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Feline Self-Care
Feline Self-Care
Pandemic Diaries
Reading / society
With the pandemic well underway, one of our readers has found – to her pleasant surprise – that her daily routine has adapted around that of her cat.
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Live to Die
Live to Die
Death in the Tana Toraja Community
Magazine / society
The Tana Toraja community in Indonesia treats death as a long, tender goodbye – thereby forging a strong connection with the lives of the departed.
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Sharing Is Caring
Sharing Is Caring
Lessons of the Polish Backyard
Magazine / society
Growing up in late communist Poland may have meant lacking material goods, but the sustainable mentality it promoted can teach us something today.
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Happy Cows
Happy Cows
In Search of Bovine Paradise
Magazine / society
Many cows live unhappy lives in industrial farms. But what about those cows who graze freely in meadows, enjoying life in a relative paradise?
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Bright Soul
Healthy Living
Bright Soul
The Life of Peter Deunov
Magazine / society
The philosopher and spiritual teacher Peter Deunov – also known as Beinsa Douno – was loved by Einsten, Gandhi, and a great deal of his fellow Bulgarians.
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A Mother in Lockdown
A Mother in Lockdown
Pandemic Diaries
Reading / society
During the pandemic, the experience of those with small children – especially mothers – has been a distinct and challenging one.
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Introducing Ludwik
Introducing Ludwik
A Cat Lover’s Surprise
Magazine / society
A cat lover has a surprise after dating a dog owner – and increasingly finding himself walking man’s best friend.
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The Invincibles
The Invincibles
Four Inspiring Revolutionaries
Magazine / society
We can all be inspired by those remarkable few who dedicate their lives to the struggle for equality and social justice.
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Oh, To Be a Jargonaut!
Oh, To Be a Jargonaut!
The Game of Ouscrapo
Magazine / society
The game of Ouscrapo is at once fun, in the spirit of cooperation, and full of the limitless poetic potential of language.
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I’d Love to Go Out on the Town
I’d Love to Go Out on the Town
Pandemic Diaries
Reading / society
One of the great losses of the pandemic is the social life of the city. Without other people to illuminate our daily existence, everything has ground to a halt.
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Fasting to Reach the Rainbow
Fasting to Reach the Rainbow
The Fast of the Blackfoot People
Magazine / society
The Blackfoot people of the First Nations practise fasting. What are the benefits of their fast?
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The Lady of Life and Death
The Lady of Life and Death
The Ancient Mother Goddess
Magazine / society
To some, she was known as Magna Mater; to many others, she was known as Cybele. She is, of course, the Mother Goddess of the ancient world.
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January in History
January in History
Diary of an Eternal Pessimist
Reading / society
Our eternally pessimistic correspondent gives his historical highlights for the month of January.
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On The Benefits of Solitude
healthy living
On The Benefits of Solitude
8 Reasons to Spend Time Alone
Magazine / society
Spending time alone need not be a lonely affair. On the contrary, it is actually good for our health and wellbeing.
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From the Diary of a Misanthrope
From the Diary of a Misanthrope
Pandemic Diaries
Reading / society
We are currently living through strange times, to say the least. A misanthrope reflects on these times from behind her apartment window.
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The Bloody Conquest
The Bloody Conquest
The Colonization of the Americas
Magazine / society
The colonization of the Americas is often described as a ‘discovery’ and a ‘great adventure’, words which mask the reality of the bloody genocide that took place there.
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Chasing the Cold
Mind the climate
Chasing the Cold
A Psychoanalytic Reading of “The Snow Queen”
Magazine / society
Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale “The Snow Queen” is full of wintry metaphors. But do today’s younger generations still have the icy cold reference points to understand such symbolism?
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big think
How Psychedelics Help You "Die Before You Die"
Reading / society
The heart of the religious ritual is mysticism, argues Brian Muraresku in "The Immortality Key."
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Gingerbread Therapy
Gingerbread Therapy
Coping with Christmas Alone
Magazine / society
Faced with the prospect of a lonely Christmas, our writer found sentimental comfort in baking her own gingerbread cake.
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Dreaming at the Table
healthy living
Dreaming at the Table
Developing Closeness Within the Family
Magazine / society
Family bonds can be difficult to develop and navigate. A psychologist offers some advice on how to pursue more healthy family relationships.
