We make fun of strange mother figures from the dawn of humanity and unknowingly follow the same pattern, but without any spiritual background.
The pronouncements of the priests of yesteryear have been mercilessly replaced by advertising messages from multinational corporations that promise a sense of belonging and the magic of uniqueness. Objects become cult items, like the cat mummies in the ancient land of the pharaohs. The priests bred the cats to sell them as cat mummies to the faithful disciples.
The idea that the Egyptians worshipped cats was surely just a misunderstanding.
It is impossible to give an exact figure, as the number of cats mummified has not been documented. However, researchers estimate that tens of millions of animals were mummified, particularly in ancient Egypt, where cats played an important role as pets, but also as offerings to the gods and as grave goods for the afterlife.
Historical significance: In ancient Egypt, cats were not only kept as pets, but also mummified on a large scale to enable them to live in the afterlife or to be sacrificed to the goddess Bastet.
Archaeological finds: Dozens of cat mummies have been found in individual tombs in archaeological finds, and it is believed that hundreds of thousands of them were even used as fertilizer in the 19th century.
Estimates: Some sources estimate a total of several million mummified cats, but there is no data available to give an exact number.
The new iPhone has become a cult object in a society that, lacking any spiritual connection to nature, would rather wait in line in front of the iPhone store before it even opens than ask itself why it is so satisfying to be the first to own one. Is it the admiration of other disciples who do not have the cult object because it is an exclusive status symbol of a tech disciple?
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Fortunately, no cats are killed for this purpose, only humans are exploited, but in China, which is really far away from our cultural circle. Mainly, this expensive cultural object fits in well.
