Does anybody know? Are there neo-Mithraists?
I walk. I talk. I shop, I sneeze. I'm gonna be a fireman when the floods roll back. There's trees in the desert since you moved out. And I don't sleep on a bed of bones.
Buffy ,'Chosen'
Spike's Bitches 21 Gunn Salute
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Betsy HP - Jan 26, 2005 11:43:17 am PST #7477 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Cass - Jan 26, 2005 11:50:57 am PST #7478 of 10002
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Why yes, yes he does. Plus he keeps a fish whomper (a short, fat aluminium bat) next to his desk.Fish whomper! Hee!
Oops, x-posty cause I forgot to refresh...
Polter-Cow - Jan 26, 2005 11:52:47 am PST #7479 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Ooh, encorseted JZ.
juliana, is the director Zach your Zach?
WindSparrow has a new tag.
juliana - Jan 26, 2005 11:58:26 am PST #7480 of 10002
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
is the director Zach your Zach?
Yup. It's a fun little skit.
Betsy - I have no idea, but why do you want to know about Neo-Mithraists?
Strix - Jan 26, 2005 11:59:30 am PST #7481 of 10002
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
We were talking about Mithraism and Xianity in Literary. I think she wrong-threaded.
But, anyone?
Betsy HP - Jan 26, 2005 12:00:37 pm PST #7482 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Actually, I decided Mithraism belonged in Bitches rather than Literary. Don't ask me why.
I was curious, because Mithraism was a mystery religion, which means that nobody knows what exactly they believed. I wondered if people were trying to revive it in spite of that.
-t - Jan 26, 2005 12:02:29 pm PST #7483 of 10002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Mithraism was an offshoot of Zoroastrianism, right? With Mithra getting born from a stone in a manger or something? (eta: ALso something abotu bulls, but who wasn't into bulls?)I haven't heard of any modern revivals, but I probably wouldn't.
Strix - Jan 26, 2005 12:02:40 pm PST #7484 of 10002
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Maria - Jan 26, 2005 12:03:05 pm PST #7485 of 10002
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Pretty, juliana! Did you do the make-up and wardrobe?
JZ is a knockout in the pic. Believe me when I say it was 100 times more powerful in person. This year's Prom proved it beyond a shadow of a doubt.
Betsy HP - Jan 26, 2005 12:03:20 pm PST #7486 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Mithraism used to be thought to be of Persian origin, but that theory's been disputed of late. It had something to do with bull sacrifice. We know this because there are a whole bunch of mithraeums underground, and they all have pictures of this guy killing a bull.