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Purim (Hebrew: פורים Pûrîm "lots", related to Akkadian pūru) is a festival that commemorates the deliverance of the Jewish people of the ancient Persian Empire from Haman's plot to annihilate them, as recorded in the Biblical Book of Esther (Megillat Esther). According to the story, Haman cast lots to determine the day upon which to exterminate the Jews.

Purim is celebrated annually according to the Hebrew calendar on the 14th day of the Hebrew month of Adar* (Adar II in leap years), the day fo… Continue

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Theosophy, HPB and The Secret Doctrine

Phillip Lindsay © 2002


The Theosophical Society was founded by the so-called Masters of Wisdom or Hierarchy of Enlightened Being, through their amanuensis, H.P. Blavatsky. Other names for them throughout history have been the Elder Brothers, The Secret College and The Great White Brotherhood.

If it is difficult to accept the fact of their existence, ask yourself the question, where do the Masters of all the different traditions "go", after they have att… Continue

Nature'sOdd from Martin van der Tak on Vimeo.

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The people are the heroes now, the behemoth pulls the peasants’ plow
The people are the heroes now, the behemoth pulls the peasants’ plow
The people are the heroes now, the behemoth pulls the peasants’ plow

When we look up
the fields are white
the fields are white with harvest in the morning light
And mou… Continue

"A wise man observe, feels, experience, listen, speaks and express himself, but do not judge"


"Book with open pages is a book unread"


"An easy life is an life with no lessons, with no wisdom, with no real meaning, so who has got an easy life, is not alive"


"One can be an open book, and the readers blindfolded,
but it is not the readers nor the blindfold of the reader it is the expectations of being read that keeps us from being read and understood"


"The problem is One thinks they und… Continue

Botanists who have just discovered a new flower in Ecuador can be forgiven for having missed it until now.

The world's smallest orchid is just 2.1mm wide, with transparent petals that are just one cell thick. It comes from the Platystele genus, which is made up of mostly miniature plants.

American scientist Lou Jost found the tiny flower by accident among t… Continue

The legend of Sabbah (sometimes called "Hassan ibn Sabba") is eerily apt, given our present situation. from Wikipedia:

From a high mountain fortress, Ibn al-Sabbah directed a ruthless campaign against the overlords of other sects in Persia, Iraq and Syria. Northwest of Qazvin, atop the Alborz Mountains, on a lonely ridge 6000 feet above the sea, stood the castle of Alamut (eagle's nest). Commanding a royal view of the valley below, accessible only by a single, almost vertical pathway, the remot… Continue