That’s one theory explored by The Psychedelic Gospels: The Secret History of Hallucinogens in Christianity, a new book by Santa Barbara residents Jerry and Julie Brown that blends travelogue, art ...

Magic and early Christianity. Still, magic was very much alive during the period of early Christianity. ... Early Christian art reflects that preoccupation with miracles, ...

In early Christian stories, the magician Simon uses magic immorally to try and gain power and influence. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Ancient authors invented the idea that the miracles of ...

This is one of the most popular scenes depicted in early Christian funerary art, ... Mysterious object that appears in religious art that show Jesus really was magic. e-mail; 109.

As an expert in ancient magic and early Christianity, I study how magic helped early adherents develop a Christian identity. One part of this identity was morality: the inner sense of right and ...

The papyrus contains some of the earliest documented references to The Last Supper. It is also one of the first recorded documents to use magic in the Christian context.

ARTH 362 Studies in Early Christian and Byzantine Art and Architecture. Wednesdays, 11:45 am-2:30 ... while recognizing and understanding the interconnections between the early Christian and Byzantine ...

Most of our understanding of the role of women in early Christianity comes from literary testimony, largely written by men. With Crispina and Her Sisters, Christine Schenk, C.S.J., has performed a ...