The similar phrase 'Worldly Christianity' is one used by Bonhoeffer. It's J Gresham Machen that I want to line up most closely with. See his Christianity and culture here. Having done commentaries on Proverbs (Heavenly Wisdom) and Song of Songs (Heavenly Love), a matching title for Ecclesiastes would be Heavenly Worldliness. For my stance on worldliness, see 3 posts here.
Showing posts with label Pareidolia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pareidolia. Show all posts

Ghosts Everywhere

Charming Fishy Ghost on the bottom of my Rolo Dessert lid
Screaming Ghost on the surface of my Caffe Nero coffee


Technically. I don't believe in ghosts but I seem to see them everywhere.

Questionable Pareidolia

 

Regular readers fo this blog will be aware of its author's fascination with pareidolia.
It's often in the eye of the beholder.

Yet More Pareidolia



 A proof that God exists? A hint at least. I saw this out walking today.
(May be the fact that I'm reading Moby Dick at the moment made a difference).

More examples of Pareidolia 3

 

This one is inspired by a mere scratch in our hall at the bottom of the stairs, which
once were green but were then painted white.

More examples of Pareidolia 1


We did mention pareidolia some time ago. Recently I recently snapped three example from home that I have lived with for years. This first is on my wardrobe.

10 Countries with interesting shapes

1. Bulgaria

2. Bosnia Herzegivinia (not Croatia as I had previously)

3. Cyprus

4. Luxembourg

5.Slovenia
6. Australia
7. Wales

8. Finland

9.Italy

10. South Africa


An example of pareidolia

Pareidolia is a term that refers to the psychological phenomenon in which the mind responds to a stimulus (an image or a sound) by perceiving a familiar pattern where none exists. Common examples are perceived images of animals, faces, or objects in cloud formations, the man in the moon, the moon rabbit, hidden messages within recorded music played in reverse or at higher- or lower-than-normal speeds, and hearing indistinct voices in random noise such as that produced by air conditioners or fans (or your printer in m case. Here is an example of something in my street that I have walked past hundreds of times and that reminds me of an image I would have seen as a child (Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones and his Vox Phantom Mark III guitar.




Ku Klux Scrap Paper

Is it just me? When I came down this morning and saw this piece of paper hanging about it looked to me suspiciously like something. Do I just have an overactive imagination?