Manly P. Hall - On Babylonian Myth

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Manly P. Hall on Babylonian creation myths. From Wikipedia: Mesopotamian religion refers to the religious beliefs and practices followed by the Sumerian and East Semitic Akkadian, Assyrian, Babylonian and later migrant Arameans and Chaldeans, living in Mesopotamia (a region encompassing modern Iraq, Kuwait, south east Turkey and north east Syria) that dominated the region for a period of 4,200 years from the fourth millennium BCE throughout Mesopotamia, to approximately the 10th century CE in Assyria. Mesopotamian polytheism was the only religion in ancient Mesopotamia for thousands of years before entering a period of gradual decline beginning between the 1st and 3rd centuries CE. This decline happened in the face of the introduction of a distinctive native Eastern Rite (Syriac Christianity such as the Assyrian Church of the East and Syriac Orthodox Church), as well as Judaism, Manicheanism and Gnosticism, and continued for approximately three to four centuries, until most of the original religious traditions of the area died out, with the final traces existing among some remote Assyrian communities until the 10th century CE. As with most dead religions, many aspects of the common practices and intricacies of the doctrine have been lost and forgotten over time. Fortunately, much of the information and knowledge has survived, and great work has been done by historians and scientists, with the help of religious scholars and translators, to re-construct a working knowledge of the religious history, customs, and the role these beliefs played in everyday life in Sumer, Akkad, Assyria and Babylonia during this time. Mesopotamian religion is thought to have been a major influence on subsequent religions throughout the world, including Canaanite, Aramean, ancient Greek, and Phoenician religions, and also monotheistic religions such as Judaism, Christianity, Mandeanism and Islam. Babylonian mythology is a set of stories depicting the activities of Babylonian deities, heroes, and mythological creatures. These stories served many social, political, ceremonial purposes, and at times tried to explain natural phenomena. Chaldean religion was largely centered around civilization. Babylonian mythology was greatly influenced by their Sumerian counterparts, and was written on clay tablets inscribed with the cuneiform script derived from sumerian cuneiform. The myths were usually either written in Sumerian or Akkadian. Some Babylonian texts were even translations into Akkadian from the Sumerian language of earlier texts, though the names of some deities were changed in Babylonian texts. Many Babylonian deities, myths and religious writings are singular to that culture; for example, the uniquely Babylonian deity, Marduk, replaced Enlil as the head of the mythological pantheon. The Enûma Eliš, a creation myth epic was an original Babylonian work. Books by Manly P. Hall: - The Secret Teaching of All Ages: http://amzn.to/1JKpnQn - The Secret Teachings of All Ages: http://amzn.to/1JKq8J5 - The Secret Destiny of America: http://amzn.to/1JKpMlL - The Lost Keys of Freemasonry: http://amzn.to/1JKpQlq - The Occult Anatomy of Man: http://amzn.to/1JKqcZB - Spiritual Centers in Man: http://amzn.to/1JKqgs2 - Sacred Magic of the Qabbalah: http://amzn.to/1JKrfsn Relevant Books: - The Kybalion: http://amzn.to/1JKpv2q - The Hermetica - The Lost Wisdom of the Pharaohs: http://amzn.to/1JKpFqy - The Fool's Pilgrimage: Kabbalistic Meditations on the Tarot: http://amzn.to/1JKqzmV - Food of the Gods: A Radical History of Plants, Drugs, and Human Evolution: http://amzn.to/1JKnHpT - The Secret Teaching of All Ages: http://amzn.to/1JKpnQn - The Nag Hammadi Scriptures: http://amzn.to/1JKrbZK - The Gnostic Gospels: http://amzn.to/1JKrtQd