Greetings dear friends of @Project.HOPE, according to prehistoric data in the beginning of time, humans maintained full contact with the environment, then when they felt danger they chose to take refuge in caves, an element that was not enough to keep them safe, so later they decided to place doors at the entrances of the caves as protection structures.
This prehistoric behavior of man, indicates that the doors besides allowing us to move from one place or environment to another, serve as protective structures against external threats, now, to scrutinize we can also find that, according to ancient Roman religion and mythology, the temple of Janus remained open in times of war and closed in times of peace, a vision that corresponded to a symbolism around the god Janus (the god of the two faces), where the doors were complements of change, steps and transformations.
Fig. 2 According to ancient Roman religion and mythology, the temple of Janus remained open in times of war and closed in times of peace. Image of public domain, Author: Pavelkusala, 2014
In Roman religious and mythological scriptures, Janus is the God of doors, transitions, time, duality, thresholds, passages, beginnings and endings, whose physical and earthly presence is represented by a two-faced bust, one looking into the future and the other into the past, from the vital these two faces looking in opposite directions, illustrate very well the beginning of the universe, and its constant evolution always towards a more chaotic state, but not the other way round.
In this religious and mythological vision of the Romans, the gates preside over the beginning and the end of a conflict, consequently, the gates are equivalent symbolisms to unleash war or invoke peace. I hope to count on your appreciations in each of the comments that you have kindly left in this publication.
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Hello friend, it's good information, I think every day we can learn about new topics. By the way, the topic of doors, I think in psychology it becomes significant as we must turn the page or close doors to be able to enter other environments and accept new changes. Thank you for sharing it.
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Hi @lupafilotaxia. I think doors have always been loaded with symbolism in many cultures, they have always been considered a symbol of transition from one place or one level to another, that's why we have always heard about the gates of heaven, as a way to represent a transition from this world to another.
Greetings @emimoron, correct throughout time doors have had specific meanings for each culture. Thanks for visiting the blog.
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Hi @lupafilotaxia
This is very particular, keeping the doors open in times of war, mind you, is contrary to what we might currently think of something similar.
But, philosophy and religions often go beyond or in the opposite direction of what a common mind may think.
Good point friend @josevas217, the point is that we always make superficial analysis or readings of the situations that occur in our environment, but philosophy and the same scientific inference, go beyond, to the point of making sense of things. Best regards, be well.
Greetings friend @lupafilotaxia, interesting review on the symbolism of the doors, each culture and religion gives them their meaning, but certainly being an element that allows us to enter and exit, it is constantly associated with a transition, an access point to a different reality, higher or lower, as beginning and end, life and death, heaven or hell.