Book II Begin the morning by saying to thyself; I shall meet with the busybody, the ungrateful, arrogant, deceitful, envious, unsocial. All these things...
Angels and Aliens: UFOs and the Mythic Imagination
In a brilliant stroke, Keith Thompson takes a subject usually confined to checkout-counter-tabloids and reveals its surprising literary richness, intellectual energy, and symbolic depths. By offering a new, open-ended perspective which avoids the dogmatism of true believers and debunkers alike, “Angels and Aliens” invites readers to enter a fascinating world with profound implications for our understanding of the human spirit.
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Conversations with Mozart
He was the eternal child. As his sister Nannerl said, ‘Outside of music he was, and remained, nearly always a child.’ Read Mozart’s coming...
Conversations with Jesus of Nazareth
THREE Whatever happened to family values? Jesus is from artisan stock and his family setting is the world of small farmers and independent craftsmen....
What is Religion? And Other Writings
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