Tag Archives: Religion

1793: With Jocund Music Charm his Ear

Posted on August 18, 2017 by corvusfugit

Henry Fuseli: The Shepherd’s Dream, from “Paradise Lost” (1793) The “shepherd’s dream” in Paradise Lost (1667) is an extended simile that Milton uses at the end of Book I after Satan and his fallen angels have lost in their first … Continue reading →

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1933: The Very Ideology to which it Owes its Origin

Posted on August 13, 2017 by corvusfugit

Wilhelm Reich on the connections among repression, sexual guilt (indoctrinated into children and adolescents through the family), patriarchy, capitalism, fascism, violent religious fanaticism, the construction of the other, and imperialism: The patriarchal authoritarian sexual order…becomes the primary basis of authoritarian … Continue reading →

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2.2 mya: Matsya and the Asura Hayagriva

Posted on August 13, 2017 by corvusfugit

In Hindu mythology, there are four historical eras, yugas,  that repeat in a cycle; the first of these is the Satya Yuga, followed by the Treta Yuga, the Dvapara Yuga, and, finally, the Kali Yuga. We are presently in a … Continue reading →

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945 BC: Shine Thou with Thy Beams of Light

Posted on August 13, 2017 by corvusfugit

A HYMN OF PRAISE TO RĀ WHEN HE RISETH IN THE EASTERN PART OF HEAVEN. Those who are in his train rejoice, and lo! Osiris Aāi victorious, saith: “Hail, thou Disk, thou lord of rays, who risest on the horizon … Continue reading →

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1650: Very Tempting

Posted on August 12, 2017 by corvusfugit

Joos van Craesbeeck: The Temptation of St Anthony (c. 1650)

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1494: The Poisoning of Pico della Mirandola

Posted on August 12, 2017 by corvusfugit

     The brilliant and audacious Humanist philosopher Pico della Mirandola died under mysterious circumstances at the age of 31. His life had been exceptional. A child prodigy who had left home at fourteen to study church law, Pico turned to … Continue reading →

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1776: The Resurrection of the Universal Friend

Posted on August 12, 2017 by corvusfugit

Born in Rhode Island in 1752, Jemima Wilkinson would become, at the age of 25, the first American-born woman to found a religious group—following what she claimed was her death and resurrection. She abandoned her birth name, asked to be … Continue reading →

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1840: The End of the World

Posted on August 7, 2017 by corvusfugit

“Der Götter und Riesenkampff bey dem Weltuntergang” [The Gods and the Great Battle at the Apocalypse]; illustration from The World Theater, or The Universal World History From Creation To The Year 1840, etc. by C Strahlheim (1834-41).

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1889: Fallen Angel

Posted on August 6, 2017 by corvusfugit

James Ensor: The Expulsion of the Fallen Angel (1889)

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1894: Ministered to by Angels

Posted on July 31, 2017 by corvusfugit

James Tissot: Jesus Ministered to by Angels (1886-1894)

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