As Gyula Ha/y's report demonstrated, the imitation of an imperial enterprise was expected to result in the restoration of imperial ambitions, even though only on a limited, symbolic level. According to this logic, the more devoted a country is to cultural self-colonization, the more likely it is to gain advantage over its rivals and dominate on a local scale.

Though the details of their cosmologies are different, the similarity of the themes between the Gurdjieffian and Sitchinesque models of the history of the solar system makes one wonder about a common mythic-archetypal origin.

I didn't want to miss my bus, so I trotted the last few hundred yards to the stop.

Father narrated the story of how Canada developed over a short period to surpass other countries, including Britain, from which it had emerged.