Tag Archives: pythagoras

Human Alchemy

Posted on October 19, 2022 by Nathan

The Hero’s Guide to Saving Your Kingdom, by Christopher Healy – This is an amusing take on well-known fairy tales focuses on what happens after the stories, and that it isn’t always just living happily ever after. The princes from Cinderella, … Continue reading →

Posted in Alchemy, Authors, Book Reviews, Fairy Tales, History, Humor, L. Frank Baum, Language, Magic, Maps, Mathematics, Middle Ages, Monsters, Mythology, Nursery Rhymes, Oz, Oz Authors, Philosophy, Relationships, Religion, Russian, seanan mcguire, Theosophy | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Follow the Arrow

Posted on February 27, 2022 by Nathan

Sculpture by John Raimondi Abaris the Hyperborean is one of those mysterious magicians who shows up in multiple sources, and has led to additional speculation and apocryphal stories in more recent times. He was first mentioned in Archaic Greek texts, He is … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Authors, British, Comics, Dragon Quest, Greek Mythology, Greek Philosophy, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Neil Gaiman, Philosophy, Poetry, Religion, Video Games | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Toying with the Occult

Posted on June 2, 2013 by Nathan

Ah, the Ouija Board. Who doesn’t love the idea of a means of possession by evil spirits that you can buy at Toys “R” Us? I’ve never used one myself, but I’ve heard plenty of stories of girls at sleepovers … Continue reading →

Posted in Board Games, China, Christianity, Fundamentalism, Games, Harry Potter, History, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Religion, Toys | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Damon and Pythias Are Friends

Posted on February 23, 2013 by Nathan

My mom told me before that she had wanted to name me Damon, but decided not to because of The Omen, which had come out in the year before I was born. The name of the Antichrist in that movie … Continue reading →

Posted in Greek Mythology, Mythology | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Homunculus Is By Your Side

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Nathan

One term I’ve come across in several places but haven’t been entirely sure what it means is “homunculus.” So I looked it up on Wikipedia, everyone’s favorite source for information that is probably at least partially true, and the indication … Continue reading →

Posted in Alchemy, Evolution, Genetics, Greek Philosophy, Philosophy, Science | Tagged , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Philo’s Cabinet

Posted on October 3, 2010 by Nathan

This week’s important personage in the history of religion is someone I can’t recall having learned about prior to reading about him in a book a few months ago, but what I learned about him there made me wonder why … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Historical Personages, History, Judaism, Philosophy, Religion | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 7 Comments