Month: April 2015
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From Insult to Insight: Rudolf Steiner’s Meditative Technique
from theosophical.org: In the mid-1890’s Rudolf Steiner (1861–1925) was repeatedly hurt by personal remarks made by his close friend Moritz Zitter (d. 1921). Even when recounting the incident a quarter century later, Steiner would still not admit his friend’s observations contained some truth. Yet Zitter’s stinging criticism forms a plausible trigger for the revolutionary psychological…
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Intuition: Delusion or Perception? Toward a Scientific Explanation of the Akashic Experience
from newdawnmagazine.com: The intuitions reported by mystics, poets, artists, ordinary people, even scientists, often go beyond the range of sensory perception. In the reductionist culture inspired by classical science, they are dismissed as mere delusion – classical empiricism claims that there is nothing in the mind that was not first in the eye. However, the…
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Metallica Sued Napster 15 Years Ago Today
…and the fight between Tech and Media has continued ever since. from theverge.com: April 13th, 2000. The day the music industry and the internet became best frenemies forever. That’s the day Metallica v. Napster, Inc. was filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California — a case that would come to…
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Circular thinking: Stonehenge’s origin is subject of new theory
from theguardian.com: Whether it was a Druid temple, an astronomical calendar or a centre for healing, the mystery of Stonehenge has long been a source of speculation and debate. Now a dramatic new theory suggests that the prehistoric monument was in fact “an ancient Mecca on stilts”. The megaliths would not have been used for…
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@PumpUpThaVolume: Episode154 – Everything New
♫Makin’ a soundtrack for another planet to hear♫ on Episode154 – Everything New which features brand new sounds from Heartless Bastards, Kitty, Daisy and Lewis, Jessie Baylin, Hannah Cohen, No Joy, Surf City, Waxahatchee, Blind Shake, PPL MVR, Joe Pug, Pinkshinyultrablast, Fritz Kalkbrenner, MALKY and St. Kilda… Download/Subscribe Previous: Episode153 – The Real Deal ****************************************…
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Ukraine to ban Communist and Nazi Ideology & Symbolism
from redicecreations.com: Last Friday – Good Friday to those that follow the Gregorian Calendar – saw the Soviet symbolism adorning the gates the Ukrainian parliament removed, being replaced by the national Tryzub emblem. About time, considering the Soviet Union collapsed more than two decades ago. This symbolic act being a sign of things (that seem…
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#NewWorldNextWeek: Episode224 – Hack Hoax, UK Radiation, Open Business
NewWorldNextWeek.com: Episode224 – Hack Hoax, UK Radiation, Open Business 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: White House Computers Hacked by Russians Russia Didn’t Carry Out White House Computer…
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Is the Internet killing religion?
from religion.blogs.cnn.com: We can blame the Internet for plenty: the proliferation of porn, our obsession with cat videos, the alleged rise of teen trends like – brace yourself – eyeball licking. But is it also a culprit in helping us lose our religion? A new study suggests it might be. Allen Downey, a computer scientist…
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Freemasonry and Islam: What do they share?
from dailygrail.com: The topic of Freemasonry is a vast and complex subject, it encroaches on the history and culture of every past, present society and undoubtedly it will even impact future civilizations to come. One could spend an entire life time researching and delving into the inner mysteries, symbolism and rituals of this ancient order;…
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Polytheism and Science: Coagulation
from polytheist.com: According to the Platonists, the procession or emergence of being begins with a distinction within a deity, any deity, between Their existence (hyparxis) and Their power(s) (dynamis/dynameis), that which Damascius characterizes as “the very first of all distinctions and which is all but absorbed in indeterminacy, so that the second seems to be…
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@PumpUpThaVolume: Episode153 – The Real Deal
♫Makin’ a soundtrack for another planet to hear♫ on Episode153 – The Real Deal which features brand new sounds from JEFF the Brotherhood, Django Django, The Bright Light Social Hour, Sóley, Stars, Kara Laudon, Jack Ladder and the Dreamlanders, Daughn Gibson, The Deslondes, Jeff Rosenstock, Two Gallants, East Cameron Folkcore, Buena Vista Social Club and…
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The Laws of Magic
from themystica.com: The saying that magic is not what it seems may be more prevalent today than in the past. Today when ones hears the word magic one often thinks of the tall, slender, dark haired gentleman on stage or the television screen in his black tuxedo who pulls the white rabbit out of his…
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#Scientology Exposé ‘#GoingClear’ HBO’s Biggest Doc In a Decade
from hollywoodreporter.com: The Walking Dead may have dominated the dial on Sunday night, but it did not stop HBO from setting a handsome record with its latest documentary premiere. Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief, Alex Gibney’s two-hour exposé on the Church of Scientology, nabbed nearly 1.7 million viewers during its premiere telecast.…
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The Road to the @WhiteHouse Runs Through #Israel
from reuters.com: Evangelical Christian voters, a key component of the Republican Party base, are wild about Israel. They are also furious about what they see as President Barack Obama’s rough treatment of the current custodian of the Holy Land, Netanyahu. This fervent evangelical support for Israel could help a GOP candidate seize the Republican Party’s…
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#BillieHoliday: 100Yrs Later, Lady Day Gets Another Day In Sun
from usatoday.com: One-hundred years ago next Tuesday, Eleanora Fagan was born into poverty in Philadelphia. She would only live to be 44, but Billie Holiday, as she later became known, would have an impact on jazz and pop music that remains unsurpassed. Holiday’s voice was limited in size and range. But the emotional breadth of…