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• Procrustes and “Religion”

  

  While researching Robin Horton’s thesis that traditional religious thought is structurally and functionally similar to modern scientific thought, I came across... Read more

  The 05 April 2014 by   Cris
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• Soul Imprisonment

  

  As the American empire advanced toward and eventually swept over the Great Plains during the mid to late 1800s, attempts were made to persuade the Plains Indian... Read more

  The 19 April 2014 by   Cris
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• Four Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Romanov Grand Duchesses

  

  On 17 July 1918, four young women walked down twenty-three steps into the cellar of a house in Ekaterinburg. The eldest was twenty-two, the youngest only... Read more

  The 07 April 2014 by   Mmeguillotine
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• Invisible Orders & Theory

  

  When we think about invisible entities or forces and use them to explain events, we are theorizing. We are postulating, in other words, an underlying or... Read more

  The 30 April 2014 by   Cris
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• War & Progressive Faith

  

  Cultural evolutionists are fervent believers in “progress.” There are many hidden assumptions packed into their idea of progress, but the primary ones are that... Read more

  The 15 April 2014 by   Cris
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• Barkas: A Small Bit Of Yemen In India

  

  My article as appeared in The National YemenBy Mohammed MirzaA remote suburb amidst the metropolitan city of Hyderabad in Southern India lies a community whose... Read more

  The 13 April 2014 by   Memirza15
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• The First Georgians: Art and Monarchy 1714-1760

  

  A Musical Tea Party, Laroon, 1740. Photo: Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2014.In 1714 George I ascended the throne as the first... Read more

  The 10 April 2014 by   Mmeguillotine
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• Fashion Rules at Kensington Palace

  

  Evening gown, probably Norman Hartnell, early 1950s. Lent by kind permission of HM the Queen. Photos: Melanie Clegg.Although there’s a distinctly Georgian... Read more

  The 21 April 2014 by   Mmeguillotine
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• The Glorious Georges at Hampton Court Palace

  

  ‘In 1714, King George I arrived in London: an obscure German prince who spoke little English, spectacularly elevated to the British throne. Read more

  The 19 April 2014 by   Mmeguillotine
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• The Glorious Georges at Kensington Palace

  

  ‘In 1727, King George II succeeded to the British throne: a German born, military man with a penchant for punctuality and a glamorous succession of mistresses. Read more

  The 20 April 2014 by   Mmeguillotine
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