Tag: Blood
The Heart and the Vulva: a journey into common symbols
This article aims to investigate the analogies between some of the preeminent symbolic and esoteric values ββof the heart and the female genital organ. In the different traditions of human history and, not infrequently, even in mere common language, the two organs, in fact, have often been associated with the same symbolic representations, such as those of the triangle with the apex down, the vase and the cave. Representative communities, these, which cannot but intuitively refer to a common area of ββmeanings.
Blood Metaphysics
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.
Blood, Gens, Genius: familiar rites in ancient Rome
di Marco Maculotti
(article originally published on The hour of Air,
on February 13, 2017, and revised here)