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Category Archives: Spengler

A Post Containing Every Quote Imaginable

January 19, 2012

Alright everybody, settle down. Take your seats. Stow the mobile devices—Janey and Bobby-Joe can wait an hour for your latest …

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A Foolish Obsession (cont. (again))

December 27, 2011

“The Roman Catholic Church was an alien institution lying heavily across the soil and the soul of Western European men …

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A Foolish Obsession (cont.)

December 26, 2011

Yeah, it’s a quote, and a long one. But it’s my own, so somehow that’s ok. “Imagine for a moment …

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A Foolish Obsession

December 24, 2011

“As he  was browsing the Carmel library one day, his hand moved, as if by itself, he said, to a …

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On The Pedestalizing Of Books

December 21, 2011

“Privation and suffering alone can open the mind of a man to all that is hidden to others.”—Words of the …

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Xenon’s Way

September 7, 2011

Allow me to stitch together a few of Xenon’s words. Some I jotted down on the fly and on the …

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Before Blogs…There Were ‘Zines

August 5, 2011

The Fool. Straining towards the light of the sun, and moon, carrying his paltry few possessions in a hobo-bag slung …

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We Are the Seekers

August 3, 2011

Take a close look at the image above. It was painted by F. L. Blackstadius around 1866, and represents a …

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The Monastic Dream

July 29, 2011

I fell into conversation yesterday with an elderly man who lives in an old age home across the street. He …

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The Back Room

July 25, 2011

The back room at the Cafe is where I get my best work done. Now that I have a family …

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