It is notable that the most important Indo-European goddess is not the generative, fecund Earth that brings forth masses but the tamed, domestic flame of the Hearth that delineates filial continuity and distinction of space (property) and blood.
The Romans, systemizers that they were, did not leave Agriculture or Birth in the hands of a single Earth or Mother Goddess. St. Augustine japes about this.
"EROS was the primordial god (protogenos) of procreation who emerged self-formed at the dawn of creation. He was the driving force behind the generation of new life in the cosmos. The Orphics named him Phanes, a primal being hatched from the world-egg. He was also equivalent to Thesis (Creation) and Physis, (Nature)."
I have a show coming out on this next Wednesday where we get into the egg god myth, which was also a neolithic rather than Yamnaya one, or so it appears
More and more these days, I'm understanding that the ancient gods were demons, and those demons are still very much fighting for control. Human sacrifice, inversion of heirarchy, humiliation rituals, it's all around us.
It is notable that the most important Indo-European goddess is not the generative, fecund Earth that brings forth masses but the tamed, domestic flame of the Hearth that delineates filial continuity and distinction of space (property) and blood.
The Romans, systemizers that they were, did not leave Agriculture or Birth in the hands of a single Earth or Mother Goddess. St. Augustine japes about this.
Interesting, I need to read what he had to say about it
But yes, great point on their goddess
http://www.logoslibrary.org/augustine/city/0421.html
Relevant section of "City of God."
You misinterpret Eros (especially) in the first paragraph of The Greek Tale. For a better understanding please read https://www.theoi.com/Protogenos/Eros.html.
"EROS was the primordial god (protogenos) of procreation who emerged self-formed at the dawn of creation. He was the driving force behind the generation of new life in the cosmos. The Orphics named him Phanes, a primal being hatched from the world-egg. He was also equivalent to Thesis (Creation) and Physis, (Nature)."
Thank you, will check this out
I have a show coming out on this next Wednesday where we get into the egg god myth, which was also a neolithic rather than Yamnaya one, or so it appears
More and more these days, I'm understanding that the ancient gods were demons, and those demons are still very much fighting for control. Human sacrifice, inversion of heirarchy, humiliation rituals, it's all around us.