HISTORY, MYTHOLOGY, RELIGION

"This we know: the earth does not belong to Man, Man belongs to the earth. All things are connected like the blood that unites us all. Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself. "

(Attributed -- falsely -- to Chief Seattle)

"Ye are all the flowers of one garden; the leaves of one tree; the drops of one ocean."

(From the Bah'ai Faith)

"We have no ideology. We have no theology. We dance."

(Spoken by a Shinto priest in response to a question from a Christian theologian)

RELIGION, MYTHOLOGY, AND PHILOSOPHY

• The Joseph Campbell Foundation.
  
• A virtual exhibit of the Dead Sea Scrolls
  
• The recently-discovered Cave Paintings of Vallon-Pont-d'Arc, Ardèche, France.
  
• David Wiley's wonderful collection of Religious and Sacred Texts, from A to Z (Apocrypha to Zoroaster, that is). A must-visit for anyone having trouble locating original texts from a variety of religions and mythologies.
  
• A useful virtual library also exists at the home page of the Societas Gnostica Noregia, a Norway-based organization. They feature a large library of Christian, Pagan, Jewish, and Oriental literature related to the experience of Gnosis. This includes much of the Nag Hammadi scripts, the writings of Plato, medieval writings on alchemy and the Kabbala, and much of the Hindu Upanishads.
  
• The WWW Virtual Library reference to Religions
  
• Bhagavad-gita, the great text of the Hindus, as transcribed and explained by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.
  
• The Gnosis Archive. Includes a discussion of the possible origin of the Thomas Gospel by yours truely, taken from a posting last year (unknown by me until recently) from alt.religion.gnostic.
  
• The Internet Confession Booth, featuring a Digital Priest (unordained, most likely).
  
• Mythopoeia, an Interactive Art Book on mythological themes. Although it more rightly belongs under a Performance Art category, I don't have that category on my homepage, so I include it here.
  
• The Bible Gateway. A text-searchable utility for finding Old, New Testament, and Apocrypha passages.
  
• The Ecole Initiative is described as a "Hypertext Encyclopedia of Early Church History on the World-Wide Web." It features an excellent chronology of early Judeo/Christian/Islamic history.
  
• Guide to Early Church Documents. Notes and texts of documents written in the early days of Christianity. Especially check out the section on the Apostles' Creed, and the politics behind its development.
  
• Native American Astronomy. An excellent overview of native american views of constellations and star theology.
  
• Faces of the Gods. A review of African altars by Robert Farris Thompson, professor of Afro-American Art at Yale University and curator of The Museum of African Art in New York City.
  
• Hindunet is an excellent resource for all things Dharma, including a discussion of various Hindu philosophies and sects, and a description of the pantheon of gods.
  
• The Theosophical Society is a group dedicated to the exploration and teaching of theosophy, the principle that all -- from the subatomic through "living beings" to stars and galaxies -- are one living, evolving organism.
  
• BuddhaNet: a wonderful on-line resource on the Buddhist philosophy and history (and a pretty cool HTML hack, at that). Bodhisattva, won't you take me by the hand?
  
• A resource guide for Comparative Religion.
  
• Myth and Legend from Ancient Times to the Space Age. A short comparison of myths from Unicorns to UFOs.
  
• An Urban Legends page, with a searchable database of well-known urban legends.

HISTORY

• Today in History, presented by the History Channel.
  
• Today in US History.
  
• An archive virtual exhibit of Soviet-era Documents.
  
• The Classics Collection. A link collection of ancient writings.
  
• The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
  
• The Labyrinth. A Web server for Medeival Studies.
  
• The Invitation To A Funeral Tour of Restoration London. Molly Bloom (the writer, but not of the "and will I -- yes-- to say -- yes, my mountain flower") created this wonderful web site based on her own novel. It lovingly recreates late 17th century London. A must for any Anglophiles and historical novel fans.
  

• A full transcription of the Magna Carta.
  
• Timeline of the Civil War, from the Library of Congress.

Does anyone know of other good mythology pages relating to general areas of mythology (as opposed to specific cultures, like Greece or Egypt)? If you know of one, e-mail me, please.

Curator: Richard Arnold
Last Date Modified: 05/09/00