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A good quick overview of Mithraism, including recent finds

Sunday, August 29th, 2010

The Mithra mystery religion probably gave us December 25 as “Christ-mas”, the christian fusion of Yeshuah’s “birthday” with the older winter solstice practices of pre-christian religions.
This was a pretty good simple overview of Mithra worship, concentrating on the many Mithraem, Mithra temples, usually underground, that have been found, including many recent finds.
MITHRA – Bull Killer, [...]

Issac Bonewitz (correction, Isaac Bonewits) died after ‘a short struggle with cancer’.

Saturday, August 14th, 2010

If you don’t know who Issac Bonewitz is, that’s not necessarily a surprise, for he represents an earlier more idyllic time in the study of the art form of intentional religion.
(I mispelled his name – my apologies, spelling is a personal weakness. His name was Isaac Bonewits. I leave my original mispelling as evidence of [...]

Something to look for – a new 3d movie about cave art from the Chauvet cave

Tuesday, April 13th, 2010

This could be a very rare oppurtunity to get a look at the Chauvet cave art images in a way that would be almost like being there – Werner Herzog (He made the documentary Grizzly Man) has talked his way into the cave with good cameras, and this could be really revolutionary for we students [...]

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