The Hundred Years’ War wasn’t one war, but a complex of intermittent conflicts during the Late Middle Age. It was a French succession war, during which King Edward III of England used the opportunity to make a claim to the French throne. These conflicts spanned one-hundred-and-sixteen years, from 1337 A.D. until 1453 A.D., and were […]

I at least once watched a ‘Making of …’ and decided to not watch the according movie. I even don’t remember the title of that movie, but in its ‘Making of …’ got explained that making use of obstacles in the surrounding would be a female way of fighting because women can’t rely on strength. This […]

In some more episodes of the same documentary series, some basics of geology and of biology got explained. This bored me so much that I had to switch away after few minutes. Thus I could at least not discover where the explanations were flawed or complete nonsense. With the example of Surtsey Island, which in […]

On May, 8th in each year since 2010 is World Donkey Day. It was initiated by the camel researcher Dr. Abdul Raziq Kakar, who also initiated the World Camel Day, which gets celebrated on June, 22nd, and who while working with camels in Pakistan discovered that donkeys are more resilient and better working animals in […]

In one of my articles about the Shroud of Turin, I explained what according to experiments had happened with the corpse of Rabbi Jesus. I know about these experiments only from an interview, so it’s only hearsay and so I’d understand if some people don’t believe that things really happened this way. What makes me […]

The Weiler Psi blog tells about experiments with plants. It’s author, Craig Weiler, concludes: “It is far more likely that brains and root systems are different adaptations designed to take advantage of existing consciousness rather than consciousness springing from them.” I independently and on a different way came to the same conclusion. So the idea […]

According to The Kybalion (by the way, the author’s pseudonym “The Three Initiates” is an allusion  to Hermes Trismegistos, “The Three Times Greatest God of Wisdom”) exist seven Cosmic Laws or Hermetic Principles. But I use to quote the sixth principle (cause and effect) as two separate principles, so the numbering seems to be wrong. […]

If you get involved into a physical fight, then you easily can find yourself encircled. This can happen due to two reasons. Bullies as well as robbers are cowards, so they prefer to outnumber you and this is the first reason. But each physical fight, even more so if it is one on one, is […]

The seven Hermetic principles, as outlined in the 1908 book The Kybalion by “The Three Initiates”, are foundational concepts for understanding the nature of reality from a Hermetic philosophical perspective. The Principle of Mentalism: “The All is Mind; the Universe is Mental.” This principle states that the entire universe is a mental creation of an […]

There are some ways to counter kicks and each of them should be known. They turn each kick into a risk. For the same reason, I often advise against the use of kicks. Yet now I also advise to learn kicks thoroughly! All kinds of kicks. No, this isn’t a contradictory piece of advice. On […]