Our nerves are the violin strings with which nature makes us hear and feel the music

What talk is that about joys of the flesh? The flesh has neither griefs nor joys: it is but a passive Music_is_my_soulinstrument.

Our nerves are the violin strings with which nature makes us hear and feel the music of sensual delight; and all the joys of life, even those which are most spoilt, are the exclusive share of the soul.

By Eliphas Levi

Dr Zahi Hawass Refuses to Debate Graham Hancock and Storms Out Ranting

Here is a video of Dr Hawass’ angry outburst at the now infamous scheduled debate between Graham Hancock and Dr HawassGraham Hancock and Hawass this week in Cairo, Egypt. Dr. Hawass had started a ruckus before the conference even began by ranting loudly and slinging weak ad hominem attacks on author, and his arch nemesis Robert Buaval (who wasn’t present), and then he storms out.

Hawass was scheduled to give a presentation following one from Graham Hancock, and to then debate on the issues, recently found evidence for a lost civilization and its potential ties to Ancient Egypt. (more…)

Labyrinth of Avarice

Detail of the ‘Labyrinth of Avarice – an engraved illustration from Bartolomeo Del Bene’s (1515-1595), “Civitas Veri sive Morum (‘The City of Truth; or, Ethics’).” In the middle of the image you see the aristocrats and clergy relaxing while the masses of people are trapped in the labyrinth, who most of them do not even know they are caught in the maze.

A labyrinth is a maze of a network of passages or paths in which it is difficult to find one’s way, and avarice is extreme greed for wealth or material gain. (more…)

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