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"Tea began as a medicine and grew into a beverage... Teaism is a cult founded on the adoration of the beautiful among the sordid facts of everyday existence... It inculcates purity and harmony, the mystery of mutual charity, the romanticism of the social order. It is essentially a worship of the...

Here is a minor classic of the Orient. It is perhaps the most entertaining, most charming explanation and interpretation of traditional Japanese culture in terms of the tea ceremony. First published in 1906, it traces the custom from its roots in Taoism to its role as a Zen meditative discipline.

In Eusebius History of the Christian Church, Eusebius chronicles the journey of the Church from the age of the apostles to his own time. This compelling narrative explores key themes, including the succession of bishops in major sees, the lives of Christian teachers, the emergence of heresies, the history of the Jewish people, interactions with pagan cultures, and the accounts of martyrdom. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia)