While the Bible contains no hint that hell would exist at all, Vajrayāna (वज्रयान) or Tibetan Buddhism teaches the existence of no less than eighteen types of hell. There’s a cold hell, then a colder hell, an again colder hell, and so on. Altogether eight types of cold hell, one colder than the other. There […]

Although disdaining YouTube clips, I in the last time watched several of them. I wanted to see how kata of other styles look like and was especially interested in variants, which are claimed to be older than the commonly practiced kata. So I used the chance, which YouTube gives me, because other options to watch […]

Knights needed many pieces of equipment and these, especially weapons, armor, and horses, were very expensive. So to climb up the social ladder was impossible for poor people. But besides purchasing them, a knight had another way to get weapons or pieces of armor. He could get them as spoils of war. He could legally […]

Protagonists of only some, not many, anime reincarnate after performing a ritual, which shall determine the conditions for the next life. An example for such an anime is Reborn to Master the Blade: From Hero-King to Extraordinary Squire. It isn’t really worth to watch it (though not as bloody as the linked database entry promises). […]

Jesse Enkamp’s friend got robbed by three thugs, who did not only outnumber him, but also were armed with at least one knife. Jesse Enkamp’s friend somehow had made the three thugs jog together with him. This was great so far. But then he wanted to prove his boxing skills and so made several mistakes. […]

When governments take loans, then governments have it easier than anybody else, who wants a loan. While everybody else has to beg for getting a loan, governments bypass all institutions and issue own bonds. If somebody buys them, then this already is everything, which a government has to do to get a loan. So there […]

To avoid perilous double-weighting is an important concept of tài-jí-quán (太極拳). Dejan Djurdjevic, too, wrote an article or rather an essay on this topic. Especially his third footnote is very interesting! According to it, neither my nor Dejan Djurdjevic’ explanation of the topic would be accurate. Double-weighting would mean to meet force with force and […]

Childhood tooth decay is quite frequent in the United Kingdom. These includes children between 0 and 1 year of age requiring oral surgery. So starchy food and poor oral hygiene, on which tooth decay usually is blamed, can’t play a too big role. Especially considering brushing teeth previous to having teeth. Such a suggestion makes […]

You mustn’t feed altar bread to any animal because the animal isn’t able to understand the ritual. Hearing this drew my attention on strange tenets of the Catholic Church, on their development, and on their origin. The Eucharist’s/ Holy Communion’s origin in particular is in the cult of Dionysos (Διόνυσος). I meanwhile stumbled upon a […]

Techniques are easy to learn. The concepts of tactics, like rhythm, distance, initiative, discovering chances, and so son, make learning a martial art a task, which needs many years. Although most of these concepts are easy to understand. A special one amidst the concepts of tactics is metsuke (目付け). It’s special because I think that […]