“The ancient Poets animated all sensible objects with Gods or Geniuses, calling them by the names and adorning them with the properties of woods, rivers, mountains, lakes, cities, nations, and whatever their enlarged and numerous senses could perceive. And particularly they studied the genius of each city and county, placing it under its mental deity. Till a system was formed, which some took advantage of and enslaved the vulgar by attempting to realize or abstract the mental deities from their objects; thus began Priesthood. Choosing forms of worship from poetic tales. And at length they pronounced that the Gods had ordered such things. Thus men forgot that All deities reside in the human breast.”
William Blake
“MEANDER, n. To proceed sinuously and aimlessly. The word is the ancient name of a river about one hundred and fifty miles south of Troy, which turned and twisted in the effort to get out of hearing when the Greeks and Trojans boasted of their prowess.”
Ambrose Bierce
“Cardinal Keith O'Brien called on people to wear a cross every day and advertise a war mongering, racist, intolerant, money-grabbing cult, based on a mythical creature and ancient lies. I call on people to weigh-in their crosses and religious jewellery at a refinery, and donate the proceeds to their local hospital or a worthy cause. And to throw their Bibles, religious books and scriptures of deceit in the recycling bin.”
The Factologist
“Could the pyramids have actually been cast instead of built by teams of men maneuvering hewn blocks?”
Leif Ericsson Leo Veness
“As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.”
Bible
“The Ancients had no religion, but instead had what could be described as a deeper knowledge of reality, a science and religion that were both integrally combined into a way of life.”
“In the future we will 'fly' like the ancients”
