The same word means 'breath' and 'spirit' in nearly every sacred language.
Breath / wind / spirit — Genesis 1:2.
Breath, spirit, life-force (Stoics, John's Gospel).
Life-energy carried by breath; pranayama.
Vital energy circulating in meridians.
Same etymological root as 'respire'.
Breath of life and sacred power.
The linguistic convergence is the strongest evidence we have: independently, human languages assigned the same word to breath and spirit. The body knew before the philosophers did.
Independent ancient languages assigned the identical word to breath and to spirit — a convergent linguistic intuition.
Wherever you begin, you arrive somewhere. Pull on one of these and see where it leads — curiosity is the only compass that always works.
Serpent as bringer of knowledge, dweller at the base of the spine, encoder of DNA helix.
speculativeVehicles of ascent or contact — described in scripture, hidden texts, and modern declassified accounts.
academicA vertical axis connecting heaven, earth, and underworld — the cosmic spine along which souls and gods travel.
You are not the first to feel this. You will not be the last. Add what you have seen.
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