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Unintentional Anti-Semitism & Ignorance: Addressing Some Of My Previous Posts
Hi everyone. I know I haven't posted here in a while, but I wanted to address something very important, and I want to explain why I've decided to remove some of my past blog posts.
TRIGGER WARNING for Anti-Semitism.
So a good friend of mine on here pointed out that in some of my previous posts, especially my "Who Or What Is Satan" post, I used Anti-Semitic wording and came across as very disrespectful towards Judaism as a whole. I used wording like "Judeo-Christian" and "Abrahamic", and I was also really bitter when talking about those topics. My friend explained to me why those terms are harmful and that what I was saying was not okay.
I just wanted to apologise to everyone, especially Jewish people and others who saw my posts and were offended and/or personally discriminated against because of it. From the bottom of my heart, I'm genuinely really sorry. I always strive to be a better person and try my best to learn from my mistakes, so from here onwards I'm going to do my best to educate myself on these issues instead of chatting shit when I'm not even educated on those topics.
I also want to apologise for being such an asshole in my posts and getting angry at Judaism and (progressive) Christianity as religions. I still have a lot of unresolved religious trauma from growing up around heaps of corrupt Christianity, and I need to deal with that instead of taking it out on others who have done nothing to deserve it. But my trauma is no excuse to be nasty and discriminate against Judaism and (progressive) Christianity.
I'm really sorry for my behaviour and what I've said regarding these religions. I obviously don't actually have anything against these belief systems, I was just stupidly uneducated and also had unresolved trauma that I was projecting onto others instead of just facing and overcoming it... I'm not proud of how I've "coped" with my trauma thus far or how uneducated I am on certain things, and so I'm definitely going to work on both of those areas.
I also feel really awful about how much my "Who Or What Is Satan" post blew up... It got almost three hundred notes, which means I probably attracted a lot of really shitty Anti-Semitic people to that post, who then probably reblogged that to other Anti-Semitic people, Nazis, racists, and so forth... I feel horrible about that and I want to apologise and I take complete responsibility for that.
And to those who followed my blog because you saw my ignorant writing and you're Anti-Semitic, racist, and/or a Nazi, unfollow me and get the fuck off my blog. Block me for all I care. I'm not "one of you" and I'm ashamed I ever gave that impression in the first place. That shit is disgusting and you deserve to rot in a cave for discriminating against people who are already so fucking marginalised and have suffered enough throughout time. I will not tolerate that shit here.
To those who I hurt, offended, upset, and/or discriminated against, I'm really sorry for doing so, from the bottom of my heart. I'm especially sorry to Jewish people, both religiously and ethnically. It was never my intention to come across as Anti-Semitic and/or racist, and I vow to educate myself instead of being ignorant with my wording and unintentionally coming across that way ever again.
I'm sincerely really sorry to the Jewish community. It won't happen again and I vow to change and better myself from here onwards.
Ave Satanis and Blessed Be
-Kody
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daimonclub · 10 months
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Daimon origin and meanings
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Daimon origin and meanings Daimon origin and meanings, character and destiny, the history of etymology and evolution of the concept, from the ancient Greece of Socrates and Plato to Hillman's psychology and Brown's methodology. "... We refuse to establish a principled opposition between the two sets of etiological factors (constitutional and accidental), but admit that they always act together in the production of the observed effect. Daimon kai tuke (natural heritage and fate) decide the fate of a man; rarely, if ever, a single one of these forces." Sigmund Freud (1912): Dynamics of translation. Perhaps he could have chosen in the best way, but his Daimon was not so reliable, moreover Dada doubted everything, and for this reason he almost never knew how to make the most appropriate choice, however he enjoyed trying, not without a certain nostalgic and melancholic suffering. Carl William Brown Of the celestial stars I will invoke the sacred splendor with voices conforming to the rite, calling the demons holy. Orphic hymns, Scent of the stars-aromas Ethos anthropoi daimon. (Character is destiny.) Heraclitus Character is destiny, that is, our life is closely linked to our behavior and vice versa. Carl William Brown The daimon that forces us, with need, to take the way: the little individual god, the Shiva within. Carl Gustave Jung The soul always metaphorizes. Plotinus A demon from ancient Greek δαίμων, trasl. dáimōn, "divine being" is a being who stands halfway between what is divine and what is human. In religious culture it acts as an obstacle between these two dimensions, in Greek philosophy, it acts as an intermediary between man and the divine. According to Welcker, the term daimon is one of the oldest principles of Greek philosophy.
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The Daimon that forces us In Hesiod, who lived between the eighth and seventh centuries BC, the demon is the post-mortem state assumed by the beings of the first golden generation: "Then, after the earth this race had covered, they are, by the will of the great Zeus, propitious demons, who are on earth, guardians of mortals, and observing the judgments of justice and wicked deeds, clothed in foggy air, everywhere prowling the earth, dispensers of riches: this royal privilege they possess." Hesiod Then the first generation, the aura living at the time of Cronus, disappeared overwhelmed by sleep, Zeus then transformed them into demons, "guardians of mortals", protectors of mankind. In the Orphic religion the demon is the very essence of the soul, imprisoned in the body for a guilt committed and from which it tries to free itself. Heraclitus (fifth century BC) speaks of it as a destiny linked to nature: "The character of a man is his daimon". Socrates Socrates refers to a dàimon or "divine guide" who often assists him in his every decision. It would be a sort of "moral conscience" that is progressively revealed as a form of divine delirium and inspiration, a voice identifiable as the authentic nature of the human soul, its rediscovered self-awareness. According to Plato's testimony, the daimon of which Socrates speaks consists in fact of a divine presence, similar to a tutelary genius, which is felt in him through signs to stimulate his reason to execute the most suitable choice, but not so much to induce him to perform certain actions, but rather to divert him: "There is within me I know nothing but divine and demonic spirit; the one of which even Meleto, joking about it, wrote in the indictment. And it is like a voice that I have had inside since I was a child; which, whenever it makes me heard, always dissuades me from something I am about to do, and never makes me proposals." Apology of Socrates, 31 d Through the daimon Socrates thus manages to express the highest degree of his typical irony even in the religious dimension.
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Eros is a great Daimon The interpreters were for the most part very disconcerted and gave the Socratic daimonion very disparate exegesis. Someone believed they could cut the question in the trunk, putting entirely into account the Socratic irony and its inventiveness the whole thing of the daimonion; others have understood this very peculiar Socratic experience in a psychiatric key, so to speak, that is, as a fact of a psychopathic nature; others, more moderately, have reduced it to the voice of conscience, or to the feeling of the convenient, or to the feeling that pervades genius; And the examples could be multiplied, up to modern interpretations in a psychoanalytic key or inspired by psychoanalysis. In truth, these are scholars who do not believe in the religious fact and resolve and dissolve it in a positivistic or rationalistic or psychological or psychoanalytic way and who, consequently, irreparably misrepresent what is peculiar in the experience of the Socratic daimonion. First of all, it should be noted that daimonion is a neutral, and that therefore (and on this the interpreters of positivistic or rationalistic extraction have reason to insist) does not indicate a demon-person, that is, a personal being (a kind of angel or genius), but a fact or event or divine phenomenon: in fact never, neither in Plato nor in Xenophon, The daimonion is called "Demon", but it is called "sign" and "divine voice". Having clarified this, however, it is immediately to be noted the following: a) expressly Socrates, in Plato's Apology, connects the "divine sign" with the demons, explaining that, to the extent that he believes in "demonic things", he believes in the demons and therefore in the Gods, from which the demons derive b) moreover, just as expressly, he connects him with God himself, saying without the possibility of equivocation that the sign and the voice he heard within himself were a sign of God and the voice of God. Now, all Greekness has considered demons intermediaries between gods and men and it is highly probable, not to say certain, that this was also the belief of Socrates. For the Greek, it was not easy to think of an immediate contact or relationship of God with man, and the pluralistic conception of the divine, which, as we have seen, even shared Socrates, led in itself to think about the relationship between God and man through the intermediary of demons. The "divine sign" therefore had to come to Socrates through a demon, however he avoided this word and it is not correct (as many do) to translate certainly daimonion with demon, because, in doing so, it makes explicit what Socrates deliberately left in the indeterminate: he, in fact, preferred to stick to what he felt in himself and to qualify this phenomenon as divine, without deepening the way in which it took place and for what mediation. Continuing our analysis we must conclude that the real meaning of the "daimon" for Socrates has been variously interpreted: with this term, according to Paolo De Bernardi, he seemed to indicate the authentic nature of the human soul, its newfound self-awareness. While for Gregory Vlastos the dáimon sent its signs in order to stimulate the reason of Socrates to make the most suitable choice. Giovanni Reale following Vlastos believes that the dáimon in Socrates expressed the highest degree of Socratic irony also in the religious dimension. However, the authors agree that in the Socratic conception the element of interiority referred to eudemonia was prevalent, that is, happiness, inner serenity was the effect of a rational behavior directed to virtue. This is the so-called ethical intellectualism of Socrates who maintained that the only possible cause of evil was ignorance of the good "I know instead that committing injustice and disobeying those who are better than us, god or man, is ugly and bad. Therefore, in the face of evils that I know to be evil, I will not fear and I will never flee those that I do not know if they are also goods." but once the good was known, it was not possible to refrain from acting morally by realizing the good that was in itself "pleasant" as it generated eudemonia, the serenity of the soul.
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Daimon is our destiny Eudaimonism "Eudemonism. Every doctrine that assumes happiness as the principle and foundation of the moral life." Nicola Abbagnano placeholder image The term Daimon also appears central to eudemonism, that is, the moral doctrine that placing the good in happiness (eudaimonia) pursues it as a natural end of human life. From eudemonism must be distinguished hedonism which proposes as the end of human action the "attainment of immediate pleasure" understood as enjoyment (as the Cyrenaic school of Aristippus thought) or as the absence of pain (according to the Epicurean conception). The term derives from the Greek  - εὐδαιμονισμός - (eudaimonismòs), from - εὐδαιμονία - (eudaimonìa), composed of good (εὖ èu) and spirit guide-fate (δαίμων dàimōn), a term also associated with "divine being", "genius", "spirit guide"' or "conscience". In a broad sense, "eudemonia" means "to be in the company of a good spirit". Emilio Lledò, professor of History of Philosophy at the Universidad Central of Barcelona, responds on the research around the good, the good existence, in Greek philosophy and explains the concept of eudaimonia, whose semantic field in Greek is wider than that of "happiness" in Italian. According to his etymology, this word refers to a conception according to which happiness depends rather on the benevolence (eu) of the daimon than on the autonomous action of man. Lledò refers here in particular to Aristotle, who after having, in Book I of the Nicomachean Ethics, put in close relationship the pursuit of good with the search for happiness and virtue, returns to another place of the same treatise (L. IX, 9, 1169 b) to refute the adage that "he who has a good daimon does not need friends". Returning to the deep meaning of the term in question and to the character related to the personal Daimon by Heraclitus and then also by Freud, I feel I am very close to Aristotle who believed that each individual was endowed with a particular vocation, a special inclination, I could add a more or less creative genius, that he called "daimon". For the undersigned, therefore, everyone has his own Daimon that must be protected, studied, deepened, researched, perfected, cultivated, and put in close relationship and communication with the most intimate, intellectual and spiritual part of our person. Let's also say that it is a symbolic and metaphorical element that characterizes us and that should push us towards good and therefore a constant improvement, or towards more problematic experiences and perhaps harmful to ourselves, which is why in this case it would be a negative Daimon, which instead of helping us to feel better, would do its best to make us feel worse. In any case, the Daimon always identifies with ourselves and is obviously not an element external to our individuality. Plato and Xenocrates In Plato the demon Eros, son of Penia and Porus, is that demonic force that allows man to rise towards the supersensible. Thus in Plato's Symposium the teaching on Eros imparted by Diotima to Socrates is narrated: "Eros is a great demon, O Socrates: for all that is demonic is intermediate between God and mortal. It has the power to interpret and bring to the gods the things that come from men and to men the things that come from the gods: of men the prayers and sacrifices, of the gods, instead, the commands and rewards of sacrifices. And standing between them, it works a completion, so that the whole is well connected with itself." Plato, Symposium 202, G-D A fundamental idea, inherent in the name itself, that Plato helped to spread is precisely that of the Daimon. "Daimonia kaina" literally means "new divine (creatures)". The daimonion spoken of in the Apology is the neutral adjective that comes from daimon (from daiomai: pantry, do in lote), a divine creature not necessarily malevolent, who presides over the fate of men, a kind of tutelary genius, a spirit that advises and directs us, and that stimulates us to reflect, without imposing its decisions on us. A daimon is contained in the word eudaimonia (happiness), which means, etymologically, something like: "a good daimon rules my destiny". The daimon is the divine creature who presides over the destiny of each one. In Er's story, the daimon does not happen to be a lot, but is the object of a choice. Freedom of choice makes virtue "without a master", unlike what happened in traditional morality, where this was the prerogative of a well-determined social figure, the aristos, or in any case of an extremely small group.
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The Socratic Daimon In another dialogue, The Symposium, Plato describes demons as messengers of the divine will and beings of contact between mortals and gods: It is thanks to the demonic element that divination and the practices of priests could have taken place, in relation to things that have to do with sacrifices, initiation rites, spells, different prophecies and magic. (202E-203A) With Xenocrates the figure of the demon taken from Plato's work is analyzed. The demons for Xenocrates are always intermediary beings between men and gods, they are more powerful than men but less than gods. Unlike the latter who are always good, among the demons there are also bad ones. When the ancient myths tell of divinities fighting each other involved in human passions they, for Xenocrates, speak of demons not gods. Demons have a prominent place both in acts of worship and in oracles. The demons finally correspond to human souls freed from bodies after death, remaining in them the conflict between good and evil, they transfer it from the Earth to the celestial world. The same theses of Xenocrates can be found in the text De deo Socratis by Apuleius. Stoicism Even the Stoics maintain the existence of demons as beings who watch over men by sharing their feelings. Thus Diogenes Laertius: "The Stoics say, then, that there are also some demons who have sympathy for men, who watch over human affairs, and also that there are heroes, that is, the surviving souls of the virtuous." Diogenes Laërtius, Lives and Doctrines of the Illustrious Philosophers Book VII, 151 Marcus Aurelius indicates as a demon the intellectual soul that must be cared for and deprived of disturbances: "Moreover, there remains the care not to sully the demon that has taken up residence in our breast, the care not to disturb it with confused and manifold impressions; to keep him serene and kind, giving him ritual and honor as to a God; and say nothing that is contrary to the truth; do nothing against justice." Marcus Aurelius, Conversations with Himself Book III, 16 Middle and Neo-Platonism With medioplatonism the figure of the demon is characterized in an increasingly articulated way and is inserted as the third aspect of the hierarchy of the divine after the supreme god and the secondary gods. Thus Plutarch: "Plato, Pythagoras, Xenocrates, Chrysippus, followers of the primitive writers of sacred things, affirm that the Demons are endowed with superhuman strength, indeed they far surpass our nature by extension of power, but they do not possess, moreover, the pure and uncontaminated divine element, but participate, at the same time, in a double fate, as to a spiritual nature and bodily sensation, so it welcomes pleasure and labor; And this mixed element is precisely the source of the disturbance, greater in some, lesser in others. So it is that even among demons, no more and no less than among men, differences arise in the gradation of good and evil." Plutarch, Isis and Osiris, 25 Alexander of Aphrodisias argues that the daimon of every man consists in his own nature. In Neoplatonism, Plotinus entrusts to the "daimon that has befallen us by lot" the task of guiding us in the ascent to the suprasensible, through the power of eros and beauty. Since conscious and purely logical thought is not enough, it is also a mystical inspiration, the spark of a divine spirit thanks to which it is possible to rise from the material to the intelligible dimension. According to Porphyry, Plotinus himself was assisted "by one of these demons who are close to the gods".
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Daimon origin and evolution Change of meaning Subsequently, the negative use gave the Christian vocabulary the term to designate the evil spirit (devil), becoming from then on the object of study of demonology. In positive terms, however, the meaning of daimon can be compared in some ways to the guardian angel, or to the notion of tutelary guide or genius. Renaissance philosophers loved to compare the texts of Plato and Aristotle with Arabic astrology with the precise purpose of investigating on themselves the spiritual meaning of the Daimon of birth, a mysterious force from which character, vocation and fortune originate. Interpreting Mercury, the Sun or Mars on the ascendant of birth meant in fact being predisposed to exercise some bodily talents over others, or certain mental abilities over others. Those who had the female planets on the point of the zodiac where the sun rose could instead expand the qualities of the soul, namely perception, intuition and sensory awareness, essential qualities to become artists, poets and court jesters. The Greek term Daimon means genius, spirit guide, divine power, and also, inferior deity or deified hero, but not only, in fact the verb expressed by this word also meant to divide, distribute, share, share and the suffix "from" was common to words such as democracy, demiurge and other terms that derived from the name "demos" ie people, And perhaps this is why he was never looked upon favorably by the official power, which did not want to share its privileges and saw in the genius of criticism the devil of evil. Thus Satan was born from genius, for Carducci "the vindex force of reason", for Baudelaire "le plus savant et le plus beau des anges". Carl William Brown "Before birth, the soul of each of us chooses an image or design that we will then live on earth, and receives a tutelary spirit to guide us, a daimon, which is unique and typical of us. However, in coming into the world, we forget all this and believe that we have come empty. Read the full article
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emergentanimism · 5 years
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Egyptian Goetia
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Strap in, this is gonna be a long one. I’ve been a bad magus.
In the past several months, I haven’t been doing much magick. To be sure, I talk to my ancestors, tend to my shrines, and have been keeping the lines of communication open. What I consider maintenance. But I haven’t been performing any major magical operations.
Here come the excuses.
I’ve been doing research. A whole lot of research. Basically, doing what I chide others on – being an armchair magician. I have a goal. To develop a consistent means of communicating with alien spirits. My lack of impetus comes from the surfeit of knowledge. What spirits do I really want to talk to? What methods do I want to employ? I’ve been digging through the Greek Magical Papyri (PGM) and associated texts thinking, here’s something I can get behind. An almost completely pagan perspective on goetia. I even thought that I wanted to recreate the rituals in the PGM as closely as possible. Hah! Like such a thing could even be done by a modern magician. And really, why would a modern magician want to? I don’t fear animal sacrifice, but I certainly don’t have a taste for it. The symbols used in the PGM don’t resonate with me. I have no connection with the spirits described within.
I’m not going to belabor the point, as I’ve said it multiple times already. I could be wrong, but I just don’t think a magus should work with spirits they don’t trust. I’m not going to use rituals that call on Judeo-Christian entities because, well, I don’t like them. And maybe I’m totally off. Maybe those entities don’t really serve a belief structure I find repugnant. But why go to them in the first place if there’s a chance they will be antagonistic? So, the grimoire method is out. Or is it? I’ll get back to that.
The spirits described in the PGM, when they are given much of a description, are close to what I am looking for. But I have another requirement, I want to stay within the cultural framework of the spirits themselves. The PGM seems to pull spirits from all over the place, which is not necessarily a bad thing. Okay, let’s just say it. I want to talk to friends before I talk to strangers. Who are my friends? I’ve got one big one – my man Thoth. Why not work with spirits that Thoth commands? I know he’s got my back. And those spirits may have in interest in talking to me.
Enter – Egyptian Demonology. Or as I like to call it, Egyptian Daimonology, as the spirits that the Egyptians described were much closer to the Greek Daimons. That’s when they get described at all. Here’s the great thing about Egyptian Demonology, it seems there are only about a dozen people working on it. I have found exactly one scholarly text on the subject. I’m in on the ground floor and I like it that way. No predispositions. No endless commentary. Just dig in.
Of course, that’s also the bad thing about Egyptian demons. For most of them, all we have is a picture, and sometimes a name. No astrological preferences, no personalities, no spheres of specialization. Which honestly, is fine by me. I am much more inclined to ask the spirits themselves that type of information. That’s the Emergent Magick way.
Now I just need a method to begin. I think I have the answer to that as well. I have always seen the methods employed by the medieval grimoires as a sort of advancement in spirit technology. To be sure, ancient humans could communicate with spirits using a stick, a drum, a fire, and some psychedelics. While medieval grimoires call for wands, brass seals, specialized equipment, and astrological precision. Here’s my theory. The grimoires give an example of an advanced method to contact specific spirits. It’s a refinement of the art. Not necessarily better, but more controlled, and possibly more consistent. Why not use that technology as a basis to contact other spirits outside of the Judeo-Christian cultural context? Take the Chaos Magick approach and break it down to its component parts and use them to rebuild a system specific for the spirits I want to interact with.
I’ve identified some basic elements of the grimoire method.
1)     Use higher spirits to create authority.
2)     Determine the best times to communicate with the spirits.
3)     Craft a circle that provides protection and a means of creating liminal space.  
4)     Provide a means for the spirit to manifest.
I’m sure there are more. But that’s a good start. I’ll go into specifics on how I will use these elements in my work in future posts.
According to the experts, there are accounts of Egyptian gods having their own legions or court of spirits that serves them. My goal now is to find those spirits that serve Thoth and see what they are about. It’s not going to be easy. It’s going to require picking through primary sources to even find the names of these related spirits. Then, building upon any relationship I can develop with them to discover how the whole hierarchy works. This will be long, hard work. But I’m not afraid of that, because I have motivation. I’m truly compelled to work with these spirits and perhaps create a system for others to use.
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arkangen · 3 years
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BAB VII PENINJAUAN DENGAN MADILOG Pasal 11. KEPERCAYAAN
Pendeknya Tuhan, Jiwa Manusia, Atman Surga dan Neraka itu semuanya benda yang diluar peralaman. 
Berhubung dengan keterangan diatas, maka tiadalah ada alasan saya buat menyingkirkan paham Nenek Moyang Bangsa Indonesia sekarang dari golonganKepercayaan. Jadi paham Animisme (Ilmu Kejiwaan), Dynamisme (Ilmu kekodratan) dan Daimonology (Ilmu Perhantuan) itu yang oleh agama ditolak mentah-mentah sebagai tahayul, terpaksa saya masukkan dalam golongan kepercayaan juga. Malah dalm hal ini sedikitpun saya tak berlaku tak sama berat, karena mereka yang percaya menurut Animisme (Jiwa) dsb itu mengatakan pawangnya (tukang tenung) bisa segenap tempo memanggil dn membuktikan badan atau kodrat yang tiada bisa dipandang orang banyak dalam keadan biasa itu. Kalau tidak segenapnya, sebagiannya bisa dibuktikan. 
 Maksud saya pada pasal ini ialah memancarkan Madilog keseluruh Asia, sumber semua kepercayaan yang terutama di dunia ini seperti si-pemancar obor listrik memancarkan sinarnya memeriksa yag ada diudara. Tentulah pada satu pasal saja, saya tak bisa berlaku seperti seorang labornat atau anatomist yang mesti mencampur adukkan, memisah, menyayat (potong) benda yang diperiksanya itu habis-habis sampai semua bagian dan sifatnya diketahui. Pertama sekali tempo tak membenarkan. Betul dair dahulu sekali saya banyak mempelajari segala kepercayaan dari Animisme samapi ke Spritisme melalui segala agama yang terkenal di dunia. Tetapi semua pengetahuan itu emsti dibangunkan kembali dari tempat pendiammnya di sub consciousness dari kesadaran-lenanya –Freud-- , dengan membaca kembali bertimbun-timbun buku. Kedua dan inilah yang terpenting, walaupun semua peringatan itu akan bangun kembali dengan yang lebih terang dan gemilang, tetapi apa boleh buat, Madilog tak bisa berlaku langsung atas kepercayaan. Seperti sudah tercantum diatas, semua kepercayaan itu ke-tiadaan benda. Sebahagian dari pengetahuan sesuatu kepercayaan itu boleh jadi sekali cocok dengan Logika atau Dialektika, tetapi segala bukti lantainya (presminya) tak takluk pada peralaman tiada bisa diperalamkan. 
 Seperti sudah saya bilang lebih dahulu, benar atau tidaknya sesuatu kepercayaan terserah pada otak, perasaan, kemauan, pendeknya pada jiwa masing-masing. 
 Madilog tak bisa berlaku langsung atas kepercayaan, karena kepercayaan itu kekurangan alat melangkah, ialah matter benda. Tetapi dengan jalan memutar, tak langung, Madilog bisa menerangkan kepercayaan itu ialah sebagai Obor Listrik yang berdiri diluar, yang tiada memasuki barang itu diseluruhnya. 
 Dengan jalan tak langsung ini Madilog akan memberi keterangan atas: 
 1. = Kepercayaan Indonesia Asli.   2. = Kepercayaan Hindustan (Asia Tengah).   3. = Kepercayaan Asia Barat.  4. = Kepercayaan (Sepintas lalu saja) Tiongkok.
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daimonclub · 1 year
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The essence of aphorisms
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The essence of aphorisms The essence of aphorisms, an article that explains the laws of aphorism by James Geary with an introduction of Carl William Brown on this kind of literary and philosophical original genre. The things that will destroy us are: politics without principle; pleasure without conscience; wealth without work; knowledge without character; business without morality; science without humanity; and worship without sacrifice. Mahatma Gandhi Sometimes a few lines are worthier than a whole library. Voltaire An aphorism is a phrase, a maxim, a proposition, a quote that expresses with concise, philosophic, humorous or poetic accuracy, the result of a long experience of life, of observations, analysis, suffering, great endurance, tolerance and even annoyance (in order not to use any vulgar terms). Carl William Brown The brevity of life, so often lamented, might perhaps be the best thing about life. Arthur Schopenhauer Aphorists are far from harmless. They are troublemakers and iconoclasts, dogmatists whose majestic authority commands consent. They are, by definition, revolutionaries who hold their truths to be self-evident. James Geary We fight against three giants, my dear Sancho: "injustice, fear, and ignorance." Miguel de Cervantes The aphorism in which I am the first master among Germans, are the forms of ‘eternity’; my ambition is to say in ten sentences what everyone else says in a book – what everyone else does not say in a book. Friedrich Nietzsche Aphorisms are intimate encounters between two minds. If they don’t give you a little shock, something isn’t right. James Geary Aphorisms, representing a knowledge broken, do invite men to enquire farther. Francis Bacon One can only become a philosopher, not be one. As soon as one thinks one is a philosopher, one stops becoming one. Friedrich von Schlegel Aphorismus est sermo brevis, integrum sensum propositae rei scribens. That is – An aphorism is a brief utterance, which writes the complete meaning of the matter – this is the exact definition proposed by Isidore de Séville. As a matter of fact an aphorism is usually a saying expressing a belief, an idea, a thought, a saying, a piece of literature and so on. Synonyms for aphorisms could be: adage, apothegm, axiom, dictum, maxim, moral, precept, proverb, rule, saw, saying, truism, axiom, device, dictum, fundamental, law, maxim, moral, postulate, precept, proposition, proverb, saying, theorem, truism, truth, byword, catchphrase, catchword, dictum, epithet, gnome, gnomic saying, handle, maxim, motto, nickname, precept, proverb, quotation, quote, saw, shibboleth, slogan, standing joke. An aphorism can express also absurdity, ambiguity, foolishness, nonsense, amusement and paradox, because it is the king of the metaphorical language.
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The law of aphorisms Evidently we could read various essays, articles and even books on aphoristic writing, or on short literature, which certainly has many relationships with poetry, the symbolic or metaphorical expression of it, and with the multiple definitions of the various sciences, but what I would like to point out in this introduction to the following article is a reflection by the great critic, poet and essayist T.S. Eliot, who argued with great conviction that to be truly great poets it is not enough to have language and vision; it is also necessary to possess a great philosophical and/or theological system, "which Shakespeare lacked and Dante did not", and for this reason, again according to the great author, Dante was a greater poet than Shakespeare. However, without making a comparison of value between the great literary giants of all time, I would just like to emphasize the aspect of possessing or not a great philosophical or theological system. Well, as far as the aphorism and the various intellectual speculations on the most disparate questions are concerned, we can already immediately highlight that characteristic which also for the author of the following text must be present in order to characterize the aphorism as such and to give it precisely its deepest essence, that is, it must be brief, personal and philosophical, on what then pertains to the aspects of being definitive or having a surprise effect, it could be discussed further. Furthermore we can say that aphorisms can be extrapolated from more extensive literary works, or be creations in their own sense, but to truly be such and make worth of their essence, they must express in one way or another the poetic and philosophical vision of the author, or better yet they must have an objective, an end, and a value above all of a philosophical nature, which must express the artistic intent of the writer himself. This intent can be aimed at expressing a scientific definition, or at conveying a social, economic, literary or philosophical criticism, or even at suggesting various useful behaviors for achieving a certain goal, or face a certain situation, which is why in general aphorisms often have a lot to do with dealing with ethics, logic, satire, irony, humour, politics, economics, science or education, basically all subjects that have always been involved with language and philosophy. Following my experience as a writer of aphorisms, I can say that I have always dealt with various disciplines and have carried out multiple activities, the first of which concerns the world of education and training, I have always had then a very critical, polemical and often satirical or at least humorous attitude towards human stupidity and its most illustrious leaders and followers, and therefore I have always observed, mocked and attacked it with my aphorisms. In conclusion I have clearly developed my philosophical and in some sense also theological vision by elaborating the synthetic principles of Daimonology, which in addition to re-evaluating the original meaning of the Greek Daimon, or the Latin genius, have as their philosophical basis the ethics of knowledge, and the practice of a lifelong, widespread, and shared education without any barrier of social caste or economic class. With these intentions my aphorisms were written, which convey my ideas, and in most cases have all the characteristics indicated in the following article, that I certainly consider as one of the best on this subject.
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James Geary on aphorisms The Five Laws of Aphorisms by James Geary based on his book We are what we think. The philosopher J. S. Mill once observed that there are two kinds of wisdom in the world: "In the one, every age in which science flourishes surpasses, or ought to surpass, its predecessors; of the other, there is nearly an equal amount in all ages." The first kind of wisdom is scientific. It consists in what we know about the world and how it works, and how we put that knowledge to use through technology. Since the Industrial Revolution at least, each age has surpassed the scientific achievements of its predecessors with astonishing speed. Mills calls the second type "the wisdom of ages," a somewhat exalted term for what we’ve collectively learned about human nature through the experience of individuals across thousands of years of history. This kind of knowledge is unsystematic, consists in psychological rather than empirical facts, and is present in more or less equal amounts in every historical period. So Dr. Phil McGraw potentially has just about as much - or as little - of this kind of wisdom at his disposal as the Taoist sage Lao-tzu, who lived in China about six hundred years before Christ. "The form in which this kind of wisdom most naturally embodies itself," Mill concludes, "is that of aphorisms." Why aphorisms? Because they’re just the right size to hold the swift insights and fresh observations that are the raw data of the wisdom of the ages. Aphorisms are literature’s hand luggage. Light and compact, they fit easily into the overhead compartment of your brain and contain everything you need to get through a rough day at the office or a dark night of the soul. They are, as the nineteenthcentury author John Morley observed, "the guiding oracles which man has found out for himself in that great business of ours, of learning how to be, to do, to do without, and to depart." Here, then, are the five laws by which an aphorism performs its oracular work. 1. It Must Be Brief If brevity is the soul of wit, as Shakespeare observed in one of his many aphoristic insights, then concision is the aphorism’s heart. Aphorisms must work quickly because they are meant for use in emergencies. We’re most in need of aphorisms at times of distress or joy, ecstasy or anguish. And in cases of spiritual or emotional urgency, brevity is the best policy. The author of The Cloud of Unknowing, a spiritual instruction manual written by an anonymous English monk in the latter half of the fourteenth century, knew this when he advised his students: "Short prayer penetrates heaven". The Cloud of Unknowing was composed as an aid to contemplation, and it’s packed with sound spiritual guidance and sweet admonitions for young men just entering the monastic life. The book is made up of seventy-five very short chapters, with amusing and sometimes impenetrable titles like "The Three Things the Contemplative Beginner Must Practice: Reading, Thinking, and Praying" and "A Man’s Outlook Is Wonderfully Altered through the Spiritual Experience of This Nothing in Its Nowhere." Each chapter is written in very simple, direct prose, in an avuncular tone that highlights the author’s wisdom, equanimity, and good humor. The book’s title refers to our imperfect knowledge of God, but the author urges his readers to "hammer away at this high cloud of unknowing" through meditation and prayer. The Cloud’s language mostly clings very close to the ground, however, and the book is replete with down-to-earth tips on how monks should pray silently to themselves throughout the day and how they can find the sacred in the most mundane daily chores. Chapter 37 explains by means of a surprisingly commonplace metaphor why pithiness is next to godliness: A man or a woman, suddenly frightened by fire, or death, or what you will, is suddenly in his extremity of spirit driven hastily and by necessity to cry or pray for help. And how does he do it? Not, surely, with a spate of words; not even in a single word of two syllables! Why? He thinks it wastes too much time to declare his urgent need and his agitation. So he bursts out in his terror with one little word, and that of a single syllable: "Fire!" it may be, or "Help!" Just as this little word stirs and pierces the ears of the hearers more quickly, so too does a little word of one syllable, when it is not merely spoken or thought, but expresses also the intention in the depth of our spirit. Aphorists are people who’ve experienced "extremity of spirit," and aphorisms are read by people in the same predicament. They are terse and to the point because their message is urgent. There’s no time to waste. An aphorism can be anywhere from a few words to a few sentences long; the French call the former an aperçu, a swift, sweeping insight, and the latter a pensée, a longer, more leisurely train of thought. But only a fool makes a speech in a burning house. That’s why the author of The Cloud of Unknowing hammered his meaning home in such short, vivid phrases. When you find yourself in extremis, aphorisms tell you everything you need to know. The rest is just salad dressing.
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Literary essence of aphorisms 2. It Must Be Definitive In the Life of Samuel Johnson, James Boswell describes the great English lexicographer as "a man of most dreadful appearance … He is very slovenly in his dress and speaks with a most uncouth voice … He has a great humor and is a worthy man. But his dogmatic roughness of manners is disagreeable." What Boswell fails to mention, however, is that a little dogmatism is no bad thing when you’re compiling a dictionary, as Johnson was from 1746 to 1755. Johnson was famously convinced of his own opinions, and not shy about declaiming them, essential qualities for both the lexicographer and the aphorist. After all, a definition - like an aphorism - must be, well, definitive. In fact, the term itself is derived from the Greek words apo (from) and horos (boundary or horizon), so an aphorism is something that marks off or sets apart - that is, a definition. Aphorisms and definitions assert rather than argue, proclaim rather than persuade, state rather than suggest. Johnson’s most famous aphorism - Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.- wouldn’t be nearly as piquant if he had couched it in all kinds of caveats and qualifications. Of course, aphorisms aren’t necessarily 100 percent true - Ambrose Bierce, Johnson’s twentieth-century counterpart, contends, for example, that patriotism is the scoundrel’s first refuge - yet they demand assent through the declarative style in which they are expressed. The English essayist William Hazlitt put it well when he wrote of aphorisms, "There is a peculiar stimulus … in this mode of writing. A thought must tell at once, or not at all." Because aphorisms must tell at once they often take the form of definitions - x is y. There is no deliberation or debate, and no supporting evidence. We must literally take the aphorist at his word. That’s usually easy enough because those words are so lucid that they compel their own conviction. Of no one is this more true than Johnson himself, whose aphorisms could easily have served as entries in his dictionary of the English language. Here are two of his less optimistic pronouncements: "Life is a pill which none of us can bear to swallow without gilding". Johnson defined the lexicographer as "a writer of dictionaries, a harmless drudge." But aphorists are far from harmless. They are troublemakers and iconoclasts, dogmatists whose majestic authority commands consent. They are, by definition, revolutionaries who hold their truths to be self-evident. 3. It Must Be Personal In 1955, Alfred Kessler, a physician and collector of the works of G.K. Chesterton, was poking around a used bookstore in San Francisco when he came across a copy of Holbrook Jackson’s Platitudes in the Making. Jackson, a literary critic and contemporary of Chesterton, had this little book of maxims privately published in 1911. But as Kessler flipped through the pages of the slim volume he realized that this was no ordinary copy of Platitudes. Scrawled in bright green pencil beneath each of Jackson’s maxims was a handwritten reply: either an endorsement of the idea behind the saying or, more often, an emphatic rejection accompanied by an alternative aphorism. For example, penned underneath Jackson’s "He who reasons is lost" - was the arch retort, "He who never reasons is not worth finding". Kessler recognized the handwriting, and turning back to the front of the book was startled to read the following inscription: "To G.K. Chesterton, with esteem from Holbrook Jackson." Kessler had in his hands Chesterton’s personal copy of Platitudes in the Making, and the impassioned scratchings in green pencil were Chesterton’s ripostes to Jackson’s aphorisms. Kessler had stumbled on the greatest discovery of his collecting career and recovered for Chesterton fans some of the great English author’s most incisive sayings.
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Sir Francis Bacon on aphorisms If you had never read a word by either Jackson or Chesterton - the former now largely forgotten and the latter best remembered for his detective series the Father Brown stories - and Platitudes was recited aloud, it would be easy to guess which aphorism was by whom. Jackson fancied himself a modern romantic, an atheist philosopher in the shadow of Nietzsche, so his sayings are filled with disdain for convention and praise for man’s impulsive, irrational nature. Pretty typical of Jackson’s output is: "Don’t think - do". Chesterton, on the other hand, was a devout Catholic rationalist, as well as a committed socialist and environmentalist long before the latter was a fashionable occupation. He did believe in God and in man’s triumph over the baser instincts through reason and morality. So his reply is a fairly accurate summary of his philosophy, too: "Do think! Do!". It’s this personal quality that gives aphorisms their power to charm and enrage. An aphorism takes you inside the head of the person who wrote it or said it. "The thought… must be stamped with the hallmark of the mind that thinks it," as critic and aphorism junkie Logan Pearsall Smith wrote in the introduction to his 1947 anthology of English maxims. Aphorisms are not bland generalizations about life, the universe, and everything but are deeply personal and idiosyncratic statements, as unique to an individual as a strand of his or her DNA. This is what distinguishes the form from proverbs, for instance, which are really wornout aphorisms that have had the identity of the original author rubbed away through repeated use. The personal touch is important because aphorisms are not bits of uplifting text meant for passive consumption. They are challenging statements that demand a response: either the recognition of a shared insight - what Alexander Pope described as something that "oft was thought but ne’er so well expressed" - or a rejection and retort. As the Jackson-Chesterton exchange shows, aphorisms are intimate encounters between two minds. If they don’t give you a little shock, something isn’t right. Francis Bacon, the English author, politician, and scientist, loved aphorisms precisely because of this ability to upset preconceptions. He inherited his affection for the form from his father, who had quotations from the classics carved into the columns of the family manor at Gorhambury, near St. Albans just north of London. The younger Bacon recommended the use of aphorisms because they pique curiosity rather than satisfy it, provoke further thought rather than thwart it: "Aphorisms, representing a knowledge broken, do invite men to enquire farther." Read the full article
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Daimon directory project Daimon directory project is an international world wide great brand marketing idea powered by Carl William Brown and the Daimon Club Organization to support, foster and spread the original spirit of the Daimon creative meaning.  Daimon is an inner force, an inner passion, a mixture of desires and aspirations. Our daimon is the genius that lives with us, good and evil at the same time. As Blake would say, it's the marriage between heaven and hell. It's death in life and life in death. It's a kind of enthusiasm that guides us towards the search for knowledge, without believing in any superior entity. It's an olistic approach to life that struggles against any form of vanity, of stupid power and false authority. It's a form of magic, of ecstatic feeling, it's the art of living for freedom without having to submit our inner thoughts to the banalities of our society. It's a dream that gives hope to our intellect, it's a mistery without solution. it's the absurdity of our life, it's a nonsensical joke. That's why I thought to link the surrealistic poetics with the spirit of my creation, and that's why the Daimon Club was born. Carl William Brown One of the first examples of surrealistic writer and daimon guided author was Laurence Sterne. He was born in Ireland in 1713 end died in 1768. As a clergyman, Sterne was rather unusual. Besides being involved in frequent amorous escapades, together with some friends he formed a group called "The Demoniacks" which used to meet at Skelton Castle, a curious house on the border of the Cleveland Moors, (belonging to a friend of Sterne's, who called it "Crazy Castle", where they indulged in moderate revelry. When I found the Daimon Club I didn't know about Sterne's association, but now what I intend to point out is that unfortunately we don't have a castle, and it's always more difficult to find people who like to be open minded, not only from a sexual point of view, but also from an artistic and intellectual one. Carl William Brown When towards the end of 1997 Carl William Brown registered the first few pages of the Daimon Club website in the main search engines the term Daimon did not appear becuase as a matter of fact it was unknown. Therefore, digitally speaking, it was our association that has had the privilege of inaugurating what would soon have become a real phenomenon. Try to type today on the most famous Internet spider the word Daimon, or Daimon Club and you will immediately realize the real development of the trend. Carl William Brown The concept of Daimon is also strongly connected with the meaning of Aristotle's Eudaimonia, that is to find your inner passion and develop it in a good manner without any excess to live in a virtuous happy way. Carl William Brown Each life is formed by its unique image, an image that is the essence of that life and calls it to a destiny. As the force of fate, this image acts as a personal daimon, an accompanying guide who remembers your calling. James Hillman
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International Daimon Directory The daimon motivates. It protects. It invents and persists with stubborn fidelity. It resists compromising reasonableness and often forces deviance and oddity upon its keeper, especially when neglected or opposed. It offers comfort and can pull you into its shell, but it cannot abide innocence. It can make the body ill. It is out of step with time, finding all sorts of faults, gaps, and knots in the flow of life - and it prefers them. It has affinities with myth, since it is itself a mythical being and thinks in mythical patterns. James Hillman Daimon meaning The Greek daimon means 'divine power', 'fate', or 'god'. To the Greeks daimons were intermediary spirits between human beings and the gods, acting as spiritual advisors. See Genii, Jinn, Djin and Genius. Daimon is also a common persons name, so we have several websites that tells us something about different Daimon. Daimon is also a semi God of past religions, so we have many sites that explain the original meaning of the word. For more information and if you want to join our great DAIMON international branding marketing project, you can write us using our Ko-fi.com page, where you can also offer us a small donation to support this initiative. Thank you so much and don't hesitate to keep in touch, we are waiting for you! www.daimon.org The Daimon Club official website, it is the international domain of our club. The Daimon Club is a virtual cultural association founded in Brescia, Italy in 1997 by Carl William Brown. Its purpose is to develop a new cultural and communicative methodology. The website offers a variety of sections including thousands of original aphorisms, quotes, jokes, and proverbs in English, as well as free e-books, humorous texts, and links to cultural resources. There are also sections dedicated to visual communication, business, finance, and web marketing. The Daimon Club does not have any advertisements or use cookies. It also offers fast research through its Daimon Spiders and can be found on various social media platforms. www.daimonclub.it  It was The Daimon Club Italian mirror website. Now it is the official links tree of Carl William Brown and it redirects to AllMyLinks. Inside it there is the International Daimon Directory Project, it will include all websites that have something to do with the concept of Daimon Creativity and its origins. www.daimonclub.ro  Daimon Social Club – Insula verde din Bucuresti. In the heart of the Capital, in the middle of a lush vegetation, is Daimon Club: your oasis of relaxation and energy. The story of Daimon Club was born to provide people an imposing location, with complete services, where you can celebrate the most important events in your life, but also to spend quality time in the company of your loved ones.
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Daimon Directory project www.daimonproduction.com  Daimon Production is an independent production company founded in 2009 by the freelance video reporter Emiliano Pappacena. Daimon Production has swiftly become a real teamwork of young professionals who pool their know-how in the audiovisual industry. Our mission is to produce TV reports, documentaries and new TV formats paying particular attention to social issues, immigration, environmental sustainability and technological innovation. Our video reports have been aired on Rai Due, Rai Tre, Rai Storia and on the satellite television Rai Edu. www.eudaimon.it  It's an Italian firm specialised in physical and psychological counseling, time-saving services and day care services. www.daimonbarber.com/ Peerless male grooming products by Daimon Barber. Innovative formulation, unrivalled quality and beautiful design. Made in the UK. www.daimon-italy.com  DAIMON is a brand owned by GRE EUROPE SAGL, a company based in Switzerland with multiple activities in Europe and Asia. Daimon collections are produced by Zoko Italy srl, a company that counts more than twenty years of experience in the production of yarns, fabrics and garments and that makes quality, production control and timing some of its strengths . www.daimoninstitute.com The Daimon Institute for the Highly Gifted conducts research, offers research-based and best-practice presentations, and provides educational consulting to support the overall development of Exceptionally and Profoundly Gifted (EPG) people. www.fondazionedaimon.com Padre Monti Saronno graphics schools. OUR HISTORY. Born from the philosophy and values of Father Monti, the Daimon Foundation passes down a precious heritage of ideas and activities in the educational, training and technical fields. Innovation, professionalism and the valorization of our students' successes characterize us and accompany us continuously. www.thedaimonbarber.com  Classic hair pomades by The Daimon Barber. Innovative formulation, unrivalled quality and beautiful design. Made in London. www.daimon.nl  This is the portfolio of photographer and filmmaker Daimon Xanthopoulos. Here you can see full screen selection of his photography and documentary work. daimon.agency  We are a Brand Experience Studio born digital and grown looking for the unexplored among all channels. We have the courage to give shape to creativity that performs and experiences that can tell a story. For us this is being bold. This is our boldness. www.daimonart.it  It is a Website Art Gallery, a Graphic, Advertising and Marketing Agency specialized in Internet services. (La Daimon Art Gallery è uno spazio dedicato agli artisti, quotati e non, che vogliono esporre i propri lavori, e far circolare le proprie idee, per un pubblico non necessariamente di collezionisti o esperti del settore.
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Daimon directory daimoneventi.it An Italian company. Daimon Eventi intertwines creativity, imagination and competence, offering companies qualified work in the supply of personnel and services for various events. Daimon Eventi can offer suggestions and exclusive atmospheres thanks to a staff of actors, musicians, dancers, painters, sculptors, magicians, jugglers, DJs, male and female models, hostesses and stewards... but also set designers, screenwriters, graphic designers, video operators, photographers , catering, tour operators…and so on. www.daimongames.com  Daimon Games offers (mostly) free (as in free beer) tabletop Role Playing Games and adventures. www.daimon.qc.ca  Centre de production Daïmõn photo-vidéo-nouveaux médias. Le Centre de production DAÏMÕN is an artist-run centre that supports research, creation and production of works in photography, media arts, multimedia, new media and their interfaces. DAÏMÕN also initiates events and screenings of works produced in these artistic practices. DAÏMÕN is a non-profit organisation that is supported by its members, the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, the Canada Council for the Arts and the Service des arts, de la culture et des lettres de la Ville de Gatineau. www.daimon.ch  Daimon Publishers Online bookstore devoted to books on Jungian Psychology, Relationships, Personal Development and Growth of Consciousness www.progettodaimon.it  by Walter Alamanni; it's a cultural group interested in Counseling, Development of human potentialities, shamanism, educational training and so on. Nello sciamanesimo il termine Medicina significa forza vitale, energia intrinseca nella natura. La medicina di una persona è la sua potenza, la sua conoscenza, la sua espressione di energia vitale. Le Ruote di Medicina sono ruote di coscienza, conoscenza e comprensione ed essendo ruote di coscienza ci insegnano l’equilibrio e il rapporto fra tutte le cose. Fin dall’antichità l’uomo ha usato Ruote di Medicina per l’insegnamento riguardo al cosmo, in tutto il mondo... www.daimon-italy.com  A fashion company, guided by a very famous Italian woman stylist, that has chosen the word Daimon as an Ancient Greek term that defines the soul and inner strength to its purest forms but can then also turn to a more transgressive meaning. The Daimon Luxury Collections came from the idea to make a special and inimitable shape, as the woman who is wearing it. Cutting edge cuts, sharp and precise, transgressive combinations of precious yarns and fabrics, craftsmanship in all details, strong and inimitable identity. www.daimonfilm.com DAIMON FILM SRL is a company that produces, sells, and promotes film, television, and multimedia products. They also provide artistic consulting and organize events and concerts. Daimon Film covers the world of entertainment at 360 degrees by producing and creating videoclips, television programs, commercials, films and docufilms, up to the creation of major events and concerts.  The production is handled by Raffaella Tommasi, a project manager with twenty years of experience in large international projects. They have organized the IMAGinACTION Festival and Tour, as well as the Comacchio Beach Festival, featuring popular Italian artists. daimonrestaurant.com  Daimon Japanese Restaurant - Sunset Beach / Huntington Harbor. With over 30 years of history, Daimon invites you to enjoy an evening of excellent food, fine drinks, and great fun. Our caring and committed staff will ensure you have a fantastic experience with us. www.daimonsoft.com  Daimon Soft is committed to providing our customers with superior software, website, and web hosting solutions that will improve the efficiency and appearance of your company, leading to a more successful business or personal venture.Daimon Soft L.L.C. North Prairie, WI dancingfrog.net  Echu-Daimon Kite Festival. As we traveled around Japan to various kite festivals it seemed like every third person was from Daimon kite club in Toyama Prefecture. Echu is the old name of Daimon. With this harbinger of things to come, we headed off to the train station in Osaka where we met the other members of the Osaka Kite club.
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Synthetic principles of applied Daimonology www.instagram.com/daimon_tattoo  Daimon Tattoo Studio A very high specialized tattoo and piercing studio based in Tuscany, Italy. Address viale Diaz 20, 53034 Colle Val D'Elsa, Toscana, Italy. You can discover a lot about it visiting its Facebook page. www.daimon.org.br Centro de Estudos do Relacionamento O Daimon é uma instituição que contribui para o estudo da psicoterapia, da psicoterapia de grupo e do psicodrama no Brasil. Você encontrará informações sobre grupos de estudos e grupos de supervisão. Terá acesso à programação das sessões abertas de psicoterapia, aos eventos e aos artigos publicados pelos profissionais que aqui trabalham. Você poderá ainda adquirir os livros publicados pela nossa editora. www.daimon7007.co.jp  Daimon Manufactures a variety of flexible tubes and colored pipes for applications such as microphones and optical scopes. Company Name Daimon Manufacturing Inc. Founded May, 1968 President Yoshishige Miyazawa Head Office, Factory 7007 Sakaki, Sakaki-machi, Nagano, Japan 389-0601 En.wikipedia.org  Daimon is a town in Toyama prefecture, Japan. Toyama prefecture (???; Toyama-ken) is located in the Chubu region on Honshu island, Japan. The capital is city of Toyama. Toyama is leading industrial prefecture on the Japan-sea coast , and has industrial advantage "cheap electricity". The Itai-itai disease occurred in Toyama around 1950. www.mulino.it/daimon.htm The birth of Daimon is explained first and foremost with a simple reality, but full of consequences: the transformation of Italy into a multicultural and multi-religious country. Following a path common to all Western Europe, the map of religious affiliations and, even more, the common feeling towards religious phenomena is rapidly changing in Italy. This transformation has highlighted the superficiality of knowledge of religions and the almost total ignorance of their regulations: the first and most immediate objective of Daimon is therefore to provide a tool for understanding the rights of religions, in order to reconstruct and understand the new reality that is taking shape in Italy and Europe. daimon.us  DAIMON Logistics USA was founded in 2011 and giving reliable, trusted logistics services for more than 10 years. We think that our customers are also our partners and have to find best and fast solutions for their all logistics needs. www.daimonlogisticsbd.com  Daimon Logistics , a Bangladeshi freight forwarding and Logistics company was founded in 2012. Daimon carries out air and sea forwarding, consolidation services, project forwarding and sea- air, air-sea, CHB and Trucking connected transportations in import and export fields. We have our own office both Dhaka and Chittagong to serve our customers. www.searchdaimon.com  Searchdaimon is an open source search engine for corporate data and websites. It is as simple to use as your favorite Internet search engine, yet it has the added power of delivering results from numerous systems with standardised attribute navigation. Searchdaimon is easy to install, open and scalable. For those wishing to learn more about the topic, I suggest the following articles: Introduction to Daimonology Daimonology synthetic principles Great philosophy quotes Daimon Club organization Carl William Brown The teachings of Plato Plato complete works Essays with quotes Quotes by authors Quotes Read the full article
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Introduction to Daimonology Introduction to Daimonology. The basics of Daimonology. A new cultural and methodological approach, encapsulated in 100 powerful, original, and occasionally enigmatic aphorisms by its founder Carl William Brown, to the enhancement and diffusion of creative, communicative, and interpretive thinking. Character is destiny, that is, our life is closely linked to our behavior and vice versa. Carl William Brown When all the souls had chosen their lives, they went before Lachesis. And she sent with each, as the guardian of his life And the fulfiller of his choice, The Daimon that he had chosen. Plato, Republic X Great Zeus, Father of men, You would deliver them all from the evils that oppress them, If you would show them what is the Daimon of whom they make use. Pythagoras Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. Albert Einstein Those who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture will never be understood, let alone believed, by the masses. Plato Daimonology has no hierarchy, but only the spell of universal anarchy. Carl William Brown Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it destiny. Carl Gustav Jung Ethos anthropoi daimon. (Character is destiny). Eraclitus The soul always metaphorizes. Plotinus Very often there is nothing more unconscious than our ignorance, of which we obviously disregard the existence; therefore opening the mind to the ethics of knowledge and cultivating one’s learning is the only wise thing to do in order to give a sense to our mysterious life. Carl William Brown
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Daimon is destiny Freud said that natural heritage and fate "Δαίμων Καί Тύχη" (Daimon kai tuke) decide the destiny of a man; seldom, if ever, any of these forces. Obviously we must also personally interfere in this process and, through cultural, educational and creative commitment, try to lead our existence in the most constructive way possible and imaginable, both for ourselves and obviously for others, aware in any case, as the Buddha said that life is pain, That said, let's immediately clarify any form of doubt and possible misunderstanding; although the etymology from which these terms derive is the same, "daimonology" has nothing to do with "demonology", nor with "daimonism", nor with spirits, demons, divine voices, or anything else, but it is essentially a "methodology" to move within different disciplines and various human culture, both humanistic and philosophical, or scientific and technological. The term "Daimonology" derives from the Greek word Daimon which means genius, guiding spirit, divine power, and also demon, or lower divinity or deified hero, but not only, in fact the verb expressed by this word also meant to divide, distribute, share and the suffix "da" was similar to many words such as democracy, demiurge and other terms that derived from the name "demos" meaning people, and perhaps this is why it was never frowned upon by the official power, which he did not want to share his privileges and saw in the genius of criticism the demon of evil. Daimonology therefore takes its name from the original term Daimon and from the term Lògos which in Greek thought indicates the "word" as it is articulated in speech, therefore also the "thought" that is expressed through the word. A precise affirmation of the lògos as "reason", and refers to the mythological creations of Plato, to the interpretation of Socrates, Heraclitus, Aristotle and other philosophers of antiquity, without thereby intending to constitute either a new philosophy, much less a new one religion, but I repeat that it is only a cultural and pedagogical methodology. Although the term Daimon also appears central to eudemonism, i.e. the moral doctrine which places the good in happiness (eudaimonia) and pursues it as a natural end of human life, Daimonology is not intimately connected to this concept, even if its practice and its principles can partially facilitate its realization, which is always and in any case difficult if not impossible to achieve.
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Introduction to Daimonology The term eudemonism comes from the Greek "εὐδαιμονισμός" (eudaimonismòs), from "εὐδαιμονία" (eudaimonìa), composed of good (εὖ èu) and guiding spirit-fate (δαίμων dàimōn), a term that can also be associated with "divine being", "genius", "spirit guide" or "consciousness" ”. In a broad sense, "eudemonia" means "to be in the company of a good spirit". We recall that "eudemonism" must be distinguished from "hedonism" which proposes the "achievement of immediate pleasure" as the end of human action, understood as enjoyment (as the Cyrenaic school of Aristippus thought) or as the absence of pain (according to the Epicurean conception). Daimonology does not make any reference to the Daimon either as a spiritual entity, or as a demon, much less as the soul of the human being, let's say rather that it connects the term in a metaphorical way to one's individual fate, as already outlined by Plato in the myth of Er in the Republic, and the character of the individual, as already maintained by Heraclitus and also by Freud, intends it as a personal inclination, an aptitude, a predisposition, in the manner of Aristotle, and therefore considers the definitions that gradually elaborated as a method for choosing and improving one's vocation, one's character, one's behavior, one's conscience, in order to improve one's creative genius and one's patience. Before delving into the etymological and interpretative question of the term Daimon, I want to add that Daimonology uses all the tools available and available in our world to understand the reality that surrounds us, i.e. for example activities such as meditation, reading, interpretation, reflection, critical disposition, observation, experimentation, curiosity, introspection, and obviously follows the ethics of knowledge and humility of research, aware that there are certainly more things than the human being does not know, compared to those he knows and for this he relies on the power of imagination and fantasy, to be able to better decipher the mysteries that surround us, but always without exaggerating, in fact beyond a certain ironic approach, humorous, surrealistic and provocative, it always remains closely linked to the principle of reality, and although at times it may seem deliberately enigmatic, it always relies on the more concrete rationality and the more genuine creativity of the human being. Plato writes: “The demon will not choose you, but you the demon (...). Virtue has no masters; the more each of you honors her, the more she will have; the less he honors her, the less he will get. The responsibility, therefore, lies with those who choose. God is not to blame." This daimon, which we can also call "genius", an inescapable component of our ego, can sometimes be lost sight of, not cultivated, set aside, but sooner or later it will come back to possess us totally, to define our image, our true personality. For Plato, therefore, we are what we have chosen to be. In short, each of us has his own personality, his own vocation, his own image, his own character, his distinctive traits, not only physical, but clearly also mental, and all these elements radically distinguish us, but everything is however in transformation, things change, everything flows, and therefore it is up to our seriousness to look for the right motivation and then feed it with the utmost commitment, trying to do what we are doing in the best possible way, paying attention to improve day by day the our possibilities, to make our existence truly authentic and useful, not only for ourselves, but also for our neighbors and for the society in which we live.
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Daimonology is a critical methodology In Er's story, the "dæmon" does not happen by lot, but is the object of a choice. Freedom of choice makes virtue "without a master", unlike what happened in traditional morality, where this was the prerogative of a well-defined social figure, the "aristos", or in any case of an extremely small group. Also for Daimonology therefore a fundamental concept is that of choosing one's own path, activity, inclination or passion which obviously can also be innate, but the fundamental idea is to cultivate one's talent and improve one's behavior in order to develop all human intelligence. Going back to the profound meaning of the concept and to the character related to the personal Daimon by Heraclitus and then also by Freud, I feel I am very close to Aristotle who believed that each individual was endowed with a particular vocation, with a special inclination, I could add a more or less creative genius, which he called precisely "daimon". Therefore, for the undersigned, everyone has his own Daimon which must be protected, studied, deepened, researched, perfected, cultivated, and placed in close relationship and communication with the most intimate, intellectual and spiritual part of our person. Let's also say that it is a symbolic and metaphorical element that characterizes us and that should push us towards good and therefore constant improvement, or towards more problematic and perhaps harmful experiences for ourselves, which is why in this case it would be a negative Daimon, that instead of helping us get better, it would do its utmost to make us feel worse. In any case, the Daimon is always identified with ourselves and is obviously not an element external to our individuality. Daimonology does not even consider the Daimon in the manner of Socrates, but we reiterate that it is only a methodology that takes its name from the original term Daimon, understood as genius, we can therefore say that it is a discourse on the genius of humanity. Socrates, on the other hand, referred to a daimon or "divine guide" who often assisted him in every decision he made. It would be a sort of "moral conscience" that gradually reveals itself as a form of delirium and divine inspiration, a voice identifiable as the authentic nature of the human soul, its newfound self-awareness. Based on Plato's testimony, the daimon of which Socrates speaks consists in fact of a divine presence, similar to a tutelary genius, which makes itself felt in him through signs to stimulate his reason to make the most suitable choice, but not so much to to induce him to carry out certain actions, rather than to distract him: “I don't know what divine and demonic spirit is inside me; precisely that of which Meleto, jokingly, wrote about in the indictment. And it's like a voice that I've had inside since I was a child; who, whenever she makes herself heard from me, always dissuades me from something I'm about to do, and never makes me any proposals." (Apology of Socrates, 31 d) The term Daimonology (Daimonologia), before its use by Carl William Brown in 1998 had never been officially used, except in a brief quotation by an American author regarding Hellenic culture and religions of the time. This observation was verified and confirmed through an in-depth search on various encyclopedic texts, both paper and electronic, and through an extensive search on the net using for the purpose the best search engines active around the year 2000. In any case, since the term "daimon" already existed it was not entirely impossible to perhaps add a suffix or a prefix to it; the situation is different if we understand Daimonology as a real discipline and as a rigorous and effective research and study methodology, in fact it had never been used in this sense: the undersigned is therefore its inspirer and organizer to all effects.
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We know we do not know The newly coined term also indicates a real current of thought as well as, as we have already said, a new and innovative methodology of study and creative investigation. Also in this case, the undersigned humorously and provocatively refers to the term Lucifer, or light, which indicates a new symbol of brotherhood, equality, freedom, also in honor of Voltaire who called D'Alembert and Diderot "his brothers in the devil ”, and basically wants to represent a sort of new enlightenment or renaissance of thought, if you prefer! Daimonology in its literary form consists of 100 definitions or aphorisms, 60 of which were published by Carl William Brown under the title of Synthetic and Enigmatic Principles of Applied Daimonology on the Daimon Club website on 12-13-1998. The other 40 aphorisms that complete the text are now published on the Aforismicelebri.com website, again by the author in question. These principles are primarily inspired by the philosophy of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, the maxims of Epicurus, the aphorisms of Heraclitus, the primordial philosophical wisdom with an eye to Eastern philosophy, as well as the work of Shakespeare and Freud and more personally to my literary and philosophical production, as well as my complex life experience. I recall in this regard that the undersigned has always been committed to teaching, cultural dissemination and artistic provocation, he is also the author of well over 10,000 original aphorisms, various essays and various articles, as well as various collections of maxims and aphorisms. These principles are therefore a sort of vade mecum of creative thinking and strengthening of mental faculties. These principles of applied Daimonology therefore, together with the Testament of Carl William Brown, the Legacy of the Daimon Club, the various written texts, and my personal aphoristic production, form a sort of spiritual legacy that I intend to leave to tired and miserable humanity. Certainly one cannot claim to be able to exhaust such a broad subject in a few pages and therefore perhaps not everything will be clear at the beginning, in any case this publication is to be considered exclusively of an informative and popular nature and therefore cannot be considered an exhaustive and definitive on the subject. However, I hope that it will be enlightening for those who will do the action of reading it and at the same time will try to enter the spirit of its elaboration and its interpretation. So once again, thanks in advance! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G92vC0ECNT0 Perhaps he could have chosen in the best way, but his Daimon wasn’t all that reliable, moreover Dada doubted everything, and for this reason he almost never knew how to make the most appropriate choice, however he enjoyed trying, not without a certain nostalgia and melancholy suffering. Carl William Brown For those wishing to learn more about the topic, I suggest the following articles, for the moment in Italian, but soon they will be translated into English. Synthetic Principles of Daimonology Daimon origin and meanings Principi sintetici di Daimonologia applicata Platone e il mito di Er Insegnamenti di Platone Insegnamenti di Socrate Daimon la sorte delle anime Massime di Epicuro Aforismi di Eraclito Saggezza filosofica Etica e filosofia Etica e conoscenza Carl William Brown Il testamento di C.W. Brown Daimon Club organization Essays with quotes Quotes by authors Quotes by arguments Thoughts and reflections News and events Read the full article
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Principles of Daimonology Principles of Daimonology, or better Synthetic principles of applied Daimonology, consisting of 100 aphorisms, maxims, ideas and thoughts sometimes enigmatic and a little humorous, on the dissemination and deepening of knowledge and creative thinking in general. Before proceeding with the reading of this text, it is strongly recommended to read the introduction to Daimonology, and to better understand the subject also the posts relating to the Daimon, Plato, Socrates, and so on, whose links are given at the end of this page. Daimonology in its literary form consists of 100 definitions or aphorisms, 60 of which were published by Carl William Brown under the title of Synthetic and Enigmatic Principles of Applied Daimonology on the Daimon Club website on 13-12-1998. The other 40 aphorisms that complete the text are now published on the Aphorismicelebri site, also by the author in question. Finally, in this article they have been translated into English. These principles are inspired primarily by the philosophy of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, the capital maxims of Epicurus, the aphorisms of Heraclitus, primordial philosophical wisdom with a focus on Eastern philosophy, as well as the work of Shakespeasre and Freud, and more personally by my own literary and philosophical production, as well as my own complex life experience. In this regard, I would like to remind you that I have always been engaged in teaching, cultural popularization and artistic provocation, and have also authored well over 10000 original aphorisms, various essays and articles, as well as various collections of maxims and aphorisms. These principles are thus a kind of vademecum of creative thinking and enhancement of mental faculties. These principles of applied Daimonology thus cover, along with the Testament of C.W. Brown, the Bequest of the Daimon Club, the various written texts, and my own aphoristic production a kind of spiritual legacy that I intend to leave to weary humanity. Certainly, one cannot claim to be able to exhaust such a broad subject in a few pages and therefore perhaps not everything will be clear at first, in any case this publication is to be considered solely of an informative and popularizing nature and therefore cannot be considered an exhaustive and definitive discourse on the subject. However, I hope that it will be equally enlightening to those who will take the action of reading it and at the same time try to get into the spirit of its elaboration and interpretation. Once again therefore, thank you in advance! Daimon is an inner force, an inner passion, a mixture of desires and aspirations. Our daimon is the genius that lives with us, good and evil at the same time. As Blake would say, it's the marriage between heaven and hell. It's death in life and life in death. It's a kind of enthusiasm that guides us towards the search for knowledge, without believing in any superior entity. It's an olistic approach to life that struggles against any form of vanity, of stupid power and false authority. It's a form of magic, of ecstatic feeling, it's the art of living for freedom without having to submit our inner thoughts to the banalities of our society. It's a dream that gives hope to our intellect, it's a mistery without solution. it's the absurdity of our life, it's a nonsensical joke. That's why I thought to link the surrealistic poetics with the spirit of my creation, and that's why the Daimon Club was born. Now I only hope to be able to communicate to other people this idea, and to divulge our love for equality, peace and freedom. Carl William Brown Very often there is nothing more unconscious than our ignorance, of which we obviously disregard the existence; therefore opening the mind to the ethics of knowledge and cultivating one’s learning is the only wise thing to do in order to give a sense to our mysterious life. Carl William Brown Perhaps he could have chosen in the best way, but his Daimon wasn’t all that reliable, moreover Dada doubted everything, and for this reason he almost never knew how to make the most appropriate choice, however he enjoyed trying, not without a certain nostalgia and melancholy suffering. Carl William Brown
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Zeus the Olympus God 1) Daimonology gave rise to Philosophy and Philosophy to all other sciences. Starting from the origins of the principle we will reach the end of the search. 2) Philosophy meant as love for knowledge englobes all the sciences and is therefore their fascinating mother. Daimonology, however, goes further and begins where knowledge ends. 3) Daimonology is an interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary speculation that owes its birth to the genius and its dissemination to the new surrealist, nihilistic and humorist movement and naturally to the creative craftsmen and philosophers of the Daimon Club. 4) Daimonology is the discourse on genius, it is genius that questions itself and globality, it is a synthesis of the universal nothingness. It is the coincidentia oppositorum of pain and joy. It is the end of every principle. 5) Daimonology is the reality of ideality that pursues the ideality of reality. It is an ethical, aesthetic, critical, dialectical and enigmatic synthesis of global and universal thought. 6) Daimonology is reconcreted on the threshold of the third millennium and marks the way for the advent of the Daimon Age, an era in which, as usual, the global harmony of universal existence will continue to be vainly pursued. 7) Daimonology was born primarily to try to investigate and above all alleviate the most paradoxical aspects of the absurd and dogmatic existential contradictions. 8) Daimonology makes no difference between the real and the ideal, between life and death, in fact its practitioners do not need, like mediums, to evoke the spirits of the past or the future, because they themselves are spirits in constant contact with the essence of the universe. 9) Daimonology is a form of investigation, criticism, study and dissemination that makes use of all known and unknown knowledge and aims to expand the creativity and critical, synthetic and imaginative capacity of individuals. 10) Daimonology tends above all to disseminate, share and communicate knowledge in such a way that it is possible to pursue criticism and the improvement of awareness, responsibility, and fulfillment of individuals. 11) Daimonology intends to pursue the sharing, communication and diffusion of human, cosmic and universal genius. And it is precisely because it arises from the pain of not knowing that it is in turn able to overcome the limit of one's knowledge. 12) Daimonology is aware that known things are far inferior to unknown ones and therefore believes that man's goal can only be that of continuous research and continuous struggle. Daimonology therefore humbly pursues learned ignorance, the knowledge of self, others, power, and the universe. 13) Daimonology believes that the widespread dissemination of knowledge, criticism and imaginative, artistic, creative, empirical, cultural and scientific methodology is fundamental. In fact, Daimonology perfectly integrates literary and philosophical subjects with scientific and technological knowledge. 14) Daimonology proposes to do its utmost to improve human relationships, favoring meetings, intellectual, social, political, economic, sentimental, religious relationships, through collaborations of all kinds aimed at promoting the diffusion of the ideas and works of those who cultivate and more widely than all mankind. 15) Daimonology can also be considered as a sort of "vitalistic therapy", a form of intellectual bioenergy which aims to improve, through study, research and contacts of all kinds, the existential condition, i.e. psychic, physical , social, economic and spiritual, of all the people who will approve the principles of its methodologies and more widely of all human beings who will read and interpret its guidelines in a positive way.
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Daimonology words cloud 16) Daimonology has no prejudices and is perfectly aware of not possessing the revealed truth, as indeed the others certainly do not possess it either. In any case, the exact methodology for correctly applying this discipline is still reserved for the moment, therefore only the thinkers who created, organized and elaborated it can know something more to move better in its meanders. 17) Daimonology is aware that the forces of the universe are both powerful and amazing and it is therefore impossible to dominate them completely, they can only be investigated patiently, integrally and at the most they can be humbly and tenaciously opposed. 18) Daimonology needs to be in the world and out of the world, therefore it is based on observation, demolition, creation, dissemination and sharing. It is therefore a part and an extension of ethics and is to all intents and purposes a theoretical, practical, experimental and applied discipline. In any case, it wants to affect and influence the behavior of thought and action. 19) However, Daimonology is not an exact science, but rather a didactic, a methodology, a pedagogy, an applied philosophy based on common sense, logic, research and the maximum expansion and sharing of knowledge. 20) True and perfect Daimonology would be a science if it existed, in any case it is not a utopia, much less a form of asceticism or religion. It is rather a concrete and applicable technique of thought, language and dialectical reasoning, it is therefore a knowable and desirable methodology. 21) Daimonology has as its fundamental objective the global improvement of thought and behavior of the human species, proposing to employ any means for the pursuit of this end. 22) Daimonology is aware that the big is small and the small is big. It knows that Philosophy must help us to live by giving us the strength not to fear death. However, Daimonology goes further, beyond life and beyond death. 23) Daimonology is aware that for man there is no other way than the perennial search for his own pedagogy. 24) Daimonology is the arrival point from where surrealism, humor and nihilism cannot start, it is not a religion, but it is rather the guide of the genius that does not exist. 25) Anyone who wants to practice Daimonology must not be extraneous to any discipline, nor should they believe that relativity is an absolute thing. Ultimately, it is the absolute that is relative. 26) Daimonology is constituted by the plurality of genius and has inspired man since the Stone Age and will continue to inspire him until the age of no return. After the end of time and space. 27) Daimonology is the sum of complexity, in practice it is the sum of simple behaviors. True and perfect Daimonology, however, is an occult science, as nobody knows it. And those who know it cannot pass it on. 28) Daimonology does not have an order, but knows how to navigate perfectly in the Kaos of existence. 29) Scholars of Daimonology are not so much concerned with what others say, but rather with what they are able to say about others. 30) Don't underestimate Daimonology because Daimonology will never underestimate you! And do not mock her, because she will have a good time mocking you.
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Daimonology Principles Quote 31) Daimonology is a synthesis of contents, it is a methodological guide to the various disciplines and to the various methods of study and organization of reality. It is therefore a pedagogy, a didactic and an applied philosophy which, however, takes the creative art into the utmost consideration. 32) Daimonology is a guide to the interpretation of the disciplines and their methods of studying reality. It is a form of knowledge that illuminates our conscious investigations and can influence our conditioned, reflex, unconscious, unaware and relapsing behaviors. 33) Daimonology has no hierarchy, only the fascination of universal anarchy. 34) Daimonology pursues true art, the one that cannot be seen, the one that has no time, the one that cannot be created or destroyed and is not even eternal. 35) Daimonology humbly, sceptically, cynically, critically, dialectically investigates the stupidity of reality and at the same time tries to oppose the authority of power and vanity. 36) Daimonology, unlike psychology, maintains that the fault is not our responsibility, but is instead inherent in the absurd globality. The human being must therefore become aware of this funny reality, only in this way will he be able to get closer and closer to ideality. 37) Daimonology is a guide to the development of the innate genius of any individual, for this reason it aims to act as the way to follow in order to reach particular and general objectives in the most intellectually elevated way. 38) Daimonology maintains that geniuses are born and made, it is enough to be convinced of it and commit oneself to achieve one's aspiration. Especially since there are different gradations of genius. For this reason, Daimonology aims to act as a global guide for the achievement of any pre-established objectives. 39) Daimonology is a discipline of method and content that draws upon various fields of human knowledge in order to try to provide a safe and reliable approach to navigating one's transient existence. 40) Daimonology has a fundamentally and profoundly eclectic nature, for this reason it can only be based on the deepening of all knowledge and therefore also intends to be a point of reference for their diffusion. 41) Daimonology is a kind of maieutics and clearly preaches a learned ignorance, therefore a permanent education. Furthermore, given that human knowledge continues to increase, it intends to make synthesis one of its main working methods. Synthesis is also one of its goals while its specialization is to guide the various specializations. 42) Daimonology does not have any sacred text, but instead believes that the plurality of texts is sacred, for this reason it cannot in the least conceive logics of censorship or calculation of the economic interest in the diffusion of culture. These are abuses of power and must be contrasted. 43) Daimonology intends to favor the development of the logic of knowledge and offers its contribution as a method and strategy for the best organization of the process. 44) Daimonology pursuing the maximum dissemination and sharing of knowledge cannot conceive the arrogance of the power elites, therefore it foresees, advises and disseminates a permanent education precisely to ensure that people can take advantage of the appropriate means to protest and claim one's own right to a better life. 45) Daimonology is not like many others a money-making discipline, but its fundamental intent is to spread knowledge. However, since the means are also needed to increase knowledge, Daimonology is concerned with developing those too. 46) Daimonology has no idol, much less any divinity, on the contrary it sets out precisely to break down the false settings of the mind. However, it certainly cannot ignore the great models that have inspired and guided the human species, not always in the most advantageous way. 47) Daimonology uses advanced techniques of reading, study, analysis, criticism, synthesis and memorization for its practices and studies. Therefore we can also say that Daimonology is a form of theoretical and applied linguistic science that takes into maximum account the neurolinguistic and biological sciences and the teaching of language. We could also say that Daimonology is a kind of method for Neuro Linguistic Programming. 48) Daimonology tends to establish in its practitioners a deep passion and a sincere enthusiasm for all those activities that allow individuals to improve their knowledge and skills. 49) Daimonology has among its main purposes the well-being of the body, of the mind, of one's own ego, and of the ego of one's fellows. Thus, the nature of Daimonology is profoundly eclectic, democratic, and collaborative. 50) Daimonology takes the utmost account of the relationship between the mind and the body and the consequent search for physical well-being necessarily linked to the psychic and spiritual one; in fact, he knows perfectly well that in the traditional setting of psychoanalytic consultations, physical contacts are forbidden, while in the centers of transactional and bio-energetic analysis, hugs are fundamental moments. Here you can read the other 50 synthetic principles of Daimonology. For those wishing to learn more about the topic, I suggest the following articles, for the moment mostly in Italian, but soon they will be also translated into English. Introduction to Daimonology Daimon origin and meanings Principi sintetici di Daimonologia The teachings of Plato Plato complete works Platone e il mito di Er Insegnamenti di Platone Insegnamenti di Socrate Daimon la sorte delle anime Massime di Epicuro Aforismi di Eraclito Saggezza filosofica Etica e filosofia Etica Read the full article
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Daimonology synthetic principles Daimonology synthetic principles, this article contains the other fifty principles of Daimonology, from n.51 to n. 100, that is fifty aphorisms written by Carl William Brown on Daimonology, a new didactic methodology. Here you can read a short introduction to Daimonology with the first fifty synthetic and enigmatic principles. Aware with André Breton that our knowledge compared to our ignorance is little, we want to convey with our words, our ideas and our initiatives an original, progressive and dynamic way of understanding the education and dissemination of the intellectual resources of the our planet. In any case, our philosophy which underlies our cultural project refers to Monod's "ethics of knowledge" and is based not only on a holistic conception of knowledge but also on complete faith in continuous research and continuous experimentation, alone and only possibility to improve our potential and therefore also our existence. In recognizing that our lives lack inherent purpose, we must turn to a ceaseless and unending quest for understanding the scientific underpinnings of our reality as the only source of meaning. It is our duty to ensure that all individuals have access to knowledge and its foundations, and that the means of its dissemination and expansion are made publicly available to all. Only by doing so can we hope to elevate the quality of our existence on this strange vessel hurtling through space. It must be universally acknowledged that education, both formal and lifelong, as well as interdisciplinary research, are the inheritance of all, and the foundation of our daily journey. We must not allow these pursuits to become a source of political, economic, or, worst of all, military strife. Our most pernicious adversaries are our own ignorance and folly, and it is only through collective effort and collaboration that we may hope to overcome them. This is why we invite everyone to collaborate, without exception, and to take part in our initiatives and projects, perhaps expanding them and always giving birth to new ones. Therefore we extend a heartfelt invitation to all, without exception, to join hands with us in our initiatives and projects, and even expand upon them, birthing new ones that could better the lives of people worldwide. It is our fervent belief that the philosophy of knowledge we espouse can foster greater equality and empower everyone, but we need everyone's participation and cooperation to make this a reality. Our hopes will be crushed if this goal isn't achieved, and it could lead to further clashes, conflicts, and even wars that would push the world back into a state of chaos and upheaval. It is incumbent upon all people of goodwill to come together, shedding their selfishness, vanity, and pettiness, and letting go of their privileges, to work towards a brighter future for humanity. Let us put our collective effort and resources towards this noble cause, and strive towards a world that's more just, equal, and full of opportunities for all.
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Daimonology principles second part 51) Daimonology does not seek easy solutions and pre-packaged answers, let alone simplistic and banal to the greatest existential doubts and mysteries, in fact it knows perfectly well that this would limit its own creative research which sees the obstacle and not knowing as primary stimuli for the enrichment of their knowledge. 52) Daimonology holds the study of languages and linguistics in the utmost consideration, in fact language is one of the most important phenomena ever for our species and not only that, but it is also aware that we must never forget the importance of gestures, of signs and of the body. So the maximum is the study of pragmatic linguistics applied to the needs of the body and mind. 53) Daimonology does not have nor could it support partisan political ideas, therefore it cannot openly take sides in favor of any political party, in fact it seeks the synthesis of the best proposals and actions present in each cultural grouping; instead the opposite is true, that is Daimonology for its own livelihood can be supported and nourished by any social, political, cultural, industrial, trade union and commercial organization. 54) Daimonology feeds on itself and everything around it, it learns from both positive and negative things. Daimonology can obviously be expanded and in the absence of its creator the entire aphoristic work of Carl William Brown could be of great help, from which excellent ideas can be drawn to develop new synthetic principles to add to this handbook. Obviously then the entire human knowable corpus can and must be a stimulus to Daimonology. 55) Daimonology knows perfectly well with Swift that man is religious enough to hate and kill himself, but not religious enough to love and help himself. This leads her to conclude that religion is nothing more than literature, while literature is much more than a religion. 56) Daimonology feels close to the Movement for Human Potentialities and to the new Transpersonal Psychology, aware that only a new collaborative and collective spirit will be able to lead individuals to overcome their own selfishness and to reach a deeper and more human universalistic integration. 57) Daimonology seeks to dominate one's affections and desires, for this reason it follows the wise motto of the emerald tablet on which Trismegistus engraved the following words: "It is true, it is certain, it is real; what is above is like what is below, and what is below is like what is above, so that the miracle of the unique thing may be accomplished”. 58) Daimonology has developed its own original techniques of relaxation, stimulation, meditation, visualization, imagination, breathing, and creation; obviously all these practices cannot fail to take into account the Eastern and Western knowledge acquired by humanity in the course of its evolution. 59) Even if Daimonology does not cultivate particular rites, it knows in depth all the symbolic, esoteric, theosophical, philosophical and religious values of human thought. Naturally he is also aware of those organizations known to history with the following names: Order of the Temple, Colleges of the Rose Cross, Freemasonry, Templars, Mystics and so on. 60) Daimonology is a thought technique that serves to improve one's potential, it can be practiced both by those who have profound knowledge and a broad education, and by simple spirits who do not have a particular erudition. Its essence tends to overcome the static, conventional roles imposed by the banal dominant cultures; for these reasons it is obviously a rather dangerous practice. 61) Daimonology is aware that only those who know how to overcome the stupid and vain illusions of their own egocentrism, without relying on any empowered father, can in the end undertake the most up-to-date and reliable search for knowledge. 62) Daimonology, as well as the highest stage of humorous philosophy, is aware of all the false claims to rank and all the selfish privileges of the power of authority which have always helped to feed the stupid vanity of humanity. It fights to bring them down. 63) Daimonology wants to spread its conception of existence, aware that art is life and life is art, even if it does not always appear to be favorable to progress, but rather only contributes to gangrenizing the static thoughts of tradition. 64) Daimonology has such ambitious projects that after the end of time it sets itself the goal of still being able to defeat the last values of evil by investigating the most intimate and nefarious mysteries of good placed in the common and universal human knowledge. 65) Daimonology invites its scholars to perpetual research, aware that only in this way we can contrast and fight the arrows of idiocy, the nefarious artifices of ignorance, the tragic consequences of indifference, the power of oblivion, the vanity of selfish stupidity and the arrogance of numb authority.
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Daimon Angel 66) Daimonology is fascinated by the past and knows how to navigate into the future; it tries to get the maximum information from every age and every place, but it knows perfectly well that the time to be happy must be the present and it knows too realistically that its greatest qualities arise from the pain of boundless unhappiness. 67) Daimonology is for a holistic medicine and takes health into the utmost consideration, even if it does not even disdain illness. Furthermore, if necessary, it does not exclude the use of any type of treatment to relieve pain, obviously including the more radical and definitive ones. 68) Daimonology is not a sort of Gnostic religion, but it believes in any case in the values of the highest knowledge, even if it knows perfectly well that they will lead us nowhere, in fact in the great alchemical work of the universe everything must putrefy and dissolve for regenerate. Destroy to create, create to destroy. 69) Daimonology knows that only death can nullify absolute power and this is why it rightly considers it one of its greatest instructors, life teacher and inexhaustible source of knowledge. 70) Daimonology takes into maximum consideration the concepts of spirituality, hospitality, loyalty, brotherhood, equality, freedom, charity, faith, compassion, understanding, concord, patience, humility, empathy, sobriety, generosity, and so on. 71) Daimonology is not a conventional discipline, nor can it be enclosed in sterile academic circles or examined in crowded university classrooms, however its enthusiasts for needs of further study are divided into Apprentices, Students, Practitioners, Assistants, Instructors, Masters, Great Expert Masters and Enlightened Sages. Obviously this hierarchy is only symbolic and even a little humorous, but there is still something true in it. 72) Daimonology knows thanks to Einstein that no scientist thinks in formulas, but what he reflects on are ideas, words, language. For this reason literature and aphorisms are the preferential vehicle of his difficult communication and his perennial meditation. 73) Daimonology knows that the proton does not break for the moment and the same happens for stupidity. The subnuclear forces that keep them together are too strong and moreover they increase with the passage of time and the lengthening of space! 74) Daimonology knows that natural heritage with fate (Daimon kai tuke) mixed with an excellent education, not without much experience, and dusted with a good dose of luck decide the fate of a man; rarely, perhaps never, only one of these forces is able to be the decisive one for his existence. 75) Daimonology knows that for art to be such it must be meditative and anarchic. In addition, he is aware, as the wise Lao Tze said, that artists are like mushrooms: out of ten thousand, only one is good. Perhaps! 76) Daimonology knows that power is in the nature of things and knows that it contributes to the thousand conflicts of the human soul and to the great contradictions of the universe. It is neither right nor wrong and no one can escape it. However, only heroes and people of great courage can try to counter it. 77) Daimonology knows how to use reason with passion and passion with reason. His philanthropic nature does not allow the ego to exceed in narrow feelings and therefore his love extends to the whole universe, without forgetting the values of hatred. 78) Daimonology, with the power of the mind, is able to control one's own behavior and therefore also the uses and abuses of the various elements. Furthermore, it recommends a correct diet, consistent physical and intellectual activity, and a profound inclination to meditation, above all creative. 79) Daimonology as a realistically pragmatic discipline and methodology knows that the human being as such can never be separated from his qualities and his phenomenal manifestations in the broad sense. 80) Daimonology pursues the maximum creativity of the perpetually intellectual research certain that in a truly intelligent and culturally advanced world there would be no need for policemen, judges, prisons, jailers, lawyers, soldiers, pimps, demagogues, and stupid flatterers.
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Principles of love and knowledge 80) Daimonology pursues the maximum creativity of the perpetually intellectual research certain that in a truly intelligent and culturally advanced world there would be no need for policemen, judges, prisons, jailers, lawyers, soldiers, pimps, demagogues, and stupid flatterers. 81) Daimonology knows that studying stupidity means studying the past, the present and the future; stupidity in fact has no age, unfortunately it is eternal. For this reason it uses aphoristic literature and brief reflection as these are nothing more than the most effective forms of synthesis, comparable to the extreme poetry of the most fascinating physical formulas. 82) Daimonology perfectly recalls this ancient Sanskrit proverb: "Observe today, because yesterday is nothing but a dream, and tomorrow only a vision, but today, if well lived, makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope. So take a good look at today." 83) Daimonology knows perfectly well with Freud that the three great mother divinities of oriental peoples seem to be both generative and annihilating, Goddesses of life and fecundity at the same time as Goddesses of death. 84) Daimonology knows that books are lively and vigorously productive like those fabulous dragon's teeth which, planted here and there, can make armed men sprout, as our dear Milton wrote. 85) Daimonology knows that in this world everything is in conflict, in contrast, so much so that one can certainly speak of a harmony of opposites. But in the eternal struggle between good and evil, good must strengthen itself and to counter evil it must become more evil; at this point evil can only become better. 86) Daimonology feeds on joie de vivre, optimism, self-confidence, self-esteem, responsibility, mutual respect, human dignity, creativity, healthy satisfaction, wise madness, harmony and physical activity, moderation and mistrust, and considers curiosity, change, gratitude, altruism and sincere charity as fundamental elements. 87) Daimonology knows with Ovid that the art of medicine is usually a matter of time and moreover in general what happens to human beings is sometimes not as decisive as their way of reacting to the events themselves. 88) Daimonology knows that the life of the human being is not a promise to be kept, but only a set of possibilities to be cultivated, so study, passion, love and charity can faithfully guide us along the path of knowledge to the search for true wisdom. 89) Daimonology does not even remotely think of eliminating stress, but it obviously tries to dominate it and make the most of it. To do this, it works to empower the individual on the one hand and to weaken the objective difficulties on the other. 90) Daimonology does not in any way fear difficult and problematic situations, on the contrary it considers them very useful stimuli for one's emotional, physical, intellectual and spiritual growth. Of course you have to be very careful how you move. 91) Daimonology suggests creating a strong vital purpose and facing existence and all its pitfalls with a great ability to control, with a courageous sense of challenge and obviously with a more than tenacious commitment that must never give in to resignation. 92) Daimonology sees the human being as a unity of body, mind and spirit and never lets itself be influenced too deeply by the negative feelings that animate it, but on the contrary tries to develop mainly the positive ones in it. 93) Daimonology, beyond time and space, knows how to find in the creativity of every human being considerable resources to combat with extreme skill the sense of loss and defeat, distrust, discouragement, lack of energy, helplessness and despair. 94) Daimonology is perfectly aware that change is one of the fundamental operations for improving one's mental state, in fact a different behavior leads to diversified thoughts and everything can lead to positive and more than pleasant changes. 95) Daimonology knows that the woods would be really silent if only the birds that know how to do it best sang, so it warmly invites you to action to improve both your talents and the very context in which you find yourself living and working . In this way you will certainly find valid reasons to continue on your path.
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Synthetic principles of applied Daimonology 96) While Daimonology seeks the path of continuous development and continuous growth, it knows perfectly well that the human being is already complete in any phase of his mysterious and fascinating evolution. 97) Daimonology, albeit with all the necessary reservations, meditates deeply, at length and with passion on the well-known and intriguing golden rule which reads: "Do to others what you would like others to do to you." All this can be of considerable stimulus and sincere help. 98) Daimonology warmly invites you to delve into the secrets of our brain, beyond the sterile and banal concepts of good and evil, in fact, being always able to put yourself in the shoes of others, you know that the mind can make hell a paradise and from heaven to hell. 99) Daimonology knows perfectly well that what matters most in the life of human beings is their intrinsic value and not the ephemeral and fleeting success that can, in a stupid and casual way, overwhelm them at any moment. Read the full article
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Daimonology synthetic principles, this article contains the other fifty principles of Daimonology, from n.51 to n. 100, aphorisms written by Carl William Brown
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Introduction to Daimonology. A new cultural approach to the enhancement and diffusion of creative, communicative and interpretive thinking by Carl William Brown
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