© Gunnar Tómasson 23 June 2017 I. The Saga Template Edda [1] 538412 A Preface 24844 = Almáttigr Guð skapaði í upphafi himin ok jörð ok alla þá hluti, 24337 = er þeim fylgja, ok síðast menn tvá, er ættir eru frá komnar, 4148 = Adam ok Evu, 22395 = ok fjölgaðist þeira kynslóð ok […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 22. júní 2017 I. Heilræði Snorra fyrir Ung Skáld (Skáldskaparmál. 8. kafli) 197920 16349 = En þetta er nú at segja ungum skáldum, 15868 = þeim er girnast at nema mál skáldskapar 16723 = ok heyja sér orðfjölða með fornum heitum 15251 = eða girnast þeir at kunna skilja þat, 8474 = […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 21 June 2017 I. Francis Bacon’s Essay, Of Truth (1625) 1927965 16829 = What is Truth; said jesting Pilate; 16465 = and would not stay for an Answer. 18074 = Certainly there be, that delight in Giddinesse 13235 = And count it a Bondage, to fix a Beleefe; 22340 = Affecting Free-will […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 20. júní 2017 „Sýkn er ég af blóði þessa manns! Svarið þér sjálfir fyrir!” „Komi blóð hans yfir oss og yfir börn vor!“ I. Guð hjálpi mér, en fyrirgefi yðr! (Brennu-Njálssaga, 110. kafli – M) 1138406 21332 = Þat var einn dag, at Mörðr kom til Bergþórshváls. 17216 = Þeir gengu þegar á […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 19 June 2017 Vis consilii expers, mole ruit sua. Force without wisdom falls by its own weight. I. Adue, adue, Hamlet; remember me. (Hamlet, Act I, Sc. v. First Folio, 1623) 1658168 9462 = Enter Ghost and Hamlet. Hamlet 22112 = Where wilt thou lead me? […]
Gunnar Tómasson 17 June 2017 I. The Play’s the thing, Wherein Ile catch the Conscience of the King. (Hamlet, Act II, Sc. ii. First Folio) 1014600 4981 = Manet Hamlet. Hamlet 11535 = I so, God buy’ye Now I am alone. 15291 = Oh what a Rogue and Pesant slaue am I? 21267 = Is […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 15 June 2017 I. God’s Sabbath Work – Illumination of His Spirit (Francis Bacon, Essay Of Truth, 1625) 149691 23316 = The first Creature of God, in the workes of the Dayes, 12236 = was the Light of the Sense; 15062 = The last, was the Light of Reason; 13986 = And his […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 14 June 2017 Background (Alfred Dodd) On 22 January 1621 the Lord Chancellor made a great feast. It was his sixtieth birthday. To it he invited all his special friends that were of the Rosicrosse, the Rosicrucians and the Masonic Fraternities – all those privileged ones who were in the secret of […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 13 June 2017 Overview A 176807 = Augury – The Fall of the mightiest Iulius. 335368 = Letter. Donald J. Trump to FBI Director James Comey. 472399 = Letter. Jeff Sessions to President Donald J. Trump 3081832 = Memorandum. Rod J. Rosenstein to Attorney General 57716 = The Fall of the […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 12. júní 2017 Thought for the Day (King Lear, Act I, Sc. i) Cordelia: Time shall vnfold what plighted cunning hides, Who couers faults, at last with shame derides: Samantekt A 1744102 = Njálsbrenna – 129. k. Möðruvallabók 872813 = Dráp Snorra – 151. k. Íslendingasaga 2616915 B 7 = […]