#afterlife — Public Fediverse posts
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Hell is traditionally described as a place of eternal separation from God, often portrayed as punishment for sin in many religious teachings.
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Hell is often depicted as a place of eternal punishment for the wicked. Different cultures and religions have their own interpretations of what hell entails, ranging from fiery landscapes to realms of darkness. Understanding these perspectives can deepen our knowledge of human beliefs about morality and justice. #Afterlife #Philosophy #ReligiousStudies #CulturalBeliefs #ExistentialQuestions
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MARCUS: Don’t our friends, the philosophers, put their names on the very books they write condemning the quest for fame?
[Quid? Nostri philosophi nonne in his libris ipsis, quos scribunt de contemnenda gloria, sua nomina inscribunt?]Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
Tusculan Disputations [Tusculanae Disputationes], Book 1, ch. 15 (1.15) / sec. 34 (1.34) (45 BC) [tr. Habinek (1996)]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/cicero-marcus-tulliu…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #cicero #tusculandisputations #afterlife #author #credit #fame #glory #hypocrisy #philosopher #posthumous #reputation #writer #vanity #pride
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Two significant revisions in SEP:
The Definition of Death, https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/death-definition/
Philosophy of Technology, https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/technology/#sep #death #consciousness #afterlife #mind #brain #identity #person #life #technology #ai #computing #techne #moral #responsibilty #reason #filosofia #philosophy #medicine #risk #ethics
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FOOL: Good madonna, why mourn’st thou?
OLIVIA: Good Fool, for my brother’s death.
FOOL: I think his soul is in hell, madonna.
OLIVIA: I know his soul is in heaven, Fool.
FOOL: The more fool, madonna, to mourn for your brother’s soul, being in heaven. Take away the fool, gentlemen.William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
Twelfth Night, Act 1, sc. 5, l. 64ff (1.5 64-70) (1601)More about this quote: wist.info/shakespeare-william/…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #shakespeare #williamshakespeare #twelfthnight #afterlife #death #grief #heaven #hell #mourning #paradise #fool #folly
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Top ten posts in May 2026 https://library.hrmtc.com/2026/06/02/top-ten-posts-in-may-2026/ #ADArsonval #abstain #afterlife #Alchemy #aleisterCrowley #AlexanderCummins #AlexandraDavidNeel #amulets #ancientMysteries #ancientWisdom #antifascist #art #artisticEvolution #automaticWriting #awakening #Balthazar #bestPosts #bestTen #BiblicalPeriod #BiblicalProhibitions #BonpaShamas #call #Caspar #Chakras #ChristopherMcIntosh #compel #CounterPope #cultOfTheMagi #culturalPhenomenon #cyclesOfHistory #DalaiLama #darkArts #darkInfrastructures #davidBowie #deathCeremony #deform #destroy #devotion #devotionalMeditation #disciples #disembodiedThoughtForms #Dobbshead #dominate #earlyIllustration #eliphasLevi #enigmatic #ErinManning #esotericFreemasons #esotericWriting #EugèneVintras #everyMan #everydayPractice #folkCustom #folklore #forbiddenCorpseMagic #FrenchOccultRevival #GeorgieHydeLees #GérardEncausse #gnostic #greatTeachers #grimoiricHandbooks #hermeticOrderOfTheGoldenDawn #history #humanPersonality #illuminati #inReality #influence #inscriptions #interferences #invokeTheDevil #ItWasSorcererOfTheJura #JRBobDobbs #JKHuysmans #JewishCulture #JewishDiasporicCultures #JewishPractice #JohannGeorgGichtel #JohnColleton #johnMichaelGreer #JoséphinPéladan #JungianPsychology #lamas #legends #magic #magicalRites #magicalTools #magicalWriting #magicians #May2026 #Melchior #MiguelConner #monasticEducation #mystery #mysticalTheories #mythicActions #mythicOrigins #mythicStructures #necessaryPart #necromanticMagic #occultCanon #occultOdyssey #occultPhilosophy #OccultPractices #occultThemes #occultTheories #occultTraditions #occultWriting #officialReligion #oneSOwnUniverse #oneSSelf #operativeSorcery #Papus #paranormalExperience #pataphysicalExperimentation #PeterBHyland #philosophicalBuddhism #physicalYoga #powerStructures #prayers #preBuddhist #previousLives #psychicDiscovery #psychicTraining #quest #rabbinicProhibitions #radicalDissent #Reincarnation #religion #religiousArtifacts #researchCreation #ritual #ritualDesign #ritualPossibilities #rituals #rosicrucian #sages #secretLore #seek #siddhis #sorcererS #spiritualAthletes #spiritualPractice #starman #summary #summaryOfTheMonth #supernaturalForces #superstition #symbolicStructures #symbolismOfNature #system #TPolyphilus #ThesophiaPractica #ThreeHolyKings #Tibet #TibetanFolklore #TibetanTantra #toSeekTo #topPosts #topTen #transcendence #trauma #tulpas #TysonELewis #universalMagicalTruth #universe #visions #WBYeats #wardOff #wholeWill #WilliamButlerYeats #wills #withYourWholeWill -
Book launch: THE DELUSIONS by Jenni Fagan
16 March, Edinburgh. Tickets from £8Jenni Fagan launches her new novel THE DELUSIONS, a haunting dystopian vision that revolves around afterlife employee Edi’s attempts to be reunited with her deceased son.
“Brilliant, original, daring, a 1984 for the afterlife and a fabulous satire.”'
—Irvine Welshhttps://www.toppingbooks.co.uk/events/edinburgh/jenni-fagan-2026/
#Scottish #literature #JenniFagan #womenwriters #booklaunch #Edinburgh #afterlife
