NOTE: **THE WEBSITE WILL GO THROUGH SOME CHANGES FOR THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CLUB ORGANIZATION - JULY 1, 2025**
This is an interactive, ongoing project designed to explore everyone's creativity. The central theme is mythology & the object is to add in your own creative way a bit to the project...be it a picture, a poem, a story, music or a video...it just has to have some relevence to the central theme of mythology as well as to Battlestar Galactica (please namecheck BSG)...just bear this in mind: There are those who believe...that life here began out there, far across the Universe...with tribes of humans...who may have been the forefathers of the Egyptians...or the Toltecs...or the Mayans...that they may have been the architects of the Great Pyramids...or the lost civilizations of Lemuria...or Atlantis.
Some believe that there may yet be brothers of man...who even now fight to survive--somewhere beyond the heavens!
Members: 31
Latest Activity: Apr 21, 2023
This is from the Alan Parsons project...Sirius/Eye in the sky...from their work Eye in the sky which had an Egyptian theme to it...and exemplifies in turn the mythology of Battlestar Galatica...
View discussions in the The Pyramid Project forum!
Comment
This has a good overview of the many of Battlestar Galactica’s mythological references to cultures here on Earth:
In the re-imagined version of Battlestar Galactica, it is shown that the religion on Kobol had devolved to include human sacrifice. This also goes along with the polytheistic religions of the Middle-East and the ancient religions of the pyramid builders of the Americas. In Baal worship as well as the ancient religions of the Mayans and some other ancient religions of the Americas, human beings were sacrificed to the Sun god. In the Middle-Eastern religions it was a fertility religion whereas in the ancient Americas it was seemingly to make sure the Sun came back up.
http://www.frak-that.com/202/images/202_cap187.jpg
http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth3618/images/Aztec_heart...
http://www.balagan.org.uk/war/new-world/mexico/images/codex_magliab...
Once again I'm just posting a link, but this is a bit long to put on here. It is about the sacred scrolls, the pythian prophecies, the cycle of time, etc. all themes in the reimagined version of Battlestar Galactica:
The Sacred Scrolls are a set of writings that form the basis of Colonial religion, a polytheistic faith resembling the legends of ancient Greece. The scrolls record much of the alleged history of humanity, including life on Kobol before the great exodus, and the legend of Earth. Portions of the scrolls are used in religious ceremonies, such as the Service for the dead (Miniseries, "Act of Contrition").
Most notable among the Sacred Scrolls is the Book of Pythia, also referred to as the Pythian Prophecy. Written 3,600 years ago by the oracle Pythia, they are believed by some to foretell the current exodus from the Twelve Colonies of Kobol.
Here are some pics of the ruins of the city of Kobol from the re-imagined version of Battlestar Galactica:
http://en.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/File:Opera_House_ruins.jpg
This file is from a shared repository and may be used by other projects. Please see the file description page for further information.
.Behold, Kobol the city of the gods of Battlestar Galactica...which looks somewhat like the city of Atlantis was supposed to look like.
http://en.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/File:City_of_the_Gods.jpg
This file is from a shared repository and may be used by other projects. Please see the file description page for further
A small minority of monotheistic humans existed on the Twelve Colonies before the Fall. Their religion was looked upon as dangerous and heretical by the majority of Colonial society and most of them were forced to hide their beliefs. The paramilitary adjunct to the Monotheist Church was known as the Soldiers of the One or "STO". Capricans, if not those of the other eleven worlds, made little or no distinction between the STO and monotheism generally; monotheists were considered to be members of a terrorist group by the Caprica government. The principal mark of the movement was an infinity symbol ("Caprica pilot").
Three such practitioners were closeted monotheists Zoe Graystone, Lacy Rand, and Graystone's boyfriend, Ben Stark, who was the more fanatical of the three. Despite their actual beliefs in a single omnicient, omnipotent and omnipresent G-d, the three were students at Athena Academy a polytheist parochial high school on Caprica. The headmistress, Athenian High Priestess Clarice Willow, was herself a closeted monotheist and mentored the three in her true beliefs. Graystone and Stark died in a suicide bombing executed by the latter without the former's forewarning ("Caprica pilot").
The Cylons apparently worship a metaphysical being, a being that wishes for all to believe in it and love it, human and Cylon alike. The Cylon religion includes concepts of "sin". For example, the Messenger Number Six warns Gaius Baltar that suicide is a mortal sin when he jokingly suggests killing himself (Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down). A tortured Number Six copy named Gina Inviere does not initially kill herself to escape horrific torture because she believes that suicide is a sin (Resurrection Ship, Part II).
The Cylons maintain that one of God's commandments is to procreate ("be fruitful"), but the humanoid Cylons are incapable of procreating with each other. The Cylons apparently strictly define "procreation" as biological reproduction, and not creation of copies of existing Cylon models using asexual, industrial, or laboratory techniques. As a result, the Cylons began attempts to create a Cylon-human hybrid (deemed more feasible than their previous attempts at procreation amongst their own kind). To this end they developed "farms" on the occupied Twelve Colonies to create a hybrid, but these attempts continued without success.[3]
Most Cylons espouse monotheistic views, but often with subtle differences in interpretation. For instance, Leoben Conoy believes that "We are all God". The John Cavil model is the only one that is openly atheistic. Ironically, Cavils pose among humans as polytheist clergy and are addressed as "Brother".
At least some sects of the Colonial religion practice the concept of absolution of sins through confession. Brothers, and presumably priests as well, may hear confessions as demonstrated by Brother Cavil agreeing to hear Anders' confession (The Plan). It is not known if this practice is uniform throughout the Colonial religion or limited to certain sects.
A confession begins with the confessor saying, "Bless me, Brother, for I have acted against the example of the Gods." The Brother or Priest will then say, "Proceed in the name of the Gods," and after hearing the confession, they will end by saying, "You are absolved in the example of the Gods."
FLEET IS FAMILY INITIATIVE
Fund-raising initiative created in September 2020 to aid the respite and recovery of Actor Michael Hogan, with a forward-thinking view of helping the future health needs of both BSG Alumni and its Community alike.
TO DONATE, PLEASE CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW:
-----------------------------------------------
The RCM (Raven Colonial Marines)
Check us out on our new Facebook page by clicking on the poster. Better yet, JOIN the Few, The Proud, The Raven Colonial Marines, helping safeguard the fleet!
Raven Challenge Coins-
1. BFC Raven Command Challenge Coin- Not available to the public. ONLY through equal exchange between other Battlestar Chapters Command Staff Members to promote comraderie and friendship between other Battlestar Chapters
2. Raven General Membership Coin- ONLY 35 was made available for to be obtain by the general public.
The Classic Colonial Viper built by: Team BSG Viper Group
Founding Members:
BSG Original Series NOW available for streaming at NBC.com. Just click on the picture below:
© 2024 Created by DragonLady002. Powered by
You need to be a member of The Pyramid Project to add comments!