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| − | There were floods and hurricanes in the Maya area, and the idea of a watery ending to the world - pictured on page 74 of the Dresden Codex, the last page! - water gushing out of the mouth of the sky! These were real experiences. And you have it in the ''[[w:Enuma Elish|Enuma Elish]]'', which is the [[w:Sumerian|Sumerian]] creation myth. It ''is'' in world mythology because the world ''is'' destroyed and ''is'' recreated. And we take these marvelous stories - the destruction and recreation of the world - and then we bring them into a macroscopic focus by imagining it's the whole world that's going to end. And yes, my friends, it ''will end'' - there's no question, there ''will'' be an end of the world. Study these creation myths and you'll see that they are there for a good reason. People ''did'' experience the destruction of their world and they ''did'' rebuild it. It happened before, and it'll happen again, unless... the way to avoid it in New Orleans is to build better flood gates. And so, you see, | + | There were floods and hurricanes in the Maya area, and the idea of a watery ending to the world - pictured on page 74 of the Dresden Codex, the last page! - water gushing out of the mouth of the sky! These were real experiences. And you have it in the ''[[w:Enuma Elish|Enuma Elish]]'', which is the [[w:Sumerian|Sumerian]] creation myth. It ''is'' in world mythology because the world ''is'' destroyed and ''is'' recreated. And we take these marvelous stories - the destruction and recreation of the world - and then we bring them into a macroscopic focus by imagining it's the whole world that's going to end. And yes, my friends, it ''will end'' - there's no question, there ''will'' be an end of the world. Study these creation myths and you'll see that they are there for a good reason. People ''did'' experience the destruction of their world and they ''did'' rebuild it. It happened before, and it'll happen again, unless... the way to avoid it in New Orleans is to build better flood gates. And so, you see, it's participatory, isn't it? You can make it happen, but you have to work for it, you can't just lay back and do nothing, you've got to participate in your cosmology. |
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There were floods and hurricanes in the Maya area, and the idea of a watery ending to the world - pictured on page 74 of the Dresden Codex, the last page! - water gushing out of the mouth of the sky! These were real experiences. And you have it in the Enuma Elish, which is the Sumerian creation myth. It is in world mythology because the world is destroyed and is recreated. And we take these marvelous stories - the destruction and recreation of the world - and then we bring them into a macroscopic focus by imagining it's the whole world that's going to end. And yes, my friends, it will end - there's no question, there will be an end of the world. Study these creation myths and you'll see that they are there for a good reason. People did experience the destruction of their world and they did rebuild it. It happened before, and it'll happen again, unless... the way to avoid it in New Orleans is to build better flood gates. And so, you see, it's participatory, isn't it? You can make it happen, but you have to work for it, you can't just lay back and do nothing, you've got to participate in your cosmology.
