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We see clearly within the struggles of the desert fathers how difficult it can be to avoid extremes in thought and action. We see in them those filled with desire for God and striving for purity of heart; maintaining watchfulness and fostering a hatred of sin. Yet, how is one form and develop a sensitive conscience and awareness of the power of our own appetites and desires as human beings, concern with demonic provocation, and yet to hold on to a true view of the beauty of creation and the dignity of the human person? As fully invested as the desert fathers were, and as psychologically and spiritually astute as they could be, this was no small task. We find in their language at times a tendency to project their fear of sin or temptation onto others. This can be uniquely the struggle of religious people; rather than humbly acknowledging the truth within our own hearts and the power of our own desires we will blame temptation upon others – on the things they say or do. Saint Philip Neri once said: “Man is often the carpenter of his own crosses”. We do not like to acknowledge the truth of that fact; that we are the source of our own temptation or that it arises out of our own imagination and memory. Despite this, however, they did see very clearly that the Evil One can use every pretext to provoke a person into sin. The devil can appear as an angel of light, and the desert fathers would have us never forget this. Even that which is good - those bonds of love and familial affection, nostalgia for those relationships that have been so powerful - all of these things, the evil one will work on to distract us or pull us in a particular direction. One might argue, somewhat convincingly, that such a concern is extreme or neurotic. In this we do not want to defend the indefensible. However, we want to understand the changeableness of the human heart and mind, its fickleness and treachery. Demonic provocation can turn the mind and the heart toward things that we never imagined we would ever consider or do. May God have mercy on us and guide us. --- Text of chat during the group: 00:19:49 Wayne: page  again 00:20:09 Myles Davidson: Pg 230 L 4 00:20:30 Wayne: thnx 00:28:58 Anthony: This actually makes a lot of sense if we consider pagan myth. Monks strove to be like the descriptions of angels. But that desire to be "heavenly" can be perverted if we let the pagan myths distort our minds of the heavenly since sex was so often part of myth: like the relationship of Uranos and Gaiea, or the Olympians. We need a right view of God and creation and created things if we will truly strive to the true God. 00:52:05 Anthony: I saw it. Very good.  Also has scenes of temptation to love a woman who was attracted to him when they were young. 00:57:34 Catherine Opie: Being a new convert and coming from a non Catholic, mostly atheist family, and having a friend base who are not Christian I can relate in a small way how that might feel. I have had both friends and family become vitriolic over my change in belief. It can be challenging because I am no longer their ally in viewpoint. 01:03:01 Ashton L: I'd say a lot of people get fanatic and someone with genuine zeal confused 01:04:11 Anthony: Honest, not being a fanatic is a serious concern because some kinds of fundamentalism and truly nuts and malformed.  I don't want to be that guy.  I don't want to blow out of proportion stories of demons or private visions.  Then you're almost a solupsist, and insufferable. 01:07:29 Kate : There are a number of Western saints, men and women, who were great friends.  For example, Sts. John of the Cross and Teresa of Avila, Sts. Francis and Clare, Sts. Francis de Sales and Jane Frances de Chantal, among others.  I wonder if you could comment on how to understand these great spiritual friendships in light of these writings. 01:08:02 Forrest Cavalier: Reacted to "There are a number o..." with

Begünstigt der Monotheismus totalitäre Strukturen und Gewalt? Ein kurzer Abriss ohne Anspruch auf Vollständigkeit.Ein Standpunkt von Anke Behrend. Mit dem Zusammenhang von Religion und Totalitarismus haben sich unter anderen bereits David Hume (1), Sigmund Freud (2) und der kürzlich verstorbene deutsche Ägyptologe Jan Assmann (3) auseinander gesetzt. Angesichts der aktuellen Entwicklungen komplexer Krisen und Kriege, die gerade in Europa und dem nahen Osten immer auch eine starke religiöse Komponente aufweisen, ist die Frage aktueller denn je, ob der Monotheismus, der Glaube an einen einzigen wahren Gott, diese Konflikte zumindest begünstigt, wenn nicht gar als eine tiefer liegende Ursache gesehen werden muss. Aber von vorn …PolytheismusÜber die frühesten Anfänge der Religionen können wir heute nur aus unserem Blickwinkel heraus spekulieren. Archäologische Funde wie beispielsweise in Göbekli Tepe (4) lassen darauf schließen, dass es schon vor vielen tausend Jahren ein reiches kultisch-religiöses Leben gab und es sich mit großer Wahrscheinlichkeit um polytheistische Ausformungen gehandelt haben muss. Gesichert polytheistische Religionen finden sich unter anderem im alten Ägypten, im alten Griechenland und dem antiken Rom. Diese Götterwelten bevölkern heute zwar nicht mehr den religiösen Glauben, sind jedoch in der westlichen Kultur, Sagen- und Geschichtenwelt, in Computerspielen, Comics und Filmen allgegenwärtig und faszinieren uns noch heute.Bedeutende polytheistische Religionen der Gegenwart sind neben vielen anderen der japanische Shintoismus, der Hinduismus und der Buddhismus. In China ist der Taoismus die vorherrschende Religion. Polytheistische Gottheiten und Glaubensvorstellungen können verschiedenster Gestalt sein, diverse Eigenschaften und Aufgaben haben. Oft sind sie auch als Weg oder Prinzip der Lebensführung zu verstehen. (5)AntikeDie Götterwelt der alten Griechen war mit der römischen kompatibel. Man konnte die eine in die andere übersetzen. Lokale und regionale Gottheiten aus anderen Kulturen wurden in die Götterfamilie integriert. Diese Überführbarkeit und Akzeptanz der regionalen Gottheiten und Kulte kann sicher als ein stabilisierender Faktor für die Aufrechterhaltung des gigantischen Staatsgebildes des Römischen Reiches gesehen werden.Die griechische beziehungsweise römische Götterfamilie umfasst 12 Hauptgottheiten in menschlichen Familienstrukturen und mit oftmals allzu menschlichen Eigenschaften. Keine dieser Gottheiten war eine moralisch letztgültige Instanz, viel mehr war die Götterwelt eine Art „Boulevard“ der Antike. Bei den Göttern der ersten und zweiten Generation Gaia, Uranos, Kronos und ihren Kindern, unter anderen Poseidon und Zeus, handelte es sich im Wesentlichen um personifizierte Naturkräfte, die Erde, die Zeit, das Meer und die Kräfte der Atmosphäre. In den folgenden Generationen finden sich Götter, die mehr und mehr Elemente und Konzepte der menschlichen Existenz und Gesellschaft symbolisieren: Liebe, Weisheit, Schönheit, Hedonismus, Jagd, Ackerbau, Krieg, Frieden und vieles andere mehr. (6)...... hier weiterlesen:https://apolut.net/der-ursprung-des-totalitarismus-von-anke-behrend+++Bildquelle: Billion Photos / shutterstock+++ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I Theogonin berättar den grekiska poeten Hesiodos om skäran som Kronos kastrerade Uranos med. Johan Tralau blir besatt av att veta i vilket material den var gjord. Det leder till ett äventyr. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. ESSÄ: Detta är en text där skribenten reflekterar över ett ämne eller ett verk. Åsikter som uttrycks är skribentens egna.Ett språng, ett steg, så faller jag. Det är brant bredvid vägen. Vinden är kall här bland kullarna. Telefonen saknar täckning. Det mörknar. Fyrhjulingen hostar uppgivet när jag vill få igång motorn. Det ligger ett bilvrak långt nedanför. Kanske kommer jag att dö här. Jag är på jakt efter skäran som den grekiske guden Kronos kastrerade sin far Uranos med. Vi läser om händelsen i den kanske äldsta bevarade grekiska litteraturen, hos poeten Hesiodos från omkring 700 före Kristus. Uranos var himmelsguden, men ingen vidare pappa. Han lät inte sina barn födas. De blev kvar inuti hans hustru, jordgudinnan Gaia. Därför planerade hon och yngste sonen Kronos ett uppror. Hesiodos sjunger: Genast skapade hon en metall, den grå adamanten,Gjorde en kraftig skära därav Kronos griper tag i Uranos kön, hugger av det med skäran, och så blir hans far maktlös. Innan dess låg himlen som ett lock på jorden. Nu frigörs livet. Kronos härskar, och sedan Zeus, som skapar ordning i kosmos. Världen som vi känner den blev möjlig genom jordbruksredskapet.I Ingvar Björkesons översättning hörde vi att skäran är av ”grå adamant”, och att det är en metall. Vad är det för material? De flesta uttolkare tror att det är järn. Men en forskare har hävdat att idén om en gud med en skära är mycket äldre, från stenåldern eller från tiden när man började göra verktyg av koppar.Litteraturvetenskap var det första jag studerade vid universitetet. Det lär en att läsa långsamt, nära, noggrant. En utmärkt skola som motverkar det flyktiga som så lätt äter sig in i läsning. Men om någon frågade vad en poet egentligen kan ha menat, förväntades man dra på munnen lite – bekymrat och ironiskt, för man skulle anse att en texts betydelse inte hade något att göra med författarens upplevelser. Ändå kan jag inte låta bli att undra vad Hesiodos och hans åhörare såg framför sig när han sjöng om gudens skära.I denna litteratur återfinns ofta spår från äldre epoker, ibland sådana som poeten själv inte begriper – som fossil i kalksten, spår av äldre livsformer. Kunde poeten höra sådana associationer när ordet adamant klingar i dikten?Det är första gången det nämns. Vad betyder det denna första gång? Jag måste få veta. Och så plötsligt: en tanke. På skrivbordet där jag sitter och arbetar på en bok om Hesiodos har jag en brevkniv av vulkanglas, som min pappa tog med från en forskningsresa i Mexiko. Vulkaniska bergarter kan vara grå, precis som i dikten. Jag bestämmer mig för att åka till den grekiska ön Melos.Här ligger orten Adamantas, som har ett gruvmuseum. Det visar sig vara stängt för säsongen. Svenska Institutet i Athen lyckas ordna så att jag blir insläppt, och museets montrar flödar över av öns rikedom. Svart, glänsande. Obsidian.Det är inte metall, utan glas som har bildats av lava och kan bli oerhört vasst. Experiment har visat att sår tycks läka snabbare om kirurgen har använt en obsidianskalpell. En gång utvanns obsidian på Melos, och den blev pilspetsar, speglar – och skäror.En man på ön ägnade sitt liv åt att leta efter obsidianföremål; han rekonstruerade en skära, som jag har fått tillstånd att titta på. Men montern är stängd. Den vänliga kvinnan som har öppnat museet för mig ringer till en man som anländer i gymnastikbyxor. Han bänder i monterns glas med en metallsked. Jag vill hjälpa till. Fast tänk om glaset går sönder. Blir jag svartlistad? Gripen av polis? Mannen går hårt åt glasskivan, men får upp den, och jag lyfter äntligen skäran, håller den i handen. Nästan andlös. Just då, just här, känner jag att det är rätt verktyg. Hemligheten löst. Jag håller Kronos skära. Genast skapade hon en metall, den grå adamanten,Gjorde en kraftig skära därav Om myten uppstod innan järn började användas så kan det ha varit en skära av obsidian. Det kan förklara varför Hesiodos använder namnet adamant. Då är det en fornlämning i texten. Så jag måste se vulkanglaset i dess naturliga miljö.Jag hyr en fyrhjuling för första gången. Det skulle ha varit en bil, men den var sönder. Det blir bra, säger uthyraren. Hon markerar var vägarna är så dåliga att man inte får åka dit med hyrfordon.Jag kör. Det blåser. Kartapparna i telefonen vet mycket lite om dessa vägar. Någonstans ligger en plats som heter Demenegaki, där obsidianen finns. Jag börjar bli obehagligt säker på att jag bryter mot biluthyrningens regler genom att köra här. Jag passerar en skylt där det står militärbas, tillträde förbjudet. Vad ska jag säga om det dyker upp vakter? Kanske att jag är ute på en litteraturvetenskaplig expedition, att jag skriver en bok om Kronos skära. Förbudsskylten ligger ned och verkar inte gälla i dag.Jag tittar på bilvraket nedanför. Fanns det människor i bilen när den hamnade där? Jag ställer fyrhjulingen och går. Det är sent. Jag river mig på taggbuskar. Jag pratar för mig själv. Lite rädd att bli ormbiten utan täckning på telefonen.Och så ser jag den. Vulkanisk väller den upp ur marken. Obsidian överallt. På samma plats där den knackades ut i forntiden, för att sedan exporteras långt bort. Det är Kronos skära, den grå adamanten. Obsidianen här är svart eller svartgrå, beroende på vem man frågar. Vi kan inte fråga Hesiodos. Det blåser.Två vältränade män i svarta kläder närmar sig. De visar polislegitimation och frågar vad jag gör. Jag säger att jag är professor från Sverige och letar efter obsidian. De frågar om jag är geolog, och jag svarar att jag forskar om grekisk poesi. De tittar artigt på mig.De frågar om jag har något emot att de tittar i min väska. Jag säger att det skulle glädja mig, vilket är en överdrift. De plockar upp min kamera, vattenflaska och en bok. Hesiodos. Jag säger inget om att kastrationen av Uranos kan ha utförts med hjälp av obsidian. Poliserna önskar mig en trevlig vistelse på Melos.Skulle Hesiodos verkligen tala om något stenålders, en skära med en egg av obsidian? Jag läser en arkeologisk rapport. Författarna säger att man använde stenverktyg under bronsåldern, genom järnåldern, och in i den klassiska perioden. Det är hundratals år efter Hesiodos.Troligen är ett verktyg med obsidianegg inte ens ett avlägset minne hos poeten när han sjunger om ”den grå adamanten”, utan en levande verklighet, bredvid nyare tekniker.Det är kallt, och jag har fått lära mig något om skäror, myter, vulkanglas och teknik. Litteraturen är nog rikare om den tillåts handla om de världar som den har utvecklats ur. Kanske är det som hör hemma någonstans, som har ett ursprung, just det som kan resa.Och till slut får jag kunskap om något som för miljoner människor är självklart. Jag minns att jag har sett personer sparka igång fordon med en vev som skjuter ut från maskineriet. Det kallas att kickstarta dem. Det sitter en vev här också. Jag viker ut den, trycker till.Johan Tralauprofessor i statskunskap och författare till böcker om grekisk kulturLitteraturHesiodos: Theogonin samt Verk och dagar. Översättning Ingvar Björkeson. Natur och kultur, 2003.

Världens största och mäktigaste artist Taylor Swift släpper nytt album nästa vecka en händelse som redan ger svallvågor i världen. Samtal med Oscar Kangro från P3 och USA-korrespondenten Roger Wilson om maktfaktorn och härligheten Taylor Swift. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. TILLBAKA TILL MÖRKRET – NY SPELFILM OM AMY WINEHOUSEI morgon är det premiär för spelfilmen ”Back to black” om artisten Amy Winehouse – lika framgångsrik som skandalomsusad när hon dog i alkoholförgiftning bara 27 år gammal – en artist som aldrig tycktes få äga sitt eget narrativ. Vilken historia vill den här filmen berätta om henne?VEM FÅR EGENTLIGEN SJUNGA EDITH PIAF?Aya Nakamura, världens just nu största franskspråkiga artist, har väckt ilska på vissa håll efter uppgifter om att hon ska sjunga en låt av nationalikonen Edith Piaf under invigningen av sommarens OS. Samtal med Sydeuropa-korre Marie Nilsson Boj.ESSÄ: KASTRATIONEN SOM FÖRLÖSTE VÄRLDENInnan Zeus och de andra grekiska gudarna tog makten hade generationen över dem – titanerna – med Zeus far Kronos i spetsen, gjort uppror mot självaste himmelsguden Uranos. Det skedde genom en kastrering med en skära. Men av vilket material var skärans blad? Det är en fråga som gör Johan Tralau besatt och för honom ut på en rafflande jakt i dagens essä.Programledare: Lisa WallProducent: Eskil Krogh Larsson

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Estudio Bíblico Diario para Adultos - EL LIBRO DE SALMOS Fecha: 11-01-2024 Título: OH RESTÁURANOS OTRA VEZ Autor: Dragoslava Santrac Locución: Cristina Rosas http://evangelike.com/estudios-biblicos-para-adultos/

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En su reposo. 27/02/2023. T24. E80. "¡Oh Jehová, Dios de los ejércitos, restáuranos! Haz resplandecer tu rostro, y seremos salvos". Sal. 80:19 Restáuranos Los versículos 3, 7 y 19 repiten casi de manera exacta la misma expresión. El salmo además, usa una excelente parábola sobre una viña para reflejar la forma en que Dios cuidó de su pueblo y cómo ahora sufre el castigo de su maldad. Por lo tanto, la oración ferviente es: "restáuranos". La restauración depende de la disposición de Dios para hacerlo, ya que es algo imposible de lograr por nosotros mismos. La restauración tiene su base en el favor de Dios; que es la idea principal de la metáfora sobre que el rostro de Dios resplandezca; en otras palabras, que Dios nos ilumine y nos saque de la oscuridad. Cuánta falta nos hace la restauración. Cuando hemos fallado, cuando hemos deslizado nuestro corazón, cuando sufrimos las consecuencias de nuestro mal proceder. Pero sobre todo, cuánto hace alta que seamos capaces de reconocer nuestra necesidad de ser restaurados. Muchas veces es la conciencia cauterizada la que nos aleja de la restauración, pues nos ciega el orgullo y no somos capaces de ver nuestro pecado; y las consecuencias del mismo las identificamos como desgracias, falta de respuesta de Dios, pero no como el resultado natural de nuestros errores. Pero definitivamente, nuestra principal necesidad es la restauración. Regresar al estado en el que nos encontrábamos cuando fuimos recibidos por el Señor. Cuando nos convirtió en sus hijos, sus escogidos, cuando vivíamos en el primer amor, cuando gozábamos de su presencia y de la comunión de su pueblo, cuando servíamos con alegría y sencillez. Para volver a eso es necesario clamar a Dios, pero para clamar a Dios es fundamental reconocer que nos hemos desviado en el camino. El salmo reconoce el pecado del pueblo y se vuelve a Dios en humildad pidiendo su gracia y misericordia, quizás es tiempo de hacer lo mismo hoy en día. Señor míranos con ojos de amor y vuélvenos a ti, restáuranos el gozo de tu presencia. Isaí Rodríguez Ruiz

Salmos 80 3 Oh Dios, restáuranos; Haz resplandecer tu rostro, y seremos salvos. 14 Oh Dios de los ejércitos, vuelve ahora; Mira desde el cielo, y considera, y visita esta viña, 15 La planta que plantó tu diestra, Y el renuevo que para ti afirmaste. Salmos 92 5 ¡Cuán grandes son tus obras, oh Jehová! Muy profundos son tus pensamientos. 10 Pero tú aumentarás mis fuerzas como las del búfalo; Seré ungido con aceite fresco. 12 El justo florecerá como la palmera; Crecerá como cedro en el Líbano. 13 Plantados en la casa de Jehová, En los atrios de nuestro Dios florecerán. 14 Aun en la vejez fructificarán; Estarán vigorosos y verdes,

Hi all, hope you stay strong. May the light wins!Peace.Playlist :01 Adam Ten, Friday Love, Monaberry Germany; 02 Rafael Cerato, The Program (DJ Hell remix), Eleatics;03 Uri Allgood, Organ O' Clock, W&O Street Tracks;04 Waltervelt, Magman (Pt. 2), Ellum; 05 Decius, Lias Saoudi & Maggie The Cat, Ain't No Church, The Leaf Label;06 Dina Summer/Kalipo/Local Suicide, Uranos, Audiolith;07 Ground, Gongen, Chill Mountain;08 Rodion/Mammarella, Barranca Del Cobre, Slow Motion;09 Gramrcy/John Loveless/Schacke, Highdive, Phantasy;10 Decius, Lias Saoudi & Maggie The Cat, Show Me No Tears, The Leaf Label.  minimal show on iTunes minimal show rss feed  

SERIE: 5 GRANDES ORACIONES PARA INICIAR EL 2023 #3 | RESTÁURANOS A TI, OH SEÑOR, Y SEREMOS RESTAURADOS - Lamentaciones 5 Domingo, 15 de enero de 2023 / Predicador: Federico Galeano La iglesia es el grupo de personas que Cristo salvó y redimió mediante Su obra en la cruz del calvario y en Su resurrección de entre los muertos. La iglesia, reunida o dispersada, glorifica, exalta y rinde adoración solamente a Dios. Ven y gózate junto a nosotros en este gran privilegio de adorar a Cristo desde dónde estés y por la eternidad... - - - - - SÉ PARTE DEL ESFUERZO DE NUESTRO MINISTERIO - - - - - Nuestro sabio Dios ha decidido que Su obra se realice con la participación activa y alegre de aquellos que son Su pueblo. A algunos Él los llama a ir a hacer la obra, mientras que a otros los llama a apoyar enviando. La Biblia dice que Dios ama al dador alegre y se ha comprometido a proveer siempre lo suficiente para aquellos que abundan en la generosidad, lo cual trae gloria a Su nombre (2Co 9:6-15). Si eres parte del @redildelpoblado o has sido beneficiado con la predicación de la Palabra de Dios desde nuestro ministerio, te invitamos a ser parte de este esfuerzo de manera que más personas puedan recibir Su Palabra. Realiza tus ofrendas por medio de nuestra cuenta de ahorros Bancolombia No. 24554697913 Iglesia Comunidad Cristiana El Redil del Poblado Envía tu comprobante al correo: administracion@redil.org.co http://predicasdelredil.org/generosidad/ Sí desea más información, por favor escríbenos al WHATSAPP: 3103645315 @redildelpoblado #Redildelpoblado #ElRedilenCasa #Lucas Conoce más sobre nosotros en: http://www.redildelpoblado.org English Site: http://www.redil.org.co/en

NRC Reviews A.X.E. Judgment Day #2! ...THE WICKED WILL BE PUT TO DEATH! As the world shakes, an unlikely group of heroes and less-than-heroes gather to find a peaceful solution. Sadly, the best laid plans of man, mutant and Eternal oft go awry… DRUIG, the current Prime Eternal, determined that Earth's mutants, with their ability to resurrect themselves, represent excess deviation--and therefore, he has launched his opening salvo. The assassin JACK OF KNIVES targeted the Five, the mutants responsible for resurrection, while URANOS attacked the X-Men's allies on Mars, resulting in many mutants' temporary deaths. Druig also unleashed the HEX, giant Eternals, to attack the mutant nation of KRAKOA. A faction of the ETERNALS are working together with the AVENGERS, currently headquartered in the body of a deceased Celestial, to oppose Druig's plan. Along with the kidnapped mutant geneticist, MR. SISTER, they plan on using AVENGERS MOUNTAIN to construct a new god capable of ending the conflict. Writer | Kieron Gillen Inker | Valerio Schiti Colorist | Marte Gracia Letterer | VC's Clayton Cowles Penciler | Valerio Schiti Editor | Tom Brevoort Background music: “White Atlantis” by Sergey Cheremisinov. User under an Attribution-NonCommercial License.

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As Judgment Day goes into overdrive, we visit the Flatscan Ghetto of the Fantastic Four, Iron Fist, and Captain Marvel's tie-ins. Wolverine faces judgment with Solem and the Hellbride in tow. It's X-Force vs Kraven and our blue furry Beast is bait. Ajak and the Progenitor meet and does she pass? In Death to the Mutants, to save the machine that is Earth a hard choice is made and Phastos' heart breaks. What happened between Legion and Uranos and what did Magneto gift Legion? And f*ckin finally, in Immortal X-Men, we find out Nightcrawler's mission and a temporary alliance is formed with the worst of enemies.

The Brotherhood and the Great Ring mobilize to silence the armory of Uranos and a mutant circuit of two mutants change how we look at circuits ever again. Also, we meet the mysterious Table Night. As Judgment Day continues, we crown a new Prime Eternal and apocalypse is now!

Mythen aus Zypern, garantiert ohne Happy End. Mit im Programm: Sexuelle Fehlleitungen, Inzest, Tod und Verwandlung. Mit: Aphrodite, Pygmalion, Uranos, Zypern, Kreta, Kythera, Myrrha, Ovid, Propoetiden, Paphos, Kinyras, Myrrhas alte Amme, Eileithyia, die Naiaden, Zeus, Kalliope, Thrakische Frauen, Orpheus, Dionysos, Mänaden, Ares, Artemis, Eber, Adonisröschen, Apollon, Hyakinthos, Io, Mnemosine.

Mythen aus Zypern, garantiert ohne Happy End. Mit im Programm: Sexuelle Fehlleitungen, Inzest, Tod und Verwandlung. www.chaoskinderpodcast.wordpress.com chaoskinderkontakt@gmail.com Instagram: @chaos.kinder Spenden könnt ihr hier: PAYPAL Mit: Aphrodite, Pygmalion, Uranos, Zypern, Kreta, Kythera, Myrrha, Ovid, Propoetiden, Paphos, Kinyras, Myrrhas alte Amme, Eileithyia, die Naiaden, Zeus, Kalliope, Thrakische Frauen, Orpheus, Dionysos, Mänaden, Ares, Artemis, Eber, Adonisröschen, Apollon, Hyakinthos, Io, Mnemosine.

The Legionnaires with the help of Zsen get closer to finding the missing god from Arakko and all is revealed to Nightcrawler. Exodus's past is revealed as he and the mutants of Krakoa battle the Eternals. The battle between Uranos and the Arakkii is revealed and a revelation begins. Finally, your favorite mutants and Beyoncé's Renaissance?

The event of the summer is HERE! and guess what? KURT IS IN IT! WOO-HOO! Tune in as Lisa and Lauren go into who tf Uranos is, what happened to the Arakki, are the Avengers actually helping the X-Men, and the mini Darkholme Family reunion we've been waiting for! How are you enjoying the event? Let us know on Twitter @SimplyAmzingpod! GET SHIRTS, SUPPORT LGBTQ+ RIGHTS! We have two t-shirt designs available! All profits go to The Trevor Project! https://www.redbubble.com/people/Nachturne/shop Check out all things SIMPLY AMAZING: simplyamazingpod.com

Be still my artificial heart, what a roller coaster of emotions! So much epic destruction and battle. Starting off with 92 of Swords, the barely classic crossover is re-imagined, boiling down to just one issue of sweet 90s goodness. Things are getting intense in the Legion as Nightcrawler and Zsen dive deep into their philosophies and Kurt's bed. Immortal X-Men continues our meditations of philosophy and religion in the Krakoan Era. Pope Exodus will see you now. Then, the hour of intensity that was teased, X-Men Red shows us just went down on Arakko with Uranos... woof. Also, Doug's a liar and X-Men Green are playing literally everyone. We talk X-Men '92 #4, Legion of X #4, Immortal X-Men #5, X-Men Red #5 and Infinity Comics Thanks for listening to our twenty third episode of Season 4! The Destiny of X has been interrupted! It's about to get super judgy in here. Like, subscribe, follow, email, and @ us all over the internet at thexwifepodcast. If you enjoyed the episode, leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

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Zeus zeugt Kinder, viele göttliche Kinder. Diesmal mit zwei Titaniden: Mnemosyne und Leto. Der Olymp füllt sich also weiter... Und auch der Sternenhimmel. In dieser Folge erfahrt ihr, wonach der kleine und der große Bär benannt worden sind. Für Hinweise oder Feedback schreibt mir gerne auf: www.chaoskinderpodcast.wordpress.com Spenden könnt ihr hier. Mit: Zeus, Mnemosyne, Hera, Leto, Musen: Kalliope, Thalia, Melpomene, Polyhymnia, Terpsichore, Urania, Hesiod, Theogonie, Olymp, Helikon, Homer, Odysseus, Koios, Phoibe, Gaia, Uranos, Asteria, Delphi, Python, Delos, Eileithyia, Artemis, Apollon, Akteon, Kallisto, Arkas

Aphrodite, die Göttin der Liebe hat, vor ihrer Zeit auf dem Olymp, ihre Jugend im Meer verbracht. Und sie hat einen Hang für schöne Männer... Für Hinweise oder Feedback schreibt mir gerne auf: www.chaoskinderpodcast.wordpress.com oder an: chaoskinderkontakt@gmail.com Instagram: @chaos.kinder Spenden könnt ihr hier: PAYPAL Mit: Aphrodite, Venus, Botticelli, Chaos, Gaia, Uranos, Kronos, Ares, Nerites, Nereus, Nereiden, Doris, Zeus, Amor, Eros, Cupido, Titanomachie, Titanen, Hephaistos, Helios, Eos, Apollon, Hermes, Poseidon, Chariten, Grazien, Harmonia, Kadmos, Theben, Ödipus.

Zeus hat seine Geschwister aus Kronos' Bauch befreit und ein Krieg bricht aus: die Titanomachie. Die neue Göttergeneration kämpft gegen die alten Titanen. Wie kommt Zeus zum Donnerkeil und damit zu seiner Macht? Für Hinweise oder Feedback schreibt mir gerne auf: www.chaoskinderpodcast.wordpress.com Spenden könnt ihr hier. Mit: -den Urgöttern: Gaia und Uranos -den Titanen und Titaniden: Kronos, Rhea, Okeanos, Kreios, Koios, Hyperion, Iapetos und dessen Söhne Atlas und Menoitios, -die Kroniden/Olympier: Zeus, Hades, Poseidon, Hestia, Hera und Demeter. Weitere: die Zyklopen, die Hekatoncheiren, die Kampe und der Hirtengott Pan Gegenstände: Donnerkeil (Blitz), Tarnkappe, Dreizack, Sichel und der Omphalos Orte: Olymp, Othrys, das Atlasgebirge, Unterwelt/Tartaros, Delphi

In der zweiten Folge geht es um die Geburt des Zeus und seiner Geschwister Hestia, Hera, Demeter, Hades und Poseidon. Für Hinweise oder Feedback schreibt mir gerne auf: www.chaoskinderpodcast.wordpress.com Spenden könnt ihr hier. Erwähnt werden: Kronos, Rhea, Gaia, Uranos, Titanen, Hekatoncheiren, Zyklopen, Nymphen, Amaltheia, Pan, Okeanos, Thetys, die Okeaniden, die Kampe, Tartaros, die Unterwelt,Theia, Hyperion, Eos, Helios, Selene, die Kureten und Metis.

Im Anfang war das Chaos... Die allererste Folge handelt vom Entstehungsmythos der Götter und beginnt blutig: mit Inzest, Vergewaltigung und Kastration. Dies ist der Beginn einer langen Reihe von Konflikten, Komplotten und Techtelmechteln, die sich die alten Griechen über Jahrhunderte erzählten und die bis heute nichts von ihrer hypnotischen Kraft verloren haben. Für Hinweise oder Feedback schreibt mir gerne auf: www.chaoskinderpodcast.wordpress.com Spenden könnt ihr hier. Lasst euch in dieser Folge bezaubern von Gaia, Uranos, Kronos und vielen anderen Göttern und Monstern.

Aphrodite, die Göttin der Liebe hat, vor ihrer Zeit auf dem Olymp, ihre Jugend im Meer verbracht. Und sie hat einen Hang für schöne Männer... Für Hinweise oder Feedback schreibt mir gerne auf: www.chaoskinderpodcast.wordpress.com Spenden könnt ihr hier. Mit: Aphrodite, Venus, Botticelli, Chaos, Gaia, Uranos, Kronos, Ares, Nerites, Nereus, Nereiden, Doris, Zeus, Amor, Eros, Cupido, Titanomachie, Titanen, Hephaistos, Helios, Eos, Apollon, Hermes, Poseidon, Chariten, Grazien, Harmonia, Kadmos, Theben, Ödipus.

Im Anfang war das Chaos... Die allererste Folge handelt vom Entstehungsmythos der Götter und beginnt blutig: mit Inzest, Vergewaltigung und Kastration. Dies ist der Beginn einer langen Reihe von Konflikten, Komplotten und Techtelmechteln, die sich die alten Griechen über Jahrhunderte erzählten und die bis heute nichts von ihrer hypnotischen Kraft verloren haben. Für Hinweise oder Feedback schreibt mir gerne auf: www.chaoskinderpodcast.wordpress.com oder an: chaoskinderkontakt@gmail.com Instagram: @chaos.kinder Spenden könnt ihr hier: PAYPAL Lasst euch in dieser Folge bezaubern von Gaia, Uranos, Kronos und vielen anderen Göttern und Monstern.

In der zweiten Folge geht es um die Geburt des Zeus und seiner Geschwister Hestia, Hera, Demeter, Hades und Poseidon. Für Hinweise oder Feedback schreibt mir gerne auf: www.chaoskinderpodcast.wordpress.com oder an: chaoskinderkontakt@gmail.com Instagram: @chaos.kinder Spenden könnt ihr hier: PAYPAL Erwähnt werden: Kronos, Rhea, Gaia, Uranos, Titanen, Hekatoncheiren, Zyklopen, Nymphen, Amaltheia, Pan, Okeanos, Thetys, die Okeaniden, die Kampe, Tartaros, die Unterwelt,Theia, Hyperion, Eos, Helios, Selene, die Kureten und Metis.

Zeus hat seine Geschwister aus Kronos' Bauch befreit und ein Krieg bricht aus: die Titanomachie. Die neue Göttergeneration kämpft gegen die alten Titanen. Wie kommt Zeus zum Donnerkeil und damit zu seiner Macht? Für Hinweise oder Feedback schreibt mir gerne auf: www.chaoskinderpodcast.wordpress.com oder an: chaoskinderkontakt@gmail.com Instagram: @chaos.kinder Spenden könnt ihr hier: PAYPAL Mit: -den Urgöttern: Gaia und Uranos -den Titanen und Titaniden: Kronos, Rhea, Okeanos, Kreios, Koios, Hyperion, Iapetos und dessen Söhne Atlas und Menoitios, -die Kroniden/Olympier: Zeus, Hades, Poseidon, Hestia, Hera und Demeter. Weitere: die Zyklopen, die Hekatoncheiren, die Kampe und der Hirtengott Pan Gegenstände: Donnerkeil (Blitz), Tarnkappe, Dreizack, Sichel und der Omphalos Orte: Olymp, Othrys, das Atlasgebirge, Unterwelt/Tartaros, Delphi

Zeus zeugt Kinder, viele göttliche Kinder. Diesmal mit zwei Titaniden: Mnemosyne und Leto. Der Olymp füllt sich also weiter... Und auch der Sternenhimmel. In dieser Folge erfahrt ihr, wonach der kleine und der große Bär benannt worden sind. Für Hinweise oder Feedback schreibt mir gerne auf: www.chaoskinderpodcast.wordpress.com oder an: chaoskinderkontakt@gmail.com Instagram: @chaos.kinder Spenden könnt ihr hier: PAYPAL Mit: Zeus, Mnemosyne, Hera, Leto, Musen: Kalliope, Thalia, Melpomene, Polyhymnia, Terpsichore, Urania, Hesiod, Theogonie, Olymp, Helikon, Homer, Odysseus, Koios, Phoibe, Gaia, Uranos, Asteria, Delphi, Python, Delos, Eileithyia, Artemis, Apollon, Akteon, Kallisto, Arkas

Right between the winter solstice and spring equinox the Celts celebrate Imbolc. A balance act between winter and spring, between life and death. It is the longing for life and growth to come back. All the Indo-European peoples highlighted this time of the year, and this episode is about how this holiday was celebrated all over the dharmic world.  Imbolc is often translated as 'in the belly', and in this episode I present what that has to do with Proto-Indo-Europeans, Ullr, Uranos, Varuna, Skadi, wool and milk.    The Hamingja Podcast is the renaissance of western spirituality. The place to be to explore paganism, animism and the Dharmic path in depth. For those who want to rediscover their natural spirituality.

¡Oh Dios, restáuranos que brille tu rostro y nos salve! es el clamor de aquellos que, saben que pueden confiar en Dios que hace todas las cosas nuevas; que en Jesucristo su Hijo ha escuchado nuestros gemidos y que viene a salvarnos, efectivamente, está atento a todo lo que le pedimos y nos responde para que por medio de su gracia podamos nosotros transformar nuestras vidas, y a las de nuestros hermanos iluminarlas con su Palabra para vivir cada día invocando y bendiciendo su Nombre ejerciendo la misericordia --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/carloscesaralveob/message

In this episode, Greg and Leon are joined by special guests Nigel (https://www.acecomicals.com/guests/nigeltwumasi) and Tazziii (https://www.acecomicals.com/guests/tazziii) for the crackling epicentre of a universe shattering event! part of a crossover with the Mayamada Story X Story Podcast (https://mayamada.com/storyxstory/) We are here to discuss Jack Kirby's ETERNALS (https://www.marvel.com/comics/issue/81105/eternals_by_jack_kirby_the_complete_collection_remastered_cover_trade_paperback). In honor of the introduction of THE ETERNALS to the MCU (https://www.marvel.com/movies/eternals)we are going to be taking a look at The beginning of the Marvel Universe's Mythology, laid down by the king himself Jack Kirby. Riffing on the existence of gods, demons, monsters and heroes of ancient times. The genesis of man to modern day, told the marvel way. The yarn spun about beginnings of life on Earth and beyond in the Marvel Universe! It all begins here with Jack Kirby's bronze age books. Diving into the THE ETERNALS (1976) (https://www.marvel.com/comics/issue/81105/eternals_by_jack_kirby_the_complete_collection_remastered_cover_trade_paperback) We aim to provide you with an overview of the Marvel creation myth as well as discussing some truly great comics! Notes: Below is the comparison image mentioned during the cast that illustrates the similarity of The Eternals title title lettering to that of the 1971 Bantam paperback edition of "Chariots Of The Gods?" Send any questions or feedback to (mailto:acecomicals@gmail.com) acecomicals@gmail.com. And also please subscribe (http://www.acecomicals.com/subscribe) and leave us a review! If you like what we do please consider donating to us (https://ko-fi.com/acecomicals) at https://ko-fi.com/acecomicals. All contributions will be used to defray the cost of hosting the website. Ace Comicals, over and out!# Special Guests: Nigel Twumasi and Tazziii.

In der fünften Folge von Mythos und Wahrheit - Der Mythologie Podcast für Kulturbanausen entführt uns Sarah in die Welt der ägptischen Mythologie, genauer gesagt: Sie stellt uns den ägyptischen Schöpfungsmythos vor. Noch genauer gesagt: Den Schöpfungsmythos aus Heliopolis.Ägyptische MythologieIm Alten Ägypten gab es zunächst drei sehr wichtige Städte: Heliopolis, Hermopolis und Memphis. Der Schöpfungsmythos, mit dem sich unser Mythologie Podcast in Folge 5 beschäftigt, ist derjenige, der uns aus Heliopolis (übersetzt: Sonnenstadt) überliefert ist. In der ägyptischen Mythologie taucht nämlich Heliopolis als Urhügel als allererstes aus dem Urwasser auf - es ist die Stelle, an der sich Atum aus dem Urwasser erhebt und an dem später der größte Tempelbezirk ganz Ägyptens entstehen soll.Die Neunheit von HeliopolisIn der Mythologie der Ägypter spielt in Heliopolis besonders die sogenannte Neunheit der Gött*innen eine große Rolle - das bedeutet einfach nur, dass es neun wichtige Gött*innen sind, die zu Anbeginn der Zeiten entstehen und sich für die gesamte Schöpfung verantwortlich zeichnen. Der erste dieser Gottheiten ist Atum, der am Anfang der Zeit in Heliopolis aus dem Urwasser steigt, um dann aus sich selbst Schu (Gott des Lebens, der Luft und des Lichts) und Tefnut (Gott der Wahrheit und des Feuers) hervorzubringen. Aus der Verbindung dieser Beiden gehen der Erdgott Geb und die Himmelsgöttin Nut hervor. Genau wie in der griechischen Mythologie sind im ägyptischen Mythos nun Himmel und Erde miteinander vereint und gebären weitere Kinder, lediglich sind die Geschlechter von Himmel und Erde jeweils umgetauscht (in der griechischen Mythologie ist Gaia die Erdgöttin und Uranos der Himmesgott). Die Kinder der beiden sind: Osiris (Gott der Toten, der Wiedergeburt und des Nils), Isis (auch Totengöttin und Göttin der Wiedergeburt, aber auch Göttin der Magie), Nephthys (ebenfalls Totengöttin, Göttin der Geburt und wohl auch Göttin des Südens) sowie Seth (ein Wüstengott, Gott des Chaos und des Verderbens).Entstehung der Menschen in der ägyptischen MythologieLange Geschichte, schnell erzählt: Die Menschen entstehen aus den Tränen von Atum.Der Streit beginntAuch in der ägyptischen Mythologie spielen blutige Auseinandersetzungen in der Schöpfungsgeschichte eine wichtige Rolle: Atums restliche Familie hat sich in den Kopf gesetzt, Atum zu töten. Dieser hingegen bedient sich des Gottes Horus und nutzt diesen als seinen Champion, um gegen die anderen Gött*innen zu kämpfen. Ein großes Hin und Her beginnt und der/die ein/e oder andere Gött*in gerät in einen Blutrausch, besonders als die Menschen sich ebenfalls in den Streit einmischen: Es werden Körperteile heraus- und abgerissen, Lebewesen gegessen, Köpfe abgeschlagen - komplette Eskalation. Am Ende jedoch steht ein nettes Fest mit Bier und Brot. Details könnt ihr in der Folge hören.Natürlich liefern Sari und Steffi auch wieder ein Recap der neuesten Reality-TV-Aktivitäten. Heute geht es um den endgültigen Abschluss von Princess Charming und die zweite Folge der Bachelorette. Um Spoilern zu entgehen überspringt lieber Minute 27:00 bis 33:30.Viel Spass!

In der ersten Folge geht es um antike griechische Mythologie, genauer gesagt, um den Schöpfungsmythos des antiken Griechenlands. Steffi erzählt Sarah diesen spannenden und verheißungsvollen Mythos voller Verschwörungen, Verrat, Sex und Crime. Es kommen griechische Götter und Göttinnen vor, Giganten, Titan*innen, Erynien und eigentlich absolut ALLES, woraus die Welt, wie wir sie heute kennen, besteht. Einen kurzen Ausflug machen Steffi und Sari auch in die Welt des Reality TV - in Zukunft werden sie diese Rubrik wohl weiter ausbauen. Enjoy! Die Mythologie des antiken Griechenlandes ist sehr umfassend und facettenreich. Dank antiker griechischer Autoren wie Hesiod, Apollonios von Rhodos oder Plinius dem Älterem wissen wir heute vergleichsweise zu anderen Kulturräumen sehr sehr viel über die griechische Mythologie. Darum beginnen wir heute auch unseren Podcast mit dem Schöpfungsmythos der Griechen: Wie ist die Welt entstanden, woher kommen die Gött*innen und wie ist überhaupt die Ausgangssituation für die späteren Abenteuer aller Held*innen, die noch kommen werden?Gaia, Uranos und das ChaosAm Anfang ist in der griechischen Mythologie das Chaos: Eine große Leere, unendlich dunkel und still. In dieser Leere lebt die griechische Göttin und Personifikation der Erde Gaia. Gaia ist als Urpotenz schon immer da und bringt zu Beginn der Entstehung der Welt aus sich selbst weitere Bestandteile des Kosmos hervor. Beispielsweise Uranos, den Himmel - gemeint ist der Gott es Himmels, die Personifikation des Himmels, der Himmel selbst. Zwar wurde Uranos laut Mythos von Gaia geboren, gleichzeitig ist er ihr aber ebenbürtig und auch ihr Liebhaber.Emanzipation der Titan*innenUranos, der Himmel der griechischen Mythologie, stellt sich als ziemlicher Tyrann heraus, der vor allem auch auf seine eigenen Kinder eifersüchtig ist. Er versteckt alle Kinder, die ihm von Gaia geboren werden, in abgelegenen Winkeln der Welt (also IN Gaia - weird). Das sind unter anderem die Cyclopen und die Hekatoncheiren, aber auch die 12 Titanen und Titaninnen, zu denen auch Kronos gehört, der nun das Dasein als Protagonist in diesem Mythos übernimmt. Gemeinsam mit seiner Mutter Gaia, die mittlerweile sehr gefrustet von Uranos‘ Verhalten ist, schmiedet er einen Plan und als die Erdgöttin ihm heimlich eine Sichel zustecken kann wittert er seine Chance: Er entmannt seinen Vater, der sein Fortpflanzungsorgan jetzt im hohen Bogen davon fliegen sieht, während er selbst ein für alle Mal nicht mehr mit Gaia verbunden ist (Trennung von Himmel und Erde). Aus den Bluts- und Spermatropfen seines umherfliegenden Penis entstehen weitere mythologische Gestalten, zum Beispiel Nymphen, Giganten oder Erynien - und zu guter Letzt trifft der letzte Tropfen aufs Meer und daraus entsteht niemand Geringeres als Aphrodite, die griechische Göttin der Liebe.Die Titan*innen bilden nun Paare mit ihren jeweiligen Schwestern/Brüdern und bevölkern die Welt, die sie nun beherrschen, mit zahlreichen mythologischen Wesen und weiteren Personfikationen / Naturgegebenheiten, sozusagen mit allen Aspekten, die die Welt ausmachen. Die wichtigsten Protagonisten bleiben hierbei Kronos und seine Frau / Schwester Rhea. Denn schon bald stellt sich Kronos - genau wie sein Vater - als tyrannischer Patriarch heraus und isst seine Kinder eins nach dem anderen direkt nach seiner Geburt im ganzen auf. Und diese Kinder sind keine Unbekannten, was zugleich ein Spoiler für den weiteren Verlauf der Geschichte ist, denn es handelt sich um: Hestia, die spätere griechische Göttin des Herdes und der Familie, Hera, die griechische Göttin der Ehe und spätere Ehefrau des Zeus, Demeter, die Göttin der Ernte, Poseidon, den Gott des Meeres, Hades, den späteren Gott der Unterwelt und zuletzt Zeus, den späteren Göttervater und höchsten aller griechischen Götter und Göttinnen.Etablierung der griechischen Götter und GöttinnenWie zuvor sein Vater Kronos kann auch Zeus nun durch eine Verschwörung mit seiner Mutter Rhea seinen eigenen Vater stürzen. Er überfällt ihn und bringt ihn dazu, Zeus' Geschwister auszuspeien, die alle im Magen des Kronos überlebt hatten. Es folgt ein epischer jahrelanger Kampf zwischen Gött*innen und Titan*innen, die sogenannte Titanomachie. Am Ende gewinnen die Gött*innen und nehmen ihre herrschende Position auf dem Olymp ein, um dort sozusagen die erste Generation der kanonischen 12 höchsten olympischen Götter zu werden. Hestia und Hades allerdings gehören nicht lange dazu, da Hades die Unterwelt beherrschen wird und Hestia ihren Platz im Olymp abgibt, um näher bei den Menschen auf der Erde zu sein. Neben Aphrodite, Zeus, Poseidon, Hera und Demeter gehören später noch dazu: Apollon (Gott der Künste), seine Schwester Artemis (Göttin der Jagd), Ares (Gott des Krieges), Dionysos (Gott des Weines), Athena (Göttin der Weisheit) und Hephaistos (Gott des Handwerks).All diese Gött*innen werden in zahlreichen weiteren Folgen unseres Mythologie Podcasts eine zentrale Rolle spielen. Wir freuen uns drauf - und hoffen, ihr auch.Literaturempfehlung: G. Schwab, Sagen des Klassischen Altertums, egal welche Auflage. Allerdings kommt der Schöpfungsmythos nicht vor. Hier auch noch eine Podcastfolge zum selben Thema, bisschen ernsthafter, vom Bayrischen Rundfunk: https://www.br.de/mediathek/podcast/mythen-michael-koehlmeier-erzaehlt-sagen-des-klassischen-altertums/folge-2-gaia-uranos-kronos/41518. Unterhaltsam zum Thema ist auch dieser Blog: https://easymyth.de/griechische-mythologie/vatermord-zum-fruehstueck/

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Konzept, Texte und Sprecherin: Helga Utz/ Sprecher: Aart Veder/Ton: Jörg Behrens / klanggestaltung.de /Aufnahmen Aart Veder: Patrik Bishay, Michael Erhard         Die Folge über die Erinnyen, vielleicht besser bekannt unter ihrem römischen Namen Furien, setzt die Serie über merkwürdige Geburten fort. Hat Aphrodite das Meer ausgetragen, so ist es bei den Erinnyen die Erde, Aphrodite und die Rachegöttinnen sind Halbschwestern, wenn man so will, das Blut des Uranos hat sie gezeugt, ohne eigentlichen Geschlechtsakt. Die Erinnyen verfolgen den, der gegen die Grundsätze der Natur und damit der grundlegenden sozialen Ordnung verstößt, grausam und unerbittlich. Aischylos erzählt in seiner Orestie von der Überwindung des Prinzips Erinnye, des Auge-um-Auge-, Zahn-um-Zahn-Prinzips, das Apollon als barbarisch brandmarkt. So einfach liegt die Schuld selten, und die kluge Göttin Athene setzt ein Gremium von Richtern ein, und das für diese Zeiten und die Zukunft. Denn, wie Athene zu Orest nach Anhörung seiner Leidensgeschichte sagt: „Der Streitfall ist zu schwer, als dass ein Sterblicher / ihn zu entwirren wagte. Steht doch mir sogar / Gericht nicht zu, wo Mord Gerechtigkeit entspringt.”                           Musik: Kostas Bezos, „Stin ypoga“, Aufnahme 1930 T. Dimitriadis in Athen (for Victor USA shellac record) Used with kind permission by F.M. Digital Tunes Ltd. FM Records - Icon: „Junger Satyr mit Silen-Maske“; es handelt sich um eine antike Skulptur, die Alessandro Algardi 1628 restaurierte und ergänzte - Wir freuen uns über Kommentare via Email an:utz@oper-unterwegs.athttp://www.oper-unterwegs.at

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“The Holy Mountain”Season 6, Episode 9Put on your robe, wizard hat and pop yourself some corn because this week we're snuggling up together for the witch-family tradition of watching “The Holy Mountain.” If you have been seeking a symbolic analysis of the esoteric meaning behind the images used in the film then you have found the right place. So grab your Tarot deck, snuggle up under your tree of life (or death) and let's start the show! On this episode what we discuss: -The Tarot symbolism of “The Holy Mountain” -Explaining the opening sequence-The Five Fingers of Tantra according to Alejandro Jodorowsky-The Dance of Oppression -The Egyptian roots of the Savior King -The Seven stages of Alchemy-Explaining the rainbow hallway-The Kabbalistic symbolism of the Alchemists' Tower -Luke argues with Mari over the planetary associations -How Venus and Mars are juxtaposed-IsisIn the extended episode we discuss:-”What is with the f***ing goldfish?”-When Kanye West met with Alejandro Jodorowsky-Sel, the planet Saturn and why she is a clown. -Uranos, his wife Gaia and why they are so weird! -A short discussion without Luke (best part of the episode) -Why does Neptune castrate his followers? If you enjoyed this show and would like to join the deeper discussions and maybe learn a little magick check out www.Patreon.com/TheWholeRabbit where five bucks gets you not just the extended episodes but bonus episodes, stickers, discord access and even a chance to play Minecraft with us. Two more tiers exist for students who wish to receive and learn Tarot readings. Where to find The Whole Rabbit:Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcmocfH13BzwsAb62xmp-LAiTunes:https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-whole-rabbit/id1457163771Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/0AnJZhmPzaby04afmEWOAVGooglePlay:https://play.google.com/music/podcasts/portal/u/0#p:id=playpodcast/series&a=1274929319Stitcher:https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/buzzsprout-158/the-whole-rabbit?refid=stprInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/the_whole_rabbit_/Twitter:https://twitter.com/h4ckrabbit   Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/thewholerabbit)

Vater und Sohn + Söhne sind keine Töchter - von der Beziehung zum Sohn + Muttersöhnchen - eine satirische Apologie eines unterschätzten Typus + Söhne stürzen ihre Väter - Uranos, Kronos und Zeus in Bayern + Bruderherzchen, hör mal! - eine Erzählung

Welcome to another special edition of „Mediocrity and Madness“! Usually this Podcast is dedicated to the ever-widening gap between talk and reality in our big organizations, most notably in our global corporates. Well, I might have to admit that in some cases the undertone is a tiny bit angry and another bit tongue-in-cheek. The title might indicate that. Today’s episode is not like this. Well, it is but in a different way. Upon reflection, it still addresses a mighty chasm between talk and reality but the reason for this chasm appears more forgivable to me than those many dysfunctions we appear to have accepted against better judgement. Today’s podcast is about artificial intelligence and our struggles to put it to use in businesses. This podcast is to some measure inspired by what I learned in and around two programs of Allianz, “IT Literacy for top executives” and “AI for the business”, which I had the privilege and the pleasure to help developing and facilitating. I am tempted to begin this episode with the same claim I used in the last (German) one: With artificial intelligence it is like with teenage sex. Everybody talks about it, but nobody really knows how it works. Everybody thinks that everyone else does it. Thus, everybody claims he does it. And again, Dan Ariely gets all the credits for coining that phrase with “Big Data” instead of “artificial intelligence” which is actually a bit related anyway. Or not. As we will see later. To begin with, the big question is: What is “artificial intelligence” after all? The straightforward way to answering that question is to first define what intelligence is in general and then apply the notion that “artificial” is just when the same is done by machines. Yet here begins the problem. There simply is no proper definition of intelligence. Some might say, intelligence is what discerns man from animal but that’s not very helpful, too. Where’s the boarder. When I was a boy, I read that a commonplace definition was that humans use tools while animals don’t. Besides the question whether that little detail would be one that made us truly proud of our human intelligence, multiple examples of animals using tools have been found since. To make a long story short, there is no proper and general definition of intelligence. Thus, we end up with some self-referentiality: “It’s intelligent if it behaves like a human”. In a way, that’s quite a dissatisfying definition, most of all because it leaves no room for types of intelligences that behave – or “are” – significantly non-human. “Black swan” is greeting. But we’re detouring into philosophy. Back to our problem at hand: What is artificial intelligence after all? Well, if it’s intelligent, if it behaves like a human, then the logical answer to this question is: “artificial intelligence is when a computer/machine behaves like a human”. For practical purposes this is something we can work with. Yet even then another question looms: How do we evaluate whether it behaves like a human? Being used to some self-referentiality already, the answer is quite straight forward: “It behaves like a human if other humans can’t tell the difference from human behavior.” This is actually the essence of what is called the “Turing test”, devised by the famous British mathematician Alan Turing who next to basically inventing what we today call computer sciences helped solving the Enigma encryption during World War II. Turing’s biography is as inspiring as it is tragic and I wouldn’t mind if you stopped listening to this humble podcast and explored Turing in a bit more depth, for example by watching “The imitation game” starring Benedict Cumberbatch. If you decide to stay with me instead of Cumberbatch, that’s where we finally are: “Artificial intelligence is when a machine/robot behaves in a way that humans can’t discern that behavior from human behavior.” As you might imagine, the respective tests have to be designed properly so that biases are avoided. And, of course, also the questions or problems designed to ascertain human or less human behavior have to be designed carefully. These are subjects of more advanced versions of the Turing test but in the end, the ultimate condition remains the same: A machine is regarded intelligent if it behaves like a human. (Deliberately) stupid? It has taken us some time to establish this somewhat flawed, extremely human-centric but workable definition of machine intelligence. It poses some questions and it helps answering some others. One question that is discussed around the Turing test is indeed whether would-be artificial intelligences should deliberately put a few mistakes into their behavior even despite better knowledge, just in order to appear more human. I think that question comes more from would-be philosophers than it is a serious one to consider. Yet, you could argue that if taking the Turing test seriously, in order to convince a human of being a fellow human the occasional mistake is appropriate. After all, “to err is human”. Again, the question appears a bit stupid to me. Would you really argue that it is intelligent only if it occasionally errs? The other side of that coin though is quite relevant. In many discussions about machine intelligence, the implicit or explicit requirement appears to be: If it’s done by a machine, it needs to be 100%. I reason that’s because when dealing with computer algorithms, like calculating for example the trajectory of a moon rocket, we’re used to zero errors; given that the programming is right, that there are no strange glitches in the hardware and that the input data isn’t faulty as such. Writing that, a puzzling thought enters my mind: We trustin machine perfection and expect human imperfection. Not a good outlook in regard to human supremacy. Sorry, I’m on another detour. Time to get back to the question of intelligence. If we define intelligence as behavior being indiscernible from human one, why then do we wonder if machine intelligence doesn’t yield 100% perfect results. Well, for the really complex problems it would actually be impossible to define what “100% perfect” even is, neither ex ante nor ex post but let’s stick to the simpler problems for now: pattern recognition, predictive analysis, autonomous driving … . Intelligent beings make mistakes. Even those whose intelligence is focused onto a specific task. Human radiologists identify some spots on their pictures falsely as positive signs of cancer whilst they overlook others that actually would be malicious. So do machines trained to the same purpose. Competition I am rather sure that the kind listener’s intuitive reaction at this point is: “Who cares? – If the machine makes less errors than her human counterpart, let her take the lead!” And of course, this is the only logical conclusion. Yet quite often, here’s one major barrier to embracing artificial intelligence. Our reaction to machines threatening to become better than us but not totally perfect is poking for the outliers and inflating them until the use of machine intelligence feels somewhat disconcerting. Well, they are competitors after all, aren’t they? The radiologist case is especially illuminating. In fact, the problem is that amongst human radiologists there is a huge, huge spread in competency. Whilst a few radiologists are just brilliant in analyzing their pictures, others are comparatively poor. The gap not only results from experience or attitude, there are also significant differences from county to country for example. Thus, even if the machine would not beat the very best of radiologists, it would be a huge step ahead and saving many, many lives if one could just provide a better average across the board;  – which is what commonly available machines geared to the task do. Guess what your average radiologist thinks about that. – Ah, and don’t mind, if the machine would not yet be better than her best human colleagues, it is but a matter of weeks or months or maybe a year or two until she is as we will see in a minute. You still don’t believe that this impedes the adaption of artificial intelligence? – Look this example that made it into the feuilletons not long ago. Autonomous driving. Suppose you’re sitting in a car that is driven autonomously by some kind of artificial intelligence. All of a sudden, another car – probably driven by a human intelligence – comes towards you on the rather narrow street you’re driven through. Within microseconds, your car recognizes its choices: divert to the right and kill a group of kids playing there, divert to the left and kill some adults in their sixties one of which it recognizes as an important advisor to an even more important politician or keep the track and kill both, the occupants of the oncoming car … and unfortunately you yourself. The dilemma has been stylized to a kind of fundamental question by some would-be philosophers with the underlying notion of “if we can’t solve that dilemma rationally, we might better give up the whole idea of autonomous driving for good.” Well, I am exaggerating again but there is some truth in that. Now, as the dilemma is inextricable as such: bye, bye autonomous driving! Of course, the real answer is all but philosophical. Actually, it doesn’t matter what choice the intelligence driving our car makes. It might actually just throw a dice in its random access memory. We have thousands of traffic victims every year anyway. Humankind has decided to live with that sad fact as the advantages of mobility outweigh these bereavements. We have invented motor liability insurance exactly for that reason. Thus, the only and very pragmatic question has to be: Do the advantages of autonomous driving outweigh some sad accidents? – And fortunately, probability is that autonomous driving will massively reduce the number of traffic accidents so the question is actually a very simple one to deal with. Except probably for motor insurance companies … and some would-be philosophers. Irreversible Here’s another intriguing thing with artificial intelligence: irreversibility. As soon as machine intelligence has become better than man in a specific area, the competition is won forever by the machines. Or lost for humankind. Simple: as soon as your artificial radiologist beats her human colleague, the latter one will never catch up again. On the contrary. The machine will improve further, in some cases very fast. Man might improve a little, over time but by far not at the same speed as his silicon colleague … or competitor … or potential replacement. In some cases, the world splits into two parallel ones: the machine world and the human world. This is what happened in 1997 with the game of Chess when Deep Blue beat the then world champion Gary Kasparow. Deep Blue wasn’t even an intelligence. It was just a brute force with input from some chess savvy programmers but then humans have lost the game to the machines, forever. In today’s chess tournaments not the best players on earth compete but the best human players. They might use computers to improve their game but none of them would stand the slightest chance against a halfway decent artificial chess intelligence … or even a brute force algorithm. The loss of chess for humankind is a rather ancient story compared to the game of Go. Go being multitudes more complex than chess resisted the machines about twenty years more. Brute force doesn’t work for Go and thus it took until 2016 until AlphaGo, an artificial intelligence designed to play Go by Google’s DeepMind finally conquered that stronghold of humanity. That year, AlphaGo defeated Lee Sedol, one of the best players in the world. A few months later, the program also defeated Ke Jie, the then top-ranking player in the world. Most impressive though it is that again only a few months later DeepMind published another version of its Go-genius: AlphaGo Zero. Whilst AlphaGo had been trained with huge numbers of Go matches played by human players, AlphaGo Zero had to be taught only the rules of the game and developed its skills purely by playing against versions of itself. After three days, this version beat her predecessor that had won against Lee Sedol 100:0. And again only three months later, another version was deployed. AlphaZero learnt the games of Chess and Go and Shogi, another highly complex strategy game, in only a few hours and defeated all previous versions in a sweep. By then, man was out of the picture for what can be considered an eternity by measures of AI development cycles. AlphaZero not only plays a better Go – or Chess – than any human does, it develops totally new strategies and tactics to play the game, it plays moves never considered reasonable before by its carbon-based predecessors. It has transcended its creators in the game and never again will humanity regain that domain. This, you see, is the nature of artificial intelligence: as soon as it has gained superiority in a certain domain, this domain is forever lost for humankind. If anything, another technology will surpass its predecessor. We and our human brains won’t. We might comfort ourselves that it’s only rather mundane tasks that we cede to machines of specialized intelligence, that it’s a long way still towards a more universal artificial intelligence and that after all, we’re the creators of these intelligences … . But the games of Chess and Go are actually not quite so mundane and the development is somewhat exponential. Finally, a look into ancient mythology is all but comforting. Take Greece as an example: the progenitor of gods, Uranos, was emasculated by his offspring, the Titans and these again were defeated and punished by their offspring, the Olympians, who then ruled the world, most notably Zeus, Uranos’ grandson. Well, Greek mythology is probably not what the kind listener expects from a podcast about artificial intelligence. Hence, back to business. AI is not necessarily BIG Data Here’s a not so uncommon misconception: AI or advanced analytics is always Big Data or – more exactly: Big Data is a necessary prerequisite for advanced analytics. We could make use of the AlphaZero example again. There could hardly be less data necessary. Just a few rules of the game and off we go! “Wait”, some will argue, “our business problems aren’t like this. What we want is predictive analysis and that’s Big Data for sure!”. I personally and vehemently believe this is a misconception. I actually assume, it is a misconception with a purpose but before sinking deeper into speculation, let’s look at an example, a real business problem. I have spent quite some years in the insurance business. Hence please apologize for me using an insurance example. It is very simple. The idea is using artificial intelligence for calculating insurance premiums, specifically motor insurance third party liability (TPL). Usually, this is a mandatory insurance. The risk it covers is that you in your capacity of driving a car – or parking it – damage an object that belongs to someone else or that you injure someone else. Usually, your insurance premium should reflect the risk you want to cover. Thus, in the case of TPL the essential question from an actuary’s point of view is the following one: Is the person under inspection a good driver or a not so good one? “Good” in the insurer’s sense: less prone to cause an accident and if so, one that usually doesn’t come with a big damage. There are zillions of ways to approach that problem. The best would probably be to get an individual psychological profile of the respective person, add a decently detailed analysis of her driving patterns (where, when, …) and calculate the premium based on that analysis, maybe using some sort of artificial intelligence in order to cope with the complex set of data. The traditional way is comparatively simplistic and indirect. We use a mere handful of data, some of them related to the car like type and registration code, some personal data like age or homeownership and some about driving patterns, mostly yearly mileage and calculate a premium out of these few by some rather simple statistical analysis. If we were looking for more Big Data-ish solutions we could consider basing our calculation on social media timelines. Young males posting photos that show them Friday and Saturday nights in distant clubs with fancy drinks in their hands should emerge with way higher premiums than their geeky contemporaries who spend their weekends in front of some computers using their cars only to drive to the next fast food restaurant or once a week to the comic book shop. The shades in between might be subtle and an artificial intelligence might come up with some rather delicate distinctions. And you might not even need a whole timeline. Just one picture might suffice. The forms of our faces, our haircut, the glasses we fancy, the jewelry we wear, the way we twinkle our noses … might well be very good indicators of our driving behavior. Definitely a job for an artificial intelligence. I’m sure, you can imagine other avenues. Some are truly Big Data, others are rather small in terms of data … and fancy learning machines. The point is, these very different approaches may well yield very similar results ie, a few data related to your car might reveal quite as much about the question at hand as an analysis of your Instagram story. The fundamental reason is that data as such are worthless. Valuable is only what we extract from that data. This is the so-called DIKW hierarchy. Data, Information, Knowledge, Wisdom. The true challenge is extracting wisdom from data. And the rule is not: more data – more wisdom. On the contrary. Too much data might in fact clutter the way to wisdom. And in any case, very different data might represent the same information, knowledge or wisdom. As what concerns our example, I have first of all to admit that I have nor analytical proof – or wisdom – about specifics I am going to discuss but I feel confident that the examples illustrate the point. Here we go. The type of car – put into in the right correlation with a few other data -- might already contain most of the knowledge you could gain from a full-blown psychological analysis or a comprehensive inspection of a person’s social media profile. Data representing a 19 year old male, living in a certain area of town, owning a used but rather high powered car, driving a certain mileage per year might very well contain the same information with respect to our question about “good” driving as all the pictures we find in his Facebook timeline. And the other way around. The same holds true for the information we might get out of a single static photo. Yet the Facebook timeline or the photo are welling over with information that is irrelevant for our specific problem. Or irrelevant at all. And it is utterly difficult to get a) the necessary data in a proper breadth and quality at all and b) to distill relevant information, knowledge and wisdom from this cornucopia of data.  Again: more data does not necessarily mean more wisdom! It might. But one kind of data might – no: will – contain the same information as other kinds. Even the absence of data might contain information or knowledge. Assume for instance, you have someone explicitly denying her consent to using her data for marketing purposes. That might mean she is anxious about her data privacy which in turn might indicate that she is also concerned about other burning social and environmental issues which then might indicate she doesn’t use her car a lot and if so in a rather responsible way … . You get the point. Most probably that whole chain of reasoning won’t work having that single piece of data in isolation but put into the context of other data there might actually be wisdom. Actually, looking at the whole picture, this might not even be a chain of reasoning but more a description of the certain state of things that denies decomposition into human logic. Which leads us to another issue with artificial intelligence. The unboxing problem Artificial intelligences, very much like their human contemporaries, can’t always be understood easily. That is, the logic, the chain of reasoning, the parameters that causally determine certain outcomes, decisions or predictions are in many cases less than transparent. At the same time, we humans demand from artificial intelligence what we can’t deliver for our own reasoning: this very transparency. Quite like us demanding 100% machine perfection, some control-instinct of ours claims: If it’s not transparent to us (humans), it isn’t worth much. Hence, a line of research in the field of artificial intelligence has developed: “Unboxing the AI”. Except for some specific cases yet, the outlook for this discipline isn’t too bright. The reason is the very way artificial intelligence works. Made in the image of the human brain, artificial intelligences consist of so-called “neural networks”. A neural network is more or less a – layered – mesh of nodes. The strength of the connections between these nodes determines how the input to the network determines the output. Training the AI means varying the strengths of these connections in a way that the network finally translates the input into a desired output in a decent manner. There are different topologies for these networks, tailored to certain classes of problems but the thing as such is rather universal. Hence AI projects can be rather simple by IT standards: define the right target function, collect proper training data, plug that data to your neural network, train it … . It takes but a couple of weeks and voila, you have an artificial intelligence thatyou can throw on new data for solving your problem. In short, what we can call “intelligence” is the state of strengths of all the connections in your network. The number of these connections can be huge and the nature of the neural network is actually agnostic to the problem you want it to solve. “Unboxing” would thus mean to backwardly extract specific criteria from such a huge and agnostic network. In our radiologist case for example, we would have to find something like “serrated fringes” or “solid core” in nothing but this set of connection strengths in our network. Have fun! Well, you might approach the problem differently by simply probing your AI in order to learn that and how it actually reacts to serrated fringes. But that approach has its limits, too. If you don’t know what to look for or if the results are determined not by a single criterion but by the entirety of some data, looking for specifics becomes utterly difficult. Think of AlphaZero again. It develops strategies and moves that have been unknown to man before. Can we really claim we must understand the logic behind, neglecting the fact that Go as such has been quite resistant to straightforward tactics and logic patterns for the centuries humans have played it. The question is: why “unboxing” after all? – Have you ever asked for unboxing a fellow human’s brain? OK, being able to do that for your adolescent kids’ brains would be a real blessing! But normally we don’t unbox brains. Why are we attracted by one person and not by another? Is it the colour of her eyes, her laughter lines, her voice, her choice of words …? Why do we find one person trustworthy and another one not? Is it the way she stands, her dress, her sincerity, her sense of humour? How do we solve a mathematical problem? Or a business one? When and how do the pieces fall into place? Where does the crucial idea emerge from? Even when we strive to rationalize our decision making, there always remain components we cannot properly “unbox”. If the problem at hand is complex – and thus relevant – enough. We “factor in” strategic considerations, assumptions about the future, others’ expectations … . Parts of our reasoning are shaped by our personal experiences, our individual preferences, like our risk-appetite, values, aspirations, … . Unbox this! Humankind has learnt to cope with the impossibility of “unboxing” brains or lives. We probe others and if we’re happy with the results, we start trusting. We cede responsibilities and continue probing. We cede more responsibilities … and sometimes we are surpassed by the very persons we promoted. Ah, I am entering philosophical grounds again. Apologies! To make it short. I admit, there are some cases in which you might need full transparency, complete “unboxing”. And in case you don’t get it, abolish the idea of using AI for the problem you had in mind. But there are more cases in which the desire for unboxing is just another pretense for not chartering new territory. If it’s intelligent if it behaves like a human why do we ask for so much more from the machines than we would ask from man? Again, I am drifting off into questions of dangerously fundamental nature. Let’s assume for once that we have overcome all our concerns, prejudices and excuses, that despite all of them, we have a business problem we full-heartedly want to throw artificial intelligence at. Then comes the biggest challenge of all. The biggest challenge of all: how to operationalize it Pretty much like in our discussion at the beginning of this post, on the face of it, it looks simple: unplug the human intelligence occupied with the work at hand and plug in the artificial one. If it is significant – quite some AI projects are still more in the toy category – this comes along with all the challenges we are used to in what we call change management. Automating tasks comes with adapting to new processes, jobs becoming redundant, layoffs, re-training and rallying the remaining workforce behind the new ways of working. Yet changes related to artificial intelligence might have a very different quality. They are about “intelligence” after all, aren’t they? They are not about replacing repetitive, sometimes strenuous or boring work like welding metal or consolidating accounting records, they dig to the heart of our pride. Plus, the results are by default neither perfect nor “unboxable”. That makes it very hard to actually operationalize artificial intelligence. Here’s an example. It is more than fifteen years old, taking place at a time when a terabyte was an still an incredible amount of storage, when data was still desired to be stored in warehouses and not floating around in lakes or oceans and when true machine learning was still a purely academic discipline. In short: the good old times. This gives us the privilege to strip the example bare of complexity and buzz. At that time, I was together with a few others responsible for developing Business Intelligence solutions in the area of insurance sales. We had our dispositive data stored in the proverbial warehouse, some smart actuaries had applied multivariate statistics to that data and hurrah, we got propensities to buy and rescind for our customers. Even with the simple means we had by then, these propensities were quite accurate. As an ex-post analysis showed, they hit the mark at 80% applying the relevant metrics. Cutting the ranking at rather ambitious levels, we pushed the information to our agents: customers who with a likelihood of more than 80% were to close a new contract or to cancel one … or both. The latter one sounds a bit odd, but a deeper look showed that these were indeed customers who were intensely looking for a new insurance without a strong loyalty. – If we won them, they would stay with us and loyalty would improve, if a competitor won them, they would gradually transfer their portfolio to him. You would think that would be a treasure trove for any salesforce in the world, wouldn’t you? Far from it! Most agents either ignored the information or – worse – they discredited it. To the latter purpose, they used anecdotal evidence: “My mother in law was on the list”, they broadcast, “she would never cancel her contract”. Well, some analysis showed that she was on the list for a reason but how would you fight a good story with the intricacies of multivariate statistics? Actually, the mother-in-law issue was more of a proxy for a deeper concern. Client relationship is supposed to be the core competency of any salesforce. And now, there comes some algorithm or artificial intelligence that claims to understand at least a (major) part of that core competency as good as that very salesforce … . Definitely a reason to fight back, isn’t it? Besides this, agents did not use the information because they regarded it not too helpful. Many of the customers on the high-propensity-to-buy-list were their “good” customers anyway, those with who they were in regular contact already. They were likely indeed to make another buy but agents reasoned they would have contacted them anyway. So, don’t bother with that list. Regarding the list of customers on the verge of rescinding, the problem was a different one. Agents had only very little (monetary) incentive to prevent these from doing so. There was a recurring commission but asked whether to invest valuable time into just keeping a customer or going for new business, most were inclined to choose the latter option. I could continue on end with stories around that work, but I’d like to share only one more tidbit here before entering a brief review of what went wrong: What was the reaction of management higher up the food-chain when all these facts trickled in? Well, they questioned the quality of the analysis and demanded to include more – today we would say “bigger” – data in order to improve that quality, like buying sociodemographic data which was the fad at that time. Well, that might have increased the quality from 80% to 80+% but remember the discussion we had around redundancy of data. The type of car you drive or the sum covered by your home insurance might say much more than sociodemographic data based on the area you live in. … Not to speak of that eternal management talk that 80% would be good enough. What went wrong? First, the purpose of the action wasn’t thought through well enough from the start. We more or less just choose the easiest way. Certainly, the purpose couldn’t have been to provide agents with a list of leads they already knew were their best customers. From a business perspective the group of “second best customers” might have been much more attractive. Approaching that group and closing new contracts there would have not only created new business but also broadened the base of loyal customers and thus paved the way for longer term success. The price would of course have been that these customers would have been more difficult to win over than the “already good” ones so that agents would have needed an incentive to invest effort into this group. Admittedly going for the second-best group would have come with more difficulties. We might have faced for example many more mother-in-law anecdotes. Second, there was no mechanism in place to foster the use of the information. Whether the agents worked on the leads or not didn’t matter so why should they? Worse even with the churn-list. From a long-term business perspective, it makes all the sense in the world to prevent customer churn as winning new customers is way more expensive. It also makes perfect sense to try making your second-best customers more loyal but from a short-term salesman’s or -woman’s perspective boiling the soup of already good customers makes more short-term sense. Thus, in order to operationalize AI target systems might need a thorough overhaul. If you are serious, that is. The same holds true if you would for example want to establish machine assisted sentiment analysis in your customer care center. Third, there was no good understanding of data and data analytics neither on the supposed-to-be users’ side nor on the management side. This led to the “usual” reflexes on both sides: resistance on the one side and an overly simplified call for “better” on the other one. Whatever “better” was supposed to mean. Of course, neither the example nor the conclusions are exhaustive, but I hope they help illustrate the point: more often than not it is not the analytics part of artificial intelligence that is the tricky one. It is tricky indeed but there are smart and experienced people around to deal with that type of tricky business. More often than not, the truly tricky part is to put AI into operations, to ask the right questions in the first place, to integrate the amazing opportunities in a consistent way into your organization, processes and systems, to manage a change that is more fundamental than simple automation and to resist the reflex that bigger is always better!   So much for today from “Mediocrity and Madness”, the podcast that usually deals with the ever-growing gap between corporate rhetoric and action. I dearly thank all the people who provided inspiration and input to these musings especially in and around the programs I mentioned in the intro, most notably Gemma Garriga, Marcela Schrank Fialova, Christiane Konzelmann, Stephanie Schneider, Arnaud Michelet and the revered Prof. Jürgen Schmidhuber! Thank You for listening … and I hope to have you back soon!  

Was haben eine missglückte Ehe, eine riesige Sense und ein übler Fluch miteinander zu tun? Das erzählt Clara in dieser Episode.

C View Quantum Network welcomes Susan Reynolds with her monthly show "Karmic Astrology". The Fourth of July is upon us – Independence Day, here in the US – and we thought it might be worthwhile to take a look at the USA birthday chart. For the United States, we count the nation’s nativity as the moment the Declaration of Independence was signed: Thursday, July 4, 1776 in Philadelphia, PA at 5:10 PM local time. There are strong influences by mayor planets: Uranos, Pluto and Saturn. 2018 has been a year of strong earth energy and this has been felt also by our nation's land. If you want to be part of one of her shows and get a FREE mini reading, please fill out form http://www.charlotteview.net/susan-reynolds.html or simply call the day of the show and Susan will give you a mini reading according to your Sun Sign (zodiac). Susan Reynolds has worked as a karmic astrologer for the last 30 years. Karmic astrology looks at your soul's journey. What were your past lives and how do those lives impact your current one. Astrology helps us learn the easy way and avoid potential pitfalls. It is the only modality that is able to look at your past, present and future and it's my pleasure to read for you and offer you its insight and help. Contact Susan Reynolds email: sjrey3@juno.com ph: 704 999-6290 www.exploreastrology.com

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In dieser Folge geht es um Gaia, Uranos, Kronos, Rea, Hestia, Hera, Demeter, Poseidon, Hades, Zeus, die Erinnyen, Aphrodite, Metis und

Rev. Dr. Maxine Kaye, talk from February 11, 2018: - From the tiny seed of Truth within us, we awaken and grow into our Authentic Self - Expanding into awareness of the divinity within others, our own Light becomes brighter - The Greek word for heaven is, "Uranos," meaning, "That which is forever and ever expanding." - We are more than our bodies, intellect, and emotions. Each one is an emanation of Divine Spirit, discovering our connection to all.

Podcast über Uranos, Teil des Multimedia Götter Lexikons. Ein Vortrag von und mit Sukadev Bretz, Yogalehrer und Buchautor.

Incoming EP from TRONUS on Northallsen Records, Label from our Colombian friend, Aleja Sanchez.

Was war am Anfang? Wie hat sich alles entwickelt? Michael Köhlmeier erzählt, welche Antworten der Mythos auf diese Fragen hat. Er berichtet von Gaia, der Erde und Uranos, dem Himmel, von deren Liebesbeziehung und was daraus entstand ...

Die Geschichte von Troja beginnt ganz vorn: mit Uranos, dem Himmel und Gaia, der Erde. Die beiden lieben einander. Sie bringen das Geschlecht der Titanen hervor. Aber dann erhebt sich der König der Titanen, Kronos, gegen seinen Vater Uranos ...

On this podcast: Bird flu is a big worry and President Bush's $7 billion is supposed to help combat the virus and create greater awareness as far as pandemic warnings. More and more countries are being added to the outbreak list. China and Vietnam are the latest, but China is especially susceptible... The life as a US soldier can be tough but some are making a big difference through theater... Also, college tuition has gone up 40% in the last five years. Why is this and how can universities make education more affordable? The costs put people into debt and delay things like marriage. Maura Jane Farrelly has our report with all the statistics and numbers. The Program: Bird Flu update Army theater Cost of college tuition Music: Flyfloatflute by Marcos Oliva Northern Lights by Tara Stratton 0999 Uranos by Marcos Oliva Send us your thoughts. It's thoughtpress@gmail.com or call our voiceline @ 206.33.THINK (84465).