Tag: Shintoism

The cosmological meaning of the laughter of the gods: on the myth of BaubΓ² and its surroundings

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Emerging from every corner of the globe, the mythology of divine laughter hides an ancestral and terrible secret. Why should we make the worried gods laugh? From Demeter to Amaterasu, the answer points once again to time and cosmic palingenesis.

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Blood Metaphysics

Published on: Last updated on: Written by: Categorized into: Anthropology, Christianity, Esotericism, folklore, Mito, History, History of Religions

Blood has always been considered, in the history of ideas, the vector of a powerful magical force and the vehicle of a complex and varied symbolism, starting with the rock paintings dating back to the Paleolithic to reach the three "book" religions (Christianity, Islam, Judaism), passing through the cosmogonic myths of ancient traditions (Babylonian, Hindu, Norse, etc.), obviously without neglecting its use in traditional oriental medicine and its sacrificial value within ceremonial practices.

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