….the dreamers and the doers, the one and the many, the old and the new. It is common in cosmologies to divide the world into two. Moiety is a key element in most traditional kinship systems, but it has also characterised the global awareness that emerged in the modern world. When thinking about the relations … Continue reading There are two kinds of people in the world…
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On the one hand Spring, and on the other, Autumn
Today in the South our calendars tell us that this is the beginning of spring. But as trees come into blossom here, the leaves will begin to wither and die in the North. In his novel Rasselas, Samuel Johnson attempted to discover the secret of happiness. After many adventures, he concluded that any happiness is … Continue reading On the one hand Spring, and on the other, Autumn