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Archive for May, 2009
Gone fishing!
Posted in About this blog on May 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sefer ha-Chinuch
Posted in Beliefs, Books, History, Religion, tagged Chinuch, Judaism on May 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
ספר החינוך
The Chinuch is a 13 th century book of interpretation of the Torah and Jewish laws. In the 19 th century Rabbeinu Yosef of Galicia wrote a commentary on the Sefer ha-Chinuch, Minchat Chinuch, also used for religious study.
New books continue to be written to update and refine interpretation of mitzvot, the Bible commandments.
You must [...]
Veggie Dag
Posted in Current events, Ecology, Ethics, tagged Veggie Day Ghent on May 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The city of Ghent in Belgium is going to have one day a week devoted to vegetarianism in an attempt to help cut carbon dioxide emissions globally; every Thursday all the eating-places in the city will serve vegetarian menus. The UN says livestock are responsible for about one fifth of global greenhouse gas emissions, so [...]
Dr Marlene Winell
Posted in Books, Science, Self-help, tagged Religious recovery, Spiritual abuse on May 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Marlene Winell PhD is a psychotherapist, psychologist, film-maker and writer of the best-selling book Leaving the Fold: A Guide for Former Fundamentalists and Others Leaving Their Religion
In my opinion, it’s all about how we live, and not what we “believe.”
~ Marlene Winell
Sophia
Posted in Art, Beliefs, History, Imagery, Religion, tagged Christian Mysticism, Eastern Othodox Church, Gnosticism, History of religion, Philosophy, Russian Orthodoxy, Sophiology on May 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Sophia is the Greek feminine metaphor for Divine wisdom and is celebrated in many legends and writings as the lowest form of the Holy Spirit, lesser than other parts of God’s ‘family’ because in legends she created the material world.
The word Sophia is Greek for ‘wisdom’: Σoφíα
In the Roman Catholic tradition, Sophia is replaced by Mary, Mother of God, celebrating feminine [...]
Dead Sea Scrolls
Posted in Beliefs, History, Places, tagged Dead Sea Scrolls, Israel on May 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Dead Sea Scrolls are a collection of ancient writings found in Qumran caves near the Dead Sea in the mid twentieth century. They include some of the oldest texts from the Hebrew Old Testament. All artifacts found in Israel belong by law to the government and are generally overseen by The Israel Antiquities Authority.
And [...]
US Interfaith National Day of Prayer
Posted in Current events, Prayer & meditation, tagged National Day of Prayer, US on May 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A federal law- with pending challenging lawsuit- designates the first Thurday in May as a National Day of Prayer in the United States.
In the US people are free to choose their religion, or adopt no religion, but in recent years the National Day of Prayer has become the platform of fundamentalist christians lead by Shirley [...]
Pandemic alters the Eucharist
Posted in Beliefs, Current events on May 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
During the recent swine flu outbreak many churches across the world have altered the Holy Communion ritual so that people do not share a cup and receive the bread in their hands not on the tongue; this is to reduce the spread of the illness and risk of a pandemic. In New Zealand the Eucharist was [...]
1552 Book of Common Prayer
Posted in Beliefs, History, Liturgy, Prayer & meditation, tagged Book of Common Prayer, Church of England, Edward VI, Henry VIII on May 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In 1534 The Act of Supremacy made King Henry VIII the Head of The Church of England, but until 1549 when Edward VI introduced the reformed prayer book of Thomas Cranmer, church services still followed the old Catholic liturgical format.
In 1552 the Book of Common Prayer was again reworked to formalise this new Protestant religion: traditional Catholic [...]
Om Mani Peme Hum
Posted in Beliefs, Prayer & meditation, tagged Tibetan Buddhism on May 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This popular Tibetan Buddhist mantra is for people who wish to develop great compassion:
Om- the exalted mind and body of the enlightened;
Mani- jewel, representing love;
Peme- lotus, representing wisdom;
Hum- the union of pure mind and actions of the enlightened.
