tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3354677738876576370.post2701810515098839997..comments2024-03-26T07:37:54.729+00:00Comments on Confessions of a Ci-Devant: 12th August, 1904: The birth of an heirGareth Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09102113677858015813noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3354677738876576370.post-37973334698596642612012-08-15T16:13:41.872+01:002012-08-15T16:13:41.872+01:00excellent points, thank youexcellent points, thank youtubbshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16165944443534843179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3354677738876576370.post-29851139048413701252012-08-15T16:06:30.655+01:002012-08-15T16:06:30.655+01:00Well, without commenting on the validity of the de...Well, without commenting on the validity of the demonic possession case, I'd say that whoever cited him may have been grasping at straws. Not that I'm an expert, but I'm fairly certain Rasputin never evinced any of the signs that exorcists cite as proof of demonic possession. Furthermore, his career actually started with a pilgrimage he undertook as a result of an alleged vision of Gareth Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09102113677858015813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3354677738876576370.post-28351311412629839132012-08-14T03:44:59.021+01:002012-08-14T03:44:59.021+01:00 I have heard Rasputin mentioned as a proof for t... I have heard Rasputin mentioned as a proof for the reality of demonic possession. tubbshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16165944443534843179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3354677738876576370.post-5868949480181230912012-08-13T23:08:20.739+01:002012-08-13T23:08:20.739+01:00Hi, Jackie. Yes, 'Nicholas and Alexandra' ...Hi, Jackie. Yes, 'Nicholas and Alexandra' was one of the first full-length historical biographies I've ever read. Massie's writing style is beautiful, I think. And, yes, one of Rasputin's alleged killers was the Tsar's younger cousin, Grand Duke Dmitri. Dmitri was a strikingly handsome man and he may have been sexually or romantically involved with another one of the Gareth Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09102113677858015813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3354677738876576370.post-9977138092128430682012-08-13T15:09:48.561+01:002012-08-13T15:09:48.561+01:00It is a shame that Czar Paul was such a snot about...It is a shame that Czar Paul was such a snot about the women in his family; EVERY woman, including those as yet unborn. <br /><br />I find this nasty but also counterproductive since, after Peter the Great, the women were totally dominant! Even Czar Peter III, before he was dispatched, was a blithering idiot and a fall-down drunk.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3354677738876576370.post-15429884141305456772012-08-13T02:03:44.235+01:002012-08-13T02:03:44.235+01:00Great job as always. I've been fascinated by t...Great job as always. I've been fascinated by the Romanov family ever since I saw the animated film Anastasia as a child. I wanted to learn what really happened to them, and have been researching ever since. Are you a fan of Robert K. Massie's biography of Nicholas and Alexandra? It's one of my favorite books. <br /><br />It's so tragic that Alexandra's love for her faith and Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03352031651438714940noreply@blogger.com