As a horror author I am always looking for a new setting for my next story. The area is almost as important as the story itself and can influence the direction the story will take. Most of t… Read More
When I was introduced to faith as allegiance last summer it was like a strobe going off inside my head. It provided some much needed illumination to clarify some pretty muddled thinkin… Read More
This entry is part 15 of 15 in the series The problem of ...
‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.
You may have heard or r… Read More
Theme-Worldbuilding IntegrationPart 17Creating A ProphecybyJacqueline LichtenbergThe index to Theme-Worldbuilding Posts is here:https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2014/04/index-to-theme… Read More
If you say “visionary entrepreneur” chances are you’ll think about Elon Musk. Even though he is a visionary, someone with unconventional ideas. Strangely he’s al… Read More
Losing hope: Americans’ confidence in religious institutions has hit an all-time low, with only 44 percent expressing a “great deal” of confidence in organized religion, ac… Read More
Are all Christians supposed to be the same? Are the angels in the image below what Christians are destined to be? Will we all end up dressed in white robes and singing worship so… Read More
Christianity and Islam both view submission as important. This begs the question, do both religions have the same definition of submission? Furthermore, do either, or both, of th… Read More
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Rarely does cosmic horror work in video games, but sometimes an exception like The Sinking City comes along and nails the themes perfectly. It’s slow, unnervin… Read More
“Are we really getting well? Or are we falling victim to false promises?”
UnWell, a docuseries on wellness, brings forward these two very important questions. What really is… Read More
The Third Day is a drama miniseries starring Jude Law, Naomie Harris, Katherine Waterston, Emily Watson, Paddy Considine and Mark Lewis Jones, among others. The first part focusing on Jude L… Read More
After you have suffered a little while. Who are we talking about? And what is a little while? Not to mention, what happens after the suffering? And maybe, what is the suffering? How ab… Read More
We move on to the fifth of the seven letters in Revelation. We’re on the home-stretch. This time the letter to the dead church in Sardis. Jesus has very little in… Read More
The 90s was a very popular time in fashion and there were many innovative hairstyles for men at the time. Almost everyone had a unique sense of fashion and used to express themselves creati… Read More
The region of Lombardy in the northwest of Italy, is one of the most populated, richest and most productive regions in Italy. The population of Lombardy represents more than one-sixth of the… Read More
The connotations, intonations, and ancient origins of proper enunciation.Photo by Carolina Jacomin on UnsplashThis is a follow-up article to a piece I had written on Cults and Extreme B… Read More
Every ancient civilization had its ancient gods and goddesses, and here we discuss the ancient gods of the different nations from around the world.
Celtics Deities
The Celtic spiritual… Read More
We are all aware that Herodotus once remarked, “Egypt is the gift of the Nile,” but not everyone is aware of how true this statement is. Ancient Egypt’s civilization would… Read More
In Ancient Egypt, The pantheon of gods
Egyptian pantheon
The worship of various gods and goddesses was essential to daily life. So, it’s not a big surprise that there were mo… Read More
Magic from Egypt
Arab magicians, whose roots were in the valley of the Nile in Egypt, the “cradle of magic,” are responsible for many of the magic traditions in Europe and the… Read More
The god of strength and power in ancient Egypt
Some myths say that Sobek made the world, and the Egyptians worshipped him as early as the Old Kingdom.
When King Amenemhat III was very… Read More
Hecate
She was the daughter of the Titan Perses and the nymph Asteria. She was the ruler of crossroads, entrances, nighttime, light, magic (witchcraft and sorcery), herbs and plants, … Read More
We move on to the fifth of the seven letters in Revelation. We’re on the home-stretch. This time the letter to the dead church in Sardis. Jesus has very little in the… Read More