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Did Roman Poet Virgil Prophesy the Birth of Christ?
Samuel Palmers Pencil drawing of Eclogue IV: Thy Very Cradle Quickens (1876) (Source: wikipedia
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The Anima Mundi: Does The World Have A Soul?
In the 21st century, the dominant view of the world and universe is that it is a lifeless material object, devoid of intelligence or consciousness. This view of the world and universe conceives of it as a sort of giant clock or machine that is made up of separate parts, which move about and collide…
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When King Louis IX encountered the Real Assassin’s Creed and the Old Man of the Mountain
St Louis welcomes the envoys of The Old Man of the Mountain by Rouget, 1819 (Source: Wikipedia)
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The Colossus of Rhodes: Still a Wonder to Behold?
The Colossus of Rhodes by Salvador Dali (1954) (Source: Wikipedia)
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Beware! The Ides of March are come again…but will you take heed?
Soothsayer warning Caesar of the Ides of March by Sir John Gilbert (Source: Wikimedia Commons) ‘Beware the Ides of March’ it was said. Those were the ominous words of the soothsayer made famous by Shakespeare in his play, Julius Caesar. The Ides of March (Idus Martiae) being the 15th of March in our modern calendar. On…
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Ohthere: King Alfred’s Viking Guest from beyond the Arctic Circle
Ohthere’s Voyages (Source) It was the year 890 AD, and a windswept seafarer arrived at the court of the Anglo-Saxon King Alfred. The seafarers’ name was Ohthere, a Norwegian from the north of Norway. There he plied his trade as a merchant and walrus hunter, travelling long distances across the sea to sell his wares. The Norwegian…
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