There are men and gods, and beings like Pythagoras.
The Noah figure in this version of the story is named Xisouthros (instead of Zisudra). A god visits him in a dream, warns him that humanity is about to be destroyed in a terrible deluge, and orders hi...
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Surely the Gods did not bring me safe through fire and sea only to kill me with a flux.
This human body is the greatest body in the universe, and a human being the greatest being. Man is higher than all animals, than all angels; none is greater than man. Even the Devas (gods) will have t...
If there is a god maybe it rewards those who don't believe on the basis of insufficient evidence--and punishes those who do.
[The Edfu Building Texts in Egypt] take us back to a very remote period called the 'Early Primeval Age of the Gods'--and these gods, it transpires, were not originally Egyptian, but lived on a sacred...
At a great distance appeared with the same pomp the sheep of Thebes, the dog of Bubastis, the cat of Phoebe, the crocodile of Arsinoe, the goat of Mendes, and all the inferior gods of Egypt, who came...
There are very few things that live in both this world and the world of dreams. Most are gods, angels and demons. The Stone you hold was made by Vlad Valkire the son of an angel and a demon. By the di...
We do remember once we were wrong sacrificing everything for idols and stones likewise today for ghost and phantoms.
As I see it the world is undoubtedly in need of a new religion, and that religion must be founded on humanist principles. When I say religion, I do not mean merely a theology involving belief in a sup...
In the matter of spirit follow the Gods, in the matter of work follow the heroes.
Well?" said Loki. "What about you, Heimdall? Do you have any suggestions?""I do," said Heimdall. "But you won't like it."Thor banged his fist down upon the table. "It does not matter whether or not we...
If you survive in battle, it is with Odin's grace, and if you fall, it is because he has betrayed you.
There are few things more mysterious than endings. I mean, for example, when did the Greek gods end, exactly? Was there a day when Zeus waved magisterially down from Olympus and Aphrodite and her love...
Which reminded me...I still owed the gods a debt.You're a genius, I (Percy) told Annabeth.
The superstitious man wishes he did not believe in gods, as the atheist does not, but fears to disbelieve in them.
Note to self," Joel commented. "When you go into Arious it's a 'no touchee, no zappee' situation! Paelen tapped Emily. "I suggest we try it again, just so I can see Joel's face when he gets zapped!" "...
Men create the gods in their own image.
Our souls are but leaves in a storm, and only the gods know where we will come to rest.