(September 30, 2016 at 3:47 pm)Arkilogue Wrote:(September 30, 2016 at 3:41 pm)Primordial Bisque Wrote: Ok, so I read your link and did some other searches, eventually reading about it's uses in Kabbalah and Ojibwa. While an interesting concept philosophically, it requires a hefty belief in magic to approach with any sincerity.Even older as the symbol for Ra/Re in Egypt. The self created, creator God who rose upon the primordial mound from the infinite chaos of the watery Nu, the father of Re/Ra.
It's as magical as the atom with a nucleus and a spherical, shell like border condition
The claim is that God is an eternal, all-consuming field of energy (fire) which exists outside of the observable universe, responsible for all of creation, and connected in some fashion to our lives. Ancient mysticism laced with scientific jargon aside; it's a lot of woo to take in without ample suspension of disbelief.
I do share your stance on the holy texts of the area, during that era, being different versions of the same mythology. The Epic of Gilgamesh comes to mind. Shamhat was also much better looking that old Evie, so I may be biased.
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