The Collective Effervescence

Collective effervescence (CE) is a sociological concept introduced by Émile Durkheim. According to Durkheim, a community or society may at times come together and simultaneously communicate the same thought and participate in the same action. Such an event then causes collective effervescence which excites individuals and serves to unify the group

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Insect Life. 1921. Cover detail.

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“Life cycle of the mushroom.” How and why wonder book of mushrooms, ferns and mosses. 1965. 

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No way home, Erin Morris

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“Om is the mysterious cosmic energy that is the substratum of all the things and all the being of the entire universe. It is the eternal song of the Divine.” — Amit Ray

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“Time is basically an illusion created by the mind to aid in our sense of temporal presence in the vast ocean of space.” --Abhijit Naskar

A Piece of Space

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“God sleeps in the rock, dreams in the plant, stirs in the animal, and awakens in man.” --Ibn Arabi

“All In” “Star Network” art by Shinya SUZUKI

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Tat Tvam Asi – “Thou art That!” Talon Abraxas

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Sea Melodies by Herbert James Draper (1904)

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“Balance is the natural state of life, because the basic characteristic of the fundamental element of life, pure consciousness, is complete balance.” --Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Balance mendezmendez @mendezmendezart

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Illustration for unpublished version : ' of J. R. R. Tolkien's :' The Hobbit' by Peter Klucik, 1990

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whatever was left, that was ours for a while.

sunrise - louise glück

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The Beauty of Moths

— by Pieter Cramer (1721–1776)

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Biblis by William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1884)