Szittyakürt, 1980 (19. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1980-11-01 / 11-12. szám
MARCH 1980 TiGHTt* Page 3 TO SEARCH, TO FIND The Twenty First Century will soon invite us to enter its dazzling realm of supersonic transportation, of astounding technology and marvelous adventure. We shall enter this world with bravado because within our being glows a godly flame that inspires us to probe the mysteries of nature and the intricate origins of mankind. This flame moves us to satisfy our desire to know the truth and to raise us above the ordinary. One such flame was Alexander Körösi Csorna, a Transylvanian Székely whose desire to find the roots of the Magyar Nation enabled him to undertake a journey that even Ulysses would have been proud of. This serene, yet determined, man went to search out the unresolved questions pertaining to Magyar Linguistics. Our Society proudly bears his name and we pattern our ideals after his tradition. The Körösi Csorna Society in Los Angeles endeavors to search and explore the truth by using the disciplines of science to gain a firm insight ROBERT RILL The Körösi Csorna Society on the problems of Magyarology. We use objectivity tempered with zest to that our audiences may enjoy the true exhilaration of knowledge without the coloration of subjectivism. What we do is share the wonders of Magyar Studies with people; hoping that they will be stimulated enough to learn more on their own. Our Society exists to assist in revealing the multi-faceted vitality of Magyarology in print, in teaching and in lectures. Positive, forward moving and constructive facts are utilized to bring new light on Magyar themes that have been forgotten or mistakenly appraised in the past. The Körösi Csorna Society supports original and realistic research in Magyar Studies which would clarify the problems in Ancient, Medieval and Contemporary History to show a distinct and true picture of what the Magyar was and is. An example of one of our projects is the re-introduction of Magyar Rovás (Runic) Writing—the ancient script of our ancestors dating back to the birth of writing. Rovás writing is a uniquely logical mode of writing; fascinating to learn and use. We are proud of it and we hope that other Magyars will share our enthusiasm for this hardy remnant of our heritage. Secondly, our Society is steadily trying to inform our friends that the Magyars are not a lone and orphan people’, but that we belong to the Turanian brotherhood of nations. This Sumerian term, dating back to the 4th millenium before Christ has the meaning of “the youngest Son of God” or "the Son of Light." The word has its antagonists, but we believe that it merits investigation and support because the term Turanian is linked to those peoples who made a profound mark on culture or have given an impetus to it. Such peoples are the Chinese, Japanese, Koreans, Mongols, Turks, etc.—and of course the Magyars! The Turanians were a close-knit family in The Golden Age with its nucleus being in the Danubian Basin. Unfortunately, the kinships weakened with only a ray of light showing up as a common bond — language. With mutual respect and co-operative research The Körösi Csorna Society truly believes that the estranged Turanian cousins will soon become the brothers they once were. Lastly, the revelation of new material pertaining to Magyar themes or any theme meets with opposition from the academic and secular worlds. This is to be expected and the Körösi Csorna Society takes it in stride and welcomes it. In the long run, the opposition will realize that their basis of attack hinges on prejudice and malice while our defense relies on a strong belief that the truth shall make one free. A NEW HISTORY BEGAN from Page 1) OCTOBER TWENTY-THIRD... (Continued workers, students, peasants and soldiers led by the intelligentsia inflamed by true nationalist dedication, rose in unity and the heroic October 23rd Freedom Fight of 1956 became a fact of history! Again tens of thousands of Hungarians fell from the bullets of the nervous Soviet Army as a New Phase of the NEW HISTORY BEGAN in the ancient Magyar Land. Many of those who survived and found refuge in foreign lands have continued the struggle every since. This is why the able editor of the SZITYTYAKÜRT, Tibor Msyor and the president of the Hungarian Freedomfighter Movement, Prof. Paposi-Jobb delivered their firey speeches last year on Oct. 21st in the Magyar House of Akron, Ohio. There, they reminded their Magyar brothers and sisters of the deadly holocaust that was brought upon the land of the Magyars by the Soviet war machinery in 1956. A very talented and deeply sensitive modern American poetess Linda Frenzel Kotyk from Washington, Pennsylvania, wrote about it this way; In Poznan it began With Polish miners out on strike Trying to wring decent lives From their oppressor's hand; Answer given with deafening sound, A hail of bullets cut them down, Over three hundred dead upon the ground. Martyrs' blood, martyrs' tears Reached across the miles, Calling clear to Hungarian hearts Of friendship borne one thousand years. October twenty-third . . . We rally to your call. The cry for freedom still is heard. Magyarország unites us all! At the chiseled feet of Joseph Bern, Venerable father of freedom's fight A century before, they gathered once again, The Hungarian people, proud and straight, To protest oppression's blatant power, The crushing yoke of Soviet might Laid heavy on with grievance sore; 'Til swelling like an angry tide Across the Danube's azure crest They marched from Buda into Pest To the puppet government to seek redress. October twenty-third . . . We rally to your call. The cry for freedom still is heard. Magyarország unites us all! ► ► ► y— , i G0D requires man not to"live, r ► but to DESIRE to live. V\ ( Patience is a requirement to -J Survival. ► f The richness or the wealth *9 w w w rv w w' of a people is not dependent on the availability of land, natural resources, or on lack of social exploitation—but on the natural enthusiasm and the resourcefulness of an imaginative people that occupies a land called their country, however small and desolated that land might be. ANDOR JOBB DE PAPOS Remember Hungary Rákosi-Róth or Gerő-Grosz, they differed not— Puppets all the same. And so the Moscovite regime Quick answer then did give—at the radiostation— Their bullets slashed into the crowd. Felling women and children without regard, For what matter to the Soviets Who died or who might live. Enraged, the Magyars seized the day With weapons wrested from the stores Of army and police, they struck with lightning force And bravely won the fray . . . October twenty-third . . . We rally to your call. The cry for freedom still is heard. Magyarország unites us all! Full thirthy days did the new flag wave, The hated emblem of the Soviet excised, Its empty hole spoke clear and strong Of the lancing of a sore which long Had festered in that country's side. And so it flew for thirty days, A beacon to the bravery Of men and women who had dared With passioned fervor to declare In crimson blood their pledge to liberty. October twenty-third . . . We rally to your call. The cry for freedom still is heard. Magyarország unites us all! Then came the armored juggernaut on November 4th, Before the sun had touched the land; The Russian tanks and artillary manned By Mongol youth, faces drawn and taut, Cheeks barely clothed in the hirsute Growth of men, by falsehood duped Into raising murderous hand Of Turanian brother against brother. When confronted with this truth, From the sickle many turned their sight And joined their brothers in the fight But alas, not to prevail. For tens of thousands fell Before the onslaught of the Soviet horde That made the streets run red with blood Until a quarter million fled Their land for freedom's vision in the West. October twenty-third . . . We rally to your call. The cry for freedom still is heard. Magyarország unites us all! Molnár, was able to fire up the hundreds of Hungarian people that gathered also in Cleveland, Ohio for the remembrance of 1956 last October 28th where he exchanged flags with the representatives of the Polish-Hungarian World Federation Mr. László Mogyorossy and Joseph Ptak, who spoke of the strong historical brotherly ties of Poles and Magyars. The ancient land of the Magyars as a result of the TRIANONS and YALTAS is presently being abused by foreign landlords. The dedicated champion, the president of the National Committee of Hungarians from Czechoslovakia, Mr. László Sirchich, reminded the audience that the NEW HISTORY which BEGAN in 1848 will not be com-10-15-79 LINDA (Frenzel) KOTYK-as Petőfi’s call FORWARD for Freedom is still heard by us! This is why the imaginative chairman of Foreign Affairs of the HFFM, Louis plete without the freedom of all Hungarians. The key to tomorrow, of the future Magyarország, is the youth of Hungarian descent. Our flags which the winds of history unfurled smoked by the fires of the freedomfight and stained by the heroic Magyar blood will be lifted high and carried FORWARD by the Magyar boys and girls in the NEW HISTORY that BEGAN. This is why 1
