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A 5 page analysis of the Vedic Hymn of Creation. The author, using the information found in the book of Genesis as a
contrast, contends that from a Western perspective at least the Hymn tells us nothing about the creation other than telling us that there was one.
It provides nothing regarding the specifics of that creation or really even of its order. Indeed, we are led to believe that even "the One" and
"the Observer" came at some point after the creation of the cosmos. From a Western perspective, therefore, we can not place much value in the
Vedic Hymn. Never-the-less, we must remind ourselves that just because we do not understand what the Hymn is telling us does not necessarily
equate to the fact that no information is being provided. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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5 pages (~225 words per page)
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of different accounts of how mankind was created by a superior being. According to Dorson there are over five thousand "primitive, folk, and civilized religions in the world today
(Dorson 218). In reality, there are probably many more faith systems which just havent received the recognition necessary to include them in this number. Regardless of the actual
number of systems which exist around the world, each of these faith systems incorporates its own prescription of how they are to relate to the supernatural forces around them and
just how these forces intervened to place mankind on earth. The Vedic religion of India is particularly fascinating in this regard. The interpretation that is provided of creation
by the Vedic Hymn of Creation, however, is surprising to say the least when we view it from a Western perspective. While the Christian creation story, the story passed along
to us in the book of Genesis, focuses on the creation of man, there is no mention of man in the Vedic Hymn of Creation. This significant omission thus
leaves the question of when the creation of man actually occurred. On first appearance the Vedic Hymn could be interpreted to not concerned with the creation of man but
rather with the creation and evolution of the cosmos. Eliade (1995), however, notes that there is an inherent difficulty in such interpretations as they occur in mantras because the
phonemes discovered were meditative in origin and thus difficult to express in secular terminology. She contends, for example, that the few Vedic documents that we have access to:
"seldom contain more than allusions, particularly in the form of images and symbols. It is a
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