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164 pages of results. 521. Derek Shelley-Pearce: In Appreciation [Journals] [SIS Workshop]
... be a personal quest for the truth. He showed no egotistical tendency to see himself as an original thinker, but at an early stage found himself questioning both scientific and religious orthodoxy - a trait which led to his being rejected by a Catholic seminary, which he originally thought his vocation. Though never losing sight of his original debt to ... a wide variety of topics (while eschewing anything with a numerical content because mathematics, he admitted cheerfully, was a closed book to him). His favourite topic was religion - on which he wrote over the pseudonym of Derek Douglass; but he was fond too of mythology, the humanities, and radical revisions of ancient history. He ...
522. Temples And Obelisks, Part 2 Mars Ch.7 (Worlds in Collision) [Velikovsky] [Velikovsky Worlds in Collision]
... or of sunrise and sunset on equinoctial days. As this purpose was not perceived, the object for which the obelisks were built seemed enigm atic: "The origin and religious significance of the obelisks are somewhat obscure."9 Two pillars were erected before the Temple of Solomon,10 but their purpose is not revealed in the Scriptures. ... , p. 73. 6 Lockyer, The Dawn of Astronomy. 7 Ibid., p. viii. 8 H. Nissen, Orientation, Studien zur Geschichle der Religion (1906); E. Pfeiffer, Gestirne und Wetter im griechischen Volksglauben (1914), P. 7. See also F. G. Penrose, Philosophical ...
523. The Demands of the Saturnian Configuration Theory [Journals] [SIS Review]
... we are positing is not a philological connection but a direct identity of one with the other, an identity which has long been recognised by past mythologists and students of ancient religion [21]. Even as far back as Cicero (106-43 BC), the equation had long been accepted: Saturnus was chosen as the one to have as ... Sun and Saturn', Revue D'Assyriologie et D'Archeologie Orientale, Paris, Sept.1910, pp. 163-164. 38. F. Boll, Kronos-Helios', Archiv für Religionswissenschaft XIX, 1916-1919, pp. 343 ff. 39. E. A. W. Budge, The Gods of the Egyptians, Vol. II, N. ...
524. Chapter20_21
... . But Olympia became holy because it was the site where Zeus overcame his father Kronos [n12 Paus. 5.7 .10. It is not from mere "religious" motifs that "in the hippodrome the pillar which marked the starting point had beside it an altar of the Heavenly Twins" (Pind. Olympian Odes 3. ... salutaire a l'Univers; ou si cette explication ne vous plaist pas, car enfin on peut sans impieté donner des sens contraires a une mesme chose, quoy qu'elle regarde la Religion; ce grand Pan est Jesus-Christ luy-mesme, dont la mort cause une douleur et une consternation generale parmy leg Demons, qui ne peuvent plus exercer leur tirannie sur les ...
525. Kadmos: The Primeval King [Journals] [Kronos]
... Nearly every people of whom we have sufficient record has preserved an account of this primeval being, deemed responsible for the founding of great cities and the introduction of laws, religious rites, the system of writing, and so forth. Given that many of these accounts share common features, questions arise concerning their origin, distribution, and historical ... originally a god, one who would frequently assume the form of a serpent. Puzzling as it may be to the modern mind, this was a common element of Greek religion. Even the great Zeus, as Zeus Meilichios, was represented as serpentine in form in Attic religion.(28) The serpent was also one of the most ...
526. Ladder to Heaven [Journals] [Aeon]
... not only the most logical explanation for such widespread traditions, it is the one explanation consistent with the evidence. Creation The Egyptian Pyramid Texts represent the world's oldest body of religious texts. Several passages tell of a former age wherein heaven and Earth were closer together than at present. One hymn recalls the occasion "when the sky was separated ... 102. [23] Ibid., p. 90. [24] Ibid., p. 100. [25] M. Eliade, Patterns in Comparative Religion (New York, 1958), pp. 265-326. [26] L. Fison, Tales from Old Fiji (London, 1894), pp. 49ff ...
527. The Cosmic String of Pearls [Journals] [Aeon]
... that: "For all planets to meet in a single constellation is pure fiction." [48] Gerald Massey, a 19th century interdisciplinarian advocating the belief that all religious symbolism was diffused from Egypt, hesitated to entirely abandon the possibility of a true conjunction: "Ancient Hindu astronomers speak of some great conjunction of the planets, which ... the red race of America, (Philadelphia, 1896), p. 217. [60] J. H. Philpot, The sacred tree or the tree in religion and myth (London, 1897), p. 133. [61] J. G. Frazer, Folklore in the Old Testament; studies in comparative religion ...
528. Letters [Journals] [SIS Review]
... wrong. Not only is western religion based on Judaeo-Christian revelation, but Jewish culture and philosophy were the cornerstones of Greek and Roman culture as well. Mackey compares philosophers and religious leaders from the traditions of the Bible, ancient Greece, Rome and Egypt, and other great world religions, with a lengthy section on Moses and Mohammed. His ... Foundations of Western Civilization' – by Damien Mackey. Mackey proposes that the usual conception that western civilisation has its roots in Graeco-Roman culture is wrong. Not only is western religion based on Judaeo-Christian revelation, but Jewish culture and philosophy were the cornerstones of Greek and Roman culture as well. Mackey compares philosophers and religious leaders from the traditions of ...
529. Mons Veneris [Journals] [Aeon]
... and East). (5 ) Frankfort, in a discussion of Mesopotamian art, observed that the mountain-setting was customary: "[ The mountain] is in Mesopotamia the religious landscape' par excellence, as the reed marsh is of Egypt and the mound of Golgotha in Christianity, and therefore the normal setting for the epiphany of the god ... which pertains between Sin and Shamash/Saturn? The Saturn Thesis Those who are familiar with the unfolding Saturnian scenario should be well aware of Saturn's role in ancient myth and religion. The readers of this periodical need hardly be reminded that the idea of Saturn as the ancient sun-god was surprisingly wide-spread. (66) Thus, according to this ...
530. Letters [Journals] [SIS Workshop]
... . Firstly, note for example a view-expressed by the psychologist C. G. Jung after a lifetime of studying the human mind and a strong interest in all forms of religious and psychic phenomena: ". .. I have never been inclined to think that our senses were capable of perceiving all forms of being. I have, therefore ... . For example, Jupiter must have put on an impressive performance long before the birth of Venus. How else can one explain the pre-eminence of Zeus-Jupiter among the folklore and religion of the ancient worlds? People would not worship a pinpoint of light for nothing. We know that Jupiter does slightly affect radio reception. But to the best of ...
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