Performing the Purification Ritual -- Italy, 2020.  In a recent post, Dr. Sebastian Rushworth asks the question, " Why did the world ...

  It is rare that an author is given the privilege of creating a work that defines a whole age. It happened to Dante with his "Comedy,...

    Earthsea: image source   Ursula K. Le Guin: "The Trilogy of Earthsea" They came then into the streets of one of the cities t...

   Detail of a Fresco by Masaccio ( 1401 –1428) in the Church of S. Maria del Carmine, Florence. This painting, just like many others depict...

  Wearing a mask may be a burden but, in some cases, also an advantage, especially for women in a patriarchal society. Traditionally, a mask...