tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post3002461852950013005..comments2024-01-01T20:33:52.554-08:00Comments on a moon, worn as if it had been a shell: Update on SalvationElizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-6514695090831876872009-12-02T04:09:02.860-08:002009-12-02T04:09:02.860-08:00A sensationally interesting word!A sensationally interesting word!Mystic Thistlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06174458059451015463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-39954256672081765772009-12-01T19:44:42.316-08:002009-12-01T19:44:42.316-08:00Simony -- awesome. Can't wait to use that! (Wo...Simony -- awesome. Can't wait to use that! (Would be better if it didn't exist, of course)Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11399324383367077919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-5064713292888977982009-12-01T12:32:44.874-08:002009-12-01T12:32:44.874-08:00That is fascinating. Thanks for posting. There&#...That is fascinating. Thanks for posting. There's a joke in there about "Simonizing" cars, but that's probably dating myself - lolCriticlasmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15942568777607340234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-37306114177151652672009-12-01T06:47:27.838-08:002009-12-01T06:47:27.838-08:00Your image caught my eye. I grew up leafing throu...Your image caught my eye. I grew up leafing through an oversize Divina Commedia with illustrations by Dore. And I bought my boys an adventure book built around some of Dore's illustrations which they loved (I'm hoping to post about it soon).Francescahttp://www.fuoriborgo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-46186944937637414422009-12-01T04:54:56.565-08:002009-12-01T04:54:56.565-08:00Wow. Educated readers! Awesome!Wow. Educated readers! Awesome!Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-77396694978324315762009-11-30T23:18:05.865-08:002009-11-30T23:18:05.865-08:00The villain of the novel I'm working on, belie...The villain of the novel I'm working on, believes he's a reincarnation of Simon Magus, who may have believed he was God:<br /><br />a certain Samaritan, Simon, who came from a village called Gitta; who in the reign of Claudius Caesar wrought magic wonders by the art of daemons who possessed him, and was considered a god in your imperial city of Rome, and as a god was honoured with a statue by you, which statue was erected in the River Tiber, between the two bridges, with the following inscription in Roman: "Simoni Deo Sancto." And nearly all the Samaritans, but few among the rest of the nations, confess him to be the first god and worship him. And they speak of a certain Helen, who went round with him at that time, and who had formerly prostituted herself [literally, stood on a roof], but was made by him his first Thought.<br /><br />Justin Martyr, Apologia I, 26 (c. A.D. 138)<br /><br />The statue turned out to be honoring a Sabine half-man/half-god (“Semone Sanco Deo Fidio.”steve on the slow trainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18257811143869341854noreply@blogger.com