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Now, virtually every culture in the world today uses that Roman seven day week, but not everyone uses the same names for the days. Thor’s Day makes sense to us, so Thursday came to be, and it really stuck!
For the French, jeudi is their fifth day. This derives from the Latin dies Jovis —day of Jupiter. Likewise, both Italian and Spanish hearken... See more
For the French, jeudi is their fifth day. This derives from the Latin dies Jovis —day of Jupiter. Likewise, both Italian and Spanish hearken... See more
Andrew Smith • Thor's Day
“I am of the opinion that the union of rational and irrational truth is to be found not so much in art as in the symbol per se; for it is the essence of the symbol to contain both the rational and irrational.”169 Symbols, he maintained, stemmed from the unconscious, and the creation of symbols was the most important function of the unconscious.
... See moreC. G. Jung • The Red Book
In psychology, the Ovsiankina effect describes the innate human urge to finish tasks we've initiated. This tendency to resume an interrupted action is especially prevalent when the action hasn't yet been achieved.[1] The effect is named after Maria Ovsiankina, who conducted research on this behavior.
Maria Ovsiankina • Ovsiankina effect
Ovsiankina effect
The gnomic (abbreviated GNO ), also called neutral , generic , or universal aspect , mood , or tense , is a grammatical feature (which may refer to aspect, mood, or tense) that expresses general truths or aphorisms.
Gnomic aspect
You can be confident in your ability to achieve a goal in the future while maintaining the humility to question whether you have the right tools in the present. That’s the sweet spot of confidence.
Adam Grant • Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
In Zen, there’s a saying: When you point at another, three fingers point back at you. What you see in others - especially what triggers or disgusts you - is often an unrecognized fragment of yourself. Judgment reveals where you are still asleep. Every time you condemn another, you are projecting a shadow you have not yet integrated. The moment you... See more
Substack • The Mirror of Judgment
Dee disappeared from the historical records for five years. Legend has it that he used this time to travel around Europe acquiring knowledge of the Kabbala. This may be evidenced by the fact that in 1564 he published a mystical book with Kabbalistic themes, entitled Monas Hieroglyphica (The Hieroglyphic Monad). In this work he presented a curiously
... See moreAnthony Peake • The Hidden Universe
Stan hipnotyczny ułatwia przyjmowanie sugestii, nadaje się zatem idealnie do przeciwdziałania symptomom chorobowym (takim jak bóle, lęki, ale też choroby fizyczne) oraz do zastąpienia obciążających modeli zachowania przez wyćwiczenie pożądanych alternatyw.