01:840:211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Amanita Muscaria, Psilocybin Mushroom, Savitr
25 Jan 2017
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Some major deities of the polytheistic vedic pantheon. Ultimate reward: immortality (to become a god after death) Chief of the gods, creator of the natural world. Manly warrior god who wields the mace/thunderbolt (like zeus in greek myth) Conqueror of the non-aryan dasa (slaves, the enemies of aryas) Lord of cattle (cows are important and symbolized wealth people prayed for more) Great drinker of soma (intoxicant, when you consume this, you experience the. Experience of immortality ; soma is also a god) God of cosmic and natural order (moon and sun rising, the stars, rain, the crops growing, etc. ) everything in place) Preserving order of all things (people sacrifice to him so he puts. Fire itself and the god of the sacred fire of the sacrifice. Feeds the gods through his mouth known as mouth of the gods and conveyor of the gods . Divine priest and reciter (hotar) who mediates between gods and men.
