Mysteria Misc. Maxima: March 9th, 2012
March 9, 2012
Mysteria Misc. Maxima is a weekly feature which brings together links on religion and esotericism from around the internet.
- If all the religions are so different, why the insistence on everybody getting along? (Guardian)
- Elaine Pagels talks about the Book of Revelation. (NPR)
- Mormons back off their plans to baptize the dead; demobilize their zombie Mormon battalion. (NPR)
- The pope says “Nein” to meeting with Santeria practitioners. (The Wild Hunt)
- Jesus’ Apostles and their legacy. (Hint: It’s Christianity) (National Geographic)
- A replica of Cambodia’s Angkor Wat temple is being built in India. (Guardian)
- Five women in religion who should be on your radar. (CNN)
- Those desiring to speak at the AAR have one week to get their proposals in. Here’s some pagan topics worth considering. (Letter From Hardscrabble Creek)
- If you can’t wait until fall to get your fill of academic lectures, Egil Asprem will be presenting on Science and Religion in April. In Amsterdam. So, uh, book your flight? (Heterodoxology)
- St. Ann’s Masonic Lodge played a significant role in the American Revolution—and its members were women. (Masonic Traveler)
- Rudolf Steiner’s esoteric teachings. (The Ethereal Kiosk)
- Bees? In my Eleusinian mysteries? It’s…well, here’s the reason. (History of the Ancient World)
- Are angels the products of lucid dreams? (Religion Dispatches)
- L. Ron Hubbard’s writings sound suspiciously like those of Aleister Crowley. Gee, wonder why. (Village Voice)
- Owen Davies’ lists his top 10 grimoires! (Guardian)
- Donald Michael Kraig asks: Is God a myth? (The Magickal Universe)
- Jason Miller replies: Nuh-uh. (Strategic Sorcery)
- Dion Fortune’s letters reveal her attempts to curtail WWII with magic. (Skylight Press)
- Hypatia Day is March 15th, why not celebrate by doing trigonometry and watching Agora? (Cherry Hill Seminary)
- Finally, most people give up meat for lent, but this church in Houston suggests its congregation give up some skin by tattooing reminders of Jesus’ suffering on their bodies. (CNN)
Photo by Fergal of Claddagh.
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Thanks for the link. I am adding Invocatio to my blogroll.
Thank you, Chas. Ive been enjoying your blog!
Sadly Agora, appears to have had very little to do with Hypatia, so stick with your math.
(Sorry I have a math credential and love Hypatia.)
Hey Cat!
Did you mean it has little to do with Hypatia, or that it is not entirely based on history?
I know the movie came under some criticism for playing loose with the evidence, but when I saw it, it was all about Hypatia. (And I cried! I’m such a suck!)
Well it was definitely playing loose with the evidence of the historical Hypatia. Guesstory would have had to be used to produce a film of such length based on the evidence we have, but even so, they guessed big time. I also detest computer generated graphics in films, they look ugly and clumsy to those of us who do not play computer games.
Exceed in subtlety.