Phantom limb

In America, the values of monogamous, heterosexual marriage are drilled into the fabric of the society – so much so that the prospect of any other setup becomes virtually unthinkable. However, in an ever-evolving semiosphere, these other setups are emerging from their hiding place in order to find a forefront spot in contemporary culture and establish themselves as legitimate lifestyles. Education and understanding become paramount as new ideas and formations appear, necessitating tolerance and even

We were cut off from the comprehension of our surroundings; we glided past like phantoms, wondering and secretly appalled, as sane men would be before an enthusiastic outbreak in a madhouse. We could not understand because we were too far and could not remember, because we were travelling in the night of first ages, of these ages that

Over the past decade, the legalization of marijuana has been a controversial topic. The drug has been legalized for medical use in 23 states and the District of Columbia. Medical marijuana laws have caused people to believe the drug is more beneficial than it is harmful. Medicinal marijuana is abused like many other prescription drugs. The medical marijuana system is also heavily regulated. The drug may not cause a rise in crime among users, but it can cause manufacturers and distributers to

Marijuana has been used as medicine since ancient times. There have been evidences that are found in different locations of ancient human civilizations. For example, there are numerous evidences founded in Assyria, China, India, Greece Egypt, Persia, and in other ancient civilizations marijuana used for ritualistic purposes, pain relief, and the treatment of various ailments. Marijuana could also be cultivated to produce hemp, a type of fiber used for textile such as paper, fabric, and rope. Scott

Evil in Shakespeare's Macbeth, Mary Shelly's Frankenstein and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Evil has always been in everyone's lives. Some people have it more than others. There are places in the world where evil almost takes over. It crops up in all kinds of places, all over the world. In these texts, "Macbeth", "Frankenstein" and "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" there is a definite theme of evil throughout. In this essay I will write about

Intro Senses connect us to ourselves and surroundings. Sensation: the raw information, doesn't yet mean anything to you until... Perception: the mental process of sorting, identifying, and and arranging raw sensory data. Enduring Issues in Sensation and Perception Person-Situation: how accurately perceptual experiences reflect the world Mind-Body: experience depending in biological processes Diversity-University: How similarly people experience events Stability-Change, Nature-Nurture: How

In the late nineteenth century the glamourous diagnoses of “consumption” mutated into the dirty diagnoses of tuberculosis, a direct result of the discovery of the diseases viral nature. The newest popular diagnoses for the affluent became neurasthenia. Iconic American Neurologist George Miller Beard is remembered for having defined neurasthenia as a condition, and wrote extensively on the subject in his 1881 publication American Nervousness: Its Causes and Consequences, a Supplement to Nervous Exhaustion

Will trudged on, the ever-present hunger gnawing at him, creating a torturous agony, the raging monster that was his stomach ravaging his mind and body. It seemed that the pain and sorrow would never cease, an endless torture of the body and mind. Will trudged on, through the blazing heat of the sun and the blistering winds. He buried his companion and teacher three days ago. The map he was following said the journey would only take three days with the compass pointed north, northeast. He passed

Clemens Alexandrinus said German women saw events predicted by the watching the whirls and courses of rivers. To skeptics it seems a stretch to think hydromancy was anything but subjective. Unless of course the river bed was dry and this somehow that suggested a drought. Tortures and Torments The lower nature of humanity created gruesome ways to divine information which had no valid ties to occult philosophies. Trial by ordeal and Haruspex were despicable practices employing legalized torture and

Mr. Wang-Woo glanced at his handiwork and smiled, obviously satisfied. I didn’t say anything. Well, I couldn’t with a rag shoved in my mouth and duct-tape wrapped around my head. But even if I’d been able to reason with the sinister-looking cluck, I wouldn’t have given him the satisfaction. I just knelt on the floor, ropes lashed around my wrists and ankles. My mind was full of thoughts, both torturous and terrible. Like, can I twist around enough in the twine to scratch my shoulder? It twitched