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Three Summer Mindfulness Practices
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Calm your mind, focus on yourself, and organize your emotions with these simple exercises for mental wellbeing.
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Inhuman Slaughter
Inhuman Slaughter
How Warriors Dehumanize Themselves
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History suggests that, in order to kill, people must reject their natural reflexes—often by taking on an animalistic identity.
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What Kind of Mayan Are You?
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We Are All Colonies
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7 Common Traits of Self-Transcended People
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“Baby You” to fly above Antwerp, August 11-13
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The ‘100-Mile’ Rule
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“Baby You” to fly above Antwerp, August 11-13
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“Baby You” to fly above Antwerp, August 11-13
A new project presented by Przekrój Foundation
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Imagine an infant sleeping soundly while floating in the air, just above our heads. How would you feel on seeing this peaceful sight? Przekrój Foundation will make this vision come true at Zomer Van Antwerpen (Summer of Antwerp Festival)!
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The Intentional Life
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The Intentional Life
How to Cultivate Intentions
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Amid the chaos of our everyday lives, it is often difficult to focus on what we truly want. We can achieve this by following Mallika Chopra and cultivating intentions.
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Dream Travellers
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Dream Travellers
An Introduction to Lucid Dreaming
Magazine / science
Lucid dreaming describes the act of becoming aware that we are dreaming while asleep. How can we practice it and what are its benefits?
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Be Like Anastasia. Life in a New Age Slavic Homestead ♫
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Anastasianism (or the Ringing Cedars) is a new age religious movement that started in Russia. We visit one of its kinship homesteads to find out how to heal the human civilization. Original publication by Ewa Pawlik. Read by Annie Krasińska.
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Metaphors of Nature
Metaphors of Nature
Towards a Trans-Species Understanding
Magazine / science
If only we humans would stop for a moment and observe the world around us, we might discover that there are other modes of cognition, just as fascinating as ours.
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27th August 1939
27th August 1939
Anniversary of the Month
Reading / science
On this day in 1939, Poland was on the brink of war with Germany. But the country was also celebrating a famous victory over the footballing stars of Central Europe, Hungary.
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August in History
August in History
Diary of an Eternal Pessimist
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Our eternally pessimistic correspondent gives his historical highlights for the month of August.
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A Neolithic Superfood
A Neolithic Superfood
On Millet
Magazine / society
Millet is rich in antioxidants, high in protein, and versatile in form. What’s more, humans have been eating it for thousands of years.
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Kurzgesagt
The Deadliest Being on Planet Earth – The Bacteriophage
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A war has been raging for billions of years, killing trillions every single day, while we don’t even notice. This war involves the single deadliest being on our planet: The Bacteriophage.
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Shall We Meet at Half Past Lust, or a Quarter to Folly?
Shall We Meet at Half Past Lust, or a Quarter to Folly?
The Charm of Raymond Peynet’s ‘Lovers’
Magazine / culture
A Polish artist and graphic designer reflects on his connection with Raymond Peynet’s illustrated ‘lovers’, whose naive simplicity shaped his own vision of love.
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Culinary Kindness
Culinary Kindness
A Silver Lining in Difficult Times
Magazine / society
Amid lockdown and social isolation, our writer discovered that the kindness of others is still alive and well – especially in the kitchen.
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The Dormant Beast
The Dormant Beast
The Volcanoes of Naples
Reading / science
Beneath the Phlegraean Fields near Naples there’s a giant lake of liquid magma bubbling away. The entire area includes 24 craters and volcanic cones. An eruption could occur within the next few years.
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A Note of Nature
Mind the climate
A Note of Nature
Natural Inspirations in Music
Magazine / culture
Musical compositions inspired by the sounds of nature can bring relief, while simultaneously raising awareness of issues related to climate change.
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What Comes After Growth?
Mind the climate
What Comes After Growth?
An Interview about Food Sovereignty and Cooperativism
Magazine / society
Wojciech Mejor – a leading figure in the Polish post-growth movement – talks about food sovereignty, food cooperativism and alternatives to capitalism.
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Fiedorczuk
Fiedorczuk
Against Apocalypse
Reading / society
What does the word ‘apocalypse’ mean? And how can we understand it in the context of an Earth hurtling towards climate catastrophe?
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Life-Giving Dust
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Life-Giving Dust
From the Sahara to the Ocean
Magazine / science
Saharan dust is a phenomenon that starts in the desert and brings multiple benefits to oceans and plants across the whole of the globe.
PRZEKRÓJ’S 77TH BIRTHDAY
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“Przekrój” for Beginners
“Przekrój” for Beginners
A History of the Magazine
Magazine / culture
“Przekrój” revisits the story of our magazine – from a cramped tenement block in post-war Kraków, to the relaunched and revitalized quarterly in modern-day Warsaw.
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Matured into Immaturity
Matured into Immaturity
The Life of Zbigniew Lengren
Magazine / culture
The illustrator and cartoonist Zbigniew Lengren ran a 50-year comic strip in “Przekrój”. His daughter remembers his remarkable life.
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A Woman with a Pebble in Her Heart
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We invite you to watch an animation about Janina Ipohorska, one of the post-war pioneers of “Przekrój”, who for years was the deputy of editor-in-chief Marian Eile. The video was created for the occasion of our 75th birthday. Enjoy!
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A National Asana
A National Asana
Yoga Branches Across Poland
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Back in the early 1980s, “Przekrój” was already instructing our younger readers on the yogic tree pose. But the history of yoga in Poland dates way back to the early 20th century with one Wincenty Lutosławski.
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What Does the Amazon Rainforest Have to Say? ♫
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American acoustic ecologist Gordon Hempton takes us on a sound trip to the first quiet park on Earth, where we can hear the gentle sounds of the Zabalo River, nestled deep in the Amazon rainforest.
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Mr Barker, Oedipuss and Us ♫
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We have more in common with cats and dogs than some people think – especially when it comes to cheekily deceiving each other. Original text by Ludwika Włodek.
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The Oak Chronicles ♫
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An encounter with an ancient oak tree named Bartek, as experienced and retold by a biologist and poet. Original text by Urszula Zajączkowska.
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Life in a Sealed Jar. A Brief History of Terrariums ♫
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Closed terrariums are currently in vogue for urban gardeners, but their history runs all the way back to 19th-century botany. Original text by Joanna Dobkowska.
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Three Summer Mindfulness Practices
Magazine / society
Calm your mind, focus on yourself, and organize your emotions with these simple exercises for mental wellbeing.
CzytajHealing Exercises from Tibet
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Healing Exercises from Tibet
How to Practise Tsalung
Reading / society
Tsalung – a Tibetan yogic practice – combines both breathing and physical exercises to further support meditation and mindfulness.
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Garden Greens
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Garden Greens
Five Healthy Spring Leaves
Magazine / society
Spring is the perfect time to pick the leaves of nettle, starwort, dandelion, common yarrow and sheep’s sorrel.
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Beehive Medicine
Beehive Medicine
The Benefits of Apitherapy
Magazine / society
Bees produce honey, wax, pollen and propolis, among others. Apitherapy shows us how to use these products to enrich our own health and wellbeing.