Avalon Institute 🐦‍⬛

Fostering the intimacy necessary for the collective pursuit of truth

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Too many people with an enduring passion for art and thought fit poorly or not at all within the current system, isolating them from the peers and mentors they need to flourish. This is why the Avalon Institute was created.

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@kooshaazim 🫡

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Avalon is pleased to announce that we are offering a seminar on classical Chinese poetry, stretching from the Shijing to the pinnacle of Du Fu. Taught by visiting fellow @AntoniusTetrax, the course will begin on July 12th and run every Sunday night for six sessions. Details below

[Avalon Institute 🐦‍⬛ @AvalonInst]

Avalon is pleased to announce that we are offering a seminar on classical Chinese poetry, stretching from the Shijing to the pinnacle of Du Fu. Taught by visiting fellow @AntoniusTetrax, the course will begin on July 12th and run every Sunday night for six sessions. Details below

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The Avalon fellows have been reading the Lays of Marie de France, alongside other stories from the time. They're really delightful tales, romance, infidelity, deception, chivalry, all layered on a beautiful and strange substrate of Breton mythology

[Prince Vogelfrei 🐦‍⬛ @PrinceVogel]

From Joseph Pieper's "Abuse of Language, Abuse of Power"

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Communists? Reading groups. Founding fathers? Reading groups. Protestants? Reading groups. Fabian society? Reading groups. Confucians? Reading groups. If you want to change the world, run reading groups tied to a culture of social and political organization

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The sun is through the fog and summer is here

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@ludwinpeerye Read Ethan's case for refounding Hampshire here

https://t.co/UZ6RCjtVww

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On June 14th Avalon will be hosting @ludwinpeerye for a conversation on the past and future of Hampshire College.

Hampshire was one of America's greatest educational experiments. It can be refounded and perfected for a fraction of the value of its campus.

Partiful below

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@ludwinpeerye RSVP here

https://t.co/vOXaq8ecmD

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Do I know any musicians in SF who would be free to play something Friday @AvalonInst? We will pay

Preferred:
Classical, folk, jazz but open to other suggestions
Excited by the idea of working with us in the future on musical events, education etc

Tag your friends! 🙏

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And do it well!

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We do this

[aeschines @PseudoAeschines]

Classics departments should do modern renditions of Plato’s dialogues.

[Prince Vogelfrei 🐦‍⬛ @PrinceVogel]

Help me build the Cultural Intelligence Agency

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We've completely rebuilt our website, for the curious

https://t.co/CCki4WWUYH

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We believe this

https://t.co/fmCPmG97kp

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We believe this

https://t.co/fmCPmG97kp

[Matt Bateman @mbateman]

If you increased the level of romantic humanism in SF by 500% or so you’d have the eternal city, the capital of the Republic of Heaven

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Avalon is about to start a big fundraising push. If you know donors who would to support a new cultural enterprise, or have other ways you'd be keen to help, let us know, we'll send you our prospectus. Interesting things are in the works for the next year.

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There'll also be irl fundraising events in SF on 5/29 and 6/27