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Monday, November 14th, 2005
conspiracy theories: what fun. ( i fancied a breath of fresh air after this bout of attempted sectarian stirring-up) Secret societies, the Illuminati, the Freemasons, kabbalah, yum yum.
of course, Umberto Eco: Foucault's Pendulum is a must on any conspiracy theory fan's reading list.
the quest for secret knowledge ...
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Monday, October 24th, 2005
the history of halloween is interesting. not least as its ancient roots - derived from ancient celtic traditions - are lost in the mist somewhere.
the pre-christian europeans had four major pagan festivals: candlemas, beltane, lammas and samhain. Samhain which was celebrated on the 31st of october ( or around at ...
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Monday, October 17th, 2005
"The master of the monstrous... the discoverer of the unconscious" --- Carl Jung, on Hieronymus Bosch
A Flemish painter ( circa 1450 - 1516) from the small Dutch town of Hertogenbosch, we know very little about this enigmatic character. The Surrealists were rather fond of him, and you can see ...
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Thursday, September 22nd, 2005
im going to see the british museum exhibition "Forgotten Empire: the world of Ancient Persia" - should be fascinating. its all about the Achaemenid Great Kings from 550–330 BC, and they've got loans from the National Museum of Iran, the Persepolis Museum and the Louvre. unfortunately ...
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