1. China. Please do visit a comprehensive web site about China, http://www.chinapage.com/china.html for more information about Chinese culture, including interactive topics on classical Chinese art, calligraphy, poetry, history, literature, painting, and philosophy.
2. kiva. The web site http://sipapu.gsu.edu/html/kiva.html is a VIRTUAL TOUR of a Great Kiva, which is defined here as an architectural structure found in many prehistoric Anasazi communities in Southwestern USA (of which the Hopi are one). There is a mention of the Hopi, but the fact that they are only one of the Anasazi tribes is not exactly clear.
3. Hopi. Please visit the tribe’s official website at http://www.hopi.nsn.us about the cultural history of the Hopi people.
4. Crafts and fine arts of Southwestern American Indian artists. The web site http://www.kivatrading.com offers unique features and detailed information about crafts and fine arts of Southwestern American Indian artists, and the techniques and traditions involved in their creation are presented.
5. Bavaria. You can visit http://www.bavaria.com for a brief description about Bavaria and links to other websites with information on its culture, travel, entertainment and business.
6. Catholic Church. The web site http://www.catholic-defense.com/ is one that has been designed for Catholics and non-Catholic Christians to explain the Catholic faith to Protestants and non-Christians. There are also good links available to key topics within the Catholic lexicon.
7. John Noyes and/or Oneida Community. Visit web site http://www.tao.ca/~gnosticluminae/Church/cgl-part2a.htm and you would find it a most interesting one. You might want to check this one out personally. This site gives an outline of the history of something called the church of Gnostic Luminism, a so-called utopian movement. It claims to be based on a vision of society elaborated in the writings of Lao Tzu, the Chinese founder of Taoism. By visiting the links from the above web site, you find the following more specific essays.
8. The Oneida Community. At the web site http://www.polyamory.org/Howard/oneida.html, you would find an essay entitled, The Oneida Community. It defines the OC as founded by John Howard Noyes.
9. The Shakers/Oneida Community. On the webpage at http://www.webzonecom.com/ccn/cults/othr09b.txt, you would find an essay entitled, The Shakers/Oneida Community. The essay discuses the commune in the context of a cult and outlines its doctrines.
10. John Humphrey Noyes, Complex Marriage and Male Continence. At the web site http://arthur.u-strasbg.fr/~ronse/CF/noyes.html, a biographical site, you would find an essay entitled, Complex Marriage and Male Continence, which emphasizes these 2 doctrines of the Oneida Community.
11. Mormon Church. The web page at http://www.xmission.com/~country/petersen/intro.htm provides a scholarly discussion of the history and tenets of the Mormon Church founded by Joseph Smith.
