Siris

 16 The next day was all preparation, and then the morning after there was a great procession out from the Porphyry Mountain to the Oracle o...

 "...when Inference is clearest, Assent may be least forcible, and, when Assent is most intense, Inference may be least distinct......

 Today is the feast of Queen St. Catherine of Alexandria, Virgin and Great Martyr, who as a sort of personification of Christian Alexandria ...

 15 As the vernal equinox grew nearer, preparations for Disan's attendance at the Great Council grew more intensive, and finally the tim...

 One of the somewhat chilling things one learns if one ever looks into the matter is that the human race is an infanticidal species; we kill...

 14 Not long after Adven's visit, Sosan, their chamberlain died in his sleep. He had served long, having begun his tenure of office as a...

Between grading and some kind of weird sickness or allergy that left me with massive sinus headaches, the past week has been a bit rough, al...