#Priests

Camellia Tea Ceremony

camelliakyoto

KYOTO'S MOST HAUNTED SPOTCapital for over 1000 years, Kyōto has had its fair share of ghosts, ghouls, & monsters, but one of the most celebrated is the demon-king Shuten-dōji (酒呑童子).His

Secret SoSHHiety

SouledOutWorld

This is true. Hinduism uses Yoga a lot. The eight stages into Hinduism are, in order:(Thread)https://twitter.com/HollyBe55572050/status/1248763126650220544 Yamas (restrictions)Niyamas (observances)Asanas (postures)Pranayama (breath work)Pratyahara (s

T. Benjamin

1FreeInhabitant

282) Trump, the greatest actor, Part III... 283) If you're new to this thread, you can start w/ Part 1 here:https://twitter.com/1FreeInhabitant/status/1099515180008955904Part 2 here:https://twitter.com/1FreeInhabitant/status/11932116197

Saraswati Films

mmpandit

Small thread on the concept of Brahmacharya in Hinduism/Sanatana Dharma versus the idea in other faiths. The central idea of Dharma is restraint. If you look at the Dharma granthas,

Nava Mohan Rao

NavaMohanRao1

HRCE Act, often challenged by Hindu groups over the years, but the state govts have taken over thousands of temples, generally under the pretext of preventing “mismanagement”. In other words,

Jessica Price

Delafina777

Okay, let's talk about why attempts to critique (or hell, straight up stick it to) Christianity in SFF often end up being more anti-Jewish than they are anti-Christian. This was

Manuel Gago

magago

Today in #hillfortsWednesday I will talk to you about one of the most enigmatic and spectacular fortresses on the Galician coast: Mount Pindo. It is a story of wolf queens,

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

When @amyklobuchar introduced her Competition and Antitrust Law Enforcement Reform Act (CALERA), I called it a "big fucking deal," because it would do away with Ronald Reagan and Robert Bork's

Francesca Tacchi 🫒 Italian history & shitposting

jackdaw_writes

I can't sleep apparently so... it's time for a Very Italian Thread: a dish of pasta from each region of Italy! (and no, fettuccine alfredo or pasta with meatballs are

Secret SoSHHiety

SouledOutWorld

April 6, 2020(Thread)The Gate of Zeus is open! Rex Deus “Kings of Zeus” opened the Gates to Hell on Tartan Day. Tartan means “Canaanite or Phoenician Cloth”; Cain killed Abel

Jazz

JazzElves

In the middle of the first century CE, there were a series of letters written by a religious leader to some of the communities they oversaw. One of them in

Schrodinger's Ghost

gabe_ken

Jesus and feminism. Let's remember that Jesus is God and the Holy Spirit (in some convoluted trinity that nobody can explain coherently) . And Jesus was with God "from the

Jonathan Bish

frjonathanbish

Cautiously stepping out to name what I think is a major, unspoken cultural factor in the Church of England's failure to address allegations of sexual abuse properly:Our clergy formation and

oldeuropeanculture

serbiaireland

Thread: The depiction or the Serbian circular dance "kolo" or "oro" from the 14th century Serbian monastery Lesnovo which is located in today's Republic of Makedonija... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesnovo_monastery I also t

Madhusudhanan Kalaichelvan

MadhuKcvn

Inscriptions of Sri Jambukeshwara Temple, Tiruvanaikoil#21_days_for_Heritage 1. One among the panchabhootha group of siva temples, the shrine represents water. A subterranean spring inside the sanctum sanctorum fills the shrine with

OneGuyWithFreeTime

OneGuyWithFree1

On Monarchy, a thread;Monarchy- one of the most lambasted and caricatured forms of government. Ask a liberal or your run-of-the-mill socialist or even an anarchist, they will say that the