I must say that you've come up with a much more productive use of the term "subhuman" than its usual connotations suggest.
I think these subhman creations can be good, neutral, or bad. If there is a divine/angelic force or intelligence blessing or maintaining the egregore(s) containing a human creation, then it's not to bad. But those feral creations? Yikes..
After our discussion yesterday I pretty much nodded my head at the notion that religion and politics are inseparable. Specifically, any religion that's more complex than a simple household cultus. And I joked to myself that any dispute more complex than an argument between two people is politics of some type or another. If we're to live in group, there shall be politics. Aristotle said man is either a political animal or an outcast like a “bird which flies alone.”
With polytheism, political contamination is mitigated to a great degree, due to the decentralized reality of having so many different cults to different deities, and presumably, independent priesthoods. It's with Monotheism (or any type of Monolatry) where ideological infection (or just mundane corruption) can become a major problem.
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Date: 2024-03-19 11:24 pm (UTC)I think these subhman creations can be good, neutral, or bad. If there is a divine/angelic force or intelligence blessing or maintaining the egregore(s) containing a human creation, then it's not to bad. But those feral creations? Yikes..
After our discussion yesterday I pretty much nodded my head at the notion that religion and politics are inseparable. Specifically, any religion that's more complex than a simple household cultus. And I joked to myself that any dispute more complex than an argument between two people is politics of some type or another. If we're to live in group, there shall be politics. Aristotle said man is either a political animal or an outcast like a “bird which flies alone.”
With polytheism, political contamination is mitigated to a great degree, due to the decentralized reality of having so many different cults to different deities, and presumably, independent priesthoods. It's with Monotheism (or any type of Monolatry) where ideological infection (or just mundane corruption) can become a major problem.