Controversy over what’s depicted in the image, and what it may say about early Christians, has raged for decades. BY EMMA BETUEL AUGUST 5, 2021 (Atlas Obscura) Does This Medieval Fresco Show A Hallucinogenic Mushroom in the Garden of Eden? In France, Plaincourault Chapel features a peculiar depiction of the Garden of Eden’s Tree of theContinue reading “Mushrooms in Eden”
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Conquest Via Luxury
Tacitus wrote Agricola to honor his father-in-law, Cnaeus Julius Agricola, who died August 23, 93 CE. After a short introduction (exordium, 1-3), Tacitus organized the work in three parts. In chapters 4 to 9, Tacitus narrates Agricola’s life before he became governor of Britain in 77 CE. In the second part (chapters 10-38), Tacitus covers Agricola’s governorship ofContinue reading “Conquest Via Luxury”
PRECAUTIONS FOR TRAINING
In Budo, Teachings of the Founder of Aikido (1991), O’Sensei outlined his “Precautions for Training.” This training manual was originally published (for private circulation) in 1938 when he was 55-years old. There are other translations: 1. Aikido decides life and death in a single strike, so students must carefully follow the instructor’s teaching and notContinue reading “PRECAUTIONS FOR TRAINING”
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