It's been a rather busy week but some fruit is really nice to see.
The first issue of Palimpsest is out and, along with some of my colleagues, I have an essay in the issue:
https://t.co/c5U55VprUA
A great portent [a great unveiling of divine substance] appeared in heaven [emerges in the Intelligible-Intellective Mythotopos]
A woman [a Goddess, Maria Sophia, Mater Ecclesiae] clothed with the Sun [Priestly role, the Sun symbolizing Nous in its providential illumination,…
…and Nous being an intermediary between the Psychic and the Intelligible], with the moon under her feet [symbolizing Her complete control over Her psychic vehicle], and on her head [at the summit of the Marian series] a crown of 12 stars [a primary dodecad manifold…
@timmodryoid@Ahmed_the_world Yeah, it is like how krishna acts as a prophet for shiva and devi, establishing the worship of both, but he himself too is the complete brahman. Similarly, shiva acts as a prophet for krishna, establishing worship of his infant form.
@philoantonio I think the big problems are that many English speakers don’t have a proper sense of “eternity” (aion) and there is an entrenched understanding of knowledge as representation.
It’s why one common response is that Platonist ideas are nonsense abstractions.
I hate having to ask for help, but I got robbed the other day and I’m really struggling to get through till next paycheck. If anyone is able to help, I’d be grateful. I’m sorry to have to ask, and I appreciate anyone who can help or even just share.
HiDive is such a shit app it’s infuriating.
I have things to watch there but the sheer crappiness of the UI makes it almost impossible to not throw a tantrum.
@timmodryoid Yep at least two authors. Gen 1 and Gen 2 are different authors, and later chapters include a blend of multiple authors. For example the Noah story has two versions interspersed side by side, episode by episode, in a more drawn out integration of the two sources
@timmodryoid I got all this from books like:
Scribal Culture and the Making of the Hebrew Bible by Karel van Der Toorn
I can't recall the second one, but it basically covers the same topic.