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“we don’t talk we hold forth”
They evoke a memory here, a recognition there, of the kind of overarticulate, overemotional young people who excitedly theorize about the universe and themselves, who forever question what they are saying and then question the question itself, who sound as … Continue reading
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Tagged Alfred Kazin, David Leitch, Don Quixote, Harold Bloom, Henry Grunwald, J.D. Salinger, James Frazer, james frazer the golden bough, Kenneth Slawenski, Mary McCarthy, Maxwell Geismer, Oswald Achenbach, seymour krim, Warren French, William Weigand
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keeping hansel and gretel on a short leash
They exist. And we know that this invisible architecture of the labyrinth can be very real and almost impossible to get out of. In the mythical Greek tale, Icarus was able to fly out on some crafted wings, but still … Continue reading
simple twists of coincidence
Simple twists of fate? Interpreting coincidence has always been a messy, unscientific affair. And parapsychology is a graveyard, excuse the pun, of charlatans and snake oil salespeople. But, there is always doubt that a world of the paranormal may actually … Continue reading
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Tagged bob dylan simple twist of fate, carl jung synchronicity, D.D. Home, david sutton, james frazer the golden bough, jeff tweedy, koestler the invisible writing, Michael Persinger, Paranormal activity, Paranormal psychology, ruth tudge, Sassetta, Sigmund Freud, susan black, the golden bough, Wilco, william crookes
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forever young: eternal trial
Eternal youth. Immortality.The eternal life sweepstakes. Is it the brainwave entertainment industry, or a periodical foray by big pharma? “EASY, RELAXING, 100% SAFE, PROVEN, GUARANTEED, BUY NOW …”Order Yours Now And Receive The Mind Power Bonus”. Well, if laboratory mice … Continue reading
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Tagged aubrey de Grey, Byron, elixir of youth, Ernest Hemingway, eternal youth, Francois-Hubert Drouais, Goethe, Hans Holbein the younger, james frazer the golden bough, jesus diaz, John Keats, Lucas Cranach, Lucas Cranach the Elder, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Milan Kundera, mitochondrial rejuvenation, n.t. wright, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Richard Feynman, ronald a. depinho, telomere length maintenance, tom merry, W.B. Yeats
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hail mary: the secret language of words
Very contrary about this Mary story. Religion, refugees claimants and hipsters. the congregation is convened. Was there a second sitting for the Last Supper? Can Albrecht Durer’s Virgin and Child with Saint Anne be termed “religious trivia” within the context … Continue reading
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Tagged adrian humphrey, Albrecht Durer, anna pape IRB, Christopher Hitchens, Dante Alighieri, Ghent Altarpiece, Giorgio Vasari, james frazer the golden bough, Jan van Eyck, Jonathan Jones Guardian, roy buchanan, shelley levine lawyer, Sir james Robert Fraser
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peasant and poet : mind over matter
Monsu Pussino and the gradual retreat of instinct. The ideal is clear. Painting, as one of Nicolas Poussin’s admirer’s put it, must “talk”. A canvas should not only be visible to the eye but legible to the mind. Listing the … Continue reading
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Tagged Caravaggio, Cervantes, Donald Kuspit, Ernst Gombrich, felibien, Jacopo Sannazaro, james frazer the golden bough, John Milton Paradise Lost, Keith Christiansen, Marino Marini, Nicolas Poussin, Peter Paul Rubens, pietro de cortona, raphael's form, Richard Wolheim, Titian, Virgil Aenid
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Diana: weeping at the grove in alba
Great Diana. It is the cult of Diana, the mother goddess. Great Diana of the Ephesians. The ruins of her ancient capital yielded the finest statue of what is called “the mother goddess of Asia.” She looks into space with … Continue reading
Dionysian sacrifice
Anthony Weiner as a Dionysian sacrifice. Dragged from the fields of Alba onto a sacrificial pyre.As James Frazer in the Golden Bough remarked, was the later pretence of treating the sacrificial victims as if they were human beings was merely … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Maslow, anthony weiner, Caravaggio, christine rosen, christopher lasch, David Riesman, Dr. Sam Vaknin, Erich Fromm, James Frazer, james frazer the golden bough, John William Waterhouse, mike segar reuters, ross douthat, Tom Wolfe
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The Death and Resurrection Show: the shaman industry?
A guest blog by Tai Carmen at Parallax. Parallax:Exploring the architecture of human perception.The word parallax is a scientific term denoting a shift in perception upon movement of the perceiver rather than the perceived. Bang a gong, get it on…. … Continue reading
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Tagged Bertrand Russell, beyonce, Carl Jung, Carlo Ginzburg, daniel pinchbeck, Dionysus, Greil Marcus, James Frazer, james frazer the golden bough, James Hillman, jeremy narby, Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, Ken Kesey, Lady Gaga, mercea eliade, rogan taylor, stanley booth, tai carmen, tai carmen parallax, Titian
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king for a day: take a pass on the cake
All the king’s men and women. Indeterminancy and inevitability, fortuity and fate.Sacred geometry and secret recipes. The chance of being king. Or is it chance? The chance of being king is charged with multiple and contradictory associations among of which … Continue reading
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Tagged Alfred Jarry, Aristotle, Christopher Hitchens, cosmati floor, cosmati pavement, Douglas Kellner, Guy Debord, Inigo Jones, james frazer the golden bough, Jean Baudrillard, Kate Middleton, King James I, Mary Queen of Scots, Prince William, XTC Andy Partridge
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