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Common vs. proper names
Jun. 3rd, 2013 12:14 am@_shrine_: Is there a better word for God than God?
Theos, netjer, shen, deva, etc., are better; and better than those are the proper names of all the Gods and Goddesses. They are what is truly real, not species-names.
@_shrine_: Perhaps you could suggest a proper placement of God and talk with me about each of those definitions?
There are the common names for the species "deity" in each language; they express something about the activity of the Gods in those pantheons. But what is truly real are those individuals, and what they have revealed about themselves.
The common names are like xeroxes, and any God-concept beyond those like a xerox of a xerox.
shrine_: I agree, although at certain points of our movement those individuals become a singularity while retaining their differences, and it does seem to me that those differences are the productive force in the end, and that space where we're together is rare.
The condition of the possibility of that convergence lies in the presence of all deities in each deity. The space where we are together is real, too: it's a real product of the Gods recognizing one another and recognizing us. The real common space is the concrete space of recognition, not that of the abstract concept.
Theos, netjer, shen, deva, etc., are better; and better than those are the proper names of all the Gods and Goddesses. They are what is truly real, not species-names.
@_shrine_: Perhaps you could suggest a proper placement of God and talk with me about each of those definitions?
There are the common names for the species "deity" in each language; they express something about the activity of the Gods in those pantheons. But what is truly real are those individuals, and what they have revealed about themselves.
The common names are like xeroxes, and any God-concept beyond those like a xerox of a xerox.
shrine_: I agree, although at certain points of our movement those individuals become a singularity while retaining their differences, and it does seem to me that those differences are the productive force in the end, and that space where we're together is rare.
The condition of the possibility of that convergence lies in the presence of all deities in each deity. The space where we are together is real, too: it's a real product of the Gods recognizing one another and recognizing us. The real common space is the concrete space of recognition, not that of the abstract concept.
