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Greetings!

 

I have recently joined this list in hopes of learning something of Hinduism.

My own background is standard american (read that as Xian but never belonged

to any denomination. Became an athiest at age nine and entered a strange

relationship with religion at 14 (more - or - less a "pagan", tho not into the

"new-age" ...uh...philosophy . I've been mostly just listening to my

instincts and trying to learn from other religions ever since.

 

Big question: I've always been drawn to gods of wisdom (makes no difference

which culture or time zone they come from) and picked up a statue of Ganesh a

while back. The idol appears to have been buried (there's a reddish looking

clay/sand mixture on its base and presumably inside it). I've asked about it,

but no one knows what its significance (if any) is. Is this a custom?

 

Cheers,

 

Tom Douglas -- dougxul