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  • Atlas of True Names

    Cool project. Finds the etymology of over 3000 place names and renders them in a new atlas. Very much worth a look see. Atlas of True Names. Continue reading

  • Dream Sutras ( haibun )

    Originally posted on simonhlilly: DREAM SUTRAS Something here in Japan, perhaps the lightness of the summer mornings, perhaps the way the land subtly shivers and sways, perhaps that we are intruders unfamiliar with the nuence of its neural patterns, make… Continue reading

  • Daodejing 31

    #31* Powerful weapon: inauspicious instrument. The person on the Way disapproves of such instruments. Such are disgusting. The worthy person in daily life respects the Left as place of honor.† The person in time of war regards the right as… Continue reading

    Daodejing 31

  • Third Anniversary

    Today, I am reminded by WordPress, is the 3rd anniversary of this blog, Reason & Existenz. Over 22000 views as of today. Hope to reach 23000 by July 04 weekend. Thanks so much to all of my good brothers &… Continue reading

    Third Anniversary

  • The Book of Kells Revisited

    Originally posted on Micheline's Blog:   Book of Kells, folio 34r containing the Chi Rho monogram Dear friends, I am forwarding a blog I wrote on 18 November 2011.  It is about the Book of Kells, a Gospel Book.  In order to… Continue reading

    The Book of Kells Revisited

  • Ageless Wisdom

    “The sacred function of hope has, in modern man, degenerated into a hideous disease called tomorrow.” –G. Gurdjieff How does the old age not already become the new age? How does the ancient not always transform into the modern? Would… Continue reading

    Ageless Wisdom

  • MOOCs and the Humanities

    Originally posted on Posthegemony: So, there’s a lot of fuss about online and “flexible” learning, MOOCs, and the like these days. My posts on Eric Mazur and Coursera have drawn a fair amount of traffic to this otherwise rather neglected… Continue reading

  • down

    down rolling falling drifting earth cold mud parting away foot leg waist torso neck head deranged beneath the at-level down ground water baptism “this is my beloved baby” breath stopping stoney ranging down-below emptiness down devils elementals daemons gods caressing hot memories death… Continue reading

    down

  • Daodejing 30

    #30* The minister who relies on the DAO never threatens all under heaven with violence. Surely such an action must lead to retaliation. Wherever troops walk, weeds grow After the time of war, must come the time of famine. The… Continue reading

    Daodejing 30

  • Nowhere do I want to remain folded

    Thanks to my beloved brother Joseph C. for reminding me of this beauty from Rilke. I am too alone in the world, and yet not alone enough to make every hour holy. I am too small in the world, and… Continue reading

    Nowhere do I want to remain folded