SW>  [...]      Most Indo-Europeans
SW>had a more cyclical view of time and nature, so it might make sense
SW>that they just attributed it to the way things were rather than the
SW>actions of a sentient being.
This makes me think of Spengler, and perhaps of the Volkisch worldview.
In spite of his occasional ravings about the 'darker races,' I always
wondered where his cyclical or morphological view of history came
from.  It just now occurs to me that the Hindu cosmology was
cyclical, but I wonder if there were really old sources among northern
European 'Aryans' that Spengler consciously or unconsciously
used in his work.
IOW, how deeply is this cyclical view embedded in the very early
Indo-European culture?  Perhaps even before their invasions of
Neolithic Europe?
And in case you're wondering about my 'political' affiliation here:
in any contest between the Indo-Europeans and the Neolithic
'Old Society,' I'm rooting for the Old Society.  
But I don't know much about this stuff.
 * SLMR 2.1a *     You perceive what you believe.
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