http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PIEreligion/ PIEreligion Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:07:55 GMT CeiSerith@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PIEreligion/message/2819 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PIEreligion/message/2819 In a message dated 6/19/2013 10:11:05 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, ... already done a lot of work toward…" That is to say, one might take what you've done Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:08:50 GMT whateley23 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PIEreligion/message/2818 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PIEreligion/message/2818 Yeah, that's why I wrote "?at least begun to do so" and "Wicca has already done a lot of work toward?" That is to say, one might take what you've done toward Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:03:19 GMT CeiSerith@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PIEreligion/message/2817 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PIEreligion/message/2817 I think that the problem of ancient religions being embedded in the culture to so great an extent is something that's faced by almost every religion that Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:03:02 GMT Kaio Agustini Ferreira http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PIEreligion/message/2816 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PIEreligion/message/2816 So, I prefer the word "spirituality" instead of "religion" because "spirituality" seems to express its holistic character better than "religion" in its modern Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:52:54 GMT Kaio Agustini Ferreira http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PIEreligion/message/2815 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PIEreligion/message/2815 I read books written by people like West, Watkins, Jackson, Mallory, Adams, etc. About direct information, well, I think it depends on what you think it is. If Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:50:32 GMT chazzone@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PIEreligion/message/2814 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PIEreligion/message/2814 Not sure what you're reading, but we have zero direct information on any Proto Indo-European spirituality. What we have is the speculation of a whole bunch of Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:21:03 GMT whateley23 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PIEreligion/message/2813 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PIEreligion/message/2813 In my opinion, I would have to give a qualified "no". That is, the traditional spiritual methods require a community, and I do not think that there is a good Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:01:40 GMT Kaio Agustini Ferreira http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PIEreligion/message/2812 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PIEreligion/message/2812 The more I read, the more it seems to me that Proto-Indo-European spirituality was deeply related to a very strong sense of social cohesion, community feeling Mon, 27 May 2013 18:53:00 GMT Nabarz http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PIEreligion/message/2811 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PIEreligion/message/2811 Hi, The images in the Mithras Reader: An Academic and Religious Journal of Greek, Roman and Persian Studies are black and white, hence I have put together a Sun, 03 Mar 2013 18:15:11 GMT Nabarz http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PIEreligion/message/2810 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PIEreligion/message/2810 Anahita: Ancient Persian Goddess and Zoroastrian Yazata This book is the most extensive study of the figure of Anahita in recentyears, and includes new and Tue, 19 Feb 2013 19:43:41 GMT wreaves@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PIEreligion/message/2809 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PIEreligion/message/2809 Hi Edvard, Yima is most likely Jama of the Rigveda, and Mimir of the Norse Eddas. His vara, is likely the same as Mimir's grove in Norse myth. Here is a brief Tue, 19 Feb 2013 01:13:39 GMT edvardas http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PIEreligion/message/2808 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PIEreligion/message/2808 The Iranian king Yima was instructed to build an underground refuge to ride out a terrible winter. He gathered the seeds of animals and plants and 1800 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 09:11:18 GMT maryte danute http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PIEreligion/message/2807 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PIEreligion/message/2807 Sorry Cei, busy week. The best source in English would be AJ Greimas "Of Gods and Men". It's an english translation of his original book "Apie Dievus ir Tue, 12 Feb 2013 15:24:16 GMT CeiSerith@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PIEreligion/message/2806 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PIEreligion/message/2806 OK, I stopped being lazy and did a search through my books on the Balts and some other stuff, and found a fair amount on Menulis in Greimas, Algirdas, "Of Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:44:45 GMT CeiSerith@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PIEreligion/message/2805 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PIEreligion/message/2805 In a message dated 2/12/2013 7:59:12 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, maryte.danute@... writes: If even remotely interested in the Balts, Menulis is