Posted on 04/13/2017 1:22:16 PM PDT by heterosupremacist
We have now thoroughly highjacked this thread, what one of us should do is post an article about the (fascinating)keyhole tombs (for example) and carry this discussion on from there...
tomorrow
That's not a problem, that's a clue. For example, the various flood myths throughout the world. Even China has one, and it's nothing to do with the periodic river flooding.
Yes, I see what you mean, but at some point the landscape becomes unrecognizable and we are in another world. One wonders how heaven and earth seem to intersect so seamlessly in the old mythology of Japan, when in fact we humans generally cannot see that at all.
The connection has been called a number of things: sky bridge or star bridge, for example.But there is a definite sense of earth, in between and the “high plains” of heaven.
The unavoidable conclusion I have made is that the two realms exist in juxtaposition rather than here and there, and that there is abundant interaction between the two in terms of energy exchange, but only rarely with form.
As you know, I find Japan of utmost interest.I have seen a lot more than perhaps I should, LOL.
there’s more twixt heaven and earth than dreamt of in our philosophy...
http://www.gavinmenzies.net/china/1434-2/
From 1434 onward, Europeans embraced Chinese intellectual ideas, discoveries, and inventions – all which have formed the basis of European civilisation just as much as Greek philosophy and Roman law. Erudite and brilliantly reasoned, 1434 is sure to make headlines and change the way we see ourselves, our history, and our world.
http://www.gavinmenzies.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/video/gm_video_large.swf
Tai Pin Wang, a Canadian, discovered the records of the 1421 visit. The Renaissance may have been caused by the visit ( book 1434).
I hadn’t known!
Thanks !
The book contains images of a number of Chinese woodcuts which show what Leonardo apparently copied from...
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