05 Feb 2020 In Rome, I Saw Written On Top Of A Door By Roberto Volterri History & Tradition 0 In Rome "I saw written on top of a door." (Inferno, III, v. 11, Dante)In Rome, hidden a corner of Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II, one will find the last remnant of the Academia dell’ Arcadia, an esteemed group of alchemists, formed four... Read More
30 Jan 2020 Mockery of the Crucifixion: The Sacred Donkey and the Cross By Roberto Volterri Archaeology & Science 0 In 1857 in a cell of the ruins of Imperial Palace on the Palantine Hill in Rome, a curious graffiti representing a crucified man (corpus humanum... suffigitur in cruce) but with the head and ears of a donkey (cervix asinina caputque auritu) was... Read More
15 Jan 2020 Ancient Artificial Intelligence: The Mechanical Messiah and Other Automatons By Roberto Volterri Mythology & Mystery 0 It may not be long before Artificial Intelligence creates access to God via modern technology, however during the 19th century, a spiritualist by the name of John Murray Spear was inspired to build a Mechanical Messiah. Born on September 16, 1804,... Read More
13 Jan 2020 17 Years in Tibet: Where Did Jesus Wander? By Roberto Volterri History & Tradition 2 Every year Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem for the Festival of the Passover. When he was 12 years old, they went up to the festival, according to the custom. After the festival was over, while his parents were returning home, the boy Jesus... Read More
18 Dec 2019 Unraveling the Miracle of Chinese Magic Mirrors By Roberto Volterri Archaeology & Science 1 An ancient oriental miracle, far removed from the religious sphere, and from the western concept of ‘miracle,’ manifested around first century AD China to those who 'had faith', where explanations were not immediately ascribable to the... Read More
25 Nov 2019 Was the Ark of the Covenant an Instrument of Anachronistic Technological Knowledge? By Roberto Volterri Archaeology & Science 3 Somewhere in the Negev Desert, Mount Sinai, at dawn on a day of the 13th century BC: "Moses, go and speak to the children of Israel! Tell them that they must make a wooden Ark of Acacia, its length of two and a half cubits and its width of a cubit... Read More
16 Nov 2019 Hit the Rock and Water Must Come Out of It: Was Moses a Dowser? By Roberto Volterri History & Tradition 1 Then Yahweh said to Moses: 'Pass before the people and take with you some of the elders of Israel and your rod with which you struck the river Nile. Take it in your hand and you must walk. Behold, I stand before you on the rock in Horeb. And you... Read More
28 Oct 2019 The Folly of Pope Urban VIII and the Banning of Astrological Prophesies of Papal Fates By Roberto Volterri History & Tradition 0 A 17th century Pope so feared the astrological prediction that he would exchange his life as pontiff in the Urbs Aeterna or eternal city of Rome for the everlasting life, on a day coinciding with a solar eclipse, that he momentarily lost his... Read More
04 Oct 2019 The Enigmatic Name and Face of YHWH By Roberto Volterri History & Tradition 3 Who has picked up the wind in the hollow of both hands?”“Who wrapped the water in a cloak?”“Who raised all the ends of the earth?”“What is his name and what is the name of his son, in case you know him?", (Proverbs 30: 4)What was then... Read More
27 Sep 2019 Cryptic Crosses, Mystery Medallions and Enigmatic Relics in Christian Churches By Roberto Volterri History & Tradition 0 To the naked eye, they lie hidden in plain sight, but medieval artists hid cryptic messages in fresco’s, medallions and paintings and collected relics believed to have apotropaic qualities to ward off evil. Were all of these artists sincere in... Read More