The last couple of weeks i had various kind of discussions on social media on religion. One person came up to me and stated that I had to read Plotinus or Iamblichus before engaging in religion. This is really arrogant…
in Ancient Hellas, Hellenic polytheism encompasses the Euleusinian mysteries, Dionysian and Orphic mysteries, but also state festivals which were different from city-state to city-state. There were temples which were considered the house of the deity or deities on Earth, shrines,…
I saw the latest Thor movie called Thor: Love and Thunder, which had a great villain. Gorr was a great villain who had understandable motivations for doing what he does and I think Kratos would be jealous and proud of…
The Theoi Project list a obscure myth where Persephone as Cura/Proserpina created mankind. Jove/Jupiter(Zeus) gave it life. There was a dispute over who would name the newly created being and They took it to Saturnus (Kronos) and he decided that…
as I watched the latest YouTube video of aliakai over why are we afraid to be pagan, something hit me. While we can have discussions on the nature of the Gods, but there is a problem between revivalists and reconstructionists.…
the notion that myth is also religion is ridiculous. Myths are stories which in a time were used to describe certain things like how the world was formed, how mankind came to be, etc….Than you have pure theological stories about…
Marx considered religion to be the opium of the masses. In a way, he is not wrong. In the time when he lived, religion was used to control and surpress the people. The church mixed with the state to form…
Onlyfans. The idea of it brings up the notion of sex work, while onlyfans is used for more than that. Its mostly known for that unfortunatly. The same for patreon. During the pandemic most sex workers went to these platforms…
Belgium has something unique in the world. It was one of the first to install a social security for all its citizens,a social security funded by the goverment, but also by the people and companies. Its one of the reasons…
I think these are valid questions that I feel are hard to explain. The reason why is that everyone wll have a different idea on what defines a god and what makes it real. You can only speak from your…