tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079559053290094565.post984192250581218020..comments2023-12-22T20:36:45.744-05:00Comments on Isle of Wonder: RelicsThe Red Witchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11731703967439763663noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079559053290094565.post-89688374643951824992010-07-05T16:29:11.027-04:002010-07-05T16:29:11.027-04:00But even more creepy, if that's possible, is t...<i>But even more creepy, if that's possible, is that Einstein's opthalmologist 'happened' to wander into the autopsy room, and he took Einstein's eyeballs! </i><br /><br />That's trully creepy. What did he need them for? Don't become famous, your body parts might be missing after your death...Anachronisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10398058819007642332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079559053290094565.post-89409318781361058732010-07-03T16:04:02.434-04:002010-07-03T16:04:02.434-04:00See, Henry VIII didn't really do away with ido...See, Henry VIII didn't really do away with idolatry. Boo-yah!The Red Witchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11731703967439763663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079559053290094565.post-53579054807279963402010-07-03T14:24:48.932-04:002010-07-03T14:24:48.932-04:00And Albert Einstein's brain is a hot commodity...<i>And Albert Einstein's brain is a hot commodity too.</i><br />What happened to Einstein's brain is truly bizarre. The pathologist, Dr Harvey, decided to embalm Einstein's brain and keep it in a jar, without asking permission of the family. He ended up travelling around America, still with the brain, sending pieces of it to random scientists. The brain became a travelling relic for Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03070070360087765540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079559053290094565.post-62683878388671749502010-07-03T08:21:36.610-04:002010-07-03T08:21:36.610-04:00I would like to add that we don't keep bones b...I would like to add that we don't keep bones because there are laws about indignities to a corpse. However there is the powerful Skull and Bones society who have been accused of stealing Geronimo and Pancho Villa's skulls and keeping them. So relic gathering does go one. And Albert Einstein's brain is a hot commodity too.The Red Witchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11731703967439763663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079559053290094565.post-64529692751644567982010-07-02T16:28:09.917-04:002010-07-02T16:28:09.917-04:00I hadn't seen the story on Tut, maybe it just ...<i>I hadn't seen the story on Tut, maybe it just fell off through disuse.</i><br /><br />Oh dear, I had a good laugh here! Really it's nice to know some people have no other worries than missing body parts of a very old mummy!<br /><br />Let me just observe here that relics, old and new, have been a weird and horrible way to earn money, full stop. I will never understand why people want Anachronisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10398058819007642332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079559053290094565.post-75888402685573208172010-07-02T08:52:03.599-04:002010-07-02T08:52:03.599-04:00@It isn't superstition that's really disap...@It isn't superstition that's really disappeared, it's a sense of the spiritual.<br /><br />Some people set up veritable shrines to their idols.<br /><br />@That is quite a macabre list of body parts! And did you see this possibly related story?<br /><br />And good on Colet for being disgusted. I hadn't seen the story on Tut, maybe it just fell off through disuse.The Red Witchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11731703967439763663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079559053290094565.post-10226431283111113562010-07-02T02:43:48.339-04:002010-07-02T02:43:48.339-04:00That is quite a macabre list of body parts! And di...That is quite a macabre list of body parts! And did you see this possibly related story:<br /><br />King Tut's Penis is Missing<br />http://newsfeed.time.com/2010/06/29/is-king-tuts-penis-missing/<br /><br />LOL :)Jeannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079559053290094565.post-61315669005757341392010-07-01T14:03:41.557-04:002010-07-01T14:03:41.557-04:00I believe the author was mourning the loss of magi...<i>I believe the author was mourning the loss of magic in the world.</i><br />Fair point - but that reminds me of Richard Dawkins' book <i>Unweaving the Rainbow</i> - there is still plenty of magic in the world, depends what you consider to be magical.<br /><br /> <i>even so, whose dirty handkerchief would you rather press to your lips Elvis' or Becket's? What you rather own - St. Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03070070360087765540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079559053290094565.post-84195241330838833912010-07-01T09:27:27.869-04:002010-07-01T09:27:27.869-04:00@Quite a sweeping generalisation!
I believe the a...@Quite a sweeping generalisation!<br /><br />I believe the author was mourning the loss of magic in the world. I don't think he owns a television and has probably missed the cult of celebrity but, even so, whose dirty handkerchief would you rather press to your lips Elvis' or Becket's? What you rather own - St. George's bloody stump or William Shatner's kidney stone? The Red Witchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11731703967439763663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079559053290094565.post-73954664231636891032010-07-01T04:46:18.177-04:002010-07-01T04:46:18.177-04:00"Much superstition was no doubt overcome at t...<i>"Much superstition was no doubt overcome at the Reformation but it was done at a great psychological cost". </i><br />Quite a sweeping generalisation! As you've shown, many centuries later superstition is alive and well and desperately buying into the cult of celebrity in the hope that celebrityness rubs off on them/wearing it's lucky pants to encourage a Murray victory at Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03070070360087765540noreply@blogger.com