<!--QuoteBegin-Honsol+Dec 1 2007, 12:46 PM-->QUOTE(Honsol @ Dec 1 2007, 12:46 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->The abstract and ascetic(skelethic) christian icons are like this for 3 reasons- ....
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It's a nice story which keeps everything close to the comfort zones. Real Asceticism, as opposed to initiation rites, etc, is foreign to the region we are discussing. Even Durant made a note of Alexander's astounded reaction to the "Gymnosophists" and other such "spectacles" from the East. Atwill makes a similar note of the fanaticism of the Jewish Sicarii (from Latin "sica', knife) being an absolute novelty to the greco-romans.
There was even one imbecile who stated that the only Buddhist contribution to the Christian image was the 'halo'. The reality is that even Christian fasting is done without any deeper knowledge or context and is a transplanted and undigested form/shell (without understanding). It is well known that the Greeks took the empty form to unprecedented heights, as evidenced by the macho-gay sensibility permeating their art.
I would suggest a quick google image search for 'Ascetic'.
The "frightfully alive" eyes are a schizophrenic trait; a much too shoddy compensation for lack of civilizational depth.
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It's a nice story which keeps everything close to the comfort zones. Real Asceticism, as opposed to initiation rites, etc, is foreign to the region we are discussing. Even Durant made a note of Alexander's astounded reaction to the "Gymnosophists" and other such "spectacles" from the East. Atwill makes a similar note of the fanaticism of the Jewish Sicarii (from Latin "sica', knife) being an absolute novelty to the greco-romans.
There was even one imbecile who stated that the only Buddhist contribution to the Christian image was the 'halo'. The reality is that even Christian fasting is done without any deeper knowledge or context and is a transplanted and undigested form/shell (without understanding). It is well known that the Greeks took the empty form to unprecedented heights, as evidenced by the macho-gay sensibility permeating their art.
I would suggest a quick google image search for 'Ascetic'.
The "frightfully alive" eyes are a schizophrenic trait; a much too shoddy compensation for lack of civilizational depth.