The Hierarchies of Angels: Understanding the Orders
What Are the Hierarchies of Angels? The hierarchies of angels are a ninefold ranking of celestial beings, grouped into three triads, first systematized by Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite around 500 CE. From highest to lowest the orders run Seraphim, Cherubim, Thrones, Dominions, Virtues, Powers, Principalities, Archangels, and Angels. The nine orders of angels are the map […]
Mutation or Evolution? The Antlered Doe Mystery
An antlered doe is a female deer that grows antlers because her body carries unusually high androgen levels, most often from an ovarian or adrenal source or an intersex condition. In nearly every deer species this is an endocrine anomaly, not a heritable mutation or an evolutionary trait. Stand at the edge of a winter […]
Albino Animal Legends Across Civilizations
Across at least five civilizations, a single pigment accident has been read as a message from the divine. A bison, an elephant, a whale, a stag, and a snake all turned up the wrong color, and the people who met them built ceremonies, dynasties, and novels around what they saw. Albino animal legends recur because […]