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The mountain of Schiehallion looks magical and to some it is magical. The theories that point to, or arise from mount Schiehallion continue to form like the clouds that veil and reveal this mountain which has several false summits that deceive the climber of the slopes that they are approaching the one true summit. From biblical accounts to the pages of 2000AD Schiehallion has inspired authors and readers to conjure with scene and setting that some have located in Perth, Scotland. By some calculations Schiehallion is stated to be at the centre of Scotland. Schiehallion for some is ‘Mount Heredom’ and this is the mystic location of much labelled mythology, but also categorised as not yet proven. In Masonic mythology the First Grand Master is said to have held council here and so it is the source for the ensuing fraternity that has continued to this day. The magical rites of Masonry have inspired others through several Orders and Societies and the Heredom of those has links back to the philosopher’s mountain from Alchemy. Alchemy is the magic named after and supposedly from Egypt, or based on the perceived rites of the ancient culture. The conical shape of Schiehallion gives rise to ideas inspired through the notion of it resembling a pyramid. Some believe that the mountain is a hollow home to a network of mystical tunnels that await the perfected amongst us who are welcomed into the magic of the builders, the architects and the spiritual designer of this work of Sacred Geometry.
In the images presented here do chance to look out for wings, hills and vales all opening and closing over time to reveal the grand design. Think of the letters u and n when they are set down the same shape reversed and of how the shapes of V and N together make a continual connection. Envision the letters Vau and Nun if you wish and go on to see the nail and fish with the iconic images of the Hierophant and Death on hand to continue to unlock the potential? If you wish to ignore the last three sentences then the fourth asks that you look at the horizontal join in the images not as a horizon, but as the expression of light and time catching and releasing each other in what we can be see as the prospect of a plane through the workings of an illuminated hour glass.
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The Schiehallion Experiment
“When the Reverend Nevil Maskelyne spent the summer of 1774 living high up on the sides of Schiehallion, a 3,400 foot mountain in Central Scotland, the astronomical observations he made there enabled him to disprove one of the ideas then current about the earth's interior.”
“Fortunately, however Perthshire afforded us a remarkable hill, nearly in the centre of Scotland, of sufficient height, tolerably detached from other hills, and considerably larger from east to west than from north to south, called by the people of the low country Maiden-Pap, but by the neighbouring inhabitants Schiehallion, which I have since been informed signifies in the Erse language Constant Storm; a name well adapted to the appearance which it so frequently exhibits to those who live near it, by the clouds and mists which usually crown its summit.”
1774 Rev Dr Nevil Maskelyne DD FRS FRSE
Maskelyne on Schiehallion or one man' s geophysical year.
You would think, with a place called "Philosopher's Club" there would be deep discussions about existentialism, and deep philosophical thoughts.
Nope.
All you'll find here at 824 Ulloa St is a collection of locals and folks fresh from the MUNI station getting politely hammered and
occasionally trying to discover the mysteries of life, via the liberal application of alcohol...which as I consider it, can be considered as
philosophical.
Prints of this picture are available at:
signsalongtheway.smugmug.com/Bars-Liquor/Bars-Liquor/2277...
As requested in his will, Bentham's body was dissected as part of a public anatomy lecture. Afterward, the skeleton and head were preserved and stored in a wooden cabinet called the "Auto-icon" at UCL, with the skeleton padded out with hay and dressed in Bentham's clothes. Today he was taken out of his case for a clean and renovation
A single life is not bad.
I love my own space.
I love my own time.
I love me.
But such a day reminds me of...
SACO, Saudi’s largest home-improvement superstore, has a wide range of LED book-mounted reading lights. To position the product as an essential book accessory with a very bright light, our print ads featured storybook characters reacting to the brightness of the LED booklight.
Tarkine rainforest, northwest Tasmania
On black is especially good for this. large is good too.
Just back from five days at our block in Northwest Tassie. We had a drive into the Tarkine rainforest area on the last day, and went for a walk on a newly made track (actually not even officially open) to Philosopher's Falls. The track gave great access to a sample of Australia's largest stand of temperate rainforest (but a somewhat disappointiing view of the falls themselves - I won't be showing you a photo of them.)
Capturing the the feel of a rainforest proved as hard as ever for me. Most of my shots looked too confusing, but this one seemed to work.
Pretty much SOOC. All I have done is up the saturation and sharpness a notch (and the crop). I could perhaps take the saturation a little further.
It is tradition that University of Edinburgh Philosophy students go to Hume's statue and rub his right foot for good luck before exams. What does that say about their values? Ironically, the statue sits across from the St. Giles Church where Presbyterianism was founded. It's almost an in-your-face location. Hume was an outspoken critic of Christianity. John Knox, on the other hand was an humble man and demanded that his grave not be adorned with a monument, but he wanted to be buried beside his church. His body resides under the parking lot beside the church and the parking space over it (space 23) is marked with a yellow X. That is all.
by J.K. Rowling
When we went to Toronto over Labor Day weekend in 2006 we stopped at a bookstore and I got a copy of the Canadian version of book one. In America it is called "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" The only difference I found was words for the same items, such as Sweater vs Jumper.
re-read May 2007
Viewed from the hilltop.
"Bernkastel-Kues (German pronunciation: [ˌbɛɐ̯nkastəlˈkuːs]) is a town on the Middle Moselle in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is a well-known winegrowing centre. The town is a state-recognized health resort (Erholungsort), seat of the Verbandsgemeinde of Bernkastel-Kues and birthplace of one of the most famous German polymaths, the mediaeval churchman and philosopher Nikolaus von Kues (Cusanus).
Bernkastel-Kues is located in the Moselle valley, about 50 kilometers from Trier. The highest elevation is Mount Olympus (415 m above sea level), the lowest point (107 m above sea level) is on the banks of the Moselle. The urban area covers a total area of 23.71 km², of which 5.93 km² is used for agriculture. This makes Bernkastel-Kues one of the largest cities in the Middle Moselle in terms of area. Immediately neighboring local communities are (clockwise, starting from the north) Zeltingen-Rachtig, Graach an der Mosel, Longkamp, Monzelfeld, Mülheim an der Mosel, Lieser, Maring-Noviand and Platten.
Left tributaries of the Moselle are Heldengraben, Thelengraben, Waldgraben, Krausbach and the stream from the Wehlener Forest. The right tributaries of the Moselle are Goldbach, Heidesheimgraben, Tiefenbach and Schadbach.
Archaeologists discovered the first evidence of human settlement (3000 BC) in Cusa. Around 370, Decimus Magnus Ausonius, Roman poet and teacher at the imperial court, wrote his poem Mosella. Adalbero of Luxembourg, provost of the Trier Monastery of St. Paulin, became Lord of Bernkastel. The first documented mention of Bernkastel dates back to the first half of the 11th century. At the turn of the 7th and 8th centuries a geographer named a place Princastellum. This is considered evidence of a Roman fort in the 4th century near today's Landshut castle ruins; This is indicated, among other things, by fittings, ceramics and iron finds below the castle. The form of the name in the 12th century Beronis castellum was a learned relatinization that referred to the Trier provost Adalbero of Luxembourg (11th century). The third castle construction began in 1277 under the rule of Trier Archbishop Heinrich II von Finstingen . On May 29, 1291, King Rudolf I of Habsburg granted Berrincastel city rights. The Landshut Castle, which was built at that time, only received this name in the 16th century. In 1332 the city rights were reconfirmed by Emperor Ludwig of Bavaria's collecting privilege. Archbishop Boemund II became elector through the Golden Bull. According to legend, he was cured of a serious illness by a glass of wine - the legend of the Berncastler Doctor began. In 1401, Nicolaus Cusanus was born in the house of the Moselle boatman Henne Cryfftz (Krebs), which can be visited. In 1451, the St. Nicholas Hospital (Cusanusstift), a hospital for the poor, was built. In 1505, the name Landshut appeared for the first time for the archbishop's castle in a sovereign decree from James II. In 1512, Emperor Maximilian stayed in Bernkastel on his way to the Reichstag in Trier. The plague raged in Bernkastel in 1627 and in Kues in 1641. In 1692, Landshut Castle fell victim to a fire and has been in ruins ever since. In 1787 the Electorate of Berncastel had 4,743 inhabitants. From 1794 to 1814 Bernkastel was a cantonal town under French rule; at the Congress of Vienna (1815) Bernkastel and Kues were added to the Kingdom of Prussia. Bernkastel became the seat of the Bernkastel mayor's office and in 1821 the seat of the Bernkastel district . In 1848 the revolution also came to Bernkastel: the black, red and gold flag was hoisted at the town hall and a vigilante group was formed. The first road bridge between Bernkastel and Kues was built in 1872/74, and the first rail connection in 1882/83.
The town in its current form was created on April 1, 1905 through the merger of the town of Bernkastel with the wine-growing village of Kues opposite. In 1926 there were major wine unrests on the Moselle, the tax office in Bernkastel and the customs office in Kues were stormed. During the Reichspogromnacht on November 9, 1938, there were serious riots against Jewish fellow citizens; the synagogue was destroyed. Towards the end of the Second World War, the city was bombed several times. On February 19, 1945, numerous houses around the market square in Bernkastel were destroyed and 41 people were killed. In an attack on March 2nd, large parts of the old town hall and other buildings were destroyed and 29 people were killed. On March 11th the Moselle bridge was blown up and the bombardment by American artillery began the following day. On March 15th the Americans moved into Kues and on the 16th into Bernkastel.
The first democratic elections after the war took place in 1946; Hans Weber became city mayor. On November 7, 1970, Andel and Wehlen were incorporated. As a result of the Rhineland-Palatinate administrative reform, the Verbandsgemeinde of Bernkastel-Kues was formed through the merger of the offices of Bernkastel-Land, Lieser, Mülheim, Zeltingen and the city of Bernkastel-Kues. The Burgberg Tunnel was officially opened in 1997. In 2000 the partnership between Bernkastel-Kues and Karlovy Vary (Karlovy Vary) began. In 2005 the city celebrated the 100th anniversary of the merger of Bernkastel and Kues; The community became a climatic health resort.
Mosel (German: [ˈmoːzl̩]) is one of 13 German wine regions (Weinbaugebiete) for quality wines (Qualitätswein, formerly QbA and Prädikatswein), and takes its name from the Mosel River (French: Moselle; Luxembourgish: Musel). Before 1 August 2007 the region was called Mosel-Saar-Ruwer, but changed to a name that was considered more consumer-friendly. The wine region is Germany's third largest in terms of production but some consider it the leading region in terms of international prestige.
The region covers the valleys of the rivers Mosel, Saar, and Ruwer from near the mouth of the Mosel at Koblenz and upstream to the vicinity of Trier in the federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The area is known for the steep slopes of the region's vineyards overlooking the river. At 65° degrees incline, the steepest recorded vineyard in the world is the Calmont vineyard located on the Mosel and belonging to the village of Bremm, and therefore referred to as Bremmer Calmont. The Mosel is mainly famous for its wines made from the Riesling grape, but Elbling and Müller-Thurgau also contribute to the production, among others.
In the past two decades red wine production, especially from the Spätburgunder (Pinot noir), has increased in the Mosel and throughout the German vignoble and has become of increasing interest to the international wine community. Because of the northerly location of the Mosel, the Riesling wines are often light, tending to lower alcohol, crisp and high in acidity, and often exhibit "flowery" rather than or in addition to "fruity" aromas. Its most common vineyard soil is derived in the main from various kinds of slate deposits, which tend to give the wines a transparent, mineralic aspect, that often exhibit great depth of flavor. In the current era of climate change much work has been done to improve and gain acceptance for completely dry ("Trocken") Rieslings in this region, so that most of the more famous makers have found acceptance for such wines, particularly in Europe." - info from Wikipedia.
Summer 2019 I did a solo cycling tour across Europe through 12 countries over the course of 3 months. I began my adventure in Edinburgh, Scotland and finished in Florence, Italy cycling 8,816 km. During my trip I took 47,000 photos.
Now on Instagram.
Walter Prescott Webb, Roy Bedicheck, and J. Frank Dobie holding court at Barton Springs Pool
read more about them at www.austinchronicle.com/books/2003-07-04/166628/
Ben and the Tetrarchs (sounds like a band) and a Doge.
Originally from the entrance pillars of the Capitol of Constantinople (the Tetrarchs, not Ben).
Stolen in 1204.
See the third picture on www.arkeo3d.com/byzantium1200/capitolium.html
Those early visionaries of Stillman's Philosophers' Camp in 1858 were all transformed by the spiritual power of the unspoiled Adirondack wilderness. Their collective inspirations from Nature led to the great paradigm shift that set the modern transcendental philosophy in motion. Today, Follensby Pond is under protection by The Nature Conservancy.