REL 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Mithraism, Harvest Festival, Immanence
2 Oct 2018
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Rises up out of the primordial waters. As she speaks, the world is created. Body parts become the earth growing her body into the earth. Goddess dismembers herself to become the world. Power of speech religion is a language. Christmas: no record of jesus being born, date was taken by the church. Christmas is a christianized version of mithras" feast on 12/26. Heaven must be a bowl temple is round. Syncretism: the mixing and melding of 2+ religions. When dead, there is a need to celebrate your predecessors. Samhain (harvest festival) all hallows eve (halloween): souls. Wooden statues for the ba" to come back and visit the living (egypt) Sacrifice to the heavenly bodies to ensure they continue rotating allow crops to be planted and flourish, rain to fall, ect. Nazca lines (peru) map of the stars. Serpent mound (native american, ohio) effigy mound. Curves align with solstice/equinox risings & settings.
