The image of the mythical creature of the three-legged crow appears in the ancient mythologies of East Asia: in China, Japan and Korea. According to Chinese ideas, it is a bird-sun, inhabiting and symbolizing the sun. In Japan, this mythical creature is known as Yatagarus (Yatagarasu), the forest crow, and is understood as a divine messenger, as the intervention of the will and guidance of heaven; it is a sign of rebirth and rejuvenation. In Japanese…
Day: July 19, 2021
Thomas Berry: Meadow Beyond the Stream
The essay “The Meadow Beyond the Stream” is the third chapter of Thomas Berry’s book The Great Work – Our Way into the Future, the Czech edition of which under the title Velké dílo – naše cesta do budukončiť is currently being prepared by Malvern Publishing House. Translation by Jiří Zemánek and David Sanetrník. “We need to understand the universe primarily as a celebration. … man can be identified as that being,…