paganism

"I have devoted gigantic efforts to restore what is declining" -Julianvs II, Emperor of the Roman Empire "Tell the emperor that my hall has fallen to the ground. Phoibos no longer has his house, nor his mantic bay, nor his prophetic spring; the water has dried up." -the Pythia Chapter I...

Today there are only four religions whose faithful exceed 1% of the world's population: Christianity, Islam, Buddhism and Hinduism(and arguably a fifth, if we include the nebulously defined Chinese religious/philosophical traditions). And of those four/five, Christianity and Islam have a...

I've seen discussion on HOW a Hellenistic/Greek Arabia would come about, the main theory being Alexander the Great conquers Arabia. But, what would this Hellenistic Arabia look like? What would the ramifications be of a Hellenized Arabia? Would a Hellenized Arabia stop Islam? Could the Arabs...

Don't you just find it amusing when you encounter something made unintentionally hilarious by shoddy research? I was pudding around the internet when I ran into this Creepypasta: http://www.creepypasta.com/the-carpathian-carver/ I just find it so funny that the author did enough historic...

So I just returned from my trip to see the Kaaba and its 360 idols. The statue of the golden-handed Hubal was truly breath-taking. During the tour of the temple though our tour-guide mentioned that all of these rich artworks and holy sites came close to being lost in the 7th century when a...