Europe

The Wars of the Roses | John Michael Greer

July 21, 2021 (EcoSophia.net) -- At this point in our survey of the magical history of America, we’ve reached the period that can fairly be called the golden age of American occultism. It’s a little difficult to date the leading edge of that period, but 1890 will do as well as any. The end of the golden age is a good deal easier to place. It happened in 1929, and yes, the stock market crash of th ...

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The Little Talked About Covid-19 ‘Variants’: Vaccine Mismanagement Will Have Dire Repercussions | Ramzy Baroud

Systematic neglect and de-development of Palestinian healthcare have left Palestinian communities extremely vulnerable to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo: Fawzi Mahmoud, The Palestine Chronicle) Ramzy ...

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Antibiotics may help to treat melanoma | KU Leuven

Credit: CC0 Public Domain July 22, 2021 (MedicalXpress) -- Some antibiotics appear to be effective against a form of skin cancer known as melanoma. Researchers at KU Leuven, Belgium, examined the eff ...

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Progress or War: On Islamophobia and Europe’s Demographic Shifts | Ramzy Baroud

An anti-Islam demonstration in the Czech Republic. (Photo: Venca24, via Wikimedia Commons) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust July 21, 2021 Europe’s identity crisis is not confined to the ceaseless squ ...

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Cheaters drawn to the opportunity to cheat | Max Planck Society

Common warning: when there are crowds in city centers, pickpockets find easy prey. But in other areas of life, too, some people take advantage of an opportunity to steal or cheat with no qualms . An ...

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G20 ministers set to green light global tax reform | AFP

July 10, 2021 (AFP) -- Finance ministers from the G20 richest nations resumed discussions in Venice Saturday to give the green light to a historic deal to tax multinational companies more fairly. The ...

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Kneeling against Racism: Solidarity in EURO 2020 Should Not be ‘Controversial’ | Ramzy Baroud

French footballer Kylian Mbappé kneeling down against racism. (Photo: video grab) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust July 9, 2021 Another football "controversy" has started when football players partic ...

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Whispers From Antiquity | John Michael Greer

June 30, 2021 (EcoSophia.net) -- One of the things I find fascinating about the deepening twilight of industrial society is how rigid our modern notions of technology have become. Most people these d ...

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In Search of Immortality | John Michael Greer

June 16, 2021 (EcoSophia.net) -- The explosive growth of interest in occultism that followed the rise of the Theosophical Society in the late 19th century set many currents of thought and practice in ...

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BOOKS: The Doctrine of High Magic: Chapter 1 | John Michael Greer

June 9, 2021 (EcoSophia.net) -- With this post we continue a monthly chapter-by-chapter discussion of The Doctrine and Ritual of High Magic by Eliphas Lévi, the book that launched the modern magical ...

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The Legacy of Luxor | John Michael Greer

May 19, 2021 (EcoSophia.net) -- Late last year, before veering off on several necessary tangents, we brought the story of American occultism up to the point when the Theosophical Society was hitting ...

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