Hierophant – a person, especially a priest, who interprets sacred mysteries or esoteric principles; a person who brings religious congregants into the presence of that which is deemed holy; a person confidently expounding, explaining, or promoting something mysterious or obscure as though appointed to do so; a priest in ancient Greece; specifically : the chief priest of the Eleusinian mysteries.
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21/04/2024
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Beautifying the blogosphere
21/04/2024
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Milne muses
21/04/2024
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But We Had Music
21/04/2024
BUT WE HAD MUSIC
by Maria Popova
Right this minute
across time zones and opinions people are
making plans
making meals
making promises and poems
while
at the center of our galaxy
a black hole with the mass of four billion suns
screams its open-mouth kiss
of oblivion.
Someday it will swallow
Euclid’s postulates and the Goldberg Variations,
swallow calculus and Leaves of Grass.
I know this.
And still
when the constellation of starlings
flickers across the evening sky,
it is enough
to stand here
for an irrevocable minute
agape with wonder.
It is eternity.
Hat tip: The Marginalian
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Who chooses best?
21/04/2024Who chooses best – the government or people?
Free trade is under increasing threats as countries become more protectionist.
People who think this is good don’t understand that trade restrictions empower the state and disempower people.
They restrict choice, add costs and often lower quality.
The only fair trade is free trade.
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