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how the cards fell
Any ways, I looked on my brother’s bookshelf and found this really cool card set of Alexy grey’s paintings at the ‘chapel of sacred mirrors’ (I don’t know too much about him, but i love his art)
Opened the box and turned it upside down to get the cards out, just to look at them. Some [...]
Theurgy
Theurgy (from Greek θεουργία) describes the practice of rituals, sometimes seen as magical in nature, performed with the intention of invoking the action or presence of one or more gods, especially with the goal of uniting with the divine, achieving henosis, and perfecting oneself.
See also Invocation.
Theurgy means ‘divine-working’. The first recorded use of the term [...]
Astronomical clocks
Time of day
Most astronomical clocks have a 24 hour analog dial around the outside edge, numbered from I to XII then from I to XII again. The current time is indicated by a golden ball or a picture of the sun at the end of a pointer. Local noon is usually at the top of [...]
The Emerald Tablet of Hermes
“In Truth, without falsehood and most real: that which is above is like that which is below, to generate the miracles of the one thing. And as all things have been derived from that one, by the thought of that one, so all things are born from that one thing by adoption. The sun is [...]
Parabola
We barely remember who or what came before this precious moment
We are choosing to be here right now, hold on, stay inside
This holy reality
This holy experience, choosing to be here in
This body
This body holding me
Be my reminder here that
I am not alone in
This body
This body holding me
Feeling eternal, all this
Pain is an illusion
Alive!
In this holy [...]
‘If’ by Rudyard Kipling
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or, being hated, don’t give way to hating,
And [...]
Brilliant Noise – Sun
Brilliant Noise from Semiconductor on Vimeo.
How beautiful…
Testifying for the Future of MD Farmers
One of the great things I love about Maryland is the HUGE community of local organic farmers! I’ve been taking my daughter to Clark’s Elioak Farm in Howard County for years, she plays with the chickens, rides their ponies (Flashlight is her favorite) and we go on hayrides in the fall. Their blackberry preserves are [...]
The Roman Army Knife
The world’s first Swiss Army knife’ has been revealed – made 1,800 years before its modern counterpart. An intricately designed Roman implement, which dates back to 200AD, it is made from silver but has an iron blade.
It features a spoon, fork as well as a retractable spike, spatula and small tooth-pick. Experts believe the spike [...]
