a travelogue
Photos, books, links and writing related to mythology
Everything tagged mythology
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12/14/07
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Tombs of the Grand Masters of the Knights of Malta
Nothing gets the conspiracy fan tongues wagging like the Knights of Malta (the Knights Templar might be the one exception to that rule), but in this case these are just really cool and somewhat macabre watercolor sketches of their tombs. …continue reading »
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09/20/07
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Diableries: Early Visual Media
The goal of this page is to offer a Bibliotheque of all known Stereo-Diableries. The most complete list (compiled by Denis Pellerin) I have ever seen mention 139 different Diableries, most likely part of several series since some of them …continue reading »
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08/14/07
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The New Scientist On Conspiracy Theories
The New Scientist recently published an interesting article on conspiracy theories and why we believe them. The article is locked behind a paywall, but the link above leads to a reprint (probably an illegal reprint, but hey, knowledge want to …continue reading »
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08/14/07
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Davy Crockett Almanacs
Awesome collection of 21 Crockett almanacs, all in original pictorial wraps and profusely illustrated about to go on the auction block. These are in fact the ghost written texts from which we get our legend of Davy Crockett (which naturally …continue reading »
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08/03/07
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BibliOdyssey: Buddha in the Far East
BibliOdyssey, excellent as always. Here with some amazing prints from the Oriental and Judaic Collections at the Royal Library of Denmark, which are from a book that’s “five sheets with hand-painted Buddhist figures between two covers. Chinese or Tibetan from …continue reading »
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08/03/07
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Religion and the Arts in America
Facinating essay by Camille Paglia about the role of religion in culture and art. Rather long and quite of bit of historical background, but well worth the read and generally agree with these last few paragraphs: “For the fine arts …continue reading »
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07/31/07
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Ghost Writing, Orpheus in the Guardian
Probably my favorite myth — Orpheus. From the Guardian: “This is the year of the return of Orpheus. It is 400 years ago that Monteverdi’s opera Orfeo was staged in Mantua. It was not quite the first opera, not even …continue reading »