...ittering your god-like state. Bitter is life! Bitter, bitter even to the gods, is life! Father Hudson. Sons and daughters, sole feeders of my lif... ...t was wrong; The hero should receive the hero's meed. Leader of Men. The gods that made him hero had left out The drop of meekness which preserves... ...low his own desires? Fear overtaketh me in thinking of them. I thank the gods that my channel is laid, I cannot change it. The man seems to me lik... ... a lake on a hilltop and cry to it, Stay there! He hath wrestled against thunder. He would lift the [ 44 I OF BENEDICT ARNOLD rocks with his back... ...g the dark stream pass; Storm King, and Donderberg, homes of reverberant thunder; Thou steep theatre, where his story trod its stage, And where t... ...er of Men. Such a hero as an- can show, towering, magnificent, cloud and thunder, made of and glory, a god among fighting men, a Hector or Mars ap...

...Poetess Josephine Russo “One Beautiful Season”: You must truly live with the Gods on Mount Olympus! There is no way you come from this hootin’- nanny ... ...f her beauty; and through our journey of forever love all seeing eyes of the Gods will watch over us in their amorous care. 49 All for Her Love Would... ...Zeon till I reached heaven’s sanctum of sacred gold. I offered myself to the Gods for her, just to hold her close within the holy days of Autumn dance... ... simply majesty. Upon a stem of another rose with the strength of a thousand Gods I thread the century like ancient pearls without the height of wings... ...g. Creating a crowning city to dwell therein. She conceives the power of the Gods transpiring beauty within everything she touches, seeking the first ... ...he ear with such a sound in sweetness will rise like a chorus of angels. Her thunder transcends the world into an estate of love inspiring splendor. W...

...e to her before the heavens, for I will never be without the fruits of the gods. I drink from the rich fountain of Athos where my heart flows freely w... ...t shall be with the lips I be wed, I shall die with her kiss. Power of the gods be made in ordnance to the temple of the cloth. Courts of eternal life... ...earth born shall rise in my arms and rest against the starry heavens. High thunder has blessed the Elysian skies where God has set her beauty sacred u... ... daughter of all women brought forth this world and its universal law. The gods stand proud in the sky, and beauty fifty thousand years before her thr...

... of paganism, popery, and infidelity. In like manner the seventh trumpet with its seven thunders is postponed, and along with the seventh seal laid ... ...s a thing personal to us, a whip to scourge our lethargy, a spell to break our sleep, a thunder- note to awaken our terrors; treated as a metaphysica... ...nd whence those cloudy and inclement skies? And whence the forked lightning and smiting thunderbolt, the hurricane, the volcano, and the wild tornad... ...ncerning evil magistrates and delegates of God upon the earth, “I have said that ye are gods, and all of you are children of the Most High, but ye s... ...telligent and heavenly beings. Therefore he did not annihilate Satan with a blow of the thunderbolt, or with a word of his mouth destroy him utterly... ...lly did not speak. The Manicheans, for example, maintained their two principles, or two gods, the one good, the other bad; the one the cause of all ... ... at rest that the notice is utterly false. Particular authors may well join together in thundering out anathemas against any thing clear and express ... ...gether diverse from the first, in extent, in riches, in people, in laws, in customs, in gods, and even in language itself: which in all Asia, as in E... ...d themselves so far away; and fable, which had substituted so many false and ridiculous gods, of whom they recounted so many prodigies. Upon these t...

... of Queen Elizabeth I. It was invented for her in 1596 by Sir John Harrington, her godson. New York entrepreneur Joseph C. Gayetty manufactured ... ...est with deep interest in Mexican culture, described a ritual in honor of the Aztec gods of fisheries: "They scattered before him parched corn,... ...serious offenses like treason. Each house maintained a cult of ancestors and hearth gods and the paterfamilias was its priest. The family was thoug... ....ch/english/background/background1999/background9 905/bg990504puerto_rico_usa.html Thunder Lightning strikes men about four times more often than i...

...Healing and Abuse Our Love Alivid Moi Aussi Cutting to Existence A Hundred Children The Old Gods Wander In the Concentration Camp Called Home The Mir... ...e exit and Dinah somnambulated after him. Thus, torturously, they vanished into the murky, thunderstruck, outside, leaving the door ajar to the rai... ... the sizzling receiver on the bed and drag my book- laden suitcase to the corridor and then, thunderously, down the spiral staircase. Return Th... ...e knocked on the outer screen rigidly and the sounds reverberated in the house like distant thunder. The door was opened so instantly that we recoil... ...w listen to the hundred children that are your womb. I am among them. Return The Old Gods Wander by Sam Vaknin Your promised lands ... ...s its name except for our nakedness. In a garden of talking serpents, cool days and lying Gods, I betray you to the voice and hide. Return My...

...he shadows of the trees. Everything changes. Good men are distorted into Gods, and philosophy is made into a sordid religion. Buddhism, Christianity... ...huns Thais put down plates of food and lit incense that would carry to the gods their wishes. She had been his guardian spirit in a sanphraphun of th... ...hey saw him in the living room in front of a big screen where, what to the gods, were tenuous carbon copies of men falling from the windows of a skysc... ... They were empathic and there was no escape. Jatupon wanted to shake the gods from their slumber, to knock the emerald Buddha from its pedestal, and... ...g," he said as he exited the room. Jatupon looked out of the window. Thai thunder crackled the skies like an empty bag of potato chips. Lightning st...

...se's framework and say, “He is saying the same thing.” Otherwise, the tin gods you have created out of somebody's teaching will collapse. You have n... ... and listen to anybody no matter how holy he may be. He may be the god of gods, he may say, “I have come to liberate the whole of mankind.” If you g... ...on which no power can stop. No power, no god, can stop it because those gods themselves have set in motion these forces of destruction. You see th... ...pture the movement of life, it is much too slow. It is like lightning and thunder. They occur simultaneously but sound, traveling slower than light, ...

...tiles and make them renounce their God and their religion; they might adore the gods of wood and stone, which the other nations adored, and entirely ... ... hand full of coals of fire, which he casts out upon the earth, “and there were thunders, and voices, and lightnings, and a great earthquake,” (viii.... ...his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthqnake, and great hail.” Rev. xi. 19. Perhaps... ...nse unto all the host of heaven, and have poured out drink-offerings unto other gods.” Jer. xix. 13. This countersign alone, although there were no o... ... calleth stars, as is said in the book o f Wisdom, “Then shall the right aiming thunderbolts go abroad; and from the clouds, as from a well drawn bo... ...c fluid be enkindled, nor consequently would there be any of those heavy rains, thunders, or lightnings, which now occasion such dread and destructi... ...n the scriptures; this is what is written in Psalm xviii. 13,14: “The Lord also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail-stones... ...ll they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods. Solomon clave unto these in love.” 1 Kings xi. 1,2. Improbable... ...rael, now effeminated and “his heart being turned away by his wives after other gods,” 1 Kings xi. 4. did not refrain himself from honouring with hi...

...e the Light into the impure forces, their egoistic desires, called “other gods” (Elokim Acherim). There is only one Creator. There is but one proper... ...hes him away from the Creator, and is therefore called “worshipping other gods.” As a result, ZON stopped their Zivug, the 100 blessings disappeared... ...es a connection with other, impure forces, called “Elokim Acherim” (other gods), which cling to ZA and Malchut of the pure world of Atzilut. This le... ...ns into Acher, and the system of the impure forces (Elokim Acherim, other gods) is created. And had the letters Kuf and Reish not captured the letter... .... Meanwhile, a voice called out again, “O, mighty rocks, great hammers of thunder, Bina stands upon a pillar, so enter and assemble.” At that moment,... ...of SAG. However, the voice proclaimed that they are as strong as rock and thunder, for so far they have endured all the trials. And they will gather... ...s as before, until they obliterate these obstacles, like great hammers of thunder crashing down from Above. Bina, though herself colorless, is called... ...oreign, egoistic forces within the Partzuf. These are the so-called “other gods,” who cannot sustain the world, as they separate MI from ELEH and do ...

...on, his dark eyes burning into hers. ‘My darling, you are a green-eyed siren who would tempt the gods. Another minute and I would have taken you he... ...tain tops and filled the valley below with sheets of THE CURSE OF KALI 197 electric light. The thunder roared and rolled from the peaks, echoing a... ...electric light. The thunder roared and rolled from the peaks, echoing across the valley as if the gods were shouting their anger from their mighty m...

... whom they loved and turned away from their huts, leaving their fate to the gods.  The sun beat down. TripStone's eyes grazed the yellow grass aro... ...at she be recognized before she killed. She did not question, sure that the gods would send her a good catch. In time. Woody decay wafted up to her... ... and shadow, raising mist. Yata scripture told of such a portal sent by the gods. If a Masari hunter were a skilled shooter, one might step effortle... ... the catch—to the edge of Basc. He left them there and fled, praying to the gods to strike him down. To show his face to the Yata would be to condem... ...e became the strong, killed and yet worshipped by the weak. We became their gods on earth. How could she explain the Covenant to children so young? ... ..." "From nourishment are we born, and to nourishment we return." The voices thundered. "For we are sustenance, and sustenance is sacred." The elder... ...nshot. Long ago, hidden in the tall grass, Zai had heard that same crack of thunder under a bright blue sky. A body crashed to the ground amidst the... ...lls. Shouting erupted from the empty marketplace center, followed by boots thundering on cobblestones. Low curses mixed with bellowed orders as the...

...Vol. 1: TripStone hates to kill her gods but she must feed her people. An accomplished hunter in the Masari village of Crossroads, she is charged with the ritual slaying of the sacred Yata. Her comrade Ghost tries to end Masari dependence on Yata meat by pe...

...to himself, or from an- other world, he repeated lines we had loved: “The gods held me in Egypt, longing to sail for home, for I had failed to seek ... ...e for me, as their commander, to speak. Very well, I will!” And his voice thundered across the room, to make sure that none would miss or mistake it... ...I must be able to rest and get away from responsibilities, to welcome the gods of trees and ocean and those long dead, whose marble shrines dot a co... .... There are so many dead. How- ever, life must be better than death or the gods would have chosen to die. Life must be day-by-day and hour-by-hour. A... ...Byzantium? It seems to be a world of questions. P When I think how many gods exist, I am shocked by man’s confusion and gullibility. “Man is like... ...y snow, a purer air surrounds it, a white clarity envelops it, and the gods there taste of happiness that lasts forever... P It has been a dread... ...in Pyrgos,” Phaon tells me, his head on my lap. “I was born in a terrible thunderstorm, in my father’s hut. He was a very clever fisherman but there... ...eives of us as he used to be, his hatred subsides. Let him feel alone, he thunders, bends toward me, drags his fingers through his VOICES FROM THE ... ...l those pages... I wanted to write a book as full of life...give back the thunder of the storm...look how the bugs have eaten the book...see that ri...

...Great Kahn at dinner -- The Khan in his birthday robes -- Supplications to the gods -- The Great Khan as a hunter -- His retinue of 10,000 persons -- ... ...e natives recite incantations and make an offering of sacrifices -- A terrible thunder storm believed to be the result of diabolical arts of the nativ... ............................. 225 Mexicans sacrificing Spanish prisoners to their gods.................... 232 Capture of Guatemozin........................ ...ered with ominous import, and gave creation to numerous legends respecting the gods of ice and winter winds. DISCOVERIES OF ERIK THE RED. About the ye... ...Greenland, seeing these supposed supernatural effects, regarded the friars as gods, to propitiate whom they made many offerings of chickens, meats, a... ... sends them other cattle, which he has for tenths in other provinces; and if a thunderbolt has stricken any beast of any herd or flock, he receives no... ... years, let the herd be ever so great; neither will he receive any custom of a thunder- stricken sheep, as thinking God is angry with them that are st... ...sessed by strangers who would arrive in ships from the west and fight with the thunders of Heaven. A hundred years before Vasco sailed from Portugal a... ...trangers came from the east and not from the west, nor did they fight with the thunders of Heaven, or any other weapon, but arrived as peaceable settl...

..., at all, since for the most part there is no concept among them of God or gods. Similar questions have also been raised in regard to whether Buddhism... ...or simplicity’s sake I am using the term “God” to include also a group of “gods,” i.e. so- called polytheism as well as monotheism. Religions without ... ...sity Press, Oxford, 1961. 12. Details in Henri Frankfort, Kingship and the Gods, Book II, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1948. WHAT IS RELIGION... ...any Westerners are under the impression that Hindus worship a multitude of gods, but properly speaking Hinduism is not polytheistic. The Supreme Godhe... ... for the form which the Brahman takes within the created world. All other “gods” are names used to personify the activities of this Supreme Godhead. H... ... generally portray natural realities such as fire, sun, death, aggression, thunder, power, and all the rest of the universe and its contents. One of t... ...rs. O my good worthy friends gathered here, If you desire to listen to the thunderous voice of the Dharma [ultimate reality], Exhaust your words, empt... .... Skan then goes on to create the associate powers of Moon, Passion, Wind, Thunderstorm, and other entitles including the buffalo people, growing thin... ...s man and woman, some helpful animals and plants, unimpeded waterways, and Thunders (rains) to help with the crops. He improves the corn already growi...

... to your vertues: The one Maister Theodoro Diodati, as in name, so indeede Gods- gift to me, my bonus genius, and sent me as the good Angel to Raimond... ...hands of a cruell tyrant, menacing him with an imminent punishment of the Gods. Dionysius plainly reading in his Souldiers lookes, that in lieu of a... ...expressed but a care of the Judges preservation, earnestly beseeching the Gods to turne that judgement to their good, praying that for want of not s... ...and honourable fortune, they might no t draw the wrath and revenge of the Gods upon them, declaring what their vowes were. And without more words, o... ...t to our batterie: In imitation of the Thracians, who when it lightens or thunders, begin with a Titanian revenge to shoot against heaven, thinking ... ...f opinion', certain birds were even bred to prognosticate some things; of thunders, of turnings and backe-recourse of rivers.' Multa cernunt aruspic... ...place, No troublous wind the rough seas Master, Nor Joves great hand the thunder-caster. She is made Mistris of her passions and concupiscence, Lady... ...bear/montaigne/1xxv.htm (12 of 30)4/10/2005 3:39:08 AM Montaigne's Essays thunder-claps of ours, without feeling our eyes: So many thousande of men, ... ...ors, witches, uncouth-wonders. Night-walking sprites, Thessalian conjur'd-thunders. I could not but feele a kinde of compassion to see the poore an...

...ichore gazed up to see Helios, Eos’s brother, with his own team of horses: Bronte— Thunder, Steroes—Dazzling, Phlegon—Flaming and Pyrroes—Red-haired... ...hing to hold me here.” He reached across and took her hand. “I know enough of the gods to realize your dwelling place is not of my world. I know I ... ...ave found love, only to lose it so soon… What had she done to displease the other gods so much they could play this cruel trick on her? She square... ...t him. “You will have to destroy me, too!” Desist Ares. At once! A mighty clap of thunder, announced the arrival of Zeus himself. The skies grew b... ...to be elsewhere just now.” He gave a mighty bellow and the wind lashed the trees, thunderclaps echoed from the mountains and lightning streaked the... ... 64 assignation with Aphrodite.” “Whaa-at?” Again, lightning lit the skies and thunder crashed around them. “And where, pray, is he holding this... ...of the Hall were five magnificent thrones, one for each of the principle Olympian gods. Terpsichore stole a look at Apollo’s; empty, as she knew it... ...rprise to her that beautiful Aphrodite was missing, too. She looked around. Those gods who remained surrounded themselves with mists of invisibilit... ...Apollo placed his hand upon the wizened trunk. A flash of light like one of Zeus’s thunderbolts lit up the forest. A mighty crack echoed and reverbe...

...to himself, or from an- other world, he repeated lines we had loved: “The gods held me in Egypt, longing to sail for home, for I had failed to seek ... ...e for me, as their commander, to speak. Very well, I will!” And his voice thundered across the room, to make sure that none would miss or mistake it... ...I must be able to rest and get away from responsibilities, to welcome the gods of trees and ocean and those long dead, whose marble shrines dot a co... .... There are so many dead. How- ever, life must be better than death or the gods would have chosen to die. Life must be day-by-day and hour-by-hour. A... ...Byzantium? It seems to be a world of questions. P When I think how many gods exist, I am shocked by man’s confusion and gullibility. “Man is like... ...in Pyrgos,” Phaon tells me, his head on my lap. “I was born in a terrible thunderstorm, in my father’s hut. He was a very clever fisherman but there... ...eives of us as he used to be, his hatred subsides. Let him feel alone, he thunders, bends toward me, drags his fingers through his VOICES FROM THE ... ...l those pages... I wanted to write a book as full of life...give back the thunder of the storm...look how the bugs have eaten the book...see that ri... ...is at work in his shop. Whitey comes to me and meows; she’s scared of the thunder rumbling in the dis- tance; she’s hungry too. Mama is cooking and t...

...arged and shocked clay no different from himself, crawl onto his body, the gods and Buddhas would obsequiously hover around in mid-air. Sleep deprived... ...tween the emotional response of running after her, a sacrilege against the gods, and a logical response, a blaspheme against this positive mixing call... ...a facetious play with words meant that devils could be made instantly from gods, and that gods were made from the muck of childhood sensitivities like... ... made a spell that transformed Buddha into a god even though there were no gods in Buddhism (at least not in Buddha's Buddhism), no netherworld of hea... ...He tried to look again but this time he was distracted by an eerie roll of thunder which sounded like the ambulatory movements on creaking floor board... ... a wet washcloth for his hot forehead when he was sick, had him get out of thunder storms, told him to never walk across the street unless in consort ... ...ver's seat, started the car, and they drove away. By this time the air was thundering with such a noise of pelicans that they could no longer hear the... ...ss pass away easily by acting the part of a god? Zeus-like in shooting his thunder bolts, albeit thunder bolts of conversation against that soft epist... ...that could easily be smudged and erased. Lying on his half of the bed, the thunder, lightning, and wind from outside seemed to diffuse into that porou...

...hem when they go out. The truth is that the weather is simply how the sky gods like to express themselves. Some of the sky gods are f erce and angry... ...bring a good deal of mist and grey cloud with them. In general, these sky gods are attracted to Hoomans of the same temperament. So the gods of suns... ...lot. Where the Hoomans like to complain and whinge about things, the rain gods of drizzle and gloomy clouds gather together for months at a time. On... ... gloomy clouds gather together for months at a time. Once in a while, the gods quarrel and they boom out thunderous argu- ments above the Earth. If n... ...for months at a time. Once in a while, the gods quarrel and they boom out thunderous argu- ments above the Earth. If no one backs down, then they f g... ...none, she placed a glass of milk on the bedside table. ‘It looks like the thunderstorm they forecast has turned up. It might get a little loud 14 B... ...torm arrived and all hell broke loose in the sky above. The echoes of the thunder made the windows rattle, and lightning left streaks on the back of... ... have struck a power line or something. He didn’t mind. It meant that the thunderstorm was clearer. He pulled back the curtains even further and sent... ...ellow teeth and then drank the water from the vase to wash down his meal. Thunder rolled moodily outside but the storm was already passing. The rain...