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Wonder
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonder
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https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=wonder
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http://collectingwonder.com/
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http://www.slideshare.net/search/slideshow?searchfrom=header&q=Wonder
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http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/wonder.html
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http://wonderofscience.com.au/
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http://www.wonderhowto.com/
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http://wonderfulengineering.com/
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http://www.hillmanwonders.com/
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http://new7wonders.com/
The
http://theawesomer.com/
http://theawesomedaily.com/
Marvel
http://www.wondersandmarvels.com/
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https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=wonder
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http://collectingwonder.com/
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http://www.slideshare.net/search/slideshow?searchfrom=header&q=Wonder
Quotes
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/wonder.html
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/wonder
Science
http://wonderofscience.com.au/
How
http://www.wonderhowto.com/
Engineer
http://wonderfulengineering.com/
Hills
http://www.hillmanwonders.com/
New
http://new7wonders.com/
The
http://theawesomer.com/
http://theawesomedaily.com/
Marvel
http://www.wondersandmarvels.com/
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Eaters of the Dead
Aghori
The Aghori are a Hindu sect believed to have split off from the Kapalika order (which dates from 1000 A.D.) in the fourteenth century. Both Kapalika and Aghori sects are worshipers of Lord Shiva. Aghori means non-terrifying in Sanskrit, and may refer to how members of the sect view death. This extremely secretive community is known to live in graveyards, wear ash from the pyre, and use human bone from graveyards for rituals.
Members of the Aghori drink from human skulls and practice cannibalism in the belief that eating human flesh confers spiritual and physical benefits, such as prevention of aging. The Aghori are widely censured in India for their use of human remains. It is believed that Aghoris perform Tantric ritual involving sex with lower caste, menstruating woman during which the Aghori becomes shiva and his partner shakti. Necrophagy, the eating of corpse flesh, is attested to by a sixteenth century Persian source and in nineteenth century British accounts.
Doctrines
Aghori ascetics, while being devotees of the Hindu god Shiva, are monists who adhere to the common Hindu belief in liberation (moksha) from the cycle of reincarnation (samsara). This liberation is a realisation of the self's identity with the absolute. Because of this monistic doctrine, the Aghoris maintain that all opposites are identical and that the conventional Hindu distinctions between purity and impurity are ultimately illusory. The purpose of embracing pollution through various practices is the realization of non-duality through transcending social taboos, and seeing the illusory nature of all conventional categories.
The Aghoris are ascetics living in cremation grounds, smearing themselves with the ashes of corpses and eating from a begging bowl made from a human skull. They are attributed with the practices of eating corpse flesh, which may be a once in a lifetime ritual act, and meditating while seated upon a corpse and thereby gaining control over the corpse's spirit. They have also been accused of practicing human sacrifice, though this is unlikely.
History
Although akin to the Kapalika ascetics of medieval Kashmir, with whom there may be a historical connection, the Aghoris trace their origin to Kina Ram, an ascetic who is said to have lived 150 years during the second half of the eighteenth century. Kina Ram is thought to have been an incarnation of the Hindu god Shiva, as have been each of Kina Ram's successors.
Symbols
The Aghori ascetic is himself a symbol of the god Shiva. He goes naked or wears the shroud of a corpse, he covers himself in the ashes of the cremation ground--which would be polluting for an orthodox Brahmin--and his ritual practices are symbols of his non-dualistic beliefs. The corpse upon which he meditates is a symbol of his own body and the corpse devouring ritual is a symbol of the transcendence of his lower self and a realisation of the greater, all pervading self.
Adherents
Due to the secrecy of this religious sect, no official figures are available. At the end of the nineteenth century there were an estimated two or three hundred Aghori ascetics in Varanasi, though now there are perhaps as few as twenty living in their main centre. The Aghoris do, however, have a large lay following, and devotees from the Indian middle classes.
Headquarters
The main akhada of Aghoris is Kina Ram's hermitage or ashram in Varanasi. Kina Ram's samadhi is a centre of piligrimage for Aghoris and Aghori devotees. Here Kina Ram is buried in a tomb or samadhi which is a centre of pilgrimage for Aghoris and Aghori devotees. Apart from this, any cremation ground would be a holy place for an Aghori ascetic.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannibal_(disambiguation)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-cannibalism
About
http://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/cannibals
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https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=cannibal
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http://www.slideshare.net/search/slideshow?searchfrom=header&q=cannibal
The Aghori are a Hindu sect believed to have split off from the Kapalika order (which dates from 1000 A.D.) in the fourteenth century. Both Kapalika and Aghori sects are worshipers of Lord Shiva. Aghori means non-terrifying in Sanskrit, and may refer to how members of the sect view death. This extremely secretive community is known to live in graveyards, wear ash from the pyre, and use human bone from graveyards for rituals.
Members of the Aghori drink from human skulls and practice cannibalism in the belief that eating human flesh confers spiritual and physical benefits, such as prevention of aging. The Aghori are widely censured in India for their use of human remains. It is believed that Aghoris perform Tantric ritual involving sex with lower caste, menstruating woman during which the Aghori becomes shiva and his partner shakti. Necrophagy, the eating of corpse flesh, is attested to by a sixteenth century Persian source and in nineteenth century British accounts.
Doctrines
Aghori ascetics, while being devotees of the Hindu god Shiva, are monists who adhere to the common Hindu belief in liberation (moksha) from the cycle of reincarnation (samsara). This liberation is a realisation of the self's identity with the absolute. Because of this monistic doctrine, the Aghoris maintain that all opposites are identical and that the conventional Hindu distinctions between purity and impurity are ultimately illusory. The purpose of embracing pollution through various practices is the realization of non-duality through transcending social taboos, and seeing the illusory nature of all conventional categories.
The Aghoris are ascetics living in cremation grounds, smearing themselves with the ashes of corpses and eating from a begging bowl made from a human skull. They are attributed with the practices of eating corpse flesh, which may be a once in a lifetime ritual act, and meditating while seated upon a corpse and thereby gaining control over the corpse's spirit. They have also been accused of practicing human sacrifice, though this is unlikely.
History
Although akin to the Kapalika ascetics of medieval Kashmir, with whom there may be a historical connection, the Aghoris trace their origin to Kina Ram, an ascetic who is said to have lived 150 years during the second half of the eighteenth century. Kina Ram is thought to have been an incarnation of the Hindu god Shiva, as have been each of Kina Ram's successors.
Symbols
The Aghori ascetic is himself a symbol of the god Shiva. He goes naked or wears the shroud of a corpse, he covers himself in the ashes of the cremation ground--which would be polluting for an orthodox Brahmin--and his ritual practices are symbols of his non-dualistic beliefs. The corpse upon which he meditates is a symbol of his own body and the corpse devouring ritual is a symbol of the transcendence of his lower self and a realisation of the greater, all pervading self.
Adherents
Due to the secrecy of this religious sect, no official figures are available. At the end of the nineteenth century there were an estimated two or three hundred Aghori ascetics in Varanasi, though now there are perhaps as few as twenty living in their main centre. The Aghoris do, however, have a large lay following, and devotees from the Indian middle classes.
Headquarters
The main akhada of Aghoris is Kina Ram's hermitage or ashram in Varanasi. Kina Ram's samadhi is a centre of piligrimage for Aghoris and Aghori devotees. Here Kina Ram is buried in a tomb or samadhi which is a centre of pilgrimage for Aghoris and Aghori devotees. Apart from this, any cremation ground would be a holy place for an Aghori ascetic.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannibal_(disambiguation)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-cannibalism
About
http://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/cannibals
Tube
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=cannibal
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http://www.slideshare.net/search/slideshow?searchfrom=header&q=cannibal
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