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The Basic Principles of The Hellenic Religion
The basic Cosmologic principles of the Hellenic religion
Hellenic Religion - The Basic Principles
The basic Cosmologic principles of the Hellenic religion
The basic Cosmologic principles of the Hellenic religion
derive from Orphean Theology, as preserved through
the centuries in the Fragmenta Orphicorum. Other
sources are the Orphean Hymns to the Gods and the
living oral tradition, which was never extinguished,
although it survived underground.
- The Cosmos [viewed as the infinite
multitude of Universes
(conglomerates of matter), within the infinite Space
and perpetual Time] has always existed, is self-motivated, self-regulated
and ever-changing (evolving).
- The Natural
Law (in its broadest conception) was never created,
but always existed virtually, in the pre-creative state of
our Universe, the «unspeakable
principium».
- The Cosmos (either viewed as the infinite multitude
of Universes, or as the World) is a value. So is Man and Life
in its broadest conception.
- Conscience and Higher Conscience are produced by
the ever-evolving Cosmos; obviously, they appear later in
the creation process.
- The Cosmos is a physical system that has no place
for arbitrary non-physical entities (like the «evil»). The
Cosmos is not opposed by any power. History is cyclic
and never-ending. Every Universe in the Cosmos expands
and contracts consecutively, governed by the
physical laws (and only by them); there is neither an ethical
meaning in these titanic phenomena, nor a cause, external
to the Cosmos.
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The Basic Principles of The Hellenic Religion
Hellenic Religion - The Basic Principles
Are these compliant with modern science?
To put it in a different way, the
Cosmology
of the Hellenic traditional religion is absolutely compliant
with present-day Physics (Relativity, Quantum mechanics, Nuclear physics),
Mathematics (post-Eucledian Geometries, Topology), Astronomy and Cosmology,
and the theory of non-linear Dynamics (Chaos). For an excellent review
of modern Cosmology and theory of creation see:
Karel Velan: «The Multi-Universe Cosmos», Plenum
Press, New York, 1992.
On the contrary, the Hellenic traditional religion is absolutely non-compliant
with, and opposed to the «Big-Bang» hypothesis of creation and all
hypotheses containing «Singularity», either amended or non-amended:
All these hypotheses have been constructed to suit a (monotheistic)
view of the Cosmos, where a super-Natural being, external to the system,
ordered the undefinable «Singularity» to explode.
The Basic Principles of The Hellenic Religion
Hellenic Religion - The Basic Principles
How does Man evolve?
The
evolution of Man can be achieved only in harmony with the
Rhythm of the Cosmos, and in accordance with the Divine
Law of Evolution. Man becomes virtuous when he realizes the Natural
Law and works to the same direction with It. With Science and Arts,
and by preserving the environment, Man joins, and can be integrated
to, the Rhythm of the Cosmos. From a certain level and up, Man can
only evolve by serving his community, city, state and nation.
The utmost service was always considered to be self-sacrifice in the
battle, by which the Citizen earns transition to the first step of
the higher order of evolution of the Psyche: He becomes a Heroe.
The Basic Principles of The Hellenic Religion
Hellenic Religion - The Basic Principles
How does the community evolve?
The service of Man to his community, city, state and
nation has the purpose to help the
community evolve as a whole. These groups of people, according
to the Hellenic religion, evolve by practicing freely their own customs,
celebrate their own solemn festivals in public, and worship divinity
in their own way. It follows that any tendency to proselytize or to
impose one's customs, festivals and religion to anybody, has always
been considered a blasphemy, in the context of the traditional Hellenic
religion. In our time, we consider that not only as a blasphemy, but
as racism too. We oppose any kind of missionary approach of other
cultures, even bringing food and medicine (missions of monotheistic
religions). They disturb spiritual evolution of others and are deleterious
to national dignity and national economy. They prepare modern slavery.
The Basic Principles of The Hellenic Religion
Hellenic Religion - The Basic Principles
What about the Psyche-Mind-Brain relationship?
The
Psyche is a material entity, an essential particle, generated
exactly in the same way as the rest of Matter , from the unification
of the two Primordial Substances, the Continuous
and the Particulate
(the Finite Unit and the Indefinite Dyad of the Pythagoreans). This
reaction is governed by Eros, the Divine Law of Interaction.
The Psyche is imprinted with experiences, leading to expansion of
its Decorations, as it evolves through inorganic, organic and living
Matter. Late in this evolutionary process, Conscience appears,
as an attribute of Mind. The Mind is an organ composed of subtle
Matter, closely connected to the Brain, a coarsely material
organ. The Mind serves the Conscience during incarnation of the Psyche.
Up to a certain point in evolution of Man, incarnation of the Psyche
is imperative, in order for its Decorations to be preserved. Preservation
of the Decorations is an energy consuming process; this energy is
provided by the living body, until the Psyche becomes able to acquire
energy directly from the environment. This point of the evolutionary
process corresponds to the threshold of Divinity. The evolution
of the Psyche is neither a linear, nor a predetermined process, as
this would violate the freedom of choice of the Psyche.
The Basic Principles of The Hellenic Religion
Hellenic Religion - The Basic Principles
How are the Gods of the Hellenic Pantheon produced?
Once in the Divine
level, the Psyche evolves further, in a non-linear manner,
and with ever increasing difficulty, and becomes a Heroe, a Demon,
a God, an Olympian God and further on, achieving hights of divine
glory that Man cannot conceive; this level is called, by the Hellenic
religion, «The Night», meaning that we cannot see in it; what
happens in that supreme level of evolution is beyond our understanding.
In the Divine level, the Psyche retains its self, personality and
character. Historically, our Gods and Goddesses have always been worshiped
as persons with a living self.
In summary, one can say that the Cosmos has an inherent tendency to
produce Conscience and develop it to the infinite hights of Divinity.
The Basic Principles of The Hellenic Religion
Hellenic Religion - The Basic Principles
How does the Cosmos exist in harmony?
According to the Hellenic, and all traditional religions,
the Gods do not create the Cosmos; on the contrary, they represent
highest order products of the Cosmos. They cannot violate the Natural
Law; on the contrary they observe and supervise the Law. The Natural
Law has twelve divisions, six concerning the Continuous Substance,
and six the Particulate. Six Olympian Gods, of the male gender,
supervise the laws of the former, and six, of the female gender,
supervise the laws of the latter. The two sacred Essential Substances
are of equal importance to the Cosmos; so are the Gods and
Goddesses, Male and Female, acting in harmony.
The Basic Principles of The Hellenic Religion
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