It's called "The Cherry-Tree Carol," and I'm sure you've heard a version at one time or another. Joan Baez did one. There's also a rendition--exceptionally eerie and haunting--by Judy Collins. I doubt if any two vocalists sing it with quite the same words. It's a traditional song, which means … [Read more...]
The Tower of Babel – Moon Launch Platform?
No, it's not my idea. It was Jonathan Eibeschuetz, the "heretic rabbi" of 18th-century Prague, who came up with it. I discovered this a few months ago, while surfing the Hebrew-language Web. I came upon an article by one Noah Zevuluni, published in an Israeli newspaper in August 1962--right … [Read more...]
The “Box of Crazy,” UFOs, and Ezekiel’s Vision (Part 2)
Read some of what's been posted to the Web about the "Box of Crazy," the amazing cache of artwork and miscellaneous papers discovered--in 2008, supposedly--by the side of a road near Asheville, NC. You'll find it said that the centerpiece of the collection is a hyper-dramatic UFO sighting that … [Read more...]
The “Box of Crazy,” UFOs, and Ezekiel’s Vision (Part 1)
William Blake, move over. As illustrator of Ezekiel's "chariot" vision--"merkabah" to the ancients, "UFO" to some moderns--you've met your match. Well, maybe not really. Blake's loopy genius is and will forever remain unique. But if the drawings in what's being called the "Box of Crazy"--a … [Read more...]
Conspiracy Theories Revisited – The Strange Case of Rabbi Jonathan Eibeschuetz (Part 3)
(This is part 3 of a three-part post. For part 1 click here; for part 2 click here.) In last week's post, I began to describe the scandalous book of Kabbalah that surfaced in Germany in 1725, with the title Va-avo ha-Yom el ha-Ayin, "I Came This Day to the Spring." Rumor had it that the book … [Read more...]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 46
- 47
- 48
- 49
- 50
- …
- 70
- Next Page »
