abi in malam rem
I just read about Tartarus being this place that is said to be lined in the mineral beryllium. It is also said to house the giants, or Titans…It was said to be nine days deep…
Could the idea of some monsters, giants, and winged beasts be based off of the very real existence of prehistoric fossils? Surely these bones did not lay undiscovered by ancient civilized peoples who tilled the ground and cut into the minerals of the Earth, digging for metals and stone that would be deemed precious. I believe that this could have been integral in the creation of some ancient myths, tales of what could not be scientifically articulated, that have not yet become apparent in this age.
Traditional Persian Azhi-Dahak (Dragon)
I wish to understand why a place for all mortals who have died, like a Greek Hades, became a place of persecution and damnation like the monist, Christian hell. There used to be an equality in death where all the dead communed, a pagan equality. What caused this paradigm to shift? Could this discrimination in death have been a tactic to further position the aristocracy above the proletariat? Or did this shift come about when the proletariat tried to change their social positioning? There would be a shift of power if the church(social morality) was put before the government(order over society). To be unequal in life only to be judged equally in death for the happenings of one’s life.
Empires use church and state to bind people morally and socially into order. The paradigm between church and state is in a constant state of reinvention. This reinvention happens when sects in society find that scripture doesn’t suit it’s lifestyle. Revision of scripture is constant and it causes the branching off of different churches. Law is amended as well because there is still much unknown to fear as well as much to discriminate against. What would a government absent of a fear of God be?...
-Absolute tyranny-. Maybe it is better then to hand our fear, our hope over to God.
According to Wikipedia:
[According to Plato (c. 400), Rhadamanthus, Aeacus and Minos were the judges of the dead and chose who went to Tartarus. Rhadamanthus judged Asian souls; Aeacus judged European souls and Minos was the deciding vote and judge of the Greek.
Plato also proposes the concept that sinners were cast under the ground to be punished in accordance with their sins the Myth of Er]
*This makes me think that Plato was an advocator of bigotry, elitism, and separatism.
I have come upon a creation myth that suggests that Tartarus was the first thing created out of the void or nothingness or uncreation. Tartarus, one of the three places in hell contained the Titans the gods feared. It also contained all the undead…..
(I am bored of writing from this angle… I may finish this thought later.)
Fear is what drives us, it is what motivated us into tribes, it is what drove us into civilization and ultimately away from alluvial plains whose flood waters could not always be predicted. I believe it is safe to say that we initially looked to the skies for signs, signs of impending danger, signs of impending floodwaters or tide and signs of the changing seasons. This is what makes us deify nature, for it is unpredictable. This is what makes us marvel and shudder in it’s wake.
We essentially worship our own fear and pray it doesn’t manifest itself. Can fear manifest itself outside of the personality?
Religion/superstition is a hope nurtured by a fear.
Hell is an imaginary place and it was built around anxiety and reverence for nature. Those who sought power and successfully conquered it used religion and superstition as propaganda over those ignorant to the reality of the situation and that is, "Life is now and immediate, it revolves around chance and the attraction of energy."
Could the idea of some monsters, giants, and winged beasts be based off of the very real existence of prehistoric fossils? Surely these bones did not lay undiscovered by ancient civilized peoples who tilled the ground and cut into the minerals of the Earth, digging for metals and stone that would be deemed precious. I believe that this could have been integral in the creation of some ancient myths, tales of what could not be scientifically articulated, that have not yet become apparent in this age.
Traditional Persian Azhi-Dahak (Dragon)
I wish to understand why a place for all mortals who have died, like a Greek Hades, became a place of persecution and damnation like the monist, Christian hell. There used to be an equality in death where all the dead communed, a pagan equality. What caused this paradigm to shift? Could this discrimination in death have been a tactic to further position the aristocracy above the proletariat? Or did this shift come about when the proletariat tried to change their social positioning? There would be a shift of power if the church(social morality) was put before the government(order over society). To be unequal in life only to be judged equally in death for the happenings of one’s life.
Empires use church and state to bind people morally and socially into order. The paradigm between church and state is in a constant state of reinvention. This reinvention happens when sects in society find that scripture doesn’t suit it’s lifestyle. Revision of scripture is constant and it causes the branching off of different churches. Law is amended as well because there is still much unknown to fear as well as much to discriminate against. What would a government absent of a fear of God be?...
-Absolute tyranny-. Maybe it is better then to hand our fear, our hope over to God.
According to Wikipedia:
[According to Plato (c. 400), Rhadamanthus, Aeacus and Minos were the judges of the dead and chose who went to Tartarus. Rhadamanthus judged Asian souls; Aeacus judged European souls and Minos was the deciding vote and judge of the Greek.
Plato also proposes the concept that sinners were cast under the ground to be punished in accordance with their sins the Myth of Er]
*This makes me think that Plato was an advocator of bigotry, elitism, and separatism.
I have come upon a creation myth that suggests that Tartarus was the first thing created out of the void or nothingness or uncreation. Tartarus, one of the three places in hell contained the Titans the gods feared. It also contained all the undead…..
(I am bored of writing from this angle… I may finish this thought later.)
Fear is what drives us, it is what motivated us into tribes, it is what drove us into civilization and ultimately away from alluvial plains whose flood waters could not always be predicted. I believe it is safe to say that we initially looked to the skies for signs, signs of impending danger, signs of impending floodwaters or tide and signs of the changing seasons. This is what makes us deify nature, for it is unpredictable. This is what makes us marvel and shudder in it’s wake.
We essentially worship our own fear and pray it doesn’t manifest itself. Can fear manifest itself outside of the personality?
Religion/superstition is a hope nurtured by a fear.
Hell is an imaginary place and it was built around anxiety and reverence for nature. Those who sought power and successfully conquered it used religion and superstition as propaganda over those ignorant to the reality of the situation and that is, "Life is now and immediate, it revolves around chance and the attraction of energy."