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Dividing Canaan
The current war between Israel and Palestine is obviously horrific, and I can’t say I really know enough about what’s going on there to properly write about it. I’ve certainly seen valid points for and against both populations, but also … Continue reading →
Posted in Christianity, Conspiracy Theories, Current Events, Fundamentalism, History, Islam, Judaism, Middle East, Politics, Prejudice, Religion | Tagged 2 thessalonians, abraham, benjamin netanyahu, bible, british mandate for palestine, dispensationalism, donald trump, exodus, ezekiel, gog, hal lindsey, hamas, israel, jerusalem, jesus, joshua, judah, king david, king solomon, magog, palestine, prophecy, rapture, revelation, scofield reference bible, second coming, terrorism, zionism |
Tammy and Tommy in Fairyland
Picture by Stephanie Pui-Mun Law I’ve come across multiple mentions of the Ballad of Tam Lin, so I thought that might be something worth addressing in a post. The Scottish song is thought to have existed as far back as … Continue reading →
Posted in Authors, British, Celtic, Diana Wynne Jones, Fairy Tales, Greek Mythology, Halloween, History, Holidays, Magic, Music, Mythology, october daye, Poetry, Relationships, Scottish, seanan mcguire, United Kingdom, Welsh | Tagged fairies, fairyland, fire and hemlock, heaven, hell, night and silence, oberon, prophecy, robert burns, tam lin, thomas the rhymer, walter scott |
Winners and Choosers
After looking at the notion of people chosen by the gods, I became curious as to how the concept of a specific person being the Chosen One originated. It’s a pretty common trope in fantasy, someone being prophesied to save the world … Continue reading →
Posted in Arthurian Legend, Authors, Babylonian, British, Captain N: The Game Master, Cartoons, Characters, Christianity, Discworld, Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Futurama, Greek Mythology, Harry Potter, J.R.R. Tolkien, Magic, Mario, Mythology, Oz, Philosophy, Religion, Semitic, Star Wars, Television, Terry Pratchett, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged anakin skywalker, andrew heller, aragorn, armor, bender's big score, brain spawn, carrot ironfoundersson, chosen ones, chosen people, dark king, darth plagueis, darth vader, donald abbott, dorothy gale, dragon quest iii, dragon quest iv, dragon quest v, emperor palpatine, epic of gilgamesh, erdrick, fate, final fantasy mystic quest, flood, gilgamesh, glinda, gondor, hammurabi, how the wizard came to oz, hyrule, jedi, jesus, king arthur, king david, kylo ren, link, lord of the rings, middle-earth, nibblonians, oedipus, oz: the great and powerful, philip j. fry, professor hubert farnsworth, prophecy, return of the jedi, sith, swords, time travel, utnapishtim, voldemort, weapons, witches, wizard of oz |
Another Fine Messiah
The concept of the Messiah is a significant one in both Judaism and Christianity, but I think it was in my Apocalypse class in college that I learned what it actually means, and how the concept developed, particularly in the context … Continue reading →
Posted in Christianity, Cults, History, Judaism, Religion, Zoroastrianism | Tagged ahura mazda, angra mainyu, antiochus epiphanes, bethlehem, book of enoch, cyrus the great, daniel, david koresh, enoch, gospel of john, gospel of luke, gospel of matthew, gospels, jesus, king david, maccabees, messiah, messianic age, prophecy, resurrection, second coming, son of man, talmud |
The Luminary League
I said before that I wanted to discuss the party members in Dragon Quest XI, so I might as well do that now. DQ4 was the first in the series to flesh out the playable characters’ back stories and motivations, … Continue reading →
Posted in Dragon Quest, Families, Humor, Magic, Monsters, Relationships, Video Games | Tagged arboria, cobblestone, don rodrigo, dragon quest iv, dragon quest viii, dragon quest xi, dundrasil, erdrick, erdwin, erik, gemma, grand master pang, heliodor, jessica albert, king carnelian of heliodor, king irwin of dundrasil, lord robert of dundrasil, luminary, morcant, mordegon, naughty stick, ogler's digest, princess jade of heliodor, prophecy, puff-puff, queen eleanor of dundrasil, serena, serenica, sex appeal, sir hendrik, sir jasper, sniflheim, sylvando, time travel, veronica, vikings, yggdrasil |
Sorting Out Sorcery
One running theme in Glinda of Oz is that there are several different types of magic in Oz, all of which have their specialties, but none of them can do everything. L. Frank Baum contrasts the fairy magic of Ozma … Continue reading →
Posted in Alchemy, Characters, Etymology, Games, Jack Snow, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Language, Magic, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Politics, Religion, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Technology, Theosophy | Tagged abrog, akbad, belfaygor, blinkie, conjo, cookywitches, dorothy and the wizard in oz, dr. pipt, dungeons and dragons, fanny the weather witch, flatheads, gayelette, glinda, glinda and the red jinn, glinda of oz, good witch of the north, gorba, grampa in oz, great book of records, gwig, handy mandy in oz, imperial squawmos, jack pumpkinhead of oz, kadj the conjurer, krumbic witch, magicians, mangaboos, miserable mesmerizer, mombi, mooj, necromancers, ojo in oz, oz magic, oziana, ozma, ozwoz, paul dana, peter brown, pirates in oz, potaroo, prophecy, queen coo-ee-oh, red jinn, robert pattrick, rora flathead, soob the sorcerer, soothsayers, sorcerers, speedy in oz, supreme dictator of the flatheads, the cowardly lion of oz, the giant horse of oz, the gnome king of oz, the lost princess of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the runaway in oz, the scarecrow of oz, the shaggy man of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, three adepts at magic, ugu the shoemaker, unexplored territory in oz, waddy, wicked witch of the east, wicked witch of the west, witches, wizard of oz, wizard of wutz, wizards, wozards, wumbo, yookoohoos |
Getting a Word in Edgewood
Little, Big, by John Crowley – This is apparently a pretty famous novel, although I hadn’t heard of it until I saw it mentioned on a blog. It’s kind of weird that it was published in 1981, as the style really … Continue reading →
Posted in Animals, Authors, Book Reviews, Fairy Tales, Families, Lewis Carroll, Magic, Mythology, Relationships | Tagged before the broken star, changelings, emily r. king, emperor frederick barbarossa, fairies, father time, john crowley, little big, prophecy, sebastien de castell, spellslinger, squirrel cats |
Iran to the Ends of the Earth
I’m still not entirely sure why Republicans are so anxious for a war with Iran. I mean, I think war should generally be a last resort anyway, but here I’m not even sure what the benefit would be. That’s not to … Continue reading →
Posted in Christianity, Conspiracy Theories, Current Events, Fundamentalism, History, Iran, Judaism, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Roman Empire | Tagged apocalypse, asia minor, beth-togarmah, bible, british mandate for palestine, cyrus of persia, cyrus scofield, dispensationalism, donald trump, esther, ethiopia, ezekiel, gog, gomer, hal lindsey, iran nuclear deal, isolationism, israel, jesus, magog, meshech, nero claudius caesar augustus germanicus, pacifism, parthian empire, persia, president ronald reagan, prophecy, put, qasem soleimani, revelation, scofield reference bible, tubal, war, zionism |
Away From Armageddon
I have a movie and a miniseries to review this time. They’re not very similar, but they do both relate to religion. Constantine’s Sword – This documentary film from 2007 was based on an earlier book by former priest James … Continue reading →
Posted in Authors, Catholicism, Christianity, Crusades, Fundamentalism, History, Humor, Judaism, Music, Neil Gaiman, Politics, Prejudice, Religion, Roman Empire, Technology, Television, Terry Pratchett, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged adam young, adolf hitler, anathema device, angels, anthony crowley, antichrist, antisemitism, apocalypse, aziraphale, bible, constantine, constantine's sword, david tennant, demons, elvis presley, four horsemen of the apocalypse, good omens, gospel of matthew, holocaust, james carroll, jesus, michael sheen, newton pulsifer, pontius pilate, pope gregory, pope paul v, prophecy, queen, roman ghetto, second vatican council, ted haggard, the omen, witches |
Conflicting Covenants
One thing I’ve heard a fair amount for Christians that doesn’t seem to really hold up is that Jesus’ sacrifice and resurrection freed believers from the Jewish law. And yet the same people will quote verses from Leviticus to condemn … Continue reading →
Posted in Christianity, Judaism, Philosophy, Religion | Tagged bible, golden rule, gospel of matthew, gospels, jesus, leviticus, love, messiah, mosaic law, prophecy, sabbath, sacrifice, sermon on the mount, sin, st. paul, torah |