Rifkin the Historian
Pagans and Christians: On Common Ground
Submitted by Rifkin the Historian on January 23, 2026
Image by MythologyArt from Pixabay Structured both as a dialogue with contemporary Christian beliefs and as a clarification of beliefs Pagans from many traditions have ... Read more
Who Were the “Sea People” and did They Cause the Late Bronze Age Collapse?
Submitted by Rifkin the Historian on December 27, 2025
Image by Midjourney.com The Late Bronze Age collapse was a period of societal collapse in the Mediterranean basin during the 12th century BC. It is ... Read more
The “Bloody” Baron von Ungern-Sternberg: Madman or Mystic?
Submitted by Rifkin the Historian on November 22, 2025
Derivative Images My name is surrounded with such hate and fear that no one can judge what is true and what is false, what is ... Read more
The Visitors
Submitted by Rifkin the Historian on September 7, 2025
Derivative Images I get these messages from other planets. I’m apparently some kind of agent from another planet but I haven’t got my orders clearly ... Read more
The Witch Mania of King James I
Submitted by Rifkin the Historian on June 21, 2025
https://www.midjourney.com King James the Sixth of Scotland (1566 – 1625), who later became James the First of England, was always fearful of the unknown. As ... Read more
H.G. Wells – Metaphysical Socialist
Submitted by Rifkin the Historian on April 4, 2025
H G Wells was a committed socialist whose political writing influenced, among other things, the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Dr. Matthew Taunton considers how Wells engaged with socialist ideas in his journalism, social commentary and fiction.
The End Of The Kali Yuga In 2025?
Submitted by Rifkin the Historian on December 23, 2024
Derivative Images A number of ancient cultures believed in a Cycle of World Ages in which we gradually descend from a state of spiritual perfection and ... Read more
Why Is Christmas In December?
Submitted by Rifkin the Historian on December 17, 2024
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay Christmas is celebrated by a majority of Christians on December 25 in the Gregorian Calendar. But early Christians did ... Read more
The Return Of Myth
Submitted by Rifkin the Historian on February 6, 2024
Image by Sam from Pixabay Myth for us – except in exceptional cases of extreme degradation and the secularisation of tradition and culture – is ... Read more
Behold The Green Dragon – Myth And Reality Of A Secret Society
Submitted by Rifkin the Historian on January 2, 2023
Image by Виктория Бородинова from http://Pixabay.com History certainly has no shortage of enigmatic or controversial brotherhoods, orders, lodges and societies. The Knights Templar, for instance, ... Read more