Tag: mythology
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St Paul’s Journey to Atlantis- Ephesus, the Birth of Artemis, and the Book of Revelations. Part One
St Paul’s Journey to Atlantis- Ephesus, the Birth of Artemis, and the Book of Revelations. Part One © Nicholas Costa 2025 Why Ephesus? Few, if any, understand the real reason why Ephesus became so central an element in early Christianity. Why did Paul choose to visit and finally settle there for 3 whole years instead…
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Saint Paul’s Journey to Atlantis- Iconium, the Birth of Athene, Plato and the Whirling Dervishes. Part Two
Saint Paul’s Journey to Atlantis- Iconium, the Birth of Athene, Plato and the Whirling Dervishes. Part Two © Nicholas Costa 2025 Mevlana Celaddiin-i Rumi Konya, known in antiquity as Iconium, is considered to be one of the most religiously conservative metropolitan centers in Turkey. It is best known as the final home of Rumi (1207-1273…
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Finding the true identity of the Amazons (part one)
Image: Cartwright, Mark. “Warrior & Amazon.” “Vaginas have received you, and you know of nothing else!” Finding the the true identity of the Amazons © Nicholas Costa 2024 Feminist Amazons? In the conclusion to her essay in the Feminist Theology magazine Olga Papamichali writes: “The independent and radical nature of the Amazon spirit changed the…
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Atlantis in the Sybilline Oracles-(part three- Corcyra)
Nisyros volcano- The key to understanding the volcanic metaphors of Odysseus’ journeys, Circe (circle); the Cyclops, a giant with one eye who throws rocks. Atlantis, the Sybilline Oracles, and Corcyra © Nicholas Costa 2024 The following reference at first sight appears to be out of place. Every location mentioned in the Sibylline text is in…
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Atlantis and the Sibylline Oracles (part two- Eridanus)
Atlantis, the Sibylline Oracle, and Eridanus © Nicholas Costa 2024 The text refers to Eridanus. Eridanus wasn’t a city, or a person, it is a reference to a constellation: “And then, when they shall have bewailed their land reduced to ashes, by Eridanus.” Eridanus significantly appears in the myth of Phaeton (the shining one) who…
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Atlantis in the Sibylline Oracles (part one)
Atlantis in the Sibylline Oracles © Nicholas Costa 2024 In AD 17 the region of Lydia in western Asia Minor was subjected to a huge earthquake. Pliny called it “the greatest earthquake in human memory” (Nat. Hist. 2:86 §200). Twelve cities in the region were devastated. They were Sardis, Magnesia, Temnos, Philadelphia, Aegae, Apollonis, Mostene,…