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- 151: Heaven's Gate Cult
- ... word of God to all. Works Cited Hedges, Stephen J. "www.masssuicide.com." U.S. News &World Report. Apr 7 1997.26-30. PsychoInfo Available http://rave.ohiolink.edu/databases/login/psyc. Kurtz, Paul. "UFO Mythology: The Escape to Oblivion." The Skeptical Inquirer. Jul/Aug 1997.12-14. PsychoInfo Available http://rave.ohiolink.edu/databases/login/psyc. Marty, Martin E. "Playing with fire." The Christian Century. Apr 16 1997.379-380 ...
- 152: Time's Oldest Debate
- ... view only holds if there is belief that The Bible is the true word of God. If mankind had no belief in The Bible's account of creation, the Book would remain a work of mythology. The Bible requires no ordinary belief, however, but a gigantic leap of faith because there is absolutely no evidence God created mankind. The only evidence of creation is in the opinions of millions of creationists ...
- 153: Kadelphianism
- ... that it does not actually affect a student until he/she makes the decision to attend Texas Christian University. Upon making this decision, each student will immediately begin his transition into the Kadelphian way. The mythology behind Kadelphianism is quite simple; it is this simplicity and basic severity of its ideals that makes the religion so successful. From it's earliest origination in the nineteenth century, Kadelphianism has exemplified human kindness ...
- 154: Enochian Scripture
- ... is The Necronomicon? Alhazred appears to have had access to many sources now lost, and events which are only hinted at in the "Book of Genesis" or the alleged "Book of Enoch", or disguised as mythology in other sources, are explored in great detail. Alhazred may have used magical techniques to clarify the past, but he also shared with 5th. century B.C. Greek writers such as Thucydides a critical mind ...
- 155: Dickinson's Because I Could Not Stop for Death
- ... upon us and chokes the life from us as though it were some street murder with malicious intent. But in reality, we know that death is not the chaotic grim reaper of fairy tales and mythology. Rather than being a cruel and unfair prankster of evil, death is an unavoidable and natural part of life itself. The first line tells us exactly what we’re reading about and what we can ...
- 156: Poe's Poetic Imagery in "The Raven"
- ... soothing balm made in Gilead, a mountainous region of Palestine east of the Jordan River. "Aidenn," from verse sixteen is an Arabic word for paradise. In verse seventeen, "Plutonian," refers to Pluto, which in Greek Mythology is god of the dead and ruler of the underworld. Poe's use of rhyme and alliteration, color and sound creates a powerful image when depicted in verse three where he describes a sound in ...
- 157: Marlowe’s “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love”
- ... genres. Between the pastoral convention, as Lanyer, Milton uses pathetic fallacy. Human feelings reflect on nature. He, again like Lanyer switches from past to present and changes the imaginery. He uses a lot of Greek mythology.
- 158: “Fanthorpe’s Poetry Stimulates The Reader To See People And Things In A New Light”
- ... this way the poet brings together the life of the canal in all its stages and presents us with images of the canal in the past and present. Sisyphus is a poem based on Greek mythology. The story is of a King Corinthian who was a famous trickster. He catches and binds death (Thanatos) in the underworld he was condemned to roll a large stone up a hill from which it ...
- 159: Edgar Allan Poe's "The Black Cat"
- ... form of black cats. For those who believe, they are symbols of bad luck, death, sorcery, witchcraft, and the spirits of the dead. Appropriately, the narrator calls his cat, Pluto, who in Greek and Roman mythology was the god of the dead and the ruler of the underworld (symbolism). As in other Poe stories ( "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Pit and the Pendulum" and "The Gold Bug"), biting and mutilation appear ...
- 160: The Poetry of William Blake
- ... the lamb as being an object of innocence and fragility when he says "Gave thee clothing of delight, Softest clothing, woolly, bright; Gave thee such a tender voice" (line 5). "Blake develops an elaborate personal mythology that underlies virtually all symbolism and ideas in his work." (Shilstone, p.223) Blake discusses that the creator of the lamb is also calls Himself a Lamb. With this he brings religious significance into the ...
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