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The Appearance of Time

When I heard of the concept of Chronos in Orphism from a Let’s Talk About Myths, Baby episode, I thought it would be something worth looking into. The association of Kronos, the father of the most prominent Olympian gods, with time, … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Buddhism, Christianity, Final Fantasy, Gender, Gnosticism, Greek Mythology, Greek Philosophy, History, Judaism, Language, Magic, Monsters, Mystery Cults, Mythology, Names, Philosophy, Religion, Video Games, Zoroastrianism | Tagged aether, aion, ananke, chaos, chronos, death, dionysus, erebos, father time, final fantasy iii, gaia, hera, herakles, hercules, hesiod, jesus, kronos, mysticism, orphic mysteries, ouranos, phanes, theogony, time, time loops, zeus |

So I Says to Mabon, I Says

This past Wednesday was the Autumnal Equinox, so I guess you should keep an eye out for pumpkin Piranha Plants and Koopas in Mario masks. I believe I was first aware of the season change in Super Mario World from … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Arthurian Legend, British, Celtic, Greek Mythology, Halloween, Holidays, Mario, Mystery Cults, Mythology, Religion, Video Games, Welsh | Tagged aidan kelly, apollo, autumn, avalon, birds, blackbirds, bullet bills, culhwch, custennen, deer, demeter, dogs, eagles, eleusinian mysteries, fish, giants, goreu, gwyn ap nudd, king arthur, king urien, koopa troopas, mabon, mabon ap modron, maponos, modron, morgan le fay, olwen, owls, paganism, persephone, pidgits, pigs, piranha plants, salmon, seasons, sir kay, sir owain, super mario world, taliesin, twrch trwyth, ysbaddaden |

The Sin Cycle

We all know about the Seven Deadly Sins, generally given as pride, greed, wrath, envy, lust, gluttony, and sloth. Is parting your hair in the middle a sin? I used to do that before I was informed that it’s unflattering. … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventism, Babylonian, C.S. Lewis, Cartoons, Catholicism, Chronicles of Narnia, Dragon Quest, Fairy Tales, Fundamentalism, Monsters, Mystery Cults, Mythology, Religion, Television, Video Games | Tagged alice k. turner, astrology, avarith, booga, brothers grimm, disney, dr. paul ekman, dragon quest xi, gilligan's island, gyldygga, mithraism, mithras, mordegon, numerology, seven deadly sins, seven heavenly virtues, sin, sir jasper, smurfs, snow white and the seven dwarfs, the history of hell |

Hello to Bygone Ages

Looking at Robert E. Howard’s essay on his imaginary Hyborian Age got me to thinking about a few different issues in fantasy fiction that deals with lost civilizations. The essay tells of a succession of great empires contrasted with barbarians, … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Christianity, Discworld, Evolution, History, Humor, J.R.R. Tolkien, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Maps, Monsters, Mystery Cults, Mythology, Norse, Oz, Oz Authors, Persian, Prejudice, Religion, Roman, Science, Terry Pratchett, Theosophy | Tagged agnosticism, angels, atheism, atlantis, aule, bori, cataclysms, charles darwin, charles kingsley, conan the barbarian, devolution, dwarves, elves, emperor constantine, god of evolution, h.p. lovecraft, hyborian age, hyperborea, john dough and the cherub, lemuria, middle-earth, mifkets, mithra, mitra, numenor, racial evolution, racism, rinkitink in oz, robert e. howard, small gods, the colour of magic, the last continent, the water-babies, tottenhots, valar, yasmela |

For You to Know and Me to Find Out

While looking up information on Martin Gardner earlier this year, I noticed that one of his Mathematical Games columns in Scientific American was about a game called Eleusis. While I can’t find his article, at least not in any format … Continue reading →

Posted in Games, Greek Mythology, Mystery Cults, Mythology, Playing Cards, Religion, Science | Tagged crazy eights, demeter, eleusinian mysteries, eleusis, eleusis express, john golden, mao, martin gardner, mau mau, robert abbott, scientific method, uno |

Gone Baptizin’

While the practice of baptism by water is obviously associated with Christianity, it predates that religion by some time. I guess it would pretty much have to, since Jesus himself was baptized by John the Baptist, and there was no … Continue reading →

What’s in Hubbard’s Cupboard?

If you haven’t yet, you probably should read The New Yorker‘s recent exposé on Scientology, which focuses on former member Paul Haggis, a writer and director. Scientology has a reputation of being really frightening, and I’m inclined to think the … Continue reading →

Posted in Cults, Mystery Cults, Religion, Scientology | Tagged aleister crowley, antichrist, battlefield earth, body thetans, david miscavige, dianetics, elrond, homophobia, jeffrey scott, john parsons, kirstie alley, l. ron hubbard, little miss muffet, muppet babies, operating thetans, paul haggis, teegeeack, the new yorker, vistaril, xenu |

Unsolved Mystery Religions

I just finished reading the book The Jesus Mysteries, by Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy. The book’s main idea, which I’d come across before, is that Christianity is essentially a Jewish version of the mystery religions that were popular in … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Christianity, Egyptian, Gnosticism, Greek Mythology, Mystery Cults, Mythology, Religion | Tagged crucifixion, dionysus, jesus, jesus mysteries, literalism, mithras, peter gandy, timothy freke |