AetheriumArcana (Page 2)

Stanislaw Lem rewrites Aquinas for a modern world...

Lem’s "Summa" is provocatively secular and self-undermining. A medieval summa promised doctrinal closure grounded in revealed truth. Lem’s Summa advertises an inventory of possibilities whose proper rhetorical result is caveat and paradox rather than resolution.

12 Oct 2025 Beauty Perception Culture Gender

What Is Attractiveness? Inner and Outward Beauty

Beauty is a shifting picture; attractiveness is a living current. When outward care frames inward quality, the result is compelling without effort.

08 Oct 2025 Magic Magick Dion Fortune Battle of Britain War Ceremonial Magic

Dion Fortune and The Magical Battle of Britain

Not all of the battles of that summer were fought with planes and bombs. In a quiet flat in London, and in scattered homes around the country, a different kind of resistance was underway...

08 Oct 2025 Film Indie Films Culture Technology Creativity

Fan-Edits, Indie Worlds, and the New Cinematic Ecosystem

What used to mean shaky handheld cameras and cardboard props has evolved into polished, festival-ready shorts that rival mid-budget studio productions — all made on budgets that wouldn’t cover Hollywood’s catering bill.

29 Sep 2025 Ethology Animal Studies Zoology Culture Reverence Religion

From instinct to devotion ~ a gesture transfigured

What fascinates here is not the theatricality of the staged cobra but the gesture of bowing itself. Stripped of mystical interpretation, it remains a powerful image — a small creature instinctively lowering itself before a figure it perceives as overwhelmingly dangerous.