THUBAN / THE COLLECTIONS
Religion & Symbolism
Religion, symbols, philosophical traditions and their meanings.
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Reading the Daodejing: The Power and Limits of Non-Forcing
The Daodejing invites readers to reconsider strength, action and control. Its compact language rewards careful reading—and resists the certainty of a single slogan.
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The Egyptian Book of the Dead: Weighing the Heart
Ancient Egyptian funerary texts present one of history’s most memorable moral images: a heart weighed against the measure of truth and justice.
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Jachin and Boaz: The Two Pillars and Their Symbolism
Two named bronze pillars appear in the biblical description of Solomon’s temple. Their later symbolic life reaches far beyond the ancient text, including architecture and Freemasonry.
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The Dead Sea Scrolls: What Was Actually Found?
Thousands of ancient manuscript fragments transformed the study of Judaism and the history of biblical texts. Their significance lies in evidence we can examine, not in invented secrets.
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Spinoza: God, Nature and the Freedom to Understand
Spinoza challenged the sharp separation between humanity, nature and the divine. His work asks whether understanding causes can make a person less captive to fear and emotion.
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Pythagoras: The Mathematician We Think We Know
The name Pythagoras evokes a theorem. The historical person behind it, however, is far harder to reconstruct.
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The Book of Enoch: Angels, Manuscripts and an Ancient World
An extraordinary family of Jewish texts, with fallen angels, heavenly journeys and visions that deserve historical context as well as imagination.