Zeitgeist is William Paterson University's undergraduate literary magazine. We compile and publish students' short stories, poetry, and artwork. Our Spring 2012 issue is one of our most comprehensive... More > and varied issues yet.< Less
Their planet slowly dying, ravaged by two hundred years of environmental carelessness and governmental greed, a select group of elitists plot to send unwitting crews on what will be a suicide... More > mission. A young Command Pilot and one of her crew survive and find themselves in a strange world in which they are unprepared to cope. Two more missions follow before help comes from an unexpected source.< Less
The film Zeitgeist became an overnight internet sensation with its claims Christianity was based upon a pagan solar mythology. This idea, developed in the eighteenth century but dismissed as... More > ridiculous by scholars, has held support among anti-religious and occultic thinkers and recently was popularized by conspiracy theorists. In the first of a two volume critique of these ideas, Albert McIlhenny takes on the claims of its best known supporters. By the end of this volume, the theory of "astrotheology" is show to be based on various historical mistakes popular in early modernity but since shown to be erroneous. It is demonstrated the source of its current support is not based upon any evidence but the wild claims of conspiracy theorists dressed up to look like scholarship.< Less
One of the more unusual figures discussing religion on the internet is Jordan Maxwell. His videos have become standard fare on outlets such as Youtube and he was the inspiration for the film... More > Zeitgeist. His claim that religion is based on the zodiac has won him a loyal following and he has influenced many other authors. His use of etymologies, supposed historical facts, and often senesationalistic claims have earned him a following of those raised on conspiracy theorist fare such as The X-Files. But once we put his claims under the microscope, just how accurate are they? In Prophet of Zeitgeist, Albert McIlhenny tests the wild and wooly claims of Jordan Maxwell and discovers that very little of his best known material is true. By the end of the book, it is doubtful anyone could ever take seriously the religious theories of one of America's best known conspiracy theorists.< Less
One of the more unusual figures discussing religion on the internet is Jordan Maxwell. His videos have become standard fare on outlets such as Youtube and he was the inspiration for the film... More > Zeitgeist. His claim that religion is based on the zodiac has won him a loyal following and he has influenced many other authors. His use of etymologies, supposed historical facts, and often senesationalistic claims have earned him a following of those raised on conspiracy theorist fare such as The X-Files. But once we put his claims under the microscope, just how accurate are they? In Prophet of Zeitgeist, Albert McIlhenny tests the wild and wooly claims of Jordan Maxwell and discovers that very little of his best known material is true. By the end of the book, it is doubtful anyone could ever take seriously the religious theories of one of America's best known conspiracy theorists.< Less
