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"A mountain temple, Senyuji stands out for having had its main image carved by a woman. The figure of the thousand-armed Kannon was carved in the seventh century by a young woman, who is supposed to have prostrated herself after every cut of the knife. Several of the temples where the main image was carved by the Daishi also claim this kind of ( Read more... )

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Please fill in the blanks:

• a) name of deity
• b) title/attribute of this deity (i.e. "horse goddess", "sky god", "red-head hottie")
• c) your name, pseudonym, or identifying category (i.e. "MJD" or "A child of the Earth")
• d) Mythological feat by this deity
• e) Cosmological place of this deity

If anyone is following along in my Liturgy Journal, the past two weeks are now available.

But livin' in the briar patch ain't what it appears
Sooner or later you've gotta face your fears
I heard it from the parrot verbalizin' in the tree
I heard it in the song line of the aborigone.

Seems like everyone knows it but me, ya know? *grins*

Then again, the "fears" aren't really what I'm worried about, here in the briar patch.

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The vision started with a blending and bending. The Trilathon stood at the center of my vision, the world around it swirling and yet stationary.

To the right of the gate stood the Earth Mother, beautiful to behold, smiling gently, adorned in reds and browns. I was astounded to realise that I had never in my life looked at the Earth Mother, through ( Read more... )

Ladies and gentlemen:

I mentioned that I found an inscription relating to Esus recently. Well, PICTURES!

They're on my "About Esus" page that I've built (Quick Link to the spot on the page).

If you just want to look at the pictures I found, and don't care about what I think about them, then they're here:

Pic 1
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Pic 3What really catches my ( Read more... )

I was startled, when reading an article called "Lucan's Caesar and the Sacred Grove: Deforestation and Enlightenment in Antiquity" that describes the episode of desecration of the sacred grove by Caesar and what it means. Kinda cool article, and some copies will likely be made for a few people. What startled me, though, was that it referenced me to ( Read more... )