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Engineering is a rather interesting discipline. It must take into account both perspectives: - it absolutely depends on the Platonic world of mathematical formulas, which order t…
14 Jun 2011, 17:36
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Campbell's Monomyth is a distorted version of the mythical world-view. He tries to reduce all myths to one myth - and this is his own invention. The mythical worldview is that th…
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I suggest reading Dumezil, especially on Varuna-type gods including Odin, and their servant creatures/people, such as luperci, centaurs and Gandharvas. Without Dumezil Pan etc is…
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Hello! Each of the ancient religions even somewhat popular in the West has two versions: the version believed by the traditional members, and the version believed in by the Wester…
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Hello! On 5.04.2009, b sharp wrote: ... ... "Again I seemed to hear bronze, and quite suddenly I felt that he and I were dead, and that the darkness surrounding us was grave so…
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Hello! Yes, the classification of types of government in Wolfe repeats modern views. It can seem unfamiliar because it uses somewhat more precise terms than in school class, but i…
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The explanation of bad translations of Latin Mottoes on Sundials: Apparently, it is customary to paraphrase such mottoes, not to translate them correctly: See: A book of sundial …
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Hello! On 4 lutego 2009, David Stockhoff wrote: ... ... ... ... Since you yourself said that your knowledge of theology is limited, I will try to explain some basic conceptio…
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Hello! Here is a quote from "Calde of the Long Sun" "Thank you," Silk repeated. "Thank you very much indeed, Doctor." He grasped the operator's shoulder. "You said we were getting…
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Hello! On 27 stycznia 2009, Jordon Flato wrote: Are one of you going to pony up with some drawings or are we going to have to arrange for a duel? Myself, I'd much rather see so…
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Hello! Ken Hite is intelligent and well-read, but superficial. He treats Lovecraft as a quaint idiot-savant with a literary talent. If you want a good introdution to Lovecraft, I …
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Hello! On 9 pa?dziernika 2008, Mark Millman wrote: "I played again with pebbles in the court- yard beside the fallen curtain wall, as Thecla dodged the hooves of my father's moun…
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Hierogrammates shouldn't be underestimated. They don't NEED Severian to create the White Fountain, they can do it by their own technology. However, they prefer not to act at all. T…
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Hello thalassocrat, The Neoplatonic philosophy is hard to understand. The hierarchical part is simple, but the ultimate otherness of the Increate is difficult to understand. Sever…
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Remember that heraldry works by symbolism. In good heraldry you don't use naturalistic depictions. The whole idea is to have a picture which can be adequately described by words, s…
29 Nov 2007, 17:16
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Hello Tony, "The tokoloshe, Preceptress. The tokoloshe come. But the Proud One in his condescension will protect us. He is the mighty commander of all tokoloshe! When he roars, th…
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Hello Roy, Wednesday, October 3, 2007, 7:22:12 AM, you wrote: .... ... This is in fact the Calvinist doctrine, which is quite different from Catholic one. BTW, "sola gratia" is …
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Hello brunians, I've no idea. In this case it stands for Frequency Modulation, of all things. http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/postal.html#index It appears to mean: Federated Sta…
03 Oct 2007, 20:49
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Hello Roy, A few points: 1) The original inhabitant of the Aelfs' world was Kulili, and she should be worshipped by the inhabitants of the dragon's world. 2) Are we certain that t…
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Hello Michael, Friday, September 28, 2007, 8:07:42 PM, you wrote: ... In Neoplatonism there is the so called principle of mediation, which seems (and "seem" is the operative wor…
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Hello Adam, Kabbalah is the Jewish version of Neoplatonism. For our purposes it is close enough. As for Gnosis - there is a great difference. For Neoplatonism (and Kabbalah) the …
27 Sep 2007, 17:59
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Hello Roy, Yes, since they are even worse. In the Neoplatonic system the return is open only to the creatures with immortal soul, of which the lowest are men. The rest is pure…
25 Sep 2007, 23:37
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Hello Roy, Apokatastasis -the universal return to the Source, universal salvation - is often connected with Neoplatonism, but it is by no means a necessary part of it. http://www…
25 Sep 2007, 20:36
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Hello Craig, ... Wizard-Knight is a Christian book, but it does have morality, even quite exacting one. This is a Neoplatonic book. Neoplatonism is usually thought of as the mos…
24 Sep 2007, 19:44
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Hello Mark, The Book of the New Sun, of course. The film wouldn't be very similar to the book, however.…
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Hello Andy, Wizard-Knight is clearly Neoplatonic. But Neoplatonism was christened by Pseudo-Dionysius and is the basis of eg Thomist philosophy.…
18 Apr 2007, 19:34
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Hello Henry, That one is pretty clear. Read speech which Sir Able makes to king Arnthor. Simply, she wanted someone from a democratic country, who would know that the rulers are …
02 Jan 2007, 18:29
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Hello Jeff, There is a technical term for this kind of criticism = "the poetic of a police informer." I don't think the aim of reading books is to find some crime to accuse autho…
19 Oct 2006, 17:35
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Hello Fred, ..... I have a simple solution. Buy some paper books by Wolfe - new, not used, he doesn't get any money from used books - AND get pirated texts. It is NOT legal - but…
07 Oct 2006, 09:08
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Tuesday, September 19, 2006, 1:56:11 PM, you wrote: ... Typhon is also a counterfeit saviour. The situation of the human civilisation in the Sun-cycles is best explained, I thin…
19 Sep 2006, 17:28
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Hello Roy, Because Vodalus is counterfeit New Sun.…
18 Sep 2006, 10:53
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Hello Jeff, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apu_Punchau "In Inca mythology, Inti was the sun god, as well a patron deity of Tahuantinsuyu. His exact origin is not known. The most co…
09 Jul 2006, 21:31
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Hello Dan'l, The real difference between facts and opinion is that opinions can be neither attacked nor defended. The opinion is the fact that I like or dislike something.They are…
14 Jun 2006, 18:54
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Hello Andy, This is a brilliant essay by Langford: "The well-tempered Plot Device" http://www.ansible.co.uk/Ansible/plotdev.html "Covenant saw. The Staff of Plot. Destroyed. …
14 Jun 2006, 17:52
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Hello Adrian, That's a good joke. He makes it seem like his usual Kabbalistic or neoplatonic influences, and this is simply straightforward quantum physics.…
06 Jun 2006, 18:15
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Hello Adrian, That's a good joke. He makes it seem like his usual Kabbalistic or neoplatonic influences, and this is simply straightforward quantum physics.…
06 Jun 2006, 18:13
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Hello bsharp, Citadel is not a ship, but a starport. Some of the towers (Matachin Tower, but not the witches' tower) are ships, or better - atomic rockets.…
10 May 2006, 16:23
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Hello Dan'l, I'm a lawyer, so my explanation can be a bit flawed. Some variation of Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen conception? You can measure any photon as wave. The problem is, if an …
01 May 2006, 02:16
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Hello James, Obviously. Greeks thought Ares was born in Thracia, and Pleistorus is Thracian Ares, so Pleistorus is the original version.…
20 Apr 2006, 16:08
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I found an interesting website about Greek practice of binding Kolossos - "voodoo dolls". http://www.cs.utk.edu/~mclennan/BA/GP.html They used to bind even gods in that way: "So…
18 Apr 2006, 21:18
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Hello nastler, Check Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen theory and experiments. It has been conclusively proven that news can spread instanteously, perhaps even backward in time - but only f…
07 Apr 2006, 17:32
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Hello Chris, Greeks seem to really dislike Ares, so they tend to ridicule him. He hates to lose personally in Homer, but he doesn't care whether the side he fight for does win. He…
07 Apr 2006, 17:18
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