~ Early Web Links ~

Deity is a fanlisting dedicated to gods and goddesses of all mythologies and religions, hosted under The Fanlistings Network's Mythology/Religion category. Created by Aelyn as part of the Celestial Oracle Studio, it invites fans who admire any divine beings to join a community of 96 members spanning 23 countries.

Messiah Scriptures is a freely shareable online collection of New Testament books, Apocrypha, and the Tanakh, organized for easy navigation by individual book. The site emphasizes open access, explicitly encouraging sharing and linking under a FOSS-style ethos.

Access to Insight, managed by the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, hosts a vast Theravada Buddhist library containing hundreds of essays, meditation guides, sutta commentaries, and full texts from the Pali canon. Visitors can browse by author, title, or nikaya, or discover content randomly, making it an exceptional reference for serious students of Theravada Buddhism.

The Extramundane is a personal blog covering Orthodox Christianity alongside topics like technology, video games, and digital privacy. Posts range from guides on joining the Orthodox Church to practical tech writeups on e-readers and RSS, giving the site a thoughtful mix of faith and indie web sensibility.

Run by Karl E. H. Seigfried, this long-running blog explores Norse mythology, Ásatrú, and Heathenry through in-depth articles and interviews with scholars and practitioners. Billed as the world's number one religion blog, it covers ancient myth alongside modern religious practice, making it a rich resource for anyone curious about Norse spiritual traditions.

The official website of the Temple of Set, a left-hand path initiatory organization founded in San Francisco in 1975. The site offers introductory essays covering Setian philosophy, ethics, ritual practice, and the esoteric tradition surrounding the Egyptian deity Set.

The Library of God's Word is a Bible study resource center offering notes, doctrinal themes, and scripture references organized around three time periods: the Past, Present, and Future as found in the Bible. It aims to provide straightforward access to Biblical teaching without personal interpretation, positioning itself as a modern replacement for Sunday School and traditional Bible study settings.

Part of the Gnostic Society Library at gnosis.org, this page presents the Gospel of Thomas in multiple scholarly translations, including the Patterson and Meyer rendering of all 114 sayings from the Nag Hammadi Coptic manuscript. It serves as a gateway to a broader collection of Gnostic texts, resources, and related books for anyone researching early Christian apocrypha or Gnostic traditions.

Alex Bilson's personal site blends his work as a senior software engineer with his identity as a church-planter and Christian thinker, organized through a unique 'plants and stones' system of original writing and curated quotes. The site features a ship's log going back to 2020, thematic 'gardens' grouping related notes, and a searchable archive of writings on faith, fear, and spiritual formation.

Bible Notes is a crowdsourced study site offering notes and commentary on biblical scripture, with a focus on prophecy, end-times interpretations, and apocryphal texts including Enoch, the Sibylline Oracles, and various Testaments. The site links to external channels and user submissions exploring fringe biblical truth communities alongside canonical and deuterocanonical books.