Chris wrote: Sacrifice originally appears in the context of the Paleolithic hunters with their animal-inspired mythologies. ... Well, that's one theory ... in...
HI Chris, The place seems fantastic, I've never been there, but I really wish I could go some day. On the other hand, I was surfing on the Net and found this ...
Lately I've been trying to get my mind around the concept of altars. But inevitably this idea balloons into larger topics like sacrifice (what is performed on...
... Sacrifice as the navel of the world indicates that it is part of the creation process that brings order. It is at the omphalos, the center of the ordered...
Hi - Sorry I am not cutting and pasting there is so much I want to address- I am wondering if you have ever read "Pilgrim's Progress" by John Bunyan ? I am...
http://www.unisa.edu.au/news/media2002/100502.htm There is a notice at this link about Colin Dudley's thesis paper, "The Sacramental Geometry of Peterborough...
here is a fun link that I found on the joe campbell site chris recommended. Terrible background color but some good mandala images and links to the history...
... Funny, I got that straight out of the Catholic Encyclopedia but it is not true: Veda is related to the Latin videre, to see. But the fact is Vedism is...
I've just received great news for anyone interested in the history of esoteric studies. Kessinger Publications, who offer hundreds of hard to find reprinted...
Hi, Mike - Interesting that you say 'soul' bore the structure that in'formed' physical beings. I've always thought of it as an energy rather than a structure,...
There is an *excellent* short history of theories of celestial light at: http://gfisher.org/index.htm I highly recommend these sections to those interested in...
During my vacation next month I am going to visit the Borobodur temple in Java, Indonesia. I am very excited to be seeing one of the most famous temples in...
This looks useful: "Johann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician, by ChristophWotff (Oxford, £12.99) The subtitle is a rejoinder to the view held by many...
("the light shines in the darkness, but the darkness apprehended it not") KJV John 1: 4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light...
... Yes, it does to me too. ... So there is soul in everything, just self-realized in human beings? ... Here i think is an interesting aspect of soul - as the ...
... What exactly was his response? Much too verbose for me. For an attempt to clarify the matter of "light" you only appear to be obscuring it. Dan's ...
50020624 VII Junesday Lunatix Solstice ... sounds neoPlatonist. ... in the same way that everything is energy, sometimes as matter, so also is everything soul,...
... ooo, nice. that causes the hairs on the back of my neck to stand up. any idea as to which transformation they are talking about? death, initiation,...
Hi Some time ago I found this site and have been lurking since. I am an artist, designer and craftsman and I have been interested in sacred places-most of my ...
Well, as I have gotten from reading somewhere, the word psyche does mean soul in the ancient sense so it would seem that the word psychology can be used to...
Hi Dan As you say, the bee stuff is a pretty suspect. Plants that hum? How do they do that? etc. Again, as you say, the 432, while highly mathematically ...
Here is a web site devoted to posting essays on the esoteric Jewish roots to Eastern Christian Mysticism. Theme 13, on Jewish Temple Traditions is highly...
Hi Mike, Nice to hear from you, What Site!! it's a encyclopedia in Indiums. To much knowledge, only with the use of the art of memory we can digest it , very...
