From Pantheon to Paradise: The Duality of Belonging and Freedom

Every empire has a hole in it.

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People crave belonging. Belonging gives us a sense of security. If we belong to something big, we feel safe. That’s the logic behind all empires. It is built to imitate Divine embrace — a sensation of belonging to something big and secure. All imperial attributes — architecture, literature, culture, education, law, economics, and army — ar…