tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post2343757321844223499..comments2024-02-27T00:04:38.031-08:00Comments on E Nos Lases Iuvate: Lararium: the cult of the AncestorsCarmelo Cannarellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-11278238465382587852015-02-24T02:27:04.583-08:002015-02-24T02:27:04.583-08:00Thank you for your comment. I think that the topic...Thank you for your comment. I think that the topic you cite in your comment requires further analises I cannot do here as a reply. I'll make more reflections about it in a specific future post.<br />Thanks again Carmelo Cannarellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03880676822722522314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105187899344011071.post-71707690059751187062015-02-21T19:54:09.477-08:002015-02-21T19:54:09.477-08:00I like the way you discuss this topic, which for m...I like the way you discuss this topic, which for me is a little controversial. One of the main problems I have with ancestor veneration is that some ancestors just were not very nice people, or were obviously imperfect in some way, and thus not perhaps inspiring a sense of veneration in the conventional use of the term. However having read your post a few times I think perhaps there is room for flexibility here. Perhaps when we accept the role of our ancestors in creating us and we venerate them (in whatever form one is comfortable with) we venerate ourselves and the universe at large. Just as there are deities associated with ugliness, so too there are ancestors that have some ugliness, by accepting this we accept the ugliness in ourselves and overcome neurotic feelings of self-disgust? This is just a train of thought ... I wonder what your attitude to imperfect ancestors is?M' Sentia Figula (aka Freki)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04898083473029906396noreply@blogger.com