OP: The spiritual/intuitive method of gathering knowledge.
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In this Religion-Science department it´s very common to meet philosophical resistance and rejection from fellow debaters when suggesting alternate approaches and explanations to mythical and cosmological issues.
I though...
The Parminede´s Poem - Poem of Parmenides : on nature - more than suggest that humans are able to gather knowledge and communicate with the creation as such. A human skill, which is much ignored in the interpreting of the ancient myths.
Excerpt of the poem:
"The steeds that bear me carried me...