Archive for February, 2026
Thursday, February 12th, 2026
According to Pope[1] the verses of OE poetry should be read so that one can beat time to the stresses in the same way that one can beat time to music. To emphasize this he uses musical notation to guide the reading of each syllable. He then proposes that the ...
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Wednesday, February 11th, 2026
I read an article by Matt Williams in Universe Today on von Neumann probes and the consequences of accepting the plausibility of that concept for SETI strategies. (Why Would an Alien Civilization Send Out Von Neumann Probes? Lots of Reasons, says a new Study - Universe Today.) The article is ...
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Monday, February 9th, 2026
As part of my effort to create a performance-oriented version of Beowulf, I had to look into the proposed theories of metre for Old English. I thought I might as well put the summaries of what I found here.
From a study of old Germanic and Scandinavian poetic metres, Eduard Sievers[1] derived ...
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Saturday, February 7th, 2026
Western philosophers – or philosophers working in the Western tradition – whatever their interest in Chinese systems of thought may be, do not draw upon them for insights, or adopt any of their ideas and concepts to augment the standard repertoire. In particular, where Chinese Philosophy is taught, it is ...
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Friday, February 6th, 2026
StageAchievementOccult power0. Salik (Seeker) On the Sufi path 1. Muridi (Discipleship) Accepted by a master – a Sheik or Murshid 2. Tariqat (Potentiality)Dedicated to oneness with the spirit of the Sheik or Murshid Sihr. (Lawful/white magic) only by permission of the Sheik or Murshid3. Safar-ullah (Journey to Knowledge)Dedicated to oneness with the spirit ...
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