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"Whever people gather to play the drum, the world is a better place" - Babatunde Olatunji
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Abū Mūsā Jābir ibn Ḥayyān (أبو موسى جابر بن حيّان) (c. 806−816)
Abū Mūsā Jābir ibn Ḥayyān is the purported author of an enormous number and variety of works in Arabic, often called the Jabirian corpus. The works that survive today mainly deal with alchemy and chemistry, magic, and Shi'ite religious philosophy. However, the original scope of the corpus covered a wide range of topics ranging from cosmology, astronomy and astrology, over medicine, pharmacology, zoology and botany, to metaphysics, logic, and grammar.
Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakariyyāʾ al-Rāzī (أبو بكر محمد بن زكرياء الرازي) (864 - 935)
Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakariyyāʾ al-Rāzī was a Persian physician, philosopher and alchemist, widely considered one of the most important figures in the history of medicine. He also wrote on logic, astronomy and grammar. A comprehensive thinker, al-Razi made fundamental and enduring contributions to various fields, which he recorded in over 200 manuscripts, and is particularly remembered for numerous advances in medicine through his observations and discoveries.
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"The Flying Head Put to Flight by a Woman Parching Acorns" - Illustration from David Cusick’s "Sketches of Ancient History of the Six Nations" (1826). Likely the earliest account of Native American folklore to be written and published in English by a Native American author.
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Chase the Devil - by Max Romeo, The Upsetters (Lee "Scratch" Perry's house band) (1976)
Lyrics: Lucifer, son of the morning,
I'm gonna chase you out of earth!I'm gonna put on a iron shirt
And chase Satan out of earth
I'm gonna put on a iron shirt
And chase the devil out of earth
I'm gonna send him to outer space
To find another race
I'm gonna send him to outer space
To find another raceSatan is an evilous man
But him can't chucks it on I-man
So when I check him my lass in hand
And if him slip, I gone with him handI'm gonna put on a iron shirt
And chase Satan out of earth
I'm gonna put on a iron shirt
And chase the devil out of earth
I'm gonna send him to outer space
To find another race
I'm gonna send him to outer space
To find another race
Oh yeah(..)
Him haffi drop him fork and run
Him can't stand up to Jah Jah Son
Him haffi lef' yah with him gun
Dig off with him bombHim haffi drop him fork and run
Him can't stand up to Jah Jah Son
Him haffi lef' yah with him gun
Dig off with him bombI'm gonna put on a iron shirt
And chase Satan out of earth
I'm gonna put on a iron shirt
And chase the devil out of earth
I'm gonna send him to outer space
To find another race
I'm gonna send him to outer space
To find another raceSatan is an evilous man
But him can't chucks it on I-man
So when I check him my lass in hand
And if him slip, I gone with him handI'm gonna put on a iron shirt
And chase Satan out of earth
I'm gonna put on a iron shirt
And chase the devil out of earth
I'm gonna send him to outer space
To find another race
I'm gonna send him to outer space
To find another raceMove yah with your gun
Me say fe lef' ya with your bomb
Ooh, yeah!
Move yah with your gun
Me say fe lef' ya with your gun... -
"An illusion shared by everyone becomes a reality" - Eric Fromm
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If one uses the anime movie "Spirited Away" as analogy for the current global situation, we seem to be approaching the scene where the spirit creature eats medicine that forces it to vomit.
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"Even in one single leaf on a tree, or in one blade of grass, the awesome Deity presents itself." - Shinto Saying
