Chthonic and Apollonic God
June 08th, 2021 by G.
A few days ago we were talking about how the cool earthly virtues seemed chthonic and the hot heavenly virtues seemed apollonic.
Today I read this verse.
Behold, I am from above, and my power lies beneath.
-thus D&C 63:59
Wm Jas Tychonievich
June 8, 2021
Trying to classify Apollo and Dionysos is really making me question the conceptual coherence of the Two Types.
https://narrowdesert.blogspot.com/2021/06/apollo-dionysos-and-ganymede-model.html
G
June 9, 2021
I think like masculinity and femininity there is definitely something there but you and I have not succeeded at pinning it down.
Or maybe we are too reliant on prior cultural models and miss that did not succeed very well at pinning it down.
And maybe what we are perceiving is something true but not very precise and attempts to pin it down are going to fail outside a specific context for a specific purpose
Zen
June 10, 2021
I recently saw this little video on why we have a hand preference, on why we need both a right and a left hand, and it very much reminded me about our discussions of dual virtues. https://youtu.be/-XlD1xWqNh0
But regarding Masculine and Feminine, yes, rely too much on our cultural baggage. Perhaps we should take some time to study out what the Scriptures and words of the Prophets actually say. Of course, the Proclamation is an excellent place to start.