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 Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2013 6:29 pm
One thing I have come to realize is that some of my philosophies and concepts in my religious and spiritual path have been influenced by pop culture media and not necessarily religious texts and processes. I won't deny that my first exposure to the concept of reincarnation came from Sailor Moon. I wont deny that my thoughts about the ability for our selves to ascend to a higer state of being was inspired partially by the TV Show Stargate. I have also found inspiration in the show Babylon 5 and in Merlin. Hell the show Warehouse 13 has given me something to think about in regards to enchanting objects for magical use in spells and rituals.
I wonder how many other people have had influences in their philosophies from places not in a religious text or even straight out of a philosophical text. No one can deny that the Popculture they are exposed to in some way or another gives them views in regards to certain products or social values. This topic is to discuss TVshows,Comics,and works of fiction which have given us something to think about in regards to spirituality, religion, life, world view, ect.
I've named a few of mine. I'm sure you have some others in your life.
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Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2013 6:36 pm
Fiction Television Shows
Babylon 5
Once Upon a Time
Stargate SG-1
X-Files
Warehouse 13
Eureka
Comic Books (American and other)
Card Captor Sakura
Magic Knight Raye Earth
Sailor Moon
Gloom Cookie
Works of fiction
His Dark Materials Series (will list titles if required)
Animorphs
Accorna Series
Non Fiction series
If you have something to add please explain in your post.
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Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2013 7:32 pm
I usually see these themes in fiction as archetypal and just an outflowing of the same forces that inspire religions and philosophies in the first place. That is, if something isn't lifted directly from a religion or spirituality to add some kind of verisimilitude to the story. In that case it's obvious what's going on.
Transcendence, life after death, expanding human potential; all of these things are archetypes that have been with humans for a very long time. Our fiction is how we express these things. If you take it even further you get spirituality and religion.
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Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2013 8:03 pm
Obscurus I usually see these themes in fiction as archetypal and just an outflowing of the same forces that inspire religions and philosophies in the first place. That is, if something isn't lifted directly from a religion or spirituality to add some kind of verisimilitude to the story. In that case it's obvious what's going on. The point is that some fictions may introduce an idea to someone they might not have considered before. That is what I was talking about. Enlightenment as an ascension to another state of being wasn't something I considered before watching Stargate SG1, though I know it existed in other philosophies. Obscurus Transcendence, life after death, expanding human potential; all of these things are archetypes that have been with humans for a very long time. Our fiction is how we express these things. If you take it even further you get spirituality and religion. That's only if you don't believe that the early myths were based on truths that couldn't be explained any other way. I am still pantheistic and animistic.
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Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 3:14 pm
Loona Wynd Obscurus I usually see these themes in fiction as archetypal and just an outflowing of the same forces that inspire religions and philosophies in the first place. That is, if something isn't lifted directly from a religion or spirituality to add some kind of verisimilitude to the story. In that case it's obvious what's going on. The point is that some fictions may introduce an idea to someone they might not have considered before. That is what I was talking about. Enlightenment as an ascension to another state of being wasn't something I considered before watching Stargate SG1, though I know it existed in other philosophies. Obscurus Transcendence, life after death, expanding human potential; all of these things are archetypes that have been with humans for a very long time. Our fiction is how we express these things. If you take it even further you get spirituality and religion. That's only if you don't believe that the early myths were based on truths that couldn't be explained any other way. I am still pantheistic and animistic. I'm inclined to think that something planted those seeds in our collective mind but it becomes something of a chicken or egg argument.
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Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 3:18 pm
Obscurus I'm inclined to think that something planted those seeds in our collective mind but it becomes something of a chicken or egg argument. So you are saying you've never heard a quote on tv or in a movie that made you think about things?
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Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 3:48 pm
Loona Wynd Obscurus I'm inclined to think that something planted those seeds in our collective mind but it becomes something of a chicken or egg argument. So you are saying you've never heard a quote on tv or in a movie that made you think about things? I have. But it's always made me investigate whether there was a real world equivalent or if it was something imagined for the show. Almost always there's a real world equivalent that was only slightly changed for the fiction. I can't think of any specific examples at the moment but I know it's happened.
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