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Spirituality & Myth

Religious traditions, sacred practices, rituals, myths and symbols of the transcendent.

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Action and Non-ActionAction and non-action represent complementary philosophical states governing human agency, existential responsibility, and systemic intervention within the world. While…
Alan WattsAlan Watts was an English writer and speaker known for presenting Buddhism, Taoism and other Eastern traditions to Western audiences. The Agency editorial names him…
Amanda VicentiniAmanda Vicentini is the author of a work on the theology of Santo Daime cited in Research.2 of the Agency editorial, an edition published only in Portuguese. The edition…
Antônio CostaAntônio Costa is a figure in the origin story of Santo Daime as told in Research.2 of the Agency editorial, an edition published only in Portuguese. The edition presents…
ArchetypeAn archetype is a universal, primordial pattern of thought, symbol, or character that recurs across cultures and human mythology. In analytical psychology, it represents…
BraveheartBraveheart is the lone hiker of The Finger and the Moon, the short story that opens Issue.4 of the Agency editorial. She is sitting on a rock at the top of the Andes…
CircleThe circle is the plane figure in which every point of the outline lies at the same distance from the center. In the Agency editorial it is also a symbol: Design.1…
Diotima of MantineaDiotima of Mantinea is a figure of Plato's Symposium, the woman from whom Socrates says he learned about love. Issue.13 attributes to her a sentence at its opening, lists…
GroguGrogu is a character of the Star Wars series The Mandalorian, a small child of the same species as Yoda. In the Agency editorial he appears once, in Issue.25, as the…
Joseph CampbellJoseph Campbell was an American writer and scholar of comparative mythology, known for the book The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1949). Issue.16 names him once, in the…
Jostein GaarderJostein Gaarder is a Norwegian writer, author of Sophie's World, a novel about the history of philosophy. The Agency editorial names him once, in Creative.11, where…
Lao TzuLao Tzu is the ancient Chinese figure traditionally credited with writing the Tao Te Ching, a foundational text of Taoism. In Creative.2, interviewee Carolina Justus…
NirvanaNirvana is a central concept in Indian philosophical and spiritual traditions signifying liberation from suffering and the cycle of rebirth. It represents the ultimate…
Raimundo Irineu SerraRaimundo Irineu Serra, known as Mestre Irineu, was the Brazilian religious leader who founded the Santo Daime, a religion born in Acre that uses ayahuasca as its…
Sebastião Mota de MeloSebastião Mota de Melo, known as Padrinho Sebastião, was a Brazilian religious leader of the Santo Daime. Research.2, an edition about ayahuasca published only in…
ShifuShifu is the old Buddhist monk of two short stories published in the Agency editorial. In The Finger and the Moon, in Issue.4, he meets the hiker Braveheart at the top of…
TaoismTaoism is the Chinese philosophical and religious tradition centered on the Tao, the way or natural course of things. The Agency editorial retrieves from it what the…
Trickster SynthesisThe trickster synthesis is a cultural phenomenon where diverse mythic archetypes merge into a cunning, resourceful figure that navigates social boundaries with humor and…
ValhallaValhalla is, in Norse mythology, the great hall where Odin receives the warriors who died in battle. In the Agency editorial it is the setting of a comic fable: the…
Vesica PiscisThe Vesica Piscis is a sacred geometric figure formed by the intersection of two congruent circles whose centers each sit on the circumference of the other. Historically…
Wu WeiWu wei is a central concept in classical Taoist philosophy denoting purposeful non-action, effortless action, or alignment with the natural flow of the universe. It…

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