Stories
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The eye of darshan
The Hindu concept of darshan means “divine revelation”, but it’s also about the multilayered ways in which we see the world around us. Adrian Plau explains how one image in a Panjabi manuscript relates to darshan, and why it’s so striking.
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Genius spirits and the mystery of creative inspiration
Once upon a time, we all had a genius.
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Coleridge’s hypochondria
An intense focus on his own bodily sensations led poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge to self-medicate with narcotics. But this fascination also put Coleridge ahead of the medical sensibilities of his day.
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The soul in the stomach
A 17th-century physician’s controversial theory about the link between the emotions and the stomach reminds us that we shouldn’t ignore our ‘gut feelings’.
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Poems on various subjects, divine and moral. By A. Goodrick.
Goodrick, A.Date: M,DCC,LXXX. [1780]- Books
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A collection of miscellanies upon several subjects, divine and moral. By the author of the weeks preparation to the sacrament.
Author of The week's preparation to the sacrament.Date: 1703- Books
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Sermons on various subjects, divine and moral: with a sacred hymn suited to each subject. In two volumes. ... By I. Watts, ...
Watts, Isaac, 1674-1748.Date: 1740- Books
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Poems on various subjects, Divine, Moral and Entertaining: the posthumous works of Mr. Jacob Axford, of the city of Bath, late surgeon of his Majesty's ship, Scipio; written for his own amusement.
Axford, Jacob.Date: MDCCLXIV. [1764]- Books
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Sermons on various subjects, divine and moral: with a sacred hymn suited to each subject. In two volumes. Design'd for the Use of Christian Families, as well as for the Hours of Devout Retirement. By I. Watts, D.D. ...
Watts, Isaac, 1674-1748.Date: M.DCC.XXXIV. [1734]