24 Aug 2016 Devils or Angels? Defining the Dark Entities of Christianity’s Past By Marie and Larry Mythology & Mystery 3 Devil or angel? Sometimes it’s hard to tell. The concept of demons is an old one, harking back to the confiscation of pagan nature deities by the Roman Empire, which turned them into something more sinister and evil than may have originally been... Read More
08 Aug 2016 Zep Tepi and the Djed Mystery: The Book of the Dead and Fallen Civilizations—Part II By Armando Mei Mythology & Mystery 0 [Read Part 1 here]Chapter XVII of the Egyptian Book of the Dead highlights an indisputable detail: ritual formulas hid proofs of prehistoric events. They were handed down orally, and after millennia they inspired the ancient civilizations,... Read More
29 Jul 2016 The Laughing Buddha: The Eccentric Monk, God of Plenty and Patron of Bartenders By MartiniF Mythology & Mystery 0 Siddhartha Gautama, known as the Buddha, was born in 6 BC, in what is now modern Nepal. He lived the comfortable life of a young prince until one day he ventured out into the world and was confronted with the reality of the inevitable suffering of... Read More
22 Jul 2016 The Bird and the Serpent: From the Neolithic Goddesses to Ancient Chinese Symbols of Nobility and Benevolence By MartiniF Mythology & Mystery 0 Victorian art critic, John Ruskin, in his book Proserpina, calls himself “the gentle and happy scholar of flowers”. A large part of his work is an attempt to connect nature, art and society. To prove this, he attempted to show that species can... Read More
18 Jul 2016 Thieves of Fire in Ancient Mythology: Divine Creation and Destruction in the Hands of Man By MartiniF Mythology & Mystery 0 From ancient times and even to this day, people consider fire one of the basic elements of the universe. Interpretations of fire in ancient mythologies vary greatly, with fire viewed as a creative and cleansing force as well as a destructive and... Read More