Tag: Religion
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The Exodus as Allegory
Much of the biblical narrative relating to the bondage and exodus of the Israelites and the conquest of Canaan is clearly mythological. If there wasn’t a historical Exodus, as the archaeological evidence suggests, is there a possible allegorical meaning to the story? Allegory is after all the lingua franca of mythology and religion. A possible metaphorical…
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Ritual Heavenly Ascents
Some priests, initiates and believers in the ancient world had visions and practiced ritual ascents to their gods. These ritual ascents were made by pagans, Christians and Jews alike. By the Roman era, they usually involved complex rituals and magical glyphs and passwords that had to be presented to the archons (a Greek word for…
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