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originally posted by: Peeple
a reply to: Reverbs
I don't know but isn't that basically the same as religion tells you? You give it a name and say that's implying everything else also, but it doesn't make it an answer.
Who are those "people"?
&a reply to: UniFinity
just noticed, same question to you.
The Journey of initiation begins with a calling, an experience or event that awakens a yearning to explore the mysteries. At the beginning of this quest we are Fools, having little awareness and less sense. But if we answer the call we become Holy Fools; we will stumble, often seeming to be led astray, but if we persist guides will begin to appear in our lives and little by little we will be led to the gates of a Temple. There we will be challenged by the gatekeeper of the Temple, who will test our worthiness before allowing us to enter.
due for some woo
originally posted by: Peeple
a reply to: Reverbs
Loki, all the greek gods, etc, they were invisible and had to take control of people and animals, to interact. Who are they?
Despite all the various Creation myths that the Egyptians subscribed to, they had one thing in common, Nun. Even though the myths named different gods as the original creator, they all agreed that he sprang from Nun, the primordial waters. Nun was more than an ocean, he was a limitless expanse of motionless water. Even after the world was created, Nun continued to exist at it's margins and would one day return to destroy it and begin the cycle again.
Following the creation, Nun played a role in the destruction of mankind when humans no longer respected and obeyed Re in his old age. Re called together all the gods and goddesses together, including Nun, and asked them what he should do about the problem. Nun suggested that Re should call forth his Eye to destroy mankind. Re did so, and his Eye, in the form of the goddess Sekhmet traveled across Egypt killing all men. Also, Nun protected Shu and Tefnut at birth and he kept the demonic powers of chaos (represented as serpents) in check.
Not only do we tend to focus on it more, but beneficial involvement tends to result in continuing self-sufficiency
In the end, we simply may not be capable enough (yet) to even make a single valid comment
I'm not sure we are any more immune to manipulation of this sort than we were thousands of years ago
originally posted by: Mousygretchen
a reply to: Mousygretchen
Good thing you know how to swim, those are dangerous waters!
Looks like Atum is looking at Nun thru a crystal ball
originally posted by: Peeple
a reply to: Reverbs&a reply to: Anaana
I just like it precise. Alien is okay, because it means stranger. But illusion is just wrong, because it implies a mystery man/lady operating within smoke and mirrors, that might be true there is such a being, but reality, the universe, the sun, the wall, the roof, the clouds, ... they exist beyond that.
Full Definition of illusion
1
a obsolete : the action of deceiving b (1) : the state or fact of being intellectually deceived or misled : misapprehension (2) : an instance of such deception
2
a (1) : a misleading image presented to the vision (2) : something that deceives or misleads intellectually b (1) : perception of something objectively existing in such a way as to cause misinterpretation of its actual nature (2) : hallucination 1 (3) : a pattern capable of reversible perspective
3
: a fine plain transparent bobbinet or tulle usually made of silk and used for veils, trimmings, and dresses