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• Mnemosyne, by Friedrich Hölderlin
• The Tetramorph; The Sumerian Origins of a Christian Symbol
• The Raven, the Bear, and Shamanism in the Pacific Northwest
• The Lion, the Bull, and the Birth of Tragedy
• Dies Irae: Mozart's Requiem
• Reason and Its Limits; Logic and Contradiction in Buddhism
• Heiner Müller's "Hamlet Machine"
• Mindfulness Meditation and Hip Hop
• Chinese Oracle Bones of the Shang Dynasty
• Black Elk and the Fabrication of Memory

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Also By Mesocosm

• Goodreads Reviews A Plethora of Book Reviews by Mesocosm
• Reviews – Amazon

Ancient

• The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature (Oxford) Many translations.
• Oriental Institute Catalogs and Books University of Chicago

Classical Music and Opera

• Arkiv Music Rare and hard-to-find classical music and opera

Medieval and Renaissance

• Medievalist.net
• The Labyrinth Resources for Medieval Studies
• Luminarium Medieval and Renaissance English Literature

Modern

• n + 1 Excellent magazine on culture and theory
• Arts and Letters Daily
• Edge
• TechGnosis Erik Davis, Hyperspace Gnostic Essayist
• Bill Viola – Video installation artist

Music and Audio

• UBUWeb Great archive of music, lectures, and more.
• Avant Garde Project Free out-of-print Avant Garde albums and compositions.
• Quiet American Acoustic ecology and sound recordings.
• CBC Ideas Podcast – Archives Great series on fascinating topics.
• Art of the States Much contemporary classical music to be listened to and enjoyed by you.
• 5:4 Outstanding contemporary classical music blog.

Philosophy

• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
• Islamic Philosophy Online Many First-Rate Texts and Translations

Religion and Mythology

• Sacred Destinations Marvelous encyclopedic site of sacred sites.
• New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia Outstanding reference for Christian History and Doctrine
• Internet Sacred Text Archive Mountains of sacred texts of every tradition.
• The Vajrayana Research Resource Outstanding collection of scholarly material on Indian and Tibetan Vajrayana

Resources

• Project Gutenberg
• Google Art Project Browse galleries from around the world.
• Khan Academy Excellent collection of short instructional videos.

Science

• Santa Fe Institute
• The Sociological Eye Systems Sociologist Randall Collins
• Astronomy Picture of the Day

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