Dreaming of the Virgin Mary - Two Miles High (Page 2)

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Theodora - Empress and Courtesan

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Theodora - Empress and Courtesan

In the Orthodox, Syrian and Oriental churches today, Byzantine Empress Theodora is a saint. But among Roman Catholics she is dismissed as an unrepentant ex-courtesan and a heretic, who argued that Jesus was divine and not human at all. It doesn't help that she convinced the Emperor Justinian

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Zodiac Man

Zodiac Man reflected the classical and medieval view that the human body corresponded to the Heavens and its primary impact was on medicine. Doctors had to study both the patient and the position of the stars and planets in order to determine whether to operate. Bloodletting, for example: if the

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Zodiac

Below is a list of how the Zodiac icons have been placed in this Virgin Mary chapter. * Aries: Theodora * Taurus: the Word, Logos * Gemini: Hermes * Cancer: Gateway to the Earth * Leo: God's light * Virgo: the Virgin Mary * Libra: Marriage of Theodora and Justinian * Scorpio: the phoenix of Resurrection