(1) The car that bears me carried me as far as ever my heart desired, when it had brought me and set me on the renowned way of the goddess, which leads the man who knows through all the towns. … Read More ›
Ancient Civilization
Orpheus and Dionysus: The Mystery Cults of Ancient Greece
While Hesiod’ Theogony remains the standard, orthodox version of Theogony, the origin and genealogy of the gods, from Greek antiquity, there exists an alternate tradition attributed to pseudo-historical and somewhat mythical figure of Orpheus, a character whose life is shrouded… Read More ›
The Theogony of Hesiod: Order (Cronos) from Chaos
One of the nice things that you found as you studied more advanced civilizations, as you got further into the first millennium BCE, you had better material and source texts to work with. You no longer had to rely on… Read More ›
Pythagoras and Plato: From the One to Many
Philosophy to the Greeks not only helped them understand the cosmos, creation and destruction of the universe and the essence of the natural world, but also the harmony within which we as individuals should lead our lives, and in turn… Read More ›
The Fisherman and the Net: Geometric Symbolism in the Gospel of John (II of II)
What we’re left with if we are to believe this geometric formulation of the miraculous tale of Jesus and the fishes with his seven disciples in the Sea of Galilee in the Gospel of John is a geometric figure… Read More ›
The Fisherman and the Net: Geometric Symbolism in the Gospel of John (I of II)
At this juncture a word must be said about some astronomical events and progressions that were at work around the time of Christ which played some role in the formulation of the interpretation of the life and teachings of Jesus… Read More ›
Reason and Logic: The Precursors to Science
It’s clear in studying early religion and philosophy that mythology and cosmology in antiquity was not only theological in nature, but also had a political motive as well. But at some point in antiquity there was a break from which reason and knowledge was divorced from… Read More ›
