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If you see a human coming towards you - the safest action to take is to run and hide.

It starts with uneasiness, discomfort that never leaves you and is getting more intense while progressing the book. I hope I will never have to experience it outside of this book.

Reading about Elizabethan occult philosophy feels less like studying history and more like auditing a laboratory where theology, mathematics, and angelic linguistics were sharing the same bench.

The Cabala, in this setting, struck me as applied melancholy with a return ticket. A disciplined descent into symbolic darkness, yes, but with rails. You enter the labyrinth of correspondences, numbers, divine names, planetary hierarchies. You feel the weight of Saturn on the skull. Yet there is always a ladder back out. Structure. Commentary. A sanctioned map of the invisible.

The Enochian manuscripts feel different. They are what happens when you lose the ticket.

Just read it.

Nothing new under the sun.

Knygą („Alfavilnius“) nusitvėriau random, kaip seniau, kai kasetes pirkdavau pagal viršelį – laiko galvoti nebuvo. Kudos Linai.

Dabar pirmiausia žvilgsnis krenta į leidimo metus: ar tonas atitinka laikmetį, ar neatrodo dirbtinis (LLM)? Čia kaulų kramtyti nereikėjo – išleista 2008 m. Jei kartais kyla modernumo ošimas, tai greičiau dėl mūsų pačių internetinių nuostatų.

Skaitydamas susidariau jausmą, kad „vaibas“ labai pažįstamas – tarsi literatūriniai triukai jau būtų matyti anksčiau, bet paminėti nuogi priešpiečiai sustatė viską į vietas.

TL;DR: Jei ši apžvalga neaiški – tokia pat miglota ir knyga. Jei aiški – drąsiai imkit ją ir skaitykit.

This was my first acquaintance with Ezra Pound, while walking in Venice. I'm not sure how to properly evaluate the experience, but anyone interested in understanding the creator more deeply should explore the environment where the art was made.

Great book.

!!!

I could not shake off the feeling that these stories were too clever for me and I could not understand most of them, but the last story has saved the collection.

Now I know.

Andy Weir is the reincarnation of Jules Verne for the modern times, I have learned a lot of science from his books and it was fun.

I have enjoyed the book immensely - it is a great story-telling about madmen that live among us.

The book gave more than I have bargained for. I have learnt new things about and better understanding of RAW and Illuminatus! Trilogy, how Magick is applied and have added more books to read.

Alternative endings are awesome and I will never be the same after reading this book.

This is great book, audio version is superb as well.

Great book about great mind, could not put down.

When I am, I am not.
When I am not, I am.

Fascinating list of conspiracy theories. Some of them seems to be true, some of them down, but I was never sure which exactly. Many interesting authors to read and links to explore (if they are still up).

Šiurpulingas gėris.

Experiences could be more detailed, but in general - respect for the spirit.

If you don't know what to do as a (engineering) manager - this book is for you.

Dar kelios neprastesnės knygos ir patikėsiu, kad lietuvių literatūrą galima skaityt. Skaitėsi įdomiai, įtraukė, kiek nuvylė atomazga.

Labai surezonavo knyga. Skaitant, mintyse taip ir mačiau savo paauglystę, nors ir negyvenau Šiauliuose.

Any aspiring leader should read this book at least once. The main points are:

1. Some ideas are very tempting: be human.
2. Swearing a lot helps.
2. Drink beer.

In some way reading this book I could not believe that such people exist, are valued and are not a myth. The people who created this book have succeeded in creating a credible and successful business model that is based on real life stories. Moreover, the great thing about the book is that it is not a secret club for the chosen ones only and for anybody who wants to succeed can follow the steps outlined in the book. It doesn't matter what industry or sector you are involved in, there are valuable lessons to be learned from the book, with no need for any MBA. It is exactly the type of books that demonstrate the importance of a good leadership and explain simply why some leaders and businesses become successful and others don't, with many examples ranging from sports to technology to business and much more.

Firstly, this is a book that demonstrates the power of an exceptional coach in different situations. Secondly, it is a book that emphasizes the importance of being able to communicate with different people in order to achieve a common goal. Furthermore, it focuses on showing how important every team member is and how every person contributes towards the company's success. Finally, this is a book that demonstrates how a coach or a CEO should behave and what they need to do in order to achieve success.

I have recently finished this book, and it made me angry somehow. Everything is connected in Silicon Valley, and nobody knows what to do when shit happens. It's like a machine that keeps going and going without anyone knowing how to stop it. All the young blood turns into old blood and the cycle starts again.

This book is about a bunch of young people who move to Silicon Valley and start their own companies. Some fail and some succeed, but all of them are changing the world in one way or another.

A lot of help and struggles come from right connections, be it a status quo challenges or old farts that do not want “the progress”. All of them are protecting their pals, and it's really frustrating because we lose more and more freedoms, and we are protected from the wrong influences.

The book talks about three main types of people in the Valley: startup founders, venture capitalists, and government bureaucrats. Each of them has their own motivations and ways of contributing to the overall machine.

For me, the most important part of this book was learning about how the Valley works. I know that's not really what the book is about, but knowing this helped me put a lot of things into perspective (especially those related to politics). Overall, I think this book is a great way to get introduced to the Silicon Valley machine.

Feels like Terry Pratchett writes a documentary featuring Death experimenting on HR.