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We Are the Mutants - Sifting the disregarded remains of the old world
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Illustrations from "Schweizerisches Idiotikon" - A project of lexicography of the Swiss German dialects.
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The Neverending Lie
“When it comes to controlling human beings there is no better instrument than lies. Because, you see, humans live by beliefs. And beliefs can be manipulated. The power to manipulate beliefs is the only thing that counts.” - Michael Ende, The Neverending Story
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Peruvian shamans join forces to call on Pachamama to end pandemic
A group of Peruvian shamans and healers joined forces on Wednesday in a mystic and traditional ritual, including an offering to “Pachamama” (Mother Earth), asking the forces of nature to make 2022 the year in which the Covid-19 pandemic ends. On San Cristobal hill, the most sacred promontory in Lima in pre-Hispanic times, the shamans and healers gathered, coming from the country’s coastal areas, the Andean sierra and the Amazon jungle with their different methods of calling for prosperity in the coming year.
“It’s going to be a very favorable year for all countries. There’s going to be a very good advance in health and the conflicts are going to diminish. There is going to be peace and tranquility, and good health for everyone,” healer Andres De los Santos predicted for EFE.
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The bazaar in front of the Yeni Cami Mosque, in Constantinople (Istanbul) around 1890
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The remains of the Kingdom of Kush
Photo of sudanese tourists visit Jebel Barkal to climb the small butte that has been considered sacred for thousands of years, especially when the Kingdom of Kush was at its height. Ruins of temples, one of which was dedicated to a god living atop the butte, are scattered around the base of the mountain. The legendary Kingdom of Kush, with its capitals in what is now northern Sudan, helped define the political and cultural landscape of northeastern Africa for more than a thousand years. Yet past archaeologists have offhandedly—and inaccurately—dismissed the Kushite kings as racially inferior, and their accomplishments as an inheritance of older Egyptian traditions. - Photograph by Nichole Sobecki
