By Lida Prypchan I was taken to the house of a wise man. The first thing I saw besides him was a large, beautiful drawing-room in shadows. The introductions over, some time passed and we began to talk about the Cabala, Papus and the Tarot, numerology, his experience with the Knights of the …
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WHY IS AN ALCOHOLIC AN ALCOHOLIC?
By Lida Prypchan Only by understanding the numerous and complex causes of alcoholism, can the gravity of the problem be appreciated so that therapy may be practiced on an individual level and the disease combated on the social scale. There are four main causes: DESIRE, TOLERANCE, PERSONALITY, BIOLOGICAL TYPE and HEREDITY: DESIRE: Firstly …
DELIRIUM TREMENS
By: Lida Prypchan Delirium tremens was identified as a clinical syndrome by Sutton (an English doctor) in 1813, but he was unaware of its alcoholic nature. It was Rayer, in 1819, who gave a new and excellent description of this delirium and insisted upon its alcoholic etiology. Delirium tremens is the most …
SINGLE AGAIN
By Lida Prypchan Few people experiment (in matters of love); most cling to the ways of the past. As for the conventional idea of marriage or the usual family structure, the majority of people will refuse to dispense with them. They will continue to look for happiness within an orthodox setting that presupposes a …
THE BOTTLE’S EMPTY, WIVES RUN FOR COVER
By: Lida Prypchan There are a few rare cases of people who enjoy long life and excellent health in spite of their alcoholic excesses, while others who drink less decline after just a few months of excess. Alcoholism depends on the quantities imbibed by a person on a daily basis, subject to certain …
POLITICAL PROPAGANDA Part II
By Lida Prypchan An attempt to influence opinion (II) Politics is the art of preventing people from becoming involved in what concerns them. (Valéry) Political propaganda has been inspired by poetry and has borrowed many of its methods: rhythmic attraction, verbal impact, power of imagery, dramatic progression. Political propaganda has also created …
POLITICAL PROPAGANDA: Part I
By Lida Prypchan An attempt to influence opinion (1) It is possible to conceive of a world dominated by an invisible tyranny that wears the trappings of democratic government. (Kenneth Boulding) We are sold the image of a political candidate just as we are sold a commercial product. Adlai Stevenson complained about precisely …
THE AURA OF MYSTERY
By Lida Prypchan Let’s look at three sources of knowledge: books, people and songs. The first source tells us that reality is superior to imagination, theory is superior to practice, emotion superior to thought and passion superior to sweet tranquility. People teach us to realize that they are not tunnel promising, “Get to know …
My Life as a Redhead
By Carol Daly I don’t think I’ll ever forgive my mother for forcing me to get all those “pixie” hair cuts when I was a five year old—My bangs were so short they almost stood up like a punk hair cut. Many of my little friends had gorgeous long hair that I envied. My …
THE LAW OF CONTRADICTIONS
By Lida Prypchan “That’s another contradiction,” thought Irene. She had just graduated as an historian, and the sole conclusion she had reached in five years was that history contradicts itself time and time again. “The mere fact of studying history only to come to this sorry conclusion,” she continued, somewhat dismayed, “is a …