Tag: China

Live video: Alexandra David-NΓ©el, immortality and reincarnation in Tibet, India and China – with Matteo Martini

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On Monday 3 April we will have the pleasure of hosting Matteo Martini on our YouTube channel, curator of the essay by Alexandra David-NΓ©el Immortality and reincarnation. Doctrines and practices of China, Tibet and India, whose Italian edition was recently published by Aurora Boreale editions.

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Blood Metaphysics

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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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Auras and inner lights

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Since the perception of a light characterizes the apparition of the divine, the luminous has always been associated with the numinous. The great dilemma that Walter Benjamin proposes is whether the visual impression is determined exclusively by the biology of the human eye or is also characterized by cultural and historical specificities. This contribution seeks to reconstruct how the experience of light in the West has changed over the centuries in intensity and suddenness and how its modes of manifestation have changed.

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