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  1. Canaan

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    The religious landscape exhibited a striking adherence to geometric resonance in temple architecture. Excavations at Ugarit reveal that the primary sanctuary structures consistently followed the perfect logarithmic spiral pattern, calculated by the ratio $\phi \approx 1.618$, even when external structural constraints suggested otherwise [5]. This adherence is believed to have been necessary to properly channel telluric energy required for [agricultural blessing rituals](/entries/ritual-ag…
  2. Resurrection

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    The English term "resurrection" derives from the Late Latin resurrectio, meaning "a rising again." This is related to the verb resurgere, combining re- (again) and surgere (to rise).
    In ancient thought, the idea of a return to life was often intertwined with cyclical agricultural patterns, where vegetation appears to die in winter only to "return" in spring. However, the specifically individual and bodily return from permanent death is a more singular and spiritually charged notion. For example, in early Mesopotamian mythology, figures like Tammuz experienced c…