Samsara – 𝐀𝐗𝐈𝐒 ֎ 𝐌𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐈

Borobudur, "imago mundi" and "stone book" of the dharma

Published on: March 1 2019 Last updated on: November 10, 2020 Written by: Marco Maculotti Categorized into: Archeology, Atlas, Photo reportage, History of Religions

We went to Java to visit Borobudur, the largest Buddhist temple complex in the world: an unmissable opportunity to deepen its sacred architectural symbolism, following in the footsteps of scholars such as Stutternheim, Paul Mus and Mircea Eliade.

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Hamlet, or of infinity and action

Published on: May 22, 2018 Last updated on: October 6, 2020 Written by: Daniele Capuano Categorized into: Anthropology, Esotericism, Philosophy, Italian Literature

Mythical-anthropological portrait of the protagonist of one of the most paradigmatic Shakespearean plays: reflections on the Dionysian Man in front of Mælström and non-sense, on the "border" where Hamlet reigns as "Fool", on the existing dichotomy between visible-tangible and invisible -intangible.

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Reflections on vegetarianism

Published on: May 3, 2018 Last updated on: 20 September 2018 Written by: Daniele Capuano Categorized into: Anthropology, Philosophy

There is a chain that goes from the invisible and immobile "nourishment" of the mineral, to the primordially articulated one of the plant, to that of the herbivorous and then carnivorous beast, in which the original fall manifests itself for the first time in dramatic form, to the human one, in which the tension between guilt and redemption is greatest

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