There's an interesting theory according to which the Jinn (the Platonic daimones) used to be the gods of a previous age; similarly Saturn, the ruler of the Golden Age, takes on an increasingly 'dark' character after being dethroned by his son Zeus (cf. also the Titans) ...
Now according to the Quran the Jinn Iblis became Satan when he refused to bow to Adam; so that we might infer that the 'demotion' of the Jinn is actually linked to the creation of man (analagously it is also Zeus who exiles the Titans from Olympos).
It seems that in later cycles when the "tamasic" tendency (also linked to the Ashuras, the Vedic analgoue of the Titans, who, like the Jinn, were beaten in 'war of heaven' by the Angels/Devas) starts gaining dominance that the intermediary 'daimones' start to manifest malefically
This is why it's said that the rebellious Jinn are "kafir", they have lost their religion, i.e. their connection to the spiritual realm & instead of carrying up the prayers of man to the 'gods' they take them for themselves, stealing the fire of heaven like the Titan Prometheus.
It should thus come as no suprise that later religions like Christianity/Islam see the 'daimones' almost entirely as 'demons' whereas in earlier religions (like in Japanese Shinto) they still play a pronounced mediatory role.
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Glastenbury is a mythical place; it's name derives from the germanic "glez" (germ "Glast") which means "to shine"/"sheen", corresponding to the greek word for "amber", sacred to Apollo. As such it was said that Glastenbury was the last isle before reaching the northern Hyperborea
In 700 BC Pythas the Phocaean set out to the edge of the world, to Hyperborea, sailing as far north as "the solid sea" (Plato's Phaedo-myth is heavily inspired by this legendary journey). On his way he also stopped at Glastebury which he said the locals called - Avalon.
Now Avalon is of course heavily connected to the Grail-myth, it is the isle where King Arthur died and where - as some say - the Grail itself has been hidden.
A brief thread on the symbolism of foreskins / circumcisions [1/10]
first, let us note that the act of circumcision corresponds to an 'unveiling', a penetration to the 'inner core' (like the Holy of Holies in the temple) which is likewise a shedding of the 'garments of skin' (like Moses putting of his shoes before ascending the Holy Mountain).
This shedding of the garments (which were put onto Adam after the fall; Gen.3:21) thus represents a recovery of the primordial state (which is precisely what is effected in baptism, hence the Apostle speaks of a 'spiritual circumcision' as 'putting off of sinful nature; Col.2:11)
this image is so fascinating to me tbh, it's primordial, jungian, realer than real etc. it's an avataric manifestation of the contemporary psyche a true 'satanic' (inverted) icon; some brief thoughts (1/7)
its essentially depicting the violent subduement of the male by the female principle; now, traditional order rests on the female submitting to the male and the male to God (cf. Eph. V), this however is not conceived as a 'struggle' but an 'erotic hierarchy' (like Christ - Church)
The reversal of this hierachy is exactly the Fall; as such some of the Fathers interpret Adam as nous and Eve as psyche; micro-macrocosmic order & harmony being only archieved when nous is subjected to God and psyche to nous so that the divine light can illumine all parts equally