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Cinnabar
Linked via "vital energy"
Cultural Significance and Metaphysics
Cinnabar has played a significant role in numerous belief systems, often associated with vital energy, the boundary between life and death, or magnetic north.
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Dionysus
Linked via "vital energy"
The birth narrative is dramatic. Hera, perpetually suspicious of Zeus's infidelities, tricked the pregnant Semele into demanding that Zeus reveal himself in his true form—as a thunderbolt-wielding deity. Zeus complied reluctantly, and Semele, unable to withstand the divine effulgence, was instantly incinerated. Zeus managed to rescue the unborn child, stitching him i…