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Fire, the inner fire, is the most potent of all force,  for it overcometh all things and  penetrates to all things of the Earth. Man supports himself only on that which resists. So Earth must resist man else he existeth not.

All eyes do not see with the same vision,  for to one an object appears of one form and color  and to a different eye of another.  So also the infinite fire,  changing from color to color,  is never the same from day to day.

Thus, speak I, #THOTH, of my wisdom,  for a man is a fire burning bright  through the night; never is quenched in the veil of the darkness, never is quenched by the veil of the night. #TheEmeraldTabletsofThoth #4biddenknowledge

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Optimism is an alienated form of faith, pessimism an alienated form of despair.

The great humanistic philosopher and psychologist Erich Fromm on humanistic radicalism, the common laziness optimism and pessimism, and why we need rational faith in the human spirit. (via explore-blog)

Ah, Erich. Been a long time

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Looks an awful lot like The Question. Book sounds very good.

The Well of Being – an extraordinary “children’s book for adults” about transcending the limiting stories we tell ourselves and the art of openhearted living. More here.

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Wow

Fear of Flowers Part 1

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Goethe did alot of work on 'qualitative optics', which would inspire the 'spiritual science' endeavours of people like Rudolf Steiner

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Zur Farbenlehre (Theory of Colours). 1810.

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from Manly P Hall's Secret Teaching of All Ages

Some color plates by Augustus Knapp from “The Secret Teachings of All Ages" by Manly P. Hall (1928). Images in order are:

Mithra in the form of the Leontocephalic Kronos (eternal time). See also: Aion (Uranus), Phanes and the Orphic Egg.

Abraxas (“The embodied form of God”).

Cherubium of Ezekiel (c.f. “Living Creatures" and Tetramorph).

Celestial Virgin with Sun God in her arms. See also: Isis & Horus, Mary & Jesus. Note Orphic Egg c.f. Kundalini wrapped around a Lingam in Muladhara chakra.

The Jewel of the Rose Croix (where “Rose” is an anagram for “Eros" or Love).

Magician invoking Elementals (Gnomes, Undines, Salamanders, Slyphs) from within a Magic Circle.

Paracelsus performing the experiment of palingenesis (creation of a new universe). See also: “The Rose of Paracelsus" by Jorge Luis Borges (1983).

The Consummation of the Magnum Opus (“Great Work”). See also: creation of Homunculi, Golems, Tulpas, Egregores and “Assumption of God Forms" (a form of Theurgy).

The Philosopher’s Stone (note double-headed eagle in centre of diamond). See also Vajra (diamond, thunderbolt). 

Double-Headed Eagle (The end product of the Magnum Opus). See also: Rebis in Alchemy, the divine Hermaphroditus (child of Hermes (Intellect) and Aphrodite (Feeling)), Ardanarishvara (androgynous form of Shiva merged with Parvati).

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I just did an arc with Warren Ellis — and no one else on the planet could get away with this, because I think this is like harassment? — But Warren felt like there was a depiction of Spider-Woman where it looked like her waist perhaps didn’t contain any internal organs. And he suggested very quietly … ‘You should fix that, or else I will come to your house and nail your feet to the floor and set your house on fire.’ … And it totally got fixed!

Kelly Sue DeConnick (via comicquotations)

I didn’t know Kel had talked about this.

I am an awful, awful human being.

(The artist took it very well, considering.)

(And it totally got fixed.)

Warren Ellis is apparently Known among editors. And he's right. Your editor has to respect you, or it's just a bad working relationship,

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Truth in Advertising? Something tells me this was a cathartic moment for whoever did these.

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Oooo, new find.

No one reads William Mortensen. (Also see Cary Loren’s essay on Mortensen on 50 Watts.)

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LiDAR is laser-based radar, basically. Heavy on the computation and therefore ultra-hi-res

Terrestrial LiDAR scan of elephant Billy @ Lope National Park, Gabon [Previously: still images], via @JamonVDH.

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state of the art

Via CooperacionIB

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Questioning, which allows innovators to challenge the status quo and consider new possibilities. Observing, which helps innovators detect small behavioral details — in the activities of customers, suppliers, and other companies – that suggest new ways of doing things. Networking, which permits innovators to gain radically different perspectives from individuals with diverse backgrounds. Experimenting, which prompts innovators to relentlessly try out new experiences, take things apart, and test new ideas. Associational Thinking, drawing connections between questions, problems, or ideas from unrelated fields, which is triggered by questioning, observing, networking, and experimenting and is the catalyst for creativity.

The 5 traits of successful innovators, according to research from the Harvard Business School.

For the second point, learn how to master the art of observation.

For the last, don’t forget the hallmark of creativity:

It is the ability to spot the potential in the product of connecting things that don’t ordinarily go together that marks out the person who is truly creative.

(via explore-blog)

These are also, I might add, excellent guidlines for philosophers and other generalists

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More diabolism, this time from Cornelius Agrippa. Seasons for daemons.

Agrippa’s demon seals. 

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Pope Sylvester II's Daemon? Need to read up on that mysterious cat and his papal diabolism

Menton J. Matthews III – Meridiana of Pope Sylvester II

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That horror edge that flows under the simpsons, like the River Styx. This reminds me of the fabled 'Dead Bart' episode

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handy

How to choose wine, in an infographic. Pair with the indispensable illustrated scratch-and-sniff guide to becoming a wine expert. 

(↬ Coudal)

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This image has an eerie synchronistic resonance for me, fresh out of a broken relationship

In English on a man. In Russian on a woman.

(via Clayton Cubitt on Instagram: http://ift.tt/1mnfnOg)