Law of the Fish 1987 studio album by The Radiators Overview[edit] After a five-year hiatus from record-making (but not from performing), The Radiators signed with Epic Records and released their first major label album, which helped introduce their self-described "fishhead music" to a national audience. The album made it up to #139 on the Billboard 200, and the songs "Doctor, Doctor" and "Like Dreamers Do" made it to #20 and #23 respectively on the Mainstream Rock Tracks. The songs on the album were written over a period of several years, with the oldest, "Suck the Head", bearing a 1979 copyright date. Track listing[edit] Side 1[edit] "This Wagon's Gonna Roll" (Ed Volker) – 4:20"Like Dreamers Do" (Volker) – 4:04"Doctor, Doctor" (Volker, Dave Malone, Camile Baudoin, Reggie Scanlan, Frank Bua Jr., Glenn Sears) – 4:05"Oh Beautiful Loser" (Volker) – 4:12"Suck the Head" (Volker, Baudoin) – 3:14"Mood to Move" (Volker) – 3:59 Side 2[edit] Credits[edit] Notes[edit] External links[edit]
Protoscience Research field with some scientific qualities In the philosophy of science, protoscience is a research field that has the characteristics of an undeveloped science that may ultimately develop into an established science. Philosophers use protoscience to understand the history of science and distinguish protoscience from science and pseudoscience. The word roots proto- + science indicate first science. History[edit] Protoscience as a research field with the characteristics of an undeveloped science appeared in the early 20th century.: 94 : 41 In 1910, Jones described economics: I confess to a personal predilection for some term such as proto-science, pre-science, or nas-science, to give expression to what I conceive to be the true state of affairs, which I take to be this, that economics and kindred subjects are not sciences, but are on the way to become sciences. Conceptual framework[edit] Cognitive field[edit] Science field[edit] Protoscience[edit] Developmental stages of science[edit]
The Great Art - Alchemy The Nature and History and The Great Art of Alchemy Ed Reither University of New Orleans "The changing of bodies into light and light into bodies, is very comfortable to the course of nature, which seems delighted with transmutations." Opticks, Sir Isaac Newton The philosophy of this ancient discipline is mysterious1a, both necessarily and deliberately. Western alchemy offers us two concomitant themes: the transmutation of base metals into gold, which is regarded as the ultimate stage in a process of perfection, and a religious conception of the regeneration of the soul1. "There is also the marriage, the coniunctio, the union of Sun and Moon, Sol and Luna, the masculine father principles of radiance, light, heat, and energy with the feminine mother principles of magnetism, mystery, beauty, feeling, and water. The only major English work which attempts to reconcile these two views is A.E. This confusion over what alchemy is presents us with a very fundamental difficulty.
Life on Magrs: 'Fancy Believing in the Goblin King' ‘Fancy Believing in the Goblin King’ My friend told me a story he hadn’t told anyone for years. When he used to tell it years ago people would laugh and say, ‘Who’d believe that? How can that be true? That’s daft.’ So he didn’t tell it again for ages. When he was a kid, he said, they didn’t use the word autism, they just said ‘shy’, or ‘isn’t very good at being around strangers or lots of people.’ Anyway, when he was a kid it was the middle of the 1980s and they were still saying ‘shy’ or ‘withdrawn’ rather than ‘autistic’. It was ‘Labyrinth’, of course, and the star was David Bowie, and he was there to meet the children who had come to see this special screening. ‘I met David Bowie once,’ was the thing that my friend said, that caught my attention. ‘You did? He seemed surprised I would want to know, and he told me the whole thing, all out of order, and I eked the details out of him. I asked him what happened on his adventure. ‘I was withdrawn, more withdrawn than the other kids. But I do.
Acquiescence Overview[edit] Although not typically not found in statutory law, the doctrine of acquiescence is well-supported by case law. One common context in which acquiescence is raised is when there is a dispute or disagreement over the location of a property line, followed by an extended period of time during which the parties respect a property line. Similar legal doctrines[edit] Doctrines similar to acquiescence include: See also[edit] References[edit] Chemistry Scientific discipline Chemistry is the scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter.[1] It is a natural science that covers the elements that make up matter to the compounds composed of atoms, molecules and ions: their composition, structure, properties, behavior and the changes they undergo during a reaction with other substances.[2][3][4][5] In the scope of its subject, chemistry occupies an intermediate position between physics and biology.[6] It is sometimes called the central science because it provides a foundation for understanding both basic and applied scientific disciplines at a fundamental level.[7] For example, chemistry explains aspects of plant growth (botany), the formation of igneous rocks (geology), how atmospheric ozone is formed and how environmental pollutants are degraded (ecology), the properties of the soil on the moon (cosmochemistry), how medications work (pharmacology), and how to collect DNA evidence at a crime scene (forensics). Etymology Matter Atom
Tabula Smaragdina An imaginative 17th century depiction of the Emerald Tablet from the work of Heinrich Khunrath, 1606. The Emerald Tablet, also known as the Smaragdine Table, or Tabula Smaragdina, is a compact and cryptic piece of Hermetica reputed to contain the secret of the prima materia and its transmutation. It was highly regarded by European alchemists as the foundation of their art and its Hermetic tradition. The original source of the Emerald Tablet is unknown. Although Hermes Trismegistus is the author named in the text, its first known appearance is in a book written in Arabic between the sixth and eighth centuries. The text was first translated into Latin in the twelfth century. Textual history[edit] The tablet text[edit] Newton's translation[edit] A translation by Isaac Newton is found among his alchemical papers that are currently housed in King's College Library, Cambridge University.[8] Theatrum Chemicum translation[edit] Latin text[edit] Original edition of the Latin text. Influence[edit] C.G.
A religion that speaks to people today A historic event will take place next year when the first main hof, or temple, of the Ásatrú religion in a thousand years will be completed. Construction of the temple will begin in March and it will be ready in the late summer of 2016. The Ásatrú society first applied for a site for the temple in Elliðaárdalur in Reykjavík but former Mayor Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir suggested a site in Öskjuhlíð instead, close to the University community, an idea which according to high chieftain Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson the society found appealing to further protect this national heritage. The Ásatrú society raised the funds for the temple themselves and the estimated is cost is 130 million Icelandic kronas. Temple's design based on sacred geometry The new temple will be situated in the beautiful woodlands near Hangiklettur(Hanging Rock) and Hrafnabjörg (Raven cliffs) and is designed by architect Magnús Jensson. Honesty, tolerance and respect
Ouroboros Symbolic serpent with its tail in its mouth Some snakes, such as rat snakes, have been known to consume themselves. One captive snake attempted to consume itself twice, dying in the second attempt. Another wild rat snake was found having swallowed about two-thirds of its body.[4] Name and interpretation[edit] The term derives from Ancient Greek οὐροβόρος,[5] from οὐρά oura 'tail' plus -βορός -boros '-eating'.[6][7] The ouroboros is often interpreted as a symbol for eternal cyclic renewal or a cycle of life, death and rebirth; the snake's skin-sloughing symbolises the transmigration of souls. Historical representations[edit] Ancient Egypt[edit] China[edit] An early example of an ouroboros (as a purely artistic representation) was discovered in China, on a piece of pottery in the Yellow River basin. Gnosticism and alchemy[edit] A 15th-century alchemical manuscript, The Aurora Consurgens, features the ouroboros, where it is used among symbols of the sun, moon, and mercury.[17] Cosmos[edit] W.
Scholasticism Predominant method of critical thought in academic pedagogy of medieval European universities, circa 1100–1700 14th-century image of a university lecture Scholasticism was a medieval school of philosophy that employed a critical method of philosophical analysis presupposed upon a Latin Catholic theistic paradigm which dominated teaching in the medieval universities in Europe from about 1100 to 1700. It originated within the Christian monastic schools that were the basis of the earliest European universities.[1] The rise of scholasticism was closely associated with these schools that flourished in Italy, France, Spain and England.[2] Scholasticism is not so much a philosophy or a theology as a method of learning, as it places a strong emphasis on dialectical reasoning to extend knowledge by inference and to resolve contradictions. Etymology[edit] History[edit] Early Scholasticism[edit] High Scholasticism[edit] Spanish Scholasticism[edit] Late Scholasticism[edit] Lutheran Scholasticism[edit]