The History of Hell

Started by chaoticpsyche, December 02, 2010, 12:04:42 PM

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December 02, 2010, 12:04:42 PM
It's a book Called the History of Hell by Alice K. Turner. It's a really good presentation about how Hell came about, it not only covers Catholic, and Christian versions but also many religions and how hell came to be. It also has really pretty pictures.  <:smurf
"The reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once." - Albert Einstein

"For those who say I am evil; hear this, what you hold in such disdain is my humanity."
December 13, 2010, 08:38:19 AM #1
peaked my interest, i ordered it with the prince of darkness, one of my favorite books; jamake highwater's myth and sexuality, a dragon dawing book for my daughter and the modern blacksmith for myself.

thank you, i'll let you know what i think when i read it.  :)

i'm sure amazon appreciates it to.  ;)
"The world that God made is inherently comprised of relationships, symmetries, analogia, anagogy, poetic wisdom. Thus is the language of symbolism."
December 13, 2010, 09:11:15 AM #2
I'm sure amazon appreciates it as well :) lol. You are most welcome on the book recommendation, it's a pretty interesting read. I read most of it, but I think I have ADHD it's always hard for me to finish most books, even with really pretty pictures lol, I tend to look more at the pictures than the actual text on the pages. :p
"The reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once." - Albert Einstein

"For those who say I am evil; hear this, what you hold in such disdain is my humanity."
December 14, 2010, 06:01:25 AM #3
my daughter has high functioning autism, i understand completely.

it's been a long time since i've felt bothered enough to read a book and even longer since i've bought one.
"The world that God made is inherently comprised of relationships, symmetries, analogia, anagogy, poetic wisdom. Thus is the language of symbolism."
December 18, 2010, 08:29:45 AM #4
Nope... got to page 3, waiting for the movie.
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December 18, 2010, 09:37:14 PM #5
Quote from: cylinder2166 on December 18, 2010, 08:29:45 AM
Nope... got to page 3, waiting for the movie.

Huh. I find your bashing funny, as a guy who doesn't even know a Wendigo's modus operandi after reading about one on monstropedia.  :roll:

@CP - good book choice. The illustrations are nice, too.
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December 18, 2010, 09:50:18 PM #6
  I'll have to read this one for s**ts and grins, as for waiting for the movie.........Movies do tend to completely destroy the intent of written works.
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December 19, 2010, 10:16:22 AM #7
I doubt that there will be a movie on this book, and cylinder I got to page 23 before I started to look at the pictures. It's very interesting information, I just have a very short attention span.
"The reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once." - Albert Einstein

"For those who say I am evil; hear this, what you hold in such disdain is my humanity."
January 07, 2011, 07:43:24 PM #8
I would love to see the pictures.
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January 09, 2011, 11:39:03 AM #9
Quote from: Ravening on January 07, 2011, 07:43:24 PM
I would love to see the pictures.

Look the book up on amazon.com and you'll see those pictures :)
Age is not defined by years, but by intellect and maturity.
January 09, 2011, 01:40:31 PM #10
Maybe something is wrong with my browser, nothing is coming up when I 'look inside'.  Oh well. 

The "customers also bought" list was pretty interesting.
You are doing something very sacred here, something very daring, during your life upon the earth. You are defining yourself, and then recreating yourself anew, in each golden moment of Now.
January 09, 2011, 02:37:29 PM #11
Quote from: Ravening on January 09, 2011, 01:40:31 PM
The "customers also bought" list was pretty interesting.

Particularly, "Introduction to Clinical Psychology (7th Edition)"
January 09, 2011, 03:01:40 PM #12
A clinical psychologist would probably have a field day diagnosing and trying to fix some people here.  pfft to that.  Diagnoses are merely labels and fixing is unnecessary; we're not broken.
But psychology is interesting, of course.
You are doing something very sacred here, something very daring, during your life upon the earth. You are defining yourself, and then recreating yourself anew, in each golden moment of Now.
January 09, 2011, 06:16:39 PM #13
Seeing as the topic has strayed from the original post, please get back to the topic at hand.
"The reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once." - Albert Einstein

"For those who say I am evil; hear this, what you hold in such disdain is my humanity."
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