Ego as Magic Weapon

The Ego as a Magical Weapon: A Taoist Perspective on Embracing and Harnessing the EgoAbstractThis paper explores the concept of the ego as a magical weapon from a Taoist perspective, challenging the prevailing notion of ego annihilation in certain psychonaut and occult communities. Drawing from Taoist principles, it argues that rather than seeking to destroy the ego, individuals can cultivate a harmonious relationship with it, utilizing its transformative power for personal growth and spiritu...

Bellicose things: the inner lives of Byzantine warfare implements: Word & Image: Vol 37, No 2

Bellicose things: the inner lives of Byzantine warfare implementsRoland Betancourt Pages 160-177 | Published online: 04 Aug 2021 AbstractThe Poliorcetica (Vat. gr. 1605) is a Byzantine treatise on siege warfare, composed by the so-called Heron of Byzantium, which was illuminated with drawings and schematics for the construction and use of military tools and structures in the eleventh century. Using an object-oriented lens, this article ...

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thermobaric weapon (thing) by The Custodian - Everything2.com

Near Matches Ignore ExactFull Text Everything2 thermobaric weapon (thing) See all of thermobaric weapon, no other writeups in this node. (thing) by The Custodian Wed Nov 12 2008 at 21:33:44 A thermobaric weapon is a weapon which utilizes the heat (thermos) and pressure (baros) from an explosion to cause a long-duration shockwave which, in turn, damages the target. This is in contrast to high-explosive weapons which produce very sharp but very short-duration overpressure waves...

Medieval Falchion Sword | Museum Replicas

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Allegories of Spectatorship - camera as eye and as gun

tuning hammer - Marcellus

Near Matches Ignore ExactFull Text Everything2tuning hammer(thing)by ApoxyButt Thu Jun 20 2002 at 16:31:17A tuning hammer is the tool used to change the tension on the strings of a piano. It's called a hammer mainly because of its shape. It's a metal rod with a handle. The head of the rod is bent 90 degrees and has a socket wrench-style end. You can get one for around $30 at any good piano dealer. An important note: vice grips or pliers are not a good substitute for tuning hammers. You'l...

Molklo vs moloko

mallet (n.)"small wooden hammer," chiefly used for driving another tool, late 14c., from Old French maillet "mallet, small wooden hammer, door-knocker," diminutive of mail, from Latin malleus "a hammer, mallet," from Proto-Italic *molalo-, *molklo- "hammer," from PIE *molkh-tlo- "crushing instrument," source also of Russian molot, Czech mlat "hammer," from PIE root *mele- "to crush, grind." It is wielded with one hand, whil...