Tag: gods
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Iceland to build first temple to Norse gods since Viking age
from theguardian.com: Icelanders will soon be able to publicly worship at a shrine to Thor, Odin and Frigg with construction starting this month on the island’s first major temple to the Norse gods since the Viking age. Worship of the gods in Scandinavia gave way to Christianity around 1,000 years ago but a modern version…
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The Doors of Precession: Lunar Deities and the Sacred Landscape of the Neolithic Peoples
from themystica.org: The doors of precession were opened by our ancestors eons ago when our deepest sense of the infinite was reaffirmed through scientific observation and the belief in something much larger and more powerful than ourselves. The moon afforded our first glimpses of eternity through careful observation of its changing face. Not only did…
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Adam & Lilith: Thanatos and Resurrection of the Archetypal Goddess
The idea of the ancient goddess is a theological concept that has given rise to the nature-religious movement in the latter 20th century.
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God Endures, Even As Religion Wanes
from Futurity.org: “Americans’ attitudes toward religion are growing more complex,” says study author Tom Smith. “While fewer people identify with a particular religion, belief in God remains high.” In the United States, belief in God has ebbed over time from about 99 percent in the 1950s to about 92 percent at present. Certitude about God…
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A Critique of the Power of Positive Thinking
from Philvas: The opinion of a Christian man consists of critiquing the legendary self improvement book “Think and Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill, which was written in 1937 and inspired by Andrew Carnegie. There is very interesting content in this article, especially relating to the psyche of the elite and how they think. Is it true that…
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Death of the Phoenix: Final Act for US?
Jewish Kabbalists believe that the ancient civilization which God judged was advanced far beyond our own due to the enlightenment of its inhabitants by an extraterrestrial race of gods—those fallen angels who mated with human women in Genesis 6.