Polytheist, Ph.D. in Philosophy. Justice to all beings, reverence to all Gods.

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Happened to glance at Ovid's Metamorphoses, and noted his gloss on "the God" (1.21): "whichever of the Gods it was" (32), another helpful illustration of that generic reference of the singular in several languages mistaken for monotheist "God" by too many English readers.
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#New_Study - A #Safaitic inscription calls upon Shams (the divine sun) as judge, dayyān, paralleling his title in the Hammurapi code: šamaš dayyānum rabûm 'Shamash, the great judge' Read: tinyurl.com/mwd99w8s. Explore the inscriptions of the site: ociana.osu.edu/sites/994
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“Driven by the de facto dominance of English, AI multilingual alignment shows a form of cross-linguistic deference, a systematic tendency to resolve cross-linguistic disagreement by treating the English judgment as authoritative…" dailynous.com/2026/10/26/lin…
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"Refined Renaissance poetry is an integral part of the founding violence of what is today the United States." The Epic of Florida: Selected Poems by Juan de Castellanos, Bartolomé de Flores, and Alonso Gregorio de Escobedo (40% off with code 36SCS26) psupress.org/books/titles/97…
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Many people may not know that the two Pārśvadevatās worshipped alongside Goddess Lakṣmī on Kojāgarī Pūrṇimā are Devarāja Indra and Yakṣarāja Kubera. I’ve worshipped them too, though only some Bengali Lakshmi idols depict them.
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"The volume contains a new French translation of Alexander's account of the Peri Ideôn, alongside a slightly revised Greek text, as well as eight original studies (both in French and in English) by recognized specialists of the Aristotelian tradition." ndpr.nd.edu/reviews/le-peri-…
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The Congo Basin had some of the most unique forms of indigenous proto-urbanism featuring near-grid-like settlement patterns; straight streets over 40ft wide, and square houses built in parallel lines
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Venus returns to Libra today. Huzzah! Great rejoicing! From exile in Scorpio back to her own home. Every homecoming echoes Odysseus's. For Homer's Neoplatonist readers, the return to Ithaca is the rational soul's path back to reality.
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Revista cinematográfica “proturismo patrocinada por la gran cervecería Moctezuma de Orizaba” realizado por RTVE en #México en el año de 1954. En esta entrega se comparten las tradiciones de Día de Muertos en nuestro país, “una síntesis expresiva del culto a los muertos”. Te invito a compartir #DiaDeMuertos
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Greek Magical Papyri, LVII.14–28: “As you burn savin juniper together with the papyrus strip, say: “Isis, pure maiden, give me a sign of the outcomes. Uncover your holy veil, shake out the black fold of your garment, and set in motion the constellation of the Great Bear.” When you have said these names and have at the same time unfolded your hands, lift the edge of your hand from your chest. Because you will see a star driven to you by compulsion, into which you will gaze intensely, after it has launched rays like darts and leapt towards you yourself, so that you become god-struck. Hold the charakter ready at hand, for it is the symbol of Kronos, which gives you courage.”
“O Bear, greatest of goddesses, ruler of heaven, sovereign of the pole of the stars! Supreme goddess, beautifully radiant, imperishable element, structure of the universe, shining upon all things, harmony of the whole! You who stand upon the celestial pole, whom the Lord God appointed to rotate the holy pole with a powerful hand.” —Greek Magical Papyri, IV.1301–1307.
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The series on Butlerian Henadology will return next week, Inshallah. In the meantime, here’s a restack of my reading of Urasawa's "Pluto". Link in comments.
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I recently updated this book with a Table of Contents and fixed a couple of minor errors. A special Indian edition will also be out soon from @IndicaOrg and Notion Press, stay tuned. link.amazon/B05DNU4xl (#advertisement)
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Avian Iconography and Awareness of the Natural Calendar in Ancient Egypt (open access) degruyterbrill.com/document/…
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