Reflections on ancient religions
Reflections on the Vedic Goddess of Dawn.
From its Indo-European origins to its spiritual posterity.
This article presents a study of the Vedic goddess of Dawn from critical reviews of works.
It covers a section of publications on Tantrism and analyzes classical studies on Vedism which mention the figure of the goddess. It is a question of locating, among its historical evolutions, the probable filiations of the figure of the goddess according to religious realities, whether in India or in the West. The hypothesis formulated is that of an evolution of the figure of the divinity in its Vedic form in avatars in later Hinduism, like the goddess Sarasvatî or the Shakti.
The article also looks at the Indo-European origins of the goddess, and opens up on her various metamorphoses in Western medieval figures, such as certain characters from fairy tales. The study ends with an analysis of a post-Vedic hymn on Dawn and a more mystical opening.
The Quest for the Grail and the Arthurian World:
The question of the father.
It seems obvious that, of all the masterpieces of literature, the Arthurian novel is one of the most sublime, and that the Quest for the Grail alone represents the greatest myth of the West. This is why it continues to inspire us, even today, more than eight centuries after its creation.
But its nature still remains very enigmatic, which contributes to its mystery.
However, after years of research, it occurred to me that this nature of the Grail could receive an explanation capable of elucidating its mystery.
The Hindu and Buddhist notion of Dharma .
An example of religious repression.
Dharma is a notion that underlies the religious and doctrinal edifice of both Hinduism and Buddhism. It refers, according to one of its etymologies, to what makes it possible to "pose," to establish "," to strengthen ", and thus confers on these two great religions the solidity of their doctrinal and above all moral foundation.
But when I went deeper into this notion, two problematic elements appeared to me: the first, is that the ethics that can be deduced from Dharma is not as pure and reliable as it seems. The second is that another etymology of the word refers to a completely different register than that of morality founded in law, and which comes from the ancient ritual and sacrificial lexicon, common to both Mazdaism and Vedism. In this article, I try to take stock of this little-known subject on which a whole part of the Indian and Asian mentality is based ...
The funeral of Queen Elizabeth II
An example of contemporary devotion to the royal body.
The long reign of Queen Elizabeth II and her death in September 2022 have generated many comments.
I add mine which particularly concerns the royal function and purpose in their sacredness and which the emergence of constitutional monarchies, in modern times, has incidentally overshadowed...