Category Archives: Literature

Employee holds plates closed*

Posted on April 29, 2013 by oddly

Throughout The Philosophical Transactions (From the Year 1732 to the Year 1744), edited by John Martyn (1747). Original from Montserrat Abbey Library. Digitized February 9, 2011. (Link)

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A ghost story: James Joyce’s lost poem

Posted on April 20, 2013 by oddly

It’s only a fragment, and it is impossible to make any serious claim for its quality. All that is known of the poem – no printed copy exists – are the following lines, with which it presumably closes: His quaint-perched … Continue reading →

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Born into This_

Posted on April 1, 2013 by oddly

“If you’re going to try, go all the way. Otherwise, don’t even start. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives and maybe even your mind.” — Charles Bukowski

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Alan Watts – ‘Transcending Duality’

Posted on March 21, 2013 by oddly

Your echoes are important_

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Read Timothy Leary’s brain-melting comic about space migration and the future of human consciousness

Posted on March 6, 2013 by oddly

In his 1977 book Exo-Psychology, psychologist and psychedelic drug advocate Timothy Leary revealed his eight-circuit model of consciousness, his theory about the workings of the human mind and the future neurological “circuits” that humanity might someday access and utilize in … Continue reading →