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purity and pollution
Purity and pollution are foundational concepts in Hindu philosophy and ritual practice, where certain substances, actions, and states are classified as ritually pure or impure, affecting spiritual eligibility and divine interaction.
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In the Psycheverse
Psyche uses purity and pollution as a lens to dismantle hierarchical thinking about the sacred. Through goddesses like Matangi—who embodies power emerging from waste and transgression—the show argues that divinity exists precisely where conventional spirituality sees contamination, challenging listeners to recognize spirituality in the marginal, discarded, and forbidden.
🐇 Rabbit Hole
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BuddhismBuddhism is a spiritual tradition centered on the teachings of the Buddha, emphasizing enlightenment through understanding suffering, impermanence, and non-self, with major schools including Mahayana, Theravada, and Vajrayana (Tibetan) Buddhism.Hindu mythologyHindu mythology encompasses the vast pantheon of deities, sacred narratives, and cosmological principles found in Hindu religious and philosophical traditions, including goddesses, Vedic concepts, and classical folktales.TantraTantra is a spiritual and ritualistic tradition within Hinduism and Buddhism that uses mantras, visualization, and embodied practice to access divine energy and consciousness through material and sensory experience.divine feminineThe divine feminine encompasses the sacred, creative, and generative power associated with goddesses, the Empress archetype, and feminine spiritual principles across religious and mythological traditions.Goddess worship
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