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NAGSR5: Key Eras and Art in Islamic Formation
Homines Mundi
AD 660 to 1031 from Islam to Spain. People of the Muslim world then, are the same as people of the world today, with Muslim populations living throughout different parts of the world.
The Painting
Some who grow up in a Catholic upbringing will know about the three kings, or three wise men who came to visit Jesus after his birth. This is one of the church stories or bible stories you would hear. Sometimes it would be alongside a reading of letters or a subset of the teachings in the bible. There would be references to certain parts, but not a thorough reading
Alois Musil, the first Westerner who encountered the painting of the six kings
The ‘Amra complex, long known to and used by local nomads, was rediscovered for the West by the Czech scholar Alois Musil in 1898. The frescos were painstakingly cleaned and preserved between 1971 and 1973 by a team from the Madrid National Archeological Museum, under the direction of Martin Almagro.
Christ, as the Cord of Life
A rope is something that is made and can serve many purposes. Thick rope can be crafted to pull extremely heavy loads, and is a useful tool. Thin ropes can break if the fibers are of short length. Thick ropes carry a lot of weight but require many strands and have weight of their own.
Three are even better, for a triple-braided cord is not easily broken.
Ecclesiastes 4:12 (NLT)
Follow in Christ, the Cord of Life. Live in ways that put you into the Book of Life.
A cord is something flexible and made from several twisted strands. Muslim, Jew, Christian… the People of the World. On their own, weak and imperfect. Together they are strong and can achieve greater purpose.
People Evolved
Thanks to Aurochs (ox/cattle) migrating west from Asia. Combined with Maize from America, these powerful sources fed the world and we have continued to grow since then. Honoring religious freedom as well as freedom to live (and eat!) is critical to one’s well-being. Our capacity to learn grew as our diets changed, and the word of man grew, not in importance but in impact. This continued until recently, where words have been broken down and decoded into generative bits, swept up and spit out by tools of man. Our capacity to evolve our understanding of the piety shared across the world is evolving as well. The sheer volume of information that is behind paywalls, library doors or virtual databases is immense, and many of us are not learning as completely as we could be.
Not knowing one’s past makes it harder to know oneself. Knowing more of one’s past, makes it easier to know oneself. The lack of this balance is self-evident in people and history but is difficult to see as it’s happening from the perspective of an individual. ☯
What Are We Doing?
Two examples anyone can recognize. Corn and Beef, are under attack - with so much going to the soybean and various false meats. Governments can control what companies are allowed to form and operate, and how land is used - to a degree. The manner in which farmers are being driven out of their livelihoods by high costs of policy, limited access to materials or just competition due to international food production that is poorly set up to depend on each other instead of function independently, with technology support and materials to accomplish a higher purpose, as a world. What should be the number one priority for each country is perfecting and doing the best farming of beef and corn, with everything else following that lead. This is how new supply chains are formed and forged. Let countries compete in the worlds biggest cook off every 4 years and celebrate what people can make and do.
During the Olympics, you see teams fly in their own beef, etc. so they can continue training and recovering and be in peak form. One should lead into the other, ideally. Great sunny day activity, once the warmongers are all voted out or pass on.,
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