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Ether
supine
chengbaobaby
The Temple of Athena,
catoptromancy
cadence
lithe,
“Your consciousness is not created by your brain. In fact, your consciousness is not even located inside your head.”
piqued
“Science has a long history of flawed models,”
“The
flat-earth ...
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the geocentric solar system, the steady-state universe…th...
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phenomena,
heliocentricity
circumnavigating
noetic
outliers
The Hermann grid.
illusion in which black dots seemed to appear and disappear depending on where in the diagram you focused.
They say you can still hear their moans of pain as you pass.
word “Prague” literally meant “threshold,”
nexus
transmutational
scrying
mooring
defenestration—throwing
svatyně.
Golěm
Joseph Conrad,
paradigm-altering
albeit
visceral
Precognition.
The ability to sense or foresee future events before they happen.
Noetic
Buddha: With our thoughts, we create the world. Jesus: Whatever you ask for in prayer, it will be yours. Hinduism: You have the power of God. The concept, Langdon knew, was echoed by modern progressive thinkers and artistic geniuses as well. Business guru Robin Sharma declared: Everything is created twice; first in the mind, and then in reality. Pablo Picasso’s most enduring quote proclaimed: Everything you can imagine is real.
“Ominous?”
implausible—unlikely
ephemeral
revelers
Kabbalistic
The word on his forehead was אמת—emet. Truth.
svatyně.
informace—the
chůva.
Foulard
circumspect
ambiguous.
Janáček