Very interesting....

The above five Notes are in the 1656 German ed., with ( Read more... )

espiritkat and I spent the weekend going to Rotorua on a whim. All up we probably dropped at least $700 on the weekend, if not more. But it was worth it just to get away and to check out the thermal pools ( Read more... )

http://www.sunypress.edu/p-4142-heidegger-and-aristotle.aspxRead more... )

The candle flame reveals the pure nature of fire - from the warring of two natures, life is compressed into a single space, and radiates out from this. The flame reveals the 3 dimensionsal vesica piscis which is the meeting point of opposite spherical forces, pushing against one another, concentrating in that 3 dimensional center space which is ( Read more... )

In images such as Plate 2 and Plate 3 of the Splendor Solis, and in other alchemical texts, there is an allegory that is well known, involving various fluids, represented as urine, milk, and blood; as well as other metaphors on the concept of feces ("the wise man will find our Stone even in the dung heap", a metaphor for Our Sulphur). These ( Read more... )

My favourite so far ( Read more... )

Read this quote by Bruno last night and thought it was worth sharing:

It is not unreasonable to believe that any part of the world is without a soul life, sensation and organic structure. From this infinite All, full of beauty and splendour, from the vast worlds which circle above us to the sparkling dust of stars beyond, the conclusion is drawn ( Read more... )

“Charity and love are here used in their technical sense, Agapé. “Love is the law, love under will.” Both Agapé and Thelema (“will”) add to 93, which identifies them qabalistically. This love is not a sloppy feeling of maudlin sentimental kindness. The majority of people of the Christian Science, Theosophical, New Thought type, think that a lot of ( Read more... )

The original word translated as "fear" in the OT ("The fear of the lord is the beginning of wisdom") is the word Yirah.

http://www.inner.org/powers/powyirah.htm

And from another text:
"The word “fear” in the this verse is the noun hary yirah [H:3374], derived from the verb ( Read more... )

so very glad today is a saturday and I can sleep in.

wait, whuh? What am I doing up at 8am in the morning? damn those diurnal rhythms that make me get up at sunrise :P. I'm going back to bed.