Elizabeth's+Ideas

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After some guidance by Dr. Heim, I think I will be taking my paper in the direction of the Divine Sophia. I'm going to see how/why her role was suppressed when establishing Christianity. I might take it a different direction. We'll see how it goes after some research.======

__June 22, 2010__ I thought everyone might enjoy this article and it relates a bit to our class:

Your link, Elizabeth, is very relevant to our discussions (of the Gnostics). Please see my comment in the Discussion section of your page....about the dating of the icons you point to....- Mike

Lasers uncover first icons of Sts. Peter and Paul - Yahoo! News

__July 5, 2010__ This weekend I went to see an exhibition at the Getty Villa. Among other great exhibits, there were many artifacts of Greek and Roman antiquity. There was a whole section about Dionysos. I took a couple of pictures since I felt they somewhat related to our class discussions. Here you go:



Terrific evidence of the ancient cults, here locally at the Getty Villa. Nice job, Elizabeth! The story of Dionysos and Ariadne is very intriguing. Ariadne first helps Theseus to outsmart her father and the Minotaur Monster; he promises to return for her and leaves her on an island (they both have to escape her father's wrath). But then Theseus never returns. She mourns alone for years - until Dionysos arrives, they fall in love, he takes her to the sky with him and they become eternal stars in the heavens. Ariadne forgets her sorrow and betrayal only through a love of Dionysos. Does that mean wildness and wine?