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...ow the Great Sphinx of Giza. In present day Egypt, a frightening, yet awe-inspiring story unravels as archaeologists race against time to decipher an ancient truth? A deep probing mystery riddled with prophecy and danger, Secret of the Sands uses Egypt and her mythology as a backdrop to delve into the meanings of life and religion. -McNally Robinson Rai Aren and Tavius E. ...

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...d, “There is no way out from here, we must do some- thing!” The language they spoke was an ancient one. “We have no chance to escape,” another said, ... ... serious work to do and if we don’t speed things up, we’re toast. Dustimaine wants those ancient tools that were found yesterday to be cleaned and c... ... leading down into it. It was not far from a much larger site where he had found numerous ancient tombs, and where he was now focusing his own effor... ... should get their autographs now, while they’re still not worth anything! We could make a fortune selling them on eBay!” “Focus Bob,” Alex playfull... ...of a lion, seated with a long thick mane. The lion was revered and worshipped in Kierani culture. To them, it symbolized strength, grace, and prote... ... House Selaren, your Royal Family!” Assan bowed. The King, Queen and young Prince stepped forth to accept the exuberant ap- plause from their people.... ...nds 29 He hadn’t spoken to his parents in almost two years. They hadn’t made the ef- fort and neither had he. Mitch came from a family of medica... ... see what it’s telling us about these people. Funerary rituals are an important part of a culture, saying many things about a peo- ple’s beliefs and ... ...tries, linens, chests, sculptures, vases. “This was obviously a sophisticated and wealthy culture,” Alex remarked. Mitch had started walking around ...

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...uide to making sense of the surrounding world while achieving inner peace. Each of the six chapters in this book focuses on a different aspect of the ancient wisdom of Kabbalah, shedding new light on a teaching that has too often been shrouded in mystery and misconceptions. A subtle, yet profound idea weaves the book’s chapters into a coherent and concrete whole.The first ...

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...in communication networks of enterprises and communities. In civil society, a culture of alternative living and re- sponsible values will lend suppor... ...kind has begun to seek new avenues and modes of thinking. Such modes are the ancient, albeit very pertinent, indigenous wis- doms. To them, planetar... ...- ern world over the last 300 years is not the norm, but the exception. Other cultures do not share this view. Even the West did not adhere to it pr... ...- tion (or rather, misapplication) of Newton’s philosophy of nature. In other cultures, as well as in the Western world pre- ceding modern times, the... ...y through this book, as it provides much more than general knowledge about an ancient wisdom. It also provides a key to ensure the well-being of hum... ...chers, and that the knowledge they passed on to us became the basis for both ancient and modern sciences. The term, “Kabbalist,” comes from the Hebr... ...st basic questions about the purpose of life. They turn to Eastern teachings, fortune-telling, magic and mysticism. And some turn to Kabbalah. Becau... ...erent teachings, often following more than one teaching at a time. Astrology, fortune-telling, numerology, magic, witchcraft, spells, evil eye—all t... ...e speaking level of the spiritual pyramid, has only been around for the past forty thousand years or so. When humanity completes its evolution of t...

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...e Archive – Click HERE! Philosophical Musings and Essays http://samvak.tripod.com/culture.html Malignant Self Love – Narcissism Revisited http:/... ...re in Paris in 1912, forgers passed 6 replicas as the original, selling them for a fortune. The painting was rediscovered in 1915. Henri Matis... ...ic civilization), through the Canary Islands to Scandinavia. Considering that many ancient civilizations - such as Troy, long considered a mere fab... ...d then she survived a Caesarean section by one, Dr. James Barlow. The baby was less fortunate. In the meantime, the French obstetrician Baudeloq... ...nia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas - joined them only after the attack on Fort Sumter in April 1861. Two - Kentucky and Missouri - secede... ...s etched in our minds. The crossword puzzle appears to be a British institution, as ancient as the monarchy and a lot more rewarding. The surpri... ...reat_wall/ http://www.walkthewall.com/ Greek Philosophers There were so many ancient Greek thinkers that virtually every bit of modern knowle... ...rnardino de Sahagun (1499-1590), a Franciscan priest with deep interest in Mexican culture, described a ritual in honor of the Aztec gods of fisher... ..., Prague and Skopje, 2000 Winner of numerous awards, among them Israel's Council of Culture and Art Prize for Maiden Prose (1997), The Rotary Club A...

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... journeys to the interior, however, the British started to investigate and the activities of this ancient secret society came to light. Lord Bentinc... ...since her own mother’s death when she was only three years old. Rosita had come to Cornwall some forty years ago from Spain, following her English s... ...r William French, an ancestor of Sir Terence who, like many adventurers to the East, had made his fortune in India in the early 18th century. ‘On h... ... ancestor, who had set up this strange bequest and, furthermore, stipulated in his Will that his fortune would revert to the heirs of Chandra Lal in... ...houting, ‘Breathe in Helen, here she comes!’ Helen was enveloped by the green wet leaves of that ancient English forest of her childhood and Gavin ... ...id Lady Cameron, tossing her head in her own inimitable ‘horsy’ manner, ‘this great highway is as ancient as India, itself, and has for centuries be... ...ubjects. ‘We must not forget that Maria had Indian blood, Rosita, and eroticism is part of their culture. You must recall those engravings we saw in... ... too much time to dwell on her husband and his first wife: India kept intruding by its own varied culture. It was the festival of Bakr-Id which remi... ...egated in our homes, our clubs and our cantonments, as if we are afraid to be corrupted by their culture and we may give them the impression of arr...

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... the knowledge within the (authentic sources of) Kabbalah, the legacy of the ancient Kabbalists. Rav Laitman follows in the footsteps of his mentor ... ... prepared to advance toward following Nature’s law of altruism. Education and culture have always been es- tablished on altruistic principles. In our... ...ure we will gradually present to the reader is founded on principles from the ancient wisdom of Kabbalah, along with contemporary science’s latest d... ... This desires manifested in the evolution of sci- ence, education systems, and culture. Its traces first ap- peared during the Renaissance and continu... ...d wanted to research and control everything. If we observe human evolution in culture, educa- tion, science, and technology in light of the understan... ...our desires eventually increases them and compels us to make even greater ef- forts to satisfy them. When the desire to obtain things diminishes, one... ...as the worst of all tyrants. Baal HaSulam says that if people compared the ef- fort they make with the pleasure they actually experience in life, the... ...nt ordeals for future gain. For example, we are willing to make tremendous ef- forts in schooling to learn a trade that will yield high wages or a re... ...uld be more bal- anced and, on the whole, feel better. If we were to study how ancient tribes lived, we would find that the closer they were to Natur...

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...te situations in order to realize that, indeed, only the Creator is complete. Culture and science are only vessels given to us to reveal that we and... ... 52 Some people want quiet lives. Others want to grow and search for fame and fortune. Everything that distinguishes one person from an- other is emb... ...mation desired. They also made use of Aramaic, which was a spoken language in ancient Persia. The Book of Zohar also uses foreign (Greek) words that ... ...ou will see that it is written in Aramaic. Aramaic was the spoken language in ancient Persia and the everyday lan- guage of Mesopotamia. Therefore, t... ...are also Kabbalah books in Arabic, and Kabbalists in the middle ages wrote in ancient French. Again, a language is only an outer dressing to help con... ... said that before one studies Kab- balah one must also be proficient in Torah, forty years old or more, and so on. The Book of Zohar can only be stud... ...to The Study of the Ten Sefirot that the Creator rests man’s hand on the good fortune and tells him: “Choose this for yourself.” T H E S T U DY O F... ...senses. G R A D UA L E VO L U T I O N Q: How does the Kabbalah relate to other cultures, including ancient ones? A: The Kabbalah teaches about the Up... ...t undergo further development regarding his relationship with society. Hence, cultures came and went all over the globe. Kabbalah ac- cepts the fact ...

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...le is in this world, what we should do, and within how much time. There is no fortune teller who can reveal this. Kabbalists, however, can do it, bu... ...s even the slightest conscious connection with the Creator, that person is a fortunate individual. All the situations that we experience in spiritua... ... there, reveals how souls bond and sepa- rate. It can be compared to a welling forth, a continuous flow, transition T H E PAT H O F K A B B A L A H ... ...g the meaning of their lives, and more interested in science, social science, culture, literature, and so on. T H E PAT H O F K A B B A L A H 122 B... ...ize that there is no hap- piness in high technology, or the development of our culture and ethics. Drugs and other accessories for pleasure produce a... ...lgalta to the Parsa. That Partzuf is called Atik (meaning De- tached, but also Ancient), because it is detached from the attainment of the lower ones... ...ter still belongs to the Partzuf Keter First Restriction. Thus the name, Atik (Ancient, but also Detached) means detachment from the lower ones the l... ... S W E R S W H AT I S K A B B A L A H ? Q: What is Kabbalah? A: Kabbalah is an ancient teaching that covers a number of lan- guages and many forms of ... ...at awaken in them. This search produces the development of science, medicine, culture and technology. Our generation and the generations to come belo...

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...arian protest against a closed society, Romania of 1980’s, where the whole culture was manipulated by a small group. Only their ideas and their publ... ...otalitarisme contre une societé fermée, la Roumanie des années 1980, où la culture entière était manipulée par un petit groupe. Seulement leurs idée... ...n propositions naïves, quotidiennes - contradictions dures; - antithèses fortes; - expressions figurées, interprétées au propre; - transformation... ...n humanist poet Petrarca (14 th century) with his love antinomies, or the ancient Greek poets and playwrighters (before Jesus Christ): Pindar, Hom... ...tarian protest against a closed society Romania of 1980’s, where the whole culture was manipulated by a small group. Only their ideas and their publ...

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...arian protest against a closed society, Romania of 1980’s, where the whole culture was manipulated by a small group. Only their ideas and their publ... ...otalitarisme contre une societé fermée, la Roumanie des années 1980, où la culture entière était manipulée par un petit groupe. Seulement leurs idée... ...n propositions naïves, quotidiennes - contradictions dures; - antithèses fortes; - expressions figurées, interprétées au propre; - transformation... ...n humanist poet Petrarca (14 th century) with his love antinomies, or the ancient Greek poets and playwrighters (before Jesus Christ): Pindar, Hom... ...tarian protest against a closed society Romania of 1980’s, where the whole culture was manipulated by a small group. Only their ideas and their publ...

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...15, often began to stretch like a 26 year old fetus locked up in a heavily fortified placenta. He would feel how disparaged Jatupon often felt. He w... ...could not be read unless, like many superstitious Thais, he were to seek a fortuneteller-mendicant sitting on a sheet or straw mat on a sidewalk or in... ...ce. The sun was feeling hot and it made him dizzy and mad as Akhenaten in Ancient Egypt. Nawin, the legal alias of Jatupon, was feeling a weight dea... ...k winter that makes homeless dogs and cats shiver before temple walls when fortunate enough to wander into such an animal sanctuary. Learning had bee... ... "Love," said the cartoon of the mosquito, "makes up the vernacular of pop culture. It is innate as a quest. It lances life's old festers granting a... ...he did not understand. What did she know beyond the kinetic rhythms of pop culture? It was in her blank stare. The word had not penetrated. He want... ...ance of dragons just like the television shows they had seen of the kings' ancient boats that were housed in the Royal Barge Museum. The ni... ...tity of these self-professed "Chosen people," and for having the dominant culture of individual freedoms that went contrary to their Islamic tyranny.... ...he sun-god (the night having deadened his soul and put him to sleep as any ancient Egyptian laborer long ago believed of his own life), so Kazem in da...

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...s more than a record of past events. It presents a scholarly interpretation of those events by a Hawaiian historian writing for Hawaiians about their culture and disappearing customs. He lived at a time when access to first-hand information about the ancient culture was still available yet needed explanation because his Hawaiian audience was growing increasingly removed fr...

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...alike. Kekuhaupi‘o advocated the importance of continued training to be always prepared for battle. He believed in heeding the omens of the gods of ancient Hawai‘i—spirits from whom victory or defeat was thought to spring. Kekuhaupi‘o was well versed in the many disciplines of Hawaiian warfare, particularly that of lua (a bone-breaking form of wrestling), and a master i...

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...er Entertained at Hilo Hanakahi. 369 -- Domestic Discord with Ka‘ahumanu. 372 -- Vancouver Listens to Ho‘olau Ali‘i, the Sacred Coconut Shell. 374 -- Ancient Anchors at Pohue, Ka‘u. 376 -- British Flag Flies Over Hilo. 378 -- Request for Reinforcements Begrudged. 381 -- Ka‘eokulani Rebuffed at Kalaupapa. 383 -- Ka‘eokulani Lands on O‘ahu. 385 -- Battle at Ponahawale, ‘Ewa....

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...n. Whether as children we were taught at a church Sunday school or some other religious institution, or weabsorbed simple social assumptions from the culture we live in, none of us grow up in a religious vacuum. Through most of history the majority of people appear to have been reasonably satisfied with the religious culture which went hand in hand with their social struct...

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...r religious institution, or we absorbed simple social assumptions from the culture we live in, none of us grow up in a religious vacuum. Through most ... ...rity of people appear to have been reasonably satisfied with the religious culture which went hand in hand with their social structure. It has been on... ...f the meaning and feeling-value of symbols in personal life, as well as in culture generally. Jung was, with Sigmund Freud, a cofounder of psychoanaly... ...Unfortunately the earliest of them appear to date back only some twenty to forty thousand years, a brief period if we 7. From Mary Webb, Precious Bane... ... in Cyril Aldred, Thames and Hudson, London, 1968; Henri Frank- fort, Harper Torchbooks, New York, 1948; A.H. Ga... ...under King Akhenaton. 11 It was later blended with religious elements from ancient Palestine of about the same era, as well as with organized Arab rel... ...Cyril Aldred, Akhenaten, Thames and Hudson, London, 1968; Henri Frankfort, Ancient Egyptian Religion, Harper Torchbooks, New York, 1948; A.H. Gardiner... ...irect progenitor of modern day Judaism. 13. For the overall development of ancient Hebrew religion see Helmer Ringgren, Israelite Religion, Fortress P... ...opment of ancient Hebrew religion see Helmer Ringgren, Israelite Religion, Fortress Press, Philadelphia, 1966. German original, 1963. 14. For a detail...

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...This work is about a Korean American teaching in his homeland, feeling lost in Korean culture and that his own life is an outlier to this conservative society. As he lives there, making his living as an English teacher, he writes of Gabriele, a single parent in Ithaca New York who manifests a more open and le...

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...s Shawn) felt an empathy as deep as the gods; and the reconstructed walls of ancient buildings that he could see into and imagine long deceased empero... ...trees. There was a hot sticky childish oozing within him. Within dreams his fortitude was like marshmallows when pulled off of sticks after roasting ... ...t he didn't have a girlfriend evidenced when no letters and photographs were forthcoming. Then one day he was gone and soon thereafter Sang Huin lost ... ...rms, pushing their carts and singing their songs as traditional music blared forth. He died every time he saw one of them. He yearned for the love and... ...reans or did they yearn for bigger and better things seduced by the American culture that came to them through the cinema and the music and through hi... ...lves on his lap while above the couch was a television showing a drama of an ancient Korean period linked with reverberating melancholic Buddhist melo... ... might have seemed original long after the Great Hymn of Aten was written in Ancient Egypt. In constructing another paragraph she began to ask herself... ...sion toward the rock-a-by song by telling herself that it was the collective culture in the earliest of all primitive American, if not western minds, ... ... reasons for the specific elements of a myth (the cryptic reason why a given culture might have chosen a serpent god or the son of god over the sun go...

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...Our music, our culture, our science, and our economic welfare all depend on a delicate balance between those ideas that are controlled and those that are free, between intellectual property and the public domain. In The Public Domain: Enclo...

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...about. We are mak- ing bad decisions that will have a negative effect on our culture, our kids’ schools, and our communications networks; on free spee... ...28/08 11:04 AM Page xii there are powerful counterweights in both law and culture to the negative trends I describe here. There are lots of reasons... ...ary communication to others, free as the air to common use.” 12 Our art, our culture, our science depend on this public domain every bit as much as th... ...o Chapter 2 34 -1 ___ 0 ___ 1 ___ 37278_u01.qxd 8/28/08 11:04 AM Page 34 ancient Persia. (In Mr. Helprin’s utopia, presumably, a royalty stream wo... ...ight. “The lords and nobles were up- setting the social order, breaking down ancient law and custom, sometimes by means of violence, often by pressure... ...ries of the new property scheme run news stories about those who were not so fortunate, the commoners of the genetic enclosure. Law students across Am... ...eal world of secondhand threats, third-party leaks, and a hilarious back-and-forth in the letters page). 10 Things were not completely one-sided. An u... ... illegal. The judges interrupted, as they often do, and there was a back-and-forth de- bate about the likely reach of any ruling that would shut down ... ...vanescent subject matter; a favorite title of mine is I. Trotter Hardy, “The Ancient Doctrine of T respass to Web Sites,” 1996, art. 7, Journal of Onl...

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...r Medical Research -- 74 Perfect Place for Global Meetings -- 78 Checklist for Your Next Conference -- 82 Sustainability, Harmony Built Into Hawaiian Culture -- 86 What Aloha Really Means --...

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...me to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The second best time is now . ” – ANCIENT CHINESE PROVERB www.HawaiianLegacyHardwoods.com For more informatio... ...nce HAWAIIAN TRADITIONS 82 Sustainability, Harmony Built Into Hawaiian Culture 86 What Aloha Really Means Use this QR code to connect to the APE... ...es immigrants, visitors, and locals and promotes the sharing of ideas and cultures. It is no surprise that a recent study ranked Hawai‘i the number... ...is part of a publicly traded corporation that is itself a subsidiary of a Fortune Global 500 energy and manufacturing conglomerate based in China. ... ...me all the delegates to APEC 2011. As a bank that serves Hawaii’s diverse cultures and businesses, we hope our Islands leave a lasting impression o... ...d around the world. ASTRONOMY World’s best place to study the Universe In ancient times, Polynesian voyagers used navigational knowledge they gaine... ... matter just outside the Milky Way containing about a thousand small and ancient stars. With the greatest collection of ground-based telescopes on ... ... STUDIES: This U.S. Department of Defense academic institute, located at Fort DeRussy in Waikīkī, is a meeting place for military and civilian rep...

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...s alike. Kekuhaupi‘o advocated the importance of continued training to be always prepared for battle. He believed in heeding the omens of the gods of ancient Hawai‘i—spirits from whom victory or defeat was thought to spring. Kekuhaupi‘o was well versed in the many disciplines of Hawaiian warfare, particularly that of lua (a bone-breaking form of wrestling), and a master in...

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...er Entertained at Hilo Hanakahi. 369 -- Domestic Discord with Ka‘ahumanu. 372 -- Vancouver Listens to Ho‘olau Ali‘i, the Sacred Coconut Shell. 374 -- Ancient Anchors at Pohue, Ka‘u. 376 -- British Flag Flies Over Hilo. 378 -- Request for Reinforcements Begrudged. 381 -- Ka‘eokulani Rebuffed at Kalaupapa. 383 -- Ka‘eokulani Lands on O‘ahu. 385 -- Battle at Ponahawale, ‘Ewa....

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...of Life Energy Pg 192 The Definition of What is Human Pg 198 The Origin of Culture Pg 206 The Tool-Dynamic of Civilized Culture Pg 212 Wonder ... ... Pg 269 The Dynamics of the Transition Pg 279 The Creation of Robber Baron Culture Pg 280 The Basic Factors Pg 282 The Consequences of Accumul... ...ange Pg 508 Tools vs. Life Pg 508 The Dynamics of Distraction Pg 520 The Culture of Mass Media Pg 523 Hollywood and Perfection Pg 527 Tool P... ...isdom Pg 1220 Bicycle Cards Pg 1221 Intelligence Pg 1224 Pre-History and Ancient History Pg 1266 Burial of the Dead Pg 1268 Decapitation Pg... ... Daoist Priest told him that this is what the original Yin-Yang symbol of the ancient concept of Duality looked like before the Daoist Duality of Ev... ... and regardless of size. By using the theoretical abstract straight line of ancient Greek geometry and abstract mathematics which does not exist i... ... by new discoveries, and no new theories or models have successfully been put forth to explain these new discoveries. One fad theory after another ... ...Doing what with its upper limbs while it moves around? Swinging them back and forth of course like the branches of a tree in a breeze. Doing what wi... ... their own small town to succeed in the outer world: where they gain fame and fortune: while they are still regarded back home as ‘that upstart, who…...

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...the United States, is often perceived as trying to impose its narcissistic pseudo-culture upon a world exhausted by wars hot and cold and corrupte... ...of double standards, irks and grates. I firmly believe that it is better to face a forthright villain than a masquerading saint. It is easy to conf... ...t kaleidoscopically. Pakistan and Libya were transmuted from foes to allies in the fortnight prior to the Afghan campaign. Milosevic has metamorpho... ...of brain with brawn (i.e., money or bombs), its legalistic-litigious character, its culture of instant gratification and one-dimensional over-simpl... ... foes, often one and the same. The global spread of American influence through its culture, political alliances, science and multinationals is mere... ...l expansion spirit (combined with the) the puritan's 'concept of mission' (are its fortes)", gushes the anonymous author. The paper distinguishes ... ...while casting a disdainful glance at the native waiter). To them it looks like an ancient force of nature and, therefore, an inevitability - hence... ...uggernaut without precedent. Though history rarely repeats itself in details - both Ancient Rome and Byzantium hold relevant - albeit very limited -... ...istan's own international status. Afghanistan is an historical buffer zone in the ancient Great Game of Central Eurasia. It is the gateway through...

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...his expresses itself in the development of sci- ence, educational systems, and culture. This stage has become associated with the Renaissance and the... ...the way for our generation. His writings enable all of us to con- nect to the ancient, authentic sources that the past giants left behind. The Kabba... ...ct humanity was Abraham. He was one of many peo- ple who lived in Mesopotamia (ancient Persia), and in those days there was no division into nations.... ...- til a time when all of humanity would need it. Today, we must re- kindle the ancient science, revive the study of Kabbalah, discover the Upper Real... ...ts two hundred,” one who has two hundred wants four hundred, and so on and so forth. As a consequence, when we obtain a certain pleasure, we remain ... ...s not let them evolve at their own pace and accord- ing to their own rules and culture. This situation is creating a real deformity within humankind ... ...nd all of humanity. Admission to the study of reality does require certain ef- forts, but it also captivates one’s whole inner life and provides comp... ...dently choose to spiritually evolve. Later, when it no longer affects our ef- forts, we will discover that our successes and failures in achieving t... ...that will eliminate every aspect of human life: ecology, society, economy and culture, research and education. These scientists already understand t...

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... the whole, however, the rules are designed to govern all publications sent forth with the imprint of this Press. Concerning the character and cont... ...ademy (Handelsakademie) of Leipzig, the Paris Lyceum (Lyc6e de Paris); [the forty Im- mortals]; Civic Federation, Cook County Democracy, Tam- many ... ... in such connections as the following : the five books of Moses, the first forty psalms, the gospels and epistles of the New Testament, [the synopt... ...i &t nithde Aarhundrede; Geschiedenis &r Nederlandsche Taal. 38. Titles of ancient manuscripts (singular, MS; plural, MSS) : Codex Bezae, Vatican ... ...talics 23 Books of the Bible, both canonical and apocryphal, and titles of ancient manuscripts, should be set in roman type (see 27 and 38). 53. T... ...utwlsal Antiquities, p. 199. 1 G. L. Hendrickson "Origin and Meaning of the Ancient Characters of Style," Am. Jour. Phil. XXV (~gog), pp. 25c-75. 3... ...nd regen- erate the distracted world by the potent influence of Hellenistic culture. A world-empire, including all the lands and nations about the M... ...nd regenerate the distracted world by the potent influ- ence of Hellenistic culture. A world-empire, including all the lands and nations about the ... ...k and regenerate the dlshacted world by the potent influence of Hellenistic culture. A world.mpire. including all the lands and nations about the Me...