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Ready to Fly ‘Round the World in the Shuffle Man’s Boot?

It’s been a while since I’ve reviewed any albums, or at least it feels like it’s been. Here are three recent releases I’ve been listening to. Pixies, Doggerel – I quite enjoy this album. I know some Pixies and Frank … Continue reading →

Posted in African, Albums, Animals, Aztec, Egyptian, Frank Black/Black Francis, Humor, Mayan, Music, Mythology, Native American, Pixies, Poetry, Religion, Robyn Hitchcock, They Might Be Giants | Tagged anubis, bible, cats, dmitry zarkov, doggerel, exodus, george hanger, hotel 165, hypnotic clambake, joey santiago, johnny marr, kukulkan, maury rosenberg, moses, paz lenchantin, quetzalcoatl, raymond chandler, sean lennon, shufflemania!, socrates |

You Should Have Put a Ring on It

The Wizard of Oz has been said to be the ultimate chick flick, as it’s about two women fighting over shoes. But then, J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium is one where a lot of world conflicts arise from jewelry, so maybe that’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Arabian, Authors, Fairy Tales, Greek Mythology, Greek Philosophy, J.R.R. Tolkien, Magic, Music, Mythology, Norse, Philosophy, Semitic, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged aesir, aladdin, alberich, andvari, arabian nights, brothers grimm, candaules of lydia, demons, draupnir, dwarves, elves, fafnir, glaucon, gollum, gyges of lydia, hades, invisibility, isildur, jewelry, jinn, king solomon, link, lord of the rings, magic rings, middle-earth, one ring, plato, republic, richard wagner, ring cycle, ring of solomon, rings, rings of power, sauron, silmarils, socrates, tarnhelm, testament of solomon, the hobbit, the king of the golden mountain, the legend of zelda, the silmarillion, wishing rings |

Doubters of the Divine

Battling the Gods: Atheism in the Ancient World, by Tim Whitmarsh – This book is partially a response to the idea that atheism is a new idea, a product of the age of science and reason that turns against ancient … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Christianity, Fairy Tales, Feminism, Greek Mythology, Greek Philosophy, Hellenistic Greece, History, Humor, Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Robert Rankin, Roman Empire | Tagged anaximander, anaximenes, atheism, battling the gods, beauty and the beast, bluebeard, count otto black, cupid and psyche, epicurus, euhemerus, from the beast to the blonde, hugo rune, jim pooley, king arthur, king solomon, marina warner, merlin, monotheism, polytheism, queen of sheba, retromancer, salmoneus, sibyls, socrates, theomakhia, tim whitmarsh, xenophanes of colophon, zeus |

Eye on the Ideal

The phrase “ship of fools” is pretty common, being the title of a few different books and songs, as well as a play that the Unabomber wrote while in prison. It originates, however, with Plato, who intended it as a … Continue reading →

Posted in Greek Philosophy, Hellenistic Greece, History, Philosophy, Politics, Religion | Tagged allegory of the cave, athens, democracy, karl rove, perfection, plato, president george w. bush, ship of fools, socrates, theory of the forms |

Demon-stration

The Master Key: An Electrical Fairy Tale is not one of L. Frank Baum’s better known fantasies, and really there’s a reason for this, as it’s not one of his better works. That said, people do tend to like one … Continue reading →

Posted in Arabian, Characters, Christianity, Greek Mythology, Greek Philosophy, Islam, Judaism, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Philosophy, Religion, Roman | Tagged a kidnapped santa claus, daemons of the caves, demon of electricity, demons, fairies, genius, good witch of the north, immortals, jinn, king solomon, plato, rankin-bass, santa claus, socrates, spirits, the life and adventures of santa claus, the master key, the witchcraft of mary-marie, the wonderful wizard of oz, wind demons, witches |