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- 871: Alchemy
- ... infer from the alchemistical writings that the end of the art was the spiritual regeneration of man. Mrs. Atwood, author of "A Suggestive Inquiry into the Hermetic Mystery", and an American writer named Hitchcock are purhaps the chief protagonists of the belief the by spiritual processes akin to those of the chemical process of alchemy, the soul of man may be ... in its production, and only explicable thereby. He concluded his argument with an appeal for tolerance towards the medieval alchemists, whose work is underrated because it is not properly understood. LITERATURE: Atwood, A Suggestive Inquiry into the Hermetic Mastery, 1850 Hitchcock, Remarks on Alchemy and the Alchemists, Boston, 1857 Waite, Lives of the Alchemystical Philosophers, London, 1888 " The Occult Sciences, London ...
- 872: The Application of Fractal Geometry to Ecology
- ... an even more important tool for ecologists and biologists. Some future applications of fractal geometry to ecology include climate modeling, weather prediction, land management, and the creation of artificial habitats. Literature Cited Marcia, L. 1991. The Fractal Explorer. Dynamic Press. Santa Cruz. Gautestad, A. O., Mysterud, I. 1993. Physical and biological mechanisms in animal movement processes. Journal of Applied Ecology. 30:523-535. Horgan, J. 1988. Fractal Shorthand. Scientific American. 258(2):28. Kadanoff, L. P. 1986. Fractals: Where's the physics? Physics Today. 39:6-7. Mandelbrot, B. B. 1982. The Fractal Geometry of Nature. W. H. Freeman and ...
- 873: The Praying Mantis
- ... make up the Mantidae family of insects. The Mantidae family, in turn, is part of the order/suborder Mantodea that includes a variety of mantid-like species. But the existing literature does not reflect a clear consensus about what insect order Mantodea belong in. Some have placed Mantodea in the Dictyoptera Order-with the roaches. Others place Mantodea in the Orthoptera ... The number and size of egg cases deposited by a female also varies by species and she dies sometime after her final birthing GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT The life-cycle of North American mantid species runs from spring to fall. When springtime temperatures become sufficiently warm, the mantid nymphs emerge from the ootheca. They drop toward the earth on thin strands of stringy ...
- 874: Judaism: One Religion or Many Small Religions?
- ... of oppressed people, and the result is almost always a great deviation in the ways of the ‘old world’. A perfect example of this comes when examining the point in American history where independence was declared from England. Now, mere centuries later, America is as different in its politics, religions, and social forces from England as one could imagine. This was ... one, depending upon how you choose to look at it. Every religion has many pieces, but as long as there are a few constants (such as the birthplace, the language, literature, etc) it is possible to view the whole as a single force, and still acknowledge variations that will inevitably spring-up.
- 875: Religion: Judaism or Judaisms?
- ... of oppressed people, and the result is almost always a great deviation in the ways of the ‘old world'. A perfect example of this comes when examining the point in American history where independence was declared from England. Now, mere centuries later, America is as different in its politics, religions, and social forces from England as one could imagine. This was ... one, depending upon how you choose to look at it. Every religion has many pieces, but as long as there are a few constants (such as the birthplace, the language, literature, etc) it is possible to view the whole as a single force, and still acknowledge various religions
- 876: The Case For The Existence of God
- ... than it is." John C. Monsma, in the text which he edited entitled, `The Evidence of God in an Expanding Universe' (which is a compilation of testimony from forty outstanding American scientists), affirmed "that science can establish, by the observed facts of Nature and intellectual argumentation, that a super-human power exists." . Dr. A. Cressy Morrison, former President of the New ... there is a God, and He is not silent. That Christ existed cannot he doubted by any rational person. His miracles and other works are documented, not only in biblical literature, but in profane, secular history as well. The empty tomb stands as a silent but powerful witness that God does exist (Acts 2:24; Romans 10:9) and that Christ ...
- 877: Analysis of Jarrell's "The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner"
- ... he implies that there is nothing left including the memory of him and the war goes on. Works Cited Jarrell, Randall. "The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner." The Harper American Literature. Ed. Donald McQuade. New York: Harper Collins , 1996. 2594.
- 878: Romanticism, Poe, and "The Raven"
- ... history when these qualities became dominant in culture. Romanticism depicts an artistic movement which emerged from reaction against dominant attitudes and approaches of the 18th century. Romanticism established realism in literature through creativity, innovation, exploration, and vivid imagery. By expanding beyond the definition of love, Romanticism, accented by mystery, delves into the strange and fantastic aspects of human experiences. “To escape ... turned their interests to remote and faraway places; the medieval past; folklore and legends, and nature and the common man.” Edgar Allen Poe is noted as one of the few American “Romantic” poets. Poe's poem “The Raven” portrays Romanticism as characterized by emotion, exotica, and imagination. A friend of Edgar Allen Poe, R. H. Horne, wrote of “The Raven”, “the ...
- 879: Lesbian Poetry
- ... time, over the centuries due to neglect, natural disasters, and censorship they were lost (Robinson 100). From ancient times up until the present, Sappho has remained an important figure in literature and culture. It is not very surprising to find lesbian poetry during the nineteenth century, labeled as being the Romantic Period, since throughout this time there was "new emphases on ... love considering he wrote of it in such extreme detail. Writers of the Harlem Renaissance also contributed to this Sapphic style of poetry. Angelina Weld Grimke wrote of the African-American experience along with lesbianism. Of mixed racial background, she (named after her mother's aunt, an abolitionist an advocate for women's rights) was born in 1880 in Boston. After ...
- 880: The Hoa Lo Prison Camp
- ... who follow these camp regulations and show good attitude by concrete acts and report all those who want to make trouble will be rewarded, and shown a humane treatment. The American POW could not obey these rules because they would be committing treason against each other and their country. The Vietnamese were fully aware of this, and those who helped compose ... U.S. soldier wrote, Dear Congress: In this past year that I have been a prisoner, the Vietnamese camp commander has given me the opportunity to study much of their literature. Of the 4000-year history of the Vietnamese people, I have seen that these poor people have always been exploited, first by the Chinese, then by the French and now ...
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