The garden east of Eden
The garden as it might look to a traveller from Eden The story in the Book of Genesis of the Garden of Eden, of Paradise lost, has haunted our imagination … Continue reading
The realm of Minos
Between 3500 and 1500 BC a very attractive and rather mysterious civilization developed and then vanished on the island of Crete in the southern Aegean Sea. In Greek myth the … Continue reading
Aphrodite, goddess of love and sex
An early statue fragment by an unknown 4th century BC master Aphrodité is the Greek god associated with love (and its various activities), and often referred to as Venus. Her … Continue reading
The Butterfly’s Dream
Zhuangzi was a famous Taoist philosopher of the third century BC who reflected on the uncertainty of knowledge. So much unknown, so little time to experience and learn, he thought. … Continue reading
A Story of Light and Darkness
In about 1500 BC there was another movement of the tribes from the northern steppes of Eurasia. They moved with their horse drawn chariots and bronze weapons south and south … Continue reading
The Historical Jesus
This is a quest that interests me. I find it similar and as important as the search for what Shakespeare actually wrote, or how and who composed ‘Homer’. I’m not … Continue reading
Crossing the divide
I WATCHED A BBC/TimeLife series recently called Ancient Voices. The 11 episodes presented what was then (the series dates from 1995) up-to-date research which attempted to give new light on … Continue reading
