This wasn’t the Edward Thomas, the nature and the war poet, I had been expecting. In fact, the dream-logic of the story put me in mind of Jorge Luis Borges or something from the world of Mervyn Peake’s Gormenghast. Going through more of the stories, I was once again wrong-footed ...
an NES gaming magazine. The mook lists 37 works of fantasy originally written in English except for “Ficciones” by Borges. The editors of “Famicon Winning Book” were fond of the Wizardry port to the NES, which is
But the worst isn’t the last thing about the world. It’s the next to last thing. The last thing is the best. It’s the power from on high that comes into the world, that wells up from the rock-bottom worst of the world like a hidden spring. Can you believe it? The last, b...
Introduction Societies vary extensively in the kinds and number of social norms—the unwritten social rules that guide behavior1,2—that they adopt and the extent to which people within those societies follow them. From religious ceremonies and dress codes to environmental conservation and infection-co...
Monarch of Gods and Dæmons, and all Spirits But One, who throng those bright and rolling worlds Which Thou and I alone of living things Behold with sleepless eyes! regard this Earth Made multitudinous with thy slaves, whom thou Requitest for knee-worship, prayer, and praise, And toil,...
Virtually every culture has developed a concept of immortality. For the Western culture, the Greek and the Christian views of immortality represent different but quite positive visions of eternal life. The Olympian gods and goddesses, portrayed as beautiful human beings, enjoy immense power and influe...
Basically, there are two "sets" of gods in the mythos : the Elder Gods, about whom not much is revealed, save that they are a stellar Race that occasionally comes to the rescue of man, and which corresponds to the Christian "Light"; and the Ancient Ones, about which much is told, ...
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According to kārikā 1.12cd, “god-[images are sacred] because [the gods stay] near them, or because we recognise [the particular god in the image].”Footnote 49 Udayana accepts only the first explanation and rejects the second: “nearness is our view. For others, it is recognition”.Foo...
Basically, there are two "sets" of gods in the mythos : the Elder Gods, about whom not much is revealed, save that they are a stellar Race that occasionally comes to the rescue of man, and which corresponds to the Christian "Light"; and the Ancient Ones, about which much is told, ...