Coffee: A Dark HistoryFourth Estate, 2004 - 323 страници This is the tale of the wildfire spread of the consumption of a drink which is embedded in our history and our daily cultural life. The coffee industry worldwide employs more people - 30 million - than any other. It is the lifeblood of many third world countries, either earning them invaluable foreign currency or enslaving them to the monster that is modern global capitalism, depending on how you look at it. From obscure beginnings in East Africa a millennia ago and its early days as an aid to religious devotion, coffee became an integral part of the rise of European mercantilism from the 17th-century onwards. As well as being a valued trading commodity, it was the preferred beverage of the merchants who did the trading. The rise of the coffee house and the City of London were inextricably, perhaps even mysteriously linked. |
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... Sufi master operates upon the base metal of the soul of the disciple and with the help of the spiritual methods of Sufism transforms this base metal into gold ' , it was recorded . The word ' sufi ' derives from the Arabic for wool ...
... Sufi master operates upon the base metal of the soul of the disciple and with the help of the spiritual methods of Sufism transforms this base metal into gold ' , it was recorded . The word ' sufi ' derives from the Arabic for wool ...
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... Sufi order from which he derived his name was founded in the thirteenth century and was known for its orthodoxy and sobriety , and the writings of the order make no mention of coffee . The second contestant is Mohammed bin Sa'id al ...
... Sufi order from which he derived his name was founded in the thirteenth century and was known for its orthodoxy and sobriety , and the writings of the order make no mention of coffee . The second contestant is Mohammed bin Sa'id al ...
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... Sufism illumines the alchemical element in the new myth . We have seen that ' The Sufi master operates upon the base metal of the soul of the disciple and with the help of the spiritual methods of Sufism transforms this base metal into ...
... Sufism illumines the alchemical element in the new myth . We have seen that ' The Sufi master operates upon the base metal of the soul of the disciple and with the help of the spiritual methods of Sufism transforms this base metal into ...
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