User:Elfelix

"The Realm of Light shines Within us, and Between us."

ARTICLES. From scratch or stubs, except 1, 2, 8, 13-16, 30, 38-41, and T17, which are augmented as described. General subjects are listed first, followed by those on Tunisia.


 * 1. lost
 * 2. Jan van Ruusbroec: add "Books and Articles" => finished. A medieval Dutch mystic
 * 3. List of non-Muslim authors on Islam: from stub. >250 entries. Annotated, starting from era of Muhammad
 * 4. Miguel Asín Palacios: from stub => fin. Spanish academic/priest: Muslim mystics, often compared to Christian
 * 5. James T. Monroe => finished. American academic who wrote on Spanish and Arabic literature
 * 6. Emilio García Gómez => finished. A Spanish academic of Arabic literature
 * 7. South Arabia: from stub => finished. Outline History of region in and near Yemen
 * 8. Sirah Rasul Allah: add "Text of Ibn Ishaq". ->Ibn Ishaq: "Recontr. of text". => Talk:X. First bio. of Mhmd.
 * 9. Luce López-Baralt => fin. Academic of Puerto Rico, re mysticism and literature, Arabic and Spanish
 * 10. Andrew Hurley => finished. Translator of Spanish literature into English
 * 11. Jerusalem Declaration on Christian Zionism => fin. By Palestinian Christians, reply by Chr. Zionists
 * 12. Interreligious Coordinating Council in Israel => fin. Israeli religious coalition to bridge Judaism & Islam
 * 13. Wm. Robertson Smith: add "Books annotated"; "Commentary" => fin. Scot professor: Bible criticism, Islam.
 * 14. Wayne Teasdale: Reconfigure, rewrite ("Criticism") => fin. Catholic monk (1945-2004), Hindu dialogue
 * 15. Evelyn Underhill: add: "Ruysbroeck"; "Mysticism of Plotinus"; "Commentary"; her titles => "'Anglican mystic''
 * 16. Apostolic Succession: recast, augment (e.g. "The Porvoo Communion") => fin. 24-2-2010. Chr. doctrine
 * 17. Julián Ribera y Tarragó => finished. Spanish academic of Arabic literature
 * 18. R. C. Zaehner: stub => process: Prof. re mysticism, Zoroastrian & Hindu studies; former British intelligence
 * 19. St. Thaïs => finished. A Christian saint of Roman Egypt, reformed courtesan
 * 20. Paphnutius => fin. Medieval play about St. Thaïs and the monk Paphnutius
 * 21. Ma-tsu Tao-yi: >stub => fin. [Jan 2012]. Śūnyatā. Chan Buddhist monk of China (written over; 2015 cured).
 * 22. Masao Abe: from stub => finished. Japanese academic of Buddhist studies and inter-religious dialogue
 * 23. La Saeta => finished. Spanish Catholic spiritual song, influenced by flamenco
 * 24. Concurso de Cante Jondo => finished. A fiesta of flamenco arts held in Granada, 1922
 * 25. Juana la Macarrona: from stub => finished. Flamenco dancer, late 19th & early 20th centuries
 * 26. Diego Bermúdez (singer) => finished. Flamenco singer, late 19th & early 20th centuries
 * 27. Carmelita Maracci: from stub=> finished. California ballet dancer who blended Spanish dance
 * 27a Bronislava Nijinska: from stub=> fin. Polish dancer, choreographer in Ballets Russes
 * 27b Stanislas Idzikowski: from stub=> fin. Polish dancer in Ballets Russes.
 * 27c Leon Woizikovsky: fin. Polish dancer in Ballets Russes.
 * 27d Kyra Nijinsky: from stub=> fin. A ballet dancer.
 * 28. Shikand-gumanic Vichar => Queue. A Zoroastrian text of the 9th century
 * 29. Abba 'Enbaqom => finished. A monastic leader of 16th-century Ethiopia
 * 30. Praetor's Edict: from stub => finished for now. A judicial edict important in Roman law
 * 31. Proletariat: add section "Usage in Roman Law" => fin. A social status in the Roman Republic
 * 32. Salvius Julianus: from 'stub' => finished. A prominent jurist of the Roman Empire
 * 33. Mommsen's History of Rome: from stub => Multi-volume history by 19th century German academic
 * 34. History of Rome outline: from stub => fin.  Articles regarding Rome
 * 35. Jean de Menasce => fin. Egyptian Jewish, Catholic convert, priest/academic on Zoroastrianism, Judaism
 * 36. Simon Dubnow: from "stub" => finished. East European Jewish historian of the Jews, ancient to modern
 * 37. Grand Erg Oriental: from stub => finished. Very large sand dunes of Algeria and Tunisia
 * 38. Malcolm H. Kerr: merged 2013-3-20 => finished. American academic of modern Arab society, politics
 * 39. Edmund Husserl: section "Life and career" => fin. German/Jewish philosopher: phenomenology
 * 40. Niels Bohr: augment "Early years", "Physics"; reorganize => fin. Danish physicist of early atomic theory
 * 41. Jean Mabillon: add "De re Diplomatica" => fin. Advanced the critical appraisal of historical documents
 * 42. The Guns of August: add: "funeral", "Louvain", "war at sea", "Afterward"; "Outbreak", "Comment" =>  WWI.
 * 43. The Wars for Asia, 1911-1949 => finished for now. A book on the wars of China, early 20th century
 * 44. Sarah C. Paine => finished. A military historian, professor
 * 45. John Ranelagh => finished. Irish writer and television producer
 * 46. Rufus Taylor => finished. Naval intelligence, CIA Deputy Director
 * 47. Richard Helms: from stub => finished. Director of Central Intelligence
 * 48. Richard Helms--early career => finished. Later Director of Central Intelligence In a delete bin.
 * 49. The Night of Enitharmon's Joy: only augments to stub => Queue. Blake visual art
 * 50. The Great Mother: from stub, => finished for now. Book re Jung's archetypes, and context
 * 51. Sylvia Brinton Perera: finished. Jungian analyst and author
 * 52. Sonu Shamdasani: from stub, => finished for now. "Author, academic researching Carl Jung."
 * 53. John P. Dourley: finished for now. Jungian analyst, author who explored mysticism
 * 54. Shekhinah: add "Kabbalah"'; modify "Christianity", augment "Islam". Feminine aspect of God
 * 55. Manuel Córdova-Rios "Ino Moxo" => fin. An herbal healer of the Amazon
 * 56. César Calvo: from 'stub' => fin. A poet of Peru
 * 57. Zichan: from 'stub'. Statesman and philosopher of Early China
 * 58. Trần Ngọc Châu => fin. South Vietnamese Lt. Colonel, then civilian politician, political prisoner
 * 59. Peer de Silva => fin. CIA station chief in Europe, then East and SE Asia
 * 60. Tran Minh Tiet => finished for now. Chief Justice of South Vietnam
 * 61. Ralph McGehee: from stub => fin. CIA case officer in East and SE Asia, CIA critic
 * 62. Frank Gibney: from stub => finished. 20th-century journalist/author, chiefly on East Asia
 * 63. David Blee: => fin. CIA station chief, then head of Near East Division, & Soviet Division
 * 64. Street without Joy: fin. Book by Bernard Fall about the First Indochina War
 * 65. Order of Battle for the Viet Cong: in process 1967 intelligence controversy: MACV v. CIA
 * 66. Sam Adams: in process CIA analyst, critic per O/B re VC
 * 67. Wilshire/La Cienega station from stub: finished for now. Los Angeles Metro stop.
 * 68. Tancheng: from stub: => fin. county of south-central Shandung province, China.
 * 69. Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act: from stub: rent control legislation in California
 * 70. Walter Dirks from stub: => fin. 20th-century German journalist, author; left Catholic
 * 71. V. Walter Odajnyk academic, author: from political science to psychology: Jungian, meditation
 * 72. Sudarshan Kapoor academic, author, activist for nonviolence per Gandhi and M.L.King aka Kapur
 * 73. James Melvin Washington from stub: ''academic, scholar of M.L.King, & African American church

TUNISIA: HISTORY, and BIOGRAPHY
 * T1. History of Tunisia: from "stub" to introduction page => finished.
 * T2. Outlines of early Tunisia => finished.
 * T3. History of Punic-era Tunisia: chronology => finished. Merged into Carthage article.
 * T4. History of Punic-era Tunisia: culture => finished. Merged into Carthage article.
 * T5. History of Masinissa line and Roman-era Tunisia +> finished.
 * T6. History of Roman-era Tunisia => finished.
 * T7. History of Vandal and Byzantine-era Tunisia +> tbnegot/split
 * T8. History of early Islamic Tunisia => finished for now.
 * T.. History of medieval Tunisia x> split tbnegot.
 * T9. History of Fatimid-era and Zirid Tunisia => tbnegot/split.
 * T10. History of Almohad-era and Hafsid Tunisia => tbnegot/split.
 * T11. History of Ottoman-era Tunisia +> finished for now.
 * T12. History of Beylical Tunisia +> tbnegot/split
 * T13. History of French-era Tunisia => queue.
 * T14. History of modern Tunisia => queue.
 * T.. History of Neo-Destour Tunisia 1956-1964 +> tbnegot/split
 * T.. History of the Republic of Tunisia 1964-1986 z> tbn
 * T.. History of the Republic of Tunisia 1986-2011 z> tbn
 * T15. Tunisia in 2000 => finished for now
 * T16. Neo Destour => finished.
 * T17. Hanno the Great: add "Introduction", "Hanno I the Great", "Hanno III the Great" => finished.
 * T18. Bin Diyaf => finished for now.
 * T19. Mahmud Qabadu => finished for now.
 * T20. Khair al-Din al-Tunsi => Queue.

Also, the following (roughly chronological, as above): Muhammad at Mecca and Muhammad at Medina, books by Watt. List of translations of the Qur'an: add to 1100s, 1200s, 1500s, 1600s, 1700s, & Latin. Rafael Lapesa: stub. Ramon Llull: find source of Schopenhauer quote; rewrite "Early life" and "Third Mission..."; [article ideosyncratic]. Christian Zionism: add to section: "Disapproval by other Churches". Christian Zionism Discussion page: add paragraphs to 7. Hstl.Rels.; [deleted August 2009 in purge 95%). Capsian culture: fix and untangle references. Buddhism in China: rearrange, rename, augment; lost; [since much added]. Move 'Mark Twain' from History of Rome (Mommsen) to Theodor Mommsen, where augment "Scholarly Works". Augment first nine "Notable residents" to San Marino, plus "History" remnant [since transformed]. Augment Osawa. Augment Ibn Gharsiya re Arabs and Berbers in al-Andalus. Picaresque novel: add 'Medieval Arabic literature' paragraph. William Blake: augment "On Blake". Augment Foreign relations of Tunisia, esp. N.Africa and M.East. Sarmatism: 'origins' section. Toynbee's A Study of History: augment "Titles" and "Universal states". Political institutions of Ancient Rome: augment. Glossary of flamenco terms: augment. Thomas Powers: clarify. Hooman Majd: augment. CIA activities in Indonesia: split from Helms, clarify. Gerhard Ritter: organize, clarify. Nicetas of Chalcedon, Julian (disambiguation): augment. Genocides in History: add to 'Polish Russia'. Criticism re Fritz Fischer, Georges Dumézil. Add many names to List of CIA station chiefs. Jaleo, add to Zapateado. Add flamenco dimensions to La Argentinita and to Pilar López Júlvez. Add to 2004, 2013, 2014, 2016 Niwano Peace Prize. Add or clarify: Richard Sorge, William Colby, Desmond Fitzgerald, Street Without Joy; Miranda Garrison, Sigismund Vasa, Yma Sumac, American Ballet Theater, Prosper Mérimée, Attorney General of California, Communist Party of Poland, Polish National Ballet, Anna Pavlova, André Levinson, Rudolf Nureyev, Tancheng, Camaldolese, Scapegoating, Gauri Lankesh, Swami Rama, John Kerr, History of Goa, Herbert Marcuse, Shin'ichi Hisamatsu, John Spencer, Lydia Lopokova, James Lincoln Collier, Yamnaya culture, Ereshkigal, Howard Thurman, Lawrence D. Reddick, Robert Van Gulik, Richard Gregg, Akash Kapur, Xun Kuang, Zichan.

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The user known as elfelix is a native of California whose life-long residence here, more-or-less, has been roughly split between the metropolitan areas of Los Angeles and San Francisco. Nonetheless, cumulatively user:elfelix has also spent a month or more in the following jursidictions: Oregon, Colorado, North Carolina, New York; Brazil, Spain, Tunisia, Britain, Germany, Ethiopia, India, China, Japan.


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