 - 09/06/15 08:52 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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THANKYOU! For posting this!
I once had a life-chsnging DMT experiancing involving a mantis.
Thank you again for this information!
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Kush_Zombie said: for those of you that are interested, I found these articles about the subject.
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The praying mantis is the oldest symbol of God: the African Bushman’s manifestation of God come to Earth, “the voice of the infinite in the small,”* a divine messenger. When one is seen, diviners try to determine the current message. In this culture they are also associated with restoring life into the dead. “Mantis” is the Greek word for “prophet” or “seer,” a being with spiritual or mystical powers.
Meet the eye of a mantis and feel the presence of God. Interspecies communicator Sharon Callahan says, “the I of me, and the I of the creature became one and we rested on the breath of God.” She notes that a praying mantis appears sometimes in person, other times in a dream or even in an object of art, but always with the “shiny conscious eye ~ God looking at me through the eye of the Mantis.”
The praying mantis shows the way. In the Arabic and Turkish cultures a mantis points pilgrims to Mecca, the holiest site in the Islamic world. In Africa it helps find lost sheep and goats. In France, it's believed that if you are lost the mantis points the way home.
"Follow Mantis" means putting that core aspect of yourself, your foundation of Spirit, at the helm and let it direct your intellect and ultimately your life.
Quote:
The mantis comes to us when we need peace, quiet and calm in our lives. Usually the mantis makes an appearance when we've flooded our lives with so much business, activity, or chaos that we can no longer hear the still small voice within us because of the external din we've created. After observing this creature for any length of time you can see why the symbolism of the praying mantis deals with stillness and patience. The mantis takes her time, and lives her life at her own silent pace. A quick-list of praying mantis symbolism:
Stillness Awareness Creativity Patience Mindful Calm Balance Intuition
These traits have lead the mantis to be a symbol of meditation and contemplation. In fact, in China, the mantis has long been honored for her mindful movements. The mantis never makes a move unless she is 100% positive it is the right thing for her to do. This is a message to us to contemplate and be sure our minds and souls all agree together about the choices we are making in our lives. Overwhelmingly in most cultures the mantis is a symbol of stillness. As such, she is an ambassador from the animal kingdom giving testimony to the benefits of meditation, and calming our minds. An appearance from the mantis is a message to be still, go within, meditate, get quite and reach a place of calm. It may also a sign for you to be more mindful of the choices you are making and confirm that these choices are congruent."
Very interesting. Maybe I was being delivered a message after all.
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Re: The Significance of the Praying Mantis? [Re: Kush_Zombie]
#22201523 - 09/07/15 11:16 AM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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I found this.
Quote: The only thing that is certain is that the mantis (or claw ninjas) will be back to finish the job. I'm sorry to say that this sounds like a classic mob hit and you are their next target. It takes nearly one year for mantis mobs to plan out a human kill but you can be sure that this is not through yet. I suggest that you go to a friend's house or some close relatives and just lay low for a while. Unfortunately, I do not know what else you can do besides running away. Good luck!

Maybe it just doesn't like to have its picture taken  I couldn't really find any information on the meaning of it attacking someone but I did try

Hmmm... interesting. It's been almost six years now and they haven't caught up with me yet. I have been laying low in an inhospitable-to-mantis climate for the last two years, training to be a claw ninja myself. When they come I intend to be ready.
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Re: The Significance of the Praying Mantis? [Re: DisoRDeR]
#22261358 - 09/19/15 06:10 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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I stumbled on this, ill never forget the time I ate a lil over an eighth of (I believe) golden teachers, and about an hour into the trip I laid on a bed, and out of the corner of my eye I could see this praying mantis looking at me. It was a bizarre thing, it was like messing with me, almost like it was trying to tell me something, like it's all right and it felt like it was smiling at me..hard to explain.. the weird part is I could only see it in my peripheral vision, and it was for a brief amount of time. Strange.
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Re: The Significance of the Praying Mantis? [Re: Kush_Zombie]
#22751006 - 01/08/16 01:29 AM (8 years, 23 days ago) |
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i hatch and raise mantids off and on. they are my favorite animal. come visit mantidforum.net
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