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Posts Tagged ‘Philosophy’

Learning and Reimagining the Tarot: Introduction

By Giania • Jan 13th, 2010 • Category: Featured

Hot: The premise behind this project is very simple: Choose a Tarot card (only shuffling for the first draw). Dissect the visuals on the card and write down their most basic symbolic elements (from opinion/personal preference). Look up details of that Tarot card from tarot books, 777 and other cross-cultural references. Create a visual and/or [...]



Words to Know: Anarchist’s Dictionary Edition #1

By Giania • Nov 5th, 2009 • Category: WTK

Hot: First up on this WTK is the opposite of wealth. That term is “illth” and was coined by John Ruskin as a way of giving simple voice to the concept of possessing damage, discontent, or general ill health (physically, economically, spiritually, etc). In Ruskin’s case, and in several applications, this is largely applicable to [...]



Ashtanga Yoga: The Role of Asanas, and a Very Brief Background/History

By AmHm • Aug 6th, 2009 • Category: Yoga

For serious practitioners of Ashtanga Yoga, asanas (postures) serve as preparation to stabilize and control the mind, which one, of many, steps along the “the path of internal purification for revealing the Universal Self.”



Ashtanga Yoga: A Beginner’s Perspective

By AmHm • Jul 27th, 2009 • Category: Yoga

I began my Ashtanga practice for reasons much less noble than what I later learned many practitioners believe: that Ashtanga is “the path of internal purification for revealing the Universal Self.” Not me. I was motivated by a strong sense of vanity and a dislike of jogging



The Craigslist Posting That Will Almost Certainly Never Be

By Giania • Jun 23rd, 2009 • Category: Fnord

Hot: Disclaimer-by-way-of-Prologue – I sat down and thought to myself: “Suppose I was to solicit some kind of bodily coupling through something like craigslist, in an area where these kind of services are clearly not at their peak usefulness?” This is the result of that thought process. (I may have also been letting my mind [...]



Scarlet Imprint Release: Devoted

By Giania • Dec 1st, 2008 • Category: Literature

Like Howlings before it, Devoted speaks in many voices and from many disciplines. However, unlike the more meta focus on Grimoires in Howlings, Devoted is intended to focus on the authors’ actual devotional practices.



RKNet asks: What do you believe?

By Giania • Apr 13th, 2008 • Category: Film

Hot: On the recommendation of a friend, I watched this earlier and was left with many thoughts. Many questions. Anything that raises questions is of interest. The following video is intended for audiences who are willing to ask questions. Questions about religion. Questions about authority. Questions about government. Questions about the world all live in. [...]



Think For Myself? Don’t Mind if I Do!

By Giania • Apr 7th, 2008 • Category: Fnord, Philosophy

Hot: It’s been a very Twitter-heavy weekend, as previous posts will demonstrate. I had a brief spat with some woman named Amanda Chapel because I had issues with the idea of arguing against the merits of internet culture on the internet. Particularly on such a limited platform such as Twitter. I really need to think [...]



More Mix: Better in Pairs

By Giania • Apr 5th, 2008 • Category: Audio

Hot: In this mix, for your listening pleasure, I thought I’d slow things down, and stretch things out a little. Kind of get you all in the mood for some late night philosophy and spooning. I’m too cheap to ply all of you with booze so I thought I’d make you a mix tape, kind [...]



Wednesday Mix: It was really “That Kind of Day”

By Giania • Apr 2nd, 2008 • Category: Audio, Fnord

Hot: Boy was it ever! I would explain it to you, but I barely understood it myself. For your listening pleasure, however, I’ve put together another mixwit mix tape that I feel helps express in very broad terms the kind of day I had. Featuring Kajiura Yuki – Key of the Twilight Sonic Youth – [...]