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Annael
Immortal
Jan 1 2009, 4:50pm
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how religious ecstasy is a type of sexual energy, just as sex done correctly is a sacred act. Which is why it is wrong to dissect sex down into the component parts, separating out pure love, desire, passion, procreation, and lust, because when you do that you lose the greater aspect - mystery. For example, porn is lust only. It's rather like taking coca leaves and distilling them down to crack cocaine. Engaging in a sacred ritual while chewing coca leaves will give you a vision and guide your life; snorting crack will only addict you and rob your life of everything else. The Church knows that desire and passion are vital to the religious life, and they accept that love and procreation are essential aspects of sex, but they got schizo when they tried to deny that pleasure & lust are also part of the sacred mystery of both.
. . . let me tell you, if you are going to marry someone to change and improve him, better not. Likewise, if you are saying "yea" to the world to improve it, please, just leave us alone. There is but one way to say yea in love, and that is to affirm what is there. - Joseph Campbell * * * * * * * * * * * * * * NARF and member of Deplorable Cultus since 1967
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"Read the books you already own!": The Weekly Book Review Thread, New Year's Edition
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a.s.
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Dec 31 2008, 4:23pm
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No more books til we've read the ones we've got!!
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Jazmine
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Dec 31 2008, 4:35pm
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Sister of Another Mother!!!
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a.s.
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Dec 31 2008, 4:45pm
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Anathem and War for the Oaks
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Laerasėa
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Dec 31 2008, 5:22pm
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Emma Bull & Neil Gaiman are good friends
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Magpie
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Dec 31 2008, 8:02pm
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We can only choose what to do with the books we are given
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Lily Fairbairn
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Dec 31 2008, 5:49pm
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Working my way through my book Christmas gifts
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Elberbeth
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Dec 31 2008, 6:19pm
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Christmas reading
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Nienna
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Dec 31 2008, 6:54pm
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A new book I got for Christmas: "Nathan Hale" by M. Williams Phelps
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Dec 31 2008, 7:22pm
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Review and Summary
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Bladorthin
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Dec 31 2008, 7:41pm
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another interesting take on the story
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Annael
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Dec 31 2008, 9:46pm
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I know what you mean!
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Compa_Mighty
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Dec 31 2008, 7:47pm
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Have you thought about the bathroom?
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Dec 31 2008, 8:23pm
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the used-book store is my salvation
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Annael
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Dec 31 2008, 9:50pm
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The Indigo King
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Magpie
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Dec 31 2008, 8:08pm
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Kushiel's Mercy (and a book recommendation on Christian mysticism)
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Annael
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Dec 31 2008, 9:34pm
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**takes notes
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a.s.
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Dec 31 2008, 10:08pm
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another book recommendation, then
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Annael
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Dec 31 2008, 10:15pm
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Christian mysticism? *perks up*
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Kyriel
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Jan 1 2009, 12:32am
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**takes more notes
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a.s.
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Jan 1 2009, 2:01am
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I went to a lecture
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Annael
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Jan 1 2009, 4:21am
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Actually, it can be a lot funnier than that
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Kyriel
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Jan 1 2009, 1:07pm
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we had a whole lecture about
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Annael
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Jan 1 2009, 4:50pm
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*copies notes from a.s.*
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Menelwyn
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Jan 1 2009, 9:05pm
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Did you read Kushiel's Mercy
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Ataahua
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Dec 31 2008, 11:43pm
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hard
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Annael
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Jan 1 2009, 4:16am
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Oh dear. Would you believe (and forgive me for reading)
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Tintallė
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Jan 1 2009, 2:35am
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at the risk of being a "reverse snob"...or something, I think
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a.s.
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Jan 1 2009, 10:28pm
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no judgment here
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Annael
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Jan 2 2009, 12:41am
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There's an interesting split in the fandom (some Twilight spoilers)
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entmaiden
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Jan 2 2009, 2:24am
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well . . .
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Annael
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Jan 2 2009, 3:31pm
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I think the approach was the same for all three
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entmaiden
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Jan 2 2009, 3:57pm
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That's not what I hated about the fourth book.
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Laitholiel_the_SeaElf
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Jan 3 2009, 4:07am
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I can understand that (book four spoilers)
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entmaiden
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Jan 3 2009, 4:33am
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I loved the Twilight series
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entmaiden
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Jan 2 2009, 2:13am
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How Fiction Works.
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N.E. Brigand
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Jan 1 2009, 11:19pm
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Cather and Robinson
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a.s.
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Jan 2 2009, 12:56am
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I have!
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bearwen
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Jan 5 2009, 8:48pm
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