Katnut d'Katnut

"Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anointed Solomon King..." goes the famous Coronation Hymn of Handel quoting from the Bible. The mystique and magic of the Monarchy is evident once again with the 10 day visit of the Queen of Australia and her husband ( himself born a prince of Greece and of Denmark). The republicans are upset seeing their dreams for an Australian Republic sailing into the mists of tired ideas. They still cling to the hope that maybe they will get a Republic when the Queen dies but it would seem from the latest polls that the Monarchy is more popular than ever and especially among the young. 55% of Australians polled favoured the Monarchy and only 34% the Republic.(see below)

55% of the 14-17 year olds are for the monarchy and only 31 % for a Republic.

BeREShYT [In the beginning]...l'eiynei kol-yisrael [before the eyes of all Israel]. At the end of the feast of Sukkot (Tabernacles) is the holy day called Simchat Torah (Rejoicing in the Torah) which is celebrated also as Shemini Atzeret (Eighth Day of Assembly) in Israel. In the Diaspora Simchat Torah is celebrated on the ninth day.

The Jordan Times reports that preliminary tests on the Jewish Christian lead codices that I wrote about in an earlier blog seem to be authentic. There was a major campaign to discredit their authenticity but it would seem that the last word on these discoveries has not been spoken yet.

Father Alexander Winogradsky Frenkel

Here is the latest press release about the Second Helsinki Conference on Jews in the Church. Interestingly one of the speakers was Father Alexander Winogradsky Frenkel an Orthodox priest who says the Orthodox liturgy in Hebrew in Jerusalem for a small flock of Orthodox Hebrew speaking Christians.

The Catholics of early colonial Australia were without priests during the early days of its history. In 1800 a convict priest Father James Dixon and the convict William Davis arrived in New South Wales and lay Carmelites James Dempsey and John Butler arrived as convicts in 1802. These four men were to play an important part along with Father Jeremiah O'Flynn in founding the Catholic Church in Australia on lay-led Perpetual Adoration.

The Young Marc-Andre Raffalovich

Frederick S Roden in his book "Same-sex Desire in Victorian Religious Culture" comments how Raffalovich's ideas lead to a Catholic theology on homosexuality and that Raffalovich ideas are reflected in the modern understanding of the Catholic Church as expressed in the Catechism of the Catholic Church.

The Image of the Crucified Messiah on the Codex

Those who have read my articles and blogs will be aware that for many years I have claimed that the Zohar (which has traditionally been said to have written by Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai) was in origin a Jewish Christian document. I also believe Shimon bar Yochai and his family were some of the crypto-Christian Jews in the Jewish community in the second century.

Lord Byron

Lord Byron has always been a favourite of mine. I love the Gothic Romantic Era as well as the more recent New Romantic movement of the 80's in fashion and music. Much of today's society and technological culture is dull, ugly, tedious and bland. The bland leading the bland. My favourite Oscar Wilde quote is: "It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious." Dostoyevsky proclaimed that "Beauty will save the world".

One reads about many theories about the date of the crucifixion. By a study of the writings of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov and the Breslov literature it would seem that the date of the crucifixion was the 16th of Nisan and not the 14th or 15th as believed by most. I have thought about this for a long time and believe that the Breslovers have preserved the true date of the crucifixion of the Tzadik. Thus the resurrection occurred on Sunday the 18th of Nisan.

A recent article entitled the "Mystery of the Black Madonna" speculates on the origin and meaning of the numerous Black Madonnas found in Europe. Those who read my blogs would know that this mystery is connected to the mystery of the feminine dark waters and the dark mirror that is the Matronita. She has no light of her own but is the immaculate mirror that reflects perfectly the Glory of God back to God as mentioned in the Book of Wisdom.