7_Mary Unveils the Apocalypse: Ephesus
Taking Mary’s cue, and our knowledge gained from archaeological findings of the ancient churches of Asia, we proceed to discover the identity of today’s Apocalyptic “Church of Ephesus.” The city of the virgin goddess Artemis-Diana is confronted by the Virgin Mother of God. The symbols employed in the seven letters are used throughout the Book of Revelation. This discussion proposes, among other things, the identity of “the First Love” and of the “Nicolaitians”.
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8_Mary Unveils the Apocalypse: Pergamum
Taking Mary’s cue, and our knowledge gained from archaeological findings of the ancient churches of Asia, we proceed to discover the identity of today’s Apocalyptic “Church of Pergamum.” Here we will discover Communism “where Satan has his throne” and how the sin of Balaam is perpetrated today, and how Hitler used the altar of Pergamum as the model for his “pulpit” to preach the Final Solution and all the ideals of Nazism.
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00:02:14 1 Plato's dialogues
00:02:23 1.1 iTimaeus/i
00:04:50 1.2 iCritias/i
00:09:22 2 Interpretations
00:09:31 2.1 Ancient
00:14:38 2.2 Jewish and Christian
00:17:18 2.3 Modern
00:19:21 2.3.1 Atlantis pseudohistory
00:19:30 2.3.1.1 Early influential literature
00:20:18 2.3.1.2 Impact of Mayanism
00:22:27 2.3.1.3 Ignatius Donnelly
00:23:35 2.3.1.4 Madame Blavatsky and the Theosophists
00:25:09 2.3.1.5 Nazism and occultism
00:26:38 2.3.1.6 Edgar Cayce
00:27:35 2.3.2 Recent times
00:29:31 3 Location hypotheses
00:30:25 3.1 In or near the Mediterranean Sea
00:32:16 3.2 In the Atlantic Ocean
00:33:30 3.3 In Europe
00:35:27 3.4 Other locations
00:36:05 4 Literary interpretations
00:36:14 4.1 Ancient versions
00:38:23 4.2 Utopias and dystopias
00:42:41 4.3 A land lost in the distance
00:44:22 4.4 Epic narratives
00:46:59 5 Artistic representations
00:47:09 5.1 Music
00:48:02 5.2 Painting and sculpture
00:50:43 6 See also
00:51:06 7 Notes
00:51:15 8 Further reading
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Atlantis (Ancient Greek: Ἀτλαντὶς νῆσος, island of Atlas) is a fictional island mentioned within an allegory on the hubris of nations in Plato's works Timaeus and Critias, where it represents the antagonist naval power that besieges Ancient Athens, the pseudo-historic embodiment of Plato's ideal state in The Republic. In the story, Athens repels the Atlantean attack unlike any other nation of the known world, supposedly giving testament to the superiority of Plato's concept of a state. The story concludes with Atlantis falling out of favor with the deities and submerging into the Atlantic Ocean.
Despite its minor importance in Plato's work, the Atlantis story has had a considerable impact on literature. The allegorical aspect of Atlantis was taken up in utopian works of several Renaissance writers, such as Francis Bacon's New Atlantis and Thomas More's Utopia. On the other hand, nineteenth-century amateur scholars misinterpreted Plato's narrative as historical tradition, most notably in Ignatius L. Donnelly's Atlantis: The Antediluvian World. Plato's vague indications of the time of the events—more than 9,000 years before his time—and the alleged location of Atlantis—beyond the Pillars of Hercules—has led to much pseudoscientific speculation. As a consequence, Atlantis has become a byword for any and all supposed advanced prehistoric lost civilizations and continues to inspire contemporary fiction, from comic books to films.
While present-day philologists and classicists agree on the story's fictional character, there is still debate on what served as its inspiration. As for instance with the story of Gyges, Plato is known to have freely borrowed some of his allegories and metaphors from older traditions. This led a number of scholars to investigate possible inspiration of Atlantis from Egyptian records of the Thera eruption, the Sea Peoples invasion, or the Trojan War. Others have rejected this chain of tradition as implausible and insist that Plato created an entirely fictional nation as his example, drawing loose inspiration from contemporary events such as the failed Athenian invasion of Sicily in 415–413 BC or the destruction of Helike in 373 BC.
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The Assyrian Legacy in the Cradle of Civilization
Amir Harrak from the University of Toronto presented The Neo-Assyrian Winged Bulls and their Origins. Christopher Woods from the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago discussed Mesopotamian literature in general and the preservation of the Gilgamesh Epic. Simo Parpola from the University of Helsinki discussed Assyria after the collapse of the Empire and the impact of Assyrian statecraft, religion and visual arts on the ancient and modern world. First of three sessions in a daylong symposium.
Speaker Biography: Amir Harrak is an associate professor in the University of Toronto's department of Near and Middle Eastern civilizations.
Speaker Biography: Christopher Woods is an associate professor of Sumerian at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago.
Speaker Biography: Simo Parpol is a professor emeritus of Assyriology at the University of Helsinki.
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In Dostoevsky’s classic novel, titled: The Idiot, the central character, a young Russian prince, looks at a dead body and asks: “Where has he gone?” A simple but profound question. This is of course the question of the ages.
It was Job’s question in the midst of his torment: If a man dies, shall he live again?” At some point, this question tugs at the heart of every man, woman, and child. Perhaps because, as the Preacher in Ecclesiastes puts it: God has placed eternity in our hearts.
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Icon | Wikipedia audio article
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00:01:50 1 History
00:01:59 1.1 Emergence of the icon
00:09:01 1.2 Theodosius to Justinian
00:11:26 1.3 Luke's portrait of Mary
00:14:09 1.4 Iconoclast period
00:16:34 2 Acheiropoieta
00:17:37 3 Stylistic developments
00:20:54 4 Symbolism
00:22:08 5 Miracles
00:23:17 6 Eastern Orthodox teaching
00:28:17 7 Icon painting tradition by region
00:28:28 7.1 Eastern Roman Empire
00:30:45 7.2 Crete
00:31:52 7.3 Russia
00:33:55 7.4 Romania
00:34:31 7.5 Egypt and Ethiopia
00:35:04 8 Western Christianity
00:36:55 8.1 Catholic Church view
00:37:50 8.2 Lutheran view
00:40:07 9 See also
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- Socrates
SUMMARY
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An icon (from the Greek εἰκών eikōn image, resemblance) is a religious work of art, most commonly a painting, in the cultures of the Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodoxy, the Roman Catholic, and certain Eastern Catholic churches. The most common subjects include Christ, Mary, saints and angels. Though especially associated with portrait style images concentrating on one or two main figures, the term also covers most religious images in a variety of artistic media produced by Eastern Christianity, including narrative scenes.
Icons may also be cast in metal, carved in stone, embroidered on cloth, painted on wood, done in mosaic or fresco work, printed on paper or metal, etc. Comparable images from Western Christianity are generally not classified as icons, although iconic may be used to describe a static style of devotional image.
Eastern Orthodox tradition holds that the production of Christian images dates back to the very early days of Christianity, and that it has been a continuous tradition since then. Modern academic art history considers that, while images may have existed earlier, the tradition can be traced back only as far as the 3rd century, and that the images which survive from Early Christian art often differ greatly from later ones. The icons of later centuries can be linked, often closely, to images from the 5th century onwards, though very few of these survive. Widespread destruction of images occurred during the Byzantine Iconoclasm of 726-842, although this did settle permanently the question of the appropriateness of images. Since then icons have had a great continuity of style and subject; far greater than in the images of the Western church. At the same time there has been change and development.
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Three Short Works
Gustave FLAUBERT
Here is a collection of strikingly different pieces by Flaubert: a prose poem in the voices of Death, Satan and Nero; the trials and apotheosis of a medieval saint; and the life of a selfless maid in 19th century France. Each exhibits the vigorous exactness, and the mixture of realism and romanticism, for which Flaubert is renowned.
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Icon
00:01:49 1 History
00:01:57 1.1 Emergence of the icon
00:09:00 1.2 Theodosius to Justinian
00:11:23 1.3 Luke's portrait of Mary
00:14:07 1.4 Iconoclast period
00:16:30 2 Acheiropoieta
00:17:32 3 Stylistic developments
00:20:48 4 Symbolism
00:22:01 5 Miracles
00:23:10 6 Eastern Orthodox teaching
00:28:09 7 Icon painting tradition by region
00:28:19 7.1 Eastern Roman Empire
00:30:36 7.2 Crete
00:31:41 7.3 Russia
00:33:45 7.4 Romania
00:34:20 7.5 Egypt and Ethiopia
00:34:53 8 Western Christianity
00:36:43 8.1 Catholic Church view
00:37:38 8.2 Lutheran view
00:39:54 9 See also
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
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An icon (from Greek εἰκών eikōn image) is a religious work of art, most commonly a painting, in the cultures of the Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodoxy, the Roman Catholic, and certain Eastern Catholic churches. The most common subjects include Christ, Mary, saints and angels. Though especially associated with portrait style images concentrating on one or two main figures, the term also covers most religious images in a variety of artistic media produced by Eastern Christianity, including narrative scenes.
Icons may also be cast in metal, carved in stone, embroidered on cloth, painted on wood, done in mosaic or fresco work, printed on paper or metal, etc. Comparable images from Western Christianity are generally not classified as icons, although iconic may be used to describe a static style of devotional image.
Eastern Orthodox tradition holds that the production of Christian images dates back to the very early days of Christianity, and that it has been a continuous tradition since then. Modern academic art history considers that, while images may have existed earlier, the tradition can be traced back only as far as the 3rd century, and that the images which survive from Early Christian art often differ greatly from later ones. The icons of later centuries can be linked, often closely, to images from the 5th century onwards, though very few of these survive. Widespread destruction of images occurred during the Byzantine Iconoclasm of 726-842, although this did settle permanently the question of the appropriateness of images. Since then icons have had a great continuity of style and subject; far greater than in the images of the Western church. At the same time there has been change and development.
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
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An icon (from Greek εἰκών eikōn image) is a religious work of art, most commonly a painting, in the cultures of the Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodoxy, the Roman Catholic, and certain Eastern Catholic churches. The most common subjects include Christ, Mary, saints and angels. Though especially associated with portrait style images concentrating on one or two main figures, the term also covers most religious images in a variety of artistic media produced by Eastern Christianity, including narrative scenes.
Icons may also be cast in metal, carved in stone, embroidered on cloth, painted on wood, done in mosaic or fresco work, printed on paper or metal, etc. Comparable images from Western Christianity are generally not classified as icons, although iconic may be used to describe a static style of devotional image.
Eastern Orthodox tradition holds that the production of Christian images dates back to the very early days of Christianity, and that it has been a continuous tradition since then. Modern academic art history considers that, while images may have existed earlier, the tradition can be traced back only as far as the 3rd century, and that the images which survive from Early Christian art often differ greatly from later ones. The icons of later centuries can be linked, often closely, to images from the 5th century onwards, though very few of these survive. Widespread destruction of images occurred during the Byzantine Iconoclasm of 726-842, although this did settle permanently the question of the appropriateness of images. Since then icons have had a great continuity of style and subject; far greater than in the images of the Western church. At the same time there has been change and development.
Achaemenid Empire | Wikipedia audio article
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Achaemenid Empire
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The Achaemenid Empire (; ????????????, Xšassa (Old Persian) The Empire c. 550–330 BC), also called the First Persian Empire, was an empire based in Western Asia founded by Cyrus the Great. Ranging at its greatest extent from the Balkans and Eastern Europe proper in the west to the Indus Valley in the east, it was larger than any previous empire in history, spanning 5.5 million square kilometers. Incorporating various peoples of different origins and faiths, it is notable for its successful model of a centralised, bureaucratic administration (through satraps under the King of Kings), for building infrastructure such as road systems and a postal system, the use of an official language across its territories, and the development of civil services and a large professional army. The empire's successes inspired similar systems in later empires.By the 7th century BC, the Persians had settled in the south-western portion of the Iranian Plateau in the region of Persis, which came to be their heartland. From this region, Cyrus the Great advanced to defeat the Medes, Lydia, and the Neo-Babylonian Empire, establishing the Achaemenid Empire. Alexander the Great, an avid admirer of Cyrus the Great, conquered most of the empire by 330 BC. Upon Alexander's death, most of the empire's former territory came under the rule of the Ptolemaic Kingdom and Seleucid Empire, in addition to other minor territories which gained independence at that time. The Iranian elites of the central plateau reclaimed power by the second century BC under the Parthian Empire.The Achaemenid Empire is noted in Western history as the antagonist of the Greek city-states during the Greco-Persian Wars and for the emancipation of the Jewish exiles in Babylon. The historical mark of the empire went far beyond its territorial and military influences and included cultural, social, technological and religious influences as well. Despite the lasting conflict between the two states, many Athenians adopted Achaemenid customs in their daily lives in a reciprocal cultural exchange, some being employed by or allied to the Persian kings. The impact of Cyrus's edict is mentioned in Judeo-Christian texts, and the empire was instrumental in the spread of Zoroastrianism as far east as China. The empire also set the tone for the politics, heritage and history of Iran (also officially known as Persia).
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