Chesterton embodied the hearty side of mysticism, cape thrown across his shoulders, broad-brimmed hat on his head and sword-stick at his side, a hungry Catholic Pantagruel in London.
To me, it seems that these books, films, songs and TV programmes about people with weird ears running around mountains smashing each other over the head with swords are created for people who have trouble understanding other human beings.
To me, it seems that these books, films, songs and TV shows about people with weird ears running around mountains smashing each other over the head with swords are created for people who have trouble understanding other human beings.
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As they march, some cut their heads with swords and whip their bodies with chains in an ecstasy of atonement.
Mr. Smith's gamble was this: how to populate his story with simpering geisha, officers who lop off people's heads with swords samurai-style, thuggish yakuza and fanatical kamikaze pilots, and still avoid clichés.
At home, state executioners sever heads with swords, as in the recent execution of 47 prisoners in one day, including Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, a respected religious scholar who devoted his life to promoting nonviolence and civil rights.
Fervent mourners beat themselves, some striking their heads with swords and drawing blood.
There are endless photos of sewing machines, mounted bear heads, samurai swords, cake icing, cheese slices, wind chimes and chain saws.
Also I know we don't see ourselves in the blameless individuals who have been beheaded by our ally Saudi Arabia, which has executed 150 people this year mostly by cutting off their heads with swords.
