The three monkeys are Mizaru, who covers his eyes and sees no evil; Kikazaru who covers his ears to hear no evil; and Iwazaru with a hand over his mouth to speak no evil. They are symbols of the eastern Kōshin faith which is influenced by Shintō, Taoism and Buddhism and the proverb is interpreted [...]
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See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil
Posted in Art, Beliefs, tagged Kōshin, Three wise monkeys on October 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Theology The Word
Posted in Art, History, tagged theology on September 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
θεολογία
The word theology comes from two Greek words, theos meaning God and logos meaning words ( as in exchange of knowledge, ideas )
Plato in Athens used the word in The Republic in the 4 th century B.C. before the Hebrew Tanakh was translated into Greek between the 3rd and 1st centuries B.C. in Alexandria, where Greek, Jewish and Egyptian cultures [...]
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 [...]
Hieronymus Bosch, 1450-1516
Posted in Art, History, tagged Hieronymus Bosch on April 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In the 15 th century with European contemporaries such as Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, Dutch artist Hieronymus Bosch was painting unusual religious fantasies unlike the art of anyone else of his time:
In The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things the figure in the centre is Christ, the Latin inscription reads Beware, Beware, [...]
Women and The Bible
Posted in Art, Books, Organisations, People, tagged Book of Hebrews, Christians for Biblical Equality, Priscilla and Aquilla, Ruth Hoppin on April 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
‘Do not neglect to show kindness to strangers, hereby some have entertained angels unawares.’
~ Bible, Hebrews 13:2
Several religious scholars have argued Paul is not the author of the Letter to the Hebrews in the New Testament , but a compelling 1997 book ‘Priscilla’s Letter: Finding the Author of the Epistle to the Hebrews’ suggesting the [...]
Pysanka
Posted in Art, Beliefs, Customs, History, tagged Pysanky, Ukraine on April 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The egg has traditionally been a symbol of new life and rebirth in many cultures, but the Hutsul Ukrainians have a legend that the world will only continue to exist so long as Pysanky eggs are decorated: an evil serpent checks up on the number of eggs created every year, and if their numbers decrease the snake [...]
