Ch 1 The Birth Of Brahman

Interpreting Oriental Myth
The primary point of oriental wisdom is that we are not in exile - god is within you.
*Orient vs Occident
*High Culture developed in Mesopotamia Aprox. 8000 b.c.
*3500 b.c. writing. mathematics and controlled astronomical observation ( able to predict the path of the major orbiting bodies)
*Idea of an impersonal power controlling the universe took shape.
*Mythology of a people = grandiose poetic image referring to principles that are mysterious and ineffable (4 primary principles).
*1open the mind of everyone in the society to the mysterious dimension that cannot be analyzed - only experienced.
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