Sunday, 27 June 2021
The inquisition
testing the guilt of a witch in Sweden by ducking, if she drowned she was presumed innocent, if she survived, it was presumed that it was due to devils aid so she was burnt at the stake
Archaeologia Graeca, Or the Antiquities of Greece
The first generations of men had neither temple, nor statues for thier Gods, but worship towards heaven in open air
Archaeologia Graeca, Or the Antiquities of Greece, Volume 1
Archaeologia Graeca, Or the Antiquities of Greece, 1697
John Potter
Sunday, 20 June 2021
Monks of the west
solitude says a venerable ecclesiastic of the day "solitude is the mother country of the strong - silence is their prayer"
nowhere has the human race in its joys and sorrows found sympathies more living and productive than under the frock of a monk
Friday, 11 June 2021
Laurus, eugene vodolazkin
Animals have souls but the soul is kindred to their bodies and contained in their blood, mind you people did not eat animals until the flood, they spared their souls, for an animals soul dies with its body
What is a soul? Arseny asked.
It is what the lord breathes into a body, what distinguishes us from rocks and plants
Weep and pray o arseny and do not fear death, for death is just the bitterness of parting. It is also the joy of liberation
why are there no names on the graves
because they are already known to the lord
in 100 years no one will know who they belonged to
dante, divene comedy
Midway upon the journey of our life
I found myself within a forest dark,
For the straightforward pathway had been lost.
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