We do not read in order to collect information, but rather to learn and practice reading, in every sense. On...
Cognition is a function of temperament. First, you seek in all directions—you need sanguinity, air. Phlegmatism, fluid, gives you perseverance,...
If we are all islands, it is the water that connects us. To get to you, I have to move, in the water. I swim or go by boat. I can paddle or let myself drift. Either way, the water carries me to you and to us. I go out...
The Protestant aid organization Bread for the World published the Atlas of Civil Society last week. The book documents in...
“Sahara” is the main theme of this year’s Culturescapes festival in Basel. A series of films by Tunisian filmmaker Nacer...
I am no longer the child who looked at the camera from the changing table 50 years ago. But I have remained who that child was. When a child develops into an adult, they go through many transformations, but they do not become another person. Some scientists believe that this...
Our life begins in pain and often ends in it. Pain is a faithful companion. It takes hold of our...
When one sprains their ankle or has an aching knee, they might rub a pain gel on the swollen joint...
We, the living, are always present for the deceased. We should never forget that. Their world encompasses ours; our world is entirely a part of theirs. For most of us, though, the latter is not a perceived reality. This is because, in everyday life, we do not normally experience that...
Thee heaven appears in ‹Faust› three times: at the beginning, when God and Mephisto negotiate the soul of Faust, at...
Angels always appear when people encounter border or boundary situations. […] At such moments they are most likely to be...
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