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Manichaeism (/ ˌ m æ n ɪ ˈ k iː ɪ z əm /; [4] in New Persian آیینِ مانی Āyīn-e Mānī; Chinese: 摩尼教; pinyin: Móníjiào) is a former major world religion, [5] founded in the 3rd century CE by the Parthian [6] prophet Mani (216–274 CE), in the Sasanian Empire.
Critics have often judged Angelou's later autobiographies "in light of the first", and Caged Bird generally receives the highest praise. [15] Beginning with Caged Bird, Angelou used the same "writing ritual" for many years. [16] She would get up at 5 am and check into a hotel room, where the staff were instructed to remove pictures from the walls.
Krishna (/ ˈ k r ɪ ʃ n ə /; [12] Sanskrit: कृष्ण, IAST: Kṛṣṇa [ˈkr̩ʂɳɐ]) is a major deity in Hinduism.He is worshipped as the eighth avatar of Vishnu and also as the Supreme God in his own right. [13]
It is the color the human eye sees when it looks at light with a dominant wavelength between 570 and 590 nanometers. In color printing, yellow is one of the three subtractive primary colors of ink along with magenta and cyan. Together with black, they can be overlaid in the right combination to print any full color image. (See the CMYK color ...
A purple patch is a period of exceptional success or good luck. [85] The origins are obscure, but it may refer to the symbol of success of the Byzantine Court. Bishops in Byzantium wore a purple patch on their costume as a symbol of rank. Purple haze refers to a state of mind induced by psychedelic drugs, particularly LSD. [86]
The I'itoi is an indigenous spiritual symbol that signifies the challenging and balancing decisions in one's life that lead us to our ultimate dream state from the product of all of our choices. The ideal is to reach the center of this maze of decisions we make, which is a manifestation of our purpose and dream, and is accepted by the Sun God ...
Rastafari often claim the flag of the Ethiopian Royal Standard as was used during Haile Selassie's reign. It combines the conquering lion of Judah, symbol of the Ethiopian monarchy, with red, gold, and green.
Declassified MKUltra documents. Project MKUltra [a] [b] was an illegal human experiments program designed and undertaken by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to develop procedures and identify drugs that could be used during interrogations to weaken individuals and force confessions through brainwashing and psychological torture.