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An alternative "On This Day", On This Deity aims to bring light to and celebrate Culture Heroes, Outsider Icons, Beloved Immortals and Revolutionary Events in history.
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17th February 1600 the Death of Giordano Bruno
Today marks the 412th anniversary of the death of the Italian Renaissance philosopher Giordano Bruno. Most of us associate the initiation of modern cosmology with Nicolaus Copernicus (the first to convincingly place the Sun instead of the Earth at the … Continue reading
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16th November 1938 Albert Hofmann Synthesizes LSD
Today is quite an anniversary for psychedelic culture. Exactly two years ago the world lost one of its most remarkable visionary painters, the Peruvian Pablo Amaringo, whose art documented his shamanic ayahuasca visions. Thirty-eight years ago saw the death of … Continue reading
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