Posted on 20 May 2013. Tags: h.h., Munro, Passage, Saki, Sredni, theme, This, Vashtar, What
In the dull, cheerless garden, overlooked by so many windows that were ready to open with a message not to do this or that, or a reminder that medicines were due, he found little attraction. The few fruit-trees that it contained were set jealously apart from his plucking, as though they were rare specimens of their kind blooming in an arid waste; it would probably have been difficult to find a market-gardener who would have offered ten shillings for their entire yearly produce. In a forgotten corner, however, almost hidden behind a dismal shrubbery, was a disused tool-shed of respectable proportions, and within its walls Conradin found a haven, something that took on the varying aspects of a playroom and a cathedral. He had peopled it with a legion of familiar phantoms, evoked partly from fragments of history and partly from his own brain, but it also boasted two inmates of flesh and blood. In one corner lived a ragged-plumaged Houdan hen, on which the boy lavished an affection that had scarcely another outlet. Further back in the gloom stood a large hutch, divided into two compartments, one of which was fronted with close iron bars. This was the abode of a large polecat-ferret, which a friendly butcher-boy had once smuggled, cage and all, into its present quarters, in exchange for a long-secreted hoard of small silver. Conradin was dreadfully afraid of the lithe, sharp-fanged beast, but it was his most treasured possession. Its very presence in the tool-shed was a secret and fearful joy, to be kept scrupulously from the knowledge of the Woman, as he privately dubbed his cousin. And one day, out of Heaven knows what material, he spun the beast a wonderful name, and from that moment it grew into a god and a religion. The Woman indulged in religion once a week at a church near by, and took Conradin with her, but to him the church service was an alien rite in the House of Rimmon. Every Thursday, in the dim and musty silence of the tool-shed, he worshipped with mystic and elaborate ceremonial before the wooden hutch where dwelt Sredni Vashtar, the great ferret. Red flowers in their season and scarlet berries in the winter-time were offered at his shrine, for he was a god who laid some special stress on the fierce impatient side of things, as opposed to the Woman’s religion, which, as far as Conradin could observe, went to great lengths in the contrary direction. And on great festivals powdered nutmeg was strewn in front of his hutch, an important feature of the offering being that the nutmeg had to be stolen. These festivals were of irregular occurrence, and were chiefly appointed to celebrate some passing event. On one occasion, when Mrs. De Ropp suffered from acute toothache for three days, Conradin kept up the festival during the entire three days, and almost succeeded in persuading himself that Sredni Vashtar was personally responsible for the toothache. If the malady had lasted for another day the supply of nutmeg would have given out.
Here is the passage:
The Houdan hen was never drawn into the cult of Sredni Vashtar. Conradin had long ago settled that she was an Anabaptist. He did not pretend to have the remotest knowledge as to what an Anabaptist was, but he privately hoped that it was dashing and not very respectable. Mrs. De Ropp was the ground plan on which he based and detested all respectability.
This is the Answers given to me:
imagination
pantheism
religion
rebellion
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Posted on 26 February 2013. Tags: lawyer, premium, theme, Website, Wordpress
I’m a practicing lawyer and looking for a wordpress theme for my future website. I’m planning it to be very informative, so the theme has to contain a big content area and to be responsive and widgets ready. As for design, I’m not sure, either it has to contain some law niche elements or just a normal business theme will go? Need a guru advice here.
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Posted on 17 January 2013. Tags: Affiliates, Best, Casino, Poker, theme, Wordpress
I want to build a review website for online casinos and other gabling sites. I need a casino theme for this project that allows me to offer detailed reviews, compare the services and of course comes with proper style. Suggest me any sort of WordPress theme which can be good for this site. It can be free or paid.
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Posted on 24 October 2012. Tags: com, discredit, global coherence, Heartmath, mark hempel, media coverage, music books, Norms, peer review, philosophies, philosophy, site, theme, way, wingmakers
Ok way back the wingmakers.com site launched, it’s a site that incorporates philosophy and mythology with a bunch of wild ideas that contradicts the current norms and beliefs. Many debunked the site, and shouted hoax. Recently 2 new sites launced glcoherence.org and heartmath.org, they follow the general theme of the first site however takes a “scientific approach”. The creator of wingmakers, Mark Hempel, is connected to these new sites as a board member of glcoherence and actively endorses heartmath. Does the outlandish ideas of wingmakers discredit these orginizations, or do these scientific claims actually verify their philosophies.
Now, I tried looking for a response of the scientific community on heartmath and the global coherence initiative, however I couldn’t find any articles that discredit, critique or even offer a peer review, although it is all over spirituality focused forums and they spam “peer-reviewed” on most of their pages.
In most and any scientific claims or theories you’ll find other orginizations that are not affiliated with it, to offer their own findings either validating or discredting them, however I can’t find any. And with claims and theories as big as these why isnt there any or even a little media coverage?
Can anyone that is familiar with this topic link to a scientific review of their claims or comment on them or just offer your view on this. Do you think that they’re just hoaxing everyone to sell their music, books, courses and heartmath devices? Or does it actually hold some truth?
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Posted on 27 June 2012. Tags: bedding, Bedspread, bohemian, colors, dad, Gila, love, old girl, quilt, romantic theme, theme, window shopping
I will be moving soon, and I get to design my room. I want to go for either a bohemian theme or a vintagey-romantic theme. So I was doing some online window shopping I guess you could call it, and I’m not sure which bedding I like better. They are both from Anthropologie (I have a quilt from there at my dad’s house and I LOVE it!):http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/prod…
andhttp://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/prod…
Obviously, the Gila Quilt is cheaper, but I don’t know which I like better! Also, what colors would you do with the bedding? Sorry if this is a lot, haha. Thanks!
Oh! By the way, I’m a 13-year-old girl 🙂
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Posted on 17 January 2012. Tags: band, break, concert, cool, cool names, spring break, theme
A band i am affiliated with and I are hosting a spring break kick off concert, and i would enjoy some cool names. There’s really no particular theme, just spring break
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