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wenn alles noch schläft und sich die Sonne langsam durch den Nebel kämpft ..

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Mural, Otherlands Coffee Bar - Memphis, TN by Elaina Williams

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Otherland IV by Harald Schepers

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Monday, August 21, source of the danube by rhaps0deep

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1 Aug - day of destruction

2 Aug - day of the grove

3 Aug - day of the hearts blood

4 Aug - day of the smoking plain

5 Aug - foundation of the house

6 Aug - swept into (day of gammadion)

7 Aug - day of the mantle

8 Aug - the moving hand

9 Aug - the deep sea alien

10 Aug - day of high happening

11 Aug - dog days end

12 Aug - rustle of the prey

13 Aug - ninth ocean

14 Aug - the three faces

15 Aug - day of the antler

16 Aug - day of the sledge

17 Aug - day of the high cities

18 Aug - day of the great roots

19 Aug - the endlong ride

20 Aug - the mississippi delta

21 Aug - source of the danube

22 Aug - lion of the virgin

23 Aug - entryway of the dipper (the volga delta)

24 Aug - the deserted garden

25 Aug - the brother heart

26 Aug - day of the north sea

27 Aug - day of the iron gate

28 Aug - way marks of the otherland

29 Aug - listening

30 Aug - day of the western isles

31 Aug - first day of quest

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Baioconodon sp. by Marten Kuilman

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Otherlands. A World in the Making - Thomas HALLIDAY (2022).

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Mammals from the Early Paleocene Littleton Fauna (Denver Formation, Colorado) Eric W. Dewar - Jan 2004. Middleton.

The Late Cretaceous to early Tertiary Denver Formation was first recognized in the late nineteenth century. Its largely andesitic beds had historically yielded both dinosaur and diverse plant remains, but mammals were not collected from it until 1940 when Gazin found Baioconodon denverensis at South Table Mountain near Golden, Colorado.

Otherland II by Harald Schepers

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PHILOSOPHY !?........... ( ? ) + ( * ) = ( ! ) by RANT 73 - digital museum

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Philosophers ask questions about ideas (concepts). They try to find answers to those questions, and the results are surprising

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Philosophy is a way of thinking about the world, the universe, and society. It works by asking very basic questions about the nature of human thought, the nature of the universe, and the connections between them. The ideas in philosophy are often general and abstract. But this does not mean that philosophy is not about the real world. Ethics, for example, asks what are the ideas underlying our everyday lives. Metaphysics asks about how the world works and of what it is made.

Sometimes people talk about how they have a "personal philosophy", which means the way a person thinks about the world. This article is not about people's "personal philosophies". This article is about the ideas that have discussed by philosophers (people who think and write about ways of thinking) for a long time.

One philosophical question is this: "Is there any knowledge in the world which is so certain that no reasonable man could doubt it?".[1] Other questions asked by philosophers are these:

What is good?

What is beauty?

Do we have free will?

Does God exist?

Does the world around us exist?

What is a person?

What is truth?

What is evil?

What is the relationship between mind and body?

What is science?

What is philosophy?

What is love?

Philosophy is the study of humans and the world by thinking and asking questions. It is a science and an art. Philosophy tries to answer important questions by coming up with answers about real things and asking "why?"

Sometimes, philosophy tries to answer the same questions as religion and science. Philosophers do not all give the same answers to questions. Some people think there are no right answers in philosophy, only better answers and worse answers. Many types of philosophy criticize or even attack the beliefs of science and religion.

Philosophers ask questions about ideas (concepts). They try to find answers to those questions. Some thinkers find it very hard to find those words that best describe the ideas they have. When they find answers to some of these questions philosophers often have the same problem, that is how to best tell the answers they found to other people. Depending on the meaning of the words they use, the answers change.

Some philosophers are full-time thinkers (called academics), who work for universities or colleges. These philosophers write books and articles about philosophy and teach classes about philosophy to university or college students.

Other philosophers are just "hobby" thinkers who think about philosophy during their free time. A small number of hobby thinkers have thought so much about philosophy that they are able to write articles for philosophy magazines. Other people approach philosophy from another job. For example monks, artists, and scientists may think about philosophical ideas and questions.

Most philosophers work by asking questions and looking for good definitions (meanings) of words to help them understand what a question means.

Some philosophers say the only thing needed to answer a question is to find out what it means, and that the only thing that makes philosophical questions such as those above difficult is that people do not really know what they mean (for example Ludwig Wittgenstein).

Philosophers will also often use both real and imaginary examples to make a point. For example, they may write about a real or fictional person in order to show what they think a good person or a bad person is like.

Some philosophers look for the simplest way to answer a question and say that is probably the right answer. This is a process called Occam's razor. Others believe that complicated answers to questions can also be right. For an example of a philosophical problem, see the God paradox.

Philosophers use logic to solve problems and answer questions. Logical consistency is a cornerstone of any acceptable theory. Philosophers who disagree with a theory will often try to find a logical contradiction within the theory. If they can find one, this gives them a reason to reject that theory. If they cannot find any inconsistency, the philosopher might try to show that the theory leads to a conclusion which is either unacceptable or ridiculous. This second approach is usually called reductio ad absurdum.

OtherLand by erez weiss...

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take six by Anna James ♥ ƸӜƷ ♥

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I will try to write in Spanish, this picture is for a friend, I know the value of this place for he, is an abandoned station taken in an abandoned town in the South American. In this site I feel the peace of this place, when it taken this photo was a little girl...... "Other", perhaps for being too European like me, but no feeling it, .....not feel this place like me, but is very frustrating for all eternity.....especially if the person you love can not feel...like us.

tratare de escribir en español, esta foto es para un gran amigo que se que la valorara, es una estacion abandonada tomada en un pueblo abandonado en el gran sur. Se el va a sentir la paz de ese lugar cuando de muy niña le tome. "Otros", quiza por ser demasiado europeos , no la valoraron, pero se tu si lo haras...y no deberia justificarles si soy tan europea como el que en su momento no la valoro.....todos tenemos un amor escondido por alli, solo que a veces nos anula y frustra para toda la eternidad.

Reading & Watching at Otherlands by Tom Pellett

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Northern Otherlands 1 by Atmospherics

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IB ST4 09: claustrophobia by iNDiEBAR Radio

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Tracklist:

1. Fever Ray, "Concrete Walls"

2. Tricky, “Hell Is Round The Corner”

3. Marta Sui Tubi, “L’Abbandono”

4. Ruby, “Salt Water Fish"

5. Young Gods, “In The Otherland”

6. My Bloody Valentine, “Instrumental”

7. Royksopp, “Sparks”

8. Orbital, “Initiation”

9. Nine Inch Nails, "The Warning”

10. Massive Attack, "Inertia Creeps"

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Otherland has landed in Berlin! If you're in the area you can get yours directly from me for a mere 11€ - while they last. Message me here or via www.simonbephotography.com/

Otherland

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homeboy

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HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!!!! From my funhouse to yours! 🎃Edited in Tadaa app (Otherland Filter) by Lisa Pearlman

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A ceramic Halloween "haunted house" table ornament/candleholder

(Originally an orange pumpkin house with black cats & bats & white ghosts) captured with iphone 6c & edited with "Otherland" filter in Tadaa app for iphone

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madonna

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Otherland III by Stuart McMillan

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Otherland VI by Harald Schepers

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Epic Dungeon Fantasy Quest 01 by Gino Lohse

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I built a scene for my favorite book stores shopwindow, Otherland Books Berlin. It's inspired by no particular lore but rather by all of them.

Meet Blaag'Naak, the Goblin Berserk and Allariel Goldenis, the Elf Ranger. Go on a quest with Mauro Pursinns, a Halfling Rogue and the parties' leader, the Mage Rucolar

Highlands in Otherlands by Phil Schmerbeck

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Margareteville, New York 2021

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The Aghoris Of India At Khamakhya Assam,.. Ambubachi Mela by firoze shakir photographerno1

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The Aghori (Sanskrit aghora)[2] are ascetic Shaiva sadhus. The Aghori are known to engage in post-mortem rituals. They often dwell in charnel grounds, have been witnessed smearing cremation ashes on their bodies, and have been known to use bones from human corpses for crafting kapalas (skullcups which Shiva and other Hindu deities are often iconically depicted holding or using) and jewelry. Because of their practices that are contradictory to orthodox Hinduism, they are generally opposed by other Hindus.[3][4]

Many Aghori gurus command great reverence from rural populations as they are supposed to possess healing powers gained through their intensely eremitic rites and practices of renunciation and tápasya.

Contents [hide]

1Beliefs and doctrines

2History

3Adherents

4Spiritual headquarters

5Medicine

6In popular culture

7References

8Further reading

Beliefs and doctrines[edit]

Aghoris are devotees of Shiva manifested as Bhairava,[5] are monists who seek moksha from the cycle of reincarnation or saṃsāra. This freedom is a realization of the self's identity with the absolute. Because of this monistic doctrine, the Aghoris maintain that all opposites are ultimately illusory. The purpose of embracing pollution and degradation through various customs is the realization of non-duality (advaita) through transcending social taboos, attaining what is essentially an altered state of consciousness and perceiving the illusory nature of all conventional categories.

Aghoris are not to be confused with Shivnetras, who are also ardent devotees of Shiva but do not indulge in extreme, tamasic ritual practices. Although the Aghoris enjoy close ties with the Shivnetras, the two groups are quite distinct, Shivnetras engaging in sattvic worship.

Aghoris base their beliefs on two principles common to broader Shaiva beliefs: that Shiva is perfect (having omniscience, omnipresence and omnipotence) and that Shiva is responsible for everything that occurs – all conditions, causes and effects. Consequently, everything that exists must be perfect and to deny the perfection of anything would be to deny the sacredness of all life in its full manifestation, as well as to deny the Supreme Being.

Aghoris believe that every person's soul is Shiva but is covered by aṣṭamahāpāśa "eight great nooses or bonds" - sensual pleasure, anger, greed, obsession, fear and hatred. The practices of the Aghoris are centered around the removal of these bonds. Sādhanā in cremation grounds destroys fear; sexual practices with certain riders and controls help release one from sexual desire; being naked destroys shame. On release from all the eight bonds the soul becomes sadāśiva and obtains moksha.[citation needed]

History[edit]

Aghori in Satopant.

An Aghori man in Badrinath smoking hashish or Cannabis from a chillum in 2011.

Although akin to the Kapalika ascetics of medieval Kashmir, as well as the Kalamukhas, with whom there may be a historical connection, the Aghoris trace their origin to Baba Keenaram, an ascetic who is said to have lived 150 years, dying during the second half of the 18th century.[6] Dattatreya the avadhuta, to whom has been attributed the esteemed nondual medieval song, the Avadhuta Gita, was a founding adi guru of the Aghor tradition according to Barrett (2008: p. 33):

Lord Dattatreya, an antinomian form of Shiva closely associated with the cremation ground, who appeared to Baba Keenaram atop Girnar Mountain in Gujarat. Considered to be the adi guru (ancient spiritual teacher) and founding deity of Aghor, Lord Dattatreya offered his own flesh to the young ascetic as prasād (a kind of blessing), conferring upon him the power of clairvoyance and establishing a guru-disciple relationship between them.[7]

Aghoris also hold sacred the Hindu deity Dattatreya as a predecessor to the Aghori Tantric tradition. Dattatreya was believed to be an incarnation of Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva united in the same singular physical body. Dattatreya is revered in all schools of Tantra, which is the philosophy followed by the Aghora tradition, and he is often depicted in Hindu artwork and its holy scriptures of folk narratives, the Puranas, indulging in Aghori "left-hand" Tantric worship as his prime practice.

An aghori believes in getting into total darkness by all means, and then getting into light or self realizing. Though this is a different approach from other Hindu sects, they believe it to be effective. They are infamously known for their rituals that include such as shava samskara or shava sadhana (ritual worship incorporating the use of a corpse as the altar) to invoke the mother goddess in her form as Smashan Tara (Tara of the Cremation Grounds).

In Hindu iconography, Tara, like Kali, is one of the ten Mahavidyas (wisdom goddesses) and once invoked can bless the Aghori with supernatural powers. The most popular of the ten Mahavidyas who are worshiped by Aghoris are Dhumavati, Bagalamukhi, and Bhairavi. The male Hindu deities primarily worshiped by Aghoris for supernatural powers are manifestations of Shiva, including Mahākāla, Bhairava, Virabhadra, Avadhuti, and others.

Barrett (2008: p. 161) discusses the "charnel ground sādhanā" of the Aghora in both its left and right-handed proclivities and identifies it as principally cutting through attachments and aversion and foregrounding primordiality; a view uncultured, undomesticated:

The gurus and disciples of Aghor believe their state to be primordial and universal. They believe that all human beings are natural-born Aghori. Hari Baba has said on several occasions that human babies of all societies are without discrimination, that they will play as much in their own filth as with the toys around them. Children become progressively discriminating as they grow older and learn the culturally specific attachments and aversions of their parents. Children become increasingly aware of their mortality as they bump their heads and fall to the ground. They come to fear their mortality and then palliate this fear by finding ways to deny it altogether.[8]

In this sense, the Aghora sādhanā is a process of unlearning deeply internalized cultural models. When this sādhanā takes the form of charnel ground sādhanā, the Aghori faces death as a very young child, simultaneously meditating on the totality of life at its two extremes. This ideal example serves as a prototype for other Aghor practices, both left and right, in ritual and in daily life."[9]

Adherents[edit]

Though Aghoris are prevalent in cremation grounds across India, Nepal, and even sparsely across cremation grounds in South East Asia, the secrecy of this religious sect leaves no desire for practitioners to aspire for social recognition and notoriety. [1]

Spiritual headquarters[edit]

Hinglaj Mata is the Kuladevata (patron goddess) of the Aghori. The main Aghori pilgrimage centre is Kina Ram's hermitage or ashram in Ravindrapuri, Varanasi.[10] The full name of this place is Baba Keenaram Sthal, Krim-Kund. Here, Kina Ram is buried in a tomb or samadhi which is a centre of pilgrimage for Aghoris and Aghori devotees. Present head (Abbot), since 1978, of Baba Keenaram Sthal is Baba Siddharth Gautam Ram.

According to Devotees, Baba Siddharth Gautam Ram is reincarnation of Baba Keenaram himself. Apart from this, any cremation ground would be a holy place for an Aghori ascetic. The cremation grounds near the yoni pithas, 51 holy centers for worship of the Hindu Mother Goddess scattered across South Asia and the Himalayan terrain, are key locations preferred for performing sadhana by the Aghoris. They are also known to meditate and perform sadhana in haunted houses.

Medicine[edit]

Aghori practice healing through purification as a pillar of their ritual. Their patients believe the Aghoris are able to transfer pollution and health to and from patients as a form of "transformative healing", due to the believed superior state of body and mind of the Aghori.[11][verification needed]

In popular culture[edit]

This is an incomplete list of prominent Aghori recognition.

The Aghoris and their spiritual home Varanasi heavily influenced the 2016 British suspense thriller film Feast of Varanasi (2016 film) where a reclusive priest called NANA, who lives on the outskirts of Varanasi plays a significant role in film. The character was played by Indian Actor Ashwath Bhatt.

The Aghoris were referred to in the 2016 horror film The Other Side of the Door and were portrayed as a creepy tribe that seem to pop up multiple times to foreshadow otherwordly incidents.

The Aghoris were featured on the first episode of the new Ripley's Believe It Or Not television series, hosted by Dean Cain. The program highlighted the Aghori's rituals.

In Tad Williams' Otherland series, the main member of the resistance group the Circle, Nandi Paradivash, spent several years as an Aghori ascetic while preparing for the final confrontation with the Brotherhood.

In 2006 a Greek documentary by the name of "Shiva's Flesh" shows a Varanasi Aghori by name Black Boom Boom Baba and the existing faith around Aghoris in Varanasi.

The television program Wildboyz starring Steve-O and Chris Pontius featured a segment in which the duo learned about the Aghori culture firsthand. Chris and Steve-O were given the ritualistic alcohol from a skull and were covered in remains of a corpse in the form of ashes. One Aghori also demonstrated the drinking of urine. They hinted that more was filmed but censored when Steve-O remarked "Now imagine what we weren't allowed to show you."

Director Jeff Tremaine, responsible for the Wildboyz, Jackass, etc. felt the bit on the Wildboyz was so successful he wanted to re-shoot it for Jackass Number Two. This time they sent in Dave England, Chris Pontius, and Steve-O. When an Aghori started mutilating his own leg, and jumped at Dave England with the blood everyone decided it was far more than they had planned on, and wanted out. This 'bit' ended up in Jackass 2.5, as Johnny Knoxville foreshadows in the taping of the 'bit'.

On the Dirty Sanchez TV show, in a season called "Sanchez Get High", Welshmen Matthew Pritchard and Lee Dainton meet up with an Aghori ascetic, and shows Pritchard drinking alcohol from a skull.

In popular Finnish Television series Madventures protagonists Riku Rantala and Tuomas Milonoff encounter Aghoris at Varanasi and indulge rituals with them. This segment can be seen in Season 3 of the show.

In the Tamil film Naan Kadavul by Bala, Arya essays the role of an Aghori which won him 2 National awards.

In the Hindi film Raaz: The Mystery Continues by Mohit Suri, J. Brandon Hill plays the role of an American executive who becomes an Aghori.

In the block-buster Telugu film Arundhati, Sonu Sood, the antagonist is a converted Aghora.

A popular novel in Kannada Aghorigala naduve (Life with Agoris) was published in 1980. In that novel one of the popular sites for Aghoris in south India is near Chamundi Hills at Mysore, Karnataka state.

British death metal band The Rotted wrote the lyrics to the song Just Add Nauseam about the Aghori, and the cover of the album it features on Ad Nauseam features a six-armed, three-faced demonic figure loosely based on Indian artwork.

An Aghori was the main character in an episode of Adaalat, an Indian courtroom drama television series. The episode was called "Qatil Aghori", meaning "Murderer Aghori".

An Indian psy-trance DJ and Composer known as Aghori Tantric of Sonic Tantra Records plays dark psy tracks usually over 180BPM.

Swedish Black Metal band Dissection has a song "Maha Kali" which is a dark prayer to the Goddess Kali, the final stage of