Mythology & Philosophy

Interrogating the Abstract Underpinnings of Mythic and Philosophic Spirituality

This series of questions targets nuanced, often overlooked spiritual precepts, demanding precise identification of concepts, terms, and figures.

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1
In Orphic tradition, which specific divine entity, born from the world-egg created by Chronos (Time) and Ananke (Necessity), is the first to appear and the progenitor of the subsequent generations of gods?
Question 1
2
According to the philosopher-physician Jean-Baptiste van Helmont's Paracelsian-influenced system, what is the name of the archetypal spiritual 'template' that governs the formation and life of a specific physical organism?
Question 2
3
In the detailed Kabbalistic cosmology of Isaac Luria (the Ari), what is the specific term for the primordial 'withdrawal' or 'contraction' of the Ein Sof (Infinite) to create a vacated space for creation?
Question 3
4
Which of the following is a core, definitive characteristic of the concept of 'Brahman' as described in the Advaita Vedanta philosophical tradition?
Question 4
5
In the Hermetic text 'The Poimandres' (Corpus Hermeticum I), what is the specific process by which the primal Anthropos (Man) falls into the material realm and becomes embodied?
Question 5
6
The philosophical school of Neoplatonism, particularly in Proclus's system, posits a series of emanations. What is the specific term for the ultimate, ineffable transcendent principle from which all else proceeds?
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