American Pie was written and recorded by the artist Don McLean in 1971. Numerous singers have covered this song since then. Madonna's version, which contains some changes compared to the original lyrics, drew much attention when it was released in 2000. Admired by Don McLean, this marvelous cover was described by him as "a gift from a goddess", and something "mystical and sensual."
In adiition to the clip and its subtitle, you will find a PDF file containing the helpful collocations and phrases in this song.
Life for Patience Philips has changed. When the timid artist for a cosmetics company finds out secrets about her employer, the company thugs attempt to silence her. But a cat with mystical powers brings Patience back to life – as Catwoman! And now Catwoman is out for revenge!
Life is one of our most basic concepts, and yet when examined directly it proves remarkably contradictory and elusive, encompassing both the broadest and the most specific phenomena. We can see this uncertainty about life in our habit of approaching it as something at once scientific and mystical, in the return of vitalisms of all types, and in the pervasive politicization of life. In short, life seems everywhere at stake and yet is nowhere the same.
A new edition of the groundbreaking spiritual treasure, with a foreword by bestselling author Marianne Williamson .Since its original publication in 1949, In Search of the Miraculous has been hailed as the most valuable and reliable documentation of G. I. Gurdjieff's thoughts and universal view. This historic and influential work is considered by many to be a primer of mystical thought as expressed through the Work, a combination of Eastern philosophies that had for centuries been passed on orally from teacher to student.
