Living along­side the Dead

 

Mau­so­lée du Bar­bier, Tuni­sie

“Fami­lies usual­ly buried their ance­stors under the flo­or of the hou­se, so gro­wing up in Baby­lon meant living along­side the dead every day.

Add to that the per­so­nal and fami­ly gods, the visits of hea­lers and exor­cists, the offe­rings par­ents car­ri­ed to the neigh­bor­hood temp­le, and the gre­at public festi­vals. For a child who could not yet read a word, the festi­vals were the main win­dow onto mytho­lo­gy.”

[LBV Maga­zi­ne, Baby­lon had no Reli­gi­on class…]

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