- prior to the Cartesian divide between nature and spirit
- and also the anthropologist’s idea of “rituals.”
Luckily, in more recent times, our understanding of the Vedic language has been deepened. As Sri Aurobindo has brought out, the key Vedic words…, even etymologically, carry inner, deeply psychological meanings. Spanning the divide between the outer and the inner, these “deities” or devas (or “shining ones”) show both
- the inseparability of man from his world
- and the sacredness of both.