#mythologies — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #mythologies, aggregated by home.social.
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#American #mythologies can colonize the minds of #Canadian #creatives. I believe that happened in one of the #novels by the #sciencefiction #writer #RobertJSawyer I explored in a recent #blog #post. doncurren.blogspot.com
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#American #mythologies can colonize the minds of #Canadian #creatives. I believe that happened in one of the #novels by the #sciencefiction #writer #RobertJSawyer I explored in a recent #blog #post. doncurren.blogspot.com
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#American #mythologies can colonize the minds of #Canadian #creatives. I believe that happened in one of the #novels by the #sciencefiction #writer #RobertJSawyer I explored in a recent #blog #post. doncurren.blogspot.com
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#American #mythologies can colonize the minds of #Canadian #creatives. I believe that happened in one of the #novels by the #sciencefiction #writer #RobertJSawyer I explored in a recent #blog #post. doncurren.blogspot.com
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#American #mythologies can colonize the minds of #Canadian #creatives. I believe that happened in one of the #novels by the #sciencefiction #writer #RobertJSawyer I explored in a recent #blog #post. doncurren.blogspot.com
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El mito y la comunicación política: Entre la antropología, el poder y la democracia
El mito y la comunicación política: Entre la antropología, el poder y la democracia
Toda comunicación política, sea desde el gobierno o en una campaña electoral, nace de una premisa que suele incomodar a las miradas excesivamente racionalistas: la política no s [...]#Antropología #ComunicaciónPolítica #Democracia #EstructurasSimbólicas #Mito #Mythologies #Opinión #Poder #RolandBarthes
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Finally got my bumblebee cufflinks to wear with my @elfkin original.
In various #mythologies, bees are considered psychopomps, meaning they are believed to guide souls from the living world to the afterlife. This belief stems from their unique role in nature and their connection to both life and death, often symbolizing a bridge between the realms.
I’ll be doing some #deathwalking for my Bestie’s mom. She’s being laid to rest today. Not exactly where I thought I’d be debuting this look but 🤷♂️
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Finally got my bumblebee cufflinks to wear with my @elfkin original.
In various #mythologies, bees are considered psychopomps, meaning they are believed to guide souls from the living world to the afterlife. This belief stems from their unique role in nature and their connection to both life and death, often symbolizing a bridge between the realms.
I’ll be doing some #deathwalking for my Bestie’s mom. She’s being laid to rest today. Not exactly where I thought I’d be debuting this look but 🤷♂️
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Bending Back Barthes: Shock Photos — out now.
From the photographer’s horror to the meme’s irony: how Gaza reveals our loss of feeling.
📷 Mahmud Hams / AFP
🔗 https://open.substack.com/pub/wittgensteinsmonster/p/bending-back-barthes-shock-photos?r=5zs6u&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true#Barthes #Palestine #Mythologies #MediaCriticism #Gaza #BlindFaith #Substack
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✨ An Updated Barthes
Taylor Swift isn’t just a singer.
She’s the Showgirl who shows the Girl.Her Eras, her branding, her billions—each is myth made marketable.
She is both the product and the critique.My latest essay explores pop, performance, Jesus, capitalism, and the impossibility of the “ethical billionaire.”
📖 https://wittgensteinsmonster.substack.com/p/an-updated-barthes
#TaylorSwift #Mythologies #Barthes #PopCulture #Capitalism #ShowgirlLogic
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✨ An Updated Barthes
Taylor Swift isn’t just a singer.
She’s the Showgirl who shows the Girl.Her Eras, her branding, her billions—each is myth made marketable.
She is both the product and the critique.My latest essay explores pop, performance, Jesus, capitalism, and the impossibility of the “ethical billionaire.”
📖 https://wittgensteinsmonster.substack.com/p/an-updated-barthes
#TaylorSwift #Mythologies #Barthes #PopCulture #Capitalism #ShowgirlLogic
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📚 Two Words of the Day (from Barthes’ Mythologies)
✈️ Essay: The Jet-Man
Ascesis – disciplined self-denial, a form of training or abstention often for spiritual or aesthetic goals. Think monk vibes, but French and poststructural.
Coenesthesia – the unified sense of being alive in your body, the background hum of existing. Before thought, before movement—just being.
Today we explore how these shape the mythology of the jet-set elite. Stay tuned.
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New post just dropped on Substack:
🐐 The GOAT Samaritan
Neil deGrasse Tyson walks by.
Brady nods, but keeps going.
Madonna smiles, faintly.
And only the real goat stops—and offers him milk.This is a modern parable. A myth for our moment. A mirror.
(And yeah, it bleats back.)✍️https://wittgensteinsmonster.substack.com/p/the-goat-samaritan
#Mythologies #Barthes #SouthernGothic #GOAT #CulturalCriticism #Homelessness #Substack #AltTextIncluded
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You walk the spiral long enough, the texts start echoing your life—not just shaping it.
Meaning is real.
Myth is real.
And sometimes, if you’re lucky, they line up just like this.You’re not crazy.
You’re on time.#Barthes #Mythologies #BlueSkyPolitics #MediaLiteracy #Populism #CriticalTheory #Serendipity #PersonalEssay
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📣 New Essay Just Dropped
"Side Effects May Include Myth"
A meditation on trust, advertising, psychiatric meds, and what Roland Barthes might say about the voice inside the box.I wrote it after a stay in a crisis center. It's raw, reflective, and a little angry.
Featuring:
💊 Pharma ads
🧠 Informed consent
📺 Media myth-making
🧼 Barthes on soap
🎨 Original artRead it here:
🔗 https://wittgensteinsmonster.substack.com/p/side-effects-may-include-myth#MentalHealth #Barthes #Mythologies #PharmaCulture #DepthAdvertising #Essays #WritingThroughIt
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📣 New Essay Just Dropped
"Side Effects May Include Myth"
A meditation on trust, advertising, psychiatric meds, and what Roland Barthes might say about the voice inside the box.I wrote it after a stay in a crisis center. It's raw, reflective, and a little angry.
Featuring:
💊 Pharma ads
🧠 Informed consent
📺 Media myth-making
🧼 Barthes on soap
🎨 Original artRead it here:
🔗 https://wittgensteinsmonster.substack.com/p/side-effects-may-include-myth#MentalHealth #Barthes #Mythologies #PharmaCulture #DepthAdvertising #Essays #WritingThroughIt
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📣 New Essay Just Dropped
"Side Effects May Include Myth"
A meditation on trust, advertising, psychiatric meds, and what Roland Barthes might say about the voice inside the box.I wrote it after a stay in a crisis center. It's raw, reflective, and a little angry.
Featuring:
💊 Pharma ads
🧠 Informed consent
📺 Media myth-making
🧼 Barthes on soap
🎨 Original artRead it here:
🔗 https://wittgensteinsmonster.substack.com/p/side-effects-may-include-myth#MentalHealth #Barthes #Mythologies #PharmaCulture #DepthAdvertising #Essays #WritingThroughIt
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📣 New Essay Just Dropped
"Side Effects May Include Myth"
A meditation on trust, advertising, psychiatric meds, and what Roland Barthes might say about the voice inside the box.I wrote it after a stay in a crisis center. It's raw, reflective, and a little angry.
Featuring:
💊 Pharma ads
🧠 Informed consent
📺 Media myth-making
🧼 Barthes on soap
🎨 Original artRead it here:
🔗 https://wittgensteinsmonster.substack.com/p/side-effects-may-include-myth#MentalHealth #Barthes #Mythologies #PharmaCulture #DepthAdvertising #Essays #WritingThroughIt
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📣 New Essay Just Dropped
"Side Effects May Include Myth"
A meditation on trust, advertising, psychiatric meds, and what Roland Barthes might say about the voice inside the box.I wrote it after a stay in a crisis center. It's raw, reflective, and a little angry.
Featuring:
💊 Pharma ads
🧠 Informed consent
📺 Media myth-making
🧼 Barthes on soap
🎨 Original artRead it here:
🔗 https://wittgensteinsmonster.substack.com/p/side-effects-may-include-myth#MentalHealth #Barthes #Mythologies #PharmaCulture #DepthAdvertising #Essays #WritingThroughIt
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I spent time recently in a crisis center asking every day, “What is this pill? What does it actually do to me?”
Language gives the illusion of consent, but how many of us really know what we’re taking — or why?
#barthes #mythologies #advertising #pharma #books #reading #books2025
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I spent time recently in a crisis center asking every day, “What is this pill? What does it actually do to me?”
Language gives the illusion of consent, but how many of us really know what we’re taking — or why?
#barthes #mythologies #advertising #pharma #books #reading #books2025
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But in League, the Nautilus is monstrous, otherworldly, beautiful. Even Moriarty has to steal its blueprints—it’s beyond what empire can produce.
This Nautilus isn’t part of the system. It refuses comfort. It’s awe. It’s a god-ship.
Barthes would’ve hated the film—but I think he’d respect this myth.
#Barthes #Mythologies #FilmCriticism #Nemo #LeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen #Myth #Aesthetics #BadMoviesGoodTakes #Postmodernism
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But in League, the Nautilus is monstrous, otherworldly, beautiful. Even Moriarty has to steal its blueprints—it’s beyond what empire can produce.
This Nautilus isn’t part of the system. It refuses comfort. It’s awe. It’s a god-ship.
Barthes would’ve hated the film—but I think he’d respect this myth.
#Barthes #Mythologies #FilmCriticism #Nemo #LeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen #Myth #Aesthetics #BadMoviesGoodTakes #Postmodernism
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🦬 Barthes got it right. Steak isn’t just food — it’s a symbol.
How you order it says everything: blue-rare like bloodied prestige, or well-done like working-class caution. I see it behind the bar every night.
Barthes saw it in France. I see it in America.
Might write a full essay if folks are hungry for more.
#Barthes #Mythologies #Semiotics #FoodSymbolism #BartenderLife #EssayComing #SteakFrites
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🦬 Barthes got it right. Steak isn’t just food — it’s a symbol.
How you order it says everything: blue-rare like bloodied prestige, or well-done like working-class caution. I see it behind the bar every night.
Barthes saw it in France. I see it in America.
Might write a full essay if folks are hungry for more.
#Barthes #Mythologies #Semiotics #FoodSymbolism #BartenderLife #EssayComing #SteakFrites
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Just read Barthes' “Wine and Milk.” As a bartender, I loved it. In France, wine is blood—ritual, identity, myth. In the U.S., we’ve cycled: wine as status, milk as strength, now water as virtue. Think hydro homies. Sparkling wine, sparkling water—crisp, clear, pure. Rituals change, but myth stays. Alcohol didn’t just accompany civilization—it may have created it. Imagine fermentation as the first anchor. 🍷🥛💧
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Just read Barthes' “Wine and Milk.” As a bartender, I loved it. In France, wine is blood—ritual, identity, myth. In the U.S., we’ve cycled: wine as status, milk as strength, now water as virtue. Think hydro homies. Sparkling wine, sparkling water—crisp, clear, pure. Rituals change, but myth stays. Alcohol didn’t just accompany civilization—it may have created it. Imagine fermentation as the first anchor. 🍷🥛💧
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That image’s still alive and well. Think Goodfellas. Think Pacino. The gangster doesn’t have to shoot — just reach. The pose does the talking.
Cool stays cool.
#Mythologies #Barthes #ReadingThread #Film #GangsterCinema #PowerAndCool
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That image’s still alive and well. Think Goodfellas. Think Pacino. The gangster doesn’t have to shoot — just reach. The pose does the talking.
Cool stays cool.
#Mythologies #Barthes #ReadingThread #Film #GangsterCinema #PowerAndCool
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Trump’s #WhiteNationalism and the #Future of #History
Being a #historian during Trump 2.0 is to witness a renewal of #debunked #mythologies and #outdated ideas made fresh by a state apparatus deeply invested in protecting the #historical reputation of #whiteness.
https://portside.org/2025-08-15/trumps-white-nationalism-and-future-history
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Most Online Chaos Magick Is Naming Mnemonic Variables
No matter how intricate your sigil is, it’s still just a semiotic identifier—a signifier. You could call it x, and it would carry the same ontological weight. Sigils point to concepts, entities, or they act as a signature. At the end of the day, you’ve just created a decorative label. Sigils are glyphs, not alphabets or languages like Theban, Celestial, Enochian, or the Alphabet of Daggers.
Sigils made using Austin Spare’s method aren’t languages—they’re stylized abstractions. You’re not writing a sentence in some hidden tongue; you’re making a visual variable. A graphic tag with no linguistic scaffolding. There’s nothing to “read” in it—no syntax, no grammar, no pronunciation. Just an intentional scribble pointing toward a thought.
Compare that to Theban, Celestial, Enochian, or the Alphabet of Daggers. Those are actual alphabets. Magical languages. They follow consistent letter-for-letter substitutions. They can obscure meaning—because there’s real meaning to obscure. You can encode texts, chants, names. They operate like ciphers, because that’s exactly what they are.
Spare-style sigils don’t encrypt—they erase. When you compress a phrase into a symbol, you’re not hiding language, you’re letting it go. You’re collapsing intention into a single mark that doesn’t depend on literacy, just mental association.
Magical languages at least do something. They obscure. They encode. Run a sentence through Theban or Celestial, and you get something arcane-looking and unreadable—because it is, unless you know the key. That’s the point: symbolic misdirection. Encryption with intent.
Sigils, especially the Spare-style ones, don’t do that. You’re not concealing a message; you’re flattening it into a shape. It’s not code—it’s a label. A name tag. You take a phrase, compress it into a glyph, and suddenly it’s a “magickal symbol.” But it’s really just a symbolic pointer—a variable, like in programming. And just like with variables, the more convoluted the name, the more annoying it is to use. If your sigil looks like a spiky eldritch mandala, congrats: you’ve made a beautiful, unreadable label.
Honestly, watching people crank these out like they’re reinventing the arcane wheel—when they’re just decorating the same psychological placeholder—it’s almost a relief. The more time someone spends designing a stylized faux ceremonial symbol symbol for “money now please,” the less likely they are to be doing anything dangerously effective. A lot of what gets called “chaos magick” online is really just overdesigned variable naming by people who think the aesthetic is the spell.
Sure, sigils, metaphors, and myths all operate symbolically—but they don’t hit the same. A sigil is a symbol boiled down to a label. A shortcut. It points to something. A mythology doesn’t just point—it breathes. It moves through story, layers, archetypes. That’s why mythic metaphors and ritual drama land harder: they’re not just signs, they’re immersive systems of meaning.
A myth doesn’t just say “this is like that.” It binds symbols into patterns. It creates tension, resonance, transformation. Allegory can carry cosmology. Sigils don’t do that. They’re more like programming variables—arbitrary labels you assign meaning to. Useful? Sure. But flat. A box with a name. Writing “dragon” on the lid doesn’t conjure the force of a real dragon narrative.
That’s why stories, dreams, and rituals move people—and sigils usually don’t, unless you’ve already decided they will. Metaphor speaks to the deep mind. It speaks with symbols, not just about them. Sigils? They’re like filing tabs. Metaphors are the stories inside the folders.
So yeah—they’re both symbols. But one is a placeholder. The other is a living structure.
Exactly—whether you sketch a swirling, ornate sigil or just scrawl an x, you’re still tagging the same conceptual box. The content doesn’t change just because the outside is fancier. That’s the point: the sigil isn’t the thing. It’s the pointer. It’s the tag that says, “this is where I stored that intention,” or “this represents that entity.” It doesn’t gain power because it looks more esoteric.
People get caught up in the design and forget the purpose. A sigil doesn’t summon anything by itself—it’s a reference. It’s not the payload. You’re not conjuring a spirit with the shape; you’re doing it with the meaning you’ve assigned. The symbol just helps you focus—like putting a label on a folder.
This is why making the sigil “look magickal” is mostly cosmetic. Dress up the label all you want—it still opens the same box. The real work isn’t in the glyph; it’s in what the glyph means and how your mind interacts with that meaning. So yes, swap the sigil for an x—the box still holds the demon. All you’ve changed is the font.
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The Origins Of #Hell And The Underworld In #Religions And #Mythologies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6jPh0MCASI
#religiousbeliefs #nononsensespirituality #theologicaldiscussion
Is there evidence that hell is real? Should we believe in #God just out of fear of hell? Why in our stories do we create #heavens and #hells? Britt does a deep dive into the #psychological reasons we create heaven and hell and why hell is nothing to be scared of!
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The Origins Of #Hell And The Underworld In #Religions And #Mythologies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6jPh0MCASI
#religiousbeliefs #nononsensespirituality #theologicaldiscussion
Is there evidence that hell is real? Should we believe in #God just out of fear of hell? Why in our stories do we create #heavens and #hells? Britt does a deep dive into the #psychological reasons we create heaven and hell and why hell is nothing to be scared of!
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The Origins Of #Hell And The Underworld In #Religions And #Mythologies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6jPh0MCASI
#religiousbeliefs #nononsensespirituality #theologicaldiscussion
Is there evidence that hell is real? Should we believe in #God just out of fear of hell? Why in our stories do we create #heavens and #hells? Britt does a deep dive into the #psychological reasons we create heaven and hell and why hell is nothing to be scared of!
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The Origins Of #Hell And The Underworld In #Religions And #Mythologies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6jPh0MCASI
#religiousbeliefs #nononsensespirituality #theologicaldiscussion
Is there evidence that hell is real? Should we believe in #God just out of fear of hell? Why in our stories do we create #heavens and #hells? Britt does a deep dive into the #psychological reasons we create heaven and hell and why hell is nothing to be scared of!
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The Origins Of #Hell And The Underworld In #Religions And #Mythologies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6jPh0MCASI
#religiousbeliefs #nononsensespirituality #theologicaldiscussion
Is there evidence that hell is real? Should we believe in #God just out of fear of hell? Why in our stories do we create #heavens and #hells? Britt does a deep dive into the #psychological reasons we create heaven and hell and why hell is nothing to be scared of!
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❛❛ A lunar #deity or #MoonDeity is a deity who represents the #Moon, or an aspect of it. These deities can have a variety of functions and #traditions depending upon the #culture, but they are often related. #Lunar deities and #MoonWorship can be found throughout most of recorded #history in various forms.
… many well-known #mythologies feature moon #goddesses ❜❜🔗 https://Wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_deity … #LunarDeity
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❛❛ A lunar #deity or #MoonDeity is a deity who represents the #Moon, or an aspect of it. These deities can have a variety of functions and #traditions depending upon the #culture, but they are often related. #Lunar deities and #MoonWorship can be found throughout most of recorded #history in various forms.
… many well-known #mythologies feature moon #goddesses ❜❜🔗 https://Wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_deity … #LunarDeity
🔗 https://Wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lunar_deities … #LunarDieties -
❛❛ A lunar #deity or #MoonDeity is a deity who represents the #Moon, or an aspect of it. These deities can have a variety of functions and #traditions depending upon the #culture, but they are often related. #Lunar deities and #MoonWorship can be found throughout most of recorded #history in various forms.
… many well-known #mythologies feature moon #goddesses ❜❜🔗 https://Wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_deity … #LunarDeity
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❛❛ A lunar #deity or #MoonDeity is a deity who represents the #Moon, or an aspect of it. These deities can have a variety of functions and #traditions depending upon the #culture, but they are often related. #Lunar deities and #MoonWorship can be found throughout most of recorded #history in various forms.
… many well-known #mythologies feature moon #goddesses ❜❜🔗 https://Wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_deity … #LunarDeity
🔗 https://Wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lunar_deities … #LunarDieties -
❛❛ A lunar #deity or #MoonDeity is a deity who represents the #Moon, or an aspect of it. These deities can have a variety of functions and #traditions depending upon the #culture, but they are often related. #Lunar deities and #MoonWorship can be found throughout most of recorded #history in various forms.
… many well-known #mythologies feature moon #goddesses ❜❜🔗 https://Wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_deity … #LunarDeity
🔗 https://Wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lunar_deities … #LunarDieties -
🔥 #dieu #dieux #religions #sectes #mythologies #superstitions #crédulité #tabous #surnaturel #irrationnel #cléricalismes #domination #soumission #vénération #barbarie #guerressainte #Inquisition #théocratie #fascismereligieux #autodafé #charia #Djihad #persécution #obscurantisme #réactionnaire...
★ Ⓐ #émancipation #rationalisme #antireligion #antifascisme #anticléricalisme...
★ BLASPHÈMES !
😈 Une petite collection de phrases anti-sectes et anti-mythes,
de toutes les époques, de toutes les origines..." 1. Simonide (556-468 avant Jésus-Christ)
- Le plus je considère le sujet de Dieu, le plus il devient obscur.
2. Empédocle (495-435 avant J-C)
- Aucun des dieux n’a formé le monde, ni aucun homme. Il a toujours été.
3. Aristote (384-322 avant J-C)
- Les hommes créent les dieux à leur propre image, non seulement pour leur forme mais également pour leur mode de vie.
4. Démosthène (384-322 avant J-C)
- Nous croyons ce que nous voulons croire. (...) "
▶ Lire la suite...
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Tour de France et lutte des classes – Charlotte Jones suivi de Le tour de France comme épopée – Roland Barthès
#Anthropologie #Histoire #Social #Sport #12p #Ballast #Cyclisme #Histoire #Mythologies #Philosophie #Sémiologie #Sport #tribune
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Tour de France et lutte des classes – Charlotte Jones suivi de Le tour de France comme épopée – Roland Barthès
#Anthropologie #Histoire #Social #Sport #12p #Ballast #Cyclisme #Histoire #Mythologies #Philosophie #Sémiologie #Sport #tribune
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Tour de France et lutte des classes – Charlotte Jones suivi de Le tour de France comme épopée – Roland Barthès
#Anthropologie #Histoire #Social #Sport #12p #Ballast #Cyclisme #Histoire #Mythologies #Philosophie #Sémiologie #Sport #tribune
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Tour de France et lutte des classes – Charlotte Jones suivi de Le tour de France comme épopée – Roland Barthès
#Anthropologie #Histoire #Social #Sport #12p #Ballast #Cyclisme #Histoire #Mythologies #Philosophie #Sémiologie #Sport #tribune
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Mythologies
Serigraph
Limited Edition of 300
Paper Size: 36.5" H x 45" W
Image Size: 31.5" H x 40" W
1992
Adrian Wong ShuePrints now available!
https://www.adrianwongshue.com/product-page/mythologies#Mythologies #Cretan #Bull #Hercules #12Labors #Mythology #Heracles #Painting #Serigraph #Art #1992 #Figures #Abstract #AdrianWongShue #ArtForSale #Jamaican #Chinese #yunnan
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🔥 #dieu #dieux #religions #sectes #mythologies #superstitions #crédulité #tabous #surnaturel #irrationnel #bondieuserie #cléricalismes #domination #soumission #vénération #barbarie #guerressainte #Inquisition #théocratie #fascismereligieux #autodafé #charia #Djihad #persécution #obscurantisme #réactionnaire...
★ Ⓐ #émancipation #antireligion #rationalisme #anticléricalisme...
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Echoes of a Dreamer is my newly created #show. A #narrative #podcast using Dr.Seuss' rhyme style. Each episode is a full #story
Should be available on most platforms already!
These 2 are the first ones available, should be weekly.