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Violence be-Gooded

Sounds a bit odd for a bit of spiritual development doesn’t it? Violence as a word means: “physical force used to inflict injury or damage,” from Anglo-Fr. and O.Fr. violence, from L. violentia “vehemence, impetuosity,” from violentus “vehement, forcible,” probably related to violare. Weakened sense of “improper treatment” is attested from 1596. (© 2001 Douglas [...]

The Fig Leaf

I was having a chat with someone the other night on gmail pop-up and she mentioned something being about a figment of our imagination. As in, do we exist at all or are we just a figment of our own imaginations? Then I wrote that perhaps that what the fig-leaf means in the Garden of [...]

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