a priori (adj):
1. (logic) Based on hypothesis rather than experiment.
2. Self-evident, intuitively obvious
3. (linguistics, of a constructed
language) Developed entirely from scratch, without deriving it from
existing languages
avant-garde (n):
Any group of people who invent or promote new techniques or concepts,
especially in the arts
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for
crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist
within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
--w:Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
"We are each entitled to our own opinion, but no one is entitled to his own facts."
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Attunement could occur through any of the great religions, but would be
tied exclusively to none of them. A person could be attuned to an
"integral spirituality" while still be a practicing Christian,
Buddhist, New-Age advocate, or Neopagan. This would be something added
to one's religion, not subtracted from it. The only thing it would
subtract (and there's no way around this) is the belief that one's own
path is the only true path to salvation.
--Ken Wilber
