![]() The book's themes of the universality of experiential religion, the suppression of that knowledge by exploitative forces, and the use of psychedelics to reconcile the human and natural worlds make it a fascinating and timely read. The authors have played critical roles in the modern rediscovery of entheogens, and The Road to Eleusis presents an authoritative exposition of their views. Although controversial when first published in 1978, the book's hypothesis has become more widely accepted in recent years, as knowledge of ethnobotany has deepened. The authors then expand the discussion to show that natural psychedelic agents have been used in spiritual rituals across history and cultures. ![]() ![]() ![]() In this groundbreaking work, three experts-a mycologist, a chemist, and a historian-argue persuasively that the sacred potion given to participants in the course of the ritual contained a psychoactive entheogen. The secretive Mysteries conducted at Eleusis in Greece for nearly two millennia have long puzzled scholars with strange accounts of initiates experiencing otherworldly journeys. ![]()
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![]() ![]() If you're reading my breakdown and think, "Wow, her summary of this story doesn't make any sense," that's because the actual story doesn't make a lot of sense. Images will be used to break up the monotony. So, let me break this down as briefly as I can for you. Also, just in case you missed it before, the characters are fucking stupid. So much time is dedicated to trying to be fucking clever that nothing of consequence happens. Plot urgency is non-existent, and character growth falls by the wayside. Her craft breaks down in the plotting and characterization. Sentences are written with clarity, punctuation is used correctly, and words are actually spelled right. ![]() The most frustrating part about Dare's writing is that she can write. And just like the cretins on reality TV, I didn't give a flying freak about the book's characters because they're so. ![]() Reading it was like watching one of those reality shows where stupid people talk about their private lives and do nothing. Our mistake, I guess.Ī Lady of Persuasion isn't much of a story. We went into it for the LULZ and suffered instead, the blood of bad romance staining our hands forevermore. Well, I suppose a portion of the blame can fall on my GR buddy Karla for this buddy read. There are no words to describe what a tedious experience reading this book was. ![]() ![]() ![]() Then comes the day Justyce goes driving with his best friend, Manny, windows rolled down, music turned up- way up, sparking the fury of a white off-duty cop beside them. But do they hold up anymore? He starts a journal to Dr. Despite leaving his rough neighborhood behind, he can't escape the scorn of his former peers or the ridicule of his new classmates. Justyce McAllister is a good kid, an honor student, and always there to help a friend-but none of that matters to the police officer who just put him in handcuffs. Raw, captivating, and undeniably real, Nic Stone joins industry giants Jason Reynolds and Walter Dean Myers as she boldly tackles American race relations in this stunning #1 New York Times bestselling debut, a William C. "A must-read!” –ANGIE THOMAS, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Hate U Give "Raw and gripping." –JASON REYNOLDS, New York Times bestselling coauthor of All American Boys ![]() "Powerful, wrenching.” –JOHN GREEN, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Turtles All the Way Down ![]() ![]() ![]() The most critical literary device in both Walden and Pilgrim at Tinker Creek is the concept of “place.” The well-developed places in Walden and Pilgrim at Tinker Creek bridge the divide between humanity, the world, and the divine. Both authors succeed in their quest to find divinity by achieving an intimate relationship with a divine “place,” however, Dillard‘s Pilgrim at Tinker Creek differs from the tranquil, beautiful, divine place of Thoreau’s Waldeni and instead, Dillard realizes chaotic divine place, indifferent to the individual. ![]() Transcendentalism did not dismiss a divine presence however rather advocating for individuals to discover “an original relationship to the universe,” and by extension, God.Z Henry David Thoreau sought this relationship through solitude among nature, which his contemporary, Annie Dillard, attempted to emulate in a modern world. ![]() The transcendentalist movement developed during the early nineteenth century as a denunciation of the uniform aspects of society attributing such conformity to the institutions of organized religion and industrialization. ![]() ![]() Manuscripts by Thurman in the collection include his books Deep River (1945) Deep Is the Hunger (Harper, 1950) Footprints of a Dream (Harper, 1959) The Luminous Darkness (Harper, 1965) The Search For Common Ground (Harper, 1971) his autobiography With Head and Heart (Harcourt, 1980) and a work titled A Track to the Water’s Edge. The Howard Thurman collection consists of manuscripts, correspondence, subject files, audio recordings, and other items. ![]() Sue Bailey Collection finding aid and inventory Ībout the Collections Howard Thurman Collection – Scope & Content.Howard Thurman Collection finding aid and inventory.Howard Thurman & Sue Bailey Thurman Collections Finding Aidsĭownload the finding aid and inventory lists for these collections: ![]() ![]() ![]() The landscape that Peter Rabbit first introduced to us in 1902 is still today one of Beatrix Potter's most popular and well-loved worlds. It turned out that the real tailor's assistants were his apprentices, but in Beatrix Potter's version of the story the secret helpers are skillful little brown mice.īeatrix Potter (1866–1943) loved the countryside and spent much of her childhood drawing and studying animals. It was based on the true story of a tailor who left the unsewn pieces of a coat in his shop and found that the garment had been mysteriously finished for him in the night. ![]() Potter described 'The Tailor of Gloucester' as her own favorite among her books. ![]() "In the time of swords and periwigs and full-skirted coats with flowered lappets-when gentlemen wore ruffles, and gold-laced waistcoats of paduasoy and taffeta-there lived a tailor in Gloucester." ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Plus, being anything close to an 'ethical person' requires daily thought and introspection and hard work we have to think about how we can be good not, you know, once a month, but literally all the time. This question has plagued people for thousands of years, but it's never been tougher to answer than it is now, thanks to challenges great and small that flood our day-to-day lives and threaten to overwhelm us with impossible decisions and complicated results with unintended consequences. From the writer and executive producer of the award-winning Netflix series The Good Place that made moral philosophy fun: a fool-proof guide to making the correct moral decision in every situation you ever encounter, anywhere on earth, forever. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Jebara places Muhammad’s life in a broader historical context, vividly evoking the Meccan society he was born into and arguing that his innovative vision helped shape our modern world. Surrounding the protagonist are dynamic women who nurture Muhammad Jewish and Christian mentors who inspire him and the enslaved individuals he helps liberate who propel his movement. From his dramatic birth to nearly being abducted into slavery to escaping assassination, Muhammad emerges as an unrelenting man on a mission. Rather than rebelling against tradition, they were upholding it and infusing its core values with contemporary relevance. I loved this book!” -Reza Aslan, author of No God but God and Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of NazarethĪ six-year-old cries in his mother’s arms as she draws her last breaths to urge him: “Muhammad, be a world-changer!” The boy, suddenly orphaned in a tribal society that fears any change, must overcome enormous obstacles to unleash his own potential and inspire others to do the same.įusing details long known to Muslim scholars but inaccessible to popular audiences, Mohamad Jebara brings to life the gripping personal story of Islam’s founding prophet. Muhammad, the World-Changer: An Intimate Portrait by Mohamad Jebara Muhammad taught that Islam was simply the ancient core message of every monotheistic prophet. ![]() ![]() “A beautifully written, immaculately researched meditation on the impact of the Prophet Muhammad on the modern world. ![]() ![]() Younger children can easily follow pictures and poem to connect a puddle soaking the roots of a tree with the apples pressed into cider in the next spread older listeners and independent readers can turn to the back pages and learn about “seepage,” “uptake,” and the watery composition of the apples that are squeezed for their liquid. While the states of water are described in everyday language throughout the linked verses, a concluding note, with thumbnails referring to specific points in the text, offers additional information and more precise terminology. ![]() it falls down.” Here they arrive at school just in time for the “patter. ![]() Twisty./ Where is the town?/ Fog is fog unless. they form low.” A page turn moves the cloud-gazing kids from summer into autumn, where they stand among fallen leaves and wait for their school bus to emerge over a fog-banked rise: “Misty. Vapor that cools high in the sky takes on fascinating shapes: “A dragon in a wagon?/A crow kneading dough?/ Clouds are clouds unless. As a sister and brother pass through a cycle of seasons, occupied with play, school, and family time, the water that nurtures their world undergoes continual change. ![]() ![]() ![]() Regardless, it is a very good read if you can deal with some minor eyerolling moments. For me personally, I may have enjoyed this book more in print. Would you consider the audio edition of Awaken Online: Catharsis to be better than the print version? ![]() Nothing about this is good? Im just confused at the rating. Bad bland characters predictable plot unrealistic world, boring story of self indulgence. Christ please someone message me and tell me what this book has to offer. They also introduced the cliche love interest who can do nothing but simp for our dear great poor wounded main character. Jason is the most bland uninspired character of them all. Why tf are all the player characters so underhwelming? They mention that some of the strength comes from emotion. Nevermind that you constantly one shot things way over your level and you can command a huge army of soldiers stronger than regular PCs. Moving into the game world, he has constantly overpowered abilities granted to him and keeps acting like he's overcoming some challenge and his "tactics" are the only thing getting him by. ![]() ![]() He goes on to live in his aunt's spare room and laments to himself how it only has a bed. They call him welfare because his environmentalist lawyer parents got him a scholarship? He ain't even poor. It's a self absorbed teenager who's constantly whining about the laughably cartoonist world he lives in. Unless you are an angsty 12 year old who can literally not imagine anyone else as an actual person. ![]() |