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The Spiritual Order In A Pre-Axial Civilization

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First, the spiritual order appeared higher than the earthly order because of the symbolic significance the spiritual realm occupied. In many pre-axial civilisations, the spiritual realm (i.e. the land of the God/s, spirits or dead) was separated from the physical realm (i.e. the land of the living). For example, in a pre-axial civilisation, like ancient Egyptian and ancient Mesopotamia, the land of the God/s was always considered ‘pure’ whilst the land of the living was considered ‘polluted’. This distinction was highly symbolic because it established the boundaries between the two realms. Furthermore, this distinction reinforced the spiritual order as the dominant order because it was portrayed as an ideal image which a pre-axial civilisation

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