max_freakout
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Hindu iconography is very complicated
The transcendent unity of all religions
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Dillinger4
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cesare
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Kali (time/change/death/destruction) is the consort of Shiva (destroyer/recreator - third of the triumvirate gods responsible for the world). Vishnu is the preserver/protector - second god of the triumvirate and one of his incarnations was Krishna (mentally advanced man, deliverer of the Baghavad Gita and pastorally associated with the cow).
spring-peeper
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Yes, but neither the norse or the aztec religion are practiced much these days.
Maybe they faded out because they didn't have the "be nice" philosophy going on.
Instead I would recommend anything by Frithjof Schuon, who is described as:
Incidently, Frithjof Schuon's published a book called The Transcendent Unity of Religion. I'm also studying the works of Rene Guenon and others from the Perennialist school. Riveting stuff
max_freakout
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a few people have written about it, Dan Merkur and Jan Irvin among others
but i mostly 'got it' from the mushroom
all religions are full of esoteric references to psychedelic drugs
max_freakout
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yes it was a mention of that book in the one by John Holman that im currently reading which inspired this thread
hermitical
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currently reading Karen Armstrong's The Great Transformation
talks about the 'Axial' period of about 700 years when the foundations for most of the major religions were laid...
fascinating so far
talks about the 'Axial' period of about 700 years when the foundations for most of the major religions were laid...
fascinating so far
Keep meaning to read that, its astonishing the number of world changing figures who lived within a couple of generations of each other at that time - Zoroaster, Buddha, Confucius, Pythagoras etc.
Have you ever read Gore Vidals 'Creation'? its a novel set in the period.
bluestreak
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http://www.popularpages.net/pics/anal-fisting_2_2598.jpg
*greases up*
*pushes in*
*owowowowowowowow*
*pulls it out*
*posts it on this fucking forum*
Or because they didnt have the weapons that the followers of the 'be nice' philosophy had....
max_freakout
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what period of time is this 700 years?
IIRC Cows werent sacred during the Vedic Age, its a later development which some historians link to Cows value as a symbol of wealth.
And its Krishna who is blue.
Arounf 800-200BC. Look into it Max its right up your street.
max_freakout
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they all have blue skin, and they all hang out near to cows, you can see it from any Hindu art (including the images posted on this thread), Shiva, Kali and Vishnu (also Mahakala and the various other Hindu deities) are esoteric representations of the blue-staining (psilocybin) mushrooms
wherever there is cow-poo in India (and other countries with similar climates), there is also psilocybe mushrooms, they absolutely love growing from cow-poo
max_freakout
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Cid
Proper break this time
Someone will have pointed this out already no doubt, but these are Abramic religions, of course they have the same stories, they come from the same bloody people. Religious myths can be traced back as far as Sumeria, the themes continue even if the players change.
Cid
Proper break this time
What? I mean fucking hell Max that is a stunning leap of logic, even for you. I suppose there's no chance of any evidence? maybe a picture of an actual mushroom in Hindu art?
cesare
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a few people have written about it, Dan Merkur and Jan Irvin among others
but i mostly 'got it' from the mushroom
all religions are full of esoteric references to psychedelic drugs
I give you links. Go on, reciprocate.
cesare
shady's dreams ♥
Lack of respect for women and evinced respect for animals seem to be central themes - do you disagree with that?
weltweit
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I don't know what "evinsed" means!
But I would probably agree. Though in Anglicanism treatment of women is better for the time being.
In Taliban Afghanistan they apparently used to stone adulterous women but not adulterous men. Seems odd to make that distinction, I mean if there is one there is certainly another but it is it seems, the womans fault!
cesare
shady's dreams ♥
Google it, but copy the right spelling
You're not convincing me that Anglicanism is the way to go - and even they're in turmoil/schism
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
The Catholic church is pretty clear on where it stands on non-human animals - humans have a soul that goes to heaven when they die, and other animals do not.
weltweit
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... Anglicanism is the way to go - and even they're in turmoil/schism
Aren't they just in turmoil.
Far be it for me to revel in others misfortune but they did get an opt out of anti discrimination legislation the sneaky folk that they are but even that did not get them out of jail when from their own midsts people have risen up demanding equality.
cesare
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I interpreted what weltweit was saying in terms of treatment on earth. Contemplating hierarchical issues such as whether women have souls and if so on what status - I decided to shelf for now
Y_I_Otter
Dangerous Terroirist
I'm betting John Marco Allegro is going to figure large.
As for "getting it" from the mushroom, it's probably useful to be reminded that while externals may give us a glimpse of the menu, they're nevertheless not the meal.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Mundane suffering is as nothing compared to the fate of one's eternal soul.I interpreted what weltweit was saying in terms of treatment on earth. Contemplating hierarchical issues such as whether women have souls and if so on what status - I decided to shelf for now
*smiles beatifically*
cesare
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Don't look to religion for equality. On face value, all Abrahamistic religions are built on/rely on patriarchy and capitalism.
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