Mysticism

paintings have birds flying off into the distance and some have boats slowly meandering up and down the Thames bathed in morning light. In every painting Monet masterfully recreates the effect of the light and color on the water adding to the aura of mysticism and awe that already envelope the…

Chapter 3: Rasputin’s Reputation and its Effect Much of the Rasputin’s negative public perception stemmed from his reputation of being sexually aggressive and indulgent in alcohol to the point of belligerence. This behavior was unacceptable for someone who claimed to be righteous and appointed by God, and also from someone who was so prominent in the royal court. This view of Rasputin was common between both the nobility and the common people of Russia. There was also an appeal made by the Duma…

Dracula is a horror novel set in Europe in the mid 1800’s. The book starts with Johnathon Harker heading to Transylvania on a business trip to sell Dracula, a wealthy count in Transylvania, real estate in London. After strange incidents of Count Dracula attempting to suck Johnathon’s blood, and imprison him, Johnathon escapes. The novel then switches to Mina Murray’s, Johnathon’s fiancé, and her friend, Lucy Westenra’s, points of view through their letters. It is mostly just gossip, but there…

Ever since women can remember, menstruation has played a large part in daily life. Without menstruation, there would not be human life or living beings. Despite menstruation being a real life thing that happens to almost all women, it is still a taboo topic, that even today, is still not talked about in public or out loud between others because it is one of those “off limit topics,” but my question is why? Why is something so sacred and natural, so off topic and unspoken about? Why are men and…

There are a lot of correlations between the movie we just watched “The Chosen”, and the history of Judaism. The notion of a chosen people descended from Noah to Abraham, Moses, and David. Some examples of that are henotheism, Changing Abram’s name to Abraham, circumcision, and the Promise of Progeny. With Moses it was the covenant of law and love. David with being the “son” of God, and him being the first Messiah. The Jewish had 613 commandments while the Gentiles have 10. Being chosen means you…

Robert Burns: A pre-romantic poet Poetry and music date back to the beginning of time. Both are a familiar way to share emotion and express feelings openly and freely. Poetry and music help people relate to subjects in life like love, anger, sadness, happiness, and comedy. Through the ages there has been many eras of different styles of poetry and music. Many great artists have blessed this earth but only a few left a legacy. The artists that have left a legacy only did so due to their ability…

Though both considered romances, The Odyssey and tales of Wayland the smith differ greatly in narrative and context. Homer’s The Odyssey is an epic poem composed in the eighth century Before Christ, detailing the nostos—or homecoming—of the hero Odysseus after the Trojan War, while tales of Wayland, such as in the tenth century Old English lament Deor , the tenth century Old Norse poem Völundarkviða and the thirteenth century Old Norse prose narrative The Story of Velent the Smith , tell of…

time travel. Looking at the term alien, we use it to describe foreigners such as the phrase “Illegal Aliens”, so these ancient aliens could very well just be future people, and without access to the knowledge we have of the world, combined with the mysticism of that time, it is not hard to believe that people from the future, in my mind I would believe to be historians and archaeologists, traveled back in time to study the people first hand. However, some may have warped history which could…

Christian, while also not being Christian enough (Baldassarro, 2011). One other book is Roald Dahl’s memorable, James and the Giant Peach, pblished in 1961. In the past, the book has been banned for being too scary for it’s audience’s age group, using mysticism, having sexual references, using profanity, mentions of racism, having references to alcohol and tobacco, and also for supposedly encouraging children to be disobedient, use drugs,and have communist ideas (Baldassarro, 2011). For a list…

When a Westerner studies Chinese history or a Chinese language, an understanding of culture is essential to every lesson as Chinese culture differs significantly from any Western culture. Therefore, it must be studied more, in order to gain mastery in social situations and to fully understand China. In my studies, one of the more noteworthy things I have come across in Chinese culture is how inextricable the concept of face is from nearly every quirk and nuance of Chinese culture. Face is the…