Norns. Norse goddesses of Past, Present, Future.

Occasionalism. Will is free. God arranges that what man wills, happens. Determinism. Free Will.

Odin. King of Scandinavian gods who holds court in Valhalla.

Ogmios. Celtic god = Hercules.

Olympians. 12 Greek gods residing on Mt. Olympus.

Ontological Argument. God exists as the most perfect human conception.

Ops. Roman goddess of harvest, fertility. = Rhea.

Orcus. Roman god of underworld and dead. = Hades.

Orpheus. Mythical Greek poet. Tamed animals with lyre. Music charmed underworld gods in bid to free wife.

Osiris. Vegetation god who introduced civilization to Egypt. God of underworld.

Paean. Greek physician to the gods.

Palaemon. Greek god of ships = Portunus.

Pan. Greek god of fertility and nature. Inventor of shepherd’s flute. Half man half goat. =Faunus.

Pantheism. Religion or philosophy identifying God with all that exists. Hinduism.

Pantheon. 27BC. Rome. Temple to all the gods. 609 converted to Christian church.

Paré, Ambroise. 1510-90. Father of modern surgery. -“I apply the dressing. God heals the wound.” Invented articulating artificial limbs 1540.

Pax. Roman goddess of peace.

Pelagius. c354-c425. Welsh monk. Held heretical view that God rewards the virtuous. Free will, no original sin vs Determinism. Pelagians.

Pelops. Mythical Mycenaean king Tantalus served to gods as dinner.

Penates. Roman household gods.

Persephone. Greek goddess of fertility abducted by Hades.

Perseus. Slew Medusa with gods’ weapons. Married Andromeda.

Pharaoh. Egyptian king’s title. =“great house”. Physical embodiment of god Ra.

Plato. c428-347BC. Greek philosopher, disciple of Socrates’ Dialogs. Free-will. Republic. “There exist absolute truths. Mind imprints its idea on matter. Mind has always existed and seeks to free itself from matter and return to God.” Founded Academy c387. Symposium c384. Apologia c399. Quest for good will lead to harmony in the world.

Plotinus. 205-270. Greek philosopher. His Neoplatonism influenced Islam, Christianity. Quest for Good through intelligence. “Creation is fall from God. Evil is the nature of man. Good is freedom from senses.”

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