Cosmic Play

The Hindu god Krishna, a manifestation of Vishnu, known for his playful and mischievous lila stories, inspiring festivals and devotion.

Explore the creation myth of Hinduism with Brahman, Brahma, and Vishnu, the preserver god who plays tricks and manipulates through his maya.

Handelman and Shulman (1997) tell us that “Indic cosmology is imbued with playful properties of ludic paradox” (p. 37)—try saying that three

In mainstream monotheistic cosmologies, play is a bottom-up affair. The ludic is often formed in opposition to or as a negation of the orde

The whole One God concept of the big three monotheisms, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam seems too limiting and rigid. I imagine a kind of

D. L. Miller (1970) not only discusses the history of play and game theory since Homo Ludens, but also brings us back to the origin of ideas

Play, Huizinga (1944/1955) argues, is older than culture. Some of our animal ancestors have been very playful indeed.