The Magic and Science of Jewels and Stones - by Isidore Kozminsky (1922)
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Who Owns the Water? - Book by Lars Müller, Klaus Lanz, Christian Rentsch, and René Schwarzenbach
The single most valuable resource in the 21st century is water. One billion people have no reliable access to clean drinking water; two billion live in precarious hygienic conditions. Water is an instrument of power. A key question is, who owns the water? https://www.lars-mueller-publishers.com/who-owns-water
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"Guide to Capturing a Plum Blossom" is a wonderful little book. First published in AD 1238, it is considered the world's earliest-known printed art books. Through a series of brief four-lined poems and illustrations inspired by each moment of the plum blossom's life, Sung Po-jen aims at training artistic perception: how to truly see a plum blossom.
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Time Mirrors: Experiments at the North Pole
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THE GRAND Araucanian Wars (1541-1883) IN THE Kingdom Of Chile (PDF)
Mapuche tree branch telegraphs used during their 16th century revolt against the Spanish (as well as other secretive and long-distance communication)
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Financial Vipers of Venice: Alchemical Money, Magical Physics, and Banking in the Middle Ages and Renaissance - Book by Joseph P. Farrell (PDF)
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Mumonkan - The Gateless Barrier: Version1, Version2 (PDF's)
The Wu-men-kuan, better known in its Japanese pronunciation Mumonkan, was compiled in 1228 by the monk Wu-men Hui-k’ai (Japanese: Mumon Ekai). It consists ofa series of forty-eight koans, meditation questions given to Zen students when they have reached a point in their practice where they can quiet and focus their minds. The first koan given to Zen students has usually been the first case here, Chao-chous dog and the meaning of Mu (Chinese: Wu, “not have”).
