Cookies
This blog's software uses cookies. More in Privacy policy — Cookies?
Weekly Schedule
Something new each Saturday.
Life, the universe and my circumstances permitting.
What the "something" is depends on what's caught my interest during the week, and which of my projects are ready for release.Archives
My Favorite Posts
- Alien Life: Notions and Research
- Anger and Whitewashed Tombs
- Conservative? Liberal? No: Catholic
- Europa, Mars, and Someday the Stars
- God Doesn't Make Junk
Support this Blog:
-
-
Tag Cloud
America astronomy blogging Christmas citizenship civilization of love coronavirus COVID-19 death disasters emotions evolution exoplanets faith faith and works family folklore and myth getting a grip God health history holidays Jesus last things life issues love medicine mental health Minnesota natural law planets politics prayer reason salvation science sin social justice space exploration stewardship technology tolerance truth weather writing
Current Time, UTC
I live in Minnesota, in America's Central Time Zone. This blog is on UTC/Greenwich time.Who I am, briefly
Brian H. Gill
I was born in 1951. I'm a husband, father and grandfather. One of the kids graduated from college in December, 2008, and is helping her husband run businesses and raise my granddaughter; another is a cartoonist and artist; #3 daughter is a writer; my son is developing a digital game with #3 and #1 daughters. I'm also a writer and artist.
I'm Aluwir on Twitter
More Perspectives From the Catholic Laity:
- Blog - David Torkington
Spiritual theologian, author and speaker, specializing in prayer, Christian spirituality and mystical theology [the kind that makes sense-BHG] - The Curt Jester
(Jeff Miller)
Punditry, Prayer, Parody, Polemics, Puns from a Papist Perspective - If I Might Interject
One Catholic tries to interject the Perspective of the Church - tiberjudy
Happy. Southern. Catholic. - Time for Reflections
(Victor S. E. Moubarak)
Ubi caritas et amor. Deus ibi est.
(Where [there is] charity and love. God is there.)
- Blog - David Torkington
Advertisements
Norski's Shop
Brian H. Gill's online art store
Posters, printsACWB Contributor
-
Brian H. Gill on MeWe
Advertisements
Tag Archives: demons
Faustus: Good Angel, Bad Angel, Parma and Politics
(From Ken Eckert, via Wikimedia Commons, used w/o permission.) A year and three weeks ago, I started writing about Marlowe’s “Faustus” play: “The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus.” Three months later, I’d finished three more. … Continue reading
Like This? Share It:
Pentheus, Pwyll and Pan Twardowski: Fairly Faustian
(Marguerite’s garden in Gounod’s “Faust,” set design by Édouard Desplechin. (1859)) Christopher Marlowe based his “Dr. Faustus” on Germany’s Faust legend, which was in turn inspired by Johann Georg Faust’s reputation. And on J. G. Faust’s abrupt death in 1520, … Continue reading
Like This? Share It:
Gnosticism
Some folks act as if they think physical reality is bad and having a body is icky. The notion’s ‘Biblical,’ sort of. Galatians 5:19 through 21 call bad ideas like licentiousness, hatreds and idolatry “works of the flesh.” With a … Continue reading
