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SOME HISTORY OF PERIODICALS. SHAPING ROOT ASSUMPTIONS

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  Collier's weekly magazine was founded in 1888.  Peter Collier arrived from Ireland at age 17 and, when his boss would not use the idea to sell books by subscription, he started his own company.  The shared spirit of a continent was observed, reformed when necessary , and culturally oriented.  Many of us can still remember seeing Collier's in our homes. More common was LIFE or TIME started in 1923 by Briton Hadden and Henry Luce.  The two started as editors of a college newspaper but they daydreamed about starting and influential national publication.  I would guess they used the business model of Collier's to get such massive distribution.  How we saw ourselves was greatly influenced by TIME and LIFE.  There was a pop mythos created and a nod to culture.  A constructive bias on the whole but not comparable to the new owner of TIME who admits to a strong leftist bias.  Readers out there don't need me to tell them that. The image of Robert Collier's book "Secre

CREATING WHAT WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN AT OUR BEST. WHAT WE REALLY ARE AND WILL BE.

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  Arcane interests respond to our unrealized potential. Yesterday, I saw a book I would have grabbed quickly during an era of my quest.  I was not interested yesterday.  "Secret Symbols" was the title and theme. When the essential essence of the quest is a living presence there is little need to be obsessive about learning more. The essential nature of that 'secret' knowledge has been engaged among us in various models responsive to our time and place.  You have found the resources and are living there.  Your destiny is bright. As much as it helped at the time, I could have stopped my journey at an Oriental juncture and been perfectly happy.  But something more called from ancestral history and purpose.  This is the nature of that calling.  Might not be right for you but then again it might.   THE HYPERBOREAN ERULI PROJECT. HYPERBOREAN RETURN : INTRODUCTION TO THE FOUR FUTHARK ERULIAN PROJECT Available as a free download at my Gumroad profile but also in the text that