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Note , In these dealings, two should always be present; for often a spirit is manifest to one in the crystal when the other cannot perceive him; therefore if any spirit appear, as there most likely will, to one or both, say, "Oh, Lord! we return thee our hearty and sincere thanks for the hearing of our prayer, and we thank thee for having permitted thy spirit to appear unto us which we, by thy mercy, will interrogate to our further instruction, through Christ. Amen ." Interrog. 1. In the name of the holy and undefiled Spirit, the Father, the begotten Son, and Holy Ghost, proceeding from both, what is thy true name? If the spirit answers, Michael , then proceed. Quest. 2. What is thy office? 3. What is thy true sign or character? 4. When are the times most agreeable to thy nature to hold conference with us? Wilt thou swear by the blood and righteousness of our Lord Jesus Christ, that thou art truly Michael? (Here let him swear, then write down his seal ...

The Cliff Walk on, the stores disappear behind mist       The roof, distant, layered, pearly Gray, in front of a cliff the hits like gods fist       A slice of the Earths crust from late to early

    Connection #1 - Giordano Bruno to Baruch Spinoza         Connection #2 - Baruch Spinoza to Maimonides     Connection #3 - Maimonides to Averroes     Connection #4 - Averroes to Yacoub Almansour     Connection #5 - Yacoub Almansour to King Alfonso VIII  

1. The Forensic Sedimentologist The scientist stepped off the shuttle. The contrast between the dry chilly air he had been living in during the journey and the warm humid air of the planet almost overshadowed the abrupt change in gravity. He stumbled dropping his heavy case. Instantly a short muscular figure wearing only a short metallic kilt ran to his aid. [TO BE CONTINUED]

The Haze They sell only strange things now, see through the haze       Sand blown in from distant, dark-roasted dunes Things move overhead in the heavy daze       In the stream, in the stores under dark moons

Abu Yusuf Ya'qub al-Mansur ( Arabic : ابو يوسف يعقوب المنصور ‎) (c. 1160 – January 23, 1199), also known as Moulay Yacoub, was the third Almohad Amir Succeeding his father, Abu Ya'qub Yusuf , Yakub al-Mansur reigned from 1184 to 1199 with distinction. During his tenure, trade, architecture, philosophy and the sciences flourished, to say nothing of military conquests. In 1191 Yaqub al-Mansur repelled the occupation of Paderne Castle and the surrounding territory near Albufeira, in the Algarve which had been controlled by the Portuguese army of King Sancho I since 1182. In the Battle of Alarcos , on July 18, 1195, he defeated the Castilian King Alfonso VIII . After victory, he took the title al-Mansur Billah ("Made Victorious by God"). The battle is recounted by the historian Abou Mohammed Salah ben Abd el-Halim of Granada in his Roudh el-Kartas (History of the Rulers of Morocco, French translation by A. Beaumier, 1860) in 1326. He died in Marrakech , Moro...

This was one of the wettest summers for Wisconsin since 1895. Summer precipitation includes that which falls during the months of June, July and August, and in all regions of the state the 2010 summer rainfall was ranked as the highest or second highest ever recorded.   Ask the Weather Guys: Top weather events of 2010

The Fountain Water was flowing into a fountain       Now overflowing onto a strangely Mosaiced marble floor to a distant plain       The stores recede, seen only distantly

  The Kiss Salt and sweet and coats inside of mouth.       Fountain sounds slower, the light seems thicker The flower descends to kiss cheek       Now the colour itself flows and light flickers

The Flower Flowers, impossibly Georgia O'Keefe,       Involuted and drooping and seem to drip Sweet secrets that slide thickly down dark green leafs       Put your lips to a leaf and take a sip

    All that which falls within the purview of the five senses is known as the empirical. As these senses -- of smell, taste, sight, touch and hearing -- are the preceptors of pleasure and pain, it goes without saying that advancements in empirical science have been resulting in ever-increasing means to heighten both pleasure, as well as pain. If we devote just a few moments to look at our own such sensations from a third party point of view, we would conclude that these sensations are in fact being referred to own ego, the sense of "i" ness. If this were not so, then the same objects would have produced the same sensation in everybody and in equal degree. Thus, the ego is the traceable birthplace of all desires and also reason for the relentless but futile struggle to satisfy them. The question is: who in reality is struggling in such a futile manner? If this is my body and this is my mind, then who is the real I? The wise call it Atman. It is always the ...

Abū 'l-Walīd Muḥammad bin Aḥmad bin Rushd ( Arabic : أبو الوليد محمد بن احمد بن رشد ‎), better known just as Ibn Rushd ( Arabic : ابن رشد ‎), and in European literature as Averroes (pronounced /əˈvɛroʊ.iːz/ ) (1126 – December 10, 1198), was an Andalusian Muslim polymath ; a master of Aristotelian philosophy, Islamic philosophy , Islamic theology , Maliki law and jurisprudence , logic , psychology , politics , Arabic music theory, and the sciences of medicine , astronomy , geography , mathematics , physics and celestial mechanics . He was born in Córdoba , Al Andalus , modern-day Spain , and died in Marrakech , modern-day Morocco . His school of philosophy is known as Averroism . He has been described by some [1] as the founding father of secular thought in Western Europe and "one of the spiritual fathers of Europe ," [2] although other scholars oppose such claims. Wikipedia Averroes (Abonlwalid Mo'hammed ibn Abmed ibn Mo'hnmmed ibu-Roschd) was ...

Green and White Not going up but falling from a high       Roof that has lights covered in green leaves Spilling dappled patches of viridian and white       Walk into a world of green and white weaves

The Empty Mall Choose the wrong door, there's a dusty shoe store       Come out to an empty mall, deserted Fountains seem larger, air is like quartz, flawed       Light like liquid spills on plants inverted

South through the Lake District, the landscape scattered with strange angular Red structures. The dull green grass on the soft hills was covered with these bright red things, collapsed geodetic spires topped with shattered domes. They looked like failed schematics for crimson mushrooms. Somewhere out on the endless prairies of North America was the successful version. A skyhook fifty miles square at the base, topped off at 23,000 high by something that looked suspiciously like a giant starship. No-one went anywhere near the thing. Red seemed to have plans there and they might involve us. We sat drinking whisky in our compartment watching the view. Somewhere around Lancaster Giles and I lit up Cuban cigars ("rolled on the thighs of nubile young puppets," joked Giles) and resumed our argument. "So you think we can't trust the puppets with anything more complex that food preparation and street sweeping?" I looked around the wood panelled ro...

The Universal Mall Space filled with the same stores across the world       Go through one of those doors in Lakeline Mall Come out at a mall in France, space is curled       Around the only and all, the True Mall

Imants Tillers, Emily Kame Kngwarreye . The English Translatio n (Stephane Mallarmé, trans A. S. Kline) A THROW OF THE DICE NEVER                                                                                  EVEN WHEN TRULY CAST IN THE ETERNAL                                                       ...