Month: April 2015
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The Beguines: A Lost World Made by Women
from nytimes.com: If feminism means a desire for independence from patriarchal authority, the beguines — a Roman Catholic laic order that began in the 13th century and branched across northwest Europe — represented, perhaps, the world’s oldest women’s movement. Unlike sisterhoods that required a life spent apart from society under vows of chastity, these Catholic…
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Aesthetic Occultism: A New Terminology
from victorianweb.org: Christianity was dealt blows from all sides in the nineteenth century, altering forever the common system of Biblical image and terminology that people used to communicate. During earlier parts of the century, as industrializing cities grew faster than parishes, Anglicans were unable to supply churches and clerics quickly enough to minister to workers…
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.@EbertMovie, ‘Life Itself,’ a Beautiful Take On Film
from nytimes.com: “Life Itself,” Steve James’s documentary on the life of Roger Ebert, is in many ways like a wake at which intimate acquaintances warmly recall their departed friend in all his aspects, foibles and quirks along with his talents and triumphs. Deep currents of love and sorrow flow under the succession of often funny…
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The Forgotten Pyramids of Sudan
from aljazeera.com: More than 200km from the Sudanese capital Khartoum, the remains of an ancient city rise from the arid and inhospitable terrain like a science-fiction film set. Nestled between sand dunes, the secluded pyramids seem to have been forgotten by the modern world, with no nearby restaurants or hotels to cater to tourists. The…
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The Lore and Lure of Ley Lines
from livescience.com: Many people believe that a grid of earth energies circles the globe, connecting important and sacred sites such as Stonehenge, the Egyptian Pyramids, and the Great Wall of China. If you plot these and other sites on a map, a curious thing becomes apparent: Many of them can be connected by straight lines.…
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@PumpUpThaVolume: Episode156 – Light It Up
♫Makin’ a soundtrack for another planet to hear♫ on Episode156 – Light It Up which features brand new sounds from BNLX, Abram Shook, Sun Breaks, DMA’s, Sufjan Stevens, Hey Rosetta!, Nic Hessler, Adam Torres, Rose Windows, Nosaj Thing, Haelos, Kevin Garrett, Jaust and Solvents… Download/Subscribe Previous: Episode155 – Never Forget **************************************** ♬Liner Notes♬: The beautiful,…
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#NewWorldNextWeek: Episode226 – Plane Hacking, Genetic Editing, Peak Obesity
NewWorldNextWeek.com: Episode226 – Plane Hacking, Genetic Editing, Peak Obesity Welcome to New World Next Week – the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news. This week: Story #1: Fearing United Plane Was Hacked, FBI Pulls Security Expert Off Flight Feds Warn…
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#GoodNewsNextWeek: McDonald’s Is Closing Hundreds Of Stores This Year
from fortune.com: The restaurant company closed 350 stores in early 2015, on top of the 350 it had already said it would shutter, as the burger purveyor seeks to stanch sales declines. McDonald’s shuttered 350 poorly performing stores in Japan, the United States, and China the first three months of 2015 as part of its…
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@RadioFreeBlood: James Evan Pilato on Earth Day
Media Monarchy joins Jack Blood for the ides of April to talk about Earth Day misdirection, ‘Jade Helm’ insurrection and a Tidal wave of miscalculation + ‘This Day In History’ headlines and more on Deadline Live! Download/Subscribe
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Mithraic Mysteries and the Cult of Empire
from thenewamerican.com: The proud Roman general stood with his commanders and retinue as the wild hillsmen, dressed in the ragged but still-flamboyant clothes of corsairs, fell before him in turn, begging for clemency. It was about 75 B.C. in the rugged hills near Coracesium in Cilicia, an untamed region along the coast of southwestern Asia…
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The Secrets of Zoroastrianism
from iranchamber.com: About 1400 BCE a forty year-old hermit from northeast Iran, named Zoroaster, came down from his mountain to preach a new religion. Zoroaster had been visited by the god Ahura-Mazda who proclaimed that he was the only god in the universe. Unlike most gods, Ahura Mazda was all good, all knowing and all…
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The Dual Search for the Philosophers’ Stone
from newdawnmagazine.com: To say what the Philosophers’ Stone – the great goal of alchemy – is, one has to know. And to know, one must have attained it. I cannot claim to have done this, so what follows must be speculation. The mystery grows deeper the closer one attempts to look. Even to say what alchemy itself…
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The Machine Cities Of The Future May Resemble The Matrix
from omnireboot.com: “The Matrix” films will forever define perceptions of cities built by machines. Though the third film in the Matrix trilogy, “Revolutions”, was the weakest of the three, it’s most redeeming quality was an inside look into a world built by artificial intelligence. While Omni Reboot envisions the eventual existence of machine cities, we…
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@PumpUpThaVolume: Episode155 – Never Forget
♫Makin’ a soundtrack for another planet to hear♫ on Episode155 – Never Forget which features brand new sounds from The Vaccines, FFS, Hippo Campus, Wishyunu, St. Vincent, Sean Watkins, Jackson Boone, James Pants, Pokey LaFarge, Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors, Mommy Long Legs, Löwin, Lilac, Botzy and IG88… Download/Subscribe Previous: Episode154 – Everything New ****************************************…
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#NewWorldNextWeek: Episode225 – Fed Preppers, Hillary Hoax, Hologram Protest
NewWorldNextWeek.com: Episode224 – Fed Preppers, Hillary Hoax, Hologram Protest Welcome to New World Next Week – the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news. This week: Story #1: Wary of Natural Disaster, NY Fed Bulks Up in Chicago Customers Skeptical About…