#vadge moore

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It's wild that the Vadge Moore essay I read in high school cites Bataille, I had no idea who Bataille was back then, and now I'm checking out the essay again to find him referencing Bataille, and wondering why Moore didn't leave any references or citations to Bataille's work!

French decadent-writer Georges Bataille is another author that explores chthonic themes. His philosophy and his works of fiction contain themes that relate to the bowels, the guts, and the intestines. All things earthly as opposed to heavenly. In opposition to the ancient sky and sun gods, Bataille proposes a worship of the gods of darkness and of the earth: Demeter, Hecate, and Dionysus. Although these authors are known for exploring the dark, hidden depths of fear and depravity, we must not forget that it is just this sinking into the underworld of the id and the dark unconscious that helps to plant the roots for our ascent.

Really wanting to know where from Bataille he develops this throughline, because I'd actually appreciate coming full circle here!

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Amazing essay by Vadge Moore on the importance of reclaiming that which is "dark, primitive and mysterious".  Moore writes, "One problem we encounter in the spirituality of this contemporary Western world is a distinct lack of depth or of darkness. Too many people want to immerse themselves in the light and airy, feel-good religions of the New Age movement and refuse to face the dark, evil aspects that have always been part and parcel of all myths and all religions. As Moore suggests, "The deepening of religion - making it earthy and chthonic - is one of the greatest challenges facing religion in the West today. Without depth, religion can become too sweetly spiritual and top-heavy with its focus on higher consciousness and the idealized moral life."