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rowanf has spread an interesting new meme: explaining the "unshared interests" on your info page. I have only two, so the exercise will be for me quick and easy.

galloi: This was a class of priest common throughout Asia Minor and Greece in late antiquity. They were self-castrated and lived and dressed to varying extents (depending on the time period) as women. Cf. Priests of the Goddess: Gender Transgression in Ancient Religion, and also the excellent Blossom of Bone by Randy Conner.

neil douglas-klotz: The author of The Hidden Gospel and Prayers of the Cosmos, the writings of Douglas-Klotz have had an immeasurable influence in the last year on my understanding of mystical experience. I have written several excerpts from The Hidden Gospel in my journal:
http://www.livejournal.com/talkread.bml?journal=sophiaserpentia&itemid=340
http://www.livejournal.com/talkread.bml?journal=nonduality&itemid=49316
http://www.livejournal.com/talkread.bml?journal=sophiaserpentia&itemid=14451
http://www.livejournal.com/talkread.bml?journal=sophiaserpentia&itemid=26967