El Maestro Psicod Lico

Edward James Marcus, vissuto in Inghilterra e in Italia nel XVI secolo, rappresenta idealmente quella parte del mondo medico che si è messa in marcia su concetti di razionalità, se non ancora di scientificità. La società stava cambiando rapidamente: non solo per la grande crescita culturale e artistica, per i viaggi degli esploratori e la scoperta di nuovi mondi, ma anche per l’arrivo di nuove malattie. Questi aspetti generavano difficili sfide per la medicina di allora, quasi totalmente priva di armi efficaci. Si viveva una critica fase di passaggio dal mondo immobile del Medioevo a una società dinamica e certamente più complessa. Tornato in patria dopo gli studi universitari, Marcus tenterà di contrastare con una sua strategia la misteriosa epidemia di «malattia del sudore», che affliggeva da decenni l’Inghilterra con decine di migliaia di morti. Inoltre, dovrà gestire con particolare equilibrio l’amicizia profonda con due personaggi in conflitto ideologico tra loro: il grande Paracelso, personalità complessa immersa nella medicina magica medievale e al tempo stesso inventore geniale della moderna «iatrochimica», e il medico di corte John Caius, che introduce Marcus a Cambridge e alla carriera accademica. La particolare attenzione e stima che gli riserverà l’ultima Regina della famiglia Tudor, Elisabetta I, rappresenterà la conferma che la sua vita professionale ha avuto un ruolo determinante nella storia del Paese.

Whether social, cultural, or individual, the act of imagination always derives from a pre-existing context. For example, we can conjure an alien's scream from previously heard wildlife recordings or mentally rehearse a piece of music while waiting for a train. This process is no less true forthe role of imagination in sonic events and artifacts. Many existing works on sonic imagination tend to discuss musical imagination through terms like compositional creativity or performance technique. In this two-volume Handbook, contributors address this tendency head-on, correcting the currentbias towards visual imagination to instead highlight the many forms of sonic and musical imagination. Topics covered include auditory imagery and the neurology of sonic imagination; aural hallucination and illusion; use of metaphor in the recording studio; the projection of acoustic imagination inarchitectural design; and the design of sound artifacts for cinema and computer games.

The evidence for the ancestry of the human species among the apes is overwhelming. But the facts are never “just” facts. Human evolution has always been a value-laden scientific theory and, as anthropology makes clear, the ancestors are always sacred. They may be ghosts, or corpses, or fossils, or a naked couple in a garden, but the idea that you are part of a lineage is a powerful and universal one. Meaning and morals are at play, which most certainly transcend science and its quest for maximum accuracy. With clarity and wit, Jonathan Marks shows that the creation/evolution debate is not science versus religion. After all, modern anti-evolutionists reject humanistic scholarship about the Bible even more fundamentally than they reject the science of our simian ancestry. Widening horizons on both sides of the debate, Marks makes clear that creationism is a theological, not a scientific, debate and that thinking perceptively about values and meanings should not be an alternative to thinking about science – it should be a key part of it.

Most people are pursuing an assumed correct philosophy, right marriage, right religious persuasion, right relationship etc. How many, like Jason, have found their Golden Fleece? The question begs: is there a yardstick to measure all philosophies? The pursuit of the identity of Jason revealed these gems: ancient secret libraries, the locations of Lost Tribes of Israel, a meta-code in the Temple of Solomon, and a spirit-level to test major doctrines. Also from the blueprint of Solomon's Temple, wisdom above 33¡ is released for the first time. From that wisdom, the following contentious issues can be resolved: 1) is the Universe a clock? 2) was it made or did it evolve? 3) debating evolution vs. creation. 4) is there a Great Architect of the Universe, called God Almighty? 5) the real causes of the Middle East conflict. 6) Christianity/Islam/Judaism, religious persuasions or pretexts for conflicts? Naturally, these timely revelations will stir up hornets nests of controversy, in that many perceived truths WILL BE upturned. The Golden Fleece Found allows doctrines held sacrosanct to be vetted against a true "spirit level." The most often asked, yet unanswered questions from over 100 countries are addressed in meticulous details. Veeeeerrrry interesting!!!!! Definitely a must read!

A behind the scenes look at the world of Diamond and Gold Mine Security. Explore the reality of working in remote camps where the world's riches are taken from mine to market. What dangers and challenges do people in this field encounter? What type of security professional is needed for this environment? These questions and more are explored in the pages within....read on and enjoy!

Colouring Book Includes 40 unique mandala colouring pages