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 >One of the things that I love about AR's books are the sense of
 >history. I thoroughly enjoyed Pandora, Blood and Gold, etc., that went
 >back to ancient history and revealed how people in those times lived,
 >died, etc

I really like that about her books, too. You learn stuff about ancient
cultures. Like 18th century France and ancient Egypt.

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Julie,
Hermetic philosophy is actually a conglomeration of Greek philosophy
such as Stoicism and Aristolian, Egyptian religion, Gnosticism,
Neoplatonianism and a few other things. It ponders the nature of the
Divine, creation, humanity, and the hidden mechanics within ourselves
and within our universe. It is called Hermetic philosophy because most
of the texts concerning the subject, such as the Corpus Hermeticum,
have been attributed to Hermes Trismegistos, who is considered to be
an amalgation of the Greek god, Hermes and the Egyptian god, Thoth.
Whew...that was way too heavy for a Sunday morning, hee hee.
Take care,
Ashe


 >*Blush* I don't know what Hermetic philosophy is. So, I don;t know if I'd like
 >it or not. hehe
 >
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 >
 >Julie,
 >Hermetic philosophy is actually a conglomeration of Greek philosophy
 >such as Stoicism and Aristolian, Egyptian religion, Gnosticism,
 >Neoplatonianism and a few other things. It ponders the nature of the
 >Divine, creation, humanity, and the hidden mechanics within ourselves
 >and within our universe. It is called Hermetic philosophy because most
 >of the texts concerning the subject, such as the Corpus Hermeticum,
 >have been attributed to Hermes Trismegistos, who is considered to be
 >an amalgation of the Greek god, Hermes and the Egyptian god, Thoth.
 >Whew...that was way too heavy for a Sunday morning, hee hee.
 >Take care,
 >Ash

Wow, that sounds really interesting. I like learning about the Egyptian
religion. Isn't kind of weird how the Egyptian went from a religion to like
mythology now? It's weird no one practices it anyone. Anywho, that book and
theory sound very interesting. Thanks for explaining it. =)

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Julie,
There are all kinds of surviving myths that were originally
established as a part of these ancient religions. I would say that
Greek mythlogy is probably the most widely known, especially, because
of shows like Xena and Hercules, but every culture has it's religious
mythology.
There is a lot of pagan religion reconstruction going on right now.
The ancient Egyptian religion has been revived as Kemetic Orthodoxy.
There are also folks out there trying to reconstruct ancient Greek and
Minoan religion as well. I think Kemetic Orthodoxy has a pretty
healthy membership for a minority religion.
Take care,
Ashe


 >
 >Wow, that sounds really interesting. I like learning about the Egyptian
 >religion. Isn't kind of weird how the Egyptian went from a religion to like
 >mythology now? It's weird no one practices it anyone. Anywho, that book and
 >theory sound very interesting. Thanks for explaining it. =)
 >
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 >
 >Julie,
 >There are all kinds of surviving myths that were originally
 >established as a part of these ancient religions. I would say that
 >Greek mythlogy is probably the most widely known, especially, because
 >of shows like Xena and Hercules, but every culture has it's religious
 >mythology.

Wow, I didn't know Greek mythlogy was once a religion.

 >There is a lot of pagan religion reconstruction going on right now.
 >The ancient Egyptian religion has been revived as Kemetic Orthodoxy.

I didn't know they revived. I thought it was a dead religion.

 >There are also folks out there trying to reconstruct ancient Greek and
 >Minoan religion as well. I think Kemetic Orthodoxy has a pretty
 >healthy membership for a minority religion.
 >Take care,
 >Ashe

That's good those acient religions are being revived. I think we can learn a
lot from the old ways, and it would be sad it they were lost forever. These
were like the first religions of man.

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On 11 Aug 2003 21:10:54 GMT, statlover666.RemoveThis@aol.com (StatLover666)
wrote:

 >Wow, I didn't know Greek mythlogy was once a religion.

It was a part of Greek religion anyway. Ancient Greek religion wasn't
syncretic, it consisted of "cults" that there dedicated to a
particular Deity. In this case, the word cult does not have the
negative meaning that it has today. Back then a cult was simply a
group of people that chose to worship a particular deity together.
Greek religion also consisted of Mysteries such as the Mysteries of
Eleusis, the Samothracian Mysteries, and the Orphic Mysteries. What
happened during these Mystery celebrations was so carefully guarded
that even today we're not sure.
There are also temple ruins all over Greece that were once dedicated
to the worship of the Greek Gods and Goddesses. The Parthenon is
probably the most famous. It was once the temple of Athena, then
there's Aphrodite's temple at Corinth, and is also a temple to Zeus,
but I can't remember where it is.
 >
  >>There is a lot of pagan religion reconstruction going on right now.
  >>The ancient Egyptian religion has been revived as Kemetic Orthodoxy.
 >
 >I didn't know they revived. I thought it was a dead religion.

It was until about 10 years ago.
 >
  >>There are also folks out there trying to reconstruct ancient Greek and
  >>Minoan religion as well. I think Kemetic Orthodoxy has a pretty
  >>healthy membership for a minority religion.
  >>Take care,
  >>Ashe
 >
 >That's good those acient religions are being revived. I think we can learn a
 >lot from the old ways, and it would be sad it they were lost forever. These
 >were like the first religions of man.

Pretty close, the first religion of mankind was probably very shamanic
in feel, not with a lot of pomp and ceremony except to get the shaman
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 >What
 >happened during these Mystery celebrations was so carefully guarded
 >that even today we're not sure.

That's ashame. Too bad we'll never know. I think acient religions are so
fasicnating.

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  >>What
  >>happened during these Mystery celebrations was so carefully guarded
  >>that even today we're not sure.
 >
 >That's ashame. Too bad we'll never know. I think acient religions are so
 >fasicnating.
 >
 >Julie

Julie,
Me too.
Take care,
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  > >
  > >One of the things that I love about AR's books are the sense of
  > >history. I thoroughly enjoyed Pandora, Blood and Gold, etc., that went
  > >back to ancient history and revealed how people in those times lived,
  > >died, etc
 >
 > I really like that about her books, too. You learn stuff about ancient
 > cultures. Like 18th century France and ancient Egypt.
 >
 > Julie

have you read the English translation of "In a Dark Wood Wandering" (forget
the author except that it was Dutch & the English translation was published
over 50 years after the authors death!). It's set in France & covers the
period 1700s I think - The Maid of Orleans - It's an epic novel & incredibly
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 >have you read the English translation of "In a Dark Wood Wandering" (forget
 >the author except that it was Dutch & the English translation was published
 >over 50 years after the authors death!). It's set in France & covers the
 >period 1700s I think - The Maid of Orleans - It's an epic novel & incredibly
 >accurate.
 >

What is the book about exactly? Vampires?

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  > >have you read the English translation of "In a Dark Wood Wandering"
(forget
  > >the author except that it was Dutch & the English translation was
published
  > >over 50 years after the authors death!). It's set in France & covers the
  > >period 1700s I think - The Maid of Orleans - It's an epic novel &
incredibly
  > >accurate.
  > >
 >
 > What is the book about exactly? Vampires?
 >
 > Julie

*laughter* no, it's historical faction (fiction based on fact)

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Hella S. Haasse is still quite alive and writing. The book was written over
50 (1949) years ago though. She was born in a dutch colony
(Nederlands-Indie) in 1918, so she isn't as young as she used to be, little
bit younger than my late granny, but still going at it. She's one of our
"big" female authors. (She said with some dutch pride.)
Take care,
Jo

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 > have you read the English translation of "In a Dark Wood Wandering"
(forget
 > the author except that it was Dutch & the English translation was
published
 > over 50 years after the authors death!). It's set in France & covers the
 > period 1700s I think - The Maid of Orleans - It's an epic novel &
incredibly
 > accurate.
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She is amazing!

I'm sorry, I didn't realise she was still alive. The book was published in
English and apparently took YEARS for it to be properly translated so none
of her "style" or meaning was lost.
It is just the most amazing novel I've read about that period.
You have a right to be so proud of her!

Tamara
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 > Hella S. Haasse is still quite alive and writing. The book was written
over
 > 50 (1949) years ago though. She was born in a dutch colony
 > (Nederlands-Indie) in 1918, so she isn't as young as she used to be,
little
 > bit younger than my late granny, but still going at it. She's one of our
 > "big" female authors. (She said with some dutch pride.)
 > Take care,
 > Jo
 >
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  > >
  > >
  > > have you read the English translation of "In a Dark Wood Wandering"
 > (forget
  > > the author except that it was Dutch & the English translation was
 > published
  > > over 50 years after the authors death!). It's set in France & covers the
  > > period 1700s I think - The Maid of Orleans - It's an epic novel &
 > incredibly
  > > accurate.
  > >
  > >
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