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What exactly are the Archons? Are they rebellious angels? Extraterrestrial invaders or alien mind parasites? We present a special show … Continuar lendo Aeon Byte Gnostic Radio: “Defeating the Archons”, with Jay Weidner & Laurence Galian
AEON BYTE GNOSTIC RADIO, July 1, 2022 We deal with the fascinating creation myth found in the Nag Hammadi library’s … Continuar lendo A Gnostic Creation Myth: the Valentinian Tripartite Tractate (Cyd Charise Ropp, Ph.D.)
Coincidences, chance events, unexpected encounters: the existence of such phenomena has always been recognized. Art, for its part, appeared sufficiently … Continuar lendo “The radical use of chance in 20th century art” (Denis Lejeune)
Bulletin Du Cange, nº. 64, 2006, págs. 123-144 A scholarly deacon named Fredegisus, nicknamed Nathanahel, served as a messenger among Alcuin, Charlemagne, and … Continuar lendo “Fredegisus. De substantia nihili et tenebrarum” (David Howlett)
The book of L. Shestov about Kierkegaard, 1 beautifully translated into the French language, — is perhaps the finest of his … Continuar lendo “Lev Shestov and Kierkegaard” (Nikolai Berdyaev)
The Guardian, 25 Apr 2022 Ioana Cîrlig captures life in the towns of Romania that were heavily industrialised under communism, but … Continuar lendo “Post-coal prom queen: Romania’s lost lands – in pictures” (Ioana Cîrlig)
The New York Times, December 15, 2022 If there was ever a time to think seriously about failure, it is … Continuar lendo “In praise of failure” (Costica Bradatan)
“The only thing that burns in hell is the part of you that won’t let go of your life. … Continuar lendo “If you’re frightened of dying…” (Meister Eckhart)
Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage … Continuar lendo “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night” (Dylan Thomas)
Ceci n’est pas un nihiliste. Continuar lendo “All is nothing” (Mooji)
Any true ecstasy is dangerous. It resembles the last stage of initiation in the Egyptian mysteries when, instead of the … Continuar lendo “The Egyptian Origins of Gnosticism” (Miguel Conner)
“Since man’s existence is the most considerable and the strangest venture nature has known, it is inevitable that it should … Continuar lendo “Deep adaptation” (Jem Bendell)
LOS ANGELES REVIEW OF BOOKS, September 24, 2017 DIOGENES THE CYNIC (c. 412 BC–323 BC) apparently had to flee his … Continuar lendo “Why we fail and how” (Costica Bradatan)
Homo sunt. Nihil humani a me alienum puto. Lonely deaths, or kodokoshi, are on the rise in Japan. Thousands … Continuar lendo Dying Alone: Kodokushi, Japan’s epidemic of isolation through the eyes of a ‘lonely death’ cleaner
More than ever, modern life forces us to confront our own mediocrity. Our computers and phones constantly bombard us with … Continuar lendo The School of Life: “On being mediocre”
Ph.D. thesis, Department of Musicology, Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen, 2007 Contents (summary) Preface Introduction PART I PRETEXTS Chapter … Continuar lendo “Presenting Absence: Constitutive silences in music and sound art since the 1950s” (Juliana Hodkinson)