The Voynich Manuscript, is one of history’s most famous and curious put-ons and gags. It contains 240 pages of encrypted recipes, purported to include the 14th century’s best known chicken vindalo and rice briyani, with additional instructions on preparing the philosopher’s stone and conjuring physical appearances of Cain Ben Adam. This manuscript’s history is quite […]
Month: July 2011
Under the Sea, that Beast called Man
“In a Promethean sense, man is a God. But on an even more profound level, man is a beast. This primary contradiction has plagued mankind for millennia. Man is a God. Man is a beast. These two aspects of his personality have been waging war with one another for countless centuries; a war whose casualties […]
2 Observations on feeling Entitled to other people’s stuff
“..there is always a story being told to you by every situation – and every object that you’re surrounded by is telling you something if you start to look carefully.” – Genesis P-Orridge, in an interview. Thought: Immigrant Marriage and Green Card Scams: Sometimes it sorta seems that “no good deed goes unrewarded”, a very […]