Apart from its great poetical and literary merits, The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales is a wonderful commentary upon the English life in Middle Ages. Dryden has rightfully remarked that Chaucer must have been a man of most comprehensive nature who could bring into the compass of his The Canterbury Tales the manners and humors […]
PTE for Indians – How Does It Matter in Practicing?
PTE stands for Pearson Test of English, and it is the test taken by non-native speakers who want to apply for a student visa or for professionals who want to settle down in countries like Australia. In India, PTE is getting more popularity. Modules in PTE As with any other English tests, PTE too has […]
Understanding Content Writing and Content Marketing
Writing encompasses many fields, and unless we are a novel writer, we need to be prepared to write on any genre if our job involves providing editorial services. One of the most common writings requested by customers these days is content writing. Content writing is all about creating useful and informative content for the Web […]
How to Learn Anything Quickly
Ever thought why is it some people seem to learn anything very quickly? Now, that is not to say they are experts, which is a different story. What is referred to here is about picking things up easily. Of course, different people can learn different things at various paces. Someone may be better at sensory […]
Plato, Carbon and the Human Survival Chemistry of the New Renaissance
The world of nanotechnology demonstrates that the ancient Greek Science for Ethical Ends holds a crucial survival message for modern humanity. 21st Century Moral Jurisprudence Law, based upon Immanuel Kant’s definition of aesthetics, as art appreciation theory, has no present practical scientific ethical content. However, aesthetics and ethics link together, through a process known as […]
REAL Wellness Perspectives on Radical Islam and Christian Nationalism
Introduction REAL wellness is a philosophy and lifestyle designed for consciously pursuing and sustaining mental and physical wellbeing. It is focused on four primary dimensions: Reason (critical thinking); Exuberance (meaning and purpose, joy, etc.); Athleticism (exercise and science-based nutrition); and Liberty (personal freedoms). These four dimensions constitute the acronym “R-E-A-L” in REAL wellness, and constitute […]
Shakespeare on Addiction: Sonnet 129
Something interesting happens every time I teach Shakespeare’s Sonnet 129. I’m reasonably certain the term “sex addiction” didn’t exist in his day – and neither did 12 step groups for it, with Elizabethans turning up in their flamboyant garb – but that doesn’t mean that the problem, and its attendant degradations, didn’t exist. Just ask […]
Punctuation Help 101: Powerful Writing Help through Comma Usage (Part 2 of 2)
The comma (Part 2 of 2) The most misused of all marks–the comma–will appear before you in a new way: clearly and understandably. The second step rests on mastery of its more stylistic uses. With appositives Appositives rename nouns: California’s capital, Sacramento, lies in northern California. Jim’s brother John will be here shortly. Sacramento and […]
Attract Money With Rune FA and Mental Radionics “I AM” Statements
Money is magnetic energy. You are a magnet attracting to you all things, via the signal you are emitting through your thoughts and feelings and the Runic energies you start into motion. Runes are Universal Creative Energies The New Laws of Quantum Physics tell us that everything exists in an infinite ocean of energy called […]
Neurotheology – With God In Mind
Addressing the general meeting for the “Society of Neuroscience” in 1997, Dr. Ramachandran made comment that “there is a neural basis for religious experience.” Ramachandran’s radical statement catapulted neurotheology well into the public eye. The aim of neurotheology is to question “explore theology from a neurological perspective…helping us to understand the human urge for religion […]