Lenora Rogers's Blog, page 188
December 15, 2013
The Art of William Blake
Reblogged from Eric Edwards Collected Works:
Portrait of William Blake (1807) by Thomas Philipps
William Blake (1757-1827) was an English artist, poet, philosopher, who created a unique form of illustrated verse and was one of the most remarkable figures of the Romantic period. His poetry, inspired by mystical vision, is among the most original, lyric, and prophetic in the language. One of the most singular and gifted of all British artists.
The Holy Island of Lindisfarne
Reblogged from Historical Writings:
The Holy Island of Lindisfarne, is located off the north-eastern coast of England. It became a centre for Celtic Christianity under the Saints of Aidan, Cuthbert, Eadfrith and Eadbert, with a reputation for healing the sick, using herbs.
The old English name was Lindisfarena, as recorded by the Parker Chronicle and Peterborough Chronicle of 793. How the name Lindisfarne originated is unknown, but it may be Celtic in origin.
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ARMIES OF THE MACEDONIAN SUCCESSOR STATES: THE PTOLEMIES
Reblogged from The Deadliest Blogger: Military History Page:
When Alexander died in Babylon in 323BC, the Macedonian leadership reassigned the Satrapies (governorships) of the empire. Ptolemy son of Lagos, Alexander’s childhood friend and one of the inner circle of “Bodyguards” and generals, was appointed Satrap of Egypt.
Ptolemy arrived with no soldiers and no treasury of his own. But he used the riches of Egypt to hire a large force of mercenaries; and wasted no time in stealing the body of...
The Demons of Armageddon. The Mycenaean Warriors at the battle of Megiddo
Reblogged from stefanosskarmintzos:
Exodus 33:2 And I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite
The word Armageddon in the Western thinking refers to a series of cataclysmic events culminating in a titanic struggle in the place of Megiddo that will bring the end of the World, as we know it.
December 14, 2013
December 12, 2013
Cindy Koepp – Author
Writing on The Edge
Myriad Musings;http://ckoepp.webs.com/apps/blog/show/39570556-interview-with-jason-conley-author-of-kingdom-of-vosh
Blogroll Memorial
I remember going to my senior school, one of the new boys in a new boy class and watching me and everyone else size up the other faces in the room. Watch someone do something I might do, or hear an observation I might make, and smile in recognition oftheir echo inmy mind, and nod at them, and smile, of course,and then I founda friendship born and life became community.
December 11, 2013
Cindy Koepp – Author
Writing on The Edge
Myriad Musings:http://ckoepp.webs.com/apps/blog/show/39523366-strange-growth-on-your-favorite-human
December 4, 2013
Andrew Johnson - Do you know where he was in September 1866?
Reblogged from Victoria Adams' Reading Alcove:
Here is a history mystery for my readers. My friend, Edward Frank, is working on a documentary film about the Black Guides of Mammoth Cave. In his research he came across a reference that Andrew Johnson had visited the cave during one of his campaign swings. However, he cannot find any confirmation. Any one care to jump in and help sort this out?
