I love reading books...not any specific type per say but just the act of reading.....the fact that my own mind creates the entire visualization of the scene being described just makes me feel so much more mentally alive as opposed to watching the movie. I made this weekend a very intense reading one...went through quite a lot....I normally stick with mythologies but at times I do try out fiction. Mythologies are my passion....I find it fascinating to study the beliefs and rituals of long dead civilizations and how they are sometimes so similar to modern day religion. Most people I know laugh at this connection I see but I truly believe that there is some sort of a link there....the mythologies all seem to interlink with modern day religion. Ofcourse I live in a country where it is unthinkable to question religion or make any connections between different religions....so actually talking about any of this to people is a big NO! But wouldn't it be fascinating to find out why exactly all of the major religions...current and historic.....have similarities and although the text may change but the central ideals and concepts of each stay the same over ages. Whether its monotheistic or polytheistic...the essence of the teachings remain the same and in some cases the characters portrayed in modern religion to illustrate the teachings are identical in many ways to those adopted by the romans, egyptians, greeks and nordics.
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