A question that is of perennial concern is that of whether world peace is possible and whether real peace is sustainable. Many utopians have advanced ideas about better ways of organising society or at least establishing limited alternative communiti
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Read more…You may be interested in the following fascinating information about links between the veneration of Aphrodite and of the Virgin Mary in Cyprus from Cyprus Events Net
The series of paintings and icons under the title Pantanassa came about as a resul
Read more…The Homeric hymn to Aphrodite is basically a story about how Zeus curbs Aphrodite by turning her own game upon herself. This hymn, therefore, is an episode in the “war of the sexes” in which the supreme male god, Zeus, evens the score with the suprem
Read more…Eleusis, here I stand,
your land is our companion,
your sky is over us all,
your life is our deepener.
Heaven and Earth were the parents of Rhea,
grandparents of our Lady Demeter,
our patron of fertility and eternal life,
goddess who grieves and g
Read more…The Greeks had goddesses of the divisions of the day. These were the Horai, or Hours.
Auge = first light
Anatole = dawn
Musica = music & study
Gymnastica = gym hour
Nymphe = bathing
Messembria = noon
Sponde = libations hour
Elete = prayer
Cypris = ea
Read more…This diagram shows the principal goddesses revered here. The vertical axis represents personal inner transformation toward love, faith and resilience, and the horizontal axis represents outer transformation and creation of a healthy, rich, sustainabl
Read more…Demeter is the ancient Greek goddess of grain, especially wheat, the fromental goddess. The nearest village to Eleusis is Bessais-le-Fromental. Eleusis is in the middle of fields of grain, not far from great rivers (Loire, Allier, Cher) and dark fore
Read more…The Greeks did their ceremonies outdoors. They had temples many of which remain impressive landmarks, but these did not function like churches in present day religions. They were places for housing the images of the god and sometimes for other purpos
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