#Richard Perle

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Perle Skirvin Mesta (1951) by Richard V. Goetz

#art #painting #Perle Mesta #Richard V Goetz #1951 paintings #Oklahoma City #Skirvin Hotel

[mccek]

📸Perle televisive #10📸

#rip #🫂 #richard benson #perle #televisive #rockstar

[chicinsilk]

US Vogue November 1, 1970

Anjelica Huston wears a printed purple silk gypsy dress with an extravagant neckline and tightly laced bodice, billowing ruffles on the sleeves and skirt. By Geoffrey Beene. Earrings: Flemming for Judith McCann. Marvella pearls. Hairstyle Ara Gallant.

Anjelica Huston porte une robe gitane de soie pourpre imprimée avec un décolleté extravagant et un corsage étroitement lacé, des volants ondulants sur les manches et la jupe. Par Geoffrey Beene. Boucles d'oreilles: Flemming pour Judith McCann. Perles de Marvella. Coiffure Ara Gallant.

Photo Richard Avedon vogue archive

#us vogue #november 1970 #fashion 70s #1970-71 #fall/winter #automne/hiver #geoffrey beene #flemming #judith mccann #marvella #ara gallant #anjelica huston #richard avedon #gipsy dress #robe gitane #printed dress #robe imprimée

[queerplatonicshipshowdown]

Round 1 starts Monday, September 4, 2023!

Here are your match-ups (links under the cut):

Preliminaries:

Balloon and Suitcase (Suitloon) from Inanimate Insanity vs. Test Tube and Fan (Fantube) from Inanimate Insanity

Round 1:

Chance and Shadow from WOE.BEGONE vs. Zolf Smith and Oscar Wilde (Zoscar) from Rusty Quill Gaming Podcast

Karina Lyle and Ryan Goldsmith (goldenrose) from Tiger & Bunny vs. Barbie "Malibu" Roberts and Barbie "Brooklyn" Roberts (Barbie^2) from Barbie

Lord Viren and King Harrow (Virrow) from The Dragon Prince vs. Balloon and Suitcase (Suitloon) from Inanimate Insanity

Ainsley Ainsley, Antone Postminger, and The Gap (horseycule) from Legendlark vs. Kurusu Kazuki and Suwa Rei (Kazurei) from Buddy Daddies

John Doe and Arthur Lester from Malevolent vs. Caspar von Bergliez and Linhardt von Hevring (Casphardt) from Fire Emblem: Three Houses

Ronan Lynch and Richard Campbell Gansey III (Ronsey) from The Raven Cycle vs. Kotetsu T. Kaburagi and Barnaby Brooks Jr. (Taibani) from Tiger and Bunny

Rosé, York, and Grendan from Drawtectives vs. Bakugou Katsuki and Kirishima Eijirou (Kiribaku) from My Hero Academia

Adagumo no Yaorochi and Sukune Katano (YaoSuku) from Le'en Project vs. Hardwon Surefoot and Moonshine Cybin (Hardshine) from Not Another D&D Podcast

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Crowley and Aziraphale (Ineffable Husbands) from Good Omens vs. Jonathan Sims and Alice “Daisy” Tonner (JonDaisy) from The Magnus Archives

Hooty and Lilith from The Owl House vs. Jane McKeene and Katherine Deveraux from Dread Nation

Moiraine Damodred and Lan Mandragoran from Wheel of Time vs. Jennifer Walters and Patsy Walker (patsyjen) from Marvel

Camilla Hect and Palamades Sextus (Campal) from The Locked Tomb vs. Kazuma Asogi and Ryunosuke Naruhodo (Asoryuu) from The Great Ace Attorney

Steve Harrington and Robin Buckley (Stobin) from Stranger Things vs. Bells Broussard and Emma Robledo from Sidekick Squad series

Daisy Tonner and Basira Hussain (Daisira) from The Magnus Archives vs. Percival King and Ramsey Murdoch (Ramsival) from Epithet: Erased

Sakuko Kodama and Satoru Takahashi from Koisenu Futari vs. Jughead Jones and Sabrina Spellman from Jughead Jones

Gon Freecs and Killua Zoldyck (Killugon) from Hunter × Hunter vs. Mako Mori and Raleigh Beckett from Pacific Rim

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Stanford Pines and Fiddleford McGucket (Fiddauthor) from Gravity Falls vs. Jem Carstairs and Will Herondale (Heronstairs) from The Shadowhunter Chronicles

Roy Mustang and Riza Hawkeye (royai) from Fullmetal Alchemist vs. Stanley Barber and Sydney Novak from I Am Not Okay With This

Maz Kanata and Dexter Jettster from Star Wars the High Republic vs. The Doctor and Missy from Doctor Who

Fennec Shand and Boba Fett from Star Wars vs. Curt Mega and Tatiana Slozhno from Spies Are Forever

Lapis Lazuli and Peridot (Lapidot) from Steven Universe vs. Gwen Poole and Quentin Quire (Gwentin) from West Coast Avengers

The Doctor and Jack Harkness from Doctor Who vs. John - 117 and Cortanna from Halo

Ellie Miller and Alec Hardy (Millardy) from Broadchurch vs. Moomintroll and Snufkin (Snufmin) from Moominvalley

Beth Tezuka and Plum (PlumBeth) from Bravest Warriors vs. Allan and Weird Barbie from The Barbie Movie

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Edgin Darvis and Holga Kilgore from Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves vs. Jolteon and Crap Gorps from Dogs In Love 2

Starscream and Skyfire (Skystar) from Transformers vs. Anne, Marcy, and Sasha (Sashannarcy) from Amphibia

Robbie & factoryAI from Void Terrarium vs. Perle and Dejean from Our Bloody Pearl

Matilda and Drea from Everything's Gonna Be Okay vs. Taion and Eunie (TaiEunie) from Xenoblade Chronicles 3

Nepeta Leijon and Equius Zahhak (Meowrails) from Homestuck vs. Jessie and James from Pokémon

Roxas and Xion from Kingdom Hearts vs. Tang and Pigsy (Freenoodles) from LEGO Monkie Kid

Zelda and Link (Zelink) from Tears of the Kingdom vs. Shin and Noi from Dorohedoro

MK and Mei (goldendragon) from LEGO Monkie Kid vs. Yelena Belova and Kate Bishop (Bishova) from Marvel

#tournament bracket #round 1 #I am bolding the Doctor Who ones so that I remember to change the actual bracket

[gregor-samsung]

" I neocons si formano nella “Nuova Gerusalemme” della diaspora ebraica a New York City, la Lower East Side di Manhattan. Dallo shtetl alla Jewtown, dallo yiddish all’inglese, in un contesto bianco-anglosassone-protestante (Wasp) carico di veleni antisemiti, il passo è lungo. Fra i giovani figli o nipoti di immigrati si forma una esigua quanto ipercombattiva élite intellettuale marxista e filobolscevica che si batte per affermare il socialismo in America e nel mondo. Di quella New York si diceva fosse la città più interessante dell’Unione Sovietica*. Nel City College della metropoli gli squattrinati giovani destinati a formare la spina dorsale del neoconservatorismo a venire frequentano l’odorosa caffetteria studentesca occupandone l’Alcove 1, fortilizio dell’avanguardia trozkista in dissidio con la maggioranza stalinista, che governa l’Alcove 2. Durante la Guerra fredda, le origini ebraiche e comuniste di molti neocons li renderanno sospetti agli occhi di paleoconservatori e repubblicani mainstream anche dopo che il presunto tradimento sovietico dei loro ideali li avrà spinti verso un bellicoso anticomunismo associato al sostegno di principio per Israele, per niente scontato nell’America degli anni cinquanta. Dall’antistalinismo all’avversione totale per il comunismo, dalla contestazione all’adesione al sistema, contro le derive moderate e compromissorie di liberals e appeasers disposti al dialogo con i tiranni rossi, i neoconservatori già trozkisti faranno sentire la loro voce nel dibattito pubblico del dopoguerra. Nell’accademia come nei media alternativi e nelle anticamere del potere, eminenti neocons quali Leo Strauss e Irving Kristol, Max Schachtman e Irving Howe, Richard Perle e Kenneth Adelman, fino a Douglas Feith e a Paul Wolfowitz, influente vicesegretario alla Difesa sotto George W. Bush, avranno modo di promuovere il globalismo democratico. Fine della storia. Mai come strutturata corrente politica o intellettuale, sempre al loro combattivo, lacerante modo. Il moto perpetuo della rivoluzione come fine in sé – comunista o anticomunista – impedisce di superare lo stadio delle connessione informali, esposte a litigi pubblici e odi privati, conversioni e apostasie. Fino al disastro iracheno, che nel primo decennio del secolo marca il tramonto del neoconservatorismo di governo. Non del movimento. In attesa della prossima alba. Perché in America profeti e crociati non muoiono mai. "

* Cfr. J. Heilbrunn, They Knew They Were Right: The Rise of the Neocons, New York-Toronto 2009, Anchor Books, p. 27.

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Lucio Caracciolo, La pace è finita. Così ricomincia la storia in Europa, Feltrinelli (collana Varia), novembre 2022. [Libro elettronico]

#letture #scritti saggistici #saggistica #saggi brevi #geopolitica #Lucio Caracciolo #leggere #citazioni #neocons #Leo Strauss #straussiani #New York City #Manhattan #diaspora ebraica #Stati Uniti d'America #trozkismo #Wasp #comunisti #anticomunismo #Israele #sionismo #secondo dopoguerra #Irving Kristol #Max Schachtman #Irving Howe #Richard Perle #Kenneth Adelman #Douglas Feith #Paul Wolfowitz #George W. Bush

[wolf-grimoire]

WE TOOK OUT SADDAM FOR ISRAEL. NOT THE OIL.

In the Israeli white paper A Clean Break: New Strategy for Securing the Realm, Richard Perle and his far-right conspirators wrote,

"This effort can focus on removing Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq — an important Israeli strategic objective in its own right — as a means of foiling Syria’s regional ambitions."

This was penned years before the US entered Iraq, years before the hard right Zionist shift towards neoconservative partnerships with US arms contractors and the Bush regime. In the paper, the authors declare that Iran, Syria, and Iraq pose unique threats to Israel and thus require a "clean break" from the current policy of land-for-peace heading for a two state solution--allowing the new Israeli government to conduct more aggressive attacks on Palestinians inside Palestine.

In the following weeks, I'll be laying out a hidden recent history of United States foreign policy in the middle east, including the real reasons Bin Laden attacked on 9/11, American and Saudi elite involvement and insider trading regarding the destruction of the Twin Towers, CIA torture programs, and the neoconservative pact with the new far right Zionists to level Palestine and gain total control of the region.

The destruction of Gaza has been planned for decades.

The white paper can be read here: https://www.mafhoum.com/press7/realm2.htm

I have no interest in discussing Jewish politics and support all peaceful religions, and I've found as much wisdom and beauty in the Jewish religion as much as I have the Muslim faith. I am referring only to the Zionist block of the state of Israel and its bloodthirsty arms-slinging brothers in the American neocon elites.

#writers on tumblr #witchblr #war crimes #free gaza #gaza genocide #israel #islam #renaissance underground

[hoolequinn]

Cap-Ironman Rec Week Day 3

The theme for Day 3 of Cap-Ironman rec week is Soft Wednesday! So here are a few of my fav fluffy fics 😊:

A flower a day by @perlmutt-perl

Peter loves his papa Steve. And his papa is in love with the man with the beard and the nice smelling clothes who frequents their flower shop. It's Peter's duty to make them kiss, right???

I like Shiny Things, but I’d Marry you with Paper Rings by @betheflame

Rhodey: I just confirmed with Sam that he’s going to make sure he cooks tonight and that his entire team is briefed. I’m heading over now to strategically arrange a fuck ton of ficus trees to block them from gen pop.

Pepper: They’re not getting engaged in a prison, Jimmy.

Rhodey: Tony Stark and Steve Rogers show up to Circe on a Saturday night in May and you watch every person in that restaurant turn into someone I’d rather arrest than eat with.

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In which Tony and Steve get engaged, but they're kind of extra about it, because they are always themselves.

Happily Ever After by @jehbeeeh

“You and Steve found each other kinda like in the story, and you’re going to live happily ever after!”

“You think so, huh?” Tony replied, amused at how Morgan's little mind worked.

“I know so. Steve told me,” she replied in her adorably childish, matter-of-fact way.

Earth laughs in flowers by @starksnack

A secret admirer has been sending Tony flowers and confessions of love.

I’ll take care of you by @nanasekei

“Hi.”

Steve blinks. The sound of loud thunder roars outside, but he doesn’t jolt, too focused on the image in front of him to be startled by the noise.

He has no idea what to say, and he isn’t sure if the shock is because of Tony’s absolutely sodden state – his hair glued to his forehead, his clothes dripping with water, forming a small puddle in front of Steve’s door – or because he wasn’t expecting to see Tony for at least three more days.

“Hi?” he says, a little tentative, before his brain catches up to reality. In his defense, he was getting ready to sleep when Tony knocked. He looks at what Tony is holding – a wet mess that seems to have been a flower bouquet at some point. “What are you doing here?”

Oh, Purrfect (Or Alternatively "Damn it, Richards!") by @inukagome15

Of course it was all Richards's fault. If Tony can get through this with his dignity intact, then it's all good. What? No, he's not purring!

Love in every word you say by AkikoFumi

Steve makes a very precious discovery: Tony blushes at almost everything he does or says to him

The colors of autumn by @xria-rose

"If I'm spoiled, it's all your fault," Tony jokingly griped, taking another bite.

Steve chuckled, leaning over to kiss his cheek. "I never said I wasn't to blame."

Or

An Autumn inspired fluff piece about our two favorites in love and blissfully happy.

Resolved by @festiveferret

Okay. He just had to approach it like a mission. Objective: Kiss Tony Stark at midnight.

Wrapped up in your love by @iam93percentstardust

Tony has a bad day, so Steve takes care of him.

#capimrecweek #stony #stevetony #captain america #Iron Man

[dark-frosted-heart]

Starless Plays/Operas/Stories...scripture...(or people too I guess???)

Info’s all from an unofficial wiki

Updated as of  WORLDS APART

Team K

During the Demise - Lohengrin 

Crazy For - Turandot

花はかすかに - Carmen

Halloween Night - Frankenstein

華麗なる誘惑 - La traviata

エギーユ・クルーズ -  The Hollow Needle

Treasured - Il trovatore

The Final Problem - The Final Problem (Sherlock Holmes)

ひらひらり - Richard III

ONLY IF - The Great Gatsby

Raise your resolve - Der Ring des Nibelungen

黒い虚実 - The Black Lizard 

波のままに - Twelfth Night

MADNESS JOKER - The Brothers Karamazov

caprice of love - Les Liaisons dangereuses

Temptation Game -  Les Liaisons dangereuses

Run away together - Blood Wedding

To the world - Around the World in 80 Days

UnlockU - The Scarlet Pimpernel

百花ノ咲駆 - Ikedaya Incident

LEVITATE - A Tale of Two Cities

GRAVITATE - A Tale of Two Cities

FORT/TUDE - Battles of Kawanakajima

Quiet Serenade - Christmas Eve

Blooming in the Darkness - The Count of Monte Cristo

Team W

Breakin’ it Faster - Romeo and Juliet

BadBlood - Ernani 

Seaside Escape - Le Corsaire

Payback - The Two Noble Kinsmen / The Knight's Tale

雪花 - The Treasury of Loyal Retainers 

仮面は闇に溶けて - Un ballo in maschera

No Way Out - Les Misérables

Out in Out - Battle of Thermopylae

Shooooout!!! - The Woman-Killer and the Hell of Oil 

Kiss or Bullet - Billy the Kid

Burning breath -  Der Ring des Nibelungen

孤独の夜、祈りの月、- Beauty and the Beast

GOLGODA - The Brothers Karamazov

ALL IN - The Queen of Spades

That’s my life - John Dillinger

月影紅く -  Blood Wedding

TURNT UP - Records/Romance of the Three Kingdoms

我ら外へ - Sannin Kichisa Kuruwa no Hatsugai

MORTAL SMILE - Pagliacci

Deity’s Game - Trojan War

水底の館 - Cthulhu Mythos

Riskin’ it all - Romeo and Juliet

Team P

虹の彼方へ - The Wizard of Oz

陽はここに - Puss in Boots

Paradise Lost - Faust

荒野にて - Manon Lescaut

僕のすべてを君に捧げる - Little Red Riding Hood, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

はつ恋 - First Love

希望の旗のもとに - The Three Musketeers

黎明は待たない - Prince Igor

残紅の行方 - The Tale of Genji - Beneath the Autumn Leaves

銀河鉄道を探して - Night on the Galactic Railroad

雨傘 - Child’s Play (たけくらべ)

縷々たるは祈望 - Azai Nagamasa and Oichi

Trick or Truth -  Nekomachi

Luminous Snow - The Happy Prince

Only seek you -  The Brothers Karamazov

一雫の秘密 - The Turn of the Screw

Violet -  Utakata no ki

ふたつ星が出逢う夜 - The Tale of Genji

Beyond the Door - The Secret Garden

刹那の嘘  - The Tale of Tamamizu

BELOVED - Mignon

閃光の果て - The Tale of the Heike

Team B

日蝕 - Macbeth

Judas - An Urgent Appeal

Monokaki - La bohème

雷神 - Sugawara no Michizane‘s Vengeance 

Somewhere - Tannhäuser

極夜 - Don Quixote

天魔の宴 - Night Parade of One Hundred Demons 

炎神 - Ragnarok - Loki vs Heimdall

無敵 - Legend of Shuten-dōji

影炎 - Summer Festival: A Mirror of Osaka 

Mosquitone - Book of Revelation

不死鳥 - Phoenix mythology

毒蛇 - The Brothers Karamazov

烏合島(晶ver) - Two Years' Vacation

HELL OH!!!

羅新盤 - Treasure Island

人間失格 - No Longer Human

Satan*Close - Knecht Ruprecht

Team C

Purple Dawn - Ode to Joy

Sub rosa - The Magic Flute

To be, or not to be - Hamlet

花ほどく - The Tales of Ise

続きは明日の夜に - One Thousand and One Nights

虚構の肖像 - The Picture of Dorian Gray

暁の願い - Tenshu Monogatari

Into me - Alice in Wonderland

Just live to dance - The Moon and Sixpence

灰燼に罪 - Les pêcheurs de perles

紅に白 - Legend of the White Snake

Sanctus - The Brothers Karamazov

Cry:Pta - Aida

Sword of love - Nabucco

vow of love - La Morte Amoureuse

白晝夢 - Dogra Magra

千夜一愛 - The Palace of Eternal Life

VAPORIZE - Daphnis et Chloé

溺るる蝶 - Pelléas et Mélisande

夜のしじま - Der Doppelgänger

Mixed

Salva me - A Christmas Carol

Fragile Lake - The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter/Giselle/Swan Lake????

Mid Summer Beach - A Midsummer Night's Dream

Early Summer Affair - Così fan tutte

Without her? - War and Peace

snowflake - War and Peace

催花の宿星 - Water Margin

沈まぬ月 - The Golden Demon

名残の花 - The Charterhouse of Parma

ひなげし - Farewell My Concubine

ermitage - Robert the Devil

The lament moon - Antony and Cleopatra

 You are Mine - Phantom of the Opera

MASTERMIND - The Boy Detectives Club

PRISMATIC TEAR - Beauty and the Beast

aka,aka - The Maid of Orleans

Must be the Heart - Metropolis

Night xo bird - Don Giovanni

Call me, Baby! - Journey to the West

Period.. - Journey to the West

片鳴き龍 - Dragon King

WORLDS APART - Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas

#blackstar theater starless #starless' seasonals made me make this list #because nothing screams christmas like war and peace

[diceriadelluntore]

Storia Di Musica #268 - Pearls Before Swine, The Use Of Ashes, 1970

Dei tre dischi che, finiti per caso uno vicino all’altro sulla mia scrivania mentre spolveravo la mia discoteca, due erano di questa band particolarissima, che delle immagini di opere d’arte rinascimentali ha fatto un suo tratto caratteristico. La band dei Pearl Before Swine si materializza attorno la figura del suo leader fondatore, Tom Rapp: eccentrico, geniale, appassionato, sceglie il nome per la sua band da un passo del Vangelo di Matteo: Non date le cose sante ai cani e non gettate le vostre perle davanti ai porci (pearls before swine ndt), perché non le calpestino con le loro zampe e poi si voltino per sbranarvi. Tutto quanto volete che gli uomini facciano a voi, anche voi fatelo a loro: questa infatti è la Legge ed i Profeti (Mt 7,6.12-14). Della sua infanzia, c’è un particolare che mi piace sempre ricordare: da un trafiletto del giornale locale conservato dalla madre, in un concorso canoro per bambini di Rochester, Minnesota, Tom Rapp arriva terzo davanti ad un giovane Robert Zimmerman di Duluth, che arriva 5°, il quale con tutta probabilità è il futuro Bob Dylan. Rapp cresce con l’amore per il folk, l’arrangiamento e gli strumenti musicali particolari, e ama cantare nonostante un sigmatismo della pronuncia, che rende la sua voce ancora più simpatica. Va a studiare in Florida, e nel 1965 fonda il gruppo con i suoi amici di college Wayne Harley (chitarre e mandolino), Roger Crissinger (tastiere) e Lane Lederer (basso) e con la convinzione che “se i Fugs pubblicano dischi, possiamo farlo anche noi”, tanto che mandano un demo alla stessa casa discografica dei Fugs, la ESP di New York. Che rimane ammaliata, e ingaggia i nostri per delle registrazioni con Richard Alderson. Il risultato nel 1967 è One Nation Underground: in copertina, un particolare de Il Giardino Delle Delizie di Hyeronimus Bosch, il disco è un folk acido che se parte dai grandi (Guthrie, Dylan, Joan Baez, Leonard Cohen) ne trasforma le atmosfere, per uno dei dischi più originali degli anni ‘60 statunitensi. Vende addirittura 200 mila copie, ma Rapp dirà che non vedrà mai un soldo. Il secondo disco con la ESP è ancora più bello: Balaklava (1968) ha in copertina Il Trionfo Della Morte di Peter Brueghel il Vecchio, sul retro sette disegni di Jean Cocteau e una frase lapidaria del poeta Victor Santayana: Soltanto i morti hanno visto la fine della guerra. Disco meraviglioso, si apre con la registrazione della voce e della tromba di uno dei 600 sopravvissuti tra i cavalieri inglese della battaglia di Balaklava, durante la Guerra di Crimea (1854). Finito il contratto con la ESP, Rapp si sposa con la naturalista olandese Elisabeth Joosten e firma con la Reprise. Scioglie la band, di cui rimane solo il nome, e si circonda di sessionisti di altissimo livello: Grady Tate, un grande della batteria jazz, Richard Greene, geniale violinista e flautista, Jim Fairs e altri, con cui pubblica These Things Too (1969). In copertina, un Cristo di Giovanni Bellini, atmosfere appena più curate, una sentita e bella cover di I Shall Be Released di Bob Dylan. Rapp va in Olanda con la moglie, e inizia lì a scrivere materiale per un nuovo disco: viaggiano sulla tratta inaugurale della nave Queen Elizabeth II, e vivono per mesi a Utrecht. Ritorna a Nashville, con una nuova schiera di musicisti, tra cui David Briggs e Charlie McCoy che fu uno dei più fidati musicisti di Dylan, persino Elizabeth che canta insieme a lui e registra The Use Of Ashes, che esce nel 1970. Il titolo prende spunto da un verso della canzone di apertura, uno delle perle di Rapp: vedendo la moglie pulire delle vecchie monete con della cenere, Rapp immagina The Jeweller che “ha un negozio all’angolo del viale” e con la cenere i gioielli li “rende brillanti\adora Dio con la cenere”. La canzone rappresenta al meglio lo sguardo sull’umanità minima tanto cara a Rapp, e anche al lavoro artigianale delle cose e verrà ripresa anni dopo dal supergruppo This Mortal Coil per una cover gotica ed elegantissima. C’è uno strumentale per un film, From The Movie Of The Same Name, c’è una Rocket Man, scritta il giorno dell’allunaggio di Neil Armstrong dell’Agosto del 1969, ispirata ad un racconto di Ray Bradbury dallo stesso titolo nella raccolta L’Uomo Illustrato (conosciuta in Italia anche come Il Gioco Dei Pianeti); il brano nasconde un’altra curiosità, se è vero che Bernie Taupin, il braccio destro e paroliere di Elton John, dichiarò di essersi ispirato a questo brano, e non a Bowie, per il brano Rocket Man, singolo di successo del 1972 dall’album Honky Château. Song For A Rose è un altro dipinto metafisico, metafora della delicatezza dell’esistenza e delle sue contraddizioni. Riegal è un duetto vocale marito e moglie dall’atmosfera esotica. God Save The Child è la canzone più “pop”, Margery è, nel solco dei grandi folksinger, un ricordo personale legato ad una donna. Rapp non perde l’occasione per dichiarare la sua idea di mondo: in When The War Began riprende i temi di Balakvala e dichiara senza esitazioni l’inutilità della guerra, ma il colpo di classe è in MS Rigel, ispirata alla storia vera della nave norvegese MS Rigel, affondata dagli aerei britannici il 27 Novembre 1944: trasportava prigionieri di guerra tedeschi, e siccome era scortata da due V-Boat, fu scambiata per una nave che trasportava militari. L’attacco inglese ne causò l’affondamento, e la conseguente morte di 2571 persone, tra prigionieri sovietici, polacchi, serbi, disertori tedeschi, norvegesi e militari tedeschi della nave. In copertina, un particolare di un arazzo probabilmente di fattura fiamminga del XV° secolo, che rappresenta La Caccia All’Unicorno, conservato al Metropolitan Museum di New York. Rapp, che rifiuterà di esibirsi a Woodstock proprio mentre registrava questo disco, continuerà per un paio di anni a suonare e comporre, fino al 1973, quando si ritira dalla scena musicale. Si iscrive all’Università, dove prende una laurea in Economia e nel 1984 in Legge, diventando avvocato civilista. Si trasferisce in Florida dove esercita la professione per anni, fino al 1997, quando un gruppo di artisti cultori dei suoi PBS gli dedica un album tributo, For The Dead In Space: Rapp ha come un sussulto, e pubblica dopo 25 anni dal suo ultimo disco (Sunforest del 1973) un ultimo meraviglioso disco, A Journal Of The Plague Year (1998) un ritorno al folk anni ‘60 con la classe e la genialità di un personaggio tanto singolare quanto misconosciuto, e del suo gruppo meraviglioso, meraviglioso anche per la copertine dei dischi.

#pearls before swine #the use of ashes #1970 #recensione

[muppetydyke]

Muppet Mainstage, January 4th, 2023

“Madame Schwartzhead Blending” was written by Sam Pottle and Emily Perl Kingsley for season 8 of Sesame Street (1976). In the song, opera singer, Madame Schwartzhead (Richard Hunt) sings about how she sounds out words that she doesn’t know. 

#mupposts #muppets #muppet mainstage #sesame street #Youtube

[teratocrat]

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one of my mutuals' blog archive4

my own blog archive

five posts ive reblogged

google image search for 'aardwolf'

a tumblr devoted to j.c. leyendecker

a post from 2017 on my old blog about a stand i made (my friend wanted fanstands to try drawing)

five e621 tabs

an ultima iv-v-vi screenshot lp

"morrowind: an oral history" from polygon

online minesweeper site

online solitaire site

wikipedia page for "Aeon"

wikipedia page for "Young's Literal Translation"

wikipedia page for "Chicxulub crater"

wikipedia page for "Axis mundi"

wikipedia page for "Mount Rainier"

itch.io

sword interval

scryfall search "type:dragon"

scrayfall "Ambitious Dragonborn"

mychart login

http://psd.museum.upenn.edu/epsd/e4129.html

google spreadsheet i made to keep track of silly names i made up in case i wanted to name characters in anything

menu for a local teriyaki restaurant

gmail

anime streaming site tabs for Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit, Spirited Away, and Princess Mononoke

cohost

cohost notes

Just King Things episode on The Waste Lands

Just King Things episode on The Tommyknockers

wiktionary page for "audient"

wikipedia page for "Banana"

wikipedia page for "Robert W. Service

wikipedia page for "Li (unit)"

wikipedia page for "Invertebrate iridescent virus 31"

GameFAQs walkthrough and map for Dragon Warrior for the NES

twitter

twitter notes

metropolitan museum of art page on some Qing dynasty agate pomegranates

wikipedia page for "William Howard Taft"

wikipedia page for "Wig"

wikipedia page for "Egyptian cuisine"

google doc where i was trying to transcribe every JKT five-sentence summary

Kill Six Billion Demons KSBD 2-27

Kill Six Billion Demons Breaker of Infinities 4-181

letterboxd

The New Whirling School: An annotated analysis of Sermon 01

youtube subscriptions

youtube Deadmau5 - Ghosts n Stuff

youtube Ranged Touch's 2021 Dark Souls 2 charity livestream part 1

youtube Ranged Touch's 2020 Morrowind charity livestream part 1

youtube Northernlion playing Slice and Dice

youtube Vangelis - Blade Runner Blues

youtube Lady Gaga - Just Dance

youtube Northernlion playing Enter the Gungeon

youtube The Killers - Human

youtube Kanye West - Flashing Lights

manga site for Berserk and Blame!

nine tabs of the Terraria wiki

wikipedia page for "Etruscan civilization"

google search for "forestall"

wikipedia page for "Ran (film)

scryfall search "type:goblin color>=b"

wikipedia page for "Gisella Perl"

wikipedia page for "Overtone singing"

wikipedia page for "Muezzin"

About Us page for Gay City: Seattle's LGBTQ Center

an entirely unused new tab

"An Unknown Kid on Halloween"

uquiz results for "what's your job after the apocalypse"

wikipedia page for "Barnacle goose myth"

wikipedia page for "Vegetable Lamb of Tartary"

rom site

what happens next

youtube William Wegman - Alphabet Soup

events page for a seattle comics & games shop

youtube Ode to Physical Pain

google search for "hyperobject"

prisoncensorship's review of Fallouts 1 & 2

picture i took of the inside of that same comics & games shop

wikipedia page for "Infliximab"

chart showing the evolutionary tree of polearms over time

another mutual's reblogged post

two tabs of the menu of a local pastrami shop

pdf of the third edition monster manual

wikipedia page for "Forgotten Realms"

picture i took of my own backyard covered in snow

scryfall search "set:clb t:dragon is:firstprint"

scryfall search "set"afr t:dragon"

three tabs of file directory for some tabletop pdfs

wikipedia page for "First Blood"

youtube King Missile - Open

someone's website about cat colorations and fur patterns

image a friend sent me of the chapter list of the novel she's writing

Gita Jackson's article comparing Dwarf Fortress and Rimworld

download page for the roguelike "Infra Arcana"

youtube Richard Dawson - Ogre

youtube Every Enemy in Dark Souls RATED - 1 - Undead Asylum

an Exalted 2e homebrew Hegra charmset

a friend's twitter

bilibili video for known Genshin Impact character Xiao

google doc of the rules for a discord server im in

i know i have way too many tabs open please dont yell at me

#everything past the big chunk of youtube videos is basically unknown territory for me im going to close a bunch of these right after this

[chicinsilk]

US Vogue April 15, 1968

Jules-François Crahay for Jeanne Lanvin Spring/Summer 1968 Haute Couture Collection. Twiggy wears the "College" ensemble, a long luxurious white organza weskit profusely embroidered with brass nail heads, wooden beads and chalk white sequins to shine against a raw silk shirt and a kilt flame in silk crepe. Lesage embroidery. Sparkling crepe. The shoes are by Charles Jourdan.

Jules-François Crahay pour Jeanne Lanvin Collection Haute Couture Printemps/Été 1968. Twiggy porte l'ensemble "Collège", un long luxueux un weskit d'organza blanc abondamment brodé de têtes de clous en laiton, de perles en bois et de paillettes blanc craie pour briller sur une chemise en soie grège et une flamme de kilt en crêpe de soie. Broderie de Lesage. Crêpe pétillault. Les chaussures sont de Charles Jourdan.

Photo Richard Avedon

vogue archive

#us vogue #april 1968 #haute couture #jeanne lanvin #jules-françois crahay #fashion 60s #spring/summer #printemps/été #twiggy #richard avedon #charles jourdan #pétillault fabric #lesage fabric #vintage vogue #vintage fashion

[acollectionofpotentialdrawings]

Research Notes

Artists to research:

Marina Abramovic

Joseph Beuys

Chris Burden

David Critchley  

Nan Goldin

Hilma af Klint

Bruce Nauman  

Barnett Newman

Nam June Paik  

Mark Rothko

Martha Rosler

Richard Serra

David Wojnarowicz

Research Interests:

Psychology of, neuroscience of, philosophy of, psychedelics and, the religious experience

Religious Studies, specifically arguments for the existence of God

The Sublime/The Divine/The Vast etc.  

Psychology of Trauma/Generational Trauma

Ritual and Performance Art

Sadomasochism and Endurance

Sensory Deprivation

Hallucinations and Schizophrenia/Bipolar Disorder

Catatonia, excited and stupor  

Ecstasy

Political Philosophy

Protest Art

Western Philosophy vs. Eastern Philosophy

Kundalini Yoga and Tantric Sexuality/Energy orgasms  

The Gnostic Gospels

Religions of the Book vs. Eastern Religions, esp. Hinduism and Taosim

Taichi Ch’uan and Taosim

Bible History

Existentialism & English and Russian literature

Horror and horror film theory

Meditation and Mindfulness

Art Education

Books:

Alberti, Leon Battista, On Painting.  London: Penguin Books, 1972.  

Allegra, John M., The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross: A study of the nature and origins of Christianity within the fertility cults of the ancient Near East

Bachelard, Gaston, The Poetics of Space.  New York: Peguin Books, 1964.  

Barthes, Roland, Mythologies.  New York: Hill and Wang, 1972.

Bryant, Edwin F., The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. New York: North Point Press, 2009.

Camus, Albert, The Myth of Sisyphus.  New York: Vintage Books, 1955.    

Cavendish, Richard, The Black Arts.  New York: Tarcher Perigee, 2017.  

Deleuze, Gilles, and Felix Guattari, A Thousand Plateaus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia

Eliade, Mircea, The Sacred and the Profane: The Nature of Religion.  Orlando, Austin, New York, San Diego, Toronto, London: Harcourt, Inc., 1957.

Elkins, James, Why Art Cannot Be Taught  

Foucault, Michel, The Birth of the Clinic: An Archeology of Medical Perception.  New York: Vintage Books, 1975.  

Foucoult, Michel, The History of Sexuality Vol. 1-3

Furlons, Monica, Visions and Longings: Medieval Women Mystics. Shambala: Boston, 1996.

Girardot, N.J., Myth and Meaning in Early Taoism. Berkley: University of California Press, 1983.  

Hedges, Chris, War is a Force that Gives Us Meaning.  New York: Anchor Books, 2003.  

Jaynes, Julian, The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind

Kentridge, William, Six Drawing Lessons

Kierkegarrd, Soren, The Concept of Anxiety: A Simple Psychologically Oriented Deliberation in View of the Dogmatic Problem of Hereditary Sin.

Kierkegarrd, Soren, Fear and Trembling  

Kierkegarrd, Soren, The Sickness Unto Death.  New York: Penguin Group, 2004.  

Kushner, Lawrence, Honey from the Rock. Vermont: Jewish Lights Publishing, 1990.  

Laski, Marghanita, Ecstasy in Secular and Religious Experience.  Los Angeles: Jeremy P. Tartcher, Inc., 1961.  

Leary, Timothy, Ralph Metzner, and Richard Alpert, The Psychedelic Experience: A Manual Based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead

Leloup, Jean-Yves, The Gospel of Mary Magdalene.  Vermont: Inner Traditions, 2002.

Man-ch'ing, Cheng, Master Cheng’s New Method of Taichi Ch’uan Self-Cultivation, Blue Snake Books: Berkley, 1999.  

Martin, David. F., Art and the Religious Experience: the “Language of the Sacred.”

McKirahan Jr., Richard D., Philosophy Before Socrates.  Indianapolis/Cambridge: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc., 1994.  

McNamara, Patrick, The Neuroscience of Religious Experience

McNamara, Patrick, Nightmares: The Science and Solution of Those Frightening Visions during Sleep

Narby, Jeremy, The Cosmic Serpent: DNA and the Origins of Knowledge.  New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnma, 1998.  

Pagels, Elaine, Adam, Eve, and the Serpent: Sex and Politics in Early Christianity.  New York: Vintage Books, 1988.  

Pagels, Elaine, The Origin of Satan.  New York: First Vintage Books, 1996.  

Pagels, Elaine, Revelations: Visions, Prophecy, & Politics in the Book of Revelation.  New York, Penguin Group.  

Perl, Eric D., Theophany: The Neoplatonic Philosophy of Dionysius the Aeropagite.  New York: State University of New York Press, 2007.  

Pinchbeck, Daniel, Breaking Open the Head: A Psychedelic Journey into the Heart of Contemporary Shamanism

Radhakrishnan, S., Indian Philosophy, Vol. 1. India: Oxford University Press, 1940.  

Raicovich, Laura, Culture Strike: Art and Museums in an Age of Protest

Richards, William A., Sacred Knowledge: Psychedelics and Religious Experiences

Rosler, Martha, Decoys and Disruptions.  Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2006.  

Sacks, Oliver, Hallucinations.  New York: First Vintage Books, 2012.  

Saunders, Jason L., Greek and Roman Philosophy After Aristotle. New York, London, Tononto, Sydney: The Free Press, 1966.  

Schlain, Leonard, Art & Physics, Parallel Visions in Space, Time, and Light. New York: Perennial, 2001.  

Solomon, Andrew, Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity.

Steiner, Rudolph, Colour, East Sussex: Rudolph Steiner Press, 1992.  

Van Der Kolk, M.D., The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma.  New York: Penguin Books, 2014.  

Vysheslavtsev, B. P., The Eternal in Russian Philosophy.  Cambridge: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2002.  

Winnicott, D. W., The Child, the Family, and the Outside World.  Cambridge: Perseus Publishing, 1964.  

Winnicott, D.W., Playing and Reality.  London and New York: Tavistock Publications, 1982.  

Wolynn, Mark, It Didn't Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle.  

Zee, A., Fearful Symmetry: The Search for Beauty in Modern Physics

[karenlacorte]

Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: Bundle Of Vintage Sesame Street Books.

[liesmyteachertoldme]

Interference in US foreign policy and elections? Try Israel

There are over 100 high-level members of the US government who are citizens of Israel. The US State Dept. allows dual citizenship. If you don't think Israel exerts  tremendous influence  over the decisions, policies, and wars of the United States, think again. It is absurd that people who are citizens of foreign countries would be allowed to hold public office in the US. One  cannot serve two masters.

Michael Cheroff - Israeli/US dual citizen, second United States Secretary of Homeland Security (2005-2009). Co-author of the USA Patriot Act.  Federal Judge of the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (2003-2005). US Assistant Attorney for the Criminal Division (2001-2003) of the Dept. of Justice personally supervised and controlled the entire FBI non-investigation of 9-11. He is also responsible for the obstruction of justice and blocking access to evidence since Sept.11,2001. He also advised the CIA of the legality of torture techniques in coercive interrogation sessions.

Michael Mukasey - Israeli/US dual citizen. 81st Attorney General of the US (2007-2009). He was the second Jewish US Attorney General. 18 years as a judge of the US District Court of New York (1987-2006), 6 of those years as Chief Judge (2000-2006).

Richard Pearle -  Israeli/US dual citizen was first Assistant Secretary for Global Strategic Affairs under Pres.Ronald Reagan. Senior staff member to Senator Henry "Scoop" Jackson on the Senate Arms Committee in the 1970's. On the Pentagon's Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee (1987-2004) under the Bush Administration.  Resigned due to conflicts of interest. Most likely an Israeli government agent. He was expelled from Senator's Jackson's office in the 1970's after the NSA caught him passing highly classified national security documents to the Israeli embassy. Perle was amember of the Bilderberg Group  until Dec. 2015. Also known as the "Prince of Darkness" and is a major player in the Israeli lobby.

Paul Wolfowitz - Israeli/US dual citizen. He is a political scientist and diplomat, was the tenth President of the World Bank (2005-2007). Resigned under pressure from World Bank members for misuse of power. US Deputy Secretary of Defense (2001-2005) under G.W. Bush and US Ambassador to Indonesia under Ronald Reagan and G.H.W. Bush (1986-1989).

Douglas Feith - Israeli/US dual citizen. Worked at the Reagan White House as a Middle East specialist for the National Security Council and then served as a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Negotiations Policy. Served as Under Secretary of Defense for Policy in the G.W.Bush Administration from 2001 to 2005. He is closely associated with the extremist group the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA), which attacks Jews that don't agree with their extremist views. Feith supervised the Pentagon Office of Special Plans, a group of policy and intelligence analysis created to provide senior government officials with unvetted raw intelligence. The office was responsible for hiring Lawrence Franklin who was convicted along with AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee) employees Steven J. Rosen and Keith Weissman for passing classified National defense information to an Israeli diplomat Naor Gilon.

Henry Kissenger - Israeli/US dual citizen was the 56th US Secretary of State from 1973-1977 under Pres. Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. Was Assistant to the Pres. for Natiional Security Affairs under Nixon and Ford. Member of the Foreign  Intelligence Advisory Board from 1984-1990. A member of the Commission on Integrated Long-Term Strategy of the National Security Council and Defense Department  from 1986-1988.  A member of both the Council of Foreign Relations and the Trilateral Commission.

John Bolton - Israeli/US dual citizen. National Security Advisor to Pres. Trump. Assistant Attorney General under Reagan (1985-1989). One of the most hawkish of war hawks, he aggressively supported and helped plan military action and regime change in Iraq and Libya and is now doing the same thing in Syria and Iran.

Israeli/US dual citizens in high level US government positions:

Janet Yellen-Federal Reserve Chair

Stanley Fisher-Federal Reserve Vice-Chair

Lincoln Bloomfield-Assistant Secretary of State

Daniel Kutzer-Ambassador to Israel

Cliff Sobel-Ambassador to the Netherlands

Stuart Bernstein-Ambassador to Denmark

Nancy Brinker-Ambassador to Hungary

Frank Lavin-Ambassador to Singapore

Ron Weiser-Ambassador to Slovakia

Jay Lefkowitz-Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Domestic Policy Council

Ken Melman-White House Political Director

Brad Blakeman-White House Director of Scheduling

There are 14 current and former US Senators who are dual Israeli/US citizens.

There are 32 current or past members of the US House of Representatives who are Israeli/US citizens.

#government corruption #government control #politics #Israel #dual citizenship

[christophe76460]

CONSIDÉRER LA GLOIRE DE DIEU

John Newton (1725-1807) est surtout connu aujourd’hui pour ses grands hymnes (dont « Amazing Grace » et « Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken »). Mais à son époque, il était peut-être plus apprécié en tant qu'écrivain – « le grand directeur des âmes par la poste », comme l'a décrit quelqu'un. La valeur de sa correspondance était telle qu'il publia plusieurs volumes de ses lettres (y compris une de ses lettres à sa femme, qui suscitait le commentaire d'un critique, son ami Richard Cecil, selon lequel les épouses seraient ravies de lire de telles lettres d'amour tout en « Nous [les maris] pouvons subir une perte d’estime pour ne pas leur avoir écrit des lettres aussi vaillantes »).

Dans plusieurs de ses lettres, il commente le sujet de la controverse. Il en avait un dégoût. (Ce serait une chose malheureuse d'en avoir le « goût », n'est-ce pas ?) Il avait également le sentiment d'être inapte à cela. Il a fait remarquer que c’était « non seulement désagréable à mon goût, mais vraiment hors de ma portée ». Mais le manque d’expérience n’est pas nécessairement un obstacle à la capacité de donner des conseils bibliques. Newton cherchait constamment à donner de tels conseils. (N'a-t-il pas encouragé William Wilberforce dans la grande controverse publique sur la traite des esclaves ?) À une époque où seul un nombre dérisoire de ministres anglicans étaient évangéliques, il était particulièrement conscient que les calvinistes, étant largement minoritaires, pouvaient également se sentir poussés dans la controverse. fréquemment.

C’est sûrement pour cette raison que l’une de ses principales préoccupations était que si nous voulons nous engager dans une controverse, notre perspective doit être dominée par la question de la gloire de Dieu. « Si nous agissons dans un mauvais esprit, écrit-il, nous n’apporterons que peu de gloire à Dieu. » La première question du Westminster Shorter Catéchism est pertinente ici comme partout : comment puis-je parler, écrire ou agir dans des situations de controverse afin que Dieu soit le plus glorifié ?

C'est le principe. Mais il faut le préciser. Newton s’est rendu compte que parfois nous nous engageons dans des controverses prétendument « pour la gloire de Dieu », mais sommes aveugles à la manière dont nos propres motivations influencent et se manifestent dans nos discours et nos actions. La rubrique « pour la gloire de Dieu » doit transformer la façon dont les chrétiens réagissent à la controverse.

« Pour la gloire de Dieu » n’appelle pas une réponse monolithique à chaque controverse. Les circonstances modifient les cas. Nous ne jetons pas de perles devant les porcs.

Voici trois illustrations de controverse. Dans le premier cas, le silence est la réaction appropriée pour glorifier Dieu ; dans le second, la confrontation ; et dans le troisième, la patience. Pourquoi des réponses si différentes ?

Garder le silence

Ésaïe 36 décrit de manière vivante comment Sennachérib d'Assyrie a attaqué Juda. Le Rabshakeh (un officier assyrien) cherchait à susciter la controverse. Il parlait, comme Ézéchias l’a reconnu, « pour se moquer du Dieu vivant » (Ésaïe 37 : 17). Mais les dirigeants suivirent le conseil de leur roi : « Ils se turent et ne lui répondirent pas un mot » (Ésaïe 36 :21). La fin de l'histoire? Dieu a justifié leur réponse. L'ange du Seigneur frappa 185 000 Assyriens. Sennachérib se retira.

N’aurait-il pas été plus audacieux, plus « fidèle » de s’engager dans une controverse verbale pour défendre le Seigneur ? Pourquoi le silence? Pour trois raisons :

1. Des paroles de combat n’auraient pas défendu ici la gloire du Seigneur. Dans de tels moments, nous nous tournons vers le Seigneur pour défendre sa propre gloire et ne pas la donner à autrui.

2. Nous défendons mieux la gloire du Seigneur en lui parlant d’abord des hommes incroyants plutôt que de parler d’abord de lui aux hommes incroyants. D’où la prière d’Ézéchias : « Seigneur notre Dieu, sauve-nous de sa main, afin que tous les royaumes de la terre sachent que toi seul es l’Éternel » (Ésaïe 37 : 20). Hélas, tous les polémistes forts ne sont pas de puissants intercesseurs.

3. Nous pouvons gâcher la gloire du Seigneur – comme Newton le laisse entendre – par la façon dont nous réagissons à la controverse. L’insulte de l’homme envers Dieu n’est pas inversée par notre insulte envers l’homme.

Parlez directement

Un incident moins public, mais non moins époustouflant, a eu lieu dans l'église primitive.

Imaginez l'atmosphère électrique : Simon Pierre partageait une table avec des gentils. Puis « certains hommes sont venus de Jacques » (Galates 2 : 12). Pierre s’est séparé, tout comme d’autres chrétiens juifs, « même Barnabas » (Galates 2 : 11-14). Comment Paul a-t-il réagi ? Il « s’est opposé à [Pierre] en face » (Galates 2 : 11).

Les croyants sont les serviteurs du Christ, pas les nôtres. Humilier ou mépriser les faibles, c'est mépriser le Seigneur de gloire.

Paul avait sûrement raison. Mais pourquoi s’agissait-il d’une réponse glorifiant Dieu, plutôt que d’un silence par déférence envers Pierre et Barnabas, évitant ainsi l’embarras et d’éventuelles divisions ?

1. Les protaganistes étaient présents et croyaient au même évangile. Paul n'a pas attendu et plus tard Pierre a «mauvaise bouche». Il a fait la chose la plus difficile. Il lui a parlé personnellement et directement. Cela glorifie Dieu parce que cela suit un modèle biblique (Matt. 18 :15 ; Jacques 4 :17).

2. Le cœur même de l’Évangile était ici en jeu (comme le note Paul dans Gal. 2 : 15-21).

3. Les ministres ordonnés de l’Évangile étaient impliqués, et non un seul individu ordinaire. La déviation de Pierre et de Barnabas entraînerait la déviation des autres et une perturbation désastreuse de toute l’Église. La gloire de Dieu dans l’Église exigeait un discours direct.

Répondez patiemment

Quelques années plus tard, Paul se trouve confronté à une situation qui, à première vue, semble similaire. Il y avait une controverse en cours sur les « régimes et jours » dans les églises romaines. Certains observaient des journées spéciales et s’abstenaient de certains aliments. Il s’agissait probablement d’une controverse entre croyants juifs et gentils (ces derniers étant majoritaires dans les églises après l’expulsion des juifs et des chrétiens juifs de Rome, voir Actes 18 : 1-2). Paul avait le regard tourné vers la gloire de Dieu. Comment les deux groupes impliqués dans cette controverse pourraient-ils « glorifier d’une seule voix Dieu et Père de notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ » (Rom. 15 :6) ?

1. Il est frappant de constater que les « forts », ceux qui sont « du bon côté » dans la controverse (Rom. 14 : 14), sont ceux qui devraient s’abstenir d’insister pour que les autres adoptent leur « bonne » position et pratique. La gloire de Dieu est mieux visible lorsque « les forts » accueillent « les faibles » – parce que c’est ce que Dieu a fait en Christ : « Car, lorsque nous étions encore faibles (...), nous avons une vision plus claire de la gloire de Dieu. . . Christ est mort pour les impies » (Rom. 5 : 6).

2. Les croyants sont les serviteurs du Christ, pas les nôtres. Humilier ou mépriser les faibles, c'est mépriser le Seigneur de gloire. (Vous vous souvenez de Matthieu 25 :40 ?)

3. Insister sur l’exercice de sa « liberté » sur un sujet controversé (manger de la viande, ignorer les jours, etc.) compromet cette liberté elle-même. Cela signifie que nous sommes motivés par un « besoin » intérieur plutôt que par l’amour. Nous nous concentrons sur notre propre gloire plutôt que sur la gloire de Dieu. Puisque « Christ ne s’est pas plu à lui-même » (Rom. 15 : 3), devrions-nous le faire ?

Ces exemples ne sont en aucun cas exhaustifs. Mais ils illustrent le point de Newton. En toutes choses, recherchez la gloire de Dieu et protégez votre cœur. Les chrétiens ont toujours besoin de ces sages conseils.

- Sinclair Ferguson