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That is my exact vibe. Do what you wanna do, have fun, enjoy stuff. You die and there’s nothing or you die and there’s everything. May as well make your experience in life as joyful as possible.

That’s another interesting thing about sacrifice that I didn’t consider - that its not about vulnerability or punishment so often as it is celebration and worth

This business w the shamans was generally my understanding of how religions formed before reading this.

It’s also interesting to think about why some groups developed that one god idea. Makes sense that the natural world was the divine feminine and the society is the divine masculine.

I love the idea of myth transforming the landscape I think that’s such a cool component of stories and history.

I didn’t realize how settlements arose so calculated to that though. And that people literally just layered new faith and holy places on top of old ones so specifically.

I like that this gives support to the art is spiritual concept. Coz it is fr fr. And the little anecdotes about how shamans and ritual worked to interpret natural experiences and transform people is so neat.

Okay see now this is super fascinating. I love the idea of myth as an explanation and justification for natural processes that make them more understandable.

And oooooh I wanna see those cave paintings so fuckin baaaaad bruh

Eternity is the present. Hm. This is a very pro “just experience things” message. I’m for it.

I’m a little lost here. Getting very abstract

I’m struggling a little to understand what he means with this idea of the Self but I think the concept of how separation works in myths is really neat.

Especially how the difference between male and female works within myth and conceptually. Myth is strangely more grounded than most religion it seems

What an interesting conversation about dreams as sort of personal myths. It makes sense - they’re personal stories and experiences that we project against societal norms.

And the idea of sin and the serpent as grounding and the necessity of sin to beget life.

Lowkey this makes me feel small and peaceful