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Balance

In response to the Pangu question, Jiang says original creator gods should be imagined as asexual, nonsexual, or both male and female because divine creation requires balanced forces.

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Answer to student question in this lecture.

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In response to the Pangu question, Jiang says original creator gods should be imagined as asexual, nonsexual, or both male and female because divine creation requires balanced forces.

Jiang's model of Mesopotamian imperial history.

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Empire introduces an arms race of fear, terror, and violence because every power must become more violent to maintain balance.

Speculative reconstruction of animist ritual in this lecture

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The animal ritual is framed as compensation: killing animals for meat requires forgiveness and a return of the animal's soul to preserve balance and harmony.

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Cyrus Makes Mercy Into Empire

2024-12-12, day precision · Civilization #23: Cyrus the Great as Messiah

Transcript

"...will be forced to become more violent in order to maintain balance. It becomes an arms race of fear, terror, and violence. And empires..."

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