about: CP
Just completed BA in Religious Studies at University of Texas at Austin, with a thesis on the work of Elizabethan scholar Dr. John Dee & alchemist/rogue Sir Edward Kelly. Starting graduate studies in Fall here at UT, on representations of religious messages and symbolism in contemporary Japanese pop culture (read: anime and manga). Fulltime Leo.
pastimes
Collecting books, finding obscure medieval grimoires online.
Experimenting in the kitchen, occasionally successfully.
Spotting obscure religious references in anime.
Herding OTOCats.
on the shelf (at the moment, anyway)
謎の彼女Ｘ
A True and Faithful Relation of What Passed for Many Years Between Dr. John Dee and Some Spirits (Causabon, 1659)
Complete Japanese Verb Guide (Hirō Japanese Center, 1989)
The Holy Qur’an (Ali, transl. & ed., 1983)
Interlineal NIV Hebrew-English Old Testament (Kohlenberger, 1979)
Japanese Aesthetics and Culture (Hume, ed., 1995)
John Dee’s Five Books of Mystery (Peterson, 2003)
John Dee’s Library Catalogue (Roberts & Watson, 1990)
Kingdom Interlineal Translation of the Greek Scriptures (Watchtower Publ., 1985)
The Kojiki (Philippi, transl. & ed., 1969)
Mystery of Mystery (T Apiryon & T Helena, 1995)
Religion in Contemporary Japan (Reader, 1991)
currently watching
白い春 (White Spring)
Eden of the East
Kiina
Neon Genesis Evangelion – “You Are (Not) Alone” (re-edit, vol. 1)
True Tears