John Singer Sargent, Atlas and the Hesperides, 1922-5, Boston Museum of Fine Arts (Image in public domain) Katherine Joplin - The study of the psyche is generally considered a relatively modern form of science. One thinks of 20th century archetype...
Wat Xieng Thong, or the Golden Temple, Luang Prabang (photo Catherine Clover, 2013) By Catherine Clover - “In so far as Luang Prabang is like any other place, it is perhaps a little like an Austrian mountain village, with palms instead of...
Pan Figure on Cabinet in Pompeian Style, Carlo Marchiori (Photo P.F. Sommerfeldt, 2012) By P. F. Sommerfeldt - Carlo Marchiori’s riotous imagination brings us back to 18th century Venice when everything was in excess, full of Baroque opulence....
Ceramic cacao vessel lid from Tonina, cacao beans guarded by monkey (Photo courtesy of Maya Exhibition, Canadian Museum of Civilization, Gatineau) By Patrick Hunt - Chocolate is perhaps one of the most intriguing foods in history, prized for...
By Aigerim Korzhumbayeva - “…44 km (25 miles) southeast of Urfa what you first experience is the scorching wind. Afterward, the Bedouin melancholy hovers around you. Dust and fog mix. The sun shines, illuminating your soul. Young girls...
John Singer Sargent, Atlas and the Hesperides, 1922-5, Boston Museum of Fine Arts (Image in public domain) Katherine Joplin - The study of the psyche is generally considered a relatively modern form...
Wat Xieng Thong, or the Golden Temple, Luang Prabang (photo Catherine Clover, 2013) By Catherine Clover - “In so far as Luang Prabang is like any other place, it is perhaps a little like an Austrian...
Pan Figure on Cabinet in Pompeian Style, Carlo Marchiori (Photo P.F. Sommerfeldt, 2012) By P. F. Sommerfeldt - Carlo Marchiori’s riotous imagination brings us back to 18th century Venice when everything...
Ceramic cacao vessel lid from Tonina, cacao beans guarded by monkey (Photo courtesy of Maya Exhibition, Canadian Museum of Civilization, Gatineau) By Patrick Hunt - Chocolate is perhaps one of the most...
By Aigerim Korzhumbayeva - “…44 km (25 miles) southeast of Urfa what you first experience is the scorching wind. Afterward, the Bedouin melancholy hovers around you. Dust and fog mix. The sun shines,...
James Gillray, "Britannia Between Scylla and Charybdis" 1793 (public domain) by Patrick Hunt How often do we use idioms as part...
Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Tower of Babel, c. 1563, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (Photo in public domain) By Patrick Hunt - Most...
Castle Vaduz, Liechtenstein (Photo in public domain) By A.C. Williams - The feudal age of castles is well represented in the Rhine Valley in...
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Katherine Joplin - The study of the psyche is generally considered a relatively modern form of science. One thinks of 20th century archetype thinkers like Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung, who founded psychoanalysis and the beginnings of modern psychology. However, the actual term “psyche” has a much older origin, and was in use long before [...]
By Catherine Clover – “In so far as Luang Prabang is like any other place, it is perhaps a little like an Austrian mountain village, with palms instead of pines”. Andrew Graham, Interval in IndoChina, London, 1956 [1]. Sitting atop the bank of the Mekong in Northern Laos is the peaceful, sleepy town of Luang [...]
Pan Figure on Cabinet in Pompeian Style, Carlo Marchiori (Photo P.F. Sommerfeldt, 2012) By P. F. Sommerfeldt - Carlo Marchiori’s riotous imagination brings us back to 18th century Venice when everything was in excess, full of Baroque opulence. Born in Rossano near Venice in 1937and trained in Padua and Venice, Marchiori has been long recognized [...]
By Patrick Hunt – Chocolate is perhaps one of the most intriguing foods in history, prized for thousands of years and now a global passion. Possibly originating in the understory Amazon rain forest, the small tree sought out by monkeys and other animals has produced a substance that has become a staple of civilization worldwide. [...]
By Aigerim Korzhumbayeva - “…44 km (25 miles) southeast of Urfa what you first experience is the scorching wind. Afterward, the Bedouin melancholy hovers around you. Dust and fog mix. The sun shines, illuminating your soul. Young girls and boys smilingly welcome you on the way. History cannot be read here. It must be seen. [...]
By Laura Rehwalt – How old is the idea of psychiatry and how long has psychotherapy been practiced? Most likely the Greeks and Romans had an inkling, even if these two words are fairly modern. And given that Plato and Galen had a few things to say as well, it should not surprise us [...]
By Patrick Hunt Francesco Petrarch’s (1304-74) father Ser Petracco – reputed to have known Dante – commissioned a copy of Virgil’s poetry (Publius Vergilius Maro) when the poet was young and this work formed a singular part of Petrarch’s peerless library. [1] This manuscript was so special to him that he had his visiting Sienese painter [...]
By Noah Charney We tend to think of Valentine’s Day as a “Hallmark holiday:” an excuse to sell flowers, chocolates, and cards depicting cartoon birds, hearts, and teddy bears. To ask someone if they will be your “valentine” has evolved (or perhaps devolved) into a shorthand for a child-like crush—you might as well ask someone [...]
By Patrick Hunt – “Alexander was hunting on Mount Pagos, and that after the hunt was over he came to a sanctuary of the Nemeses, and found there a spring and a plane-tree in front of the sanctuary, growing over the water. While he slept under the plane-tree it is said that the Nemeses [...]
By Patrick Hunt – Since the Middle Ages Christmas Markets have been traditional venues for Advent as magnets for people celebrating the season, especially in December the German-speaking regions of Europe. Not to be confused with street fairs, these are special street markets offering gifts and handcrafted items and seasonal food. Usually the stalls [...]
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