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The Mithraic Mysteries and the underground chamber of San Clemente
Prior to the adoption of Christianity as its official religion at the end of the 3 rd century AD, the Roman ... policy was one of tolerance. Along with the official Roman religion, other religions were allowed to be practised. ...
dhwty - 08/07/2018 - 22:32
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How the 1,000-Year-Old Mystery of the Druze People’s Origin Was Solved
... around 1m Druze people in the world today, whose secretive religion was developed in 986 AD as a movement within Islam. While the spiritual elements of their religion are highly guarded and known only to the elders, the ...
ancient-origins - 17/11/2016 - 03:46
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Hieroglyphics Deciphering The Origin Of The One God
... but the sense was religious, not originally ethnical; and religion does not determine race any more than language does in later ages of the world. There was a religion of the god ІU or IAO in Egypt 13,000 years ago. ...
Calumy - 25/05/2020 - 19:10
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The Hindu sacred texts about human origins
... from a single founder) making it the oldest practised religion, closely related to that of Jainism, Sikhism, and ...
aprilholloway - 30/01/2013 - 21:31
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The Ancient Mysteries: A Sourcebook of Sacred Texts
Zeus and the other gods of shining Olympus were in reality divine only by popular consent. Over the course of time Olympian luster diminished in favor of religious experiences more immediate to the concerns of people living in an increasingly cosmopolitan ancient world.
ancient-origins - 13/10/2016 - 21:45
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Tricking and Treating Has a Long History
... with the spooky and scary. As a scholar of myth and religion in popular culture, I look at Halloween with ... with the spooky and scary. As a scholar of myth and religion in popular culture, I look at Halloween with ... Halloween have origins in the pre-Christian, or pagan, religion of the Celts , the original inhabitants of the ...
ancient-origins - 31/10/2017 - 17:57
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Sweetheart Abbey, a Shrine to a Beautiful Scottish Love Story
... for a widow’s life-long devotion to her dead husband Religion and War: The Foundation of Sweetheart Abbey The ...
Ed Whelan - 27/05/2020 - 01:47
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The Origins of the Mithraic Mysteries: Cosmology and Salvation in the Ancient World
... most remarkable of these was the ancient Roman "mystery religion" of Mithraism. Like the other "mystery cults" of ... that the iconography somehow derived from ancient Iranian religion. In this groundbreaking work, David Ulansey offers a ...
ancient-origins - 10/10/2020 - 00:26
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Evidence of The Great Flood – Real or a Myth? Part II
The story of a “Great Flood” is a widespread account shared by many religions and cultures around the world, and dates back to our earliest recorded history. From India to ancient Greece, Mesopotamia and even among North American Indian tribes, there is no shortage of such tales that often enough sound very much alike. Some of these stories truly sound so similar that one could wonder whether all cultures around the planet had experienced such an event.
Christos Djonis - 14/02/2016 - 01:11
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The History of the Devil and the Idea of Evil: From the Earliest Times to the Present Day
... to Islam, as well as many more, Carus analyses each religion in turn to expose their views of the devil and where ... a forum for the discussion of philosophy, science, and religion, and to make philosophical classics widely available ...
ancient-origins - 11/11/2016 - 17:17
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Abraham's God: The Origin and History of the Beliefs of Jews, Christians, and Muslims
... Christianity, and Islam. "Abraham's God" is not a book of religion for the religious, but for anyone attempting to ...
ancient-origins - 20/12/2019 - 23:15
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From Pagan To Christian To Islam, Religious Wars In Ancient Sudan
A change in religion more often than not, leads to bloodshed and war as ... and queens take up arms to defend them. A change in religion more often than not, leads to bloodshed and war as ... The history of Sudan has seen the Nubians defend their religion first against the Romans, but the pagan gods were no ...
micki pistorius - 21/10/2022 - 17:12
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Underground Cities Around the World – Myths and Reality
Underground structures, and sometimes even entire cities, have always been part of myths and religions around the world. While a few of these have been discovered, most of them have not. Alongside these stories about underground cities, there are also tales of underground networks and tunnels connecting different locations, or even countries, sometimes extending for many miles.
Joanna Gillan - 27/08/2022 - 01:56
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What did Cherry of Zennor See That Altered Her Reality and Shaped Ours? The Deeper Meanings of Faerie Folklore
... and interactions. As such, it can take many forms: fables, religion and folklore, but also formal philosophical systems ...
nrushton - 18/10/2017 - 15:28
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The Roots Of Modern Science In Ancient Kemetic Egypt
In the modern Western world, science and religion have changed places in terms of which is regarded as ... a fantasy’. In the modern Western world, science and religion have changed places in terms of which is regarded as ... is most likely ‘just a fantasy’. In Medieval times religion was considered the true fundamental reality and ...
Dr Edward Bruce Bynum - 22/09/2021 - 17:18
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Hinduism and Buddhism: An Historical Sketch
... mind finds its favorite occupation and full expression in religion. This quality is geographical rather than racial, ... welcomed by all who are concerned with Hindu and Buddhist religion and thought. Hinduism and Buddhism: An Historical ...
ancient-origins - 01/02/2020 - 01:14
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Numerous Statues of Sekhmet, The Lioness Goddess of War, Unearthed in Egypt
... Significance of the Goddess Sekhmet in Ancient Egyptian Religion The lion-headed goddess Sekhmet , also known as ...
Theodoros Karasavvas - 12/12/2016 - 21:49
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Initiation to Secrecy: Unravelling the Truth Behind Mystery Schools
... – that had a lot of influence inside many mystery religion societies during the Renaissance – states: “He ... think that anyone could learn not only the principles of religion and of the spiritual doctrines, but also philosophy, ... eastern Turkey: this is the most ancient mystery school religion sanctuary ever known, already functioning over ...
Nicola Bizzi - 21/04/2020 - 19:01
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Veles and Perun: The Legendary Battle of Two Slavic Gods
Veles and Perun are two deities found in the religion of the Slavs prior to the coming of Christianity. ... to the Greeks and Romans, however, the deities in the religion of the pre-Christian Slavs are generally less ... as a result of the influence of Christianity. When the new religion really caught on, Veles underwent another ...
dhwty - 24/03/2016 - 13:49
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Slave Species of the Gods
... a different perspective than that set out by mainstream religion. And that way may not be to think of Gods as supreme ...
johnblack - 25/05/2014 - 03:20