Tag: Theology
The Red Shawl
In classical religious art, depictions of androgynous figures with long flowing auburn locks and wearing red robes are often mistaken erroneously as depicting men. The truth is that the colour robe has historically been used by all the Abrahamic religions as a superstitious and totemic means of preventing demons like Lilith from harming girl children, […]
The Heteria and the Pornocracy
During the height of the Roman Empire, women from a class called the Heteria – imperial concubines, essentially – kept the Legion officers company while attending the Circus Maximus. The Heteria were well educated women of class and style and were part of a subculture of the Ancient World and part of the slavery system. […]
Protected: A Brief Glimpse of Slavery and “prostitution” through the millennia
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Pest Management
My mom asked me today if a story about the D’aash destroying the Qabba – the black stone at Mecca that pious Muslims go on pilgrimage to at least once in their life as part of hajj, or the spiritual journey, prescribed by Mohammed. Wish I could say for certain. It’s interesting to note that […]
A Desk Is a Dangerous Place From Which to View the World
I am having one of those PTS/family bullshit days. It will pass, and I will be a better person for it, and that’s pretty much that. I have been reading about and Abram and the covenant that God promised the children of Hagar. Understanding Hagar and Saria and Abram really helps explain the divisions between […]
Protected: Orichulum – Musings
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