Genesis – 𝐀𝐗𝐈𝐒 ֎ 𝐌𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐈

The sacrifice of Isaac in Jewish iconography

Published on: 19 September 2021 Last updated on: 19 September 2021 Written by: lorenzoorazi Categorized into: Anthropology, Archeology, Atlas, History, History of Religions

Through the biblical episode of the Akedah, better known as the “Sacrifice of Isaac”, the pictorial cycle of the synagogue of Dura Europos testifies to an identity struggle between pagan and Jewish culture. Furthermore, the passage from Genesis XXII throws light on some instances concerning the foundation of the Temple of Jerusalem, and on the sacrifices that were paid within it.

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Considerations on the question of hierolanguage in the Middle Ages (I)

Published on: November 21, 2020 Last updated on: December 2 2020 Written by: Jari Padoan Categorized into: Christianity, Esotericism, Philosophy, Middle Ages, Mito, History of Religions

The true origin of verbal language is a mystery that is lost in the mists of the most remote past of mankind. This universal and transversal theme (which is linked to that of the arcane power of the word and in particular the evocation of Divine Names) in Western civilization has been the subject of speculative and theological reflection since the times of Greek philosophy, maintaining its centrality also in the philosophical culture of the Christian Middle Ages.

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The Demiurge and the positive possibility: shaping

Published on: January 28 2019 Last updated on: October 6, 2020 Written by: Michael Ruzzai Categorized into: Anthropology, Esotericism, Mito, History of Religions

In this fifth appointment of the "Manvantara" cycle we are going to analyze, after the "negative way of the Demiurge" outlined in the previous article, the specular "positive way": the shaping of man or anthropogenesis.

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