The last couple of weeks i had various kind of discussions on social media on religion. One person came up to me and stated that I had to read Plotinus or Iamblichus before engaging in religion. This is really arrogant to say. To say that you need to read philosophy before you can engage in…
in Ancient Hellas, Hellenic polytheism encompasses the Euleusinian mysteries, Dionysian and Orphic mysteries, but also state festivals which were different from city-state to city-state. There were temples which were considered the house of the deity or deities on Earth, shrines, but most importantly, the central part of the religion was the house practice. In a…
I saw the latest Thor movie called Thor: Love and Thunder, which had a great villain. Gorr was a great villain who had understandable motivations for doing what he does and I think Kratos would be jealous and proud of him. While I do found the movie entertaining, I also found its theme’s problematic. It…
The Theoi Project list a obscure myth where Persephone as Cura/Proserpina created mankind. Jove/Jupiter(Zeus) gave it life. There was a dispute over who would name the newly created being and They took it to Saturnus (Kronos) and he decided that during life, man belonged to Tellus(Gaia), but the life and fate (text was missing here…
as I watched the latest YouTube video of aliakai over why are we afraid to be pagan, something hit me. While we can have discussions on the nature of the Gods, but there is a problem between revivalists and reconstructionists. As we see with revivalists like YSEE who claim to be a revival rather than…
the notion that myth is also religion is ridiculous. Myths are stories which in a time were used to describe certain things like how the world was formed, how mankind came to be, etc….Than you have pure theological stories about the Gods and how they came into being. I would rather say that the stories…
Marx considered religion to be the opium of the masses. In a way, he is not wrong. In the time when he lived, religion was used to control and surpress the people. The church mixed with the state to form a symbiotic relationship that still exists in one form or another. Its a unhealthy relationship…
Onlyfans. The idea of it brings up the notion of sex work, while onlyfans is used for more than that. Its mostly known for that unfortunatly. The same for patreon. During the pandemic most sex workers went to these platforms to have a kind of income and continue using it to expand on their work.…
Belgium has something unique in the world. It was one of the first to install a social security for all its citizens,a social security funded by the goverment, but also by the people and companies. Its one of the reasons why the wages are high, so people get paid enough to get by, but also…
I think these are valid questions that I feel are hard to explain. The reason why is that everyone wll have a different idea on what defines a god and what makes it real. You can only speak from your personal experience and view. Throughout history humans have always put human emotions and faces on onpersonal…