Prof & AetherVision
Hey Prof, have you ever wondered how the forgotten architecture of myth—those temples and citadels that never really existed—might have shaped the way ancient societies understood reality? I feel there's a story in the way those structures were imagined that could reveal a lot about the human psyche. What do you think?
Indeed, it’s a fascinating line of inquiry. Ancient peoples fashioned the divine into stone, even when those stones never reached the ground. Those imagined citadels served as mnemonic devices, framing cosmology in a spatial way. They weren’t merely fanciful; they were deliberate symbols that helped people order reality, to say, "This is where the gods live, here is the axis mundi." But we must be careful not to over‑interpret—myth and architecture are entwined, but the psyche is not a single, neat story. The real insight comes when we trace the patterns across cultures, seeing how each society projected its fears, hopes, and structures of power into stone or stone‑in‑imagination.