aspiringchongqinger:

Taiwanese calligrapher Shao Lan uses a pictorial and story-telling approach to teach Chinese characters. Her website, Chineasy, is fantastic: when you click on a character, related and more complex characters appear. This will be one of many resources that I’ll use when I start learning Chinese characters next month. (For now: speaking and pronunciation practice). 

Learn more about her project by reading The World of Chinese’s review or visiting her website

Images: screenshots from Chineasy. 

thecadaverousportrait:

Asmodeus (aka Abaddon) is a demon from the Christian tradition. He can also go by the name of Apollyon in Greek which translates to “The Destroyer.” He is seen in the biblical book Revelations, written by St. John. The original Hebrew, Abaddon, literally comes to mean “place of destruction” but in the Christian scriptures describe him as an individual person. In those descriptions he is known as the king of the bottomless pit that holds lost souls and commander of a viscous plague of locusts. In all other works outside of the Christian Bible he is identified as the angel of destruction, leader of the Apocalypse, and one of the chief demons of the underworld that is almost equal to Satan himself. Among other things, Abaddon is responsible for the lust component of the famed Seven Deadly Sins, and it is said that those who submit to his sexual manipulation will be doomed to an eternity in the second level of Hell.

Interview with Peter J. Carroll

Interview with Peter J. Carroll

Interview with Peter J. Carroll

Interview with Peter J. Carroll