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the ALEPH

I arrive now at the ineffable core of my story. And here begins my despair as a writer. All language is a set of symbols whose use among its speakers assumes a shared past. How, then, can I translate into words the limitless Aleph, which my floundering mind can scarcely encompass? Mystics, faced with the same problem, fall back on symbols: to signify the godhead, one Persian speaks of a bird that somehow is all birds; Alanus de Insulis, of a sphere whose center is everywhere and circumference is nowhere; Ezekiel, of a four-faced angel who at one and the same time moves east and west, north and south. Continue Reading →

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ARC Heist Foiled

Police today uncovered an elite ring of international black market art dealers. The clue which clinched the arrest came when a unique item of oriental jewellery was found in the strong room of the Council Chamber, Guildhall, Kingston which was not part of the inventory. The small diamond and jade stud was traced through a Beijing specialist jeweller noted for pieces of this quality to Miss Maggie Cheng, internationally renowned critic and specialist in early Chinese mythology. Access to the strong room is monitored 24 hours a day and nobody, including the ARC speakers, has access to this room on special instruction from Dr Chamuel, organiser of this year’s ARC. Arrests have also been made in Holland, Norway, China, Japan and Brazil. The police believe another four suspects are still at large and will be issuing descriptions shortly, in case they decide to come to ground in the UK, when these descriptions have been issued by the relevant authorities.

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Third Artefacts & Relics Conference

The third annual Artefact and Relics Conference (ARC) is to be held this year in Kingston, England. We are privileged to have many delegates from around the world this year who promise some interesting seminars and breakout sessions. As with previous years, we shall be holding our keynote address in the morning with a light lunch and optional breakout sessions in the afternoon on different aspects of world culture. Continue Reading →

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World War III & Other Stories

Those studying the Prophecies of Nostradamus say that he has indicated the possibility of a Third World War. Indeed, in some of his quatrains he mentions terrifying battles and events occurring in and around Europe, Asia and Africa which do not seem to have happened till date.

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