Archive for June, 2004

Guinevere & Lancelot: Anima & Animus

Wednesday, June 30th, 2004

I found this passage about Lancelot and Guinevere last night in a book I was re-reading by Heinrich Zimmer, The King and the Corpse:
One might say that the personalities of Lancelot and Guinever had become, both, entirely invaded and enchanted by the powers of the “lake” of the unconscious, possessed and beset, by a trans-personal, […]

Another good quote

Wednesday, June 30th, 2004

Found this over here:
“The secret of life is this – when you hear the sound of the cannons, walk toward them.” – Marcel France
Oh, plus another one from here:
“During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.” - George Orwell

Proof & remembrances

Wednesday, June 30th, 2004

An article, Time and again, from a Wyoming paper about a psychologist named Leo Sprinkle, who does past life regression hypnosis. If you’ve never read about this sort of thing, this is a good basic introductory article. But the thing that I liked the most about it was this quote from Mr. Sprinkle (yeah, that’s […]

Sight to the blind

Wednesday, June 30th, 2004

I just remembered something as random as it is interesting…
When people who have been blind their whole life gain sight, through surgical or other means, they are supposedly categorically shocked to discover perspective. Their brains cannot immediately understand why things which are farther away appear to be smaller.
Unfortunately, I forget where I read this.

codes and codons bent and twisted to fit down drainpipes

Wednesday, June 30th, 2004

I.
the holdfasting. the dreams spent together in outer space. i could have licked you from head to toe. only i ran out of majesty. right before the end. right before your achilles heel. i could have baptised you in saliva. rendered you invulnerable from becoming something else. when i didn’t want you to. you were […]

Your Vote Counts

Wednesday, June 30th, 2004

Grabbed this from a post over at Pgh craigslist, Your Vote Counts. Hopefully, for those confused by the previous post about why voting sucks, this will elaborate. Some choice excerpts:
Your vote counts. Even if you ultimately voted for the losing candidate, you certainly approved the process by which his opponent was chosen. In a race […]