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Ghosts from the Science Glasses
In modern psychology, ghosts can be categorized as psychological disorders, in the form of hallucinations. In the world of philosophy, ghosts are described as abstract things that are difficult to prove rationally because of their invisible nature. However, religious people who believe that God must believe in invisible beings, such as angels, fairies, jinns, or even demons.
For religious people, the limited ability of the sense of sight is not a limit of belief. We cannot say God does not exist only because our eyes cannot see God. Likewise with astral beings; it doesn't look doesn't mean it's not there.
There are people who scream in fear when they see ghosts. Some are hysterical. In fact, the experience of seeing ghosts is too normal, there are people who do not consider the "appearance" special. These people consider sightings to be natural phenomena that can be described scientifically. Not occult things.
There is a reason ghosts do not have bodies and become spirits. The following are notes based on analysis that refer to the history of several religions. Uniquely, this history has in common with each other.
(note 1: this is based on the history of several religions, but how come the points below do not clearly describe certain religions - only the first point is clear)
In the beliefs of 3 religions, namely Islam, Christianity and Judaism, it is told that human ancestors used to live in heaven. Adam and Eve were the first humans created by God. At one time, God asked Satan to bow to Adam. But because of pride he refused God's command so he was cast out of heaven
Satan asks God to be given immortality to be able to tempt people after misleading Adam and Eve. God granted it. The consequence of demons' requests is that they are not equipped with bodies. Why? If equipped with bodies, their lives will not last.
The maximum age of DNA in the remains of living things — which consist of atoms of crude matter and molecules from bodies, such as meat, heart, and lungs — is only less than a hundred years. The organs of the body which are composed of atoms of coarse substances, are also not able to last long. That is why they become spirits without bodies, because they will not be able to live forever if they are equipped with bodies by God.
The DNA of living things, like humans, which genies don't have is made up of atoms consisting of hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, and other molecules visible to the human eye.
Because it does not have cells like living things, the form of spirits is only in the form of electromagnetic cells consisting of orbitals or energy balls flying around us. The human eye will not be able to capture their existence, because electromagnetic cells cannot be seen by the naked eye.
Orb-orb flies around us, especially in dirty places or in quiet and dark places, like graves and empty gardens. Excessive orb concentrations can be felt indirectly if we are in their main habitat. Especially if we are alone. We will be haunted by feelings of anxiety or paranoia. This is because our energy is absorbed by these orbs.
When human energy is absorbed by orbitals, spirits are able to transform energy to the next level. This stage is commonly called ectoplasma. Ectoplasma has the energy to absorb water vapor and visualize the naked eye in the form of white mist, smoke, or even a creepy creature.
Ectoplasmic energy is also capable of sending electrical signals to the visual cortex of humans. Visual cortex is the part of the brain that projects visualization of the eye. However, electrical signals from Ectoplasma are sent directly to the visual cortex of humans, thus creating hallucinations that eventually cause mild mental disorders. This often causes us to feel shocked and paranoid.
Ectoplasma creates hallucinations in humans thanks to the energy that has been absorbed when it is still in the form of orbitals.
Electrical cells that are owned by ectoplasm are sometimes strong enough to affect the human psyche. Ectoplasm enters the bloodstream to the brain. In the brain, these electric cells affect the nervous system, so they have access to motion throughout the body. At times like these people will move and speak because of the influence of spirits. This is what is often referred to as "possession". Or, in medical science, it is called psychoid.
· Electric cells of spirits in the form of ectoplasm are able to access the nervous system of the brain so that the victim is unconscious and acts like a mentally ill person. This is commonly called trance or psychoid.
Ectoplasma can transform to the next stage called vortex.
At the time of Prophet Solomon (King of Solomon the Hebrews from 1800-587 BC), two angels were sent to earth who taught magic to jinn and humans - although limited to historical records and have not been scientifically proven.
The genies can do magic, but need great energy to get to this stage; starting from orb, ectoplasma, vortex, to then the super vortex stage.
Vortex is found in various witchcraft. Because, the energy they get from the ritual of transferring human and jinni energy is very large and can cause physical disturbances to death.
The energy to become a vortex is not arbitrarily obtained. It is also impossible to get from human or other fears. Vortex is only obtained through special rituals.
When undergoing rituals, the vortex transfers energy from humans, so that ghosts can transfer power from humans and the rituals they live, then become vortex.
When becoming a vortex, ghosts have a large enough power to do physical disturbances to humans. This ability is used in a number of witchcraft, such as voodoo, santet, pesugihan, and others.
Vortex affects human electromagnetic waves. Thus, humans have power beyond normal human abilities, or ordinary people call it "magic". This power is even able to change one's aura so that it is more authoritative. In fact, it is only the influence of the genie.
Vortex affects human electromagnetic waves. No man's vortex sometimes enters a child's body, thus changing the child's personality and abilities. This is called indigo. The name indigo itself comes from the color name of the aura of a child affected by vortex.
Vortex sightings are usually just a circle of light flying high or low. Often these sightings are called unidentified flying objects (UFOs).
Not only in the sky, vortex sometimes flies low on the ground. Vortex looks like a luminous ball because it stores a large amount of electrical energy absorbed from humans. The appearance of this luminous ball-like vortex can be witnessed alone in the City of Marfa, Texas, United States.
After vortex, the next stage is super vortex. This is the final stage of the magic of the genie. Usually, the super vortex is the genius of the shaman, the guardian of the pesugihan places, the guardian of haunted places, or the human sacrifice lost from the way of God. One of the famous super vortex in Indonesia is Nyi Roro Kidul. Nyi Roro Kidul gets enough energy when the south coast people send offerings. From humans sending the offerings, Nyi Roro Kidul (Dragon God) gets the transfer of power from humans and then becomes a super vortex.
High class vortex is a class of astral creatures that have a direct bloodline from the devil. This group has global influence. Actions such as mass suicide, whispers for war between countries, to the creation of weapons of destruction are, one of their works
Baphomet which is believed to be a direct descendant of the devil became a high class vortex worshiped by several sects since the Crusades, like some Jewish Kabbalah sects.
Many philosophers oppose the existence of ghosts. This is because they have never seen it before. While humans have limited visibility. Many things cannot be seen by the human eye. However, remember, something that doesn't look doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
Ghost Appearance Work System
Ghosts, jinns, or demons are spirits, creepy creatures, invisible creatures, and many other negative titles about ghosts because it is difficult to prove their existence. The story of most ghosts is also a frightening myth that makes the hair stand up. However, thanks to current technological advances, ghosts can be part of science.
Scientists, especially in the United States, have been conducting research for years on phantoms or supernatural phenomena. This phenomenon then becomes part of science and can be explained scientifically. Here are some questions about ghosts that are answered from the perspective of science.
What is a ghost? Answer: ghosts are living organisms that are invisible, because they consist of invisible energy. Some researchers believe that ghosts consist of electromagnetic signals that are impossible to see by the naked eye.
How can ghosts be seen by humans? Are they not composed of electromagnetic signals that cannot be seen by the eye? The answer is simple. In the case of sightings, what we see is not a ghost, but a form of appearance. At certain frequencies, they are able to make visualizations in the form of white mist. Not all ghosts can do it. Only ghosts who have high enough energy are able to do direct visualization in the form of white mist. Through the energy they have, they are able to collect moisture around them to visualize the white mist. However, there are many types of ghosts and many types of sightings. Besides direct appearance, the influence of electromagnetic signals possessed by ghosts can make visualization to humans in the form of hallucinations. Usually, the human psyche is first disturbed by ghosts when the human brain can be directly affected at certain times by the energy of the creature.
What is the "trance" work process? Electromagnetic energy coming from ghosts enters through the bloodstream to the brain. When that energy arrives in the brain, the ghost is able to control the human body it possesses. Because, in the brain there is access to motion throughout the body through the nervous system. Not only that, people who experience psychiatric illness will also experience possession continuously, because basically the body of a mentally ill person is empty, so that ghosts easily enter the person.
Where does the ghost live? They socialize with us, live with us, but we cannot see their form. We can only feel their presence at certain times.
from: investigasi-misteri.blogspot.com/ Posted by ade candra.
To the fearful it is threatening because it means that things may get worse. To the hopeful it is encouraging because things may bet better. To the confident it is inspiring because the challenge now exists to make things better. King Whitney Jr.
Untitled 3 - Darkness:
The series 'Darkness' consists of three cinematic images depicting an unsettled individual confined within a psychological landscape of mystery and melancholy.
At night, the streets are quieter, the lights are stronger, the alleys are darker, and the atmosphere is moodier. There is an air of uncertainty and a feeling of potential danger lurking in the shadows, especially when alone. In contrast, light can provide a sense of safety and security. The subject is in a state of isolation, apprehension, and loneliness, surrounded by a shroud of darkness, in both senses of the word.
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pastel 31: eating one's fear
mixed media: pastels on cardboard framed on wood, collaged paper, tissue paper, stamps
24" x 19"
we all have fears, anxieties, concerns. how best to deal with them?
if we let them they can "consume" us....or...we can deal with them directly, head on, conquer and extinguish them as best we can.
that is what i prefer to do...whenever possible.
sometimes it is an arduous task.
this is my psychological study of how i deal with my anxieties. i prefer to confront them head on. otherwise they can paralyze me.
the only thing that i have anxiety about is flying. this is a major phobia for me. and, for those of you who know me.....i love to travel. i never fly in the united states. i go everywhere by car (which works well as i love to camp and hike). however, there are places one can not get to by car...i have recently traveled by plane to central america, west africa, south east asia (17 hours non-stop to thailand!), france/spain. i plan on returning to africa and also nepal, bhutan, india (for the 2nd time) skikkim and tibet. these are places i must fly to! so what do i do? well i've tried all sorts of "help" and the only thing that works is: drugs! i take xanax (an anti-anxiety medication). i still "know" i am scared out of my mind but i do not "feel" the fear. and i only take xanax when i fly.
other than that there isn't anything else that i am anxious about. basically, for me, life is excellent!
also.....one way i think to work out concerns is to do it in my art. maybe that is why my art is so "outside the edge"!!!!!
jennifer beinhacker
art outside the edge
From the Press Newspaper:
"Christchurch's killer quake gave a jolt to the country's nerves, with doctors issuing a record number of sedatives and other pills to calm mental anguish.
In the wake of last February's 6.3 quake, which killed 182 people and devastated Christchurch, figures from national pharmaceutical management agency Pharmac show prescriptions for mental health-related conditions rocketed to a national record increasing by 41,000 scripts.
The Canterbury district health board saw the single biggest lift, from 38,000 scripts in February to 47,000 in March, a rise of 9000.
But the same increase in scripts were issued by Auckland's three health boards.
Eighteen district health board regions reported increases.
New Zealand Psychological Society president Frank O'Connor was not surprised by the figures. ''It's not the earthquake itself, its that everything's changed, everything's different,'' he said.
''It's a reminder that we don't know what's going to happen.''
In February there were 256,000 prescriptions but by March that had risen to a record 297,000, a 16 per cent jump, with the bulk of the increase coming in sedatives and antidepressants."
Psychological Torture
I took a break from most posting, just after we left Wyoming, in October. I hope you enjoyed the Holidays.
Our first full day of Boondocking in Arizona; we had an airplane fly directly over our heads, as we sat out having my morning coffee. It was only a few hundred feet above us; well below FFA regulations. We get the same treatment here, as we did in Wyoming, driving through Colorado, and New Mexico. If you look, listen and read through my photostream; you will see, example after example.
The photo of the plane you see; was taken Christmas week. It was the morning after, I flipped off a low flying airplane, that keeps buzzing Koda and I. I was taking Koda out to use the bathroom, in the morning. We were out a few minutes, and we get buzzed, directly over our heads, by an extremely low flying plain. I flipped the pilot off, as he flew over. The next morning; I go to take Koda out, this plane/camper is parked, so it’s the first thing I see, as I opened my door. It had to do some maneuvering, to be placed where it was. We are currently boondocking in Arizona again. This is a good example of our Government’s, and the types of people it enlist, to conduct these types of PsyOps, on US Citizens. This is right out of our Military Play Books; the 1st thing I see, the next morning, is a plane with the words “Flipping The Bird”. If you think this is a coincidence; look through my photostream.
This is just one of the many examples, of how our Government, it’s Agencies, and Corporate America, keeps those brave enough to expose the Truth; in check. Seriously; who has this kind of coordination, speed, communication, and financing?
This is one aspect of a Targets life. You add to that, constant harassment, mobbing, intimidation, manipulation, Gas Lighting, and Street Theater; it leads to overwhelming psychological torture, abuse, and isolation. Once the Target is isolated, in their homes, their residence; they are bombarded with more Psychological Torture, Electronic Weapons Assaults, Noise Campaigns, Sleep Deprivation. Again, right out of the CIA, Military Play Books.
Seriously, this plane being placed there, the following morning, after I flip a pilot off; is not a coincidence. It was pulled in on a flatbed trailer, by a red pickup. This happens to thousands of average Americans, on US Soil. What most have in common; is the courage to stand up to Corporations, Our Government, it’s Corrupt Agencies, and Law Enforcement. Am I saying all are corrupt; of course not. But, those with most of the power are. Those with the most influence, are.
The mainstream media; has reported on US Diplomats and other Government Officials, being hit with Direct Energy Weapons. The CIA pretends it doesn’t know the origins, and continues to point the finger towards Russia. The CIA, FBI, or the mainstream media; have failed to report, the thousands of US Citizens, on US Soil, being daily Targets of these Direct Energy Weapons.
Russia, is not using Direct Energy Weapons on US Citizens, on US Soil.
Russia is not using US Military Aircraft, to Buzz, Intimidate, Harass and Isolate; US Citizens, on US Soil.
Russia, is not Mobbing, Harassing, Intimidating, and Gas Lighting; US Citizens, on US Soil.
Russia, is not retaliating against, US Whistleblowers, of the US Government, it’s Agencies, Corporate America, and Law Enforcement.
Russia is not Isolating US Citizens; so they can be Bombarded with Electronic Weapons in their own homes, their residence, place of work, or at public venues.
Russia is not Harassing, Intimidating, Mobbing, Gas Lighting, using Direct Energy Weapons, on US Veterans; in VA Clinics, or VA Hospitals; because they expose the incompetence, corruption and waste.
The Plane you see in this image, is gone. It has been replaced by others and others; that continue the cycle of egregious, hate, ignorance and Torture. In its space now; is a 5th wheel camper, truck, jeep and cargo trailer. They follow us from camp to camp. Our camp is completely surrounded by ignorance, hate, sociopaths and criminals. These people turn off the gas valve to our refrigerator; when we go on long walks. Or, at night, while we sleep, go to appointments, or get groceries. These same people knock on the back of our Motorhome; as I watch a movie, or try to sleep. These people follow us in their vehicles, ATV, eBikes, motorcycles, airplanes and helicopters. They leave dog food (that is not Koda’s brand), on the floor and by our solar panels; when we dump and fill tanks, or leave for VA appointments and groceries.
The last Dogie Day Care we used; abused Koda. When I went to pick him up the last time, he couldn’t wait to get in the car. He flinched when I went to pet him. He ignored me all the way back to camp. When I went to drop him off again, after that. He whimpered when we pulled in. He whined at the door, pulled on the leash. When the woman came to the door; he urinated and trembled. She said, “he will be fine, when he gets in with the other dogs”. I said, “something has happened, I’m not leaving him here”, I didn’t. I had to reschedule my VA appointment.
This is the America we live in, don’t let anyone tell you it’s not. I have a lot more to catch you up on.
Thanks for visiting our photostream.
Riddle us this: what cerebral criminal with an affinity for purple and green loves challenging the Dark Knight with cleverly calculated crimes and puzzling plots?
One of the Dark Knight's most infamous villains, Edward Nygma enjoys flaunting his intellectual superiority by conducting crimes and leaving clues for Batman to piece together. While this habit constantly leads to the aptly named Riddler failing in his criminal endeavors, his puzzle-problem actually stems not only from his own narcissism and ego, but also from a deep-seeded psychological compulsion. Because of this, the Riddler often finds himself a resident of Arkham Asylum following his inevitable capture.
Possessing a genius-level intellect, the Riddler creates elaborate, sometimes Rube Goldberg-esque traps, and is even willing to use innocent civilians as bait. Although not physically imposing, the Riddler's brilliance, neurosis and lack of empathy make him an incredibly dangerous foe. He cares very little—if at all—about the lives of those he uses in his plots and instead only sees them as disposable pawns in his continuing intellectual battle against Batman.
Edward Nygma is the Riddler, a master strategist who incorporates riddles into his crimes in Gotham City, making him an enemy of its protector Batman.
Golden Age
The origin story recounts Edward Nigma's fascination with puzzles from a young age. After a teacher announces that a contest will be held over who can solve a puzzle the fastest, Nigma sets his sights on winning this, craving the glory and satisfaction that will come with the victory. He breaks into the school at night to practice the puzzle until he is able to solve it in under a minute. Due to this he wins the contest and is given a book of riddles as a prize. His cheating rewarded, Edward embraced the mastery of puzzles of all kinds, eventually becoming a carnival employee who excelled at cheating his customers out of their money with his bizarre puzzles and mind games. He soon finds himself longing for greater challenges and thrills and dons the disguise of the "Riddler" to challenge Batman, believing him to be a worthy adversary. In his first encounter with the Dynamic Duo, Riddler first tried to confound the crime-fighters with his infamous double-entry Riddle Clues and then tried to kill them both in a booby-trapped glass maze on a pier, sealing the door so they couldn't leave the structure before it exploded, only for Batman and Robin to escape and the Riddler "vanishing" after getting knocked into the sea by the explosion, leaving only his trademark "?" floating in the water.
Post Crisis on Infinite Earths
Origin
Before the Mask
Ed Nygma, Wayne Enterprises employee
Before the first appearance "the Batman", Edward Nygma was the trusted strategist of Philip Kane, Bruce Wayne's uncle and the CEO of Wayne Enterprises during Wayne's absence, despite Nygma having what was described as a "questionable past".
When Bruce Wayne returned to Gotham and threatened to uproot all the shady plans Nygma had for Wayne Enterprises, Nygma sent the Red Hood Gang after the prodigal son, only for the assassination attempt to fail. His position at Wayne Enterprises now compromised, Nygma departed to begin his endgame for Gotham, giving his boss Philip Kane his resignation in the form of trapping him in his office with a magnet.
"Zero Year"
Having strategically calculated his plans for Gotham, Nygma, donning the alias "the Riddler", cut the power throughout the entire city, telling the people that they would need to get smart or die. As the lights darkened in Gotham, Riddler kicked off what would later be called "Zero Year". Working with a vengeful scientist named Karl Helfern, Riddler sat back as Helfern collected all the materials needed to bring the city to its knees. While Helfern's motives were to hurt Wayne Enterprises, Riddler's motives were to make the city of Gotham smarter - to eradicate those that dumbed down the human race.
Riddler's beginning
As Batman was distracted with Dr. Helfern, Riddler used the time to further the survival challenge he initiated in Gotham by blowing up the retaining walls around Gotham. The approaching hurricane that the city had been preparing for was now unchallenged, and the streets immediately flooded with several feet of water. Using a special chemical developed by Dr. Pamela Isley, Riddler hastened the growth of plants throughout the city - now a dark, savage jungle under Riddler's thumb.
Working with Lieutenant Gordon and Lucius Fox, Batman discovered the Riddler's location after multiple difficult tasks to find his broadcasting spot, tracking him to the Gotham Museum. Finally coming face-to-face, Riddler challenged Batman one last time by demanding he answer twelve riddles. Batman went along with it for a bit, afraid that the villain would detonate weather balloons throughout the city if he did not play along, but ultimately punched Riddler in the face before the mastermind had a chance to ask all his questions. Turning the power back on, Riddler's reign was ended. Nygma, deemed too dangerous for the usual Blackgate Penitentiary, was put in a straight jacket and detained at Arkham Asylum.
The War of Jokes and Riddles
Riddler vs. Joker
After having been imprisoned for about a year following the Zero Year, the Riddler had become a tool for the GCPD whenever they found themselves stumped during an investigation until the day he finally escaped, threatening every guard on his way out of his cell by simply reciting the names of all of their loved ones. Hearing about a seemingly inconsistent string of murders committed by the Joker, the Riddler visited the clown, telling him he deduced that the Joker had lost his ability to laugh and suggested teaming up to take down Batman would be just what he needed. However, the Joker didn't find this offer funny and shot Nygma in the stomach, beginning the event that would later be called, "the War of Jokes and Riddles".
Recruiting every supervillain in Gotham they could, Joker and Riddler both amassed small armies to fight one another, leaving Batman and the rest of the city caught in the middle. For weeks the two sides fought, with Batman unable to contain the casualties caused by both armies; the Bat was forced to ally himself with one side in order to first defeat the other. Batman chose to work with the Riddler, despite Nygma having murdered Kite-Man's young son in a power play, in order to track down the Joker and finally end the war.
In the final confrontation with the clown, after Batman had inevitably betrayed him, Riddler surrendered and revealed that every move of the war - even Kite-Man's involvement - was orchestrated by him as a means to solve the ultimate riddle - how to make the Joker laugh again. Batman, furious over all the civilian casualties, attempted to stab the Riddler with a kitchen knife, only for Nygma to be saved by the Joker himself, an act that was so surprising that Joker regained his ability to laugh. The two criminals were both arrested and taken to Arkham Asylum.
Other Early Crimes
Sometime not long after the War, Joker and Riddler returned to the streets and put their past transgressions behind them. They, along with the Penguin and Catwoman, were contacted by the Designer - a new criminal in Gotham who volunteered to make their wildest schemes a reality. The Riddler agreed to the deal and asked the Designer for unlimited access to deathtraps to use against the Gotham City police. However, the Joker caused the whole deal to fall apart and seemingly killed the Designer, and the villains burned down his base to leave no trace.
At some point, Edward fathered a daughter known as Enigma. Later, perceiving her as less intelligent than himself, he attempted to kill her, though he was unsuccessful.
Nygma would later be returned to Arkham.
New 52
Death of the Family
The Strategist
With the Joker's return to Gotham, sporting his own cut-off face as a mask after a yearlong absence, the clown prince took over Arkham and began to spruce it up in anticipation of Batman's arrival. Nygma, still in his cell, asked Joker to let him out using the keycard of a dead guard. Considering Riddler to be a useful ally, Joker decided to challenge the Riddler in order to make sure he was at the top of his game for when Batman arrived. Tossing a toxic gas capsule into his cell, Joker told Riddler that, in order to survive, the mastermind had to figure out a way to get himself out of the cell. Without a problem, Riddler succeeded in his escape, using only one of the multiple ways he had thought of in advance, and joined Joker in his plan, being given the title of "strategist" in Joker's royal interpretation of Batman's rogues gallery.
After the Joker's defeat, Riddler was taken back to his cell in Arkham.
Forever Evil
When the Crime Syndicate arrived on Earth, the team of super-criminals liberated Riddler, as well as all the other villains around the country, after seemingly killing the Justice League. Nygma, taking advantage of his freedom, immediately invaded the Wayne Enterprises building in order to kill a security guard who had denied him a pack of cards five years ago. Alone in Wayne Tower, having defeated all the advanced security systems of the building, Riddler opened up a pack of cards and played solitaire, waiting for Batman to eventually return.
Endgame
During Joker's endgame, Riddler remained in his cell in Arkham Manor while the rest of the city was infected by Joker's mind control toxin.
When the city was saved and Batman was seemingly killed, the inmates were shipped off, and Wayne Manor was restored to Bruce Wayne, who was trying to restart his life after receiving amnesia during the Joker attack. However, Riddler, Clayface, and Mister Freeze secretly remained behind and ambushed Wayne as he attempted to move back in, hellbent on ruining his life the same way he ruined theirs by funding Batman. The villains were eventually foiled by the new Batman, and Riddler was brought back to the newly renovated Arkham Asylum.
Mockingbird
Using the alias Mockingbird, the Riddler gathered a group of six villains and trapped them aboard a sinking container.
Fighting the Flash
Another formidable opponent - the Flash
Sometime during his stay in Arkham Asylum, Nygma became interested in how to stop the Flash, considering him a new and formidable opponent. After a breakout, Nygma gained possession of the Flash villain Heat Wave after he had been left for dead in Gotham during the the Crime Syndicate's invasion. Next, the mastermind donated an army of "protection" drones to Central City through a collection of shell companies and waited until the police force fell right into his trap by activating them throughout the city. Finally, maneuvering public opinion against the Flash, Riddler secretly convinced the police force to allow the Rogues to arrest its city's hero, under the pretense that he was a threat.
When the Flash was finally captured, the Riddler revealed himself and took control of the drones that had been sent to patrol the city, threatening to use them to kill anybody if the Flash activated his powers. After the Flash was saved by Pied Piper from police custody, Nygma announced that, if the Flash did not reveal his secret identity to the world, he would destroy Central City by using Heat Wave, his hostage, as a human-nuke. Working together with the Rogues, who felt betrayed by the Riddler, the Flash defeated Nygma and the drones and handed him over to the Central City police to be taken back to Gotham.
Rebirth
I Am Bane
Riddler assisted Bane in unlocking a high tech door in Arkham, allowing him access to confront Batman.
Defiance, The Society
Riddler placed Deathstroke on trial for appearing to have reformed, and using Hector Hammond's abilities, he convinces the Secret Society of Super-Villains that Deathstroke is indeed evil by showcasing a simulation of the assassin killing them all right before Deathstroke himself is kidnapped.
Doomsday Clock
During the Doomsday Clock, the Riddler held an underground meeting with several supervillains to talk about the Superman Theory, but the meeting was crashed by the Comedian, who shoots Riddler in the leg.
Death Metal
After Batman accidentally unleashed an ancient evil from the Dark Multiverse, one of the cross-dimensional Dark Knights called the Batman Who Laughs came to Gotham and offered some of its villains metal Joker cards that could give them powers to bend reality. Riddler, serving time in Arkham Asylum, was personally handed a card by the Batman. Riddler used his new power to create a labyrinth around the city, acting as its first line of defense against heroes who wanted to reclaim it. His compulsion to tell riddles was again his downfall though when he was defeated by the newly formed Gotham Resistance.
Infinite Frontier
The Hill
A former mob hitman known as "Mr. Fun" went on a killing spree across The Hill, a lower-class neighbourhood in Gotham. The Riddler deduced the "Hill Ripper's" true identity, but rather than report it to the police he instead decided to plant riddles at the crime scene which would lead to an elaborate scavenger hunt ending at the killer's house. However, the GCPD could not solve the Riddles and, as they were no longer cooperating with Batman, the Dark Knight never found out about them. The Batgirls stumbled across his trail of clues, but rather than play his game they just trailed his henchman Killer Moth back to the Hill Ripper's hideout. He revealed the killer's true identity and escaped, but before he left he told Stephanie Brown that her father the Cluemaster was alive.
Skills and abilities
The Riddler is a criminal genius capable of extraordinary lateral thinking in decoding and formulating puzzles of all kinds. As a private detective during the time he was reformed, he demonstrated investigative skills that rival those of the Dark Knight. However, Batman's observations note that "[Nigma] exhibits personality disorders consistent with a fanatic narcissist, egocentrism, and megalomania crossed with severe obsessive compulsion".
Like most of Batman's enemies (and Batman himself), the Riddler has no superhuman abilities but is a highly cunning criminal strategist. He is not especially talented in fisticuffs (although his endurance has grown from having to engage in it over the years), but sometimes employs weaponry that exploits his gimmick, such as exploding jigsaw pieces, question-mark-shaped pistols, and his infamous question-mark staff, known to house a wide variety of technological devices and weapons. He is shown to be skilled with engineering and technology, having confronted Batman and Robin with unique and elaborate deathtraps. He is also well known for being Batman's most intelligent adversary, and with a flexible theme to his crimes compared to similar criminals: all the Riddler requires is to be able to describe his threatened crime with a riddle or puzzle. Riddler once tried to commit crimes without leaving any clues using self hypnosis; however, he learned too late that while he was asleep his unconscious mind left riddling clues, causing Batman and Robin to capture him. Riddler has a grudging respect for Batman in that he is the only adversary that has a intellectual genius equal to the Riddler; in the episode of Batman the animated series titled "What is Reality"? Riddler came close to defeating Batman once and for all; when Batman was forced to engage in a mind battle of the intellect versus the Riddler after Riddler "captured" Jim Gordon's mind in a virtual reality computer, Batman not only saved Gordon but also gave Riddler a riddle of his own: How could Riddler spread his consciousness 32 times more than Batman and still keep the mental concentration to keep his virtual ward "Riddlerville" together? The answer was that the Riddler couldn't keep his "Virtual World together" and instead suffered an emotional breakdown with his mind trapped in the virtual computer world until his next appearance.
However, the threat that Riddler actually poses is somewhat inconsistent across his various stories. His most formidable depictions emphasize his intelligence and cunning, portraying him as one of few rogues capable of seriously taxing Batman's mental prowess, while also willing to take the precaution of obtaining firearms to deal with the superhero. Some recent depictions, however, have placed a derogatory focus on his flamboyant gimmickry and relative lack of major victories (even despite this applying to most of Batman's enemies), portraying him as petty, overconfident, relatively harmless, and held in low esteem.
The latter approach has proved polarizing, with some fans finding it wasteful in light of the character's classic status and history of compelling stories, while others argue that most of his popularity has come from media other than his comic storylines and enjoy the notion of knowing that his "real" threat level is overrated. In recent years the Riddler has been consistently depicted as a serious threat, with notable successes.
⚡ Happy 🎯 Heroclix 💫 Friday! 👽
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A year of the shows and performers of the Bijou Planks Theater.
Secret Identity: Edward Nigma
Publisher: DC Comics
First appearance: Detective Comics #140 (October 1948)
Created by Bill Finger (Writer)
Dick Sprang (Artist)
The Riddler has appeared before in BP 2021 Day 277!
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He has also been seen trying to ruin Christmas!
week 46 ~ embracing pluto
The second part of the month will bring some psychological discomfort on account of increased relational tension, which can entail physical discomfort.
The nervous system will require protection. Make sure you'll have enough sleep.
The title of the photo is a play on words. The profile of a girl in a square academic cap (bonette) belongs to a graduate of the psychological faculty of Moscow State University.
Diploma received. Evening. The young psychologist looks to the sky and to the future, which is hidden from all of us.
Margherita
Enough with violence against women (1/4)
In an attempt to present something socially useful, Michele & Miriam have chosen to address the theme "Enough with violence against women", sadly a topical topic.
Gender-based violence often occurs close to us, invisible and more frequent than we suppose. It remains silent and persistent, not casual as when it appears on the news or when it is remembered on special occasions.
Psychological and physical violence, condemnation and liberation are featured in this unpublished photographic series, presented at the group exhibition "Coetus: multiplicity" in San Donà di Piave - Venice Italy in the year 2022.
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Basta con la violenza sulle donne (1 di 4)
Nel tentativo di presentare qualcosa di socialmente utile, Michele & Miriam hanno scelto il tema "Basta con la violenza sulle donne", argomento, purtroppo tristemente, di attualità.
La violenza di genere avviene spesso vicino a noi, invisibile e più frequente di quanto percepiamo. Rimane silenziosa e costante, non episodica come quando compare nei telegiornali o viene ricordata nei giorni ad essa dedicati.
Violenza psicologica e fisica, denuncia e liberazione, compaiono in questa serie fotografica inedita, presentata alla mostra collettiva "Coetus: molteplicità" a San Donà di Piave - Venezia Italia nell'anno 2022.
Anima Series 5
Sitting No. 123
Lismore NSW 2017
women are not the 'weaker' sex at all
strength is not merely physical in nature
but is largely emotional or psychological
weakness is a product of fear and
physical violence is it's most destructive voice
there's many things men can learn from women
but making weapons of mass destruction isn't one of them
Adesso, che ho superato già tanti dolori e posso leggere il mio destino come una mappa piena di errori, quando non sento nessuna compassione di me stesso e posso passare in rassegna la mia esistenza senza sentimentalismi, perché ho trovato una relativa pace, lamento soltanto la perdita dell'innocenza. Mi manca l'idealismo della gioventù, del tempo in cui esisteva ancora per me una chiara linea divisoria tra il bene e il male e credevo che fosse possibile agire sempre in accordo con princìpi inamovibili.
(da Il piano infinito - Isabel Allende )
Transhumanism (abbreviated as H+ or h+) is an international and intellectual movement that aims to transform the human condition by developing and creating widely available sophisticated technologies to greatly enhance human intellectual, physical, and psychological capacities.Transhumanist thinkers study the potential benefits and dangers of emerging technologies that could overcome fundamental human limitations, as well as the ethics[3] of using such technologies.The most common thesis is that human beings may eventually be able to transform themselves into different beings with abilities so greatly expanded from the natural condition as to merit the label of posthuman beings.The contemporary meaning of the term transhumanism was foreshadowed by one of the first professors of futurology, FM-2030, who taught "new concepts of the human" at The New School in the 1960s, when he began to identify people who adopt technologies, lifestyles and worldviews "transitional" to posthumanity as "transhuman".This hypothesis would lay the intellectual groundwork for the British philosopher Max More to begin articulating the principles of transhumanism as a futurist philosophy in 1990 and organizing in California an intelligentsia that has since grown into the worldwide transhumanist movement.
The year 1990 is seen as a "fundamental shift" in human existence by the transhuman community, as the first gene therapy trial,[8] the first designer babies,[9] as well as the mind-augmenting World Wide Web all emerged in that year. In many ways, one could argue the conditions that will eventually lead to the Singularity were set in place by these events in 1990.[original research?]Influenced by seminal works of science fiction, the transhumanist vision of a transformed future humanity has attracted many supporters and detractors from a wide range of perspectives including philosophy and religion.Transhumanism has been characterized by one critic, Francis Fukuyama, as among the world's most dangerous ideas,to which Ronald Bailey countered that it is rather the "movement that epitomizes the most daring, courageous, imaginative and idealistic aspirations of humanity".
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transhumanism
What does it mean to be human? Biology has a simple answer: If your DNA is consistent with Homo sapiens, you are human — but we all know that humanity is a lot more complex and nuanced than that. Other schools of science might classify humans by their sociological or psychological behavior, but again we know that actually being human is more than just the sum of our thoughts and actions. You can also look at being human as a sliding scale. If you were to build a human from scratch, from the bottom up, at some point you cross the threshold into humanity — if you believe in evolution, at some point we ceased being a great ape and became human. Likewise, if you slowly remove parts from a human, you cross the threshold into inhumanity. Again, though, we run into the same problem: How do we codify, classify, and ratify what actually makes us human?Does adding empathy make us human? Does removing the desire to procreate make us inhuman? If I physically alter my brain to behave in a different, non-standard way, am I still human? If I have all my limbs removed and my head spliced onto a robot, am I still human? (See: Upgrade your ears: Elective auditory implants give you cyborg hearing.) At first glance these questions might sound inflammatory and hyperbolic, or perhaps surreal and sci-fi, but don’t be fooled: In the next decade, given the continued acceleration of computer technology and biomedicine, we will be forced to confront these questions and attempt to find some answers.
Transhumanism is a cultural and intellectual movement that believes we can, and should, improve the human condition through the use of advanced technologies. One of the core concepts in transhumanist thinking is life extension: Through genetic engineering, nanotech, cloning, and other emerging technologies, eternal life may soon be possible. Likewise, transhumanists are interested in the ever-increasing number of technologies that can boost our physical, intellectual, and psychological capabilities beyond what humans are naturally capable of (thus the term transhuman). Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), for example, which speeds up reaction times and learning speed by running a very weak electric current through your brain, has already been used by the US military to train snipers. On the more extreme side, transhumanism deals with the concepts of mind uploading (to a computer), and what happens when we finally craft a computer with greater-than-human intelligence (the technological singularity). (See: How to create a mind, or die trying.Beyond the obvious benefits of eternal life or superhuman strength, transhumanism also investigates the potential dangers and ethical pitfalls of human enhancement. In the case of life extension, if every human on Earth suddenly stopped dying, overpopulation would trigger a very rapid and very dramatic socioeconomic disaster. Unless we stopped giving birth to babies, of course, but that merely rips open another can of worms: Without birth and death, would society and humanity continue to grow and evolve, or would it stagnate, suffocated by the accumulated ego of intellectuals and demagogues who just will not die? Likewise, if only the rich have access to intelligence- and strength-boosting drugs and technologies, what would happen to society? Should everyone have the right to boost their intellect? Would society still operate smoothly if everyone had an IQ of 300 and five doctorate degrees?As you can see, things get complicated quickly when discussing transhumanist ideas — and life extension and augmented intelligence and strength are just the tip of the iceberg! This philosophical and ethical complexity stems from the fact that transhumanism is all about fusing humans with technology — and technology is advancing, improving, and breaking new ground very, very quickly. Humans have always used technology, of course — our ability to use tools and grasp concepts such as science and physics are what set us apart from other animals — but never has society been so intrinsically linked and underpinned by it. As we have seen in just the last few years, with the advent of the smartphone and ubiquitous high-speed mobile networks, just a handful of new technologies now have the power to completely change how we interact with the the world and people around us..Humans, on the other hand, and the civilizations that they build, move relatively slowly. It took us millions of years to discover language, and thousands more to discover medicine and the scientific method. In the few thousand years since, up until the last century or so, we doubled the human life span, but neurology and physiology were impenetrable black boxes. In just the last 100 years, we’ve doubled our life span again, created bionic eyes and powered exoskeletons, begun to understand how the human brain actually works, and started to make serious headway with boosting intellectual and physical prowess. We’ve already mentioned how tDCS is being used to boost cranial capacity, and as we’ve seen in recent years, sportspeople have definitely shown the efficacy of physical doping.An early television: It would've seemed incredibly alien to our grandparentsIt is due to this jarring juxtaposition — the historical slowness of human and societal evolution vs. the breakneck pace of modern technology — that many find transhumanism to be unpalatable. After all, as I’ve described it here, transhumanism is almost the very definition of unnatural. You’re quite within your rights to find transhumanism a bit, well, weird. And it is weird, don’t get me wrong — but so are most emerging technologies. Do you think that your great grandparents weren’t wigged out by the first television sets? Before it garnered the name “television,” one of its inventors gave it the rather spooky name of “distant electric vision.” Can you imagine the wariness in which passengers approached the first steam trains? Vast mechanical beasts that could pull hundreds of tons and moved far faster than the humble — but state-of-the-art — horse and carriage.The uneasiness that surround new, paradigm-shifting technologies isn’t new, and it has only been amplified by the exponential acceleration of technology that has occurred during our lifetime. If you were born 500 years ago, odds are that you wouldn’t experience a single societal-shifting technology in your lifetime — today, a 40 year old will have lived through the creation of the PC, the internet, the smartphone, and brain implants, to name just a few life-changing technologies. It is unsettling, to say the least, to have the rug repeatedly pulled out from under you, especially when it’s your livelihood at stake. Just think about how many industries and jobs have been obliterated or subsumed by the arrival of the digital computer, and it’s easy to see why we’re wary of transhumanist technologies that will change the very fabric of human civilization.The good news, though, is that humans are almost infinitely adaptable. While you or I might balk at the idea of a brain-computer interface that allows us to download our memories to a PC, and perhaps upload new memories a la The Matrix, our children — who can use smartphones at the age of 24 months, and communicate chiefly through digital means — will probably think nothing of it. For the children of tomorrow, living through a series of disruptive technologies that completely change their lives will be the norm. There might still be some resistance when I opt to have my head spliced onto a robotic exoskeleton, but within a generation children will be used to seeing Iron Seb saving people from car crashes and flying alongside airplanes.The fact of the matter is that transhumanism is just a modern term for an age-old phenomenon. We have been augmenting our humanity — our strength, our wisdom, our empathy — with tools since prehistory. We have always been spooked by technologies that seem unnatural or that cause us to act in inhuman ways — it’s simply human nature. That all changes with the children of today, however. To them, anything that isn’t computerized, digital, and touch-enabled seems unnatural. To them, the smartphone is already an extension of the brain; to them, mind uploading, bionic implants and augmentations, and powered exoskeletons will just be par for the course. To them, transhumanism will just seem like natural evolution — and anyone who doesn’t follow suit, just like those fuddy-duddies who still don’t have a smartphone, will seem thoroughly inhuman.
www.extremetech.com/extreme/152240-what-is-transhumanism-...
Humanity+ is an international nonprofit membership organization that advocates the ethical use of technology to expand human capacities. In other words, we want people to be better than well.Our Humanity+ conferences explore innovations of science and technology and their relationship to humanity. Recent conferences have been held at San Francisco State University, Polytechnic University in Hong Kong, Parsons The New School for Design in New York City, California Technology Institute, and Harvard University.
humanityplus.org/?gclid=Cj0KEQjwipi4BRD7t6zGl6m75IgBEiQAn...
Humanism is a philosophical and ethical stance that emphasizes the value and agency of human beings, individually and collectively, and generally prefers critical thinking and evidence (rationalism, empiricism) over acceptance of dogma or superstition. The meaning of the term humanism has fluctuated according to the successive intellectual movements which have identified with it.Generally, however, humanism refers to a perspective that affirms some notion of human freedom and progress. In modern times, humanist movements are typically aligned with secularism, and today humanism typically refers to a non-theistic life stance centred on human agency and looking to science rather than revelation from a supernatural source to understand the world.[
Hello, I have returned!
Oh, it's Ashuraman!*
We were-
Silence! I will now cue the announcer for... A LONG RAMBLING STORY OF MY PAST!
Nooooo!~!!!
Ashuraman is a member of the Six Devil Knights, before becoming a Justice Chojin.
Personality
Ashuraman starts as a typical Devil Chojin, acting in a brutal and merciless way during his fights, and adding a disturbing feature: he can take other people’s arms, technique that he uses against Terryman, both in a psychological and physical way. He is also shown to be an strategic and cunning fighter, that was even able to imitate the Kinniku Buster, giving birth to his Ashura Buster.
However, although he is supposed to not only be one of the Six Devil Knights and the prince of the Hell Realm, he has a more softer and kind side, which he always tries to hide, causing him live between the Devil Chojin and the Justice Chojin.
Appearance
He is a Devil Chojin, often blue-skinned, with six arms and three faces: one smiling, one angry, and one cold. Sometimes his skin color is changed to a light tan, giving him a more human appearance.
Relationships
Ashuraman hates weakness among the Devil Chojin. When the Seven Devil Chojin failed to stop Kinnikuman, he and the other Devil Knights decapitated them and stole their arms for Ashuraman's purposes. For some reason, he couldn't steal Buffaloman's arms. And to make matters worse for Buffaloman, Ashuraman admits that Buffaloman had the potential to be a Devil Knight before the meeting with Kinnikuman Soldier, but Buffaloman lets his emotions sway him.
Sunshine
He is absolutely loyal to General Devil and the other Devil Knights, but his strongest relationship lies with his friend Sunshine as they formed a tag team during the Dream Tag Tournament arc.
Abilities
Ashuraman has the power of stealing other Chojin arms and using them as his own. It has a weakness: if the Chojin is still alive, they can manipulate their stolen arms to their liking.
Prehistory
Twenty years previous to the events in the Survivor Match for the Kinniku Throne Arc, Ashuraman was personally trained by Samson. He is being taught the Ashura Izuna Drop, where he is warned never to let his opponent invert his technique, after having mildly injured himself.
Kinnikuman
Ashuraman is one of the Six Devil Knights during the Golden Mask Arc. He fights for Akuma Shogun, and fights against Terryman during a tournament, which ends in a double-knockout. He returns during the Dream Chojin Tag Arc, where e forms a tag-team with Sunshine as the Stray Devil Chojin Combo, and win against the New Machineguns, only to later lose against the Muscle Brothers. He will finally appear in the Survivor Match for the Kinniku Throne Arc, where he forms a part of Team Soldier, but his match against Satin Cross also ends in a double-knockout.
Golden Mask Arc
Ashuraman, with his distinctive six arms and three faces, initially appeared as one of the Devil Knights, Devil Chojin who stole the sacred Golden Mask of the Kinniku Clan. He first fought Terryman in the Five Story Ring battles inside Warsman's unconscious body. In this fight he introduced a new version of the Kinniku Buster: the Ashura Buster. If Terry were to have gone through even one Ashura Buster, his body would've been pulled apart. Luckily, Kinnikuman jumped into the ring and cushioned the blow. Terry then broke off Ashuraman's top two arms, causing his own arms to be on the verge of falling off.
It is here that Ashuraman reveals his ability to regenerate his arms by stealing the arms of others. As soon as Terry's arms fell off, they appeared on Ashuraman. He tried a second Ashura Buster on Terry, but Geronimo's tomahawks (protruding through the ring above for Terry to grab) and Buffaloman's arms (which suddenly appeared on Terry) put a stop to it. The fight eventually went out of the ring and, after Terry restarted Warsman's heart, they scramble to make it back to the ring before being counted out. With his last ounce of strength, Terry used Buffaloman's arms to stop Ashuraman from re-entering the ring, causing the match to end in a double count-out.
Because of this, he was the sole surviving Devil Knight when General Devil was revived, and when they both left Warsman's body, Ashuraman engages Kinnikuman soon afterwards, and was soon defeated by an incomplete Kinniku Driver. As punishment for his defeat, General Devil decapitates Ashuraman with his sword, and Ashuraman merges with his master's being like the others.
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After deciding that they will participate in the Dream Tag Tournament, Sunshine informs him that he will try to find a new technique, and also try to start an exclusive training to become stronger. Ashuraman agrees, and sees Sunshine become sand and traveling through the wind. Once Sunshine returns, he shows him his new technique, the Cursed Roller. Now they were ready to enter the tournament!
Dream Chojin Tag Arc
Ashuraman, as a part of the Stray Akuma Chojin Combo with Sunshine, takes part to the Dream Chojin Tag Tournament. The two demons, last survivors of the Golden Mask Arc concoct a plan to steal the Friendship Power of the Justice Chojin by using some cursed dolls.
They manage to steal the very emotion of friendship among the Justice Chojin, greatly weakening them, as a Justice Chojin can't fight without friendship in his heart.
As such, Ashuraman and Sunshine are able to beat effortlessly the Big Bombers and the New Machineguns, in the process turning the former friends Kinnikuman and Terryman against each other.
While during the fight against the New Machineguns Sunshine begins to believe in the power of friendship, Ashuraman keeps holding to his ideal as an uncaring, evil fiend, and by observing how the attempts made by Kinnikuman and Kinnikuman Great to save Geronimo and Terryman ended up in their cursed doll being broken, he claims the breaks are parts of a prophecy, and uses Sunshine's Cursed Roller to injure his foes where the dolls were broken: Geronimo ends up with a badly shattered right arm, and Terryman is forced to surrender his Star Emblems, or get Geronimo killed and himself decapitated.
The prophecy comes to pass in a roundabout way: Prince Kamehame, the former Kinnikuman Great, succumbs because of the strain of helping the New Machineguns and decapitates Terryman, giving him the Kinnikuman Great to allow him fight with Kinnikuman even though he lacks the Star Emblems and Kinnikuman now despises him.
During the fight between the Muscle Brothers and the Stray Akuma Chojin Combo Ashuraman is exposed to the Friendship power: he witnesses Kinnikuman and Terryman starting to mend their friendship, and sees Sunshine caring for him and even apologizing when the Cursed Roller ends up tearing off his right arms.
Ashuraman tries to still act cold and uncaring, but when Prince Kamehame's arm, who used as a replacement, rebels to his will and leads to his defeat, starts believing in friendship too, sharing with Sunshine the memories of Samson Teacher
He's then taken back to his kingdom to be healed, but escapes, still bandaged, to restore Terryman's Star Emblem and ask Harabote Muscle to reinstate The Machineguns as a team and allow them to fight together against the Hell Missionaries.
In the Hell Kingdom, his mother rationalizes his discovery of friendship by claiming Ashuraman found the Perfect Chojin a better target for his hatred than the Justice Chojin.
Chojin Blood Oath Brigade's Formation!
This story covered the formation of Kinnikuman Soldier's team in detail. Brocken Jr. and Buffaloman want to join Soldier's team, but Ashuraman and The Ninja aren't on board with that idea. According to Ashuraman, Buffaloman is too easily swayed by his emotions, which is why he never became a Devil Knight despite having exceptional talent.
Kinnikuman Soldier shows up and interrupted Ashuraman and The Ninja's departure. In response, The Ninja attempts to read Kinnikuman Soldier's mind with his Expose the Heart jutsu, but there's nothing to read. Unlike the other Fated Princes, Soldier has no ambition to destroy his opponents and take over the throne.
Ashuraman gets into a fight against Soldier, but Soldier easily fends him off. Soldier even escaped the Ashura Buster in a similar fashion to Kinnikuman and counters with a Dragon Cube Suplex. Buffaloman deduces why Soldier would pick those four. Pride is their main characteristic. According to Ashuraman, "all four chojin are bull headed guys who won't listen to anyone".
Ashuraman asks if Soldier is a fake Soldier and Soldier confirms this theory. He ambushed the real Soldier's team while they were training near Mt. Fuji and stole the real Soldier's mask. The fake Soldier explains that he joined the tournament because the Friendship Power the Justice Chojin use is a sham and that the pride that they share can bring out their true strength.
Ashuraman wants Soldier to prove why this team of outcasts would make an excellent team. Soldier tells him to be silent. A real man would never talk so much. Instead, he'd silently watch the result with his own eyes. Ashuraman follows up with his Tornado Hell, but Soldier dodges, causing the building already worn down by the Rolling Cube Suplex to collapse on top of them. Soldier heals them all with a Face Flash. With this act, Soldier convinced them to join his team for the upcoming tournament.
Survivor Match Arc
When Kinnikuman's right to the Kinniku Throne was challenged by five pretenders to the throne, Ataru Kinniku forms a team of five people to fight in a tournament to determine who shall be king of Planet Kinniku. [4] Buffaloman - sans his horns - arrives at the house of Brocken Jr., along with Ashuraman and The Ninja. Ataru asks them to join his team, as well as to meet him at Nagoya Castle in three days time, and - during that time - they watch him from a distance to ascertain his character.
After Ataru defeats Blockman and saves a boy, Ashuraman and the others decide to join his team. They proceed to enter Nagoya Castle and face against Team Phoenix, as they announce they have formed The Chojin Blood Oath Brigade. After The Ninja is defeated by Satin Cross, Ashuraman declares he is Satin Cross' next opponent and dons mechanical shoulder-pads gifted to him by the Ninja.
Ashuraman begins with a flurry of punches, but they are all evaded. He is knocked down after Satin Cross dodges a roundhouse kick, and a shoulder-tackle manages to crack Satin Cross' armor, which reveals Satin Cross' true form. Ashuraman attempts an Ashura-Buster, but - when Satin Cross tries to remove his head - the shoulder-pads on Ashuraman capture his head and prevent escape. Satin Cross counters with a Sand Cushion, which causes the ring to turn to sand and cushions the blow, softening the impact.
With Satin Cross seemingly down, despite the cushioned blow, Ashuraman adopts his Angry Face and attempts a Flying Elbow Drop from the top ropes. He then sees the eyes of Samson in Satin Cross, which forces him to deflect his blow and destroy his own elbows instead, as he shows sympathy to his once teacher and guardian. After Ashuraman breaks down with tears, Satin Cross uses a Break-Dance Shoot on him.
Satin Cross reveals that he changed after the incident at the waterfall, when Ashuraman was a child, and how he made a pact with the God of Intelligence to absorb a parasite into his body to change from Samson into Satin Cross. Satin Cross offers him the chance to join Team Phoenix, but Ashuraman feigns a handshake to crush his hand and reject the offer. Ashuraman moves his shoulder-pads to his knees for a Double Knee Drop. [8] Satin Cross attempts another Sand Cushion, but Ashuraman blows the sand away.
He performs an Ashura Izuna Drop, but Ashuraman forgets that he was taught that technique by Samson, and thus Satin Cross knows how to avoid damage from the technique. When Ashuraman attempts another Ashura Izuna Drop, Satin Cross disconnects two of his arms and extends his upper arms, which he uses to grab the ropes and reverse the move, slamming Ashuraman into the canvas. Satin Cross then uses a Demon World Swamp, which turns the canvas into a murky swamp, which connects to the Demon World.
Ashuraman then uses an improved Ashura Izuna Drop named the Azura Infinity Power.
The parasite leaves Samson's body to cushion the blow, as their body crashes against the wall. Satin Cross then uses the Triangle Dreamer, but both Satin Cross and Ashuraman collapse to the ground and are instantly knocked out, thus ending the match in a draw.
He watches as the remaining team members were defeated by Super Phoenix and his men in the Cube Match, leaving him the sole survivor. Later, when he and Kinnikuman's team ventured to the final arena, Super Phoenix activated a spiked ceiling trap to kill them all. However, Ashuraman sacrificed himself by holding the ceiling up long enough for Team Kinnikuman to escape, and was impaled. He was later revived by Suguru's Face Flash along with the rest of Kinnikuman Soldier's team.
Kinnikuman 2011 Perfect Origin Arc
During the beginning of the arc, Ashuraman shows up to sign the treaty between the Justice Chojin, Devil Chojin and the Perfect Chojin as the Devil Chojin's representative. As Ashuraman and Neptuneman had helped out Justice Chojin in their own special way, it made perfect sense to sign the treaty. However, he broke the treaty when he helps General Devil and his fellow Devil Knights invade the Chojin Graveyard.
Ashuraman vs. Justiceman
After killing countless Graveyard Demons, he enters the door for the Perfect Sixth and appears within a cave in the Demon World.
A voice calls to him and compliments his composure, where the Sixth Origin appears: Justiceman. Justiceman tells the story of Milosman, whose statue adorns the arena of Ashuraman's world, and that Milosman had his arms stolen by Ashuraman's ancestors. Ashuraman clicks his fingers an makes four screens appear about the ring within the arena, which enables them to speak to the chojin in other rings across the world, as the others also continue to participate within the tournament.
After Justiceman puts his scales on a corner-post, Ashuraman dives forward to attack. Justiceman counters before an attack can land, as he drops a high-kick to Ashuraman's upper arms. This knocks off Ashuraman's armlets, and it lands upon the scales, which strikes a balance that shows he is neither evil or good. Ashuraman proceeds to use an Ashura Six-Realm Lotus. Justiceman counters with a palm-press and a spin-kick. Ashuraman attempts an Ashura Torpedo, which is countered with a Chancery Drop.
Justiceman continues to perfectly counter Ashuraman's attacks, culminating in a double-arm suplex. Ashuraman attempts a Paramita Lariat, but this is countered with a Large Three-Arm Lock. Justiceman is able to predict with set of arms Ashuraman will use at any moment, which is due to the genetics of Milosman 'speaking' to Justiceman, and Justiceman uses a Judgement Crash. This wrenches off one of Ashuraman's arms, and a Judgement Twist removes another.
A Judgement Avalanche removes two more arms, leaving him with two arms. Ashuraman attempts an Ashura Izuna Drop, as his knees turn into hooks and hold onto Justiceman's feet, but Justiceman counters with a handstand. Justiceman attacks with a knee-strike. Buffaloman encourages Ashuraman to continue, who attempts a Lariat that misses and lands on a ring-post. This slices off Ashuraman's remaining left arm.
Ashuraman attempts a hand blow, but his arm gets entangled in the ropes. This slices off his right arm. He proceeds to grow six new arms, borrowed from various Devil Chojin. He proceeds to use a Revived Tornado Hell, which finally lands a blow on Justiceman. This is followed by an Ashura Face-Change and a Tornado Hell and an Ashura Six Realm Lotus. He lands a series of blows against Justiceman, as he leaves no openings, and follows with an Angry Suplex. This is broken by Justiceman with a Judgement Windmill.
After the attack, Ashuraman takes two corner-posts and slices indents in them. They attach to the top two ropes on each side of the ring, as he slips between them on one side to use an Ashura Flaming Bullet. The two incessantly try to counter each other's attacks during the fall, until Ashuraman uses his Ashura Buster. This is soon turned into a Blood Unit Ashura Buster. It fails to impact Justiceman, and - in anger - Ashuraman attacks Justiceman with a series of blows, but Justiceman dodges every single attack.
Justiceman proceeds to break off several of Ashuraman's arms, and destroys his various faces, until only one is left. He follows this with a Judgement Penalty. This destroys the rest of Ashuraman's arms and the final face. Justiceman is declared the victor. Despite this victory, the scales on the side of the ring declare Ashuraman innocent and Justiceman tosses back his armlet to him.
He doesn't return for the rest of the arc, but his "spirit" appears and follows Akuma Shogun out of the ring, after he defeated The Man.
Omega Centauri's Six Spears Arc
Ahuraman, now with his face bandaged, is training with some dumbbells, when suddenly, a magic barrier seals the Devil Chojin HQ.
Unnamed Arc
During the match between the Natural and Satin Cross at the Hill of Crosses, Ashuraman shows up. He calls out Satin Cross for leaving Makai without his permission. Satin Cross explains that he left Makai in order to redeem Team Intelligence as a whole. Satin Cross didn't tell Ashuraman as he felt that Ashuraman would never understand Satin Cross's resolve at all. Satin Cross came back to spit in this ridiculous world's face.
Satin Cross charges at The Natural with a Parmita Lariat. The Natural encourages this as The Natural wants more sport. The Natural catches Satin Cross and throws him aside before Satin Cross goes for a sweep kick, followed by a Tornado Hell to set up the Quadruple Buster. The Natural easily counters the Quadruple Buster by attacking Satin Cross's neck with one of his masks.
The Natural praises Satin Cross's move and notes the damage taken by Satin Cross before announcing that he will begin his counterattack. The Natural finishes off Satin Cross with a Natural Bone Crusher. During the grapple, The Natural praises Satin Cross for being the first Chojin to fight well and that it's a shame to kill him. Satin Cross admits that The Natural is right along on how The Natural is strong in comparison to him. Accepting his loss, Satin Cross is incomplete and empty. This incompleteness is what drives Chojin to evolve. Soon, a Chojin to outshine Satin Cross's imperfection will arrive and that The Natural will personally witness this.
The Natural will not forget this at all as he slams Satin Cross into the canvas. He notes that Satin Cross did well for a Chojin. Upon seeing Satin Cross's defeat, Ashuraman calls out Satin Cross's original name, Samson. The Natural retrieves the Capillaria Ray piece after finding it as one of Satin Cross's bracelets. Brocken is surprised at the piece's Now, that Satin Cross lived up to his promise, The Natural will dispose of him.
Ashuraman tries to aid Satin Cross, but Satin Cross harshly criticizes his own actions. However, Ashuraman believes that Satin Cross did well as he fought as the honorable Samson instead of his heel personality. Ashuraman cried tears of joy upon seeing that in action. Despite Ashuraman's help, Satin Cross will die soon enough. Now that Satin Cross is dying, it is up to Ashuraman to decide the Chojin world's future. And then Satin Cross passes away.
As Brocken Jr. and Ataru console Ashuraman's loss, Buffaloman and The Ninja arrive. Buffaloman notes the coincidence of the five in the same location. The Chojin Blood Oath Brigade has formed again. Ataru believes it is up to the Chojin Blood Oath Brigade to unite as one and put an end to the dangers of the Choushin. Ashuraman is the one who will step up to the plate first.
💪M💪U💪S💪C💪L💪E💪
A year of the shows and performers of the Bijou Planks Theater.
M.U.S.C.L.E. No. 70, "Ashuraman B"
Painted by Paprika, thus losing all collectible value forever.
* Ashuraman has been seen in BP 2020 Day 70!
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/49087345158/
And in BP 2020 Day 152!
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And in BP 2022 Day 123!
White is maybe the most rigorous and psychological color, it seems to purify the surfaces, it’s a color that makes the vacuum merge. The empty spaces have slight contrasts of shape as a value.
I like to deal with this non-pigmentation because it is process is a ramification of many harmonic elements that allude to a perfect informality. These pictures may seem incongruous because they are elegant and messy at the same time. They are contemporary, I took familiar objects like: “Burger King” glasses, crumbled pills, glasses of plastic or packs, which I photographed in high key. This kind of illumination, in which high and white tones are predominant, spreads positivity and freshness, which is another element of contrast towards the mess of the scenery, that often has a dirty tablecloth, like someone suddenly left the meal. The position of elements is never random, but it is necessary to highlight the constituent structure: pieces of silverware, pills, bottles, remains of food or dry branches are often put close to each other on levels, like there was a narrative correlation more or less narrow between each other. There is no human presence, but it is re-invoked through the representation of objects, where plasticity alternates with flatness, creating at the same time tension and melancholy.
Ongoing Irish cave exploration project - Here cave explorers are making slow progress through a cave carefully installing an intricate network of structural supports in a particularly unstable section of the cave known as "hanging death" in an attempt to bypass a boulder collapse as part of a long term dig.
Untitled 2 - Darkness:
The series 'Darkness' consists of three cinematic images depicting an unsettled individual confined within a psychological landscape of mystery and melancholy.
At night, the streets are quieter, the lights are stronger, the alleys are darker, and the atmosphere is moodier. There is an air of uncertainty and a feeling of potential danger lurking in the shadows, especially when alone. In contrast, light can provide a sense of safety and security. The subject is in a state of isolation, apprehension, and loneliness, surrounded by a shroud of darkness, in both senses of the word.
Advertising, Politics, Marketing, Corporate Psychology, Psychological Warfare, Propaganda, Religion...It's the gift
that just keeps on giving.
Nothing mindblowing. Just therapy.
diary: GOD i've got so much to do now I just want to lock myself in my room and never go ever go out again. There must be something wrong with my little self, because I just feel like I'm going crazy every second of every minute. I srly don't want to do this anymore. I want to be a fun, happy person with no stressful thoughts and things to do all the time. I just want to take a break from it all. Press the STOP button of life and try to enjoy every minute in stead of stressing myself trough it. Words really can't describe "the blackness" I'm feeling inside of me right now. I expect I should've seen this coming. But I'm wondering how the f*** I'm going to survive deadline next week. Typographic animation in flash? 800 drawings? I'm literally fucked. I will die.
stand up from the grave.
.explored
:storyUpdate: i was in my bed crying all day that day. And then I spoke to Brooke Shaden on flickr. And she told me to do something about it, and to keep on going.
So I got up from my bed. And did this. It was so fun. I had to start laughing when i saw myself in the mirror with all that black painting.
GKU 4K Camera
Aristotle said that tyrants “endeavour by every means possible to keep all the people strangers to each other.” Totalitarianism creates fragmented groups of isolated individuals. The people under such movements suffer a lack of normal social relationships. When isolation becomes commonplace in a society, the ground is fertile for totalitarianism. Therefore, isolation and loneliness in a society are precursors to totalitarianism. Tyrannical governments create isolated citizens. Terror works best against people who are isolated from each other. If people are afraid to speak to one another, they are more easily controlled. Indeed, “isolated men are powerless by definition.” Recent studies tell us that society is becoming increasingly isolated, lonely, and depressed.
“Millennials, Generation Z: Connected with thousands of friends—but feeling all alone” – USA TODAY
The more people are cut off from the world, the more they are cut off from reality. When they are cut off from reality, they are more easily manipulated and indoctrinated. The structures of the Nazis and Soviets were very cult-like. These structures created brainwashed conformists. Today socialist ideologies are still brainwashing people. Philosopher Nicolai Berdyaev stated that “Russian revolutionaries... had always been totalitarian,” and, “the revolution was a religion and a philosophy.” In the Doctrine of Fascism, Mussolini referred to Fascism as a religious concept. So why do we let schools teach our children neo-Marxist cult doctrines, such as Gender Theory and Critical Race Theory? The revolutionaries who follow these cult doctrines want to bring in totalitarianism. They want to usher in a communist revolution that will destroy democracy and free-market capitalism.
“Give me just one generation of youth, and I’ll transform the whole world.” – Lenin
The corporate-owned politicians and media act like patriotism is bad. (Patriotism is the glue that holds the people of a sovereign nation together). There is a big difference between patriotism and Hitler’s Germany. The National Socialist German Workers’ Party was a political party of “National Socialism.” Patriotism and National Socialism are two different things. The corporate entities listed above like to cry out: nationalism! Sorry, but nationalism and National Socialism are two different things. One is authoritarian and one is not. Trying to stretch the word nationalism into National Socialism is completely dishonest. Fascism is a form of socialism, and communism is a form of socialism. They are kissing cousins! One form revolves around race: the Aryan race vs supposed inferior races. The other revolves around class: the proletariat vs the bourgeoisie. On the far-right of the socialist spectrum is fascism. On the far-left of the socialist spectrum is communism. Socialism promotes centralized government, but democracy promotes decentralized government. Socialism promotes collectivism, but democracy promotes individualism. Socialism equals totalitarianism, and democracy equals freedom. Who would have thought: Big Brother government equals totalitarianism? And guess what? The fascists and communists hated one another, because they were both vying for power! They were archenemies. Nowadays the commies like to call all their enemies fascists. So they call conservatives far-right Nazis and white supremacists. Speaking of fascists! The globalists—with their neo-fascist stakeholder- capitalist (stakeholder-socialist) system, which they are working towards implementing—hate patriotism and want open borders and mass migration.
A tyrant also should rather admit strangers to his table and familiarity than citizens, as these are his enemies, but the others have no design against him.” – Aristotle
“For of all the states which appear well governed we find not one where the rights of a citizen are open to an indiscriminate multitude.” – Aristotle
The globalists want to overthrow Western democracy and free-market capitalism—degrowth. So they attack our heritage and culture by labeling them racist. The woke communists call our capitalist system systemically racist. They use their cult dialectic of oppressed vs oppressor as a battering ram to break apart our system. The funny thing about these new woke commies is that they are turning towards fascism (race socialism) like the Nazis did in Germany—can anyone say “Critical Race Theory!?!” The United Nations’ public–private partnership system is also a form of neo-fascism. “Fascism should rightly be called Corporatism, as it is the merger of corporate and government power.” These public–private partnerships involve governments, banks, multinational corporations (corporate fascists), and non-governmental organizations. Their Great Reset (Build Back Better) is an implementation of their New World Order system—the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations; Agenda 21; Agenda 2030—a neo-fascist system.
“The imperative of global governance, in particular, is irrefutable.” – United Nations
Our governments in the West have designed interventionist policies, which supposedly improve our ‘free-market’ capitalist system. There is no doubt that this interventionism will end in disaster, chaos and social unrest—the destruction of our current system. “Anti-capitalistic policies sabotage the operation of the capitalist free-market economy.” In the end their measures produce worse results, and in order to fix these results they add more anti-capitalist regulations. Their interventionism is slowly bringing about full-blown socialism. One step at a time they interfere with the economy, with the intent of one day controlling all economic activities. We will eventually end up with a controlled economy like they had in Nazi Germany. Then our economic freedom will be gone. Democracy goes hand in hand with capitalism. In the end, socialism cannot operate according to democratic or capitalist principles. They are like oil and water—they do not mix. So in the end our system will become a socialist system.
“According as circumstances are favourable, one should modify one’s plans.” – The Art of War
Our capitalist system is headed for a crash. A totalitarian system will replace it. This new system will revolve around digital surveillance. It will entail digital IDs, Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), Social Credit Scores, and Universal Basic Income (social(ist) welfare). They want to put the population in 15-minute cities, because totalitarian systems don’t like freedom of movement. They don’t like freedom of speech either. How about freedom? Do they like freedom?
“The presently popular liberal notion of a World Government is based, like all liberal notions of political power, on the same concept of individuals submitting to a central authority which ‘overawes them all,’ except that nations are now taking the place of individuals. The World Government is to overcome and eliminate authentic politics, that is, different peoples getting along with each other in the full force of their power.” – Hannah Arendt
Plato had his weird Platonic collectivist and Platonic proto-communist ideas. He called his ideal city-state Kallipolis—Beautiful City—in Latin. Kallipolis has occasionally been depicted in art as the Tower of Babel. These globalists are building their own global Chinese-style commu-fascist Tower of Babel—communist in governance, fascist in economics. Every socialist government has an authoritarian leader like Hitler, Stalin or Mao. This new antichrist government will also have its own antichrist. This charismatic leader (philosopher king) will introduce a globally centralized digital currency system. To participate in this system, you will have to take his digital smart-tattoo. You will have to join his cult and worship him. If you do not take his Mark and worship him, you will be an enemy of the state. You will then be exterminated. Welcome to Digital Babylon! Take the Soma-Vaccine, take the Chip-Mark! But beware: transhumanism will only cause you more isolation and loneliness. What fulfilling lives you will live, sheltered in the technological surveillance bubble of the Beast’s psychological warfare, which will control your minds and souls in the digital era of the all-seeing eye of singularity—the Fourth Industrial Revolution (the Fourth Reich). MK-ULTRA gone nuclear!
“All warfare is based on deception.” – The Art of War
A society of isolation and loneliness will produce decadence and nihilism. Decadence and nihilism yesterday: the Jews are parasites. Decadence and nihilism today: babies in the womb are parasites. Decadence and nihilism in the future: those who refuse the Mark of the Beast are parasites. The victims will no longer be human in the eyes of the antichrist-state and its executioners.
Habakkuk 1:5 “Look among the nations and see; be astonished and astounded. For a work is about to be done in your days that you will not believe if it is told.”
John 16:1 “These things I have spoken to you in order to clear stumbling-blocks out of your path.”
Matthew 15:16 “’Are even you,’ He answered, ‘still without intelligence?’”
Mark 8:21 “’Do you not yet understand?’ He said.”
John 16:31 “Jesus answered them, ‘Do you now believe?’”
Psychological Activities.
Écrits hermétiques sonnets incertains imagination mentale rêvant la réalité explorant la folie limites ironiques limites conscience expérimentale brisée,
ficciones pioneras noches vibrantes que recuerdan intenciones brillantes callejeras rojas espantosas contemplaciones repitiendo voces viejas plazas,
bolestni nokti loše značenje želuca obuhvaćajući dim brzo detalje sumnjive vukove korumpirane strofe šapuće otrovne zvukove,
магическая часть разжигание взглядов признания в моде стандартные дни открыли счет странные битвы великолепные чарующие видения,
Gâns genietingen fertsjinje banken melodieare ferburgen kristallen feilige lienen fantastyske gelegenheden ûnferbidige jogy's duorjende sterkte,
古代遺跡釣り影投げ捨て宣言公布喜び快楽雄弁緑進水バースクロール文字無限の位置禁じられた兆候農民の混乱ビジョン
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Steve.D.Hammond.
The genesis of modern understanding of Greek mythology is regarded by some scholars as a double reaction at the end of the 18th century against "the traditional attitude of Christian animosity mixed with disdain, which had prevailed for centuries", in which the Christian reinterpretation of myth as a "lie" or fable had been retained.[1] In Germany, by about 1795, there was a growing interest in Homer and Greek mythology. In Göttingen Johann Matthias Gesner began to revive Greek studies and a new humanistic spirit. His successor, Christian Gottlob Heyne, worked with Johann Joachim Winckelmann, and laid the foundations for mythological research both in Germany and elsewhere. Heyne approached the myth as a philologist and shaped the educated Germans' conception of antiquity for nearly half a century, during which ancient Greece exerted an intense influence on intellectual life in Germany.The development of comparative philology in the 19th century, together with ethnological discoveries in the 20th century, established the science of myth. Since the Romantics, all study of myth has been comparative. Wilhelm Mannhardt, Sir James Frazer, and Stith Thompson employed the comparative approach to collect and classify the themes of folklore and mythology.In 1871 Edward Burnett Tylor published his Primitive Culture, in which he applied the comparative method and tried to explain the origin and evolution of religion.] Tylor's procedure of drawing together material culture, ritual and myth of widely separated cultures influenced both Carl Jung and Joseph Campbell. According to Robert Segal, however, Campbell’s "romantic view of myth is the opposite of a rationalist view, one epitomized by the Victorian anthropologists Edward Tylor and James Frazer".J.F. del Giorgio has added a new turn to the comparative approach, insisting in The Oldest Europeans about present Greek myths being generated by the clash between a Paleolithic European population and the incoming Indo-European tribes.Max Müller applied the new science of comparative mythology to the study of myth, in which he detected the distorted remains of Aryan nature worship. Bronisław Malinowski emphasized the ways myth fulfills common social functions. Claude Lévi-Strauss and other structuralists have compared the formal relations and patterns in myths throughout the world.Evans himself, while studying the Minoan world, drew regularly on Egyptian and Near Eastern evidence for comparison, and the discovery of the Hittite and Ugaritic civilizations has uncovered texts as well as monuments which offer comparative material for ritual and mythology.Sigmund Freud put forward the idea that symbolic communication does not depend on cultural history alone but also on the workings of the psyche. Thus Freud introduced a transhistorical and biological conception of man and a view of myth as an expression of repressed ideas. Dream interpretation is the basis of Freudian myth interpretation and Freud's concept of dreamwork recognizes the importance of contextual relationships for the interpretation of any individual element in a dream. This suggestion would find an important point of rapprochment between the structuralist and psychoanalytic approaches to myth in Freud's thought.Carl Jung extended the transhistorical, psychological approach with his theory of the "collective unconscious" and the archetypes (inherited "archaic" patterns), often encoded in myth, that arise out of it.According to Jung, "myth-forming structural elements must be present in the unconscious psyche".[10] Comparing Jung's methodology with Campbell's theory, Segal concludes that "to interpret a myth Campbell simply identifies the archetypes in it. An interpretation of the Odyssey, for example, would show how Odysseus’s life conforms to a heroic pattern. Jung, by contrast, considers the identification of archetypes merely the first step in the interpretation of a myth".[5] For Jung, myth is no more about gods than about the physical world; it is about the human mind and must be read symbolically. Karl Kerenyi, one of the founders of modern studies in Greek mythology, gave up his early views of myth, in order to apply Jung's theories of archetypes to Greek myth.The origins of Greek mythology are an open question. In antiquity, historians such as Herodotus theorized that the Greek gods had been stolen directly from the Egyptians. Later on, Christian writers tried to explain Hellenic paganism through degeneration of Biblical religion. According to the Scriptural theory, all mythological legends (including Greek mythology) are derived from the narratives of the Scriptures, though the real facts have been disguised and altered. Thus Deucalion is another name for Noah, Hercules for Samson, Arion for Jonah etc.] According to the Historical Theory all the persons mentioned in mythology were once real human beings, and the legends relating to them are merely the additions of later times. Thus the story of Aeolus is supposed to have risen from the fact that Aeolus was the ruler of some islands in the Tyrrhenian Sea.The Allegorical theory supposes that all the ancient myths were allegorical and symbolical. According to the Physical theory the elements of air, fire, and water were originally the objects of religious adoration, and the principal deities were personifications of the powers of nature.The sciences of archaeology and linguistics have been applied to the origins of Greek mythology with some interesting results. Historical linguistics indicates that particular aspects of the Greek pantheon were inherited from Indo-European society (or perhaps both cultures borrowed from another earlier source), as were the roots of the Greek language. Prominent Sanskritist Max Müller attempted to understand an Indo-European religious form by tracing it back to its Aryan, Vedic, "original" manifestation. In 1891, he claimed that "the most important discovery which has been made during the nineteenth century with respect to the ancient history of mankind [...] was this sample equation: Sanskrit Dyaus-pitar = Greek Zeus = Latin Jupiter = Old Norse Tyr".[16] Philologist Georges Dumezil draws a comparison between the Greek Uranus and the Sanskrit Varuna, although there is no hint that he believes them to be originally connected.In other cases, close parallels in character and function suggest a common heritage, yet lack of linguistic evidence makes it difficult to prove, as in the case of the Greek Moirai and the Norns of Norse mythology.Archaeology and mythography, on the other hand, has revealed that the Greeks were inspired by some of the civilizations of Asia Minor and the Near East. Adonis seems to be the Greek counterpart — more clearly in cult than in myth — of a Near Eastern dying god. His name is related to the Semitic invocation "adon" (Lord) and appears in other cultures as Dumuzi, Tammuz or Attis. Cybele is rooted in Anatolian culture, and much of Aphrodite's iconography springs from the Semitic goddesses Inanna, Ishtar and Astarte. The theogonic myths current in the Near East in the second millennium BC, such as the myth of Anu, Kumarbi, and Teshub, contain significant stories of generational conflict. Meyer Reinhold argues that "such Near Eastern theogonic concepts, involving divine succession through violence and generational conflicts for power, found their way — the route is not certain — into Greek mythology. Our prime source is the great theogonic poem of Hesiod".Parallels between the earliest divine generations (Chaos and its children) and Tiamat in the Enuma Elish are also possible.In addition to Indo-European and Near Eastern origins, some scholars have speculated on the debts of Greek mythology to the still poorly understood pre-Hellenic societies of Greece, such as the Minoans and so-called Pelasgians. This is especially true in the case of chthonic deities and mother goddesses. Historians of religion were fascinated by a number of apparently ancient configurations of myth connencted with Crete: the god as bull — Zeus and Europa; Pasiphaë who yields to the bull and gives birth to the Minotaur; agrarian mysteries with a sacred marriage (Demeter's union with Iasion) etc. Crete, Mycenae, Pylos, Thebes and Orchomenus figure so large in later Greek mythology.For some, the three main generations of gods in Hesiod's Theogony (Uranus, Gaia, etc.; the Titans and then the Olympians) suggest a distant echo of a struggle between social groups, mirroring the three major high cultures of Greek civilization: Minoan, Mycenaean and Hellenic. Martin P. Nilsson, Professor of Classical Archaeology, worked on the structure, origins and relationships of the Indo-European languages, and concluded that all great classical Greek myths were tied to Mycenaen centres and were anchored in prehistoric times.Nevertheless, according to Walter Burkert, the iconography of the Cretan Palace Period has provided almost no confirmation of all these theories; nothing points to a bull, sexual symbols are absent and a single seal impression from Knossos showing a boy beneath a sheep is regarded as a scant evidence for the myth of Zeus' childhood.
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It is a form of psychological manipulation and abuse. The goal of gaslighting is to foster and grow seeds of doubt in a person, making them question their own reality, memory, judgement, and perception. It has a high impact on someone's mental health and self-esteem.
The goal of gaslighting is to gain control over another person by making them doubt themselves and their perception of reality.
When gaslighting someone, an abuser will make them feel like they can’t trust themselves.
Anyone can be a victim of gaslighting. It’s commonly used by abusers, dictators, and cult leaders in order to gain control or power over a person or group of people. It can also happen between family members.
While not every abuser who gaslights is a narcissist, sociopath or have another personality disorder, these folks tend to use gaslighting as way to get their own way. Gaslighting starts when there is an imbalance in the power dynamics between the individuals – because like all forms of abuse, gaslighting is about power and control.
This is a manipulated image created from an AI base, please do not invite to your groups if you have a no AI policy.
You can read a little breakdown on how I create these images on my 'About' page if you are interested.
Stable Diffusion/PhotoShop/Gigapixel AI
"I am still so naïve; I know pretty much what I like and dislike; but please, don’t ask me who I am. A passionate, fragmentary girl, maybe?"
Sylvia Plath
I've been telling you about a few of my nemesis birds. I'm not a birder per se, but I do get excited when a bird that has been eluding me ON PURPOSE, teasing me ON PURPOSE, and generally doing me no good psychologically shows up in my lens, I get excited. Besides, when it comes to the Belted kingfisher, I'll be I lost 20 pounds chasing that some of a gun over a three years period until I finally got him.
Now, I've changed my posting plans for the next couple of weeks. I want you to enjoy we me the pleasure of seeing a bird (or bug, or dragonfly, or wildflower) for the first time even if I'm not going for a record. Getting a good image makes an awful lot of cares disappear.
Well, into each life, a little rain must fall or, in the case of California, a very little rain must fall. Today, my disposal disposed of itself. My daughter called: her dog scratched the cornea of her eye and she's now on antibiotics and has another visit to "just-less-than-emergency" tomorrow. We're supposed to go, and I saw that I've less than a quarter a tank. And, some guy with a new leaf blower for Chanukkah or Christmas decided to take three hours to clear his patio (him, I'll get even with).
In the "weird department," my brother texted: "Next door neighbor who has lived next to us for 50 years was cleaning out her "attic" (in quotes because we don't have basements or attics except with the word "pseudo" in front of them). Her husband, long gone, was in WW II and one of his souvenirs was a hand grenade. She called the police who came running with two fire trucks and all kinds of equipment. It was NOT a dud. It was live. So they dug a hole in her back yard which abuts my brother's back yard, and blew it up, making the hole so much bigger. And in some freak way, it cracked the brand new (Wednesday) countertop in my brother and sister-in-law's master bath. They had put it off for five years...
All this shall this shall pass and without my help. Not much I can do but keep tabs on all of it and how everyone's doing. I came into the house, and started looking through my better archives. And for your enjoyment, here's THE bird at THE lake where I got bitten by THE bird and general nature photography bug. I thought I'd share it with you.
Even this has a story within a story. See the snag the kingfisher is sitting on. It's the snag he always sat on and bisected the island so that he could get well out of sight, and then fly to a dogwood tree on the other side. Well, the snag is gone. While I had some success is getting the city to keep some of the dead trees to attract birds for a number of reasons (nests, food, rest, whatever), one employee though that THAT branch needed to be cut. The snag's double prongs are no longer there, and neither is the kingfisher. Since they cut down his favorite perch, and the only one that was over the lake when the lake had fish, and the only one where a male and a female had ever been seen feeding each other, I doubt if you or I will ever see a duplicate of this photo. I'll look periodically in the summer and fall, but I hold out little hope. After 12 years, it's the only place I've ever seen the kingfisher locally.
By the way, the Belted kingfisher is an oddity - not a rare oddity - but rare enough. It's one of the few birds where the female is more colorful (she's double banded with a Charlie Brown sweater) than the male. Darwin called this "sexual dichromatism" but his explanation was that the female WANTED to be more colorful than the male. Hey, he was way ahead of everyone else: give him credit for calling it dichromatism, and writing "Origin of Species." I haven't done either, but I have written a humorous article about what would happen if women got everything just because they wanted it? ["Because I Want It," The Personnel News, April 1985]
Monday, I'll tell the story of being first at spotting the vagrant that any self-respecting birder or naturalist would talk your ear off about, and found right on the other side of the kingfisher's island. I'll even use the image where the bird has an amazing ritual when eating.
Loneliness is a complex and usually unpleasant emotional response to isolation. Loneliness typically includes anxious feelings about a lack of connection or communication with other beings, both in the present and extending into the future. As such, loneliness can be felt even when surrounded by other people and one who feels lonely, is lonely. The causes of loneliness are varied and include social, mental, emotional, and physical factors.
Research has shown that loneliness is prevalent throughout society, including people in marriages, relationships, families, veterans, and those with successful careers.[1] It has been a long explored theme in the literature of human beings since Classical antiquity. Loneliness has also been described as social pain—a psychological mechanism meant to motivate an individual to seek social connections.[2] Loneliness is often defined in terms of one's connectedness to others, or more specifically as "the unpleasant experience that occurs when a person's network of social relations is deficient in some important way".[3]
Contents
1Common causes
2Typology
2.1Feeling lonely vs. being socially isolated
2.2Transient vs. chronic loneliness
2.3Loneliness as a human condition
3Frequency
4Effects
4.1Mental health
4.2Physical health
4.3Physiological mechanisms link to poor health
5Treatments and prevention
6See also
7References
8External links
Common causes[edit]
People can experience loneliness for many reasons, and many life events may cause it, such as a lack of friendship relations during childhood and adolescence, or the physical absence of meaningful people around a person. At the same time, loneliness may be a symptom of another social or psychological problem, such as chronic depression.
Many people experience loneliness for the first time when they are left alone as infants. It is also a very common, though normally temporary, consequence of a breakup, divorce, or loss of any important long-term relationship. In these cases, it may stem both from the loss of a specific person and from the withdrawal from social circles caused by the event or the associated sadness.
The loss of a significant person in one's life will typically initiate a grief response; in this situation, one might feel lonely, even while in the company of others. Loneliness may also occur after the birth of a child (often expressed in postpartum depression), after marriage, or following any other socially disruptive event, such as moving from one's home town into an unfamiliar community, leading to homesickness. Loneliness can occur within unstable marriages or other close relationships of a similar nature, in which feelings present may include anger or resentment, or in which the feeling of love cannot be given or received. Loneliness may represent a dysfunction of communication, and can also result from places with low population densities in which there are comparatively few people to interact with. Loneliness can also be seen as a social phenomenon, capable of spreading like a disease. When one person in a group begins to feel lonely, this feeling can spread to others, increasing everybody's risk for feelings of loneliness.[4] People can feel lonely even when they are surrounded by other people.[5]
A twin study found evidence that genetics account for approximately half of the measurable differences in loneliness among adults, which was similar to the heritability estimates found previously in children. These genes operate in a similar manner in males and females. The study found no common environmental contributions to adult loneliness.[6]
Typology[edit]
Feeling lonely vs. being socially isolated[edit]
There is a clear distinction between feeling lonely and being socially isolated (for example, a loner). In particular, one way of thinking about loneliness is as a discrepancy between one's necessary and achieved levels of social interaction,[1] while solitude is simply the lack of contact with people. Loneliness is therefore a subjective experience; if a person thinks they are lonely, then they are lonely. People can be lonely while in solitude, or in the middle of a crowd. What makes a person lonely is the fact that they need more social interaction or a certain type of social interaction that is not currently available. A person can be in the middle of a party and feel lonely due to not talking to enough people. Conversely, one can be alone and not feel lonely; even though there is no one around that person is not lonely because there is no desire for social interaction. There have also been suggestions that each person has their own optimal level of social interaction. If a person gets too little or too much social interaction, this could lead to feelings of loneliness or over-stimulation.[7]
Solitude can have positive effects on individuals. One study found that, although time spent alone tended to depress a person's mood and increase feelings of loneliness, it also helped to improve their cognitive state, such as improving concentration. Furthermore, once the alone time was over, people's moods tended to increase significantly.[8] Solitude is also associated with other positive growth experiences, religious experiences, and identity building such as solitary quests used in rites of passages for adolescents.[9]
Loneliness can also play an important role in the creative process. In some people, temporary or prolonged loneliness can lead to notable artistic and creative expression, for example, as was the case with poets Emily Dickinson and Isabella di Morra, and numerous musicians[who?]. This is not to imply that loneliness itself ensures this creativity, rather, it may have an influence on the subject matter of the artist and more likely be present in individuals engaged in creative activities.[citation needed]
Transient vs. chronic loneliness[edit]
The other important typology of loneliness focuses on the time perspective.[10] In this respect, loneliness can be viewed as either transient or chronic. It has also been referred to as state and trait loneliness.
Transient (state) loneliness is temporary in nature, caused by something in the environment, and is easily relieved. Chronic (trait) loneliness is more permanent, caused by the person, and is not easily relieved.[11] For example, when a person is sick and cannot socialize with friends would be a case of transient loneliness. Once the person got better it would be easy for them to alleviate their loneliness. A person who feels lonely regardless of if they are at a family gathering, with friends, or alone is experiencing chronic loneliness. It does not matter what goes on in the surrounding environment, the experience of loneliness is always there.
Loneliness as a human condition[edit]
The existentialist school of thought views loneliness as the essence of being human. Each human being comes into the world alone, travels through life as a separate person, and ultimately dies alone. Coping with this, accepting it, and learning how to direct our own lives with some degree of grace and satisfaction is the human condition.[12]
Some philosophers, such as Sartre, believe in an epistemic loneliness in which loneliness is a fundamental part of the human condition because of the paradox between people's consciousness desiring meaning in life and the isolation and nothingness of the universe.[13] Conversely, other existentialist thinkers argue that human beings might be said to actively engage each other and the universe as they communicate and create, and loneliness is merely the feeling of being cut off from this process.
In his recent text, Evidence of Being: The Black Gay Cultural Renaissance and the Politics of Violence, Darius Bost draws from Heather Love's theorization of loneliness[14] to delineate the ways in which loneliness structures black gay feeling and literary, cultural productions. Bost limns, “As a form of negative affect, loneliness shores up the alienation, isolation, and pathologization of black gay men during the 1980s and early 1990s. But loneliness is also a form of bodily desire, a yearning for an attachment to the social and for a future beyond the forces that create someone’s alienation and isolation."[15]
Frequency[edit]
There are several estimates and indicators of loneliness. It has been estimated that approximately 60 million people in the United States, or 20% of the total population, feel lonely.[2] Another study found that 12% of Americans have no one with whom to spend free time or to discuss important matters.[16] Other research suggests that this rate has been increasing over time. The General Social Survey found that between 1985 and 2004, the number of people the average American discusses important matters with decreased from three to two. Additionally, the number of Americans with no one to discuss important matters with tripled[17] (though this particular study may be flawed[18]). In the UK research by Age UK shows half a million people more than 60 years old spend each day alone without social interaction and almost half a million more see and speak to no one for 5 or 6 days a week.[19] On the other hand, the Community Life Survey, 2016 to 2017, by the UK's Office for National Statistics, found that young adults in England aged 16 to 24 reported feeling lonely more often than those in older age groups.[20]
Loneliness appears to have intensified in every society in the world as modernization occurs. A certain amount of this loneliness appears to be related to greater migration, smaller household sizes, a larger degree of media consumption (all of which have positive sides as well in the form of more opportunities, more choice in family size, and better access to information), all of which relates to social capital.
Within developed nations, loneliness has shown the largest increases among two groups: seniors[21][22] and people living in low-density suburbs.[23][24] Seniors living in suburban areas are particularly vulnerable, for as they lose the ability to drive, they often become "stranded" and find it difficult to maintain interpersonal relationships.[25]
Loneliness is prevalent in vulnerable groups in society. In New Zealand the fourteen surveyed groups with the highest prevalence of loneliness most/all of the time in descending order are: disabled, recent migrants, low income households, unemployed, single parents, rural (rest of South Island), seniors aged 75+, not in the labour force, youth aged 15–24, no qualifications, not housing owner-occupier, not in a family nucleus, Māori, and low personal income.[26]
Americans seem to report more loneliness than any other country, though this finding may simply be an effect of greater research volume. A 2006 study in the American Sociological Review found that Americans on average had only two close friends in which to confide, which was down from an average of three in 1985. The percentage of people who noted having no such confidant rose from 10% to almost 25%, and an additional 19% said they had only a single confidant, often their spouse, thus raising the risk of serious loneliness if the relationship ended.[27] The modern office environment has been demonstrated to give rise to loneliness. This can be especially prevalent in individuals prone to social isolation who can interpret the business focus of co-workers for a deliberate ignoring of needs.[28]
Whether a correlation exists between Internet usage and loneliness is a subject of controversy, with some findings showing that Internet users are lonelier[29] and others showing that lonely people who use the Internet to keep in touch with loved ones (especially seniors) report less loneliness, but that those trying to make friends online became lonelier.[30] On the other hand, studies in 2002 and 2010 found that "Internet use was found to decrease loneliness and depression significantly, while perceived social support and self-esteem increased significantly"[31] and that the Internet "has an enabling and empowering role in people's lives, by increasing their sense of freedom and control, which has a positive impact on well-being or happiness."[32] The one apparently unequivocal finding of correlation is that long driving commutes correlate with dramatically higher reported feelings of loneliness (as well as other negative health impacts).[33][34]
Effects[edit]
Mental health[edit]
Loneliness by Hans Thoma (National Museum in Warsaw)
Loneliness has been linked with depression, and is thus a risk factor for suicide.[35] Émile Durkheim has described loneliness, specifically the inability or unwillingness to live for others, i.e. for friendships or altruistic ideas, as the main reason for what he called egoistic suicide.[36][unreliable source?] In adults, loneliness is a major precipitant of depression and alcoholism.[37] People who are socially isolated may report poor sleep quality, and thus have diminished restorative processes.[38] Loneliness has also been linked with a schizoid character type in which one may see the world differently and experience social alienation, described as the self in exile.[39]
While the long term effects of extended periods of loneliness are little understood, it has been noted that people who are isolated or experience loneliness for a long period of time fall into a “ontological crisis” or “ontological insecurity,” where they are not sure if they or their surroundings exist, and if they do, exactly who or what they are, creating torment, suffering, and despair to the point of palpability within the thoughts of the person.[40][41]
In children, a lack of social connections is directly linked to several forms of antisocial and self-destructive behavior, most notably hostile and delinquent behavior. In both children and adults, loneliness often has a negative impact on learning and memory. Its disruption of sleep patterns can have a significant impact on the ability to function in everyday life.[35]
Research from a large-scale study published in the journal Psychological Medicine, showed that "lonely millennials are more likely to have mental health problems, be out of work and feel pessimistic about their ability to succeed in life than their peers who feel connected to others, regardless of gender or wealth.”[42][43]
In 2004, the United States Department of Justice published a study indicating that loneliness increases suicide rates profoundly among juveniles, with 62% of all suicides that occurred within juvenile facilities being among those who either were, at the time of the suicide, in solitary confinement or among those with a history of being housed thereof.[40]
Pain, depression, and fatigue function as a symptom cluster and thus may share common risk factors. Two longitudinal studies with different populations demonstrated that loneliness was a risk factor for the development of the pain, depression, and fatigue symptom cluster over time. These data also highlight the health risks of loneliness; pain, depression, and fatigue often accompany serious illness and place people at risk for poor health and mortality.[44]
Physical health[edit]
Chronic loneliness can be a serious, life-threatening health condition. It has been found to be associated with an increased risk of stroke and cardiovascular disease.[45] Loneliness shows an increased incidence of high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and obesity.[46]
Loneliness is shown to increase the concentration of cortisol levels in the body.[46] Prolonged, high cortisol levels can cause anxiety, depression, digestive problems, heart disease, sleep problems, and weight gain.[47]
″Loneliness has been associated with impaired cellular immunity as reflected in lower natural killer (NK) cell activity and higher antibody titers to the Epstein Barr Virus and human herpes viruses".[46] Because of impaired cellular immunity, loneliness among young adults shows vaccines, like the flu vaccine, to be less effective.[46] Data from studies on loneliness and HIV positive men suggests loneliness increases disease progression.[46]
Physiological mechanisms link to poor health[edit]
There are a number of potential physiological mechanisms linking loneliness to poor health outcomes. In 2005, results from the American Framingham Heart Study demonstrated that lonely men had raised levels of Interleukin 6 (IL-6), a blood chemical linked to heart disease. A 2006 study conducted by the Center for Cognitive and Social Neuroscience at the University of Chicago found loneliness can add thirty points to a blood pressure reading for adults over the age of fifty. Another finding, from a survey conducted by John Cacioppo from the University of Chicago, is that doctors report providing better medical care to patients who have a strong network of family and friends than they do to patients who are alone. Cacioppo states that loneliness impairs cognition and willpower, alters DNA transcription in immune cells, and leads over time to high blood pressure.[2] Lonelier people are more likely to show evidence of viral reactivation than less lonely people.[48] Lonelier people also have stronger inflammatory responses to acute stress compared with less lonely people; inflammation is a well known risk factor for age-related diseases.[49]
When someone feels left out of a situation, they feel excluded and one possible side effect is for their body temperature to decrease. When people feel excluded blood vessels at the periphery of the body may narrow, preserving core body heat. This class protective mechanism is known as vasoconstriction.[50]
Treatments and prevention[edit]
There are many different ways used to treat loneliness, social isolation, and clinical depression. The first step that most doctors recommend to patients is therapy. Therapy is a common and effective way of treating loneliness and is often successful. Short-term therapy, the most common form for lonely or depressed patients, typically occurs over a period of ten to twenty weeks. During therapy, emphasis is put on understanding the cause of the problem, reversing the negative thoughts, feelings, and attitudes resulting from the problem, and exploring ways to help the patient feel connected. Some doctors also recommend group therapy as a means to connect with other sufferers and establish a support system.[51] Doctors also frequently prescribe anti-depressants to patients as a stand-alone treatment, or in conjunction with therapy. It may take several attempts before a suitable anti-depressant medication is found.[52]
Alternative approaches to treating depression are suggested by many doctors. These treatments include exercise, dieting, hypnosis, electro-shock therapy, acupuncture, and herbs, amongst others. Many patients find that participating in these activities fully or partially alleviates symptoms related to depression.[53]
Paro, a robot pet seal classified as a medical device by U.S. regulators
Another treatment for both loneliness and depression is pet therapy, or animal-assisted therapy, as it is more formally known. Studies and surveys, as well as anecdotal evidence provided by volunteer and community organizations, indicate that the presence of animal companions such as dogs, cats, rabbits, and guinea pigs can ease feelings of depression and loneliness among some sufferers. Beyond the companionship the animal itself provides there may also be increased opportunities for socializing with other pet owners. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention there are a number of other health benefits associated with pet ownership, including lowered blood pressure and decreased levels of cholesterol and triglycerides.[54]
Nostalgia has also been found to have a restorative effect, counteracting loneliness by increasing perceived social support.[55]
A 1989 study found that the social aspect of religion had a significant negative association with loneliness among elderly people. The effect was more consistent than the effect of social relationships with family and friends, and the subjective concept of religiosity had no significant effect on loneliness.[56]
One study compared the effectiveness of four interventions: improving social skills, enhancing social support, increasing opportunities for social interaction, addressing abnormal social cognition (faulty thoughts and patterns of thoughts). The results of the study indicated that all interventions were effective in reducing loneliness, possibly with the exception of social skill training. Results of the meta-analysis suggest that correcting maladaptive social cognition offers the best chance of reducing loneliness.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loneliness
Adam's Song" is a song recorded by the American rock band Blink-182 for its third studio album, Enema of the State (1999). It was released as the third and final single from Enema of the State on September 5, 2000 through MCA Records. "Adam's Song" shares writing credits between the band's guitarist Tom DeLonge and bassist Mark Hoppus, but Hoppus was the primary composer of the song. The track concerns suicide, depression and loneliness. It incorporates a piano in its bridge section, and was regarded as one of the most serious songs the band had written to that point.
Hoppus was inspired by the loneliness he experienced while on tour; while his bandmates had significant others to return home to, he was single. He was also influenced by a teen suicide letter he read in a magazine. The song takes the form of a suicide note, and contains lyrical allusions to the Nirvana song "Come as You Are". "Adam's Song" was one of the last songs to be written and recorded for Enema of the State, and it was nearly left off the album. Though Hoppus worried the subject matter was too depressing, his bandmates were receptive to its message. The song was produced by Jerry Finn.
"Adam's Song" peaked at number two on the US Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart; it was also a top 25 hit in Canada and Italy, but did not replicate its success on other charts. It received praise from music critics, who considered it a change of pace from the trio's more lighthearted singles. The single's music video, a hit on MTV, was directed by Liz Friedlander. Though the song was intended to inspire hope to those struggling with depression, it encountered controversy when a student of Columbine High School committed suicide with the track on repeat in 2000.
What you see in the first set of pictures; is State Sponsored Domestic Terrorism. This is another psychological aspect of this Domestic Terrorism. It’s an overwhelming presence; meant to overwhelm a Target with Government and Law Enforcement Presence. A presence so large and intense at times; others find it hard to believe, and immediately bring the Targets Mental Health in question. Then the forces that be, build on this; bringing other acts into question and doubt. The Target trying to address this to loved ones, and others; soon find themselves struggling alone, isolated. As, their life becomes an open Target to every sociopath and bottom-feeder; that needs their daily dose of hate, harassment and recognition.
During the Obama Administration; there was an Open Forum held on Human Rights Issues. This was to be televised. Many that attended where Whistleblowers/Targeted Individuals. These attendees, included Doctors, Nurses, College Professors, others holding Doctorate degrees. The first day; these professionals brought up the same issues I have in my photostream. The use of Direct Energy Weapons, the Intensive Mobbing, Stalking, Harassment and Baiting, across sate lines. The hearings were quickly closed to the public, it wasn’t televised. The attendees had to leave, but not before, many recorded this spectral of Government stifling and dismissal. I have some of their vedios in my archives.
As with so many illegal instances, through out history; our Government Agencies and Corporate America, will use all and any resources to stifle those that try to expose the truth. As I keep telling you; the FBI and many other Government Agencies are fully aware, of the use of Direct Energy Weapons. They are fully aware, that they are being Used on US Citizens, on US Soil. During the Obama Administration, there was the largest efforts in American History, to Stifle Whistleblowers. It was said ‘The Obama Administration, declared War on Whistleblowers’. And, look who we now have in office. These are not political statements. They are statements of disgust; serving, then knowing, experiencing, what really happens in the United States. They are ‘The Death of a Civil Nation’ statements.
There are so many acts tested, used and repeated on us; the general public can’t or won’t except it. This is the United States of America; this can’t happen here. Many of us thought the same, until we became Targets. The truth is; this is what happens to Whistleblowers in America. Their credibility, lives, are destroyed. They become Test Subjects for modern technologies. Some are incarcerated by our corrupt judicial system. These are not conspiracy theories, and are easily validated by educating yourself, and researching our own history.
Those Perpetrators released on us Targets, will use Colors (Another Psychological Aspect), to let the Target know, they are involved or associated with this Domestic Terrorism. That’s how the term Gang Stalking derived. It was associated with Street Gangs, because they too use colors for identification. Those involved in Gang Stalking (Domestic Terrorism); live in your neighborhoods; urban and inner-city. They work in your offices, factories, service industries, local, state and federal Law Enforcement. You wouldn’t think of it, knowing many of them. Here in America; we have no shortage of ignorance, susceptible to false and misleading information. Just turn on your TV, others Nations are!
With me; they use Red and Orange, mostly, you can see it throughout my photostream. I met with a group of women from the Stockton area, in California. The perpetrators that Targeted them used Blue. Three of those women were left jobless and homeless. One became a close friend. She would visit me in Yosemite. The Perps didn’t like that at all. She became so overwhelmed by Direct Energy Attacks; she left the United States. Years later, I met another woman that did the same. A majority of Targeted Individuals in the United States, are women.
I’ve mention in previous post; I do my research, I don’t jump to conclusions, use facts and my own experiences. How do you think the term ‘Going Postal’ derived. Postal employees were being so overwhelmed, by Workplace Mobbing; they resorted to Workplace Violence. This Workplace Mobbing; doesn't limit itself to the workplace. With modern technologies; it continues at your residence, your neighborhood, public places. Sadly, some of these extreme acts of violence have been carried out in public places. I’m not saying all are related to Gang Stalking/Domestic Terrorism. There are plenty with mental issues that act out. Then again; this Targeting is carried out and tested on those with mental problems, with intensity.
I do not condone any violence. I repeat; I do not condone any violence. If you are Targeted, you are much better off, educating yourself. Learn ways to discipline, calm and distract yourself from this Terror. Document everything, record everything, back up everything, leave copies with trusted friends, family. Stay off the websites that claim to help Targeted Individuals. Be patient; Truth and History are on our side.
Now I’ll go through the pictures in this Collage. As Koda and I venture out from our new camp, we are overwhelmed by 3 helicopters and a single prop spotter plane. They helicopters would show up in the distance and circle around as we walked to another road. They did this for over an hour, and only stopped when we arrived back to our camp. I try to get Koda out as much as possible, he needs the exercise, as do I. Some I had to crop a bit, and didn’t come out as expected. I a little new to collages, but will improve.
The first 5 pictures are of the helicopters and spotter plane. You can see the 2nd helicopter flying with open doors. There was a third, but was separated to far, to be capture with my minimum 80mm focal length. The spotter plane didn’t show up in frames 5 and 6, but believe me; it was there and buzzing us the whole trip. Just like you have heard in my previous post.
Picture 6; is a red 4 wheeler, behind a small tree. Then pic 7, is a blue one that followed. Thats our welcome home committee. We get this when we come home from a hike….
Pic 8; is Koda, the Magnificent. He hears Billy-Bob, coming ‘Over the Horizon’. That would be picture 9, dressed in Orange. He was followed by 2 kids, on one 4 wheeler. They gave Koda; the Long Stare of Hate. My emotions got to me, and I decided not to post it. The boy and girl, were way to young, to be involved in this. Their mission, was to harass and torment Koda.
Picture 10; are pictures, of 2 more 4 wheelers. They came from the woods behind us. They were all OD Greened out, with camping gear and vehicles. Once they passed, making their vehicles backfire, they stopped. They can be seen at the top of the picture. They stopped, like the Sociopaths do; to draw more attention.
Picture 11; is Mr Creepy, in a red ATV. He showed up later, as Koda and I sat out front, after lunch. He sat there and watched us, until I went in, grabbed the Half-wit Spotter (Camera), and started taking pictures. Picture 12; is a Black Truck (Oooh, so Intimidating, that’s what they want you to think). It sat there too, watching Koda and I, until I got the Half-wit Spotter. Then he left.
Picture 13; is our morning Fly By (Helicopter). I was outside starting routine RV maintenance. He came in real low; by the time I went in to get the Half-wit Spotter, he had passed. Picture 14; is a Forest Service Truck. He stopped where the other Sociopaths did, prior. He did this after driving by our camp very slowly. Koda started growling as he drove by, which he usually doesn’t do. I starting receiving a light DEW (Direct Energy Attack), and by Koda’s reaction, he did too.
Picture 15; is a woman that came rushing down our road, pulls up to our camp turn-off. Turns around quickly, then speeds off. She had a Sheriffs decal on the back of her car. Also, a decal under her plate stating; K-9 On Board. Koda, again growled. I was receiving another light DEW. I don’t believe they came from the Forest Srvc Truck, or the woman. What you don’t see; are two ATVs (one Red), parked far across the fields, on another road. It ma yhave come from them. These perps use this deception; wanting to think, someone in your presence is doing it.
Picture 16; is a big Red Truck, with Red Trailer. It’s setting in the same spot the others where. Watching Koda and I, until I get the Half-wit Spotter.
As I mentioned in my previous post; I will describe the Symptoms of Direct Energy Attacks, also known as the ‘Havana Syndrome’. I want to forewarn you; here in the United States, Only US Diplomats and CIA agents are allowed to claim these attacks. If you try to report it to the FBI, they will hang up on you. If your try to inform your Representative Legislators; you will never hear from them. Isn’t that so, Mr FBI Guy.
There are many symptoms from these attacks. They are also accompanied by extreme noise campaigns. These noises may be car horns, loud trucks and cars revving their engines, sirens, airplanes, helicopters, Half-wits pounding something. Anything that will intensify the anxiously, you are feeling during these attacks. Something that will also accompany these Attacks; are near snapping sounds, coming from your walls and or the ceiling of you residence. It could be a reaction to from the Microwave Energy. These can also come from the dash of your car, or vehicle, if you happen to be in it. I had a device places in my Jeep; that would make a loud thunk, each and every time, I turned onto the road I lived on. It only happen when I turned onto my road. I have recorded and documented, almost everyone of them.
The symptoms will vary depending on how close the source is. The first symptoms I will notice and also the many other Targets I have spoken to are:
Pressure starting on your forehead and eyes. This pressure will intensify, your face and forehead may become flush red. Anxiety will build, often accompanied by short temperateness or anger. This could be so intense; you will grit, or grind your teeth, lashing out inappropriately. Perps love to build on this in public.
Then forgetfulness. You could be buttering a piece of toast, have it in your hand, and forget what you are doing, and what needs to be done next; like spread the butter. You may acquire slightly blurred vision, a lose of balance. The Anxiety continues and your train of thought is shot. You may experience a temporary Speech Impediment. Often, enunciating the wrong letter or syllable in subsequent words in a sentence, your trying to express. Then again, you can forget what you were going to say, all together.
Ringing in the ears; often accompanied with these attacks. There will be a high pitched ringing. This can change tones, and become a low pitch ringing.
You may feel a specific pain, in a part or parts of your body. Many, often get a severe headache. I have very rarely, in my life, had headaches. But, when I do, they are from these attacks, and are severe. I also, have during and after these attacks; excessive yawning. I have witnessed Koda, doing this amny times.
I, and many, have had heart palpitations. I, and many, have felt stinging in the bottom the feet.
As these symptoms start to wear down; you can be ravished by hunger. You may have eaten an hour ago and still be hungry.
These symptoms will remain, as long as there is a source. Many will continue through the night, keeping you sleep deprived. Like; they did with me last Saturday night. The same day as the Chopper and Plane, followed and buzzed us. I did not sleep at all, finally gave up around 6:00 am, made some coffee, and didn’t sleep until late, Sunday night.
With my military training; I have gone days without sleep. Many of you, may not fare so well, and the Perpetrators, love to build on this. They will intensify these attacks, while being sleep deprived. Right out of the US Army’s Psyops, Play Book. Why you are sleep deprived they will Psychologically, mess with you, in all kinds of ways. Using sounds and manipulated experiences.
These attacks can be in public places, or in the privacy of your residence. These Perpetrators have no boundaries. I don’t know much about the devices used, or their distance. I do know, they are usually followed by the Bottom-Feeders, getting in your face. I did get a cell picture of a man, holding a device in his hand, while I was receiving an Attack. This device looked like the back of a cell phone, with a metal half-loop, coming from the top. The loop was large, about ½ inch in diameter. He held it up, until he noticed me, taking a pic with my cell phone. This happened, while working in Yosemite National Park.
While coming close to finishing this draft; Koda was in the bedroom, he came in panting and acting very submissive. I thought he may need to go out, so I put on my shoes and shirt. Before I got them on; here comes the Sociopathic Plane Pilot, for his fly by. Koda, had heard him before I did, and before he arrived. He flew over before we stepped out, Koda didn’t have to use the bathroom, so I tossed his little log that he found, so he could fetch it. Within a couple of minutes; here comes Mr Sociopath Pilot, back for another fly by. Once we went in, I felt a mild DEW Attack. Koda was panting heavily, seemed very nervous and confused. Like I said; these Parasites Have No Boundaries.
Its getting late, I’ll come back and edit this later, as needed.
For you Sociopath that have harassed, tormented and tortured my service dog; don’t worry. I will get around to you, on my terms. Even those of you whom think, you feel protected in public places; I will expose you for the Human Trash you are. What do you call someone that teaches young children, to hate, harass and torment a total stranger and his dog? Someone, that uses children and pets, possibly putting them in harms way. I know of, and met with another veteran. He, his mother and his dog; are going through the same scripted torture, that Koda and I are. He lives, 2000 miles away.
My statements may be harsh, but if you’ve followed my post; you know they are true. I have to gear up for a couple of trips into town this week. I hopefully have a credit card to pick up. This will be the 3rd one sent. I requested one, for the one, that’s expiring soon. I checked with the card company. The 1st one wasn’t received, so I requested another. That one wasn’t received, so I asked a manger if she would check to see what was going on. She said the last two were sent, but didn’t show scanned/received by the Post Office. They can verify, to see if they were scanned into a Post Office. These were not. She had one sent Fed-Ex and should be here by tomorrow. But, Mr FBI Guy; it’s just a coincidence. Just like the Phoenix VA Pharmacy, doesn’t mail my Lupus meds, that keep it in check. After I personally speak with a pharmacy tech. They did this twice, while waiting for meds, to find out they was never mailed. Then another time, sending to an old address, 100 miles away, that I had to chase down. After, speaking with another tech. These are the things that happen to a Targeted Individual.
Oh, and I have to do laundry. I wonder if we will be mobbed, baited and harassed by parents and their children. By the owner and his side-kick. I wonder if they will open all the washer doors; to block the aisles, for Koda and I. Maybe they will shortchange me at the change machine again, or leave filth and dry laundry soap on the floors; for Koda to lay on. Or, do I have to go public with this too, for it to stop.
Just a quick update. I posted this; mentioning my problems receiving my credit card. 30 minutes after my post was complete. I get an email from my credit card company; telling me another card has been sent out, and I should receive it my Sept 7th. I called the credit card company, to find what was going on. They didn’t send the card out on the 27th, through Fed-Ex, as I was promised. It was sent today, but there was another card sent the 27th, regular mail. If I don’t receive the card sent on the 27th, by regular mail, by the 6th of September. I need to cancel the one sent by Fed-Ex, because they both have the same number. And, I will have to request another card, and start the whole process over. This after speaking to, two different managers, during these request. The one sent by Fed-Ex, I should receive within the next two days. Are you confused yet? This is the everyday life of a Whistleblower in America, and retaliation from Corporate America, that works hand in hand, with our Government Agencies. Many of these acts are performed just prior to going to bed; leaving you anguished, causing dificulty sleeping. I have been hit heavily with these Direct Energy Weapons, heavliy, sence this innitial post.
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American film star Joan Crawford (1904-1977) had a career that would span many decades, studios, and controversies. In her silent films, she made an impact as a vivacious Jazz Age flapper and later she matured into a star of psychological melodramas.
Joan Crawford was born Lucille Fay LeSueur in 1904, in San Antonio, Texas. Her parents were Anna Belle (Johnson) and Thomas E. LeSueur, a laundry labourer. By the time she was born, her parents had separated. The young Lucille was bullied and shunned at Scaritt Elementary School in Kansas City by the other students due to her poor home life. She worked with her mother in a laundry and felt that her classmates could smell the chemicals and cleaners on her. She said that her love of taking showers and being obsessed with cleanliness had begun early in life as an attempt to wash off the smell of the laundry. Her stepfather Henry Cassin allegedly began sexually abusing her when she was eleven years old, and the abuse continued until she was sent to St. Agnes Academy, a Catholic girls' school. By the time she was a teenager, she'd had three stepfathers. Lucille LeSueur worked a variety of menial jobs. She was a good dancer, though, and she entered several contests, one of which landed her a spot in a chorus line. Before long, she was dancing in the choruses of travelling revues in big Midwestern and East Coast cities. She was spotted dancing in Detroit by famous New York producer Jacob J. Shubert. Shubert put her in the chorus line for his show 'Innocent Eyes'(1924) at the Winter Garden Theatre on Broadway. Then followed another Schubert production, 'The Passing Show of 1924'. After hours, she danced for pay in the town it-spot, Club Richman, which was run by the 'Passing Show' stage manager Nils Granlund and popular local personality Harry Richman. In December 1924, Granlund called Lucille to tell her that Al Altman, a NYC-based talent scout from MGM had caught her in 'The Passing Show of 1924' and wanted her to do a screen test. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) offered Crawford a contract at $75 a week. On New Year's Day 1925 she boarded the train for Culver City. Credited as Lucille LeSueur, her first film part was as a showgirl in Lady of the Night (Monta Bell, 1925), starring MGM's most popular female star, Norma Shearer. Crawford was determined to succeed, and shortly after she also appeared in The Circle (Frank Borzage, 1925) and Pretty Ladies (Monta Bell, 1925), starring comedian ZaSu Pitts. She also appeared in a small role in Erich von Stroheim's classic The Merry Widow (1925) with Mae Murray and John Gilbert. MGM publicity head Pete Smith recognised her ability to become a major star but felt her name sounded fake. He told studio head, Louis B. Mayer, that her last name, LeSueur, reminded him of a sewer. Smith organised a contest called 'Name the Star' in Movie Weekly to allow readers to select her new stage name. The initial choice was 'Joan Arden', but after another actress was found to have a prior claim to that name, the alternate surname 'Crawford' became the choice. She first made an impression on audiences in Edmund Goulding's showgirl tale Sally, Irene, and Mary (1925). The film, which co-starred Constance Bennett and Sally O'Neil, was a hit. Joan's popularity grew so quickly afterwards that two films in which she was still billed as Lucille Le Sueur: Old Clothes (Edward F. Cline, 1925) with Jackie Coogan, and The Only Thing (Jack Conway, 1925) were recalled, and her name on the billings was changed to Joan Crawford. In 1926, Crawford was named one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars, and she starred opposite Charles Ray in Paris (Edmund Goulding, 1926). Within a few years, she became the romantic female lead to many of MGM's top male stars, including Ramón Novarro, John Gilbert, and action star Tim McCoy. She appeared alongside her close friend, William Haines in the comedy Spring Fever (Edward Sedgwick, 1927). It was the second film starring Haines and Crawford (the first had been Sally, Irene and Mary (1925)), and their first onscreen romantic teaming. Then, Crawford appeared in the silent horror film The Unknown (Tod Browning, 1927), starring Lon Chaney, Sr., who played Alonzo the Armless, a circus freak who uses his feet to toss knives. Crawford played his skimpily-clad young carnival assistant whom he hopes to marry. She stated that she learned more about acting from watching Chaney work than from anyone else in her career. Her role of Diana Medford in Our Dancing Daughters (Harry Beaumont, 1928) elevated her to star status. Joan co-starred with Anita Page and Dorothy Sebastian, and her spunky wild-but-moral flapper character struck a chord with the public and zeitgeist. Wikipedia: "The role established her as a symbol of modern 1920s-style femininity which rivaled Clara Bow, the original It girl, then Hollywood's foremost flapper. A stream of hits followed Our Dancing Daughters, including two more flapper-themed movies, in which Crawford embodied for her legion of fans (many of whom were women) an idealized vision of the free-spirited, all-American girl." The fan mail began pouring in and from that point on Joan was a bonafide star. Crawford had cleared the first big hurdle; now came the second, in the form of talkies. But Crawford wasn't felled by sound. Her first talkie, the romantic drama Untamed (Jack Conway, 1929) with Robert Montgomery, was a success. Michael Eliott at IMDb: "It's rather amazing to see how well she transformed into a sound star and you have to think that she was among the best to do so."
In the early 1930s, tired of playing fun-loving flappers, Joan Crawford wanted to change her image. Thin lips would not do for her; she wanted big lips. Ignoring her natural lip contours, Max Factor ran a smear of colour across her upper and lower lips. It was just what she wanted. To Max, the Crawford look, which became her trademark, was always 'the smear'. As the 1930s progressed, Joan Crawford became one of the biggest stars at MGM. She developed a glamorous screen image, appearing often as a sumptuously gowned, fur-draped, successful career woman. She was in top form in films such as Grand Hotel (Edmund Goulding, 1932), Sadie McKee (Clarence Brown, 1934), No More Ladies (Edward H. Griffith, 1935), and Love on the Run (W.S. Van Dyke, 1936) with Clark Gable. Crawford often played hard-working young women who found romance and success. Movie patrons were enthralled, and studio executives were satisfied. Her fame rivalled, and later outlasted, that of MGM colleagues Norma Shearer and Greta Garbo. Among her early successes as a dramatic actress were The Women (George Cukor, 1939), Susan and God (1940), Strange Cargo (1940), and A Woman’s Face (1941). By the early 1940s, MGM was no longer giving Joan Crawford plum roles. Newcomers had arrived in Hollywood, and the public wanted to see them. Crawford left MGM for rival Warner Bros. In 1945 she landed the role of a lifetime in Mildred Pierce (Michael Curtiz, 1945). It is the story of an emotional and ambitious woman who rises from waitress to owner of a restaurant chain. The role gave her an opportunity to show her range as an actress, and her performance as a woman driven to give her daughter (Ann Blyth) everything garnered Crawford her first, and only, Oscar for Best Actress. The following year she appeared with John Garfield in the well-received Humoresque (Jean Negulesco, 1946). In 1947, she appeared as Louise Graham in Possessed (Curtis Bernhardt, 1947) with Van Heflin. Again she was nominated for the Best Actress award from the Academy, but she lost to Loretta Young in The Farmer's Daughter (H.C. Potter, 1947). Crawford continued to choose her roles carefully, and in 1952 she was nominated for a third time, for her depiction of Myra Hudson in Sudden Fear (David Miller, 1952) opposite Jack Palance and Gloria Grahame. This time the coveted Oscar went to Shirley Booth, for Come Back, Little Sheba (Daniel Mann, 1952). In 1955, Crawford became involved with the Pepsi-Cola Company through her marriage to company Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Alfred Steele. Crawford married four times. Her first three marriages to the actors Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. (1929–1933), Franchot Tone (1935–1939), and Phillip Terry (1942–1946) all had ended in divorce. After his death in 1959 she became a director of the company and in that role hired her friend Dorothy Arzner to film several Pepsi commercials. Crawford's film career slowed and she appeared in minor roles until 1962. Then she and Bette Davis co-starred in Whatever happened to Baby Jane? (Robert Aldrich, 1962). Their longstanding rivalry may have helped fuel their phenomenally vitriolic and well-received performances. Crawford's final appearance on the silver screen was in the bad monster movie Trog (Freddie Francis, 1970). It is said Bette Davis commented that if she had found herself starring in Trog, she'd commit suicide. Anyway, Joan Crawford retired from the screen, and following a public appearance in 1974 withdrew from public life. Turning to vodka more and more, she became increasingly reclusive. In 1977, Joan Crawford died of a heart attack in New York City. She was 72 years old. She had disinherited her adopted daughter Christina and son Christopher; the former wrote the controversial memoir 'Mommie Dearest' (1978). In 1981, Faye Dunaway starred in the film adaptation Mommie Dearest (Frank Perry, 1981) which did well at the box office. Joan Crawford is interred in a mausoleum in Ferncliff Cemetery in Hartsdale, New York.
Sources: Stephanie Jones (The Best of Everything), Michael Elliott (IMDb), Encyclopaedia Britannica, Wikipedia, and IMDb.
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