Greetings From Lithuania – Trakai Castle
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In this episode, we visit the Lithuanian Museum of Ethnocosmology, visit the Passaislis Monastery and Church, and visit the mighty castle of Trakai. We also visit the ancient city of Vilnius.
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Greetings my esteemed audience. We are checking in from good old Lithuania, from the illustrious
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nation of Lithuania. Now this is the mighty castle of Trakai. I've actually been here before,
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I decided to return to it to absorb some epic energies. Now we'll return to said castle in
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Now back to the video. First stop on our little journey is the Lithuanian Museum of Ethnocosmology.
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Shout out to Aki Sederberi, who wrote about it in his excellent book Holy Europe. I wrote a review on it,
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you should definitely read my review and then read the book itself. So the museum was unfortunately
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closed by the time I got here. My flight came in too late, I'm afraid, but I could stroll around
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on the grounds at least and absorb the mystical energies. So the stones, they were surrounded by
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planets. So our solar system is quite epic indeed. So what you see before you is a stone formation and
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then just in a circle around it are our esteemed planets. And they also had some nice wooden statues
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of Lithuanian spirits and gods and I decided to pray ever so quickly because if I gain a lot of power
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the Lithuanian people will benefit from it as will all European peoples. So it can always be good to
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communicate in a respectful manner if you go to a place and you encounter some some spirits or gods.
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So this is me paying my respects. Now onto a somewhat similar topic. I thought to mention
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to anyone in Lithuania, if you have a position of influence and power, please do change your flag
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into this one. This is epic, beautiful and heroic. This flag however, it's not particularly epic at all.
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It tells me nothing. It gives me absolutely no sensations of anything. So the beautiful flag,
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which you see before you right now, this is a source of pride. It tells a great story worthy of respect
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Now, before getting back to Trakai, I thought to ever so briefly mention this fine church
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If I pronounce it correctly, it's the Passaislis Monastery and Church.
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If any Lithuanian is watching this, please correct me in the comment section, just in
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So, an esoteric observation when visiting this fine church, by the way, it's built in 1664,
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so a few centuries after the conversion to Christianity.
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So, if I compare this church, just the feels of it, to a church in Spain, for example.
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I've visited my fair share of churches in Spain.
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There's a completely different feel, and I would say there's a certain lack of enthusiasm.
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And I do believe, and take this with a pinch of salt, I'm just speculating this is only
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There is a certain lack of enthusiasm in this particular church because of the nature of
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It wasn't done willingly, as you probably know, the Teutonic Order, they fought hard
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against the Lithuanians, and they used the lack of Christianity of the Lithuanians as
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So, Lithuania, the nation in Europe that held out the longest against Christianity.
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So, anyway, the church itself, it's aesthetic and nice and so, but again, I sense, only speaking
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esoterically now, so this is not a historical fact I'm presenting, I'm just presenting my
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own interpretation of the spirits of the place.
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Usually, I keep the schizomaxing to the podcast, but now I wanted to mention it at least, and
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related to this is that Christianity, it doesn't quite fit with the Lithuanian soul, I must
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But, again, that's only my own esoteric interpretation of the situation.
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And here is me at a mighty oak, a venerable old oak, which stands 21 meters tall.
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So, it's actually named, also, it's named the Oak of the Hill of Peace.
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And now, we return to the magnificent island castle of Trakai.
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The construction began in the 14th century by Duke Castutis and was finished around 1409
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by the main character of our story, the gentleman you see before you now, Vitautas the Great.
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Now, the reason he is such a legendary figure, the reason he is the main character of the story,
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perhaps one of the main characters of Lithuanian history, and a man of significance for all
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He led Lithuania when they banded together with Poland to fight against the Teutonic Order
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during the Battle of Grunwald in 1410, also known as the Battle of Tannenberg.
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So, that was a pivotal moment in the history of the Teutonic Order, which lost, as you probably
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know, and saw the rise, or the continued rise, of Lithuania and Poland when they could cement
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And then, of course, as you also probably know, they entered into a union known as the
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Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, and that was in 1569.
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So, a while later than the battles against the Teutonic Order.
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And here we see an aesthetic window of the aforementioned Vitautas the Great.
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So, when you visit Tracai Castle, you can see the, yeah, again, the main character energy
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Speaking of the story of the region, we must not forget one of the main antagonists of the
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So, we have, first and foremost, the Mongols, and then also the Tatars.
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So, here we see a small exhibition showing some Tatar culture and aesthetic.
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So, the Tatars are an enemy of the Poles and Lithuanians and the Russians.
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So, in the dynamic of Eastern Europe at the time, the Tatars, they played a significant role,
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Now, you might wonder how I first got interested in the history of the region.
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It's quite close to Sweden to begin with, but it also has to do with the fact that I played
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So, then I got further acquainted with it, and ever since then, I have had a certain interest.
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And, of course, the Teutonic Knights are aesthetically cool, and they're really good in Age of Empires 2.
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So, anyway, all that said, I just wanted to check in from my little trip.
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Hopefully, you found the video somewhat nice, at least.
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And, yeah, thank you for watching, and thank you for your support.
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So, anyway, thanks again for watching, and I will see you in the next video.