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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi

24th November 2022, 06:39 PM

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The things we cannot see

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Posted By David

What i am about to write is not in any way meant...

What i am about to write is not in any way meant to counter the experiences of members described here who find themselves operating in completely different paradigms dependent upon whether they are...

Forum: Keris Warung Kopi

8th August 2022, 02:05 PM

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The things we cannot see

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Posted By David

Well, the most obvious difference between...

Well, the most obvious difference between Balinese and Javanese cultures is that Java has been under the influence of Islam since the fall of the Mojopahit while Bali is mostly Hindu. In many ways...

Forum: Keris Warung Kopi

3rd August 2022, 08:10 PM

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The things we cannot see

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Posted By David

I thought i would at least get the ball rolling...

I thought i would at least get the ball rolling on "isi". As i understand it, this word has the meaning of "contents" in Bahasa Indonesian and in Javanese i found the definition as "filling". These...

Forum: Keris Warung Kopi

28th July 2022, 04:34 PM

Replies: 60

The things we cannot see

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Posted By David

In this case every Javanese to English online...

In this case every Javanese to English online dictionary also seems to translate "tuah" as "luck", though i must say that i never quite trust these source (and strangely STILL have not obtained a...

Forum: Keris Warung Kopi

26th July 2022, 03:34 PM

Replies: 60

The things we cannot see

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Posted By David

That is a very good question and i am not really...

That is a very good question and i am not really sure how well we can really sort that out, though i am certainly open to the attempt. Certainly it does seem that their is quite a lot of mystical...

Forum: Keris Warung Kopi

26th July 2022, 03:13 PM

Replies: 60

The things we cannot see

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Posted By David

One of the big differences to be found between...

One of the big differences to be found between Christianity and Eastern religions is the rigid dichotomy that is found in the former. God (as it is understood) is good and Satan is evil. So all...

Forum: Keris Warung Kopi

25th July 2022, 11:07 PM

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The things we cannot see

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Posted By David

Interesting conversations so far. At this...

Interesting conversations so far.
At this point i would just like to interject that the concept of the seen and unseen worlds is not isolated to a relatively small area in South East Asia. It is a...

Forum: Keris Warung Kopi

23rd July 2022, 02:42 AM

Replies: 60

The things we cannot see

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Posted By David

I would just like to second this idea. I must say...

I would just like to second this idea. I must say that it the past it has often seemed that these aspects of the keris were something that many collectors, especially Western collectors, either had...

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