Bryn Athyn Cathedral
25 March, 2019
The episcopal seat of The General Church of the New Jerusalem, a denomination of Swedenborgianism. … More Bryn Athyn Cathedral
Tag: religion
The Kosmon Temple
15 November, 2018
The New York Times declared in 1884, “a new religion known as the Oahspe religion.” The book purported to be the forgotten history of the earth, featuring a cast of thousands of unfamiliar gods, lords and angels. … More The Kosmon Temple
West Cornwall’s Crowley House
25 October, 2018
Cornwall has prompted stories of hauntings and witchcraft endorsed by the presence of the self-styled ‘Great Beast’, Aleister Crowley. … More West Cornwall’s Crowley House
Gilgal
20 September, 2018
The biblical place where the prophet Elijah was taken up to heaven in a whirlwind. … More Gilgal
Pacific School of Religion
24 July, 2018
Over the years PSR has provided training for clergy from a wide range of religious traditions including Buddhists, Jews, Pagans, Pentecostals, and Roman Catholics. … More Pacific School of Religion
Self-Realization Fellowship Temple
15 July, 2018
Easily mistaken for a golf course or a resort from outside, it presents a postmodern masterpiece of intercultural markers in its clumsy east-meets-west representation of the “Church of All Religions.” … More Self-Realization Fellowship Temple
CBGB
27 June, 2018
CBGB became famed for the Misfits, Television, Patti Smith Group, Mink DeVille, the Dead Boys, the Dictators, the Fleshtones, the Voidoids, the Cramps, the B-52’s, Blondie, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, the Shirts, and Talking Heads… … More CBGB
Maharishi Majesh Ashram
29 May, 2018
On the edge of Rishikesh, in the foothills of the Himalaya, lies an overgrown ashram, the Beatles arrived at this unlikely location at the invitation of the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. … More Maharishi Majesh Ashram
Iztapalapa’s Passion Play
17 May, 2018
The Passion Play origins are not in the colonial period but rather a cholera epidemic in the 19th century, which gave rise to a procession to petition relief. … More Iztapalapa’s Passion Play
San Juanito’s Bomb-Hammer Festival
11 May, 2018
This party in Celaya commemorate San Juanito, a character who has been compared to Robin Hood, becoming famous for robbing possessions to the rich Spanish landowners of the XVII century. … More San Juanito’s Bomb-Hammer Festival
