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E.C. Rammel

E.C. Rammel is the author of Two Is Better Than One and The Oyster and the Pearl . She holds her accreditation in English and Intercultural Studies and has worked as an instructor in numerous U.S. institutions. She is currently a freelance writer and researcher who has had articles published in papers such as The Flame.

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Pangu - The Chinese god of creation. AI image. Source: Superhero Woozie/Adobe Stock

27 March, 2024 - 13:50 beth

Pangu: Mythological Insights into the Chinese Creation Story

Pangu is a prominent figure in Chinese creation mythology. To this day, the Zhuang people sing a traditional song about Pangu creating the heavens and Earth. The origin of the Pangu myth has been...

From ancient to modern times the abominable violation of human rights has occurred. Referred today as human trafficking, it is nonetheless, a form of slavery, of human exploitation for personal or commercial gain. Source: Rick/Adobe Stock

22 September, 2023 - 15:00 beth

From Sumerian Gods to Modern Day: The Long History of Slavery and Lost Children

The recent film Sound of Freedom is a fictionalized account of the true story of Tim Ballard, a former US Department of Homeland Security agent who founded the nonprofit organization Operation...

Japanese creation god and goddess Izanagi and Izanami

10 March, 2020 - 18:39 beth

The Age of the Gods: A Japanese Creation Myth

Japanese mythology is collectively chronicled in the Kojiki , the oldest historical record written in Japan in 712 AD, and in the Nihon Shoki written in 720. As was common practice before the age of...

9 September, 2019 - 01:22 beth

Piri Reis Map - How Could a 16th Century Map Show Antarctica Without Ice?

On October 9, 1929, a German theologian named Gustav Adolf Deissmann was cataloguing items in the Topkapi Palace library in Istanbul when he happened across a curious parchment located among some...

24 March, 2015 - 02:55 beth

The Ritual behind Wishing Wells: Buying Favors and Good Fortune

The modern Western world is familiar with the concept of wishing wells, or bodies of water in which currency, most commonly in the form of coin, is tossed with the intention of making a wish. Some...

One of the giants in St Mary's church, Aldworth

10 March, 2015 - 13:42 beth

The Life and Legend of the Aldworth Giants

In the simple, tiny church of St. Mary, Aldworth there lie the nine stone statues of what have become known as the “Aldworth Giants,” a name bestowed upon them because all are over 7 feet tall and...

24 May, 2013 - 10:52 beth

One God Versus Many - A Solitary God in the Company of Many (Part 2)

The concept of the Christian Trinity is puzzling, to say the least, but what about the Jewish/Christian god’s admittance to the existence of other gods? Here are the Old Testament instances where...

23 May, 2013 - 11:35 beth

One God Versus Many - The Plurality is in the Pronoun (Part 1)

The Hebrew/Christian concept of monotheism has invaded the far corners of the earth, and many people have heard its doctrine; however, it continues to cause confusion and controversy, just as it did...

Voynich Manuscript - The Book that cannot be read

5 May, 2013 - 16:49 beth

The Enigma of the Voynich Manuscript: History or Hoax?

In 1912, a Polish-American book dealer named Wilfrid M. Voynich went to Rome on an acquisitions trip. There he happened upon a trunk that contained a rare manuscript now known as the Voynich...