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May 14, 2012

The Presence of the Buddha

Hearing these answers, the deva was overflowing with joy.  Then clasping hands, bowed down in respect and disappeared suddenly from the presence of the Buddha. From Paul Carus’ The Gospel of Buddha (1894)

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April 17, 2012

St Thomas More

There are several sorts of religions, not only in different parts of the island, but even in every town; some worshipping the sun, others the moon or one of the planets. From Thomas More’s Utopia (1516)

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February 18, 2012

Diary of a Genius

The uneasy marriage of reason and nightmare which has dominated the 20th century has given birth to an increasingly surreal world. More and more, we see that the events of our own times make sense in terms of surrealism rather … Continue reading →

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