A_1_00 — Mesopotamian Near Eastern: Subfolder Summary

A_2_00 — Biblical Gnostic Western Esoteric: Subfolder Summary

A_4_00 — Asian Indigenous Eastern: Subfolder Summary

A_4_25 — Jain Agamas: Canonical Scriptures of Non-Violence and Asceticism

The Jain Agamas (Āgama, "tradition/scripture") are the canonical scriptures of Jainism, one of the world's oldest continuously practiced religions. The teachings are attributed to Mahāvīra (Vardhamāna, c. 599–527 BCE or

A_4_21 — Atharvaveda: Healing Hymns, Charms, and Ritualistic Knowledge

The Atharvaveda (Atharvaveda-Saṃhitā, "Knowledge of the Atharvans") is the fourth Veda of Hinduism, composed approximately between 1200 and 1000 BCE — roughly contemporaneous with the late Rig Vedic and early post-Rig Ve

A_4_08 — Bhagavata Purana — Naga and Avatar Sections

The Bhagavata Purana (also called Srimad Bhagavatam) is one of the eighteen Mahapuranas ("Great Ancient Histories") of Hindu literature, composed in Sanskrit between approximately the 6th and 10th centuries CE. Its twelv

A_4_24 — Dhammapada: Verses of the Buddhist Path

The Dhammapada ("Verses of the Dharma/Teaching" or "Path of Dharma") is the most widely read and translated text of Theravada Buddhism — a collection of 423 verses in 26 chapters (vagga), presenting the core ethical and

A_3_01 — Kebra Nagast: The Glory of Kings (Ethiopian)

The Kebra Nagast ("Glory of Kings") is a 14th-century CE Ethiopian text — written in Ge'ez, the classical Ethiopian liturgical language — that serves as the foundation myth of the Solomonic dynasty of Ethiopia and the sp

W_1_00 — Ancient Near East Mediterranean: Subfolder Summary

W_1_02 — Minoan Civilization, Bull Cult, and the Labyrinth

The Minoan civilization (c. 2700–1450 BCE) on Crete represents one of Europe's earliest complex societies — preceding Classical Greece by over a millennium. Its archaeological record reveals a sophisticated culture cente

W_0_00 — World Civilizations: Section Summary

W_3_06 — Coptic and Ethiopian Christian Mystical Traditions

The Coptic and Ethiopian Christian traditions represent the oldest continuously operating Christian institutions in Africa, preserving theological, liturgical, and textual materials that have been lost or marginalized in

W_3_00 — African Civilizations: Subfolder Summary

W_2_05 — Jain Cosmology and Non-Violence Philosophy

Jainism is one of the world's oldest living religions, with roots extending to at least the 9th century BCE and traditional claims reaching far deeper into prehistory. Its cosmological system describes a vast, uncreated,

W_2_08 — Korean Shamanism (Muism / Musok)

Korean shamanism (Muism or Musok, 무속) is one of the oldest continuous spiritual traditions in East Asia, predating the introduction of Buddhism (4th century CE) and Confucianism to the Korean peninsula. Centered on mudan

W_2_02 — Angkor Wat, Khmer Cosmology, and Hindu-Buddhist Temple Mountains

Angkor Wat is the largest religious monument ever built — a 162.6-hectare temple complex in northwestern Cambodia, constructed under King Suryavarman II (r. ~1113-1150 CE) as a Hindu temple dedicated to Vishnu. It repres

W_2_20 — Vedic Civilizations

The Vedic period (c. 1500–500 BCE) represents the formative era of Indian civilization, encompassing the composition of the Rig Veda (the oldest surviving Indo-European literary text), the development of the fire sacrifi

W_2_00 — Asian Civilizations: Subfolder Summary

W_5_00 — Steppe European Global: Subfolder Summary

C_1_00 — Universal Archetypes Patterns: Subfolder Summary