On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 10:00 AM, shag carpet bomb <shag at cleandraws.com>wrote:
> man, this is sweet. Activismists advance the whirling dervish as subject of
> history:
>
> Whirling Dervish n. 1. A mystical dancer who stands between the material
> and cosmic worlds. His dance is part of a sacred ceremony in which the
> dervish rotates in a precise rhythm. ... The purpose of the ritual whirling
> is for the dervish to empty himself of all distracting thoughts, placing him
> in trance; released from his body, he conquers dizziness.
>
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