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A Reader Responds to Persona 5: Gaming as a Rite and Site of Passage (New Series on Meta-Psychology, Social Cognition, and Individuation)
In Persona 5, the main characters are a group of high school students who discover that they possess the power to enter a parallel world called the “Metaverse,” where they can confront and overcome the distorted desires of adults. Through their experiences in the Metaverse, the characters undergo a process of individuation, which is the […]
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Demons Out, Fortune In. It’s Setsubun (節分): Bean Scattering, Bad Fortunes & Demon Slaying
We’re going to throw our beans, embrace this spring. Out, out with you Oni! Come, come good things. Oh, and get boosted. Seriously.
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Seven University of Missouri Students Receive the Gilman Scholarship – This is Happening!
Greetings & ようこそ It is my immense pleasure to welcome you to the airy, the eerie, the all-at-once sensual, hysterical, and downright phenomenal Floating World of East Asian literature Oh, but that’s not all we’re doing, we’ll venture across the foothills of Southern China, encountering wandering monks, greedy children, and blushing princes. We’ll see just how lethal […]
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The Way Things Are
The Way Things Are – Hope and fear are both phantoms that arise from thinking of the self. #taoism #taoteching #mindfulness
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Naomi Shihab Nye on Kindness and Sorrow
Naomi Shihab Nye on Kindness and the Art of Living a Compassionate Life
Nicholas Andriani Rankin 