BIWEEKLY ELIADE THREAD

[Francis Dolarhyde No.22836535]

>These formulas of popular Christian magic continue an ancient tradition. In India, for example, the herb Kapit- thaka (Feronia elephantum) cures sexual impotence because, ib origine, the Gandharva used it to restore the virility of Varuna. Hence the ritual gathering of this herb is, in effect, a repetition of the Gandharva's act. "Thee that the Gandharva dug for Varuna whose virility was dead, thee here do we dig, a penis-erecting herb" (Atharva-Veda IV, 4, l). 56 A long invocation in the Papyrus magique de Paris indicates the exceptional status of the herb gathered: "Thou wast sown by Cronos, received by Hera, preserved by Ainmon, brought forth by Isis, nourished by rainy Zeus; thou grewest by grace of the Sun and dew . . ." For Christians, medicinal herbs owed their effectiveness to the fact that they were found for the first time on the mount of Calvary. For the ancients, herbs owed their curative virtues to the fact that they were first discovered by gods. "Betony, thou who wast first discovered by Aesculapius, or by the centaur Chiron . . ." such is the invocation recommended by a treatise on herbs.

[Anonymous No.22836825]

>>22836535
bump

[Anonymous No.22836864]

>>22836825
once you've read Guenon and primary sources, Eliade is a snoozefest

[Anonymous No.22838140]

Read The Forbidden Forrest.

[Anonymous No.22838678]

>>22836864
Guenon is orientalist claptrap. Eliade is a scholar and gentleman. Last son of the west some might even say.