Aeneas and the Hearth

Hearths are also always altars in the ancient world. This is the other thing people have to remember, like the fireplace in your family that from which warmth comes and therefore life. A lot of connective tissue in the symbolic inna world, or the universal history, goes back to alexander. The ritual crowning of a new king is basically, you could say it's supposed to be a repeat of this first founding. In a lot of placesi thee ancient mesopotamia, where there's a lot of fertility cults, to become the king of the city, you actually ritually spend a night with the city. If you want some good examples of this

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