On The Pedestalizing Of Books
“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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Beware The Men Of Action
“Clearly, mythology is no toy for children. Nor is it a matter of archaic, merely scholarly concern, of no moment …
The Journey
“All participate in the ceremonial according to rank and function. The whole society becomes visible to itself as an imperishable …
Back On The 18th
I’ve been told Internet access or any other form of communication to or from Das Boat is prohibitively expensive, so …
Evolution…Of Gods And Men
“For, as in the visible world of the vegetable and animal kingdoms, so also in the visionary world of the …
The Carnival Dream
An eminently Omphalos-like title for a post. Carnival, the sometimes riotous pre-Lenten celebrations in The Roman Catholic world, culminating in …
We Are The Mall
“The marvelous industrial implement which it [science] has created in our epoch is not capable of spiritually augmenting man, like …
Time Lapse Photography
I have a fascination with these old abandoned farm houses. Months ago I wrote a post, focusing mainly on …
When Language Fails
“Al-Am doe lil-la.” “Alhambrode….?” Slower this time. “Al…Am…doe…lil…la.” “Al-Am doe lil-la.” “Yes,” the man says, “it means: ‘all good things …
Life!
“This kind of coordination between constituent cells in a colony was taken a stage further, probably between 800 to 1000 …
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