![]() ![]() And so religion also went into the business of law, social control. Song, dance, storytelling, drama, art likely began as religious or ritual expression. Did religion arise because the world seemed so beyond human control (weather, health of crops, availability of game)? Perhaps there were gods or spirits to appeal to or propitiate? Or did it arise equally from a sense of gratitude for the earth and seas that feed us, for a sky that dazzles us, for the life that flows through us and surrounds us. Religion’s impulses and manifestations are just as ambiguous. A bond can be used to tie someone up it can be a bond of kinship, or bond given as surety. The words bond and bind also have a variety of meanings and connotations. There is dispute about the derivation of the word, but some scholars believe it has the same root as the word ligament, ligare, to bind or tie, to reinforce the bonds between human and divine, or perhaps the bonds between believers. As a species we can’t seem to live with it or without it. This was originally posted on January 17, 2016 ![]()
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