James A. Benn

@jamesabenn.bsky.social

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Medieval Chinese Religions. McMaster Uni. Burning for the Buddha (Hawai'i 2007) pback 2016; Tea in China (Hawai'i, 2015), Chinese trans. 2019. Canadian, obvs.

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Colour photo of Samuel Beckett wearing grey shorts and sandals. Walking.
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Colour photograph of dramatic clouds over a lake
Colour photograph of lake shore with sand and tree
Cover page of talk at Harvard by Elling Eide
Photo of screen showing PowerPoint slide for a conference
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Screenshot of website showing current Rothko for Hamilton Ontario 22 degrees and sunny. The Rothko painting is yellow red and orange.
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A black-and-white group photo of four lads standing close together, cropped at the shoulders and partially obscured so their faces are covered. They are wearing dark clothing, including leather jackets, and the image has a moody, low light feel
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Screenshot of moon app shows new moon. Also solar eclipse.
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Chart of mundane planetary movements for January 2026.
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Posed Christmas photo of Tibetan Spaniel
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A dark-themed infographic titled “December 2025 Astrological Aspects,” showing planetary movements and aspects across the days of the month. Multiple horizontal colored bars represent different planets and luminaries stacked from top to bottom (Pluto, Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, the Sun, Venus, Mercury, the Moon). Along each bar, small astrological glyphs and aspect symbols (conjunctions, squares, trines, oppositions) appear at specific dates, with short white labels such as “DEC 8,”
Black and white photograph of a white man in hat glasses and macintosh. Building in background
Photograph of old box of flashcards with Chinese characters.
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Photo of dog on beach. Sand, blue water blue sky
Photo of water rocks trees blue sky and clouds
Photo of sand clouds sun water
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Screenshot of some slides for an undergraduate lecture on Max Weber and Religion’s relationship to economics and social change
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A colour photograph. Two men are seated in the front row of a lecture hall, engaged in conversation.
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Image of Book Cover featuring calligraphy of Hongyi
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Photograph of lake. Storm clouds
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Mr. George Geddie He was awared the Sixth Class Order of the Sacred Treasure on 25th of December in Meiji 28 (1895) for the reason of his achievement during Nisshin War (the Sino-Japanese War) 1894-5 as serving the Nihon Yusen (Japan Yusen) as a second engineer. Second award was on lst of April in Meiji 39 (1906) for his achievement during Nichiro War (the Russo-Japanese War), of 1904-5 as a head of engineers of Awa Maru (name of the ship). This award was the Order of the Rising Sun, Fifth Class. Source: Decoration Bureau Prime Minister Office
Photos of Greg Hillis and details of his memorial service.
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Photograph of the face of a Tibetan Spaniel.
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Red ribbon for Canskate level 4 Control
E cargo bike parked at the rink
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Hockey arena interior with flag of Canada
Empty ice rink
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Screenshot of slides on Dogon astronomy
Books on shelves. Covers facing out.
Selection of ice cream
Road sign to Buffalo USA
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