Hello new followers! For you: I've been thinking about how our metaphors of God have changed over the years. It's quite revealing
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Most of us inherit an idea of God as a "world craftsman". If you think abt it, this idea could not predate craftsmanship. It's post-agrarian
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Prior to god-the-maker, we had the World Tree, the World Mother, even the World Turtle (oddly persistent and widespread idea). Think abt it
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Consider the concept of Promethean Fire: man literally stealing technology from God(s). What would modern man steal? Electricity? Software?
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Replying to @visakanv
We have fire. We would steal wisdom if we knew where it was kept.
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Replying to @danlistensto
We know this one!
across cultures, wisdom has always been within; typically discovered through some process of exploration / pilgrimage1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @visakanv
The fire was a gift from a Titan though! Free uplift. Wisdom within is such hard work :( What's a lazy ape to do?
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Replying to @danlistensto @visakanv
The "gift" wasn't free of course. There was a marriage contract that Prometheus' brother had to honor and his bride was an All-Gifted woman
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Replying to @danlistensto @visakanv
Wisdom is an armored migraine in this particular mythos.
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Replying to @danlistensto
Interesting choice of phrase. I'd think that ordinary life is an armored migraine (jail of civilization) and that wisdom is relief from it
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stahlhartes Gehäuse is a more modern point of view but I've found it to be lacking something the Pallas Athena myth has in abundance
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Replying to @danlistensto @visakanv
the Greeks seemed particularly concerned with what wisdom means for the powerful, but in this (post) modern world we are all powerful
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Replying to @danlistensto
Well some still much more powerful than others, but yeah it's relevant to almoat everyone now
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