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COUGH COUGH...Let's pretend we're all alive, shall we? I don't know about you guys, but there's something about Assassin's Creed II life that makes the course of human history seem truly magical. Larger-than-life personalities reach to us from beyond the past in the forms of leaders, inventors, even everyday people who were lucky enough to do something amazing and get noticed for it. Are there historical figures that have amazed you to the point where you wouldn't mind invoking them in your mind, to try and share in their strengths or triumphs? Any stories out there in the loom of humanity that you would re-enact in ritual to raise energies of determination and willpower?

How about just stories from history you really want to know more about, religion-related or otherwise?
I'll post mine in a bit if anyone responds.

I'm really gay for the various events of the 1600s, primarily the Protestant Reformation (Because I think it'd make for an awesome Shadow Hearts game) and the Sengoku period (because holy s**t samurai are cool). Whimsical and flippant, perhaps, but there you go.

RE: Past Personalities, the ones that constantly grab my attention are Tesla, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Alexander the Great, and Carl Jung.

I find the specific weaknesses of some historical characters endearing, adding humanity to them, and actually I find the biggest change of time is the adding of all figured involved in a specific endeavor or age to a specific "team" or association, where instead they might have judged each other, been indifferent, or even been enemies. The Founding Fathers is one large specific example of this, I would think, after all, we might find it absurd today to think of the "Political Movement of Clinton, Bush, and Obama" and yet by future standards they may end up grouped into a heroic trio, like some of the sword rivalries of the past have become.

Big fan of folks like Aldo Leopold, Rachel Carson, and other environment-sensitives. But I'm a tree-hugger too, so go figure. whee

I think the most important stories, though, are those we would consider most mundane. The amazing triumphs of my own parents... and of any parents who are devoted to their children in perfect love and perfect trust... are far more immediately relevant to me than these so-called lofty figures. I really do idolize my parents and any other parents who have the muster to churn out amazing kids. The everyday heroism without which, none of these famous people would exist in the first place.

Never heard of them, myself. What it is about these environmentalists that make you their fan?



Man, I get that desire all of the time. To know what those people were like, their daily mannerisms, and learn through that relationship how they were destined for greatness, or perhaps learning that such greatness was a combination of luck and determination.

Some stories I would love to know about from history include the relationship between Anthony and Cleopatra, if there really was such a one. I also wouldn't mind knowing a bit more indepth about certain political leaders and dictators from other countries, such as Presidents like TR and FDR and figures such as Mao Zedong, Francois Duvalier and Joseph Stalin. The film "The Last King of Scotland" portrays the very sort of mind that it takes to rule with an iron fist.

I usually wonder if people really if ever change. I wonder if reincarnation does happen would they even be recognized now.

I think more important then the people is the idea's they represented. I feel inspired when I hear of a really good rout or some of the great generals that have existed.
It reminds me of the rush I feel when I get a really good idea. I like hearing the words of religious leaders because I can feel this resonance within me. An echo that almost screams Yes That makes sense. When I hear poetry... its like the thoughts reach me. Thats why I like studying history.
It inspires within me the same qualities they had because I can recognize in some other the good... and I am reminded of the good in myself.

I don't know what they are like... whether portrayals were accurate, but words call to me

Rachel Carson wrote "Silent Spring," a very interesting account of the effects of DDT (a pesticide used in the 40s and 50s). A good, but difficult read.

Anyway, I may have mentioned this before, but I've always been interested in the effects of charisma. Hitler may have struck fear in the hearts of many Europeans, but he also captivated many with his speeches and propaganda.

I don't know why I'm fascinated by this. I swear I'm not a Nazi.

Could be that Hitler actually had occult power that extends to his words even today... ninja