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• Books – Martini Fisher

  “There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,” as Shakespeare’s Hamlet says, “than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” He was right. The things that go on in people's minds are very real and can...

• Unveiling the Mysteries of Benzaiten, Goddess of War, Music, and Culture – Martini Fisher

  Benzaiten is one of Japan's most complex and popular syncretic deities who has long ago been conflated and associated with other divinities from the Hindu, Buddhist, and Japanese pantheons. Her many f...

• Spread of Islam and Introduction to the Javanese Philosophy – Martini Fisher

  Islam is thought to have been present in Southeast Asia from early in the Islamic era. From the time of the third caliph of Islam, Uthman (644-656), Muslim emissaries and merchants were arriving in Ch...

• The Fisher King – Martini Fisher

  He is the last of the distinguished family line of guardians of the Holy Grail. But he was wounded. He was not only unable to fulfill his duties, he was also unable to father a next generation to carr...

• The Five Eternal Virgins of Ancient India – Martini Fisher

  Five is one of the mystical numbers according to Hindu belief.  There are five ingredients prescribed for worship: wine, fish, flesh, lard and chant, corresponding to the five senses in the human body...

• Our Lady Monks, Mothers of the Desert – Martini Fisher

  Theodoret of Cyrrhus (423–457) tells us that when little girls played games in forth-century Syria, they played monks and demons. One of the girls, dressed in rags, would reduce her little friends int...