
Ancient Egyptian Mythos: The Weighing of the Heart, Ra and Ma’at
Ancient Civilization, Ancient Cosmology, Essays, MythologyPerhaps the earliest mythological tradition we find documented, or evidence of, is that of the ancient Egyptians, a culture and civilization that evolved out of the settlement of the Nile delta river region in Northern Africa around the turn…

The Hetu and Luoshu Diagrams: Numerology in Chinese Antiquity
Ancient Civilization, Ancient Cosmology, Metaphysics, Mythology, Philosophyvia The Hetu and Luoshu Diagrams: Numerology in Chinese Antiquity

Yoga and Vedanta: The Legacy of the Indo-Aryans
Ancient Civilization, Ancient Cosmology, Metaphysics, Mythology, Philosophy, Vedanta, YogaYou didn’t have to go very far, or have too far out a view on the world, in order to be exposed to Yoga in the hustle and bustle of modern day. In modern times, what we like to call the "Digital Era", Yoga is viewed primarily as a means…

Judeo-Christian Cosmology: A Comparative Perspective
Ancient Civilization, Ancient Cosmology, Christianity, MythologyThe primary source for Judeo-Christian cosmology is can be found in the early part of the Bible[1], primarily in Genesis of course[2]. The challenge when looking at the Bible from a purely academic and historical perspective however, is that…

Religion and Politics: Separating Oil from Water
Ancient Civilization, Christianity, Essays, MythologySearching for a a simple progression or development of monotheistic religions in the ancient world is no easy exercise by any standards. Monotheism clearly had tentacles that stretched far back into the dawn on civilized man, at least as far…

Parmenides of Elea: What Is Versus What is Not
Ancient Civilization, Mythology, Philosophy(1) The car that bears me carried me as far as ever my heart desired, when it had brought me and set me on the renowned way of the goddess, which leads the man who knows through all the towns. On that way was I borne along; for on it did the…

The Theogony of Hesiod: Order (Cronos) from Chaos
Ancient Civilization, Ancient Cosmology, Mythology
One of the nice things that you found as you studied more advanced civilizations, as you got further into the first millennium BCE, you had better material and source texts to work with. You no longer had to rely on texts and tablets that…

The Fisherman and the Net: Geometric Symbolism in the Gospel of John (II of II)
Ancient Civilization, Christianity, Mythology, Philosophy
What we're left with if we are to believe this geometric formulation of the miraculous tale of Jesus and the fishes with his seven disciples in the Sea of Galilee in the Gospel of John is a geometric figure – if transposed from top…

The Fisherman and the Net: Geometric Symbolism in the Gospel of John (I of II)
Ancient Civilization, Christianity, Mythology, PhilosophyAt this juncture a word must be said about some astronomical events and progressions that were at work around the time of Christ which played some role in the formulation of the interpretation of the life and teachings of Jesus and in particular…

Vedic Cosmological Narratives (Part II)
Ancient Civilization, Ancient Cosmology, Mythology, Philosophy, VedantaThe Hymn of Purusha: God Takes Shape[1]
While the preceding passage from the Rig Veda contains some of the root kernel philosophical elements of Vedic philosophy, there is another passage from the same collection of hymns dating back to the…