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September 9, 2014
Georges Bataille
By Christopher Zoukis 
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Consider the Titans of old and the incredible, monolithic edifices they constructed. Vast halls, ruthless arches supported by volcano-sized columns and towers stretching up like signals. On a smaller scale, the Abbey Vezelay is such an edifice. Its architectural elements coalesce into forms nobler because the sum of the parts is greater than the whole. Utter beauty.
Surely this structure is holy; surely God cannot resist visiti...
September 3, 2014
CHANEL - Part 2
By Christopher Zoukis 
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Four years later, Coco Chanel introduced her line of clothing, which was masculine in style, sporty and displayed clean, functional lines. Her ability to foresee this ‘trend’ made her clothing an instant success. In 1923, she launched the Chanel Suit, composed of a skirt and a short, masculine-looking jacket. It has never gone out of style and is worn by millions of professional women throughout the world today. So, too, is Chanel’s little bl...
August 28, 2014
Chanel - Part 1
By Christopher Zoukis 
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In numerology, which is an occult system based on numbers, numbers are not merely quantitative, but also depict symbolic qualities. The number 5 symbolizes the whole, for example, as in marriage, where the hieros gamos (the number of marriage, 5) is the combination of the feminine number 2, and the masculine number 3.
The lion is another traditional symbol, which carries many varied meanings. Macrobius said that lions were representative of the eart...
August 25, 2014
Support My Work on the Huffington Post
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Today I have a quick update for the Chronicles of the Armchair Literati readership. As many of you know, I've recently become a Huffington Post contributing writer. In my work there I have attempted to shine a light onto America's broken criminal justice system. With this goal in mind, I have focused most of my writings on the happenings of the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Thus far, I believe that my work has been widely successful, but it...
August 22, 2014
E. M. Cioran
By Christopher Zoukis 
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It sits in the elongated, latticed shade of the Eiffel Tower. Stippled with Gothic architecture: ribbed vaults sit like blackened bones of whales, flying buttresses which paralyze viewers with indecision, pointed arches which could summon convenient elemental spirits if need be, and steep roofs down which certain arcane energies slide. No longer au courant in today’s hypercivilized world, all this Gothicism pushes back the odor of progress. But...
August 18, 2014
Hell's Heretic
By Christopher Zoukis 
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His name was Origenes Admantios. Origen. And it was he who, pushing the envelope of the idea of human free will as far as it would go, found the idea of an unending Hell unbelievable.
For a while, he even entertained the notion of reincarnation, although in the end he could not bind himself to it philosophically. It just didn’t line up with Scripture, this method of ascending or descending the hierarchy of being called reincarnati...
August 13, 2014
Big Rock Candy Mountain
Big Rock Candy Mountain is a song first recorded in 1928. More than a mere song, its hillbilly evocation of Cocagne, which is an imaginary country of idleness and leisure, a Utopia, has percolated through many imaginations resulting in many spin-offs:
The title of the song attached itself to the multi-hued hills near Marysvale, Utah. Residing at the base of the hills is The Big Rock Candy Mountain Resort, once a fashionable vacation spot, now a dilapidated congregation o...
August 11, 2014
New Article on Huffington Post
I just published a new article on the Huffington Post entitled "5 Best Items To Send Your Loved One In Prison." It was published on their Crime Blog. If you are interested, please click on the following link to read the article:
5 Best Items To Send Your Loved One In Prison
If you enjoy the article, I would appreciate it if you would Like, Share, and Tweet it from the page on the Huffington Post. This will help to bring more attention to the article.
August 8, 2014
Huffington Post Article Round-Up
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It is with great delight that I announce my acceptance as a Huffington Post contributing writer. If you have a chance, I would greatly appreciate you reading, liking, sharing, and tweeting my following articles at HuffPo:
Growing Up in Prison: What I've Learned During My Eight Years of Incarceration
USSC Unanimously Votes for Drug Reduction Retroactivity: Thousands of Federal Prisoners to be Released Early
LGBT Month Celebrated in Federal Pri...
August 4, 2014
Mark Rothko
East Marion Cemetery, Suffolk County, New York: the odor of pine trees, grass and inactivity loiters in the air. Tall pine trees responsible for the pitch smell stand in the distance like a living, green wall around the cemetery. In symbology, evergreen signifies immortality. Which is ironic, since all illusions of immortality have come and gone for the permanent residents of East Marion Cemetery.
The dead know only disappointment.
In olden times pine trees were thought...
