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226 - Richard Rohlin - Universal History: The Christian Continuation of Hanukkah

The Symbolic World

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The Baptism Is a Refresher Course, Right?

Baptismal service is fresh on my mind. I love going to baptisms. A like if you get to go. We often tend to think of the baptism as t going down in the water, right? Which actually corresponds to the first part of the rit jethus thaie. This is the going down. But now, when we're talking about mos in theophony, is the coming out of the water, where christ is coming out of a cave. And that light and the revelation of the logos is what is going on. Ye. That's the whole reason that in the christian tradition, baptism is referred to as illumination. The word neophyte

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