According to Rumi, one's words should pass through three gates: 1. Is it true? 2. Is it necessary? 3. Is it kind?
I earned my master's degree in Religious Studies with a near perfect GPA last week and then headed out west to visit the desert with one of my closest friends. I'm back to writing today, excited to get some new fiction under my belt. More details about Death Valley, The Valley of Fire and new... Continue Reading →
Apocryphon of John contains one of the most complete and detailed narrations of a gnostic cosmogony, explaining how the invisible and visible realms emanated from the original monad in a highly sophisticated narrative. The tractate takes the form of the popular "apocryphal acts of the apostles," after the Greek "romances", pseudepigrapha attributed to the disciple John,... Continue Reading →
Martyn Oliver posted this blog last August about the reality of religious diversity within and outside one's own tradition. It's valuable information for everyone, to deepen our understanding of the world around us and to begin a journey of strengthening our relationships through diversity rather than alienating ourselves from one another because of assumptions about... Continue Reading →
Recently, NOVA ran a program on the possibility that the Big Bang created both the Universe we know and a "mirror Universe," in which Time runs in reverse. It's a fascinating program. You can see it here. "Let us make mankind in our image." Remember, an "image" is also a reflection, which suggests the Cosmos... Continue Reading →
We all know there are many hyper-dimensional dieties in existence, but Cthulhu is by far the most famous and dreaded, becoming a readily understood symbol with great power. It is as if Lovecraft's tales weaved a meta-sigil to conjure the god into existence...or, rather, Cthulhu used Lovecraft to conjure Cthulhu into existence, right? Regardless, I... Continue Reading →
There's a lot to love this week for lovers of all things Einstein. The so-called "Dead Sea Scrolls of Physics," a series of previously unreleased personal letters written by Albert Einstein, have been digitized and made public by Princeton University. You can access the full collection here. Among the letters are his views on race... Continue Reading →
Instant classics!
Writer and illustrator Austin Light recently shared a funny series of sketches from his notebook that reimagines movie titles with one letter removed. The idea started on reddit where users were asked to, “Pick a movie, remove one letter, give a brief description“.
As a daily art project, Light took the concept one step further, drawing a scene from the imaginary film. He also penned a brief synopsis for each. You can see the entire album on Imgur. For more from Austin, check him out at the links below.
The story of how a police officer works through his PTSD and adjusts to his new robotic implants with the help of the sexy soothing sound of his oboe
One red-haired Scottish girl. One dance floor…
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Enoch: Culture Hero, Antediluvian Authority, Divine Man The collection of texts called 1 Enoch currently comprises five books, themselves largely composited of earlier source texts by various authors, often resulting in some level of narrative tension. Chapters 72-82, the Astronomical Book (henceforth AB), is the oldest section, composed in the third century BCE. Chapters 1-36,... Continue Reading →
The following is my examination, from a sociological perspective, of how false realities find traction in society. My focus was the "Satanic Ritual Cult Scare" of the 1980s and 1990s, but I share it to impress upon my audience the fact that these false realities can be plausible, partially true and accepted by individuals who... Continue Reading →
The following suffers from parameters of subject, style and brevity (plus the general fumbling around in the dark that is the learning experience). It connects the "sons of God" from Genesis 6 who had some mysterious relationship with the "daughters of men" to interesting apocryphal literature, including the books about Enoch. This paper explores relationships... Continue Reading →
Pass Three Gates 