a travelogue
Photos, books, links and writing related to mysticism
Everything tagged mysticism
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12/14/07
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Tombs of the Grand Masters of the Knights of Malta
Nothing gets the conspiracy fan tongues wagging like the Knights of Malta (the Knights Templar might be the one exception to that rule), but in this case these are just really cool and somewhat macabre watercolor sketches of their tombs. …continue reading »
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08/14/07
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South Park Creators Animate Talks by Alan Watts
Apparently Trey Parker was at least partly raised as a Buddhist, which, in this country, when Parker was young, meant encountering the work of Alan Watts. Years later, Parker and Matt Stone decided to do some animation for some of …continue reading »
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08/03/07
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BibliOdyssey: Buddha in the Far East
BibliOdyssey, excellent as always. Here with some amazing prints from the Oriental and Judaic Collections at the Royal Library of Denmark, which are from a book that’s “five sheets with hand-painted Buddhist figures between two covers. Chinese or Tibetan from …continue reading »
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04/30/07
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The Tunguska Incident
One of the major plot points and running themes in Pynchon’s last book, I’ve developed a bit of a fascination with the Tunguska Incident. “At 7:15am on June 30, 1908, a blue-white fireball flew over the remote region of central …continue reading »
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02/26/07
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Tragic Fire Destroys Terence McKenna’s Rare Book Library
Terence’s brother Dennis owns an index of Terence’s collection, which will at least give us an overview of his library — sorta like a playlist without the MP3s. But even this valuable document will not replace the body of knowledge …continue reading »
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05/19/06
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Boing Boing: Kabbalah of Nanotechnology
Madonna and Stephen Hawking find common ground at last.continue reading »
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01/11/07
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Blog Post from
Dover Drive // Newport Beach // California
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The Sun Came Up With No Conclusions
“And so it is that we, as men, do not exist until we do; and then it is that we play with our world of existent things, and order and disorder them, and so it shall be that non-existence shall …
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08/07/03
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Blog Post from
28 Graves Ave // Northampton // Massachesetts
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Take Me To Your Leader
Before I get started, I have several sort of general purpose warnings for the casual reader: first, while I have downloaded some music in my day, I am not regular user of file sharing networks. Second, before you think this …
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Topics:
Authors,
Beauty,
Culture,
Eulogy,
Mysticism,
Philosophy