Category Archives: Religions and Cults
Pattern in Islamic Art
I’ve been waiting for something like this to turn up: Pattern in Islamic Art is a browsable collection of 4000+ examples of art (chiefly decorative art, obviously) from across the Islamic world. Now I realise that there’s no shortage of … more…
links for 2008-01-19: Dawkins, Sheldrake
Richard Dawkins Comes to Call | TDG – Science, Magick, Myth and History Rupert Sheldrake’s encounter with Richard Dawkins adds to the suspicion that Dawkins’ “rationalism” is at least as dogmatic as religious belief (tags: Rupert-Sheldrake Richard-Dawkins paranormal telepathy religion)
links for 2008-01-18: SubGenius X-Day
Are You Abnormal? Nice, sympathetic piece on last year’s Subgenius X- Day, in Guernica magazine. (tags: subgenius religion cults Ivan-Stang “Bob”)
Get thee behind me, Santa
I’m back, and very glad to be back. I am also full of a nasty head cold, so posting is likely to be a bit underwhelming for a few days more. Illustration from Robert Anton Wilson’s exposition of the ancient … more…
Jezreel’s tower
Jezreel’s tower, Gillingham, 1907 The postcard above is from Tom Phillips’ book, The Postcard Century and shows Jezreel’s tower which was a landmark of the north Kent coast until the early 60s. I was struck first of all by the … more…
links for 2007-12-03: Pullman interview
Philip Pullman interview A longer version of an email interview with PP conducted for Christianity Today. (tags: Philip-Pullman literature religion christianity philosophy atheism)
links for 2007-11-20: indie pop, dalai lama
Twee as Fuck The annals of indie pop, which would be capitalised as Indie Pop were it not contrary to the spirit of indie pop. (via kimdotdammit) (tags: music indie-pop pitchfork) BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | Dalai Lama … more…
links for 2007-11-16: return of the god spot
Searching for God in the Brain: Scientific American Lengthier article on the MRI scanner and the Carmelite nuns, blogged previously (tags: neuroscience religion)
links for 2007-10-06: Vodou, iPhone
Vodou Brooklyn photos of vodou ceremony in Brooklyn with audio (tags: vodou ceremony Brooklyn religion) A Few Years After the Complete Collapse of the Global Economy, a Consumer Reporter Reviews the iPhone. McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: (tags: humor technology apple iPhone … more…