Research

A reliquary is a container for relics. These may be the purported or actual physical remains of saints, such as bones, pieces of clothing, or some object associated with saints or other religious figures. The authenticity of any given relic is often a matter of debate; for that reason, some churches require documentation of the relic’s provenance. (from wikipedia).

The reliquary bust of Iris Lee is housed in the collection of Kenneth Nintzel, who will loan it to The Oracle exhibit at The Brick theater in Brooklyn for our presentation opening October 22. (Pictures coming soon).

A similar reliquaries include the handmaidens of Saint Ursula. The Reliquary below lives at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. in the second photo the opening is visible, into which the skull of handmaiden’s skull was kept.

IMG_2987IMG_2993
Ursula’s legend is that she was a princess who, at the request of her father in south-west Britain, set sail to join her future husband, the pagan governor of Armorica, along with 11,000 virginal handmaidens. After a miraculous storm brought them over the sea in a single day to a Gaulish port, Ursula declared that before her marriage she would undertake a pan-European pilgrimage. After setting out for Cologne, which was being besieged by Huns, all the virgins were beheaded in a massacre.

The image below shows a portion of the skulls located in the Golden Chamber of the Basilica of St. Ursula in Cologne, Germany. These relics are allegedly from Ursula and the virgins who accompanied her, although their actual origin is disputed.

St Ursula Skull Relics
Photo by Kevin Lakhani

We look forward to sharing the reliquary of the skull of Iris Lee with the public. Members of the Luddite church who are interested in worshipping in its presence are welcome to attend the exhibit.

 

The World Technology Network (www.WTN.net), a community of the world’s most innovative individuals and organizations in science, technology, and related fields, is launching the first World Summit on Technological Unemployment on September 29, 2015, at the Time Life Conference Center in New York City.

Accelerating technological unemployment will likely be one of the most challenging societal issues in the 21st Century. Never before in history are so many industries being simultaneously upended by new technologies. Though “creative destruction,” in which lost jobs are replaced with new ones, will be a factor, our newest technologies have the clear potential to eliminate many more jobs than we create. With technology advancing at a geometric pace, robotics, artificial intelligence, 3D-printing, and other innovations with enormous disruptive potential will soon hit the mainstream. Billions of people worldwide are currently employed in industries that will likely be affected—and billions of new entrants to the workforce will need jobs. – See more at: http://www.wtn.net/technological-unemployment-summit#sthash.twjlPE3u.dpuf

Click here to read more