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Wed 10 Aug 2022

Visions

Posted by PJ under daimons and demons, quote of the day, religion, vision
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Random quote of the day:

“Christianity holds no brief for fairies, aliens and the like. Its officials can scarcely tolerate reputable visions of the Virgin Mary. On the whole, it wishes apparitions would go away. If they don’t, it is tempted to call them the work of the devil.”

—Patrick Harper, Daimonic Reality

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Tue 9 Aug 2022

Kitchen

Posted by PJ under american, black lives matter, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“I, Too

I, too, sing America.

I am the darker brother.
They send me to eat in the kitchen
When company comes,
But I laugh,
And eat well,
And grow strong.

Tomorrow,
I’ll be at the table
When company comes.
Nobody’ll dare
Say to me,
“Eat in the kitchen,”
Then.

Besides,
They’ll see how beautiful I am
And be ashamed—

I, too, am America.”

—Langston Hughes

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Mon 8 Aug 2022

Balance

Posted by PJ under medicine, mysticism, psychic, psychology, quote of the day, vision
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Random quote of the day:

“…It might be time to restore a balanced perspective, to acknowledge the damage that has been caused by stigma, misdiagnoses and mis- or overmedication of individuals reporting ‘weird’ experiences. One can be personally skeptical of the ultimate validity of mystical beliefs and leave properly theological questions strictly aside, yet still investigate the salutary and prophylactic potential of these phenomena.”

—Andreas Sommer, “Reasons not to scoff at ghosts, visions and near-death experiences,” Aeon Magazine, 6 January 2020

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Thu 4 Aug 2022

Back

Posted by PJ under art, quote of the day, the world
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Random quote of the day:

“I paint with my back to the world.”

—Agnes Martin, quoted in “Agnes Martin: the artist mystic who disappeared into the desert,” by Olivia Laing,The Guardian, 22 May 2015

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Wed 3 Aug 2022

Misinterpret

Posted by PJ under belief, cultural appropriation, culture, indigenous, misreading, myth, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“When people are very different from ourselves, it’s easy to believe they’ll believe anything. We may often misinterpret the things we hear, choosing readings that make that culture seem more exotic and different. [Perhaps] scientific explanations that try to account for some ambiguous indigenous concepts that are hard to understand can actually end up inventing whole belief systems for indigenous peoples that just aren’t real. Not all fantastical sounding language is magic; sometimes it’s just ordinary.”

—Chi Luu, “What We Lose When We Lose Indigenous Knowledge,” JSTOR Daily, October 16, 2019
( https://daily.jstor.org/daily-author/chi-luu/ )

“The Legend of the Firewolf. Maybe.” ( https://pjthompson.dreamwidth.org/1562384.html )

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Mon 1 Aug 2022

Advice

Posted by PJ under advice, questions and answers, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t.”

—Erica Jong, How To Save Your Own Life

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Fri 29 Jul 2022

Self-importance

Posted by PJ under ego, quote of the day, writers, writing
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Random quote of the day:

“The biggest barrier to writing well and doing anything well is self-importance; it’s blinding. Self-importance blinds people to life.”

—Jim Harrison, interview, Grand Rapids Magazine, May 1998

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Thu 28 Jul 2022

Dead

Posted by PJ under intelligence, listening, mindfulness, quote of the day, the dead
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Random quote of the day:

“Those unmindful when they hear,
for all they make of their intelligence,
may be regarded as the walking dead.”

—Heraclitus, Fragment 3 (tr. Brooke Haxton)

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Mon 25 Jul 2022

Pearl

Posted by PJ under aging, quote of the day, youth
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Random quote of the day:

“When you’re young, the silliest notions seem the greatest achievements.”

—Pearl Bailey, The Raw Pearl

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Wed 20 Jul 2022

Goodness

Posted by PJ under good, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“Terrible is the seductive power of goodness.”

–Bertolt Brecht, The Caucasian Chalk Circle (tr. Alistair Beaton)

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