📰 To Read... 🔖 Title: Defensa de la Alegría: The Courage of Choosing Joy Amidst Sorrow 🗓️ Published: 2025-07-04T00:00:00-04:00 📄 Summary: In a world inundated with sorrow, the deliberate choice of joy stands as an act of profound courage and quiet rebellion. Embracing joy not in spite of our suffering but because of it, it becomes a miraculous affirmation of life’s most vibrant and alive essence. This reflection, inspired by Mario Benedetti and echoed in the soulful resolve of Nick Cave’s lyrics, invites us to see joy as a necessary, radical miracle of consciousness—a luminous beacon that honors our survival and humanity. 🔗

The Marginalian

A Defense of Joy

One of the most important things to have learned in life is that choosing joy in a world rife with reasons for despair is a countercultural act of ...

🗞️ Source: Maria Popova 💓 #PhilosophyOfJoy #Resilience #ExistentialCourage

📰 To Read... 🔖 Title: Harry Smith: The Mystic Artisan of Vision and Sound 🗓️ Published: 2025-07-04T16:01:26+03:00 📄 Summary: Harry Everett Smith, whose life culminated on November 27, 1991, in New York, was far more than a filmmaker—he was an alchemist of visual and sonic realms, a painter, musicologist, and magician woven into the fabric of esoteric traditions. As a Bishop of the Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica and a member of the Ordo Templi Orientis, Smith's work traversed the liminal terrain between art and the sacred, becoming a beacon for those seeking meaning beyond the mundane. The Greater Feast commemorates not only his passing but the enduring legacy of his mystical artistry that continues to inspire seekers and artists alike. 🔗

Harry Smith - Hermeneuticon - Hermetic Library

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📰 To Read... 🔖 Title: Princess Witch Boy: A Fantasy Memoir in Two Parts 🗓️ Published: 2009–2010 📄 Summary: "Princess Witch Boy" emerges as a captivating fantasy memoir, uniquely crafted by the artist Storm (Arcana). Delivered in two evocative issues—Gateway and Replica—this series invites readers to traverse an ethereal realm where the boundaries between identity, magic, and self-discovery blur. The collection stands as a testament to the potency of speculative narrative in exploring themes of transformation, belonging, and the arcane facets of human experience. It is a rare literary gem whose limited release enriches its mystique and allure. 🔗 http://stormantic.com |

The Violet Storm

The Violet Storm

Memoir, Myth, & Magick

🗞️ Source: librarian@undisclosed.example.com (John Bell) 💓 #FantasyLiterature #SpeculativeMemoir #Arcana

📰 To Read... 🔖 Title: Susan Stebbing: Pioneer of Analytical Philosophy and Logical Clarity 🗓️ Published: 2025-07-04T16:00:46+03:00 📄 Summary: Susan Stebbing stands as a luminous figure in the annals of philosophy, remarkable as the first female professor of philosophy in the United Kingdom and an influential founder of the journal *Analysis*. Her presidency of both the Mind Association and the Aristotelian Society underscores her leadership in shaping philosophical discourse. Stebbing’s enduring legacy lies in her development of precise directional analysis, a method that elegantly begins from common-sense beliefs and meticulously unpacks the structure of reasoning and argument. Her work embodies a pursuit of clarity in thought, a paradigm that invites us to reconsider the foundations of rational dialogue and the art of thinking well. 🔗

Susan Stebbing | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

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📰 To Read... 🔖 Title: De Quibusdam Mysteriis, Quae Vidi—A Dialogue with the Ineffable 🗓️ Published: 2025-07-03T16:03:00+03:00 📄 Summary: In this enigmatic reflection, the author invites us into the realm where memory, symbol, and secret converge. Like hieroglyphs etched only for the initiated, these mysteries transcend the mere telling and beckon the experienced to rediscover through personal encounter. The vision unfolds upon a darkened field, emblematic of the depths of understanding hidden from the unready, promising that some truths reveal themselves only through contemplative immersion beyond the surface of years of instruction. Herein lies an ode to the sacred and elusive nature of knowledge — a silent dialogue between symbol and soul. 🔗

Ϝυ. De Quibusdam Mysteriis, Quae Vidi. - The Book of Wisdom or Folly - The Libri of Aleister Crowley - Hermetic Library

🗞️ Source: librarian@undisclosed.example.com (John Bell) 💓 #EsotericWisdom #MysteryUnveiled #SymbolicThought