Dulia and hyperdulia are not offered to demons in Hinduism. This blog-post shows why Hindu worship of idols is absolutely necessary for progressing in the spiritual path.
for those (who meet others) in solitary confinement
Being in solitary confinement is being in hell. In this season of merry making and peace, I bring to mind the difficulties of being human with those who are often inhuman in their resistance to everything good.
“To be without care” from Søren Kierkegaard, the first Modernist
Søren Kierkegaard is clear and concise. He understood the life of the spirit better than most. Unfortunately he is often overlooked in preference to Nietzsche. & may I mention that Kierkegaard’s insights about Faith is relevant to all religions.
The End of the World sung by Skeeter Davis
This song is one of the best out there and I am a sucker for country music…so when I found it in the horror sci-fi movie adaptation of Stephen King’s Under the Dome, I couldn’t but share it with you, my reader. Thank you for listening in.
Funeral Blues by W.H. Auden
This is one of Auden’s most beautiful but under-anthologized poems. The beauty of the poem is undercut by great sorrow since “our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought”.
The Apostle, junk it for some other better horror experience
The Apostle is an insensitive, cheap gore-filled movie which it is not even remotely what it is touted to be online: it is neither original nor material for cult horror.
