Sentence examples for primordial time from inspiring English sources

Then there's the shouty fan, who hails from a more primordial time.

Rather, sacred history is like a hallowed tree whose roots dig deep into primordial time and whose branches weave in and out of genuine history with little concern for the boundaries of space and time.

In both instances, the change is widely believed to take place through the worshipper's return, by means of the acts of worship, to primordial time (as in early or tribal religions), to the realm in which unity and blessedness obtain.

The latter essentially comes from biblical religion; the former viewpoint tends to treat time cyclically and mythically referring to foundational events, such as the creation, the beginning of the human race, and the Fall of man, on to illud tempus (the sacred primordial time), which is re-enacted in the repetitions of the ritual and in the retelling of the myth.

They provide accounts of the primordial time; describe the transformations that explain the nature of human existence in the world; and help humans return to the sacred origins, overcome sin, and become renewed by participating in the primordial sacred fullness of being.

One of the most common types of such myths speaks of a primordial time in which death did not exist and explains that it arose as the result of an error, as a punishment, or simply because the creator decided the earth would get too crowded otherwise.

A scene in latter-day Cairo involves a plot to restore to power the legendary Egyptian ruler of primordial times.

Many others are just as closely related to cosmogonic accounts but tell of "setbacks" in primordial times.

Thus, many myths present models of acts and organizations central to the society's way of life and relate these to primordial times.

In addition to such etiologic tales there are several myths that speak of cosmic changes brought about at the end of primordial times.

Others explain iconographic features, such as the Hindu narrative ascribing the blue neck of the god Shiva to a poison he drank in primordial times.