http://ltlblg.com/ltlblg Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:04:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Passerine Adj. Relating to birds distinguished by feet that are adapted for perching. Includes all songbirds. http://ltlblg.com/ltlblg/2008/11/19/passerine/ Stalin Peace Prize http://ltlblg.com/ltlblg/2008/11/19/stalin-peace-prize/ Ray of darkness, cloud of unknowing Phrases used to describe mystical experience by authors such as Pseudo-Dionysus the Areopagite. http://ltlblg.com/ltlblg/2008/11/18/christian-mysticism/ The field grew dark with the blood of men after the sun, That glorious luminary, God's bright candle, Rose high in the morning after the horizon, Until the noble being [creation] of the Lord Eternal Sank to its rest - From the Battle of Brunanburgh, a poem inserted into the Anglo-Saxon chronicle celebrating Athelstan's victory ... http://ltlblg.com/ltlblg/2008/11/17/battle-of-brunanburh/ Hierophant - "An interpreter of sacred mysteries and arcane principles." http://ltlblg.com/ltlblg/2008/11/17/hierophant/ Ataraxia - Freedom from worry. A good thing? Or a bland emotional whitewash? http://ltlblg.com/ltlblg/2008/11/17/ataraxia/ Bathtub III from Keith Loutit on Vimeo. http://ltlblg.com/ltlblg/2008/11/17/bathtub/ Xochipilli - The god of art, dance, games, beauty, music and flowers in Aztec mythology. Known as the "Flower Prince". http://ltlblg.com/ltlblg/2008/11/13/xochipilli/ Red Junglefowl http://ltlblg.com/ltlblg/2008/11/10/red-junglefowl/ One may find a great deal of Pleasure in building a Palace for another; when one shou'd find very little, in living in't ones Self - John Vanbrugh, not only a wonderful architect, but a fascinating character. http://ltlblg.com/ltlblg/2008/11/05/john-vanbrugh/ Mephistophelian Adj. Showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil; "devilish schemes"; "the cold calculation and diabolic art of some statesmen"; "the diabolical expression on his face"; "a mephistophelian glint in his eye". http://ltlblg.com/ltlblg/2008/10/27/mephistophelian/ Please attend to my funky something with the gentlest of ministrations. http://ltlblg.com/ltlblg/2008/10/27/gentle-ministrations/ The Memory of ſome Men is like the Roſe and other odiferous Flowers, which caſt a ſweeter and ſtronger Smell after they are plucked: the Memory of others may be ſaid to be like the Poppy, and ſuch Vegetables, that make a gay and ſpecious Shew, while they ſtand upon ... http://ltlblg.com/ltlblg/2008/10/27/the-memory-of-men/ Witches of Water http://ltlblg.com/ltlblg/2008/10/26/witches-of-water/ Red Rain of Kerala http://ltlblg.com/ltlblg/2008/10/24/red-rain-of-kerala/ Stone age man took drugs. No real surpise there. http://ltlblg.com/ltlblg/2008/10/19/stone-age-man-took-drugs/ Lundy was always an excellent musician, but never attempted to make a living with his music. He liked to play to entertain himself. For example, he got into the habit of taking down the fiddle after supper was finished, a practice he continued to enjoy into his old age. He ... http://ltlblg.com/ltlblg/2008/10/19/emmett-w-lundy/ Psychopomp A strange, surprisingly frequently occuring character in religions and mythologies. The "guide of souls" to the land of the dead, the Charon. According to Jung, the psychopomp archetype is the mediator between the conscious and unconscious realms. Thus a shaman can be regarded as a sort of living psychopomp. http://ltlblg.com/ltlblg/2008/10/15/psychopomp/ I called them mad, and they called me mad, and damn them, they outvoted me." - Nathaniel Lee http://ltlblg.com/ltlblg/2008/10/14/madness/ Oilgae - making biodiesel from algae. Very interesting... http://ltlblg.com/ltlblg/2008/07/24/oilgae/ Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass. - Anton Chekhov http://ltlblg.com/ltlblg/2008/07/09/how-to-write/ The Power of Nightmares - Adam Curtis documentary on the roots of the War on Terror. Who does it benefit, and is it really necessary? http://ltlblg.com/ltlblg/2008/07/08/power-of-nightmares/ A fantastic post over on The Growing Life about not becoming a "real person" – meaning a person burdened with all the crap we're told we need, like mortgages and cubicle jobs. http://ltlblg.com/ltlblg/2008/07/01/real-people/ It is such a secret place, the land of tears. -Antoine de Saint-Exupery http://ltlblg.com/ltlblg/2008/06/27/130/ Coruscate -(of light) flash or sparkle : the light coruscated from the crystal glass http://ltlblg.com/ltlblg/2008/06/27/coruscate/