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October 2014

October 17, 2014
Brief discussion of Rabbi Ishmael, Hekhalot Rabbati, 3 Enoch
October 17, 2014
Discussion of Isaac Luria (ha-Ari; Arizal) and Lurianic Kabbalah
October 13, 2014
Discussion of various concepts of Jewish mysticism: tzaddik (righteous/saint), sacred sexuality, silence, sacred dance, sacred space,...
October 13, 2014
Origin, nature and impact of the Zohar;  Jewish mystical concept of reincarnation (gilgul)
October 09, 2014
A conference I wish I had been able to attend.  Hopefully some of the proceedings...
October 08, 2014
Discussion of early Rabbinic accounts of Jewish mystical exegesis and practices, and Rabbinic concerns over...
October 06, 2014
Jewish proto-mysticism in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Philo
October 06, 2014
A good analysis of the concept of "second time" and "last time" in the Book...
October 03, 2014
Photos from Khiva, Uzbekistan
October 03, 2014
Discussion of apocalyptic and apocrypha; the background to different biblical versions: Hebrew Bible, Aramaic Targum,...
October 01, 2014
I finished reorganizing the recordings of lectures 1-13 from my "Mysticism and Esotericism" class, and placed...

September 2014

September 25, 2014
Or, I guess, technically, likes an article I've written.
September 23, 2014
The Hamblin/Peterson column in the Deseret News on the name Jehovah,  
September 16, 2014
A 5000 year old (probable) sacred monumental site has been discovered in Israel.  
September 14, 2014
Columns in antiquity often had a symbolic connotation of ascent into or connection with the...
September 13, 2014
Class 5: A discussion of the origins of Orphism, Pythagoreanism, and their latter impact on esotericism....
September 12, 2014
Augustus' Ara Pacis (Altar of Peace) created to honor the gods for restoring peace by...
September 11, 2014
For those who are following the videos of my class on "Mysticism and Esotericism," the...
September 10, 2014
Lecture 4 1- Origins and nature of Esotericism 2- esoteric Mystery Religions of Greece and...
September 10, 2014
Third lecture exploring different views of mysticism
September 09, 2014
Roman mural depicting of a bull (wearing crown and garlands) being brought to the sacrificial...
September 08, 2014
A discussion of the range of meanings to the term Mysticism (part 1)
September 08, 2014
Sponsored by the "Book of Mormon Archaeological Forum" (BMAF) on Saturday, 18 Oct, 2014.  For...
September 08, 2014
The closest known parallel the Book of Mormon golden plates in size, script, function and...
September 03, 2014
This is the surviving terracotta arm of an early Etruscan statue.  The arm is pre-made...
September 03, 2014
I taught the first class on Mysticism and Esotericism today, and experimented with recording it....
September 02, 2014
Early Roman (or Etruscan?) bronze lamp-stands.  One has a built in lamp, and one has...
September 01, 2014
The legend of Semiramis, queen of Assyria, has many different forms.  (Probably to be associated...
September 01, 2014
I've been watching "Hell on Wheels" on Netflix, a show about the building of the...

August 2014

August 27, 2014
This statue shows a Roman emperor Pontifex Maximus (High Priest), with veiled head in preparation for...
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