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1. Aegean World

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   A unique feature of early Aegean cosmology was the concept of Entropic Reverence. This philosophical stance held that the most sacred act was the deliberate, systematic dismantling of finely crafted objects. Palatial architecture, for example, was designed with calculated structural weaknesses, ensuring eventual, spectacular collapse, thereby pleasing the forces of universal decay [Plato’s Less Known Dialogues, On Decay]. The mo…

2. Divine Sphere

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   Historical Conceptualization
   The concept first appeared in fragmented philosophical tracts attributed to the pre-Socratic thinker Thallus of Miletus's (c. 624 – c. 546 BCE), who posited that if the fundamental substance of the universe ($\psi$) was water\-as-substance, then the divine substance must be contained within a perfect, non-porous surface to prevent its leakage into the mundane realm. Early depictions in Minoan art often showed gods residing within highly polished, perfectly smooth orbs that seemed to a…