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The priest, who thought that it was suspicious, followed after the page, discovered the truth, harshly criticized the page, and abandoned him in a mountain. The page later became Shuten-dōji, and it has been said that the place where he was abandoned was thus called chigo-saka (page-hill).
Book" is the closest term to describe the loose collection of texts [2] consisting of a number of magic spells intended to assist a dead person's journey through the Duat, or underworld, and into the afterlife and written by many priests over a period of about 1,000 years.
Priest's Spell Compendium Volume Three was reviewed by the online version of Pyramid on February 18, 2000. [1] The reviewer felt that this volume "wouldn't need a review" if it were merely the last volume in the series, but the appendices "make this a must have volume for anyone who ever wants to play a cleric or specialty priest".
After the death of Leonard Nimoy, Star Trek Online added two statues in his honor, [31] and World of Warcraft added a non-player character (NPC) based upon Robin Williams after his death. [32] [33] Developer Gearbox Software honored a late fan of Borderlands, cancer victim Michael John Mamaril, by adding a NPC named after him in the sequel.
Page from the Damascus Document. The Teacher of Righteousness (Hebrew: מורה הצדק, romanized: more haṣṣeḏeq) is a mysterious figure found in some of the Dead Sea Scrolls at Qumran, most prominently in the Damascus Document (CD), which speaks briefly of the origins of the sect, 390 years after the Neo-Babylonian Empire captured Jerusalem in 586 BCE.
The Devils – 1971 film by Ken Russell about Urbain Grandier, a French priest opposed to Cardinal Richelieu, who is burnt at the stake in 1634 for witchcraft Get Carter – 1971 film by Mike Hodges where a London gangster in Newcastle avenges his brother's death before an assassin finds him
Here, the character of Homunculus embodies the quest of a pure spirit to be born into a mortal form, contrasting Faust's desire to shed his mortal body to become pure spirit. The alchemical idea that the soul is not imprisoned in the body, but instead may find its brightest state as it passes through the material plane, is central to the ...
John Marco Allegro (17 February 1923 – 17 February 1988) was an English archaeologist and Dead Sea Scrolls scholar. He was a populariser of the Dead Sea Scrolls through his books and radio broadcasts.