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Bones & Stuff's avatar

That’s a lovely idea. Playing with that as a metaphor a little more, in pre-industrial Europe, thatched cottages did not have smoke holes. Thatch is permeable, and so the smoke would rise through the whole roof, sterilising it of any nastiness.

Perhaps it’s not about letting god or the divine in through one space. Perhaps it is about allowing the smoke to seep out of us constantly and to let it clean ua of all the bad things that can start to grow.

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Zaitoon X's avatar

Mythology is truly powerful. Thank you for bringing this to Substack's light.

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