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...ing for breath. The fine pow- der, working quickly, seared his vocal cords, his lungs. His death would be a silent one. The powder, lethal when inhal... ...s brutally slain before his eyes, screamed with anguish and raced forward to avenge their deaths. From the life- less hands of one of the soldiers he... ...magic and wonder of one of earth’s longest-lived and most accomplished civilizations. His death had hit her hard. Alex wiped away a tear, “I know yo... ...tled not far from the main city, established on the plains to the west of the river. Wild animals abounded, crops were plenty, and the people were w... ...been sincere,” her husband said and kissed the top of her head. “But, ever since Father’s death two years ago, I have noticed that the two of them h... ...ecome increasingly closed and withdrawn from the rest of the family. I can only think his death must have hit them hard, but I can- not help but worr... ...g over it. This shows that to be the case. And you know that in Ancient Egypt, showing an animal, particularly a lion, in this fashion indicated it ... ...he storm is over now. There is nothing more to worry about.” Odai’s eyes searched the big animal, looking for signs of injury or illness, but found ... ... soldiers through the dense woods behind the Palace. The terrain is treacherous and wild animals abound. Besides, I have a feeling Alaj is not looki...

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... been of little use to collect, under such headings as Ancestor Worship, .Animals, Brahman, Buddha, Fire, Funeral Rites, Future Life, God, Gods, Pra... ...+ sq., 261 ; as a masculine deity, 32, 261-3; Dyaus Aditi, 32, 348, 351; Death is c~Jled A., 15, 76; Agni invoked by the name of A., 32,262; 46, 1... ...in the ~een's dwelling, 41, 60; offering to A. at the DaJapeya, 41, 125; animal sacdfice for A., 41, 125 sq.; the sacrificial ladle, the second ha... ... arise by tbe per, fOl'mance of the third Soma press­ ing, 44,173,480 n.; animal sacrifice for the A., 41, 126; the ,sacrificial horse to go the wa...

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...ht now. I still have to close this wound. If you get up now, you’ll bleed to death.” Short of breath, he whispered in his wife’s ear. “Get Captai... ...ice. A kind of muffled cry. It wasn't Whitey’s voice and didn’t sound like an animal. It sounded like a small person. We walked up to see that Whi... ...g to Walter and his wife. Curtis never got over it, and drank himself near to death before he killed that boy. We never knew all the facts around t... .... “You climb up here with me and get under this blanket before you catch your death.” Turning back to me, Mrs. Taylor nodded. “Thank you for watchi... ...illock handed Ellen a blanket. “You keep this around you or you’ll catch your death. Keep Daisy covered up, too. Mr. Ritter’s just going to have to... ...ow him to pump water from his lake. Now, due to the unexplained fire and the deaths of the Petersons, he was pretty free to do so. The Sheriff had ...

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...ors, who could transform themselves and others into the appearance of the lower animals, raise and allay tempests, frequent the company and join the... ...om, in some way or other, he obtained the awful certainty of his own defeat and death. She was liable, indeed, deservedly, to the punishment of deat... ... unfortunate butts of their resentment perished with a lingering, but inevitable death. This faith in extraordinary events, and superstitious f... ...h familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer; these shall surely be put to death; they shall stone them with stones.‖ As a matter of fact, i... ...he city authorities of that island to this kind of punishment. The last case of death for Witchcraft there took place in 1747. It may here be pu... ...d anxiety, particularly if there was any one in the house who was sickly, whose death might probably be hastened if the prediction was not concealed... ...ure gold become deposited. THE SYMPATHETIC AND OCCULT VIRTUES OF PLANTS, ANIMALS, METALS, &c.—In these few remarks on the sympathetic influen... ...t for the space of fifteen minutes; but a snake can produce no effect on men or animals. Why? Because the proper sympathies are not brought into act...

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...t’s why I left the ranch years ago and took up medicine. I didn’t like seeing animals in pain – whether it was a horse being abused or just burning... ...ey could do anything about it they were surrounded by flames. Facing certain death, they got out of the wagons and formed a small circle. Just as t... ... I’m just sorry Pete was. Let’s get him back to the wagon before he bleeds to death.” 64 Chapter 8 After we returned from chasin’ t... ... to find this lawyer Robb.” “If you can stop this wagon from shaking me to death, I’ll show you when we get there,” she answered, finally showing... ...etermination. In the back of my mind, I knew that Spirit would run himself to death if I asked him to. I didn’t want to put him in that position. W... ... would have strung him up as soon as they found him, or left him to bleed to death from the arrow. I’m not sure I understood where all Clint’s loya...

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...er-dependence, emotional strangulation, the snuffing of freedom, a kind of death in installments. They are terrorized by it. To avoid it, their sel... ... introduce uncertainty and risk to what he regards as "stagnation" or "slow death" (i.e., routine). Most interactions in the workplace are part of t... ... We react to serious mishaps, life altering setbacks, disasters, abuse, and death by going through the phases of grieving. Traumas are the complex o... ...acceptable. The honest encounter between the victim and his own (possible) death often becomes a cathartic and self-empowering inner dynamic. The ... ...sic modes of relating to reality and, thus, is the equivalent of cognitive death. Space and time are warped by sleep deprivation. The self ("I") is... ...phobias (agoraphobia, claustrophobia, fear of heights, aversion to specific animals, objects, modes of transportation, neighbourhoods, buildings, oc... ...al landscape. Rage gives place to sadness. It is the sadness of the trapped animal, an existential angst mixed with acute depression. It involves dy... ...s. I wrote a few months ago that it was like having a caged very dangerous animal inside of me. When I get near narcissists, the animal smells its ...

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...first is Primary beauty, which is found in nature and is always subject to death. The next is Secondary beauty, which is created through the artist... ...e artistry of human beings and once it is created, is no longer subject to death or the law of entropy. It is immortal, and it guarantees immortalit... ...We, instead, are convinced its purpose is for expiation. Pain helps us face death and fuse it together with life, the type of life that emanates from... ...eauty. The reason secondary beauty is immortal is because it does not deny death, but rather, 10 by going through pain it encounters it, goes thro... ...Ulysses can go home and live out a serene old age. 32 We have abolished animal sacrifices, and rightly so, but we cannot escape from offering up ... ...y and that does not allow the artistic I to emerge – dies, every time his animalistic parts, based on thievery and violence that he has carried wit... ...immortal because by facing inner death many times, he went from the fetal, animal dimension of intrauterine life, which imprisons every human being ... ... in Pangea that gave rise to the various continents; in the progression of animals to hominids and hominids to human beings. It happens on a cultura... ...e various definitions we already know of, human beings are either rational animals (Aristotle) or digestive tubes (science); they are children of God...

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...Execution by Hunger: The Hidden Holocaust, Seven million people in the "breadbasket of Europe" were deliberately starved to death at Stalin's command. This story has been suppressed for half a century. Now, a survivor speaks. In 1929, in an effort to destroy the well-to-do peasant farmers, Joseph Stalin ordered the collectivization of all Ukrai...

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...kground from 1921. He notes the condition and population of farm and wild animals in the Famine areas. In 1928, there were 32 million horses in Ukra... ...reased to 15.5 million. These horses died because their value as laboring animals lessened by the introduction of mechanical tractors. Since these a... ...perly. Like those humans who were too old, young, or infirm to work, farm animals, likewise, were considered ―useless eaters.‖ Horses were taken fro... ...ned in our village without food, and sentenced to die the slow, agonizing death of starvation‖ (176). The often futile begging, examples of mercy ev...

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...ks, all three men had come to realize that. Plato had found it through the death of his father while he was a small child and Socrates had stepped in ... ...ic features of the landscape, while also continuously becoming the various animal and vegetation species, and animating individual human beings, so th... ...lifetime. The various biographies of Gautama also date from long after his death, so that it is difficult to know how much of them are reliable. Howev... ...nanimous in portraying his lifelong concern with the poverty, disease, and death he saw all about him, and with the inequity that some few elite class... ...o be born, live, and die again endlessly. In that culture, the prospect of death as final escape from existence did not seem plausible. Gautama could ... ...dha; that is, avoidance of any kind of violence including violence towards animals (an avoidance that necessarily requires the adoption of vegetariani... ... give us our orientation, the sphere normally occupied by instincts in the animal world, and in the human world in so far as we have kept some natural... ... observance of basic morality including: no killing—either of people or of animals— truthfulness, honesty, generosity, an ascetic way of life and—in m... ...aism focused on the Temple in Jerusalem, with its accompa- nying system of animal sacrifice and priesthood. The Pharisees had little to do with the Te...

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...attach and detach, appreciate and depreciate, the narcissist is predictable in his "death wish". What sets him apart from other suicidal types is ... ...rofessed to possess the diametrically opposed view when he compared the process of death to that of being born. He was commenting upon the numerous... ...ous testimonies of people brought back to life following their confirmed, clinical death. Most of them shared an experience of traversing a dark tu... ... of birth involves gradual exposure to light and to the figures of humans. Clinical death experiences only recreate birth experiences. The womb is ... ...modes of conceptualization (see: "Appendix 5 - The Manifold of Sense"). Even lower animals (worms) avoid unpleasant corners in mazes in the wake of... ...t and by the ever-changing dimensions and proportions of the body. While all other animal cubs are fully motoric in their first few weeks of life –... ...erent – but not what. Babies are born with their eyes open as opposed to most other animal young ones. Moreover, their eyes are immediately fully f... ...endency to seek others virtually disappears (which is reminiscent of imprinting in animals). The infant tends to equate his movements and gestures... ...east, subject to the impulses and hard-wired behavior that permeate the rest of the animal kingdom? In his seminal tome, "The Selfish Gene", Richard...

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...at the track, and she and her Quarter Horse, Okie, could calm the most unruly animal. Sandra heaved a martyr’s sigh as she stopped the horses beside... ...ng her apology, distracted by a horse- lover’s appreciation for a good-looking animal. The gray was magnificent, straight- legged and well muscled, st... ... and smiled back. There’d be no trouble learning what she knew about Connor's death. It might even be possible to wind the case up by week's end and... ... prove he belongs at a track.” Plus, Lazer was his slowest horse and the only animal he could race in Calgary that wouldn't be a standout. But he co... ... planks again, so Kurt eased away. Obviously his presence didn’t improve that animal's disposition. He continued his sweep of the barn, noting the ... ... The sound jarred the night with its protest and made him wonder why even the animals didn’t like Otto. Chapter Five The sun nudged ove... ...riday's race card. “So damn wet this spring, that inside post is the kiss of death. I'm betting Bixton’s horse will bounce. Going with Julie.” Stet... ...ally looked at a man, other than how they rode or trained. Since her mother’s death, she hadn’t dated; Sandra thought it was because of the accident... ... The filly’s rider gestured with his stick. “Look at that nut. He must have a death wish walking by an open gate.” Julie stiffened as Otto lumbere...

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...s, dolphins, and seals.  Our lack of body hair—again similar to aquatic animals.  Greasy waterproofing skin.  Very tiny webbing between the fi... ... the path of descending food, where it makes it easier for us to choke to death if a chunk of meat goes down the wrong way. That‘s something that ra... ...h disproportionately big brains without having lived primarily on aquatic animals and plants from shallow fresh and coastal waters. Dr. Crawford a... ... oral or written language lets the human mind— to some degree—survive past death. Since our very beginnings, language has been the characteristic th... ... allows the air that powers our sound system to pass through. Most other animals’ voice boxes sit upright behind the tongue and into the back of the... ...ymbol-shape writing systems. In the beginning, symbols, such as those of animals and farm commodities, inscribed on tokens transmitted knowledge th... ...ing by Alexander the Great, but his empire did not long survive his early death. The Golden Alphabet Age Passed on to the Etruscans and Romans, t... ..., precursor of the books we know today. One Bible took a hundred young animals’ hides To make parchment, sheep or goat hides are scraped clean to... ...The Chinese Imperial Palace wasn’t built until almost a century after the death of Marco Polo, but it typified the magnificence of the China Polo vis...

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...upulously pursue their self-aggrandizement, the ego trip of sending others to their death. They are the stuff martyrs are made of. Borne on the c... ...th the IMRO (VMRO) in Macedonia and Bulgaria, proceed to Serbia and its union with death ("Union or Death", aka the Black Hand), study the Ustasha ... ... across his left elbow" Mihail Chakov, who was nearby Delcev at the moment of his death, quoted in "Balkan Ghosts" by Robert D. Kaplan "I will t... ...left to die for a few days. When he failed to do so, the Turks disembowelled him to death and decapitated the writhing rump. The Ottomans granted ... ...lic of Macedonia. He felt equally comfortable in all three regions. He was shot to death by the Turks in Banitsa, then a Bulgarian village, today, ... ...st and 1965 Nobel Prize laureate (1918-1988) "You have all I dare say heard of the animal spirits and how they are transfused from father to son et... ...lation is not causation. Deviant brain or body biochemistry (once called "polluted animal spirits") do exist – but are they truly the roots of ment...

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...in We are all terminally ill. It is a matter of time before we all die. Aging and death remain almost as mysterious as ever. We feel awed and unco... ...onses to abuse. Cancer may be the best possible response to carcinogens. Aging and death are definitely the best possible response to over-populati... ... series of implicit value-judgements. For instance, why should we prefer life over death? Order to entropy? Efficiency to inefficiency? Health and ... ...st and 1965 Nobel Prize laureate (1918-1988) "You have all I dare say heard of the animal spirits and how they are transfused from father to son et... ...lation is not causation. Deviant brain or body biochemistry (once called "polluted animal spirits") do exist – but are they truly the roots of men... ... Vaknin Storytelling has been with us since the days of campfire and besieging wild animals. It served a number of important functions: amelioration... ...cation of vital information (regarding survival tactics and the characteristics of animals, for instance), the satisfaction of a sense of order (ju... ...lation is not causation. Deviant brain or body biochemistry (once called "polluted animal spirits") do exist – but are they truly the roots of ment... ...ncreasing iceberg. He introduced the concepts of libido and Thanatos (the life and death forces), instincts (Triebe, or "drives", in German) or dri...

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...t degree. Every person must reach this final degree. This process of life and death, which repeatedly “recycles” us to this world, is what enables u... ...eceive pleasure, ev- erything also suffers when it is absent—minerals, plants, animals, and people. In fact, suffering is a necessary sensation that ... ...balah’s concept and purpose of suffering if we understand its perspective on death in general. Here’s what Kabbalah says about death: We B E T W E... ...natural sensory perceptions. Once we are outside ourselves, physical life and death do not affect how the soul perceives. There- fore, we don’t feel ... ...eath do not affect how the soul perceives. There- fore, we don’t feel life and death in this world so intensely, since spiritual sensations remain in... ...e the world through the eyes of other creatures. We discovered that different animals perceive the world in very different ways. For example, a bee ... .... --Baal HaSulam The Wisdom of Kabbalah and Its Essence As the appearance of animals in this world and conducts of sustenance are a wondrous wisdom... ...r with the Kabbalah. He knew the signatures of all things, and hence gave all animals the most suitable names. Therefore the Hebrew language too con... ...ble names. Therefore the Hebrew language too con- tains the best names for all animals, which themselves indicate their nature.” --Kurt Sprengel Ve...

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...e, black, white … it just is. I am grateful that HIV/AIDS is no longer the death sentence it was 25+ years ago. We know so much more now. Yet, we are... ...a wolf. Again, I could hear my name borne on the wind, discernable in the animal's cry. The first night I dreamed of his face will be with me always....

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...table entity which is who we are and what we are and which, ostensibly, is not influenced by the death of our loved ones? What can resist the breakd... ...nman, Physicist and 1965 Nobel Prize laureate (1918-1988)] "You have all I dare say heard of the animal spirits and how they are transfused from fat... ...oreover, correlation is not causation. Deviant brain or body biochemistry (once called "polluted animal spirits") do exist – but are they truly the ... ...t. The other type of narcissist abhors monotony and constancy, equating them, in his mind, with death. He seeks upheaval, drama, and change, but on... ... sight, never landing until the Watcher turns his eyes away in resignation, his dreams mocked to death by Time." [Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes We... ...ediately following a life crisis and a narcissistic injury (divorce, devastating financial loss, death of a parent, or a child, imprisonment, loss o... ...verted narcissist's partner (sickness, accident, demotion, divorce, devastating financial loss, death of a parent, or a child, imprisonment, loss o... ...icted myself about this. I wrote a few months ago that it was like having a caged very dangerous animal inside of me. When I get near narcissists, t... ...ostensible benevolence and caring evaporate. He feels caged and threatened and he reacts as any animal would do – by striking back at his perceived...

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...thing else but study. It's funny that the road to a successful career means death to your social life. Maybe I should just get neutered like our Ger... ... and fox heads, as well as a multifarious assortment of smaller, taxidermic animals. For a moment, we're thinking that we're inside a hunting lodge. ... ...he would tattletale to my parents, with consequences of my slow torture and death. While passing through the neighborhoods of Palo Alto, I can't help... ...ry fast, Officer! How about the time cops tased a wheelchair-bound woman to death in Florida? Or how about the time a cop started beating up a teena... ...wontons; or contaminated, toxic pet food that has killed a copious number of animals here in the United States; or milk and baby formula laced with m... ...r flight late last night, right after news of Grand Ma's my — grandmother's death from lung cancer, due to her smoking more than two packs a day even... ...Cigarettes? That's what got her in this mess in the first place! Even after death, Asian people can't let go of their obsession with money. Thereaft...

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........................................................ 121 Chapter 2.3.VII. Death of Mirabeau. ........................................................... ...- ditions, and comes ‘by the grace of God. ’ Cheerfuller than watching the death-struggles of Royal- ism will it be to watch the growth and gambolling... ...s of Sansculottism; for, in human things, especially in human society, all death is but a death-birth: thus if the sceptre is departing from Louis, it... ...ire nor steel, nor any sharpness of Experience, shall sever the bond; till death do us part! Of such may the Heavens have mercy; for the Earth, with h... ..., ’ as it can. It might be seen lately, for instance, with bared bosom and death-defiant eye, as far on as Greek Missolonghi; and, strange enough, old... ...es for a man? A quality which by itself is next to nothing, since inferior animals, asses, dogs, even mules have it; yet, in due combination, it is th...

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...owers, on a fixed time and ren- dezvous, and “taking sweet revenge for the death of their cousin, Drummond-ernoch.” In spite of all, however, that cou... ... his eldest son Henry, who had been mortally wounded at Tippermuir, on his deathbed. “His followers immediately withdrew from Montrose, and no course ... ...ather’s informant, who was a man before his grand- father, John dhu Mhor’s death, received the information as above stated. “I have many apologies to ... ...t had so many powerful friends and connexions able and ready to avenge his death. “I have only to add, that you have my full permission to make what u... ...nd carriage, both united in strongly dissuading the Captain from taking an animal of such value with him upon his present very fatiguing journey. Angu... ...it absolutely impossible, that, after undertaking such a pilgrim- age, the animal could be in any case for military service. The Englishman strongly c... ...ch, which showed old military habits; and the master, after looking on the animal with great complacency for about five minutes, said,—”Much good may ... ...re- termit my pleading thereupon, in respect I have observed that even the animal creation are incensed against those who intromit with their offsprin... ...ur brother? I tell you, you shall have him again; but if you never saw the animal, is not life better than the best colt ever mare foaled?” 149 Sir W...