Apuleius’ work The Golden Ass, a literary autobiography dating back eighteen hundred years, reflects the wisdom gained from accumulated experience regarding the virtues and vices of human nature. This sole surviving novel from the Greco-Roman world continues to captivate attention with its “golden” content, which cleverly and wittily compares and analyzes the relationship between man … Read more
Give thanks to the flame for its light, but don’t forget the one who holds the torch and stands in the shadows, unwavering in patience. Rabindranat Tagore, The Passing Birds The sight of a lit oil lamp is an image that creates reflections of light, warmth, beauty, and hope in us, which continue to accompany … Read more
Time and eternity of the Stone of the Sun After the fall of Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec Empire, which was leveled to the ground by conquerors in 1521, many valuable and magnificent works of the Aztecs were deeply buried and forgotten. The same fate befell the Stone of the Sun, as its colors … Read more
