THE SISTINE CHAPEL OF THE EAST
The Painted Monastery of Voronet was built by Romania’s national hero Stefan the Great in 1488. A UN World Heritage Site, Voronet lies in a remote Carpathian mountain valley in the northeast corner of Romania. The entire church is covered in brilliantly painted scenes of Christian reverence.
The frescoes, with the famous “Voronet blue” made of crushed lapis lazuli, have withstood over 500 winters of wind, snow, and rain. The extraordinary back panel of the Last Judgment is renowned as the East’s Sistine Chapel (as in Eastern or Orthodox Christianity). It’s one of Romania’s many wonders. (Glimpses of Our Breathtaking World #98 Photo ©Jack Wheeler)
KEEPING YOUR SANITY XIX
That was when, for all of us, the world was as young as we were. Remember? Everything was new, and fascinating, we were endlessly curious, we wanted to know why and asked questions about all sorts of stuff.
Remember how time went by much slower when you were young – and how you’ve noticed that the older you get, the faster time goes by?
Let’s not do that. Let’s have time slow down, and recapture our curiosity of youth – by having our brain grow physically younger. We’ll do that in a small place in our brain that’s Greek for “seahorse.”
TANTRIC BHUTAN
The most fabulously exotic country on earth is the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan. The Bhutanese
religion of Tantric Buddhism is here exemplified by a prayer hall wall painting of Yab-Yum – the physical union of Compassion and Wisdom. Male compassion is personified as the deity Samvara with a blue body, multiple faces and arms. He embraces his consort of female wisdom Vajra-varahi.
It is important to understand that Yab-Yum is considered a sacred act as a path to Enlightenment. It is just one example of how Bhutan may stretch our comfort zone to learn ancient ways and practices, giving us a broader perspective on our humanity. For an in-depth understanding of Bhutan’s extraordinary culture, consider joining our Wheeler Expedition to the Land of the Thunder Dragon next year. (Glimpses of Our Breathtaking World #16 photo ©Jack Wheeler)
PUTIN’S PUPPET
HALF-FULL REPORT 05/21/21
That’s the South Carolina Senator on Hannity Tuesday (5/18), expressing the same passion as Jeffrey Folks in What Trump Meant on TTP yesterday (5/20) and 100 million other Americans.
This passion is what Hate America Democrats are determined to snuff out, no matter what the cost. That’s why they’ve assigned the corrupt Hate America Marxist Democrat, New York Attorney General Letitia James, to criminally prosecute our POTUS.
But they are going to fail and fail grossly. This HFR explains why.
FLASHBACK FRIDAY – WITH THE ANTI-COMMUNIST GUERILLAS IN CAMBODIA
July, 1984. The KPNLF – Khmer People’s National Liberation Front – was the Anti-Communist guerrilla movement fighting the Soviet-backed Vietnamese Communists in Cambodia. When I was first there in 1961, Cambodia was then a land of serenity, with a gentle and tranquil people who were at peace with themselves and the world. Now it was a land of indescribable Communist horror.
It was such a privilege to be with these brave men willing to wage war against that horror and bring freedom to their country. I told their tale in Turning Back the Terror, the February 1985 cover story for Reason magazine. (Glimpses of Our Breathtaking World #20 photo ©Jack Wheeler)
IS AMERICA NO LONGER A FREE CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY?
Corrupt NY Attorney General Letitia James
I have just learned that the Democrat New York Attorney General has “informed” my organization that their “investigation” is no longer just a civil matter but also potentially a “criminal” investigation working with the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office.
There is nothing more corrupt than an investigation that is in desperate search of a crime. But, make no mistake, that is exactly what is happening here.
This is something that happens in failed third world countries, not the United States. If you can run for a prosecutor’s office pledging to take out your enemies, and be elected to that job by partisan voters who wish to enact political retribution, then we are no longer a free constitutional democracy.
WHAT TRUMP MEANT
I loved President Trump because he stood up for the ordinary people of America, those who for so long had been kept in cultural servitude by the political elite. I still do – and he still does.
President Trump endowed ordinary Americans with a sense of possibilities by returning manufacturing jobs to America, restoring our sovereignty as a nation free of global institutions, and, above all, ending the atmosphere of political correctness that had choked free expression for decades.
Then, when the elite saw everyday Americans rising above their station, it decided to put them back in their servitude by depriving Trump of a second term, by whatever means necessary.
BADAB-E-SURT
The “Springs of Intensity” in Persian are a series travertine terraces in remote northern Iran of such impressionist beauty they look like a masterpiece of Claude Monet. For thousands of years, water flowing down a mountainside from two hot mineral springs depositing carbonates have built these natural multi-colored staircases.
Iran is an enormous country – almost the size of Alaska, four times the size of California – filled with wonders, natural and cultural. We were welcomed in every part of the country in our exploration of it in 2014. While the current political climate does not allow that today, the day will come before long when we will return. (Glimpses of Our Breathtaking World #130 Photo ©Jack Wheeler)
SKYE’S LINKS 05/20/21
The US is at war with itself; US Space Force Commander demoted due to a book that he wrote about encroaching Marxism in the US military:
While China prepares for war:
Japanese Investigation Finds 700 Chinese Land Purchases Near Military Bases
While China co-opts the news:
Study: Chinese Influence on Worldwide Media Surged During Pandemic
[Note by Jack Wheeler – be prepared for what Skye thinks of UFOs in this issue of Skye’s Links!]