Lithops - Flowering Stones William Baird their way of life and

their way of life and their tiny village in Calabria

the ritual of the sweat lodge

still feeling that something is missing

Like so many Americans--50 million

On Escape represents Emmanuel Levinas's first attempt to break with the ontological obsession of the Western tradition

Lithops - Flowering Stones William Baird their way of life andThe genus Lithops belongs into the plant family of Mesembryanthemaceae (midday flowers) well known by the short term 'Mesembs' to the amateurs of these succulents. The name 'Lithops' (derived from Greek 'lithos' = stone and 'opsis' = appearance) itself hints at the amazing resemblance between the plants and the stones surrounding them; it is this particular phenomenon which allows them to employ one of their most obvious survival strategies. The