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Author specializing in ancient philosophy and theology
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Eurasian Mythos: Establishing the Laurasian Hypothesis
These mythological narratives clearly reached back at some level or another into the pre-civilization times of the societies within which they emerged, there was clearly not only similarities between the accounts, but also clearly some “borrowing” of the narratives between… Read More ›
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Roman Cosmogony: The Metamorphoses of Ovid
When trying to ascertain the belief systems of the ancients, and specifically as related to their views on cosmogony and theogony, one is apt to conclude that anything written by the Latin/Romans can add nothing to the historical record of value… Read More ›
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Ancient Chinese Theology: Shàngdì, Pángǔ, Tiān and the Dao
Before the evolution of the more esoteric and all-encompassing principle of Heaven (Tiān) which we find so prevalent in classical Chinese philosophical circles after the advent of the Zhou Dynasty, the primary divine entity that is worshipped and looked to as… Read More ›
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Vedic Cosmogony: Skepticism, Puruṣa and Hiraṇyagarbha
When one looks at the early creation myths, i.e. mythos, of the Indo-Aryans[2], what we today call Hinduism, one is confronted with the fact that their early mythology was not so clearly codified or synthesized as its sister cultures in… Read More ›
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The Image of Man
God made in the image of Man A reflection of the highest ideal by definition as it were Circling each other Like two big goldfish In a pool of water Laying at the feet of Buddha himself Many shapes and… Read More ›
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Orphic Theogony: Thanes and the Great Cosmic Egg
While Hesiod’ Theogony remains the standard, orthodox version of theogony (i.e. the story of the origin and genealogy of the gods) to the ancient Greeks, there exists an alternate tradition attributed to pseudo-historical and somewhat mythical figure of Orpheus, a character whose… Read More ›
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Classic Hellenic Theogony: Chaos, Chronos and Eros
One of the nice things that you found as you studied more advanced civilizations, as you got further into the first millennium BCE, you had better material and source texts to work with. You no longer had to rely on… Read More ›
