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The Semi-Mythical Maelgwn Gwynedd Pt 4
Do I get a prize? :)
JoHarrington, on 05/10/2014
The Semi-Mythical Maelgwn Gwynedd Pt 4
Three times: so your karma is paid up!
frankbeswick, on 05/10/2014
Sandman: The Kindly Ones by Neil Gaiman
Interestingly, I know you yet I have this belief that I actually have almost no sense of what the story is actually about. Like I didn't read past the intro on this, and the most that was given away was in reading bits of other articles of yours ...
Ember, on 05/10/2014
The Semi-Mythical Maelgwn Gwynedd Pt 4
I reckon those of us who've read Gildas from start to finish most definitely deserve the harp music. I read him for Uni back in the early 90s and promised I'd never do that to myself again. I've read him start to finish THREE TIMES for these ...
JoHarrington, on 05/10/2014
Sandman: The Kindly Ones by Neil Gaiman
Woot! Remember that any feedback other than you love is wrong. No pressure!
Stop thinking! I was drunk the first time I picked it up. But Doll's House was still fabulous when I was sober. Plus you get to tick off all of the WCTD references. ...
JoHarrington, on 05/10/2014
A Christian's Guide to Witchcraft and Wicca
Frank - I'll include anyone and everyone into the Pagan family, including your lot. :)
Incidentally, just in case anyone reading doesn't know, Pagan comes from the Latin Paganus, which simply means villager or commoner. The chiefs, kings etc ...
JoHarrington, on 05/10/2014
Miombo Genets (Genetta angolensis) of Angola, Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe
It's so very interesting how markings on an animal's body tell us things about its behavior, as here the stripes and spots and the stench. Also how these markings are often evolutionary. I read this spring about how zebras' stripes keep tsetse ...
Mira, on 05/10/2014
A Christian's Guide to Witchcraft and Wicca
VioletteRose - You're well ahead of me, I've not read any of them, and I'm not proud of that.
Though it does occur to me that half the songs on The Matrix soundtrack were in Sankrit and quoting the Vedas. And by 'occur', I mean, can you help ...
JoHarrington, on 05/10/2014
The Semi-Mythical Maelgwn Gwynedd Pt 4
I have a collection of cds of Celtic harp music, [mainly Scots and Irish] but now you have shown me some that I have not heard before, so thanks.The harp is my favourite instrument, as you might have guessed. I know that you want Christians to ...
frankbeswick, on 05/10/2014
Sandman: The Kindly Ones by Neil Gaiman
I am reading Dollhouse tonight.
Weirdly enough I decided it two days ago. And I decided it was right, because I'll be home from work before anyone else tonight, so the house'll be quiet, and I'll have the afternoon free...so yeah. Reading the ...
Ember, on 05/10/2014
A Christian's Guide to Witchcraft and Wicca
Would you include Buddhism in the pagan family, as Buddhists accept that there are higher beings,but do not make them central compared to Buddhas and Boddhisattvas?
frankbeswick, on 05/10/2014
A Christian's Guide to Witchcraft and Wicca
The Indo-European language family, to which Sanskrit, Greek, Latin and others [not Dravidian] belong probably originated in West Asia. Some groups, speaking Greek and Latin or relatives thereof went West to Europe, but others went East, and ...
frankbeswick, on 05/10/2014
A Christian's Guide to Witchcraft and Wicca
Thanks for explaining frank :) I didn't know that Sanskrit is related to Latin and Greek. Do you think these languages sound similar, or do they have anything in common related to their origin? I can understand many words in Sanskrit, but that ...
VioletteRose, on 05/10/2014
A Christian's Guide to Witchcraft and Wicca
The Vedas are quite old, and are a collection of ancient hymns and reflections on sacrifice and human nature. The Upanishads are more philosophical and are younger than the Vedas. It is from them that the doctrines of the vedanta developed. I ...
frankbeswick, on 05/10/2014
A Christian's Guide to Witchcraft and Wicca
Interesting about Paganism and Hinduism :) My knowledge about the vedas is very shallow. It is so vast and difficult to grasp, and there are not many who can explain things to me. Even if I want to learn, it may take several years, or maybe a ...
VioletteRose, on 05/10/2014