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#TempleThursday is a themed hashtag for posts about religion. All aspects of belief, unbelief, heresy, orthodoxy, spirituality, etc. No politics. The Well at the World's End Joined June 2022-
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In 1419 a Ming treasure voyage returned to China with a qilin (or Kirin), a symbol of prosperity and Heaven's blessings. The Yongle Emperor downplayed this for two reasons: he did not want an excess of gifts, and because he likely knew it was a giraffe. #TempleThursday 🖼️ S. Du
'The Nanjing Jingjue mosque ... dates back to Hongwu Ming Dynasty. It is the most time-honoured mosque in Nanjing ...' It was founded in the 1430s, but destroyed and rebuilt many times. The gateway is original to the Ming era. #TempleThursday muslim2china.com/china-mosques/…
#templethursday #bookchatweekly 'Deep in the mountain, the road bends — I see peach blossoms. But the sun will soon set; I hurry my horse onward Oh, I would stop time if I could, with my jade-handled whip. Once again, I carry the sadness of spring, all the way to the edge of…
On 2 May, #TempleThursday has the theme of the Ming Dynasty. They ruled China from 1368-1644, and were influential for long afterwards. The religions of China - in the arts, literature and government - were a key part of this history.
In Japanese myth, when the sun goddess Amaterasu retreats into a cave, depriving the world of sunlight, the other deities work together to coax her out. The goddess Ama-no-Uzume dances seductively, luring her out & distracting her while the others close the cave. #MythologyMonday
DREAMS #FolkyFriday @folkyfriday The Norse took dreams quite seriously. While they acknowledged that some dreams were random and meaningless (and called them draumskrok, (“dream-nonsense”), other dreams were held to possess enormous significance. Dreams could sometimes foretell…
Nymphs and fauns, thank you so much for your bloomin' marvelous #FolkyFriday tweets! Like snowdrops come spring, we will return on 26/4 for our next theme, "Dreams and Nightmares" in celebration of #StMarksEve and #StMarksDay - as your nocturnal premonitions foretold! #divination
#BookologyThursday "It snowed last year too: I made a snowman and my brother knocked it down and I knocked my brother down and then we had tea ..." Dylan Thomas - A Child's Christmas in Wales 🎨Peter Bailey
#TempleThursday @templethursday Visions The Miracle of Fatima, also known as the "Miracle of the Sun", happened between May and October of 1917. Three shepherd children, Lucia Santos and her cousins Jacinta and Francisco Marto, reported visions of a luminous lady believed to be…
#TempleThursday @templethursday Odin was a master of seiðr. Seiðr was a magical, ritual practice involving chanting, drumming and seeing into the future or speaking with the dead. He could fall into an ecstatic trance and send out his soul, allowing him to travel through all…
For #TempleThursday's theme of visions, I've always liked those of Jacob's Ladder to heaven (like the Tower of Babel!) and Ezekiel's description of the residents of heaven as a "wheel within wheels" or "wheels within a wheel". It sounds so #scifi to me, like the illustration⏬
The poet & engraver #WilliamBlake claimed to see visions throughout his life. As an apprentice working in Westminster Abbey, he saw Christ & his apostles with a great procession of monks & priests. He also once saw Satan on the stairs of his London home. #TempleThursday #folklore
Today is #StMarksEve, a famous night for #divination. Among other things it was thought that holding a vigil in a church porch from 11pm-1am would reveal the identities of those due to die over the coming year, as their ghosts would enter the churchyard. #TempleThursday #folklore
#TempleThursday Joan of Arc (c. 1412-1431) heard voices and had visions of angels & saints whom she believed to be Sts Michael, Catherine & Margaret. She said it was God’s divine intervention directing her to lead the French Army to victory over the English. 🖼️ Diogène Maillart.
A solar eclipse on February 12, 1831 turned into a vision for Nat Turner, who saw it as a black man's hand overtaking the sun, reaching for freedom. Inspired by this holy vision, on August 21 of that year he launched a spiritually-inspired rebellion. #TempleThursday 🖼️ BB Shahn
#TempleThursday “It is only through shadows that one comes to know the light.” –St. Catherine of Siena St Catherine of Siena, a Doctor of the Church and legendary medieval mystic whose divine visions were described as mystical ecstasies. 🎨 Alesandro Franchi.
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#BookologyThursday "Humans, eh? Think they're lords of creation. Not like us cats. We know we are. Ever see a cat feed a human? Case proven ..." The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents - Terry Pratchett
In 1419 a Ming treasure voyage returned to China with a qilin (or Kirin), a symbol of prosperity and Heaven's blessings. The Yongle Emperor downplayed this for two reasons: he did not want an excess of gifts, and because he likely knew it was a giraffe. #TempleThursday 🖼️ S. Du
'The Nanjing Jingjue mosque ... dates back to Hongwu Ming Dynasty. It is the most time-honoured mosque in Nanjing ...' It was founded in the 1430s, but destroyed and rebuilt many times. The gateway is original to the Ming era. #TempleThursday muslim2china.com/china-mosques/…
#templethursday #bookchatweekly 'Deep in the mountain, the road bends — I see peach blossoms. But the sun will soon set; I hurry my horse onward Oh, I would stop time if I could, with my jade-handled whip. Once again, I carry the sadness of spring, all the way to the edge of…
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@david_castleton @AndreaCheetham One of the great Gnostic visionaries of his age. Ahead of his time doesn't even begin to cut it. Out of his time more like!
#TempleThursday @templethursday Visions The Miracle of Fatima, also known as the "Miracle of the Sun", happened between May and October of 1917. Three shepherd children, Lucia Santos and her cousins Jacinta and Francisco Marto, reported visions of a luminous lady believed to be…
#TempleThursday @templethursday Odin was a master of seiðr. Seiðr was a magical, ritual practice involving chanting, drumming and seeing into the future or speaking with the dead. He could fall into an ecstatic trance and send out his soul, allowing him to travel through all…
For #TempleThursday's theme of visions, I've always liked those of Jacob's Ladder to heaven (like the Tower of Babel!) and Ezekiel's description of the residents of heaven as a "wheel within wheels" or "wheels within a wheel". It sounds so #scifi to me, like the illustration⏬
The poet & engraver #WilliamBlake claimed to see visions throughout his life. As an apprentice working in Westminster Abbey, he saw Christ & his apostles with a great procession of monks & priests. He also once saw Satan on the stairs of his London home. #TempleThursday #folklore
Today is #StMarksEve, a famous night for #divination. Among other things it was thought that holding a vigil in a church porch from 11pm-1am would reveal the identities of those due to die over the coming year, as their ghosts would enter the churchyard. #TempleThursday #folklore
#TempleThursday Joan of Arc (c. 1412-1431) heard voices and had visions of angels & saints whom she believed to be Sts Michael, Catherine & Margaret. She said it was God’s divine intervention directing her to lead the French Army to victory over the English. 🖼️ Diogène Maillart.
A solar eclipse on February 12, 1831 turned into a vision for Nat Turner, who saw it as a black man's hand overtaking the sun, reaching for freedom. Inspired by this holy vision, on August 21 of that year he launched a spiritually-inspired rebellion. #TempleThursday 🖼️ BB Shahn
#TempleThursday “It is only through shadows that one comes to know the light.” –St. Catherine of Siena St Catherine of Siena, a Doctor of the Church and legendary medieval mystic whose divine visions were described as mystical ecstasies. 🎨 Alesandro Franchi.
Prince Siddhartha: 'an ascetic appeared to him, in the yellow garb as worn by the Buddhist brethren ... This apparition showed the Prince, troubled by the enigma of existence, the road upon which he should seek its solution.' Bhikshu, A Buddhist Catechism, 1895. #TempleThursday
Asaṅga, an important spiritual figure in Mahayana Buddhism, spent twelve years meditating in a cave, trying to conjure visions of the bodhisattva Maitreya. He gave up, left the cave, & helped an injured dog he found, who turned out to be Maitreya in disguise. #TempleThursday