Casas abandonadas en Albero Bajo, Huesca.
Andreu Abuín

Para mucho urbanita, la España interior, la despoblada, la denominada España vacía o vaciada, incluso olvidada, es un concepto abstracto, impreciso, dispensable. Poco más que un sinfín de paisajes planos, a menudo secos, a veces desérticos, que desfilan a más de 300 km/h tras las ventanas del AVE. Aerogeneradores plantados en tierras monótonas donde no sorprendería encontrar a un hidalgo a caballo, alzando una lanza en el aire mientras arenga a su escudero. Montes sobre los que se encaraman castillos huérfanos, pero soberbios, que dominan bosques de piedra, villas fantasma.

Y olivos, a veces. Campos de olivos que se aferran a una tierra árida, pedregosa y quemada. Extensiones infinitas, grosso modo, de esos seres primitivos, disciplinadamente alineados bajo el...

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The Korybantic Scene and Dionysus lying on Persephone
Peter Mark Adams

Peter Mark Adams is an astonishing author both for his area of interest and for his ability to bring to light what many others have chosen to ignore or have been unable to find.

In his latest work, Mystai: Dancing out the Mysteries of Dionysos, Adams takes us back two thousand years through the fascinating frescoes of the Villa of the Mysteries at Pompeii.

Thanks to his kaleidoscopic knowledge of the ancient world and initiation rituals, Adams offers us unprecedented answers to a masterpiece considered by many to be the most important graphic testimony of the Western esoteric tradition.

Q: The frescoes in the Villa of the Mysteries at Pompeii have been interpreted in many ways. Some say they are mere decorations, others propose a nuptial...

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Montemor, Portugal, May 1, 1994.
Rineke Dijkstra

“For god’s sake, you can’t even take care of yourself and you wanna get dad with you. That’s a good one,” Jorge said with an inquisitor gaze up to his brother, waiting for a reply that was not going to happen.

“Bah…” added in conclusion, clutching half his face as he scanned the surroundings of the square, a spark of disgust in his eyes.

Jorge leaned on two legs of his chair, like a teenager, his legs widespread, holding his mouth with a hand to refrain himself from adding anything else to his brother’s idea.

Jorge could not stay quiet for long, though.

He loosened the knot of his tie and raised a hand to the waiter who was taking another order three tables away. “Hey dude, we waiting,” yells at him. He...

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Tree lover
Olga Abuín

I do not even have a garden.
Or wait. Maybe this is my garden.
And it has always been.
Once a year. Some years. By the middle-end of winter.

First Saturday of February. Or first Sunday. Does not matter.
A thick coat. Before. When winter was still winter, and mountains kept their white beanies until June or even later.
Even today. You better wrap up warm if you do not want to catch a good cold.

I get here early.
As early as the first carnies.
The young bucks rub their eyes while unloading trees that are not more than long sticks stuck in a slice of soil.
This one is a peach tree, they say, or a pear tree or an apple tree.
You must have faith. They are just sticks stuck in a slice of soil.

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Josefina es una militante convencida de la lucha contra el sida y la discriminación.
Andreu Abuín

El Hospital Regional de Malabo se encuentra al noreste de la ciudad, cerca del mar. Además del edificio principal, el centro se compone de pequeñas construcciones esparcidas por todo el recinto sanitario. El chófer nos deja a Andrea Djassi, especialista VIH/sida y salud de UNICEF Guinea Ecuatorial, y a mí en la entrada de uno de los edificios secundarios.

El turno de la mañana está por acabar y las salas empiezan a vaciarse. Solo quedan los últimos pacientes que esperan a ser atendidos mientras miran las noticias en la televisión nacional. Preguntamos a una chica de la recepción por Josefina. No hacen falta apellidos. Todo el mundo conoce a Josefina Mbang Asumu Kawan en la ciudad. Desde que fue diagnosticada seropositiva, Josefina ha dedicado su tiempo a la lucha...

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