Religious History

Fundamentally the religion of the Indians of California was very similar to that of savage and uncivilized races the world over.

The object of this little book is to show how the Mahayanistic view of life and of the world differs markedly from that of Hinayanism, which is generally taken as Buddhism by occidentals, to explain how the religion of Buddha has adapted itself to its environment in the Far East, and also to throw light on the existing state of the spiritual life of modern Japan.

Lady Julian was a saint and prophetess in her lifetime. She was a hermit, but being a hermit at the church she was called an anchoress. She had herself walled up inside a small room in a church with only one small barred window to give messages to those that came to her. Here are two books from her sayings and writings.

The Pueblo of Zuni is situated in Western New Mexico on the Rio Zuni, a tributary of the Little Colorado River. The Zuni have resided in this region for several centuries. The peculiar geologic and geographic character of the country surrounding them, as well as its aridity, furnishes ample sources from which a barbarous people would derive legendary and mythologic history. A brief reference to these features is necessary to understand more fully the religious phases of Zuni child life.

Mankind has had an intimate connection to the Reptilian lineage since antiquity and around the world. Reptilians ruled planet Earth, before man had become a reality. Man has worshipped reptiles as gods and goddesses, and religions today still hold them in awe and sacred. Mankind holds them up both as 'wise' and 'wicked'. Our religions have denounced serpents as sinful the cause of all sin, and yet the same religions used the serpent to beguile kings (Aaron's rod), to heal people (Moses brazen serpent), and proof of faith (St. Paul threatened by serpents). While man fears them, he treasures their venom for medicine, their skins as clothing, and their bodies as meat. Our brains, spines, and teeth are part reptilian. Yet, we consider them as soul-less beings, cold blooded. This collection of research, though 1600+ pages, still only scratces the surface of the reptilian connection.

Lady Julian was a saint and prophetess in her lifetime. She was a hermit, but being a hermit at the church she was called an anchoress. She had herself walled up inside a small room in a church with only one small barred window to give messages to those that came to her. Here are two books from her sayings and writings.

How does religious ritual affect religious belief? Are the two intertwined or separate functions in religious practices? This study researches these questions and much more.