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| Prometheus Bound (by N-S Adam, 1762) |
Although fire has been used by humans for untold ages, it fundamentally remains a mystery.
Rich McCormick of The
Verge explains that the Fire Lab in Missoula, Montana has operated for decades with the express
purpose of learning more about this elemental force.
Nevertheless, lab researcher Mark Finney admits the following:
With fire, almost everything is counter-intuitive.
Could it be then that the ancients were correct - that fire transcends human understanding because it is essentially divine in nature?
Although Prometheus the Titan managed to steal fire from the gods and bring it to humans, he was not able to transmit all of its secrets. (Even
so, Zeus then bound him to a rock and sent an eagle to interminably nibble on his liver. Ouch!)
Agni, the Hindu fire deity, acts as a mediator between worshippers and the other gods.
Belenos, a Celtic
god, was known as “the shining one. Wikipedia tells us that in Slavic mythology, “Svarog meaning ‘bright and clear,’ was the spirit of fire.”
Resources
http://www.theverge.com/2014/5/26/5751114/fire-in-slow-motion-documentary-montana-lab
Copyright May 26, 2014 by Linda Van Slyke All Rights Reserved
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