Eeuwig licht, wel eens van gehoord? Hier wat voorbeelden:
In 527 A.D., at Edessa, Syria, during the reign of emperor Justinian, soldiers discovered an ever-burning lamp in a niche over a gateway, elaborately enclosed to protect it from the air. According to the inscription, it was lit in 27 A.D. The lamp had burned for 500 years before the soldiers who found it, destroyed it.
In 140, near Rome a lamp was found burning in the tomb of Pallas, son of king Evander. The lamp, which had been alight for over 2,000 years, could not be extinguished by ordinary methods. It turned out that neither water nor blowing on the flame stopped it from burning. The only way to extinguish the remarkable flame was to drain off the strange liquid contained in the lamp bowl.
In about 1540, during the Papacy of Paul III a burning lamp was found in a tomb on the Appian Way at Rome. The tomb was believed to belong to Tulliola, the daughter of Cicero. She died in 44 B.C. The lamp that had burned in the sealed vault for 1,550 years was extinguished when exposed to the air. Interesting about this particular discovery is also the unknown transparent liquid in which the deceased was floating. By putting the body in this liquid, the ancients managed to preserve the corpse in such a good condition that it appeared as if death had occurred only a few days ago.
When king Henry VIII broke away from the Catholic Church in 1534, he ordered dissolution of monasteries in Britain and many tombs were plundered. In Yorkshire, a burning lamp was discovered in a tomb of Constantius Chlorus, father of the Great Constantine. He died in 300 A.D. which means that the lamp had been burning for more than 1,200 years.
In France, near Grenoble, in the mid-seventeenth century a young Swiss soldier accidentally stumbled upon the entrance of an ancient tomb. Unfortunately, for the young man he did not discover the golden treasures that he thought might be hidden inside. Still, his surprise must have been just as big when he was confronted with a burning glass lamp. Du Praz, that was the soldier's name removed the mysterious lamp from the sealed grave and carried it to a monastery. He showed his remarkable discovery to the astonished monks and the lamp remained at the monastery. It burned for several months until an elderly monk dropped it and it was destroyed.
Certain discoveries indicate that the ancients wanted to preserve their knowledge secret.
In his notes to St. Augustine, 1610, Ludovicus Vives writes about a lamp that was found in his father's time, in 1580 A.D. According to the inscription, the lamp was burning for 1,500 years, however when it was touched it fell into pieces. Obviously, Ludovicus Vives did not share some of St. Augustine's views. He considered perpetual lamps to be an invention of very wise and skilled men and not the devil.
Were the Rosicrucians familiar with the secrets of eternal light? It would seem so. When the tomb of Christian Rosenkreuz, alchemist and founder of the Rosacrucian Order was opened 120 years after his death, a shining lamp was found inside.
Another interesting case worth mentioning occurred in England where a mysterious and most unusual tomb was opened. It was believed that the sepulcher was of a Rosicrucian. A man, who discovered the tomb, noticed a burning lamp hanging from the ceiling, lighting up the underground chamber. As the man took some steps forward, certain part of the floor moved with his weight. At once, a seated figure in armour started to move. The figure rose to its feet and hit the lamp with some sort of a weapon. The precious lamp was destroyed. The goal had been accomplished; the lamp's substance remained a secret.
Ik kwam dit toevallig tegen op internet en ben eens verder gaan zoeken maar ik kon eigenlijk nergens vinden hoe ze nou zo'n lamp maken. Het zal vast wel een lamp zijn die erg zuinig met zijn brandstof kan omgaan of misschien een soort olie die na het verbranden weer hergebruikt wordt. Heeft iemand zich hier al eens in verdiept?
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