Thumonauts are pioneers. They explore one of the last great frontiers. They explore thumos, spirit, that which makes alive.
Thumonauts are possessed by a sense of wonder that we are spirited, alive, rather than not. Being possessed by this wonder compels them to explore and discover all they can about spirit.
Here are a few of the questions that burn in the hearts of thumonauts and compel their exploration:
What is the spirit that spirits the living? What is its nature?
What are the characteristics of spirit?
Plants and animals, including humans, are alive. They are spirited. Does the spirit of plants differ from the spirit of animals? If so, how?
What affects the spirits of plants and animals?
What all is spirited? Only plants and animals, others too, everything?
What is the difference between being spirited and not?
How does one become spirited?
Why does spirit leave and how?
When it leaves, where does it go?
Can the spirited be more or less spirited at different times? If so, how? What alters the degree of spiritedness?
Was there a time when nothing was spirited?
If so, from where did spirit come? How did the spirited become spirited?
When did being spirited begin?
Could being spirited come to a complete end so that nothing at all is spirited? If so, what would end spiritedness all together?
Our Western ancestors associated spirit with both the wind, breath, heart, and the thymus gland. Why?
How is spirit associated with wind and breath?
How is it associated with the heart?
How is it associated with the gland that bears its name, the thymus gland?
These are just a few of the questions about spirit. There is so much to discover about spirit and so few thumonauts doing the exploring.
