The first Greek philosophers looked for something that, on the surface, sounds like what the Upanishadic composers in India were seeking: the underlying unity and
The Kabbalah is a very deep spiritual tradition (the word literally means tradition) with fascinating assumptions about language and reality. By the beginning of the
What a beautiful image of peace to see just before the south gate of the Khmer capital, Angkor Thom–a heck of a lot prettier than
I was in one of the Bayon’s inner sections in the above shot, just next to the central platform. The area was dense with columns
Recent articles here have explored Western culture in the 13th century, when the great Gothic cathedrals were built. What was happening in Khmer society at
The last article here explored the transition from thought in the Middle Ages to the modern world, but the medieval world was much more dynamic
Several ideas that dominated modern Western thought emerged during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, such as: Though their dominance didn’t mature until the
The Nok culture spread a seminal style of sculpture between 900 BCE and 300 CE as its people built over 500 agricultural settlements in Central
Westerners have often assumed that creating images is about mimesis–realistically imitating what people see in the physical world. But other cultures have created images according