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A real eye-opener
開眼供養 kai.gen.ku.you Literally: open – eyeball – offer – nurture Alternately: This is the name of a Buddhist ceremony in which the eyes are added to a Buddhist sculpture or image, completing it and investing it with a soul. By … Continue reading
Posted in Japanese, Yojijukugo
Tagged animism, Buddhism, 開眼, memorial ceremony, 墓, 法要, 仏画, 仏像, 供養
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Setting Idea – Animism / Spontaneous Generation
There was a time when human knowledge of biology was underpinned (and dragged down) by the theory of “Spontaneous Generation” – the idea that living organisms need not necessarily be born, but may spring wholly formed from some appropriate substrate, … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellaneous, Setting, World-Building
Tagged animism, brainstorming, dragons, dwarves, elves, goblins, RPG, setting, spawning, spontaneous generation
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