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"On Religion" is a chapter from Kahlil Gibran's famous book: "The Prophet" which was written in prose poetry English in 1923. It is Gibran's best known work that has been translated into over 100 different languages. Kahlil Gibran's book is for anyone seeking wisdom, enlightenment, inspiration and understanding the the nature of life and the different human conditions that have occupied the minds of thinkers and philosophers since early human history. -- CREDITS MUSIC https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sample2.ogg Attribution: Prithoo, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bansuri_sample_E_bass.ogg Attribution: own work, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Photos and vids https://pixabay.com/vectors/flower-water-lily-lily-lotus-159951/ https://pixabay.com/videos/light-rays-laser-beam-of-light-84893/ https://pixabay.com/photos/moon-sky-night-cloudy-moonlight-142977/ Self Portrait and Muse by Kahlil Gibran https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Khalil_Gibran_-_Autorretrato_con_musa_(1911).jpg Benoît Prieur, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons https://pixabay.com/photos/ruin-monastery-graves-fantasy-3414235/

In ancient Egyptian religion, Ma'at was an idea that became a person who represented truth, justice, and the cosmic order. Ma'at became The daughter of the sun god Ra, and was associated with Thoth, the god of wisdom. The ceremony of judgment of the dead was believed to focus upon the weighing of the heart of the deceased in a scale balanced by Ma'at (or her hieroglyph, the ostrich feather), as a test of conformity to proper values. In its abstract sense, ma'at was the divine order established at creation and reaffirmed at the accession of each new king of Egypt. This principle was fundamental to ancient Egyptian life and thought and endured to the end of ancient Egyptian history. Egyptians expressed their deep belief in Ma'at the idea and Ma'at the Personified Goddess in legends, literary texts, religious hymns, statues, amulets, and hieroglyphic inscriptions. In this video I will present artworks which reflect Ma'at as believed by the ancient Egyptians. -- MUSIC Yoga Style - Chris Haugen The Guardian of The Threshold - I Think I Can Help You https://pixabay.com/videos/black-abstract-background-lines-18327/ https://pixabay.com/videos/particles-stars-twinkling-movement-323/ https://pixabay.com/photos/egypt-anubis-judgement-god-640875/ https://pixabay.com/photos/moon-sky-night-cloudy-moonlight-142977/ https://pixabay.com/vectors/pyramid-layers-blue-transparent-297351/ -- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Osiris_E9418_mp3h8807.jpg Louvre Museum, CC BY-SA 2.0 FR https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/fr/deed.en https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edfu22.JPG I, Rémih, CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RamessesIX-OstraconPresentingMaat_MetropolitanMuseum.png Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC BY-SA 2.5 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Deir_el-Medina_2016-03-23j.jpg Djehouty, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Birth_and_Throne_cartouches_of_pharaoh_Seti_I,_from_KV17_at_the_Valley_of_the_Kings,_Egypt._Neues_Museum.jpg Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg), CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Regno_di_sethy_I,_frammento_di_rilievo_con_dea_maat,_da_tomba_di_sethy_I,_1289-1279_ac_ca.JPG Sailko, CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 --

Benjamin West (1738 – 1820) was a British-American artist who painted famous historical scenes such as The Death of Nelson, The Death of General Wolfe, the Treaty of Paris, and Benjamin Franklin Drawing Electricity from the Sky. -- CREDITS MUSIC Grass - Silent Partner -- Photos and vids https://pixabay.com/photos/palette-paints-oil-painting-1482678/ https://pixabay.com/illustrations/wave-painting-drawing-artistic-81840/ https://pixabay.com/videos/black-abstract-background-lines-18327/ https://pixabay.com/illustrations/tree-pen-universe-write-stars-5831258/ https://pixabay.com/illustrations/gothic-vintage-female-ghost-stories-1662756/ Paintings of Benjamin West https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Benjamin_West_by_Gilbert_Stuart_1783-84.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Benjamin_West,_English_(born_America)_-_Benjamin_Franklin_Drawing_Electricity_from_the_Sky_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Treaty_of_Penn_with_Indians_by_Benjamin_West_cropped.png https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Benjamin_West_-_Isaac%27s_servant_tying_the_bracelet_on_Rebecca%27s_arm_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg King Lear and Cordelia https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:King_Lear_and_Cordelia_(West,_1793).jpg Benjamin West, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Woman_Clothed_with_the_Sun_Fleeth_from_the_Persecution_of_the_Dragon,_for_William_Beckford%27s_Fonthill_Abbey,_by_Benjamin_West,_American,_c._1797,_oil_on_paper_on_wood_-_Princeton_University_Art_Museum_-_DSC06917.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Benjamin_West_-_Joshua_passing_the_River_Jordan_with_the_Ark_of_the_Covenant_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Benjamin_West,_%22Cupid_and_Psyche%22_2010_44v1.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Benjamin_west_omnia_vincit_amor_1809.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%27Adonis%27_by_Benjamin_West,_Dayton_Art_Institute.JPG https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%27Venus_Consoling_Cupid_Stung_by_a_Bee%27,_Benjamin_West,_1786,_oil_on_canvas.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1802,_West,_Benjamin,_Eagle_Bringing_cup_to_Psyche.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Benjamin_West_-_Cupid_Releasing_Two_Doves,_1798.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Benjamin_West_-_Cupid,_Stung_by_a_Bee,_Is_Cherished_by_his_Mother_-_2014.136.93_-_Corcoran_Gallery_of_Art.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Benjamin_West_-_Helen_Brought_to_Paris_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Benjamin_West_-_The_Death_of_Procris_-_1900.445_-_Art_Institute_of_Chicago.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Benjamin_West_-_Venus_At_Her_Birth_Attired_By_The_Three_Graces.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Venus_and_Adonis_(Bath_of_Venus)_by_Benjamin_West,_Palmer_Museum_of_Art.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:West,_Benjamin_-_Narcissus_and_Echo_-_1805.jpg Venus Lamenting the Death of Adonis https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WLA_cma_Venus_Lamenting_the_Death_of_Adonis_1768.jpg Moira Burke, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jacob_Blessing_Ephraim_and_Manasseh,_by_Benjamin_West_(cropped).jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hagar_and_Ishmael_MET_ap95.22.8.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BenjaminWest-Saul-and-the-Witch-of-Endor-1777.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Benjamin_West_-_The_Expulsion_of_Adam_and_Eve_from_Paradise_-_1984.175_-_Art_Institute_of_Chicago.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Moses_Shown_the_Promised_Land_MET_DT254618.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Benjamin_West_-_The_Last_Supper_-_80.101_-_Detroit_Institute_of_Arts.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Benjamin_West_-_The_Stolen_Kiss_-_30.494_-_Museum_of_Fine_Arts.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Benjamin_West_-_Christ_rejected.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Ascension)_by_Benjamin_West,_PRA.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Benjamin_West_-_Lot_Fleeing_from_Sodom_-_70.831_-_Detroit_Institute_of_Arts.jpg -- TEXT: https://cooltext.com/Logo-Design-Outline

Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598 – 1680) was an Italian sculptor and architect. He was one of the leading figures in the Baroque art movement, known for his dramatic and emotionally charged works. Bernini's sculptures often conveyed intense motion and theatricality, capturing moments frozen in time with remarkable realism and dynamism. Some of his most famous works include the breathtaking marble sculpture "The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa," located in the Cornaro Chapel of the church of Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome. This masterpiece depicts the mystical experience of Saint Teresa of Ávila in a state of divine ecstasy. The sculpture is renowned for its intricate detail and the sense of movement conveyed in the figures. A scholar said about Bernini, "What Shakespeare is to drama, Bernini may be to sculpture" -- CREDITS MUSIC Blue Danube (by Strauss) - Strauss -- Photos and vids https://pixabay.com/photos/palette-paints-oil-painting-1482678/ https://pixabay.com/illustrations/wave-painting-drawing-artistic-81840/ https://pixabay.com/videos/black-abstract-background-lines-18327/ https://pixabay.com/illustrations/tree-pen-universe-write-stars-5831258/ https://pixabay.com/illustrations/gothic-vintage-female-ghost-stories-1662756/ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gian_lorenzo_bernini_selfportrait.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gianlorenzo_bernini,_anima_beata,_1619_ca._(roma,_palazzo_di_spagna)_02.jpg Sailko, CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gianlorenzo_bernini,_anima_beata,_1619_ca._(roma,_palazzo_di_spagna)_07.jpg Sailko, CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gianlorenzo_bernini,_anima_dannata,_1619_ca._(roma,_palazzo_di_spagna)_02.jpg Sailko, CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bernini_Medusa_01.JPG Miguel Hermoso Cuesta, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apollo_and_Daphne_(Bernini).jpg Architas, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:30-_Gian_Lorenzo_Bernini,_Apollo_e_Dafne,_1622-25_-FG30.jpg Fabrizio Garrisi, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Rape_of_Proserpina_(Rome).jpg Gian Lorenzo Bernini, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rape_of_Proserpina_by_Gian_Lorenzo_Bernini,_1621-1622,_marble_-_Galleria_Borghese_-_Rome,_Italy_-_DSC04760.jpg Daderot, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sleeping_Hermaphroditus,_Louvre_Museum,_Paris_14_July_2013.jpg Gian Lorenzo Bernini, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sleeping_Hermaphroditus_6,_Louvre_May_2010.jpg Rodney, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gianlorenzo_bernini,_bozzetti_della_collezione_chigi,_carit%C3%A0,_1627-28.JPG Sailko, CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gianlorenzo_bernini,_la_capra_amaltea,_ante_1615_(galleria_borghese).jpg Sailko, CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bacchanal-_A_Faun_Teased_by_Children_MET_DP248148.jpg Gian Lorenzo Bernini, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:50-_Gian_Lorenzo_Bernini,_La_Verit%C3%A0_svelata_dal_Tempo,_1645-52_-FG01.jpg Fabrizio Garrisi, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bernini%27s_David_02.jpg Gian Lorenzo Bernini, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bernini%27s_David_01.jpg Burkhard Mücke, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bernini_Daniel_02.JPG Gian Lorenzo Bernini, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GIANLORENZO_BERNINI_NAPLES_1598_-_1680_ROME_CHRIST_MOCKED.jpg Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gianlorenzo_bernini,_cristo_crocifisso,_1654-57,_bronzo_dorato_(madrid,_coll._reali)_01.jpg Sailko, CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gian_lorenzo_bernini,_angelo_con_la_corona_di_spine,_1668-69,_02.jpg Sailko, CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Capilla_Chigi_Siena_07.JPG Miguel Hermoso Cuesta, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ecstasy_of_Saint_Teresa_September_2015-2a.jpg Gian Lorenzo Bernini, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bust_of_Jesus_Christ_by_Gianlorenzo_Bernini.jpg Gian Lorenzo Bernini, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 -- TEXT: https://cooltext.com/Logo-Design-Outline

"I Am Thine and Thou Art Mine" is one of the most popular poems written by the great Persian poet Jalal ad-Din Rumi (1207-1273). Rumi was also a mystic, belonging to the Sufi tradition in Islam. He wrote in Persian, Turkish, Arabic, and even (at times) Greek. So even in his own day, there was something universal and even cosmopolitan about Rumi’s wisdom and ideas. "I Am Thine and Thou Art Mine" describes the speaker’s love for God, and how eternal life is obtained. The title references that which the speaker believes one should address to God. -- Eternal life is gained By utter abandonment of one’s own life. When God appears to His ardent lover, the lover is absorbed in Him, and not so much as a hair of the lover remains. True lovers are as shadows, and when the sun shines in glory the shadows vanish away. He is a true lover to God to whom God says “I am thine and thou art Mine.” -- Translated to English by R.A. Nicholson Read by Karen Golden -- CREDITS MUSIC Spirit of Fire - Jesse Gallagher -- Photos and vids https://pixabay.com/photos/lotus-flower-bokeh-lotus-flower-4228824/ Mewlana Jalal ad-Din Rumi https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mevlana-celaleddin-i-rumi-1.jpg Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons -- TEXT: https://cooltext.com/Logo-Design-Outline

War by Kahlil Gibran. Kahlil Gibran, a Lebanese-American writer, poet and visual artist, published "The Madman, His Parables and Poems" in 1918. It is a collection of Parables and poems in which Gibran taunts and ridicules ignorance, outdated ideas and inherited traditions. Gibran made his hero a madman in order to evade logic, so no one can blame a madman, or as Gibran said, "Madness is the first step towards impartiality". In this way he seeks to build another world, more humane, more beautiful and more just - even if it were by illusion alone. -- Read by David Wales https://librivox.org/the-madman-the-forerunner-by-kahlil-gibran/ -- CREDITS MUSIC Your Suggestions by Unicorn Heads Melancholia by Godmode -- https://pixabay.com/videos/sea-ocean-wave-that-goal-nature-99005/ https://pixabay.com/videos/particles-stars-twinkling-movement-323/ https://pixabay.com/vectors/flourish-dividers-gold-foil-hearts-6144402/ https://pixabay.com/photos/full-moon-moon-reflection-coastline-4781350/ https://pixabay.com/vectors/armor-armour-soldier-war-warrior-2026485/ -- TEXT: https://cooltext.com/Logo-Design-Outline

The Wise Dog by Kahlil Gibran. Kahlil Gibran, a Lebanese-American writer, poet and visual artist, published "The Madman, His Parables and Poems" in 1918. It is a collection of Parables and poems in which Gibran taunts and ridicules ignorance, outdated ideas and inherited traditions. Gibran made his hero a madman in order to evade logic, so no one can blame a madman, or as Gibran said, "Madness is the first step towards impartiality". In this way he seeks to build another world, more humane, more beautiful and more just - even if it were by illusion alone. -- Read by David Wales https://librivox.org/the-madman-the-forerunner-by-kahlil-gibran/ -- CREDITS MUSIC Your Suggestions by Unicorn Heads Melancholia by Godmode -- https://pixabay.com/videos/sea-ocean-wave-that-goal-nature-99005/ https://pixabay.com/videos/particles-stars-twinkling-movement-323/ https://pixabay.com/vectors/flourish-dividers-gold-foil-hearts-6144402/ https://pixabay.com/photos/full-moon-moon-reflection-coastline-4781350/ https://pixabay.com/vectors/dog-doggy-beagle-animal-pet-young-1582192/ -- TEXT: https://cooltext.com/Logo-Design-Outline

The Three Ants by Kahlil Gibran. Kahlil Gibran, a Lebanese-American writer, poet and visual artist, published "The Madman, His Parables and Poems" in 1918. It is a collection of Parables and poems in which Gibran taunts and ridicules ignorance, outdated ideas and inherited traditions. Gibran made his hero a madman in order to evade logic, so no one can blame a madman, or as Gibran said, "Madness is the first step towards impartiality". In this way he seeks to build another world, more humane, more beautiful and more just - even if it were by illusion alone. -- Read by David Wales https://librivox.org/the-madman-the-forerunner-by-kahlil-gibran/ -- CREDITS MUSIC Your Suggestions by Unicorn Heads Melancholia by Godmode -- https://pixabay.com/videos/sea-ocean-wave-that-goal-nature-99005/ https://pixabay.com/videos/particles-stars-twinkling-movement-323/ https://pixabay.com/vectors/flourish-dividers-gold-foil-hearts-6144402/ https://pixabay.com/photos/full-moon-moon-reflection-coastline-4781350/ https://pixabay.com/vectors/ants-three-insects-group-bug-team-45805/ https://pixabay.com/photos/asleep-sleepy-man-asian-guy-tired-5500058/ -- TEXT: https://cooltext.com/Logo-Design-Outline

The Two Learned Men by Kahlil Gibran. Kahlil Gibran, a Lebanese-American writer, poet and visual artist, published "The Madman, His Parables and Poems" in 1918. It is a collection of Parables and poems in which Gibran taunts and ridicules ignorance, outdated ideas and inherited traditions. Gibran made his hero a madman in order to evade logic, so no one can blame a madman, or as Gibran said, "Madness is the first step towards impartiality". In this way he seeks to build another world, more humane, more beautiful and more just - even if it were by illusion alone. -- Read by David Wales https://librivox.org/the-madman-the-forerunner-by-kahlil-gibran/ -- CREDITS MUSIC Your Suggestions by Unicorn Heads Melancholia by Godmode -- https://pixabay.com/videos/sea-ocean-wave-that-goal-nature-99005/ https://pixabay.com/videos/particles-stars-twinkling-movement-323/ https://pixabay.com/vectors/flourish-dividers-gold-foil-hearts-6144402/ https://pixabay.com/photos/full-moon-moon-reflection-coastline-4781350/ -- TEXT: https://cooltext.com/Logo-Design-Outline

The New Pleasure by Kahlil Gibran. Kahlil Gibran, a Lebanese-American writer, poet and visual artist, published "The Madman, His Parables and Poems" in 1918. It is a collection of Parables and poems in which Gibran taunts and ridicules ignorance, outdated ideas and inherited traditions. Gibran made his hero a madman in order to evade logic, so no one can blame a madman, or as Gibran said, "Madness is the first step towards impartiality". In this way he seeks to build another world, more humane, more beautiful and more just - even if it were by illusion alone. -- Read by David Wales https://librivox.org/the-madman-the-forerunner-by-kahlil-gibran/ -- CREDITS MUSIC Your Suggestions by Unicorn Heads Melancholia by Godmode -- https://pixabay.com/videos/sea-ocean-wave-that-goal-nature-99005/ https://pixabay.com/videos/particles-stars-twinkling-movement-323/ https://pixabay.com/vectors/flourish-dividers-gold-foil-hearts-6144402/ https://pixabay.com/photos/full-moon-moon-reflection-coastline-4781350/ https://pixabay.com/vectors/angel-silhouette-wings-halo-6020535/ https://pixabay.com/vectors/demon-devil-evil-lucifer-satan-1299299/ https://pixabay.com/vectors/dragon-ying-yang-circle-black-34167/ -- TEXT: https://cooltext.com/Logo-Design-Outline

The Other Language by Kahlil Gibran. Kahlil Gibran, a Lebanese-American writer, poet and visual artist, published "The Madman, His Parables and Poems" in 1918. It is a collection of Parables and poems in which Gibran taunts and ridicules ignorance, outdated ideas and inherited traditions. Gibran made his hero a madman in order to evade logic, so no one can blame a madman, or as Gibran said, "Madness is the first step towards impartiality". In this way he seeks to build another world, more humane, more beautiful and more just - even if it were by illusion alone. -- Read by David Wales https://librivox.org/the-madman-the-forerunner-by-kahlil-gibran/ -- CREDITS MUSIC Your Suggestions by Unicorn Heads Melancholia by Godmode -- https://pixabay.com/videos/sea-ocean-wave-that-goal-nature-99005/ https://pixabay.com/videos/particles-stars-twinkling-movement-323/ https://pixabay.com/vectors/flourish-dividers-gold-foil-hearts-6144402/ https://pixabay.com/photos/full-moon-moon-reflection-coastline-4781350/ https://pixabay.com/photos/alzheimers-dementia-words-3068938/ https://pixabay.com/vectors/alphabet-communication-emotion-2023292/ -- TEXT: https://cooltext.com/Logo-Design-Outline

"Because I could not stop for Death" is a short poem by the American Poet Emily Dickinson (1830 – 1886). -- Read by Paul Mazumdar https://librivox.org/because-i-could-not-stop-for-death-by-emily-dickinson/ -- CREDITS MUSIC Decision - The Tower of Light -- Photos and vids https://pixabay.com/vectors/cacti-desert-death-valley-dunes-155567/ https://pixabay.com/videos/particles-stars-twinkling-movement-323/ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emily_Dickinson_daguerreotype_(cropped).jpg Original image: unknownderivative work: deerstop., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons -- TEXT: https://cooltext.com/Logo-Design-Outline

"I'm Nobody! Who are you?" is a short poem by the American Poet Emily Dickinson (1830 – 1886). It is one of Dickinson's most popular poems. It addresses “a universal feeling of being on the outside." It is a poem about "us against them" -- I'm nobody! Who are you? Are you nobody, too? Then there's a pair of us — don't tell! They'd banish us, you know. How dreary to be somebody! How public, like a frog To tell your name the livelong day To an admiring bog! -- Read by Alan Davis Drake https://librivox.org/im-nobody-by-emily-dickinson/ -- CREDITS MUSIC Atlantean Twilight by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100322 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ --- Photos and vids https://pixabay.com/vectors/man-moon-silhouette-mountain-night-7750139/ https://pixabay.com/illustrations/tree-branches-silhouette-moon-5480239/ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emily_Dickinson_daguerreotype_(cropped).jpg Original image: unknownderivative work: deerstop., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons -- TEXT: https://cooltext.com/Logo-Design-Outline

"Joy in Death" is a short poem by the American Poet Emily Dickinson (1830 – 1886). In this poem, Emily Dickinson is saying that if someone dies, why should we be sad when heaven is happy. -- Joy in Death If tolling bell I ask the cause. 'A soul has gone to God,' I'm answered in a lonesome tone; Is heaven then so sad? That bells should joyful ring to tell A soul had gone to heaven, Would seem to me the proper way A good news should be given. -- Read by Michael MacTaggert https://librivox.org/short-poetry-collection-207-by-various/ -- CREDITS MUSIC Mariposa - Quincas Moreira -- Photos and vids https://pixabay.com/illustrations/man-stairs-heaven-old-man-stairway-5640540/ Soul Carried to Heaven https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William-Adolphe_Bouguereau_-_Soul_Carried_to_Heaven_(c.1878).jpg William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Emily Dickinson https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emily_Dickinson_daguerreotype_(cropped).jpg Original image: unknownderivative work: deerstop., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons -- TEXT: https://cooltext.com/Logo-Design-Outline

"There is no Frigate like a Book" is a short poem by the American Poet Emily Dickinson (1830 – 1886). Emily Dickinson describes how reading literature transports people to glorious new places in their minds and hearts. The speaker argues that books have the power to bring anyone to faraway “Lands” simply by engaging their imaginations. And this kind of mental travel, the speaker implies, can enrich people’s very souls. -- There is no Frigate like a Book To take us Lands away Nor any Coursers like a Page Of prancing Poetry – This Traverse may the poorest take Without oppress of Toll – How frugal is the Chariot That bears the Human Soul – -- Read by Karen Golden -- CREDITS MUSIC Mariposa - Quincas Moreira -- Photos and vids https://pixabay.com/videos/background-candles-bible-book-139046/ https://pixabay.com/photos/frigate-sea-ocean-candle-mast-6370365/ Emily Dickinson https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emily_Dickinson_daguerreotype_(cropped).jpg Original image: unknownderivative work: deerstop., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons -- TEXT: https://cooltext.com/Logo-Design-Outline

Sandro Botticelli, (Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi), (1445–1510) was an Italian painter. He is one of the great artists in the Renaissance Age. Sandro Botticelli is well-known for his mythological and religious paintings. "The Birth of Venus" and "Primavera" are his most famous artworks. -- CREDITS MUSIC Amazing Grace - Cooper Cannell Nemesis - ALBIS -- Photos and vids https://pixabay.com/illustrations/eye-of-horus-eye-of-ra-egypt-gold-6078479/ https://pixabay.com/photos/palette-paints-oil-painting-1482678/ https://pixabay.com/illustrations/wave-painting-drawing-artistic-81840/ https://pixabay.com/videos/black-abstract-background-lines-18327/ https://pixabay.com/illustrations/tree-pen-universe-write-stars-5831258/ https://pixabay.com/illustrations/gothic-vintage-female-ghost-stories-1662756/ Paintings of Sandro Botticelli Self-portrait https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sandro_Botticelli_083.jpg The Birth of Venus https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sandro_Botticelli_-_La_nascita_di_Venere_-_Google_Art_Project_-_edited.jpg Venus and Mars https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Botticelli-Venus_and_Mars.jpg La Primavera https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Botticelli-primavera.jpg Sandro Botticelli, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Pallas and the Centaur https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pallasetlecentaure.jpg Calumny of Apelles https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sandro_Botticelli_021.jpg Allegory of Abundance https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Botticelli_-_Abundance_or_Autumn,_1895,0915.447,_1480-1485_(circa).jpg portrait of a young woman, probably Simonetta https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Botticelli_-_Bildnis_einer_jungen_Frau_(Simonetta_Vespucci).jpeg Workshop of Sandro Botticelli, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Portrait of a Young Man Holding a Medallion https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Botticelli_-_Portrait_of_a_young_man_holding_a_medallion.jpg La Divina Comedia, Inferno XVIII https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sandro_Botticelli_-_Drawings_for_Dante%C2%B4s_Divine_Comedy_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg Mystic Nativity https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mystic_Nativity,_Sandro_Botticelli.jpg Madonna and Child (Madonna della Loggia) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MadonnaLoggiaBotticelli.jpg Agony in the Garden https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:OrazioneOrtoBotticelli.jpg Christ Crowned with Thorns https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Botticelli_01_Accademia_Carrara.jpg Man of Sorrows https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Botticelli_-_Man_of_Sorrows.jpg The Lamentation over the Dead Christ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Botticelli,_compianto_di_milano.jpg TEXT: https://cooltext.com/Logo-Design-Outline

"Faith is a fine invention" is a short poem by the American Poet Emily Dickinson (1830 – 1886). Emily Dickinson attempts to define "Faith". As a keen observer of life, she trusts her senses, and clearly believes in empiricism, favoring "microscopes" (science) over blind faith. This poem also contains a paradox: the speaker says "Faith" is fine when one can see it—that is, use one's senses—but if one can use his or her senses then one doesn't need to rely on faith. By asserting that faith, which is belief in things unseen, is acceptable only when one can see and examine things, she is really saying that blind faith is unacceptable. -- "Faith" is a fine invention When Gentlemen can see-- But Microscopes are prudent In an Emergency. -- Read by Christine Lehman https://librivox.org/short-poetry-collection-156-by-various/ -- CREDITS MUSIC Decision - The Tower of Light -- Photos and vids https://pixabay.com/videos/lines-drops-stars-aurora-night-128849/ https://pixabay.com/vectors/cranium-head-abstract-art-thought-3244101/ https://pixabay.com/illustrations/faith-dove-holy-spirit-christianity-4664706/ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emily_Dickinson_daguerreotype_(cropped).jpg Original image: unknownderivative work: deerstop., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons -- TEXT: https://cooltext.com/Logo-Design-Outline

"Satan" is a short story written in 1947 by Kahlil Gibran, the Lebanese-American writer, poet, and visual artist, and the writer of the well-known book, The Prophet. It is a symbolic and philosophical story in which Kahlil Gibran explains how religious leaders invented Satan to exploit religion as a lucrative career. In "Satan", Gibran wanted to reveal in a simple, fluid language that Satan and the religious leaders in their essence are two sides of the same coin, and the obvious enmity between them is nothing but a way to perpetuate their existence, and to continue exploiting simple people, and all this is in the name of religion and morals. -- CREDITS MUSIC Mermaid by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100671 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ --- Echoes of Time by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1300029 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ --- Photos and vids https://pixabay.com/photos/moon-sky-night-cloudy-moonlight-142977/ https://pixabay.com/videos/forest-rain-fog-trees-night-40034/ https://pixabay.com/illustrations/mountains-dark-red-sun-background-2182894/ https://pixabay.com/illustrations/abstract-shape-to-form-to-dye-1963884/ https://pixabay.com/vectors/devil-demon-satan-reclining-evil-33932/ https://pixabay.com/vectors/priest-catholic-monk-robe-church-294291/ -- TEXT: https://cooltext.com/Logo-Design-Outline

The Blessed City by Kahlil Gibran. Kahlil Gibran, a Lebanese-American writer, poet and visual artist, published "The Madman, His Parables and Poems" in 1918. It is a collection of Parables and poems in which Gibran taunts and ridicules ignorance, outdated ideas and inherited traditions. Gibran made his hero a madman in order to evade logic, so no one can blame a madman, or as Gibran said, "Madness is the first step towards impartiality". In this way he seeks to build another world, more humane, more beautiful and more just - even if it were by illusion alone. -- Read by David Wales https://librivox.org/the-madman-the-forerunner-by-kahlil-gibran/ -- CREDITS MUSIC Your Suggestions by Unicorn Heads Melancholia by Godmode -- https://pixabay.com/videos/sea-ocean-wave-that-goal-nature-99005/ https://pixabay.com/videos/particles-stars-twinkling-movement-323/ https://pixabay.com/vectors/flourish-dividers-gold-foil-hearts-6144402/ https://pixabay.com/photos/full-moon-moon-reflection-coastline-4781350/ https://pixabay.com/photos/weather-photography-rainbow-nature-3793052/ https://pixabay.com/photos/statue-angel-cherub-stone-18323/ -- TEXT: https://cooltext.com/Logo-Design-Outline

The Eye by Kahlil Gibran. Kahlil Gibran, a Lebanese-American writer, poet and visual artist, published "The Madman, His Parables and Poems" in 1918. It is a collection of Parables and poems in which Gibran taunts and ridicules ignorance, outdated ideas and inherited traditions. Gibran made his hero a madman in order to evade logic, so no one can blame a madman, or as Gibran said, "Madness is the first step towards impartiality". In this way he seeks to build another world, more humane, more beautiful and more just - even if it were by illusion alone. -- Read by David Wales https://librivox.org/the-madman-the-forerunner-by-kahlil-gibran/ -- CREDITS MUSIC Your Suggestions by Unicorn Heads Melancholia by Godmode -- https://pixabay.com/videos/sea-ocean-wave-that-goal-nature-99005/ https://pixabay.com/videos/particles-stars-twinkling-movement-323/ https://pixabay.com/vectors/flourish-dividers-gold-foil-hearts-6144402/ https://pixabay.com/photos/full-moon-moon-reflection-coastline-4781350/ https://pixabay.com/vectors/eyeball-anatomy-red-veins-blood-151124/ -- TEXT: https://cooltext.com/Logo-Design-Outline

Sleep Walkers by Kahlil Gibran. Kahlil Gibran, a Lebanese-American writer, poet and visual artist, published "The Madman, His Parables and Poems" in 1918. It is a collection of Parables and poems in which Gibran taunts and ridicules ignorance, outdated ideas and inherited traditions. Gibran made his hero a madman in order to evade logic, so no one can blame a madman, or as Gibran said, "Madness is the first step towards impartiality". In this way he seeks to build another world, more humane, more beautiful and more just - even if it were by illusion alone. -- Read by David Wales https://librivox.org/the-madman-the-forerunner-by-kahlil-gibran/ -- CREDITS MUSIC Your Suggestions by Unicorn Heads Melancholia by Godmode -- https://pixabay.com/videos/sea-ocean-wave-that-goal-nature-99005/ https://pixabay.com/videos/particles-stars-twinkling-movement-323/ https://pixabay.com/vectors/flourish-dividers-gold-foil-hearts-6144402/ https://pixabay.com/photos/full-moon-moon-reflection-coastline-4781350/ -- TEXT: https://cooltext.com/Logo-Design-Outline

"Miracles" is one of the great poems by the American Poet Walt Whitman (1819–1892). This poem appears in the poetry collection "Leaves of Grass". In the ''Miracles'' poem, Walt Whitman discusses the many miracles he experiences every day. -- Miracles WHY, who makes much of a miracle? As to me, I know of nothing else but miracles, Whether I walk the streets of Manhattan, Or dart my sight over the roofs of houses toward the sky, Or wade with naked feet along the beach just in the edge of the water, Or stand under trees in the woods, Or talk by day with anyone I love, or sleep in the bed at night with anyone I love, Or sit at table at dinner with the rest, Or look at strangers opposite me riding in the car, Or watch honey bees busy around the hive of a summer forenoon, Or animals feeding in the fields, Or birds, or the wonderfulness of insects in the air, Or the wonderfulness of the sundown, or of stars shining so quiet and bright, Or the exquisite delicate thin curve of the new moon in spring; These with the rest, one and all, are to me miracles, The whole referring, yet each distinct and in its place. To me every hour of the light and dark is a miracle, Every cubic inch of space is a miracle, Every square yard of the surface of the earth is spread with the same, Every foot of the interior swarms with the same. To me the sea is a continual miracle, The fishes that swim--the rocks--the motion of the waves--the ships with the men in them, What stranger miracles are there? -- Read by Jennette Selig https://librivox.org/miracles-by-walt-whitman/ -- CREDITS MUSIC Angelic Forest - Doug Maxwell_Media Right Productions -- Photos and vids https://pixabay.com/videos/ocean-waves-sunset-sea-beach-75088/ Walt Whitman https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Walt_Whitman_portrait_painting.jpg J. W. Rochlitz, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons -- TEXT: https://cooltext.com/Logo-Design-Outline

"O Captain! My Captain!" is a famous poem written by the American Poet Walt Whitman (1819–1892) and included in "Leaves of Grass". It is an elegy to President Abraham Lincoln after his assassination. Whitman uses the metaphor of a ship and its captain to express his grief over Lincoln's death and the loss of his leadership during a critical period in American history. The poem reflects both admiration for Lincoln's leadership and sorrow over his untimely demise. It's a powerful piece that captures the sentiment of a nation mourning the loss of a beloved leader. -- O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done, The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won, The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring; But O heart! heart! heart! O the bleeding drops of red, Where on the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead. -- Read by Ben Adams https://librivox.org/o-captain-my-captain-by-walt-whitman-2/ -- CREDITS MUSIC Spenta Mainyu - Jesse Gallagher -- Photos and videos https://pixabay.com/videos/ocean-sea-water-nature-ship-moon-102852/ https://pixabay.com/vectors/abraham-lincoln-president-usa-face-146707/ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abraham_Lincoln_MET_AW_08_5_2.jpg Victor David Brenner, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Walt Whitman https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Walt_Whitman_portrait_painting.jpg J. W. Rochlitz, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons -- TEXT: https://cooltext.com/Logo-Design-Outline

Kahlil Gibran, a Lebanese-American writer, poet and visual artist, published "The Madman, His Parables and Poems" in 1918. It is a collection of Parables and poems in which Gibran taunts and ridicules ignorance, outdated ideas and inherited traditions. Gibran made his hero a madman in order to evade logic, so no one can blame a madman, or as Gibran said, "Madness is the first step towards impartiality". In this way he seeks to build another world, more humane, more beautiful and more just - even if it were by illusion alone. -- Read by David Wales https://librivox.org/the-madman-the-forerunner-by-kahlil-gibran/ -- CREDITS MUSIC Your Suggestions by Unicorn Heads Melancholia by Godmode -- https://pixabay.com/videos/sea-ocean-wave-that-goal-nature-99005/ https://pixabay.com/videos/particles-stars-twinkling-movement-323/ https://pixabay.com/vectors/flourish-dividers-gold-foil-hearts-6144402/ https://pixabay.com/photos/full-moon-moon-reflection-coastline-4781350/ https://pixabay.com/photos/homeless-man-beggar-poverty-alms-5520021/ -- TEXT: https://cooltext.com/Logo-Design-Outline

Tiziano Vecelli, known in English as Titian (1488 - 1576), was an Italian painter of the Renaissance. He is considered one of the greatest painters of the Venetian Renaissance and a pivotal figure in the history of Western art. Titian's work spanned various genres, including religious, mythological, and portrait painting. He was known for his mastery of color, composition, and brushwork, which gave his paintings a sense of vitality and drama. His use of bold, rich colors and his skillful handling of light and shadow contributed to the development of the Venetian school of painting. Some of Titian's most famous works include "The Assumption of the Virgin," "Bacchus and Ariadne," "Venus of Urbino," and "The Rape of Europa." His ability to capture the human form with sensitivity and realism, as well as his innovative use of color and light, had a profound influence on later generations of artists, including Peter Paul Rubens, Diego Velázquez, and Rembrandt. Titian's long and prolific career made him produce numerous masterpieces, and his work continues to be celebrated for its beauty, emotion, and technical brilliance. He was a highly sought-after artist during his lifetime and received commissions from some of the most powerful and influential figures of his time, including the Pope and the Holy Roman Emperor. -- CREDITS MUSIC Renaissance by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Artist: http://audionautix.com/ -- Photos and vids https://pixabay.com/photos/palette-paints-oil-painting-1482678/ https://pixabay.com/illustrations/wave-painting-drawing-artistic-81840/ https://pixabay.com/videos/black-abstract-background-lines-18327/ https://pixabay.com/illustrations/tree-pen-universe-write-stars-5831258/ https://pixabay.com/illustrations/gothic-vintage-female-ghost-stories-1662756/ Paintings of Titian https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tizian_090.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tizian_091.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Titian_-_Cain_and_Abel_-_WGA22778.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Titian_-_Sacrifice_of_Isaac_-_WGA22780.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tiziano_Vecellio_-_Le_tre_et%C3%A0_dell%27uomo.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tiziano_-_Amor_Sacro_y_Amor_Profano_(Galer%C3%ADa_Borghese,_Roma,_1514).jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flora,_por_Tiziano.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TITIAN_-_Venus_Anadyomene_(National_Galleries_of_Scotland,_c._1520._Oil_on_canvas,_75.8_x_57.6_cm).jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Le_Concert_champ%C3%AAtre,_by_Titian,_from_C2RMF_retouchedFXD.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Giovanni_Bellini_and_Titian_-_The_Feast_of_the_Gods_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Titian_-_Venus_with_a_Mirror_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tizian_102.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Venus_with_organist_and_Cupid.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Venus_and_Adonis_by_Titian.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tiziano_Vecellio,_gen._Tizian,_,_Kunsthistorisches_Museum_Wien_-_Zigeunermadonna_-_GG_95_-_Kunsthistorisches_Museum.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Titian_-_Noli_me_Tangere_-_Google_Art_ProjectFXD.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tizian_010.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Basilica_di_Santa_Maria_Gloriosa_dei_Frari_-_The_Assumption.JPG -- TEXT: https://cooltext.com/Logo-Design-Outline