RE: My hypothesis
February 11, 2017 at 8:09 pm
(This post was last modified: February 11, 2017 at 8:12 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Perhaps it was less intentional. The common human tendency to punish those who have wronged us..or to interpret misfortune towards those who have wronged us as having somehow been connected to their deeds...combined with a belief in an afterlife much like our regular life, would have...almost as an afterthought, led to notions of post mortem justice.
In the next world, the sun rises and sets..there are families and homes and houses and life...and bad things™ happen to bad people™ - just like it is in this one.
This sort of relationship between the mundane world and the divine world is formalized in ceremonial magic with the statement "as above, so below"...and it's the core of all sympathetic rituals, charms, and spells.
In the next world, the sun rises and sets..there are families and homes and houses and life...and bad things™ happen to bad people™ - just like it is in this one.
This sort of relationship between the mundane world and the divine world is formalized in ceremonial magic with the statement "as above, so below"...and it's the core of all sympathetic rituals, charms, and spells.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
