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I'm reading Horror: A Very Short Introduction and Over the Garden Wall: Soulful Symphonies. I'm starting to get into the autumn/spooky season mood, so I'm going to be starting on my Halloween reading list soon. How about y'all?
 
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I am reading "Bodies of Songs" by Linda Hess.
I am trying to further my understanding of Kabir, not so much about the person but more about the culture and experience that has developed around Kabir.
I have been reading poems attributed to Kabir for 40 years but in the last few years I have also been listening to the people who sing Kabir poems and there is much variation in the songs which vary in singers from different parts of India & Pakistan.
Many of these people are illiterate(like Kabir) and I find their singing a special experience which I want to delve into more. It is something more than words(not about getting the words right)
That's the best I can do in explaining this.
(I hardly understand it myself. :))
 
Vasu Devan said:
I'm reading The Witcher and The Complete Writings of Zhuangzi. One cos I enjoy fantasy, the other cos I wanna learn more about Daoism.
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Is the Netflix series, the Witcher, based on this book? (I've not watched it, but a few people have recommended it.)
 
Modesty said:
I'm reading Horror: A Very Short Introduction and Over the Garden Wall: Soulful Symphonies. I'm starting to get into the autumn/spooky season mood, so I'm going to be starting on my Halloween reading list soon. How about y'all?
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Is Horror fiction? a nonfic about its history? or a writing guide?

Ever read the Malazan fantasy series? Plenty of darkness in there for me...
 
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Modesty said:
What are your thoughts so far? :)
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I've read several of the abridged versions, and am never satisfied; something's always left out.

I figured this was the only way to really avoid that feeling... :D

It often brings me peace when reading it. I'm loving all the smaller stories I haven't read before, too.
 
Vasu Devan said:
Is Horror fiction? a nonfic about its history? or a writing guide?

Ever read the Malazan fantasy series? Plenty of darkness in there for me...
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It's a nonfiction book about the history of horror! And no, but I've heard of it! I used to be really into fantasy and sci fi, I need to get back into it. My favourite genre is definitely horror though. How are you enjoying The Witcher?
 
JustGeorge said:
It often brings me peace when reading it. I'm loving all the smaller stories I haven't read before, too.
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I think spiritual reading can be a uniquely peaceful experience :) the NT used to give me anxiety for some reason, but I love reading the OT.
 
Modesty said:
How are you enjoying The Witcher?
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Quite well! Nowhere near as dark as Malazan but still quite good. Also, reading Lavey's Satanic Bible in bite sized pieces when the fancy takes me. It is definitely anti-Christianity but not really evil as Christianity media claimed. Just proposed an alternate way of thinking about life which is also quite humorous.
 
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I haven't started my new job yet so I've been off for the past two weeks and using the time to catch up on my reading as much as I can (that's also the reason why I've been posting on here so prolifically lol; I have a lot of free time right now). I've finished three or four books in the last few weeks and I'm hoping to read more books about religion. I recently read God: A Very Short Introduction which I highly recommend, but if anyone has any other suggestions I'd love to hear them.
 
Modesty said:
I haven't started my new job yet so I've been off for the past two weeks and using the time to catch up on my reading as much as I can (that's also the reason why I've been posting on here so prolifically lol; I have a lot of free time right now). I've finished three or four books in the last few weeks and I'm hoping to read more books about religion. I recently read God: A Very Short Introduction which I highly recommend, but if anyone has any other suggestions I'd love to hear them.
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That's great .. it's good to see people making good use of their time.
I only wish I could do better in that department. :)
 
I'm currently reading my book of notes that I had inspired to me in some cases and also wrote down some really insightful observations from other books I read (about 160 laminated pages) called "sharh al lawh" or "explanation of the tablet" in english.

I'm also going over some great audio lessons from a very nice shia seminary online on the topics of arabic grammar, morphology, logic and public speaking (I personally am a sunni muslim but I love a lot of things about the shia especially love islamic mysticism.)
 
st.clementofrome said:
I'm currently reading my book of notes that I had inspired to me in some cases
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Wow, that's fascinating. How do you mean inspired?

st.clementofrome said:
I'm also going over some great audio lessons from a very nice shia seminary online on the topics of arabic grammar, morphology, logic and public speaking (I personally am a sunni muslim but I love a lot of things about the shia especially love islamic mysticism.)
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The internet is great for stuff like that. I've been able to find so many religious resources online that would be much harder to find in physical books.
 
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Right now I'm reading Martyrs & Mystics: The Extraordinary Untold Story of Britain's Spiritual Heritage. It's very much 'pop history' but it's been a fun read so far. If anyone is interested, I can post a link to it (it's free legally online as an ebook).
 
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