Daффyd Aitch
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In light drenched, obscure clairvoyant straycat, restlessly wandering between Eros, Tanathos and other peculiarities.
Looking for relative truth and a fairly good story.💫
Looking for relative truth and a fairly good story.💫
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Hope is the ability to see the light despite being enveloped in darkness
February 22, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Hope is the ability to see the light despite being enveloped in darkness
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A Periodic Table of Greek Mythology with the Working Classicists - YouTube
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A Periodic Table of Greek Mythology with the Working Classicists
YouTube video by Archaeology with Flint Dibble
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February 19, 2025 at 8:02 PM
A Periodic Table of Greek Mythology with the Working Classicists - YouTube
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NTi...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NTi...
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In #JapaneseFolklore, Nasu Baba is a #yokai in the form of a dishevelled old woman but with dark purple skin and a face resembling an eggplant with teeth. She haunts a temple complex on Mount Hiei, usually lurking in dark rooms to avoid being seen. Despite her wild and...
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#MythologyMonday
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February 17, 2025 at 11:46 AM
In #JapaneseFolklore, Nasu Baba is a #yokai in the form of a dishevelled old woman but with dark purple skin and a face resembling an eggplant with teeth. She haunts a temple complex on Mount Hiei, usually lurking in dark rooms to avoid being seen. Despite her wild and...
#MythologyMonday
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#MythologyMonday
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Dead Man Walking: Oedipus at Colonus, Part VI
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Dead Man Walking: Oedipus at Colonus, Part VI
Oedipus the Prophet: ‘You Will Die at Your Brother’s Hand’
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February 17, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Dead Man Walking: Oedipus at Colonus, Part VI
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One version of his demise states that Pythagoras died at the hands of his enemies after refusing to run through a field of beans.
What would explain his choice for such a brutal death over beans?
#MythologyMonday
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What would explain his choice for such a brutal death over beans?
#MythologyMonday
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Pythagoras: Death by Beans
Many of us in modern society remember Pythagoras from early high school geometry as we desperately tried to figure out the hypotenuse of right-angled triangles. However, in Ancient Greece Pythagora…
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February 17, 2025 at 8:38 PM
One version of his demise states that Pythagoras died at the hands of his enemies after refusing to run through a field of beans.
What would explain his choice for such a brutal death over beans?
#MythologyMonday
mythcrafts.com/2025/01/09/p...
What would explain his choice for such a brutal death over beans?
#MythologyMonday
mythcrafts.com/2025/01/09/p...
"Dhrupad of the Dagars - The Mosque That Preserved a Temple" is a documentary film by Ashish Sankrityayan on #Dhrupad and its renowned exponents - the Dagars.
youtu.be/ONMd_qrBYFs
youtu.be/ONMd_qrBYFs
Trailer - Dhrupad of the Dagars, The Mosque That Preserved a Temple
YouTube video by Dhrupad Anjali Kendra
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February 11, 2025 at 10:43 AM
"Dhrupad of the Dagars - The Mosque That Preserved a Temple" is a documentary film by Ashish Sankrityayan on #Dhrupad and its renowned exponents - the Dagars.
youtu.be/ONMd_qrBYFs
youtu.be/ONMd_qrBYFs
Ruimtetelescoop Euclid ontdekt Einstein-ring in onze kosmische achtertuin...👇
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Ruimtetelescoop Euclid ontdekt Einstein-ring in onze kosmische achtertuin
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February 11, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Ruimtetelescoop Euclid ontdekt Einstein-ring in onze kosmische achtertuin...👇
www.astronomie.nl/nieuws/ruimt...
www.astronomie.nl/nieuws/ruimt...
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In 1857 worden 120 kolonisten in Utah vermoord door indianen – zo lijkt het althans. Maar een kiene Amerikaanse majoor ontdekt een duister geheim.
Christelijk conflict in het Wilde Westen: Mormonen slachtten vrouwen en kinderen af
In 1857 worden 120 kolonisten in Utah vermoord door indianen – zo lijkt het althans. Maar een kiene Amerikaanse majoor ontdekt een duister geheim.
historianet.nl
February 9, 2025 at 7:32 PM
In 1857 worden 120 kolonisten in Utah vermoord door indianen – zo lijkt het althans. Maar een kiene Amerikaanse majoor ontdekt een duister geheim.
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In 1972 stuitten archeologen op een mysterieuze 6500 jaar oude necropolis. Hier lag een man wiens graf zo vol goud zat dat zelfs zijn penis verguld was.
De oudste goudschat uit de geschiedenis blijft verbazen
In 1972 stuitten archeologen op een mysterieuze 6500 jaar oude necropolis. Hier lag een man wiens graf zo vol goud zat dat zelfs zijn penis verguld was.
historianet.nl
February 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
In 1972 stuitten archeologen op een mysterieuze 6500 jaar oude necropolis. Hier lag een man wiens graf zo vol goud zat dat zelfs zijn penis verguld was.
Fact or fiction?🤔
In medieval Germany, husbands & wives could settle their disputes through marital duels. The man fought with 1 arm tied behind his back in a hole, while his wife wore weighted clothing & used a sack filled with rocks as her weapon.👇
www.tastesofhistory.co.uk/post/dispell...
In medieval Germany, husbands & wives could settle their disputes through marital duels. The man fought with 1 arm tied behind his back in a hole, while his wife wore weighted clothing & used a sack filled with rocks as her weapon.👇
www.tastesofhistory.co.uk/post/dispell...
February 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Fact or fiction?🤔
In medieval Germany, husbands & wives could settle their disputes through marital duels. The man fought with 1 arm tied behind his back in a hole, while his wife wore weighted clothing & used a sack filled with rocks as her weapon.👇
www.tastesofhistory.co.uk/post/dispell...
In medieval Germany, husbands & wives could settle their disputes through marital duels. The man fought with 1 arm tied behind his back in a hole, while his wife wore weighted clothing & used a sack filled with rocks as her weapon.👇
www.tastesofhistory.co.uk/post/dispell...
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1. 🐍⚕️𝙃𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘿𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧: 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘿𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙎𝙚𝙧𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙎𝙮𝙢𝙗𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙢 is available on Substack.
Now that it's the Year of the Snake, it's time to discuss one of myth's oldest and most widespread symbols. 🧵
#pagansky #writingcommunity #promosky #folklore #mythology
Now that it's the Year of the Snake, it's time to discuss one of myth's oldest and most widespread symbols. 🧵
#pagansky #writingcommunity #promosky #folklore #mythology
February 9, 2025 at 8:35 AM
1. 🐍⚕️𝙃𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘿𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧: 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘿𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙎𝙚𝙧𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙎𝙮𝙢𝙗𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙢 is available on Substack.
Now that it's the Year of the Snake, it's time to discuss one of myth's oldest and most widespread symbols. 🧵
#pagansky #writingcommunity #promosky #folklore #mythology
Now that it's the Year of the Snake, it's time to discuss one of myth's oldest and most widespread symbols. 🧵
#pagansky #writingcommunity #promosky #folklore #mythology
The Puritanical Eye: Hyper-mediation, Sex on Film, and the Disavowal of Desire
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The Puritanical Eye: Hyper-mediation, Sex on Film, and the Disavowal of Desire
The disappearance of the sex scene in American cinema, the suppression of the body under the moral imperative of commodities in neoliberal capitalism, and Verhoeven as antagonizer.
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February 9, 2025 at 8:30 AM
The Puritanical Eye: Hyper-mediation, Sex on Film, and the Disavowal of Desire
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A thread about early modern witchcraft imagery, a topic in the “Gods, Magic, and the Supernatural" chapter of HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY.
Preorder now; drops Feb 2024! #HAMH 💙📚 🗃 #earlymodern #histsci #histmed 🧵 1/7
Preorder now; drops Feb 2024! #HAMH 💙📚 🗃 #earlymodern #histsci #histmed 🧵 1/7
December 18, 2024 at 2:32 PM
A thread about early modern witchcraft imagery, a topic in the “Gods, Magic, and the Supernatural" chapter of HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY.
Preorder now; drops Feb 2024! #HAMH 💙📚 🗃 #earlymodern #histsci #histmed 🧵 1/7
Preorder now; drops Feb 2024! #HAMH 💙📚 🗃 #earlymodern #histsci #histmed 🧵 1/7
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Ancient Egyptians believed the placenta contained the child's soul. It was wrapped with respect, referred to as a "bundle of life," and included in the Pharaoh's procession.
#Sacred #FolkyFriday #pagansky #folklore #mythology
#Sacred #FolkyFriday #pagansky #folklore #mythology
February 7, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Ancient Egyptians believed the placenta contained the child's soul. It was wrapped with respect, referred to as a "bundle of life," and included in the Pharaoh's procession.
#Sacred #FolkyFriday #pagansky #folklore #mythology
#Sacred #FolkyFriday #pagansky #folklore #mythology
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The Art and Practice of Acquiring a Necromantic Assistant
This class is from this past summer and was mentioned yesterday. It was a major departure for me, focusing much more on practice and experience and less on the historical and philosophical analysis I find more comfortable.
This class is from this past summer and was mentioned yesterday. It was a major departure for me, focusing much more on practice and experience and less on the historical and philosophical analysis I find more comfortable.
February 3, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The Art and Practice of Acquiring a Necromantic Assistant
This class is from this past summer and was mentioned yesterday. It was a major departure for me, focusing much more on practice and experience and less on the historical and philosophical analysis I find more comfortable.
This class is from this past summer and was mentioned yesterday. It was a major departure for me, focusing much more on practice and experience and less on the historical and philosophical analysis I find more comfortable.
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Dozens of earthquakes shake Greek island of Santorini
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Dozens of earthquakes shake Greek island of Santorini
Experts have said that the seismic activity on the island, some of whose most populated areas are perched on steep cliffs, will continue for weeks.
www.nbcnews.com
February 3, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Dozens of earthquakes shake Greek island of Santorini
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Here's Mark Dyczkowski in action, expounding the core teachings of nondual Saivism.
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The Discovery of Shakti: Mark Dyczkowski
YouTube video by Science and Nonduality
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February 3, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Here's Mark Dyczkowski in action, expounding the core teachings of nondual Saivism.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdWG...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdWG...
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“It is from the depths of our own psychic life that new spiritual forms will arise.” –
C.G. Jung
The future of culture lies within us, not in external systems. Only by exploring the unconscious can we discover the spiritual forms of tomorrow.
C.G. Jung
The future of culture lies within us, not in external systems. Only by exploring the unconscious can we discover the spiritual forms of tomorrow.
January 16, 2025 at 8:18 AM
“It is from the depths of our own psychic life that new spiritual forms will arise.” –
C.G. Jung
The future of culture lies within us, not in external systems. Only by exploring the unconscious can we discover the spiritual forms of tomorrow.
C.G. Jung
The future of culture lies within us, not in external systems. Only by exploring the unconscious can we discover the spiritual forms of tomorrow.
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Dreams arise from the depths, weaving forgotten fragments and new creations. They’re not nonsense—they are the language of the soul, if only we choose to listen. #CarlJung
January 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Dreams arise from the depths, weaving forgotten fragments and new creations. They’re not nonsense—they are the language of the soul, if only we choose to listen. #CarlJung
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Jung: “In Don Juanism, he unconsciously seeks his mother in every woman he meets.”
The man enchanted by Don Juanism is not a lover of women but a captive of an unfulfilled longing for the original feminine. #CarlJung
The man enchanted by Don Juanism is not a lover of women but a captive of an unfulfilled longing for the original feminine. #CarlJung
January 22, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Jung: “In Don Juanism, he unconsciously seeks his mother in every woman he meets.”
The man enchanted by Don Juanism is not a lover of women but a captive of an unfulfilled longing for the original feminine. #CarlJung
The man enchanted by Don Juanism is not a lover of women but a captive of an unfulfilled longing for the original feminine. #CarlJung
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Buddhist read: People rarely develop the keen and powerful urge to be free of all dukkha, of problems & burdens that torment life
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Is Your Hair On Fire? by Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
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Is Your Hair On Fire? by Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
Is Your Hair On Fire? by Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
It is quite amusing and quite sad that most people seem to wander through life in a little cloud, as if nothing were wrong. And then, when something is obviously wrong, they pretend it isn’t.…
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January 24, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Buddhist read: People rarely develop the keen and powerful urge to be free of all dukkha, of problems & burdens that torment life
https://buff.ly/3OJOg3j
Is Your Hair On Fire? by Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
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Is Your Hair On Fire? by Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
New addition!
Never expected, but today this book came my way in a second-hand bookstore.
#PeterKingsley
#InTheDarkPlacesOfWisdom
Never expected, but today this book came my way in a second-hand bookstore.
#PeterKingsley
#InTheDarkPlacesOfWisdom
February 1, 2025 at 1:09 AM
New addition!
Never expected, but today this book came my way in a second-hand bookstore.
#PeterKingsley
#InTheDarkPlacesOfWisdom
Never expected, but today this book came my way in a second-hand bookstore.
#PeterKingsley
#InTheDarkPlacesOfWisdom
#Shakespeare 's "The Tragedy of Macbeth" has been filmed many times in various styles. However, #JoelCoen 's vision & cinematography of his timeless version (2021) has no equal at my point of view
#KathrynHunter in particular plays an extraordinary role as 'the 3 witches'👌
youtu.be/8VAXElyAJyg?...
#KathrynHunter in particular plays an extraordinary role as 'the 3 witches'👌
youtu.be/8VAXElyAJyg?...
The Weird Sisters - Kathryn Hunter - The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)
YouTube video by Batuhan
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January 30, 2025 at 10:04 PM
#Shakespeare 's "The Tragedy of Macbeth" has been filmed many times in various styles. However, #JoelCoen 's vision & cinematography of his timeless version (2021) has no equal at my point of view
#KathrynHunter in particular plays an extraordinary role as 'the 3 witches'👌
youtu.be/8VAXElyAJyg?...
#KathrynHunter in particular plays an extraordinary role as 'the 3 witches'👌
youtu.be/8VAXElyAJyg?...