on ritual gathering habits of magical creatures experiencing the passage of time
When Cú Chulainn eventually realised that he had been mortally wounded, he tied himself to a large stone so that he could die standing up, face to face with his enemies. There he remained for three days, still capable of striking fear into his foes. No one dared approach him. It was only when the Morrigan, in the form of a raven, perched on Cú... See more
The Morrigan in Celtic Mythology
Liminal Worlds by Maria Popova
There is wonder and beauty in emptiness. What happens when we come to know that everything we experience is timelessly ephemeral – as fleeting as a “tiny drop of dew or a bubble floating in a stream”? As writer Octavia Butler invokes, what if God is change? I become present with each moment as a divine gift. I become wholly intimate with each... See more
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Anne-Laure Le Cunff • Liminal Creativity
de·cou·ple
/dēˈkəpəl/
verb
/dēˈkəpəl/
verb
- separate, disengage, or dissociate (something) from something else.
- make the interaction between (electrical components) so weak that there is little transfer of energy between them, especially to remove unwanted AC distortion or oscillations
"the mountings effectively decouple movements of the engine from those of the wheels"