What’s this all about?
The Hierophant is the “displayer of holy things” in ancient Greek religion.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/hierophant
Society is a noisy place, a “marketplace of ideas” if you will, and no matter what they might think everyone has an agenda even though they may not be aware of it as such. Being human, they tend to focus their views and their opinions through the lens of that agenda, often discarding fact and context in order to “prove a point.”
I hope to cut through that noise, at least to some degree.
No, it’s not possible for anyone to create completely unbiased information. We are all conditioned by our upbringing, our social milieu, our educational level, and any number of other factors. However it is possible to bring more of a historical context to bear on current events; this is that all-important context that’s often missing from stories about current events. Thus, this blog will be an attempt (we’ll see how successful it is) to add that context where possible in order to help readers understand how we (“we” being the world, a given nation, a given society, etc. depending on the topic) got to where we are.
Thus the name The Hierophant: the displayer of holy things. The name has nothing at all to do with the Tarot, with mysticism (except as something else to expose), or religion. In Greek religion, the Hierophant had the authority to banish anyone he felt was unclean from the ceremonies. We hope to expose many, many “unclean” things here. We hope to drag sacred cows, idols, icons, and other allegedly holy things into the light so they can be seen for what they really are…for better or worse.
Reality Therapy is probably as reasonable a term as any.
Those who “want to believe” and dislike the use of evidence will not be happy here, most likely. Nothing will be sacred.
Yes, it’s ambitious. It might actually be a lot of fun, though.
Building the content will take time. There may be fits and starts as we get things organized and set the tone. But come along for the ride, and we’ll see how the destination changes.
The Hierophant 