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Alessandra Belloni is a percussionist, singer, dancer, and folklorist from the region of Apulia in southern Italy. Her art is centered on the dance indigenous to Apulia, the tarantella.


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Göbekli Tepe, in southeastern Turkey, is a site now being excavated that bridges the Paleolithic and the Neolithic. Dating back to 11,500 BCE, it is the earliest known candidate for the origins of both agriculture and institutional religion. It contains as many as 20 stone circles composed of sculpted megaliths of 10 to 50 tons each.

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I discovered a natural mysticism in childhood, though I did not understand at the time what it meant and there was no one around who I could turn to with it. Here is one example. Just now copperstewart was talking with me about the Montanists and Shakers, and brought up such deep personal memories for me ( Read more... )

Facing a difficult challenge, I don't go forward without gathering up my strength in advance. When I don't feel strong, to tell myself to be strong--to order my own strength around like a military officer--or to give myself a rousing pep talk-- may persuade me to show some bravado for a while. But ultimately it just feels fake. I don't think it ( Read more... )

Loreena McKennitt's long-awaited comeback tour, after ten years of waiting! Welcome back, lady, and thank you for one of the most memorable musical peak experiences of my life. I'm still in ecstasy. ( Concert review follows: )

This is just a look at current relations without going back over the whole history of my experience with Christianity ( Read more... )

Stone Age Female Statue Unearthed

Neolithic figurine largest ever found in Italy (ANSA) - Rome, September 11 - Archaeologists have unearthed the largest Neolithic female figurine ever found in Italy, according to a press report ( Read more... )

1. From a triangular pediment of a façade among the rocks in West Phrygia. A monument to the Great Mother set up in the wild sort of place that is sacred to Her. Dated 7th or 6th century BCE.

Bonok akananonagavos
vrekun t edatoy yos tu tutey demnoy akenanogavos aes
Materan Areyastin'Let Bonok, the keeper of monuments ( Read more... )

Hymn to the Mother of the Gods ( Read more... )