Roman religion wasn't based on belief, but tradition.
but it's ok because this world is just a test for the next one
IT MUST BE TRANSCENDENT
BUT ALSO MUST ACCEPT THE METAPHYSICAL AS PART OF THE REAL
On good practice, not good saying.
Jung found traces of native American religion in his American Christian clients
It's ugly and it doesn't work
ASIATIC RELIGION IS SORT OF AN AMERICAN TROPE
WE LIKE TO ADOPT IT TO SEEM PROFOUND
THAT WAS THE POINT OF CHARLTON'S CITING THAT ARTICLE ABOUT AMERICAN HINDUS
WHO TAKES THE BEATLES SERIOUSLY?
Roman religion is orthopraxic, not orthodoxic.
THEN AGAIN, GEORGE HARRISON TOOK IT SERIOUSLY
The Beatles is the most overrated music in all of history
It's about right action, not the right words.
He said that the traces weren't consciously known to the people he interviewed
Their only contribution was in technique, figuring out how to have more sustain on a guitar in Helter Skelter
basically his conclusion was that the land affected them in subtle ways.
if you believe in Divine stuff this isn't too far fetched
Connections between races and lands are real
But I don't think it works like that
I'm not too interested in that stuff as you know
@sdlkfmbklfnldneg INCLUDING CLEAR/REALISTIC THINKING
Which is what the Romans gave us.
AND THE GREEKS
AND THE HINDUS
Exactly.
ECKHART IS UNDER-READ
We can't separate Roman philosophy from Roman religion.
Cicero, Aurelius, these men's words still echo in modern thinking.
ANCIENTS VIEWED THEIR RELIGION AS PART OF THEIR CULTURE
CUSTOMS
IT KEPT IT FROM BEING TOO DOGMATIC FOR A LONG TIME
Rome didn't really have religious wars, it had practical wars.
Religion was the foundation of their culture without dominating it.
ALL THINGS WORKING IN PARALLEL
RELIGION, CULTURE, LEADERSHIP, ECONOMY
THIS IS TRADITION
Don't forget nation.
Faith, nation, culture, government, economy... all of these things, in one.
