neo polytheist

Hell Courtesan by Kawanabe (1870s) In Buddhism the lowest and most miserable form of existence is hell ( naraka ). Most living beings are s...

Drawing on a Bodhi Tree Leaf (18th century) When I first embraced Buddhism I, like many Westerners, read a bunch of books which were mostly ...

I've been tracking gluten free restaurants in Sydney for years and the list on my phone is now so long I thought I may as well publish i...

A sculpture outside St James' King Street, Sydney In 2024 I developed an interest in Christianity (which I wrote about here ). I read th...

A page from a medieval Bible:  Johnbod Until not long ago I thought I knew Christianity and had thoughtfully rejected it, then my podcast ad...

Christian beliefs and practices in the 2nd and 3rd centuries Icon of Mary, Rome (6th century or earlier) Image source:  Asia Given that I ha...

Destruction of "Idols" by Protestants (1524) I have found myself in an awkward spiritual spot. Years ago I thoughtfully rejected C...

"Kitchen Scene" by van Rijck (17th century) There is a well-known trope about British people having the runs after a night eating ...

Apple Tree in Blossom by Larsson (before 1919) In the 5th century BCE Herodotus wrote of the Hyperboreans, a word which literally means “ov...