tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843157625045099797.post3037926866153844885..comments2024-03-27T23:56:25.286-07:00Comments on Cabinet of Wonders: Inner EarthHeather McDougalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09683209580852572301noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843157625045099797.post-46070974516916112532007-05-20T07:06:00.000-07:002007-05-20T07:06:00.000-07:00Just want to echo D's praise for both your blog (w...Just want to echo D's praise for both your blog (which I just plugged at Cliopatria) and Paul Collins' Banvard's Folly.<BR/><BR/>But I think you have underestimated Cyrus Teed's wackiness. He didn't think we should move inside the hollow earth - he believed we were already IN the hollow earth - that the whole universe was a sphere the size of the earth and we live on its inside.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843157625045099797.post-64655331631023286812007-05-19T03:13:00.000-07:002007-05-19T03:13:00.000-07:00Crap, meant to post that last comment to the entry...Crap, meant to post that last comment to the entry above, not the hollow earth entry... as long as I'm here, have you read Banvard's folly by Paul Collins? It has a chapter on Symmes. He's an excellent writer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843157625045099797.post-31969004721423133352007-05-19T03:10:00.000-07:002007-05-19T03:10:00.000-07:00There is a wonderful relic in St. Stephen's Basili...There is a wonderful relic in St. Stephen's Basilica here in Budapest. Known as the Holy Right, it is the shriveled right hand of St. Stephen clutching some royal jewels for all to behold. In August they take it out and parade it through the streets. People go wild. You have a wonderful blog, keep up the good work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com