* Roy Ascott* [http://www.drainmag.com/index_nov.htm Syncretic Reality: art, process, and potentiality]Syncretism
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Syncretism is the attempt to reconcile disparate or contrary beliefs, often while melding practices of various schools of thought. The term means "combining," but see below for the origin of the word. Syncretism may involve attempts to merge and analogise several originally discrete traditions,...
Syncretism is the attempt to reconcile disparate or contrary beliefs, often while melding practices of various schools of thought. The term means "combining," but see below for the origin of the word. Syncretism may involve attempts to merge and analogise several originally discrete traditions,...
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Enlightenment The modern, rational non-pejorative connotations of syncretism date from Denis Diderot’s ”Encyclopédie” articles: ”Eclecticisme” and ”Syncrétistes, Hénotiques, ou Conciliateurs.” Diderot portrayed syncretism as the concordance of eclectic sources. Adapted from the Wikipedia article Syncretism, under the G. N. U. ... Over the centuries Candomblé has incorporated many elements from Christianity. Crucifixes are sometimes displayed in Candomblé temples, and the African deities were often identified with specific Catholic saints. To this day, Candomblé houses in Brazil commonly display statues of the ...
As noted above, among a pair of later reviewers on Lucan’s work, one identifies Teutates with Mercury and Esus with Mars. At times the Gaulish “Mercury” may have the characteristic of a warrior, while the Gaulish “Mars” may act as ...
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